A pioneer's home burned by a mob for his faith

“I heard the witness of a man ready for the grave, who told the story that one night in November, when chilling winds were blowing, a mob surrounded his home and asked him and his wife and children to come out ; and they did it. They said to him; "Now, we like yon as a neighbor; we are perfectly willing to have you stay in our midst, but we do not like the religion you have espoused, and you must choose this night. We ask you either to denounce ' Mormonism ' or we are going to burn your home over your head." He took one look at his wife and children, and then replied to them : "These are dearer than life fco me ; I would give my life for them. But you are asking something more than life itself', I will have to refuse.'' And they burned his liome that night over his head, and he and his wife, with their little children, faced the world with nothing whatever, but were happy, as he bore me witness in the closing years of his life, because he said, "I knew God had revealed to me, and I could not deny it." — Millennial Star 86:35”