Without Purse or Scrip: Experiences of a Mormon Missionary

by Lynn M. Hilton

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to do missionary work Without Purse or Scrip - meaning without food, money, or a place to sleep? Lynn M. Hilton, a Mormon Missionary was asked to do this type of mission in 1947, in the State of Maine. He and his companions were told to take one small suitcase filled with copies of the Book of Mormon, a bar of soap, razor, toothbrush, comb, and other small items. He and his missionary companion, got off the bus and started walking. This day-to-day journal will allow you to travel with Elder Hilton on this mission of faith. Lynn was a B-24 bomber pilot during World War II. Ten days after being released from his army duties, he was called to the New England Mission. During the last four months of his mission, he and all the young male missionaries were asked by Mission President S. Dilworth Young to go out and work without purse or scrip. This books • Stories of Faith from his Mission • How he and his companion were able to find food and lodging without cost • How he was guided by the spirit • His hand-written journal entries • Instructions from his Mission President • Final comments by Church President George Albert Smith

102 pages, Paperback

First published September 7, 2015

About the author

Lynn M Hilton was born LDS in Arizona and raised in California. He was a B-24 bomber pilot in the US army for nearly three years during World War II. After the war he served, without purse or script, as a LDS missionary in the New England Mission, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

In 1952 he earned a PhD degree from the University of Chicago in Educational Administration and was appointed Professor of Education at BYU Provo. He served there for twelve years as Associate Dean of Continuing Education and founder and chairman of the BYU Salt Lake Adult Education Center.

He was later a successful businessman. He served a term as an elected member of the Utah House of Representatives.

Lynn and his first wife, Hope were called and set apart for a special mission to lead the original expedition to the Arab world to find the ancient trail of Lehi and Nephi and their family from Jerusalem to Bountiful where Nephi built his ocean going ship. They completed this assignment in 1976. Lynn's research was published in two long articles in the Ensign Magazine in 1976. The articles were entitled In Search of Lehi's Trail.

Lynn has lived twelve years in Arab countries and speaks Arabic. Lynn's first wife Hope, died in 1999. Two years later he met and married Nancy.