George A. Smith — Deliverance from Mob at Adam-ondi-Ahman

During the 1838 persecutions in Missouri, George A. Smith was frequently in peril due to his proximity to the Church leadership. On one occasion at Adam-ondi-Ahman, he found himself surrounded by a hostile mob that intended to inflict violence upon him. Smith recorded in his journal that he felt a sudden, powerful prompting to act with an unusual and bold authority. This sudden change in his demeanor reportedly struck the mob with a sense of awe or fear, causing them to part and allow him to walk through them unharmed. He viewed this as a direct intervention of divine protection during a period of intense danger.