Precious Memories: Sixteenth Book of the Faith Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints
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Precious Memories: Sixteenth Book of the Faith Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints
Briggs, Thomas, 1832-1917; Farrell, George L.; Latter Day Saints -- Missionary experiences
"The Savior said to Peter, 'Lovest thou me?' Peter answered, and said,
'Yea Lord, thou knowest I love thee.' Then the Lord said, 'Feed my
sheep.' And again he said the same words to Peter, and then, 'Feed my
lambs.' And now, my children, try to realize that you have both sheep
and lambs in your charge; and remember you will be called upon to give
account for them. And if you can say, on the last day, 'I have done
the best that I could, Father; I have fed them, and clothed them, and
when the wolves were howling at them, I have watched over them night
and day; and now Father, none of them have I lost,' it will be well.
But if, on the other hand, you have been careless, and He should say
to you, 'Where are the sheep and the lambs that I gave you,' and you
are unable to give a strict account of them, you must draw your own
conclusions as to the result.
"Teach your children to honor the Sabbath Day, and honor the holy
priesthood in all things, and do it by example. Teach them never to
find fault with the prophets of the Lord. Teach them to honor their
father and their mother, that their days may be long upon the land,
which the Lord their God giveth them. For these promises will carry
us beyond this life, to a time when the Saints will receive their
inheritance on earth.
"And now, my children, whatever of my follies you have seen, forgive me
for the same, and I freely forgive you. You have been very good to me
all the days of my life, and may the Lord bless you all for it.
"I have many things to say to you. I have just been thinking of the
time when I used to call all my posterity together once a year, but
now they are scattered far and wide. At that time I could give them
instruction, but it now rests with my children to finish the work.
"My children, do not make light of the composition of these few lines,
for they were written with a desire for your salvation, and if you will
carry them out in your lives, they will aid you in reaching the Kingdom
of God.
"In conclusion, I will say that my Father in Heaven has been good to
me, and may the angel of peace be with you all, through all the days of
your lives. God bless you, Amen."
Geo. L. Farrell's Missionary Experience
CHAPTER I.
VISITS BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE--DYING GIRL HEALED WHEN ADMINISTERED
TO--PREDICTION THAT SHE SHOULD BE BAPTISED FULFILLED--GOES TO UTAH,
GETS MARRIED, HAS A CHILD AND DIES--OTHER CONVERSIONS IN THE CHALLIS
FAMILY.
IN the year 1875 Elder Geo. L. Farrell, now a Patriarch of Cache
County, was a missionary in England, and presiding over the Nottingham
conference. He had not been thus engaged very long when he received
a letter from Elder Richard V. Morris, president of the Birmingham
conference, proposing to exchange visits with him, and enjoy the
novelty of traveling through one another's conference. He concluded by
inviting Elder Farrell to meet him at Northampton, thence to proceed
through other parts of the Birmingham conference.
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