Diary of Evan Samuel Morgan

(Excerpt)

[1856]

November 16th, Sunday. I went to Merthyr-Tydfil to Conference, where Apostle Ezra T. Benson was present. They had some disagreement among themselves. Apostle Benson chastized them rather sharply.

[1857]

March 18th. Staying in Swansea. Went to the Saints' meeting in the evening, where Apostle Benson and others were preaching.

March 28th, Saturday. . . .

Before the ship started from Liverpool, Apostle Benson came on board in the evening to preach to us. Among the many things that he told us, was that we would reach Boston in so many days, and it so happened. Another saying was that there had been a number of ships that had left before we did but that we would reach Boston in so many days, and it so happened. Another saying was that there had been a number of ships that had left before we did but that we would reach Boston before them, which also was fulfilled. Another, that there were some in the audience that had no idea how, nor means to reach Zion that year. This also was fulfilled in me, if no one else, for after I paid for a meal in Boston my money was gone - rather an unpleasant condition to be in, in a strange land among strangers.