But it was not long before I saw them starting out into the
channel or main body of water again. The storms were
raging and the waters rough. I said to my friends that
if they did not understand the signs and the times and
the spirit of prophecy they would be apt to be lost. It was
but a few moments after when we saw the waves break
over the boat and she soon foundered and went down
with all on board and perished
The storm amd waters were still
very rough; yet I told my friends around me that
I believed I could stem those waves and storm and
swim in the waters better than the steam boat
did and that at any rate I was determined to try
it. But my friends laughed at me and told
me that I could not stand the storm at all
but should be drowned.
The waters looked clear and
beautiful though exceedingly rough and I said that
I beleived I could swim and that I would try it
anyhow. They said I should drown. I answered
that I would have a frolic on the water first if I
did and I drove ^dived^ off into the raging waves. I had
swam but a short distance when a towering wave
overwhelmed me for a time but I soon found myself
upon the top of it. I met the second wave in
the same way and for a while I struggled hard to
live in the midst of the storm and waves; but I
soon found that I gained upon every wave and stemmed
the torrent better and better. I soon had power
to swim with my head out of water so the waves
did not break over me at all and I found that I
swam a great distance. In looking about
me I saw my brother Samuel by my side
But it was not long before I saw them starting out into the
channel or main body of water again. The storms were
raging and the waters rough. I said to my friends that
if they did not understand the signs and the times and
the spirit of prophecy they would be apt to be lost. It was
but a few moments after when we saw the waves break
over the boat and she soon foundered and went down
with all on board and perished
The storm amd waters were still
very rough; yet I told my friends around me that
I believed I could stem those waves and storm and
swim in the waters better than the steam boat
did and that at any rate I was determined to try
it. But my freinds laughed at me and told
me that I could not stand the storm at all
but should be drowned.
The waters looked clear and
beautiful though exceedingly rough and I said that
I beleived I could swim and that I would try it
anyhow. They said I should drown. I answered
that I would have a frolic on the water first if I
did and I dived off into the raging waves. I had
swam but a short distance when a towering wave
overwhelmed me for a time but I soon found myself
upon the top of it. I met the second wave in
the same way and for a while I struggled hard to
live in the midst of the storm and waves; but I
soon found that I gained upon every wave and stemmed
the torrent better and better. I soon had power
to swim with my head out of water so the waves
did not break over me at all and I found that I
swam a great distance. In looking about
me I saw my brother Samuel by my side