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BY H.G.B

IMPRESSED BY THE SPIRIT NOT TO GO ON A STEAMER, AFTER ARRANGING FOR MY PASSAGE – RUSH ASHORE BEFORE THE BOAT STARTS – BOAT SNAGGED AND SUNK IN THE MISSISSIPPI – WARNED BY THE SPIRIT NOT TO MEET AN APPOINTMENT – URGED BY MY FRIENDS, I START – AVERSION TO GOING SO STRONG, I GALLOP BACK – FRIENDS UNABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR MY FEARS – ROBBERY AT THE HOUSE WHERE I WAS TO HAVE GONE – SAVED FROM SUSPICION BY OBEYING THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT.

There are no people on the earth, that we are acquainted with, that exercise so much faith in God our Heavenly Father as do the Latter-day Saints. No other people seek for His protecting care as they do. Nor are there any people to whom His protection is oftener extended or made manifest more visibly than unto this people.