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Show SCNAPS OF BIOGRAPHY. CHAPTER RECELVES BLESSINGS BANK" IS AS -STARTS ATTACKED A IN TEMPLE-ASSISTS WITH FOR BY MOB-NEARLY MURDERED-RETAINED THE PROPHET'S MOUNTAINS-LOSES THRILLING "KIRTLAND MISSOURI-HIS DAUGHTER DIES PRISONER-RELEASED-REMOVES RECEIVES ROCKY II. INDIAN HIS PROPERTY ADVENTURE-AT REMARKABLE ESCAPE-HIS TO BLESSING-GOES IOWA TO THE BY FIRE- DEATH'S DOOR DEATH. the temple was finished he participated in its dedi He also took part in the "solemn assem bly" and the glorious gifts and manifestations ot that memorable occasion. He received his washings and anointings in that, the first temple of God built by His direction in this dispensation. With his characteristic energy, he put forth his best efforts to assist the prophet in sustaining the "Kirtland Bank," and for that object he purchased much of its paper; but there WHEN cation. Judas under the counter, and the bank went down in Those who had struggled hardest all their efforts. of spite and invested most were the greatest losers, and Elder Tanner was one of the foremost, and was completely crippled financi Just at that time an outside pressure in the form of ally. religious persecution had become so unendurable that the Saints had to leave Kirtland and seek homes in the West; and was a Elder Tanner, with a journey of one thousand miles before hi m, found himself not only destitute of means but also in Yet his courage and ability were equal to the emerg debt. Through the blessing of God he had acquired one ency. large fortune and he knew that God lived, and that he was His servant. But he had a large family depending on him, and a long The necessity of the occasion journey was before him. |
