Sketches of Missionary Life

A series of anecdotal chapters recounts the experiences of young Latter-day Saint missionaries, covering their selection and brief preparation, temptations to decline, sacrifices made, journeys to distant fields, early anxieties and learning to preach, and reliance on divine aid. Episodes illustrate providential interventions, protection in danger, successes and discouraging prospects, responses of hearers, meeting work, companionship and support from friends, and signs believed to follow believers, all presented to teach practical lessons about faith, obedience, perseverance, and missionary service.