Keep in my sinful heart the face of her who has left me to dwell among the Gentiles, whose hair is melted gold, whose eyes are azure deep as the sky, and whose arms once opened warm for me.

Guard her especially, O Lord, while she must company with Gentiles, for she is not wonted to their wiles; and in Thine own good time bring her head unharmed to its home on Thy servant's breast." He fasted often, that winter, waiting and watching for his great Witness--something that should testify to his mortal eyes the direct favour of Heaven.

He fasted and kept vigils and studied the mysteries; for now he was among the favoured to whom light had been given in abundance--men at whose feet he was eager to sit.

He learned of baptism for the dead; of the Godship of Adam, and his plurality of wives; of the laws of adoption and the process by which the Saints were to people, and be Gods to, earths yet formless.
There was much work out of doors to be done, and of this he performed his share, working side by side with the tireless Brigham.

But there were late afternoons and long evenings in which he sat with the Prophet to his great advantage.