Two missionaries spared from an ambush

“Those men went out into the woods knowing that the Elders were coming to hold a meeting there on a certain night. They selected a spot that they thought was the very best place for killing these two young men, and hid themselves in the bushes. There was a tree that had fallen right across the path, and they agreed that when the Elders came to that tree, and just as they would step up on it, each one of them would shoot. Just before the young missionaries got to that fallen tree they stopped. One of them turned to the other and said: 'Now, let us kneel down at this tree, as though it were an altar, and supplicate God for the guidance of His Spirit as we go into this town.' The brother turned to his companion and said : 'We will let them pray. They usually let a criminal confess his sins before he is killed.' The boys knelt down there and they thanked God for a knowledge that He lived. They thanked God for a knowledge that Jesus is the Christ, the Saviour of the world, and that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. They thanked the Lord for the Gospel and that their parents had been so true to it. They prayed for strength and power to live worthy of such parents as they had, that they might walk in righteousness in their footsteps. Then they specially mentioned their gratitude to God that a lovely, sweet girl had found the Gospel of Jesus Christ and rendered obedience to it. They prayed that she might be preserved from harm and evil, and remain true. The brother turned and said : ' Lower your gun — lower your gun ! I would as soon shoot an angel of God as one of those boys !' — Millennial Star 87:19”