How Charles A. Callis and his Mother Heard the Truth

Charles A. Callis

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How did Charles A. Callis and his Mother hear the truth in the early 1870s?

a.                  Charles brought the missionaries home with him

b.                  Charles brough a Book of Mormon home with him

c.                   Charles brough the Millennial Star home with him

d.                  Charles brought Brigham Young home with him

Yesterday’s answer:

A   Christ’s apostles asleep at Gesthsemane

From the life of Orson Ferguson Whitney:   One night the Lord sent him a beautiful dream in which he saw the Savior suffering in Gethsemane. “I was so moved at the sight that . . . I wept, out of pure sympathy. My whole heart went out to him; I loved him with all my soul. And longed to be with him as I longed for nothing else.” Orson saw the apostles unable to keep watch with Jesus for one poor hour during his trials and felt very strongly that these sleeping apostles were symbolic of his own lack of diligence as a missionary: “I was asleep at my post—as any man is who, having been divinely appointed to do one thing, does another.” This dream took on even more significance when he himself became an apostle of the Lord, called thirty years later in 1906 by President Joseph F. Smith.

The circumstances under which Elder Whitney went on his mission were unusual. Having a great interest in literary and oratorical pursuits, he was instrumental in forming the famous Wasatch Literary Society, many members of which became prominent Utahns. Talented as an actor and entertainer, Orson had determined to go east to pursue a career on the stage. The members of the literary society gave him a benefit send-off party and collected a sizeable purse to help him on his way to fulfill what he thought was his life’s calling. But before he could leave, he received a call from President Brigham Young to fulfill a mission in the East, preaching the gospel of Christ rather than treading beneath the bright lights of the stage. The decision was a hard one, but aided by his widowed mother’s prayers and her success in selling a piece of land to augment his funds, he entered the mission field. Following his marvelous dream, he zealously dedicated himself to the work, and his great gift of preaching began to unfold.

Flake, Lawrence R., Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation, (Provo, Utah: Religious Study Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 435-436.