My Father was gathered to Salt Lake City with the Saints where he died
aged 83 years. He said I should be wrapt in the arms of heaven and
an angel of God should teach me many things this was fulfilled in the
house of Abram O Smote in Kentucky in the spring of 1835. The patriarch
also told me that I should be delivered from my enemies (who
would seek my destruction) by the mighty power of God & the adm-
inistrations of Angels. This was marvelously fulfilled while in
the City of London in 1840 Heber C Kimball George A Smith
& myself went to London together in the winter of 1840 the first Elders
who had attempted to establish the Gospel in this great & mighty
as soon as we commenced, the power of the Devil was manifest
the evil spirits gathered to gether for our destruction and at times
they have great power, and would destroy all the Saints of God if
they were not restrained by the power of God Br Smith and myself
were alone together and had retired to our rest each occupying a cot
by ourselves within 3 feet of each other we had only just laid down
untill there seemed to be a legion of Devils made war upon us
to destroy our lives and we were strugling for our lives in the
midst of this warfare of evil spirits untill we were nearly choked
to death and I began to pray the best I could in the midst of the
struggle and asked the Father in the name of Jesus Christ to spare our
lives and while three personages entered the room clothed in white
and surrounded with light walked to our bedside laid hands upon
our heads and we were instantly delivered and from this time had

My Father was gathered to Salt Lake City with the Saints where he died aged 83 years. He said I should be wrapt in the arms of heaven and an angel of God should teach me many things this was fulfilled in the house of Abram O Smote in Kentucky in the spring of 1835. The patriarch also told me that I should be delivered from my enemies (who would seek my destruction) by the mighty power of God & the administrations of Angels. This was marvelously fulfilled while in the City of London in 1840 Heber C Kimball George A Smith & myself went to London together in the winter of 1840 the first Elders who had attempted to establish the Gospel in this great & mighty as soon as we commenced, the power of the Devil was manifest the evil spirits gathered to gether for our destruction and at times they have great power, and would destroy all the Saints of God if they were not restrained by the power of God Br Smith and myself were alone together and had retired to our rest each occupying a cot by ourselves within 3 feet of each other we had only just laid down untill there seemed to be a legion of Devils made war upon us to destroy our lives and we were strugling for our lives in the midst of this warfare of evil spirits untill we were nearly crushed to death and I began to pray the best I could in the midst of the struggle and asked the Father in the name of Jesus Christ to spare our lives and while three personages entered the room clothed in white and surrounded with light walked to our bedside laid hands upon our heads and we were instantly delivered and from this time had