Charles Henry John West is visited by one of the three Nephites

Brother Stains prophecy concerning us was fulfilled, we did not lose one of our family on the journey but did lose one soon after. She was buried next day, Friday, in Provo Cemetery. Brother Miller was very kind, let us have the use of his buggy and had her cared for properly, ourselves being the only mourners, the driver, I think, being the only one present. We returned home feeling very downcast, being so different to any funeral that I had seen before. Of course being newcomers we were not known. We had a few thing to start house keeping, our sea chest for table and a chair, rawhide bottom, our baking kettle and tinware, bedclotdhes we brought with us. We done the best we could, did not feel like murmuring but made the best of what we had and got. Yet our loss of our daughter sent a gloom and seemed more than we could bear. We reflected, what had we done that our child should be took from us, what sin had we committed, while pondering over these things in our mind a tall gentlemen came in without knocking, he sat down on the only chair we had, and commenced conversing with us. In his conversation he seemed to know our history. He comforted us in our trouble and blessed us, was with us for 1/2 an hour or 3/4. During that time we both felt a heavenly ingluence, and all our troubles ceased and we felt very happy. When he left he stepped backwards toward the door opened it and went out, I followed directly after, but could see nothing of him. He was a very tall man clothed in homespun, dark suit, was very gray, and his beard came down to his chest. Next day I went to Bishop Miller to thank him for his kindness in helping us to put away our dead, also thank him for sending us a teacher, we thought a very good man. I described to him the teacher (as I thought) giving him full particulars, he said, "Brother West, we have no such teacher as you describe. You have been blessed with the visitation of one of the Nephites, that was to remain on the earth."