"'Do you think that the Lord can, mother?'

"'Yes, my son,' I replied, 'He has shown it all to me in a vision.'

"And then I laid him comfortably on his face and said: 'Now you lay like
that and don't move, and the Lord will make you another hip.'

"So I laid Alma on his face for five weeks, until he was entirely
recovered, a flexible gristle having grown in place of the missing joint
and socket."

Alma grew up to be a man and became a useful member of the Church.

Topics.--1. The massacre at Haun's Mill. 2. Sardius and Alma Smith.

Questions and Review.--1. Where was Haun's Mill. 2. What advice did
Joseph give the Saints who lived there? 3. What happened October 30, 1838?
4. Tell about the Smith boys and Charles Merrick. 5. Tell about Thomas
McBride. 6. How many were killed?




CHAPTER XXI.

DRIVEN FROM MISSOURI.


Wild reports now went over the country about the "Mormons;" and to make