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Author: George Durrant
Born into a lowly station of life in rural England at the end of the eighteenth century, James Moyer Tenney exhibits from the start an unusual characteristics-an apparently inborn desire to be obedient, A son of the land inheriting a life of arduous toil and sorrow, he moves through childhood and adolesance with a growing belife in god. His self-conscious sense of humour masks his sadness at the disappointments and heartbreaks inflicted by a largely unsympothetic enviroment. To himself he admits that nothing seems to turn out right-that is, till Elizabeth. Elizabeth and her love are sheer delight throughout their marriage. hes sweetheart, his friend, and partner in every way, she even accepts enthusiastically with him the message of the Mormon missionaries. Obediant to the call of Zion despite personal tragedy, James leads to Utah the family converts. Utah provides its own kind of challenge, including the influence of less obediant Saints and the threat of Indian attack. A combination of these two elements produces James Most startling idea and most dramatic action. This extrordinary story is told with best-selling author George Durrant's customary sensitivity and warmth. The Author's Note indicates it to be a blend of a true story and a "could be true" stroy. In this sense it can be received as the depiction of a type-each such person being of humble origin but one of "nature's noblemen." Each was faithful and obediant as he or she set about the work of building the kingdom. Each had numerous posterity who were nurtured in gospel principles. and living close to God, each was never alone.
