Life of Heber C. Kimball; an Apostle, the Father and Founder of the British Mission
Description:... This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... follows; "A lecture will be delivered at Mr. Giles' chapel, to expose the mysteries of Mormonism, by Thomas Webster." This announcement he fulfilled, though with little effect, thus making good in strictest detail the prophecy of Heber C. Kimball, uttered six months before. Return we now to the Apostles and Elder Russell, in Liverpool, about to take passage on board the Garrick, bound for New York. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE ELDERS SAIL FOR HOME A STORM AT SEA HOW HEBER FOUND FAVOR WITH THE STEWARD ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK THE "GARRICK" AGAIN VICTORIOUS JOURNEY TO KIRTLAND ON TO FAR WEST HAPPY MEETING WITH JOSEPH AND THE BRETHREN. Homeward bound! Sheathed the sword and furled the banner. The battle won, the fortress stormed and taken. For a little season, rest and change, ere again the trumpet sounds, and the warrior is resummoned to the fray. It was indeed a campaign of victory from which the Elders were returning. The laurel wreath was theirs, bravely and fairly earned. Yet not for worldly honors and applause had they been striving. These, to the true servant of Christ, are ever the last consideration. The praise of man they neither expected nor desired. Their reward was with them, a reward never wrongly bestowed; the approval of a good conscience and the favor of their Maker; meed only of worthy motives, and of duty well performed. Again on board the Garrick, upon the bosom of the heaving main. It was on the 20th of April, 1838, that the Elders embarked for home. "Soon after we left Liverpool," says Heber, "a great storm came on, with a head wind, which continued without cessation for several days, and did considerable damage to the vessel; the bowsprit was broken twice, by the force of the wind, with only the jib sail set; the boom likewise came...
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