Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle. Orson F. Whitney
with Cholera—The Work in other Parts—Second
Conference at Manchester—Brigham Accompanies Heber to
London—Conversion of the Rev. James Albion
CHAPTER XLIII.
Opening of the Year 1841 in London—Encouraging Success of the
Elders—Heber C. Kimball Blesses the Queen of England—The Woolwich
Branch Organized—Organization of the London Conference—The
Prospect of War Between Great Britain and the United States Hastens
the Return of the Apostles to America
CHAPTER XLIV.
Heber Organizes the Birmingham Conference—Meeting of the Apostles in Manchester Prior to Returning to America—Orson Hyde Present on his way to Palestine—The Extensive Work of One Year
CHAPTER XLV.
The Apostles Sail for Home—Arrival at New York—Heber's Letter to the "Millennial Star"—Happy Meeting With the Prophet and the Saints at Nauvoo—Labors Spiritual aid Temporal—Heber's Phrenological Chart
CHAPTER XLVI.
Revelation of Celestial Marriage—Secrecy the Price of Safety—
Joseph Tests Heber and Makes him his Confidant—How Vilate Kimball
was Converted—Heber and Vilate give their Daughter Helen to the
Prophet in Celestial Marriage
CHAPTER XLVII.
John C. Bennett's Apostasy—Heber and the Twelve sent out to Refute
his Slanders—Heber's Famous Sermon: "The Clay in the Hands of the
Potter"—Inception of the Relief Society—Vilate's Vow and Heber's
Prayer
CHAPTER XLVIII.
Heber's Last Mission to the Gentiles—Joseph Smith a Candidate for the Presidency of the United States—The Apostles his Electioneerers—The Martyrdom—Return of the Twelve to Nauvoo
CHAPTER XLIX.
Choice of Joseph's Successor—A Miracle—The Mantle of Joseph Falls
Upon Brigham Young—Heber C. Kimball his Right Hand Man
CHAPTER L.
The Work Moves on in Spite of Persecution and Apostasy—The Nauvoo Temple Finished and Dedicated—The Saints Prepare for their Removal to the Rocky Mountains
CHAPTER LI.
The Exodus—Heber's Prophecy Fulfilled—Evacuation of Nauvoo—The
Camp of Israel on Sugar Creek—Brigham and Heber Lead the Church
Westward—Arrival at the Missouri River
CHAPTER LII.
Destination of the Saints—The Call for the Mormon Battalion Heroic
Response of the Exiles—Brigham, Heber and Willard as Recruiting
Sergeants—Departure of the Battalion—The Camp of Israel Goes into
Winter Quarters—The Fall of Nauvoo
CHAPTER LIII.
The Word and Will of the Lord Concerning the Camp of Israel—The
Pioneers Start for the Rocky Mountains—Names of the
Heroes—Incidents of the Journey West
CHAPTER LIV.
Arrival at Grand Island—The Pioneer Buffalo Hunt—Heber Kills his
First Bison—The Spirit of Levity Rebuked—The Pioneers Reach Fort
Laramie
CHAPTER LV.
The Pioneers Cross the Platte—Governor Boggs and the
Missourians—Col. Bridger—"A Thousand Dollars for a Bushel of
Wheat"—The Pioneers' First Glimpse of the Valley of the Great Salt
Lake
CHAPTER LVI.
The Pioneers Enter the Valley—Exploring and Colonizing—A Renewal of Covenants—Selection of Inheritances—Return of the Leaders to Winter Quarters
CHAPTER LVII.
The First Presidency Reorganized—Heber Attains to "The Honor of the
Three"—Second Journey to the Mountains—Sickness and
Distress—Heber's Character as a Colonizer
CHAPTER LVIII.
The Cricket Plague—Saved by the Gulls—Heber's Famous Prophecy—"States Goods" Sold in Great Salt Lake City Cheaper than in New York
CHAPTER LIX.
Heber C. Kimball Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor of
Deseret—In the Legislature—Laying the Corner Stones of the Salt
Lake Temple—Heber's Consecration Prayer—His Prophecy in Relation
to the Temple—He Predicts Another Famine
CHAPTER LX.
The Famine of '56—Heber a Second Joseph—A Savior to his
People—Vilate a Ministering Angel—A Strange Piece of
Counsel—President Kimball's Letters Descriptive of the Famine to
His Son William, in England
CHAPTER LXI.
The Hand-cart Emigration—Perishing in the Snow—Heroic Conduct of
William II. and David P. Kimball—President Kimball's Plea and
Exertions in Behalf of the Sufferers—The Utah War—The Great
Rebellion
CHAPTER LXII.
Some of Heber's Family History—A Patriarchal Household—Names of
his Wives and Children—Episode of Abram A. Kimball—Peter, the
Child of Promise—Heber at Family Prayers—David H. Kimball's
Story—Heber P. and Solomon F. Kimball in the Black Hawk War
CHAPTER LXIII.
Anecdotes and Reminiscences of Heber C. Kimball—The Man as Others
Knew him—Golden Grains from the Sands of Memory
CHAPTER LXIV.
Gems from the Words of Heber—Spirit Rappings—Address at the Funeral of Mary Fielding Smith—Love, Unity and the Courage of the Righteous—Joseph and the Keys of the Kingdom—Cultivation of Spirits—Heaven and Hell—Administration of Angels and the Spirits of the Ancients—The Resurrection—The Spirit World—The Clay and