Hundreds of recently-baptized European emigrants boarded the ship Horizon in Liverpool in 1856 and “the captain ordered to weigh anchor. All hands were alert and the order obeyed. Soon the rattling of the huge anchor chains were heard and the beautiful Horizon floated away from its mooring place. The Saints were mostly on deck and above the voices of the sailors the familiar sound of, ‘My Native Land Farewell’ was heard.” In his acco...
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