When Joseph
Smith was forced to escape Kirtland to save his life, how did he flee?
A) On his horse
B) By steamer
C) Disguised himself to look like Porter
Rockwell
D) In a coffin
Yesterday’s answer:
(A) He crawled to kill crickets
James
Hendricks and his wife, Priscilla, were witnesses to the early persecutions of
the Saints. He became disabled when he was injured in a conflict with a mob at
the battle of Crooked River in Missouri. Shot in the neck, he was paralyzed
from the neck down. His wife, Priscilla, restored some feeling and movement by
rubbing his arms and hands with strong vinegar, salt and liniment to aid
circulation. He received frequent priesthood administrations from leading
Church members.
In Nauvoo the couple ran a boarding house
across the street from the temple block. At Winter Quarters, they departed for
the Salt Lake Valley in the Jedediah Grant company in 1847.
In Salt Lake City, Brother Hendricks served
as a bishop and helped to fight the cricket infestation by crawling between
rows of corn and pounding the ground with his fists.
LDS Church News, June 24, 2012
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