past and gone and at times it seemed as though all earth & hell were combined to crush her troubled soul
I began to cry unto God that she might be supported under these & all other trials, & I soon found that the same
spirit which had inspired her to imbrace the fullness of the gospel & forssake her friends & go a journey of 1000
miles to enjoy the society of the Saints & had united her heart & hand with my own & caused her to accom-
pany me to the Islands of the sea, was with HER STILL. Yes PHEBE possesses to much firmness, & faith in God
& confidence in God to put her hand to the plough & look back or to wholey give way to such trials & any other howev[er]
great. She is determined, like Ruth, to forsake her kindred & country for Christ'^s sake & my own & the cause
in which she is ingaged, & as I behold this principle beaming in her daily walk, heart & countenance it bindes my
whole soul to her in love stronger than death or the bars of a castle, yes that love that none partakes of except
those in like circumstances, and that man that will not love his wife with all his heart after she has made such a
sacrifice for his sake is not worthoy of a companion or a standing in human society. And O ye ungodly gentiles
that would laugh at a man for considering such a wife the greatest temporal blessing that heaven could bestow
ye are more fit for the society of Demons than a virtuous woman.

The devel has never tempted
me to scease from doing the will of God by gathering to Zion or to scease travling & preaching the gospel, by prese
nting before my my friends & telling me to stay & enjoy their society for in doing thus I might ruing both myself
& friends I would sooner say to him get the[e] behind me Satan for I would go to the land of Zion or where ever
God sent if I had to forsake as many fathers, mothers, brothers, & sisters as could stand between Maine &
Missouri & subsist upon boiled herbs on the way.

Father & Mother Carter with all the Brothers
and sisters appertaining to the household, have been uncommonly attentive, kind, & generous to us both during
the last year that we have been with them, although they do not see the propriety of our gathering with the
Saints to Zion in order to escape the judgments of God, yet my prayer to God is that they may not loose their
reward for their uncommon kindness towards us but may yet have their eyes open to understand the
commandments of God concerning Zion in the last days & flee unto it for reffuge themselves & obtain a
righteous inheritance there while the judgments of God are resting upon the gentiles & may they also have
part in the first resurrection & finally obtain a celestial Glory which is my prayer through JESUS CHRIST

past and gone and at times it seemed as though all earth & hell were combined to crush her troubled soul I began to cry unto God that she might be supported under these & all other trials. & I soon found that the same spirit which had inspired her to imbrace the fullness of the gospel & forsake her friends & go a journey of 1000 miles to enjoy the society of the saints & had united her heart & hand with my own & caused her to accompany me to the Islands of the sea, was with HER STILL. Yes PHEBE possesses to much firmness, & faith in God & confidence in God to put her hand to the plough & look back or to wholey give way to such trials & any other however great. She is determined, like Ruth, to forsake her kindred & country for Christ's sake & my own & the cause in which she is ingaged, & as I behold this principle beaming in her daily walk, heart & countenance it binds my whole soul to her in love stronger than death or the bars of a castle, yes that love that none partakes of except those in like circumstances, and that man that will not love his wife with all his heart after she has made such a sacrifice for his sake is not worthy of a companion or a standing in human society. And O ye ungodly gentiles that would laugh at a man for considering such a wife the greatest temporal blessing that heaven could bestow ye are more fit for the society of Demons than a virtuous woman. The devel has never tempted me to scease from doing the will of God by gathering to Zion or to scease travling & preaching the gospel, by prese nting before my my friends & telling me to stay & enjoy their society for in doing thus I might ruing both myself & friends I would sooner say to him get thee behind me satan for I would go to the land of Zion or where ever God sent if I had to forsake as many fathers, mothers, brothers & sisters as could stand between Maine & Missouri & subsist upon boiled herbs on the way. Father & Mother Carter with all the Brothers and sisters appertaining to the household, have been uncommonly attentive, kind, & generous to us both during the last year that we have been with them, although they do not see the propriety of our gathering with the Saints to Zion in order to escape the judgments of God, yet my prayer to God is that they may not loose their reward for their uncommon kindness towards us but may yet have their eyes open to understand the commandments of God concerning Zion in the last days & flee unto it for reffuge themselves & obtain a righteous inheritance there while the judgments of God are resting upon the gentiles & may they also have part in the first resurrection & finally obtain a celestial glory which is my prayer through JESUS CHRIST