Angel Halsey's mystic soul fell easily into the region of voices and visions.
In his adversity, fasting and praying more than ever before, he heard voices which gave practical directions not only for himself but for his neighbours.

When the neighbours refused to accept these ghostly counsels, which all tended toward a more rigorous holiness, there was no room left for Halsey's work in Kirtland.

He determined to fare forth to Missouri, there to comfort and edify the Saints scattered abroad in the rural districts.
It was now that Susannah expected the sprightly Elvira Halsey, still unbaptized, to return to the east.

Instead of that she proposed to travel with them, helping to take care of the child.
"Why should I take the trouble to help you and the young un ?" she asked, sitting on Susannah's doorstep, languid with the heat.

"When I was going along the lane last night I met a spirit, so I held out my hand according to Joe's latest.