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Leaves From My Journal, by Wilford Woodruff:
One of Wilford Woodruff's greatest contributions to the LDS Church is his meticulous collection of journals. For more than half a century, President Woodruff kept a daily record of his amazing adventures and spiritual experiences, marking this modern prophet as one of the Church's most successful missionaries.
My First Mission, by George Q. Cannon
The first chapter of this little work I wrote as a sketch for the perusal of the youthful readers of the Juvenile Instructor. It was written hastily as were those which followed it and without any author's name, or any intention, at the time, of adding any more to it. Afterward, I concluded to write a series of missionary sketches; but when these were written I did not have any intention of publishing them in their present form. They were penned in a plain, familiar and personal style, for the purpose of securing the interest of young people.
When a youth, it was my good fortune to live in the family of President John Taylor. It was my chief delight in those days, to listen to him and other Elders relate their experience as missionaries. Such conversations were very fascinating to me. They made a deep impression upon me. The days of which they spoke, were the days of poverty, when Elders traveled without purse and scrip, among strange people who were ignorant of our principles, and too many of whom were ready to mob and persecute. They traveled by faith, and were pioneers for the Lord in strange lands, and He was their only reliance. Their missions were rich in instances of His power exhibited in their behalf. What I heard strengthened my faith and increased the desire in my heart to be a missionary. No calling was so noble in my eyes as that of a standard-bearer of the gospel.
The thought which prompts me to publish My First Mission is that perhaps it may have the effect upon some of the youth of Zion that the recitals of faithful Elders had upon me. I hope that this will soon be followed by other little volumes of this, the FAITH-PROMOTING SERIES. I have thought that the missionary spirit did not burn as brightly in some of our young men as it should that they did not understand the value of human souls in the sight of the Lord and the precious rewards which He bestows upon those who seek, in the proper way, to save them. And yet there never was greater need of faithful men as missionaries than there is to-day. ' 'The field is white already to harvest, ' ' and there is no limit in the field to the opportunities of those who desire to labor. If this little work shall have the effect to awaken and strengthen the missionary spirit, if the remembrance of its incidents, shall comfort the hearts and promote the faith of any when they go upon missions, the utmost desire will be gratified of the Author.
Sept. 1879,
George Q Cannon
Jacob Hamblin, by James A. Little
The Faith-Promoting Series is a sequence of narratives published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The narratives were geared toward the young men and women of the church and customized to include true and exciting stories from the lives of exemplary Latter-day Saints, because of the realization that doctrinal essays and discussions about principles typically dissuade young readers. Some of the most inspiring histories and thrilling biographies of the early church are included in this series.
Jacob Hamblin was born April 2, 1819, at Salem, Ashtabula County, Ohio. In his youth he moved to Wisconsin, where he was baptized and became a member of the L.D.S. Church in 1842. The same year he moved to Nauvoo and from that time on all his activities were inseparably connected with the Mormon people.
In 1850, he made the journey across the plains to Utah and settled in Tooele. It was here that he became interested in the Indians. He believed that by talking with them he could appeal to their better judgment and avoid open conflict between them and the white settlers. This policy was the key to his life's success in dealing with the Indians.
Because of his ability to communicate with the Indian people, he was called to serve as a missionary to the Indians in Santa Clara. In 1858, he visited the Moqui villages in northern Arizona and did missionary work among them. He also worked with the Navajo tribes and endeavored to persuade them to live peaceably with the white men.
In this work he had many thrilling adventures which are set forth in this volume. Between 1870 and 1878, while living at Kanab, Jacob Hamblin dictated the story of his life and his activities among the Indians to his friend and neighbor, James Little.
Hamblin’s life work with the Indians helped to establish civility between the two cultures. On his monument he is eulogized as having been "A peacemaker in the camp of the Lamanites."
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