AUTOBIOGRAPHY

OF PARLEY P. PRATT

One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints

CHAPTER 1—PARENTAGE—CHILDHOOD—YOUTH—EDUCATION—EARLY IMPRESSIONS—JOURNEY WESTWARD—MAKING A NEW FARM IN THE WILDERNESS OF OSWEGO

CHAPTER 2—THOUGHTS ON RELIGION—JOIN THE BAPTIST CHURCH—STRANGE PERVERSION OF A SCRIPTURE PROMISE

CHAPTER 3—REVERSES—LOSS OF OUR FARM—STRANGE RESOLVE—TRAVELS WEST— FOREST LIFE—ANOTHER NEW FARM

CHAPTER 4—REVISIT CANAAN, N. Y.—INTERESTING MEETING—MARRIAGE—RETURN TO MY FOREST HOME

CHAPTER 5—OUR HOME—NEW SECT—PROGRESSIVE RELIGIOUS VIEWS-UNEXPECTED MEETING—DIALOGUE—FORSAKE MY HOME—JOURNEY TO NEW YORK —PUBLIC MINISTRY—STRANGE BOOK—FIRST INTERVIEW WITH A LATTER-DAY SAINT

CHAPTER 6—INTERESTING MEETINGS—SECOND INTERVIEW WITH HYRUM SMITH —VISIT TO THE CHURCH IN SENECA COUNTY—BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION, AND ORDINATION— MINISTRY AMONG MY KINDRED—BAPTISM OF MY BROTHER ORSON —WONDERFUL SIGN IN THE HEAVENS—RETURN TO WESTERN NEW YORK—FIRST INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH SMITH—DESCRIPTION OF HIS PERSON AND ABILITIES.

CHAPTER 7—MISSION TO THE WESTERN STATES—VISIT TO THE INDIANS —WONDERFUL SUCCESS IN KIRTLAND, OHIO—JOURNEY WESTWARD—GREAT EXCITEMENT AND ANXIETY TO HEAR THE FULNESS OF THE GOSPEL—IMPRISONMENT —MOCK TRIAL—ESCAPE—PREACHING—SUCCESS—VISIT THE WYANDOTS—JOURNEY RESUMED—GREAT HARDSHIPS—ARRIVAL ON THE FRONTIERS OF MISSOURI