Follow Him: A Come, Follow Me Podcast - From Mockery to Miracle • followHIM Favorites • July 14 - 20 • Come Follow Me

Episode Date: July 10, 2025

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Hello everyone welcome to follow him favorites john and i are sharing a single story to go with each week's lesson john come follow me this week section seventy seven of the doctrine covenants through eighty you've told me you have a story i think it's for section seventy nine that's right in fact the section seventy nine is very short it's like four verses and it called Jared Carter to go on a mission. Lucy Mac Smith has a story about Jared Carter and one of these missions. I actually heard this first from a line upon line video that our friends at Living Scriptures make. I laughed out loud. It's Lucy Mac Smith. I mean, she must have been a fireball. I heard she was what, 411 or something and could command the house. This is in history of Joseph Smith by his mother. This is Lucy Mac Smith writing, Mr. Whitemore introduced me to the Reverend Mr. Ruggles, pastor of the Presbyterian Church to which he belonged. I can't make fun of names. My name is by the way, but Mr. Ruggles

sounds like a teddy bear. Mr. Ruggles, the pastor of the Presbyterian Church to which he belonged. And you, Mr. Ruggles, upon shaking hands with me, are the mother of that poor, silly, foolish boy, Jill Smith, who pretended to translate the Book of Mormon." Wow. I looked at him steadily in the face and replied, "'I am, sir,' the mother of Joseph Smith, "'but why, may I ask, do you call him a foolish, silly boy?' "'Because,' said his reverence, "'that he should imagine he was going to break down all the churches with that simple Mormon book.'

"'Did you ever read that book?' I inquired. "'No,' said he. "'It is far too beneath me to be worthy of my notice.' "'Then I think, sir,' I said, "'you do not abide by that scripture which saith, Search all things. Now, sir, let me tell you boldly that the Book of Mormon contains the everlasting gospel, and it was written for the salvation of your soul by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost.

Poo! said the minister. Nonsense! But I have no fears of any members of my church being led away by such dogmatism, for they have too much intelligence. Now Mr. Ruggles, said I, and I spoke earnestly for the spirit of the God was upon me. Here comes the wrath of Lucy. Mark my words, as sure as God lives, before three years we will have more than one-third of your church, and sir, whether you believe it or not, we will take the very deacon too."

Okay. Whoa. This produced a hearty laugh from the company at the expense of the revered minister. Not to be tedious, I will say that I remained in this section of the country about three weeks after our brethren left me, making my whole stay four weeks, during which time I labored incessantly for the truth's sake, and gained the hearts of many believers, among whom was David Dort and his wife. These were anxious to have me use my influence, to have an elder sent into that region of the country, and they pledged that the man who came

should not lack for anything. Just as I embarked for home, Mr. Cooper, my nephew of Detroit, said if we would dress our elders in broad cloth instead of homespun, it would add greatly to their influence. I promised him the next one who came to preach to them should be more genteel. I arrived home in a few days in perfect health and safety, finding my family well, and at first opportunity mentioned the state of things where I had been to Joseph. He seemed pleased that I had succeeded in preparing the way for a minister of the gospel and sent brother Jared Carter, section 79, to labor in that country, but not until we had him fitted out, as I had promised Mr. Cooper, with a suit of superfine broadcloth. Broadcloth, okay.

He went unto the midst of Mr. Ruggles' church and converted 70 of his best members, and as I said, he took the deacon too. For although I did not know anything about the situation of his church, he had a very intelligent deacon by the name of Samuel Bent, who is now a high counselor in Nauvoo. And he told me the last time I saw him, which was not a week since, that he had never forgotten my prophecy upon his head. Wow! That's awesome! Go Jared Carter and go Lucy Mac Smith! So Jared Carter, yeah, he shows up right there in section 79, that my will, my servant Jared Carter Carter should go again into the eastern countries.

He's straight out of the Colesville branch. Yeah, the Lord didn't say anything about his clothes, but the members wanted him in broad cloth. I need a little more broad cloth. Very important. Can't have this non-broad cloth. That's fantastic. Hey, we hope you'll join us on our full podcast.

It's called Follow Him. You can get it wherever you get your podcasts. We're with Dr. Matt Hinton this week. Matt and I have been friends since the 1900s. He does an incredible job with these sections. You're going to love it. And then come back next week. We'll do another Follow Him favorites.