“Uncle” Allen Stout, Lizzie's uncle, used to come to live with us while he worked in the Temple . . . We all liked "Uncle Allen" and was glad to have him stay with us. He had used coffee for many years but when he came to work in the...
Elder Edwin Holden, an old veteran of the Church, and one who was intimately acquainted with Joseph Smith, makes the following statement in regard to what he recollects of the Prophet, and adds his testimony respecting his mission : "The first time I saw Joseph Smith was in 1831, in...
"At the time William Smith and others rebelled against the Prophet, as recorded in his history, when the walls of the Kirtland Temple were raised but a few feet above the ground, I attended a meeting 'on the flats,' where 'Joseph' presided. Entering the school-house a little before meeting opened,...
Elder John M. Chidester, of Washington, Washington County, Utah, joined the Church in its early days. He was born January 22, 1809, in New York, and was baptized in June, 1832. Of what he remembers of the Prophet he says: "My first recollection of seeing the Prophet Joseph Smith was...
