REWARD OF SELFISHNESS.

business and went to work, cleaning out the room, and imme-
diately spread down our blankets, so as to hold a right to the
room. It was but a short time afterwards that our brethren,
who were attacked by cholera, were brought in and laid upon
our beds. None of us ever used those blankets again, for they
were buried with the dead. So we gained nothing but expe-
rience by being selfish, and we lost our bedding.

I will exhort all my young friends to not cherish selfishness;
but if you have any, get rid of it as soon as possible. Be
generous and noble-hearted, kind to your parents, brothers,
sisters and play-mates. Never contend with them; but try to
make peace whenever you can. Whenever you are blessed
with any good thing, be willing to share it with others. By
Cultivating these principles while you are young, you will lay
a foundation to do much good through your lives, and you
will be beloved and respected of the Lord and all good men.

CHAPTER III.

ADVISED TO REMAIN IN MISSOURI—A DESIRE TO PREACH—
PRAY TO THE LORD FOR A MISSION—PRAYER ANSWERED
—SENT ON A MISSION TO ARKANSAS—DANGEROUS
JOURNEY THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY—LIVING ON RAW
CORN, AND SLEEPING ON THE GROUND—MY FIRST SER-
MON—REFUSED FOOD AND SHELTER BY A PRESBYTERIAN
PREACHER—WANDER THROUGH SWAMPS—ENTERTAINED
BY INDIANS.

AFTER Joseph, the Prophet, had led Zion's Camp to Mis-
souri, and we had passed through all the trials of that
journey, and had buried a number of our brethren, as recorded
in history, the Prophet called the Camp together, and organ
ized the Church in Zion, and gave much good counsel to all.

He advised all the young men, who had no families, to stay
in Missouri and not return to Kirtland. Not having any family,
I stopped with Lyman Wight, as did Milton Holmes and

REWARD OF SELFISHNESS.

business and went to work, cleaning out the room, and immediately spread down our blankets, so as to hold a right to the room. It was but a short time afterwards that our brethren, who were attacked by cholera, were brought in and laid upon our beds. None of us ever used those blankets again, for they were buried with the dead. So we gained nothing but experience by being selfish, and we lost our bedding.

I will exhort all my young friends to not cherish selfishness; but if you have any, get rid of it as soon as possible. Be generous and noble-hearted, kind to your parents, brothers, sisters and play-mates. Never contend with them; but try to make peace whenever you can. Whenever you are blessed with any good thing, be willing to share it with others. By Cultivating these principles while you are young, you will lay a foundation to do much good through your lives, and you will be beloved and respected of the Lord and all good men.

CHAPTER III.

ADVISED TO REMAIN IN MISSOURI—A DESIRE TO PREACH— PRAY TO THE LORD FOR A MISSION—PRAYER ANSWERED —SENT ON A MISSION TO ARKANSAS—DANGEROUS JOURNEY THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY—LIVING ON RAW CORN, AND SLEEPING ON THE GROUND—MY FIRST SERMON—REFUSED FOOD AND SHELTER BY A PRESBYTERIAN PREACHER—WANDER THROUGH SWAMPS—ENTERTAINED BY INDIANS.

AFTER Joseph, the Prophet, had led Zion's Camp to Missouri, and we had passed through all the trials of that journey, and had buried a number of our brethren, as recorded in history, the Prophet called the Camp together, and organ ized the Church in Zion, and gave much good counsel to all.

He advised all the young men, who had no families, to stay in Missouri and not return to Kirtland. Not having any family, I stopped with Lyman Wight, as did Milton Holmes and