The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 97

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Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 97: June 27, 1935 And on three different occasions, each of about three years' duration, he returned to England. Counsellor to the President of the Church climaxed his distinguished life of service. B. H. Roberts was born in the small industrial town of War rington. When he was five years old his mother emigrated to Utah and left him with friends until she could get enough money to send for him. But the friends did not prove to be the best, and in a short time they were begging their way about the country. In the public houses, where they spent most of their time, the boy Brigham stood on the table and sang ballads, then passed his hat for pennies. But he became somewhat of a drag 011 their exploits, and they decided to put him in the army as a drummer boy. But while he slept one night his mother's face appeared before him. He gathered up his old clothes and crept out into the night. For months he slept in doorways and ash barrels. Only after a long search through the branches of the Church was he found. At the age of nine he crossed the ocean and set out to walk across the plains. He lost his shoes and was compelled to go barefoot. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.