We then went up City Creek, above the Church blacksmith's shop, where I was baptized by Brother Reese. After returning to the house my father confirmed me, and also ordained me an Elder and set me apart for a mission to the States, for the purpose of bringing my brother Isaac, and thus confirming the blessing pronounced upon me in my infancy. I was also to seek Orin Rockwell (Porter Rockwell's eldest son), and bring him and as many others as I could induce to come. I left home for the States on the 16th of April, 1863, in company with my brother Heber and others, with mule and horse teams, and we made the trip to the Missouri River in twenty-one days. After remaining a few days in Florence, Nebraska, I set out for home on horseback. On arriving at Omaha my horse became very lame, and I left it and started out afoot. I found my brother Heber at Kanesville, Iowa, where he had gone on business. He bought me a suit of clothes and a pair of shoes, and gave me a few dollars in money. I left Kanesville about noon, making Glenwood (twenty miles distant) the same day. I stopped at a hotel for the night, and started out at eight o'clock next morning. I arrived at my old home after dark, having walked fifty miles that day, and my feet were very sore. My grandfather, grandmother, brother and friends were all glad to see me, and I spent several days in visiting my old resorts. A few days after my arrival my grandmother and a portion of the family went out visiting. I remained, at grandfather's request, as he was still an invalid through phthisic, etc., and was unable to leave the house. When alone, he commenced questioning me concerning Utah, asking me also about Brother Schofield and some others of his acquaintance, but I was unable to give much information concerning them. He asked me if I had seen my father, Heber C. Kimball. I told him I had. He replied that he was glad of it. He also asked me if I had been baptized, and I told him I had. He again replied that he was glad of it. He next asked me if I had received my endowments, and, when I informed him that I had, he seemed pleased. He then said: "I have suffered you to be prejudiced to the extent that you were, and it is now my duty to remove the same. "You went off without asking my consent, which was all right. I knew that Heber C. Kimball was your father, and always did know it; but did not calculate that it should be known by you. "I intended that you and Isaac should be the means of my support while I lived. "You have now been to your father, and that is all right. "I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, and I know that Brigham Young is his legal successor, and I always did know it. But the trouble with me was I wanted to lead, and could not be led. I have run my race and sealed my doom, and I know what I have got to meet.