Elder Jabez Woodard's protection from imprisonment through a clergyman's intervention

“I am very happy to say that in Switzerland also we have one good clergyman. He is not a bishop, but his influence is as great in his sphere as that of the bishops in England, and even greater. He prays that the “Mormons” may be successful. He is the first man that I have ever found in any part of the earth who prayed that the “Mormons” might be successful. If it had not been for the influence of that man, blood would have flowed in Switzerland ere now. Persons went to him to imprison me; and, as the old poetry when running away from the Valley—* If Brigham had only lifted his finger, it would have been all over with him,”—so, if this man had only lifted his finger, I had been in prison. Whenever this man met any of our Elders, he would advise them to be faithful to the covenants they had made. I like to mention such an honourable exception as that, brethren, because it is an honourable exception.—Millennial Star 21:5”