The Church Frustrated the Federal Raid

During the “Federal Raid” period of the Church when men were being arrested for polygamy, what did the Church do to frustrate the government agents?

a.      Sent men on missions

b.      Had men enlist in the Mormon Battalion

c.       Hid men in the temple

d.      Had men enlist in the U.S. army

Yesterday’s answer:

b.   His dog would not bark at the elders

On July 29, 1882, Southern States Mission President, John Morgan, confirmed John McDaniel a member of the Church on the same day he was baptized. Referring to why he joined the Church, Brother McDaniel states: “I had a very mean and vicious dog. One day two elders came to my home. As they stepped onto the porch the dog only wagged its tail—it was some-kind-a-miracle, so I joined the church.”

Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, Their Faces Toward Zion (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1996), 73.