Ebenezer Robinson Spiritually Converted Upon Meeting the Saints at Kirtland

“We arrived in Kirtland in the month of August, 1835. We found a people there who, to our surprise, taught them all; and, to our understanding, practiced them. The members of the Church there in that day all seemed to love one another, and take a deep interest in each other's welfare, and it was a pleasure to be with them. We were invited to board with a family, and we found them to be a people of prayer, and of great faith. It was not long, however, until we became satisfied we were with a people who not only taught, but more perfectly practiced the gospel lessons, than any people we had ever before known. We had no faith in their religion when we arrived there, but we were soon convinced that they were a peculiar people, and that they were in possession of a power and influence which we had never before witnessed. It was not long until our Heavenly Father condescended to manifest to us clearly, by his peaceful spirit, that the gospel, as set forth in the New Testament scriptures and Book of Mormon, which was taught by this people, was true. Straightway, upon receiving this testimony, we felt an intense desire to be baptized.”

— Ebenezer Robinson, Items of Personal History of the Editor, The Return Vol. 1