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Show 7 On December 22 Alexander shire, where his family cold he undertook the through some and as a not" he for his condition. was determined to He arrived there on ciently recovered to He had apparently A Voice of were cover long would have was a bad sea and of advised to rest of this and none on but at the voyage, was sores "pox or the last 40 miles to his father's home. by January to his preaching sent ahead of his Warning, complained smallpox December 28 and begin He reaction to the Wright thought Banff- journey northward, trudging foot. on of Dundee he learned that he had care what he Despite 100 miles the bitter S cottis h winter his face and took them city resided. set out for Ma r n o ck , Wright arrival Ll 1840 had suffi- , old friends and relatives. copies of the Mormon tract, and he commenced his labors with relatives who familiar with the basic ideas of the before he made contact with a new church. It was not long minister of the Church of Scotland- -the first of many encounters the Mormon missionaries would have with the establis hed church. 1 The minister received that while the new teachings he could not say it of thos things as was ther Wright in Journal, friendly manner did not agree with what he not so, was but told many December 22, Biographical Encyclopedia, III, 572. me I had /Lr v i n g i tes/ and told him already believed, ought to be sure that were only getingp skems delusion and alluded to the ervenites lWright, a .... l839-January 13, 1840 |
