Amanda Barns Smith's Auditory Divine Comfort in the Cornfield

Following the Haun's Mill massacre, Amanda Barns Smith lived in terror of the mob and felt unable to have family prayers. She went into a cornfield to pray and heard a voice reciting a verse about God not deserting His children, which brought her great comfort and courage.

According to the reminiscence of Amanda's son, Willard Gilbert Smith, Amanda remained at the site of the massacre because she could not move her children, including her wounded son Alma. During this time, the mob occupied the site and strictly forbade family prayers. Willard recorded that his mother, unable to endure this prohibition, went into a cornfield and 'prayed till her soul felt satisfied.'

Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):

I felt that I must have a place to pray, and I went into a cornfield. I was so afraid that I would be heard that I did not dare to pray aloud, but I prayed in my heart. When I came out of the cornfield, I heard a voice, as plain as I ever heard a voice in my life, and it said: 'That soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, I will not, I cannot, desert to his foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no never, no never forsake!'