Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
Sunday the Bro Joseph Toronto gave an
account of his travels through Italy and the dangers he ran in
preaching the Gospel to his native country. He was among the
Waldensees
On the following Sunday after an interesting
discourse ^from P. P. Pratt^ brother Gr^oward^ gave an interesting account of his
mission on the Western Islands—of his travels among the natives,
his sufferings among them, and the opposition by the French
Government. He was 9 years on his mission and several
years without hearing anything from the Church and his mental
sufferings were very great. The first he received was a letter
I wrote to him and that he did not obtain until two years after
it was written.
On the Sunday Jan 2nd President Brigham
Young and Heber C. Kimball met with the quorum of the Twelve
and the same subject was brought up and talked over as on the 29
of December. President Young said the best way for the Twelve
to get a living for themselves and families was to preach the
