Heber C. Kimball’s Journal

Heber C. Kimball’s own account of the introduction of the gospel to England: called from Kirtland in 1837 with Orson Hyde and others, he lands at Liverpool, goes to Preston, and preaches, baptizes and contends with opposition in the villages of Lancashire. The journal then follows the troubles in Missouri after his return, including Joseph Smith’s letter from Liberty Jail, and a last chapter drawn from his letters on his second mission. Heber narrates in his own voice.

The title page reads “President Heber C. Kimball’s Journal. Seventh Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints. Juvenile Instructor Office, Salt Lake City, 1882.” It names no editor, and the preface is signed only “The Publisher.” The preface says the first ten chapters had been printed as a small pamphlet in Nauvoo by Elder R. B. Thompson, long out of print, and that the next six were compiled from Kimball’s manuscript history by his eldest daughter, Helen Mar Whitney, who also supplied the letters behind the last chapter. Chapter XVII is the publisher’s own account of the second mission, because the journal of that mission was lost.

The book has no chapter titles; short titles were written for the page, and each chapter’s printed synopsis is read at its start. The preface and Chapter XVII are read by a second voice. The one footnote appears as a small number you can tap.

Text produced for Project Gutenberg by Paul Freebairn and the Mormon Texts Project (released December 3, 2014), from a copy given to the University of California library in 1886 and digitized by the Internet Archive.