A String of Pearls

# A String of Pearls: Faith-Promoting Series, Second Book

This 1882 publication from the Latter-day Saint Juvenile Instructor Office in Salt Lake City contains missionary anecdotes and spiritual narratives. The main feature is "Among the Poncas," a first-person account by W.C.S. detailing experiences with Ponca Indians during a westward journey. The narrative covers the author's work as a cobbler, buffalo hunts, severe illness, winter survival on scarce provisions, and interactions with tribal customs. Subsequent sections include anecdotes about Elder Grant's rhetorical prowess in debates against Baptist preachers, accounts of miraculous healings among Indian assemblies, answered prayers, and missionary incidents documenting conversions and divine intervention. The collection also features brief narratives about prophetic visions and their fulfillment, including accounts by Elder Taylor in Liverpool and Elder Lisonbee's mission successes. The work is explicitly designed as inspirational reading for Latter-day Saint youth to strengthen faith through documented accounts of divine providence and answered prayer.