Eventful Narratives: The Thirteenth Book of the Faith Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day SaintsAveson, Robert
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Eventful Narratives: The Thirteenth Book of the Faith Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints
Aveson, Robert
Latter Day Saints -- Juvenile fiction
Arrival in the "City of the Saints"--Keeping "Bach"--My Parents Join
the Church--They Emigrate to Utah.
CHAPTER XIV.
My Parents in Zion--Arrival of Richard Sedgwick in Salt Lake City--His
Story of Leaving Home in 1867--How the President of the Middlesbrough
Branch was Emigrated--Re-union of the Middlesbrough Branch.
A BOY'S LOVE: A MAN'S DEVOTION.
CHAPTER I. William Anderson's Heart and Hand--His Early Life, Home and
Surroundings.
CHAPTER II. Boyhood Sports--An Amateur Militia--A Campaign
Incident--Will Anderson's Gallantry--Christmas Morning Greeting--The
Afternoon Service--A Combat Among the Boys.
CHAPTER III. The Progress of the Age--Will Anderson's Courtship--The
Christmas Sermon.
CHAPTER IV. William Anderson's Marriage and Journey Westward--He and
his Wife hear the Gospel--Visit Nauvoo--Gather with the Saints--The
Battle of Nauvoo.
A TRIP TO CARSON VALLEY.
CHAPTER I. Description of the Route--Object of the Journey--Confronted
by Indians--Discovery of Rubies--More Indians Visit Camp--An Inspired
Suggestion--The Indians Become Friendly.
CHAPTER II. Indians' Stratagem to get one of our Horses--Proceed on our
Way--How Inspiration is Received--An Illustrative Incident.
CHAPTER III. Out of Provisions--Live on Horse Flesh--Arrival at
Carson--Start back for Home--Description of the Journey--Aided by Red
Men--Meet with more Indians--Our manner of Dealing with them.
CHAPTER IV. Premonitions of Danger--Learn of an Attempt to Kill us--An
Indian's Advice--Undecided about what Course to take--Appeal to the
Lord--Prayer Answered--Reach Home in Safety.
LEAVING HOME.
By Robert Aveson.
CHAPTER I.
BIRTH-PLACE--PARENTAGE--WILLIAM H. SCOTT--AN INTERVIEW WITH A BAPTIST
MINISTER--A TESTIMONY TO THE TRUTH OF "MORMONISM."
The writer, the second son of Thomas and Ann Aveson, was born in the
town of Bradford, Yorkshire, England, on August 22nd, 1847.
My father was an honest, hard-working man; he was not a believer in
any particular religion. My mother was more religiously inclined; her
maiden name was Fawcett. Both my father and mother were strict in
training their family, which consisted of nine children (seven sons and
two daughters), five of whom are now dead.
In the early part of 1860 we removed from Bradford to Malton, in
Yorkshire, staying there only about six weeks, and then went to reside
at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, a very pretty town at that time. We
arrived there February 29th, 1860.
On the 11th of February, 1862, I was engaged to work at Mr Joseph
Gould's printing office in Middlesbrough. My wages were three shillings
per week. Mr. Gould was a printer himself and did most of the work. He
had only one other employee working for him, and that was a boy named
Richard Sedgwick, through whom I procured my situation, and whose
acquaintance I had made a few months previously.
On the 5th of the following May I was bound apprentice to Mr. Gould.
After I signed the indenture, Mr. Brown, one of the witnesses to it,
said to me:
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