Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star
—While laboring for Joseph
Young, Kirtland was visited with a
sudden storm of wind and rain, a cur-
rent passed south of the Temple in the
form of a whirlwind or tornado, which
destroyed and injured several build-
ings, it crushed one of Joseph Young's
buildings, and removed the one we
were in some 10 feet, but no person
was injured.
I felt impressed to go out upon a
mission; the Spirit was upon me, and
led me to go to Fox Islands; it was a
country I had never visited. I named
my feelings upon the subject to Elders
Kimball, Rigdon and others; they
encouraged me to go. Elder Kimball
blessed me, and said in the name of
the Lord, I should be blessed and
prospered on my mission, and do a
good work. I proposed to Jonathan
H. Hale to accompany me, which he
did.
