While this thought was in his mind a
large fish arose to the top of the water, a
distance from him in the sea, and sud-
denly sank out of sight. He much de-
sired to see it again, and soon it arose
to the top of the water, accompanied by
another fish of about the same size, and
one of them swam on the water in a
straight line towards Mr. Carver as he
stood upon the shore. It came as near
to him the water would permit, and
then stopped and gazed at him with a
penetrating eye, as though it had a mes-
sage for him. It then returned to its
mate in the ocean, and swam out of sight.
Mr. Carver retraced his steps home-
ward, meditating upon the scene and the
wonderful condescension of the Lord.
It is proper to remark that this was at
a season of the year when fish of that
size are never known upon those shores
or seas, and they are never, at any sea-
son, known to come ashore as in the
case mentioned.
Mr. Carver was convinced that it was
intended by the Lord as a sign to him.
after this event I visited Mr.
Carver at his house, and found his wife
confined to her bed with a fever, and
she requested me to administer to her. I
placed my hands upon her head, the
power of God rested upon me, and I
commanded her in the name of Jesus
Christ to arise and walk.
She arose and was healed from that
instant, and she walked down to the sea
and I baptized her in the same place
where the fish visited her husband. I
confirmed her there, and she was filled
with the Holy Ghost, and returned to
her home rejoicing.
I now called the people together and
exhorted them to sell their property and
prepare to accompany me to the land of
Zion. I had labored hard for many days
for the temporal and spiritual welfare of
the inhabitants of those islands, and the
Lord had blessed my labors and given
me many souls as seals of my ministry,
for which I felt to praise Him; and now
I felt to labor quite as zealously to gather
out those who had embraced the gospel,
and lead them to Zion.
The worst difficulty which the Saints
had to contend with in that day was
from false brethren. Warren Parrish,
who had been a prominent elder in the Church, and had labored with me as a
missionary, had apostatized and been cut
off from the Church. Learning that I
was building up branches of the Church
upon the island, he and other apostates
conspired to block up my way by writing
lies to the people and stirring up a spirit
of mobocracy upon the islands.
They succeeded in exerting a strong
influence with the wicked, but I knew
they could not hinder the work of God.
On the I held a meeting
at Brother Ebenezer Carver's, and,
though the hearts of the wicked were
stirred up in bitterness against me, the
Spirit of God was with me, and at the
close of the meeting I baptized three
persons. One of these was Mrs. Abi-
gail Carver, the mother of Ebenezer
Carver, who was seventy years of age
and in poor health. She had not so
much as visited a neighbor's house for
six years, but upon this occasion she
walked with boldness to the sea shore
and I baptized her, and she returned
rejoicing.
On the I had the happy
privilege of again meeting with Elders Milton Holmes, James Townsend and Abner Rogers, who had come to the
islands to attend conference with me.
We held our conference on the , on North Fox Island, and had
a representation of the different branches
on the islands. We also preached and
bore our testimony, ordained several and
baptized one person at the close of the
meeting.
On the Mrs. Woodruff
left the islands to return to her father's
home in Scarboro, Maine, and a few
days afterwards I called the Saints of the
North Island together and communed
with and instructed them. I also in-
formed them that the Spirit of God bore
record to me that it was our duty to
leave the islands for a season and take a
western mission. They had been faith-
fully warned and the Saints were estab-
lished in the truth, while the wicked
were contending against us, and some
were disposed to take our lives if they
had the power.
On the we left the island
in an open sail-boat and made our way
to Owl's Head, and then walked twenty
miles. The following we walked
forty miles and suffered some with weary
limbs and blistered feet, but we felt that
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While this thought was in his mind a
large fish arose to the top of the water, a
distance from him in the sea, and suddenly sank out of sight. He much desired to see it again, and soon it arose
to the top of the water, accompanied by
another fish of about the same size, and
one of them swam on the water in a
straight line towards Mr. Carver as he
stood upon the shore. It came as near
to him the water would permit, and
then stopped and gazed at him with a
penetrating eye, as though it had a message for him. It then returned to its
mate in the ocean, and swam out of sight.
Mr. Carver retraced his steps homeward, meditating upon the scene and the
wonderful condescension of the Lord.
It is proper to remark that this was at
a season of the year when fish of that
size are never known upon those shores
or seas, and they are never, at any season, known to come ashore as in the
case mentioned.
Mr. Carver was convinced that it was
intended by the Lord as a sign to him.
Two days after this event I visited Mr.
Carver at his house, and found his wife
confined to her bed with a fever, and
she requested me to administer to her. I
placed my hands upon her head, the
power of God rested upon me, and I
commanded her in the name of Jesus
Christ to arise and walk.
She arose and was healed from that
instant, and she walked down to the sea
and I baptized her in the same place
where the fish visited her husband. I
confirmed her there, and she was filled
with the Holy Ghost, and returned to
her home rejoicing.
I now called the people together and
exhorted them to sell their property and
prepare to accompany me to the land of
Zion. I had labored hard for many days
for the temporal and spiritual welfare of
the inhabitants of those islands, and the
Lord had blessed my labors and given
me many souls as seals of my ministry,
for which I felt to praise Him; and now
I felt to labor quite as zealously to gather
out those who had embraced the gospel,
and lead them to Zion.
The worst difficulty which the Saints
had to contend with in that day was
from false brethren. Warren Parrish,
who had been a prominent elder in the
Church, and had labored with me as a
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missionary, had apostatized and been cut
off from the Church. Learning that I
was building up branches of the Church
upon the island, he and other apostates
conspired to block up my way by writing
lies to the people and stirring up a spirit
of mobocracy upon the islands.
They succeeded in exerting a strong
influence with the wicked, but I knew
they could not hinder the work of God.
On the I held a meeting
at Brother Ebenezer Carver's, and,
though the hearts of the wicked were
stirred up in bitterness against me, the
Spirit of God was with me, and at the
close of the meeting I baptized three
persons. One of these was Mrs. Abigail Carver, the mother of Ebenezer
Carver, who was seventy years of age
and in poor health. She had not so
much as visited a neighbor's house for
six years, but upon this occasion she
walked with boldness to the sea shore
and I baptized her, and she returned
rejoicing.
On the I had the happy
privilege of again meeting with Elders
Milton Holmes, James Townsend and
Abner Rogers, who had come to the
islands to attend conference with me.
We held our conference on the , on North Fox Island, and had
a representation of the different branches
on the islands. We also preached and
bore our testimony, ordained several and
baptized one person at the close of the
meeting.
On the Mrs. Woodruff
left the islands to return to her father's
home in Scarboro, Maine, and a few
days afterwards I called the Saints of the
North Island together and communed
with and instructed them. I also informed them that the Spirit of God bore
record to me that it was our duty to
leave the islands for a season and take a
western mission. They had been faithfully warned and the Saints were established in the truth, while the wicked
were contending against us, and some
were disposed to take our lives if they
had the power.
On the we left the island
in an open sail-boat and made our way
to Owl's Head, and then walked twenty
miles. The following day we walked
forty miles and suffered some with weary
limbs and blistered feet, but we felt that