,,representative ,,women ,,of ,,deseret1 ,a ,,book ,,of ,,biographical ,,sketches1 ,,to ,,accompany ,,the ,,picture ,,bearing ,,the ,,same ,,title4 ,,compiled ,,and ,,written ,,by ,,augusta ,,joyce ,,crocheron1 ,author of ,,wild ,,flowers ,,of ,,deseret2 ,,and ,,dedicated ,,to ,the originals of this ,picture and ,book1 their co-laborers in the ,church1 and every true heart that will receive their testimonies4 ,o1 ,spirits dear6 ,ye light the path ,that else were lone and dim2 ,i follow where your sainted feet ,lead onward1 up to ,him1 ,and hear above life's discords1 still1-- ,your heav'n inspired hymn4 ,,salt ,,lake ,,city3 ,,printed ,,by ,j4 ,c4 ,,graham ,,co4 #ahhd4 ,,introductory4 ,in presenting this picture1 ,,representative ,,women ,,of ,,deseret1 before the public1 an explanation may be appropriate that the object may be rightly understood4 ,the picture is intended to represent the ,latter ,day ,saints ,women's ,organizations rather than to draw attention to those intellectual gifts and acquirements which in this connection are but secondary to the spiritual or missionary labors of those represented4 ,as in ,salt ,lake ,city is the head of these organizations1 so these spiritual laborers were selected by the precedence they hold4 ,throughout our ,territory1 indeed beyond1 are many as sincere and faithful1 noble women1 well deserving of every honor contained herein1 but there is of necessity a limit in the present work and that which would have been a pleasure to the author became an impossibility at this time1 but it is the purpose in due season to present another work which will be of interest to our people4 ,it is not the purpose of the compiler of these sketches to present a complete history of the subjects of the picture1 to which this book is merely an accompaniment to acquaint the many who are strangers to them with their labors and their virtues1 to show as it were1 what manner of people these ,mormons are4 ,to do full justice to the originals would require more space and ability than are mine4 ,but if the eyes of the stranger may thereby be opened to a knowledge of their purity1 integrity and faith in ,god1 their heroic firmness and the trials they have endured without wavering in allegiance to their cause2 if any may be convinced that this people are in earnest and in the right1 and that ,god is with them2 if they can realize that for men1 ,mormonism is not a cloak1 a subterfuge and a selfish system2 that our women are not from the dregs of civilization1 led and controlled by stronger minds without a knowledge within themselves for their course1 it will prove a joy and delight1 a sweet return for my humble but earnest efforts4 ,o1 that these truthful testimonies falling upon hearts that are as blocks of ice toward us1 might1 like burning bullets melt their way therein1 until1 like ,joseph's brethren1 they should weep for injuries these have borne6 ,and to the young of our people1 if this work shall cause them to appreciate their honored parents more by the nobility they have proven2 if it shall cause them to weigh the object for which these sacrifices were endured against the poor temptations of the present time2 if they shall question themselves1 shall my parent's sacrifices count for naught8 shall their example and their labors be lost on me8 their hopes meet disappointment8 ,if that command1 honor thy father and thy mother shall prevail1 and the sweet testimony of the ,holy ,spirit convince and strengthen them in the same service and faith unto their ,god1 still sweeter and richer shall be the reward4 ,that this work may go forth from my humble home as a missionary1 a silent worker of great good is my fervent hope4 ,a4 ,j4 ,c4 ,,preface4 ,in presenting the picture and book1 ,,representative ,,women ,,of ,,deseret1 to the public1 ,i desire to first express my thanks to the ladies of the picture for their kindness and confidence4 ,i thank ,sister ,eliza ,r4 ,snow ,smith for her approval and sanction2 ,sister ,emmeline ,b4 ,wells for her steadfast encouragement1 and ,bishop ,hiram ,b4 ,clawson for his kind interest and advice4 ,published1 as it has been1 in part by subscription1 ,i thank also my generous patrons4 ,through a disappointment1 so many embarrassments occurred that at one time ,i felt that no inducement1 however beautiful1 could again tempt me to so great 7in my circumstances7 an undertaking2 but for me the ,lord in ,his goodness opened the way2 and towards ,james ,r4 ,miller1 ,dr4 ,a4 ,farr and ,zina ,d4 ,h4 ,young1 each1 my heart thus expresses itself3 ,as ,hagar in her lone despair ,gazed hopeless o'er the desert drear1 ,nor saw until her steps were led1 ,the living waters1 sweet and clear2 ,so ,i who strove through tedious days ',mid hopes that fled and fears that frowned-- ,turned at thy name1 and in thy heart1 ,the boon ,i sought so long was found4 ,not hers alone the story old-- ,the earth is thronged with hearts distressed ,that little dream how close beside ,the angel walks--to save and bless4 ,in compiling the brief sketches of ,eliza ,r4 ,snow ,smith1 ,zina ,d4 ,h4 ,young1 ,m4 ,i4 ,horne and ,prescendia ,l4 ,kimball1 ,i am indebted to the editor of the ,woman's ,exponent1 their biographer4 ,several autobiographies follow1 and looking it all over1 the thought rises--how little ,i have done after all6 ,i have scarcely more than furnished the thread on which their gems were strung4 ,often ,i have paused1 sorrowful that this work must be so brief3 so much remains to be told4 ,i have had sincerest joy in this labor1 and if my efforts should be regarded as conferring any honor upon these ladies1 it has been a greater honor to me to be accorded the privilege of tendering it1 and of enjoying their acquaintance and friendship4 ,in conclusion1 ,i would again refer to our ,first ,lady1 ,e4 ,r4 ,s4 ,smith2 in a short time will appear her latest and largest book1 an autobiography and history with genealogical record of her family1 and dedicated to her noble brother1 ,apostle ,lorenzo ,snow4 ,on her eightieth birthday1 ,january #ba1 #ahhd1 ,sister ,eliza was the recipient of a large surprise party given in honor of the day1 in appreciation1 love and respect of herself and labors1 in the ,social ,hall1 a building of histrionic association in the annals of ,salt ,lake ,city4 ,it is wonderful indeed to contemplate the still youthful spirit1 energy and ability of this lady2 ever serene1 gentle1 forbearing with others2 so carefully hiding her own weariness and leaving unmentioned whatever might trouble her2 that the idea would never suggest itself to those not intimately associated with her1 that she has anything to do but preside1 receive and enjoy the loving expressions from her friends4 ,hoping this volume may entertain and benefit the reader1 and that all errors in book-making may be graciously pardoned1 ,i will subscribe myself1 dear public--,your ,servant and ,friend1 ,,augusta ,,joyce ,,crocheron4 ,,index4 ,eliza ,r4 ,snow ,smith ,zina ,d4 ,h4 ,young ,mary ,isabella ,horne ,sarah ,m4 ,kimball ,prescendia ,l4 ,kimball ,phoebe ,w4 ,woodruff ,bathsheba ,w4 ,smith ,elizabeth ,howard ,elmina ,s4 ,taylor ,mary ,a4 ,freeze ,louie ,felt ,ellen ,c4 ,clawson ,emmeline ,b4 ,wells ,romania ,b4 ,pratt ,elvira ,s4 ,barney ,emily ,hill ,woodmansee ,hannah ,t4 ,king ,augusta ,joyce ,crocheron ,helen ,mar ,whitney ,zina ,y4 ,williams ,louise ,m4 ,wells ,explanatory ,,eliza ,r4 ,,snow ,,smith1 ,,president ,,of ,,the ,,women',s ,,organizations ,,of ,,the ,,church ,,of ,,jesus ,,christ ,,of ,,latter ,,day ,,saints4 ,eliza ,r4 ,snow was born in ,becket1 ,berkshire ,co41 ,mass4 ,her parents were ,oliver ,snow of ,mass41 and ,rosetta ,l4 ,pettibone1 of ,conn4 ,they were of ,english descent1 their parents having emigrated to ,america at an early period4 ,in #ahjf1 the family removed to ,mantua1 ,portage ,co41 ,ohio4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,snow bestowed great care upon the education of their daughter1 intellectual and domestic4 ,she began her literary labors when quite young1 her contributions over a nom de plume receiving much admiration4 ,her grandfather was a revolutionary soldier1 and his reminiscences created impressions upon her youthful mind that became part of her nature1 developing into an intense national devotion4 ,two volumes of her ',religious1 ,historical1 ,political' poems have been published1 the ,first in ,liverpool1 ,england1 in #ahef1 the ,second in ,salt ,lake ,city4 ,her poems are life like and embody most of our ,church history4 ,to select her best poems would make a volume4 ,the one by which she is best known1 perhaps1 is1 ,o1 ,my ,father1 thou that dwellest1 and ranks in its individuality and popularity as a ,latter ,day ,saints' doctrinal hymn1 with ,the ,spirit of ,god like a fire is burning4 ,it is safe to say that these two hymns have wielded an influence beyond our power to estimate1 in conveying the spirit of the ,gospel to the hearts of the hearers4 ,i have witnessed throngs of people standing outside a ,mormon place of worship1 listening to the singing forgetful for the time of their own personal affairs4 ,they have fixed themselves upon the memory of all who ever heard them4 ,o ,my ,father contains doctrine that was new to the world1 it was the essence of ,mormonism4 ,every ,mormon child is familiar with it and would recognize it in any country4 ,it has been sung to many tunes1 several have been composed for it4 ,of these1 ,i once heard ,pres4 ,brigham ,young1 in the ,st4 ,george ,temple1 designate his preference thus3 ,will the ,parowan choir please sing ',o ,my ,father1' to that sweet1 gentle air ,i love so well8 ,the air was ,gentle ,annie1 a strange choice it sounded1 but the effect proved the correctness of his taste4 ,sister ,eliza early devoted her attention to the ,scriptures and in her girlhood formed the acquaintance of the famous preacher and scholar1 ,alexander ,campbell1 and other noted divines4 ,in #ahce1 she went to ,kirtland1 ,ohio1 and boarded in the family of the ,prophet ,joseph1 teaching a select school for young ladies4 ,miss ,snow returned home to visit her parents but on the #ast of ,january1 #ahcg1 bade farewell to her paternal home1 to share the joys or the afflictions of the ,latter ,day ,saints4 ,she became a governess to the children of the ,prophet1 and was a companion for ,emma1 his wife1 for a number of years4 ,from means she brought with her1 ,miss ,snow gave freely toward building the ,kirtland ,temple4 ,persecution soon arose and raged so that1 with her family who had now joined the ,church1 she left ,kirtland1 going to ,davies ,co41 ,mo4 ,on the #ajth of ,december1 #ahch1 ,miss ,snow with her father's family1 left ,davies ,co41 the ,mormons in that locality having been ordered by the ,governor to leave the county within ten days4 ,they passed through almost unendurable sufferings1 and reaching ,far ,west found the ,prophet and many others had been dragged to jail leaving their families destitute4 ,march #ahci1 they left ,far ,west leaving much of their property behind4 ,eliza and her sister stopped in ,quincy1 ,ill41 awhile4 ,in ,july #ahci1 ,miss ,snow went to ,commerce1 7since called ,nauvoo7 to teach school4 ,during her seven years' residence there she wrote much and advanced rapidly in her knowledge of the principles of the ,gospel4 ,here1 the ,relief ,society was organized by ,joseph1 ,march1 #ahdb1 and ,sister ,eliza was chosen for secretary4 ,there are now three hundred branches of the ,relief ,society4 ,eliza was at this time the wife of the ,prophet4 ,in the latter part of ,july #ahdb1 ,mrs4 ,smith1 ,president of the ,relief ,society1 proposed a petition to ,governor ,carlin1 asking his protection of ,joseph4 ,sister ,eliza1 as secretary1 wrote the petition which was signed by several hundred ladies1 and in company with ,president ,emma and ,mrs4 ,warren ,smith visited the ,governor at his residence in ,quincy1 ,adams ,co41 ,ill41 where they were most cordially received by the ,governor4 ,he replied to them1 ',i believe ,mr4 ,smith is innocent4' ,soon after their return home they learned that the ,governor in connection with ,missouri officials was plotting the destruction of the lives of those noble men4 ,the ,prophet and ,patriarch were massacred6 ,for awhile1 thought of all else was forgotten but this overwhelming woe4 ,but ,god gave them his sustaining love1 and ,eliza1 widowed1 turned again to the work ,joseph had established1 consecrating even her life to its service4 ,the ,temple was at length finished1 and ,sister ,eliza then began another era1 ministering in the ,temple in the holy rites that pertain to the ,house of the ,lord1 as ,priestess and ,mother in ,israel to hundreds of her sex4 ,in ,feb41 #ahdf1 she left ,nauvoo1 on her way to the ,rocky ,mountains4 ,at the middle ,fork of ,green ,river they stopped at one of the resting places4 ,here ,sister ,eliza and friends with whom the latter traveled1 lived in a log house laid up like children's cob houses1 with cracks from one to four inches wide4 ,a tent cloth stretched over the top1 blankets and carpets hung up inside as protection against the inclement weather4 ,on the #aith of ,august when they were leaving here1 they were minus a teamster4 ,sister ,eliza undertook to drive ox team1 and after some experience became an adept4 ,august #bgth they crossed the ,missouri river1 and on the #bhth1 arrived at ,winter ,quarters4 ,from constant exposure and continued hardships ,sister ,eliza broke down4 ,fever set in1 chills and fever followed2 heavy rains came on and she was wet nearly from head to foot4 ,she felt that she stood at the gates of death1 it was but a step beyond1 and once inside the portals she would be free from pain and suffering4 ,but the great lifework lay before her1 and she summoned courage and supreme faith to her aid4 ,they moved into a log house partly finished1 no chinking1 no chimney4 ,the fire was built on one side1 and the room which had no floor was always filled with smoke4 ,the cooking had to be done out of doors1 the intense cold being preferable to the smoke4 ,about the close of the year she received the sad news of the death of her mother4 ,april #gth1 #ahdg1 the pioneers under the direction of ,president ,brigham ,young started to find a gathering place for the ,pilgrim ,saints4 ,in ,june ,sister ,eliza resumed her journey westward4 ,nursing the sick in tents and wagons1 and burying the dead by the wayside in the wild desert were indeed mournful1 yes1 pitiful4 ,on the #dth of ,august1 several of the ,mormon ,battallion returning to ,winter ,quarters1 met the ,pilgrim ,companies1 and joyful indeed was the meeting for they were husbands1 fathers1 brothers and sons of women who were in those companies4 ,they soon met the returning pioneers and heard of the resting place found1 and arrived safely in the valley in ,october4 ,here ,sister ,eliza took up her abode with ,mrs4 ,clara ,decker ,young4 ,shortly after1 the ,saints numbering six hundred arrived in the valley1 a pole was erected and the flag which had been preserved with the greatest care1 was raised4 99 99 ,as time passed on a place was selected and consecrated in which holy ordinances might be administered4 ,sister ,eliza was called upon to take part1 in which calling she has officiated up to the present4 ,when the wards and settlements were pretty generally systematized1 ,pres4 ,young re-organized the ,relief ,society4 ,he called on ,sister ,eliza to assist1 and associate with her in the labor1 ,zina ,d4 ,young2 this gave to them the precedence which they have since held4 ,at a ,mass ,meeting held in this city ,january #acth1 #ahgj1 in the ,old ,tabernacle1 7where the ,assembly ,hall now stands7 by about #f1jjj women to protest against the ',cullom ,bill1' ,sister ,eliza made a strong and brilliant speech4 ,politically this was the turning point in the history of the women of ,utah4 ,a few weeks later and the women of ,utah received the right of franchise4 ,they will ever hold ,governor ,s4 ,a4 ,mann in special grateful remembrance4 99 99 ,in #ahed-e1 the ,lion ,house was completed and ,sister ,eliza has ever since resided there4 ,it was some years later before the domestic spinning1 dyeing and weaving were discontinued1 in these things ,sister ,eliza also excelled4 ,in #ahfi1 the ,retrenchment ,meetings were by the counsel of ,pres4 ,young1 organized4 ,an association with a presiding board of seven officers4 ,these meetings are still held in the ,fourteenth ,ward ,assembly ,rooms semi-monthly1 at the same hour1 the same ladies presiding1 excepting ,sister ,m4 ,t4 ,smoot since removed to ,provo4 ,here good instructions are given1 and here the ,junior ,associations' secretaries bring the minutes of their respective ,wards' ,meetings1 also the secretaries of the ,primary ,associations1 7girls under twelve years of age1 generally17 thus bringing together for mutual benefit an interchange of ideas1 experience and suggestions1 the aged veterans1 the younger matrons and maidens1 and little children4 ,october #bfth1 #ahgb1 ,sister ,eliza left ,salt ,lake ,city on a journey to the ,holy ,land1 her brother1 ,apostle ,lorenzo ,snow1 joining her in ,ogden4 ,pres4 ,george ,a4 ,smith and party met them in ,new ,york4 ,they took the steamer for ,liverpool ,november #eth4 ,in ,rome ,sister ,eliza spent five days1 visited ,naples1 ,corfu1 ,alexandria1 ,cairo1 ,suez1 ,joppa1 the plains of ,sharon1 the ,valley of ,ajelon became realized1 and in due time they beheld ,jerusalem4 ,this tour through the ,holy ,land was a mission pertaining to the ,latter ,day ,work4 ,an account of the trip was published in book form1 entitled ',palestine ,tourists4' ,sunday1 ,march #bnd1 #ahgc1 they ascended the ,mount of ,olives1 and held service there after the manner of the ,holy ,priesthood as revealed in this dispensation4 ,march #beth1 embarked for ,constantinople4 ,sister ,eliza had been enduring twenty-nine days of tent life1 and twenty-one of riding on horseback4 ,and this in her seventieth year6 ,at ,athens they took tea with the ,american ,minister1 and met the ,american ,consul ,general to ,constantinople4 ,they visited ,munich then went to ,vienna and thence to ,hamburg4 ,may #afth1 #ahgc1 they took steamer for ,london1 and met the ,saints in their ,conference1 ,may #beth4 ,embarked for home on the #bhth4 ,returning early in ,july1 she visited many old scenes and friends of her early life1 received with honors from place to place4 ,so quiet was her return to ,utah1 that four days elapsed before her many friends became aware of it4 ,a brief rest sufficed1 ,sister ,eliza could not be idle4 ,she visited ,ogden and ,provo in ,august1 ,cache ,valley in ,september1 holding meetings in these and many other places4 ,just after the ,october ,conference of #ahgf1 ,sister ,eliza entered upon the superintendency of the ',woman's ,store1' a ,commission ,house for ,utah home made goods4 ,officers and employees were women4 ,during this year she prepared her second volume of poems for the press1 also assisted in selecting and preparing the manuscript for the ',women of ,mormondom1' and in raising funds for its publication1 and not least of all1 gave the proof her attention4 ,also still continued her labors in the ,house of the ,lord4 ,at this time occurred the death of ,president ,brigham ,young4 ,to one so disciplined in order1 with such continuity of purpose1 such adhesiveness to principle and friends1 it would seem that to ordinary persons1 the loss of one in whose house she had her place1 and whose friendship and counsels she had shared for over twenty-five years1 would be an overwhelming shock4 ,but the same strength of mind which had risen from the martyrdom of the ,prophet and ,patriarch supported her again1 and she renewed her diligence1 if it were possible1 in her broad field of labor4 ,political events and duties occupied her attention during ,december and ,january #ahgh4 ,during the ensuing summer she traveled hundreds of miles1 holding generally two meetings a day wherever they stopped4 ,while attending a meeting at ,farmington1 ,davis ,co41 the efforts of ,sister ,aurelia ,spencer ,rogers received her consideration and the ,primary ,associations1 for children1 became part of our system4 ,the first ,organization at ,farmington dates from ,september #gth1 #ahgh2 about this time an ,association was organized in the ,eleventh ,ward of this city1 taking the lead4 ,this new feature so suggestive of great benefit to the children so enlisted her feelings that she has visited most of the settlements and wards in this matter organizing ,associations4 ,sister ,eliza returned from a long tour of missionary labor just in time to preside at a grand ,mass ,meeting of #ae1jjj women1 held in the ,theatre1 ,november #afth1 #ahgh1 in reply to representations of the ,anti-,polygamic ,society4 ,the year #ahhj was spent visiting the ,l4 ,d4 ,s4 ,women's ,organizations1 and the production of the ,childrens ,primary ,hymn ,book1 soon followed by a tune book to accompany the above4 ,on ,saturday1 ,july #agth1 ,fourteenth ,ward ,assembly ,rooms1 ,president ,john ,taylor ordained ,sister ,eliza to the office to which she had been elected2 ,president of ,latter ,day ,saints' ,women's ,organizations throughout the world1 wherever our people are2 also1 ,sister ,zina ,d4 ,h4 ,young as her ,first ,counselor1 ,elizabeth ,a4 ,whitney 7since deceased7 ,second ,counselor1 ,sarah ,m4 ,kimball as ,secretary1 and ,mary ,isabella ,horne as ,treasurer4 ,in ,august ,sister ,eliza visited ,sanpete ,co41 and in ,thistle ,valley assisted the ,bishop in organizing a ,relief ,society1 with an ,indian sister as a counselor2 the first ,indian woman ordained and set apart to an office in this dispensation4 ,november #hth1 ,sister ,eliza accompanied by ,sister ,zina ,d4 ,young1 left home for ,st4 ,george to do a work in the ,temple4 ,they traveled over one thousand miles in carriages and wagons1 doing missionary work among the ,saints4 ,in ,st4 ,george the anniversary of ,sister ,eliza's birthday was publicly celebrated1 and on the same day the people of ,weber ,stake paid a delicate tribute to the honorable lady by a similar celebration at ,ogden ,city4 ,sisters ,eliza and ,zina returned from ,st4 ,george ,march #cast1 and were met at the depot by a party of thirty ladies who escorted them to the ,lion ,house1 where a reception1 a welcome home1 awaited them4 ,in #ahha1 during the intervals of her many public duties1 she prepared her new book ,bible ,questions and ,answers4 ,in ,september1 visited ,thistle ,valley1 organizing a ,primary ,association with ten little ,indian children enrolled as members4 ,april #ahhc1 the ,relief ,society was organized among the ,indians at ,washakie1 an ,indian village in ,box ,elder ,co4 ,after duly considering the long-felt necessity among our own people of an institution for the sick and injured1 where the ordinances of faith might be administered freely and without restraint1 in fact1 one that we might term our own1 and as one of the links in our system of organizations1 the sisters took a course that led to the establishment of the ,deseret ,hospital1 at which institution the dedication services were held1 ,july #agth1 #ahhb1 by the ,first ,presidency1 ,stake ,presidency1 ,apostles ,wilford ,woodruff and ,f4 ,d4 ,richards2 ,mayor ,william ,jennings1 ,c4 ,w4 ,penrose1 ,editor ,deseret ,news1 ,l4 ,john ,nuttall and ,joseph ,horne being present4 ,eliza ,r4 ,s4 ,smith1 ,president1 ,e4 ,b4 ,wells1 ,secretary4 ,i will conclude this brief sketch with one of her latest poems3 ,,bury ,,me ,,quietly ,,when ,i ,,die4 ,when my spirit ascends to the world above1 ,to smile with the choirs in celestial love1 ,let the finger of silence control the bell1 ,to restrain the chime of a funeral knell1 ,let no mourning strain--not a sound be heard1 ,by which a pulse of the heart is stirred-- ,no note of sorrow to prompt a sigh2 ,bury me quietly when ,i die4 ,i am aiming to earn a celestial crown-- ,to merit a heavenly2 pure renown2 ,and1 whether in grave or in tomb ,i'm laid1 ,beneath the tall oak or the cypress shade2 ,whether at home with dear friends around2 ,or in distant lands upon stranger ground-- ,under wintry clouds or a summer sky2 ,bury me quietly when ,i die4 ,what avail the parade and the splendor here1 ,to a legal heir to a heavenly sphere8 ,to the heirs of salvation what is the worth1 ,in their perishing state1 the frail things of earth8 ,what is death to the good1 but an entrance gate ,that is placed on the verge of a rich estate ,where commissioned escorts are waiting by8 ,bury me quietly when ,i die4 ,on the iron rod ,i have laid my hold2 ,if ,i keep the faith1 and like ,paul of old ,shall have fought the good fight and ,christ the ,lord ,has a crown in store with a full reward ,of the holy priesthood in fulness rife1 ,with the gifts and the powers of an endless life1 ,and a glorious mansion for me on high2 ,bury me quietly when ,i die4 ,like a beacon that rises o'er ocean's wave1 ,there's a light--there's a life beyond the grave2 ,the future is bright and it beckons me on ,where the noble and pure and the brave have gone2 ,those who have battled for truth with their mind and might1 ,with their garments clean and their armor bright2 ,they are dwelling with ,god in a world on high3 ,bury me quietly when ,i die4 ,,zina ,d4 ,h4 ,,young1 ,,first ,,counselor ,,to ,,the ,,president ,,of ,,the ,l4 ,d4 ,s4 ,,women',s ,,organizations4 ,and he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children1 and the hearts of the children to their fathers1 lest ,i come and smite the earth with a curse4 ,how fitting are these sacred words to the subject of this sketch and her family4 ,in obedience to this command renewed in this dispensation1 searching through their genealogical records for ten generations back1 they have brought forth to light1 and to eternal life in the celestial kingdom of ,god1 the forgotten and unknown ancestry of their family1 finding now and then some noble representative of their race linked with even a kingdom's honor1 and at last1 far back1 upon the throne of ,england4 ,sister ,zina's career of religious devotion and service is not a new feature in the ,huntington family1 nor ,america a new field of labor to them4 ,one hundred years ago ,lady ,salina ,huntington1 saving to herself only sufficient for the real needs of life1 devoted a great portion of her vast fortune to missionary service1 for the introduction of ,christianity among the ,north ,american ,indians1 by the founding of schools for the natives and the support of ministers and teachers4 ,she allowed herself but one dress a year4 ,lady ,salina ,huntington was the second daughter of the ,earl of ,ferrars4 ,she was born in #agjg1 and was the co-laborer of ,whitefield and ,wesley4 ',the pedigree of ,lady ,huntington and her husband1 and of ,george ,washington1 first ,president of the ,united ,states1 7as traced by ,mapleson in his researches7 meet in the same parentage4' ',lady ,huntington and her chaplains often journeyed during the summer1 making their presence a means of religious revivals wherever they went4 ,a church needed4 ,with her1 to resolve was to accomplish4 ,her jewels she determined to offer to the ,lord4 ,they were sold for six hundred and ninety-eight pounds1 and with this she erected a house of worship in #agfj4 ,her daughter1 ,lady ,salina1 was one of the six earls daughters chosen to assist the ,princess ,augusta to bear the train of ,queen ,charlotte on her coronation day4 ,did it foreshadow an era of revelations dawning upon the world1 when she prayed that ,god would give us new bread1 not stale1 but what was baked in the oven that day4 ,lady ,huntington built seven chapels1 her private property1 beside aiding sixty others4 ,at the age of eighty-four a few hours before the last struggle she whispered joyfully1 ,i shall go to my ,father tonight1 and so she went home1 ,june #agth1 #agia4 ,thus by birthright and by heritage is the land of ,freedom the ,huntingtons' field of religious labor4 ,the mantles of ,lady ,huntington and remoter noble ancestors have at last been lifted from the silence and the shadows of departed centuries to the shoulders of worthy descendants and representatives1 who are doing works of greater magnitude than they ever comprehended4 ,superintended by ,dimock ,b4 ,huntington1 and assisted by the family1 ,zina and her sister ,prescinda have been baptized for ten generations1 numbering nearly five thousand4 ,by permission ,i select from matter collected and published by ,emmeline ,b4 ,wells1 in ,woman's ,exponent the following portions of biography3 ,zina ,diantha ,huntington was born ,january #cast1 #ahba1 at ,watertown4 ,her father was ,william ,huntington1 her mother ,zina ,baker1 whose father was one of the first physicians in ,new ,hampshire4 ,her grandmother on the mother's side was ,dorcas ,dimock1 'descended from the noble family of ,dimocks1 whose representatives held the hereditary knight-championship of ,england2 instance3 ,sir ,edward ,dymock1 ,queen ,elizabeth's champion4' ,the father of ,mrs4 ,zina ,d4 ,h4 ,young was also a patriot and served in the war of #ahab4 ,samuel ,huntington1 one of the signers of the ,declaration of ,independence1 was the uncle of this old revolutionary soldier4 ,she says3 ',my father's family is directly descended from ,simon ,huntington1 the ,puritan immigrant who sailed for ,america in #afcc4 ,he died at sea1 but left three sons and his widow1 ,margaret4 ,the church records of ,roxbury1 ,mass41 contain the earliest record of the ,huntington name known in ,new ,england1 and is in the handwriting of the ,rev4 ,john ,elliot himself1 the pastor of that ancient church4 ,this is the record3 ',margaret ,huntington1 widow1 came in #afcc1 her husband died by the way of small pox4 ,she brought children with her4' ',my grandfather1 ,wm4 ,huntington1 the revolutionary soldier1 married ,prescinda ,lathrop1 and was one of the first settlers in the ,black ,river ,valley1 ,northern ,new ,york4 ,the ,huntingtons and ,lathrops intermarried1 and my sister ,prescinda ,lathrop ,huntington1 bears the family name of generations4' ,the ,huntingtons embraced the ,gospel at ,watertown1 ,new ,york1 and ,zina ,d41 when only fifteen years old was baptized by the ,patriarch ,hyrum ,smith1 ,august #adth1 #ahce1 and soon after went to ,kirtland with her father's family4 ,in this year she received the gift of tongues4 ,on one occasion in the ,kirtland ,temple she heard a whole invisible choir of angels singing1 till the house seemed filled with numberless voices4 ,at ,kirtland she received the gift of interpretation4 ,she was also at the memorable ,pentecost when the spirit of ,god filled the house like a mighty1 rushing wind4 ,zina was also a member of the ,kirtland ,temple ,choir1 of whom but few are now living4 ,sister ,zina experienced the persecutions in ,missouri1 during which the mother died from fatigue and privation1 and only two of their family were able to follow her remains to their resting place4 ,she says2 ,thus died my martyred mother4 ,sister ,zina was married in ,nauvoo1 and had two sons1 but this not proving a happy union1 she subsequently separated from her husband4 ,joseph ,smith taught her the principle of marriage for eternity1 and she accepted it as a divine revelation1 and was sealed to the ,prophet for time and eternity1 after the order of the new and everlasting ,covenant4 ,sister ,zina was a member of the first organization of the ,relief ,society at ,nauvoo1 and when the ,temple was ready for the ordinances to be performed1 received there her blessings and endowments4 ,after the martyrdom of the ,prophet ,joseph and ,hyrum1 she was united in marriage for time to ,brigham ,young1 and with the ,saints left ,nauvoo in the month of ,february1 crossing the ,mississippi on the ice4 ,arriving at ,mt4 ,pisgah1 a resting place for the exiles1 ,father ,huntington was called to preside and ,zina ,d41 with her two little boys remained with him temporarily4 ,sickness visited the camp1 and deaths were so frequent that help could not be obtained to make coffins4 ,many were buried with split logs at the bottom of the grave and brush at the sides1 that being all that could be done by mourning friends4 ,her father was taken sick1 in eighteen days he died4 ,after these days of trial she went to ,winter ,quarters1 and was welcomed into the family of ,brigham ,young4 ,with them1 she in ,may #ahdh1 began the journey to this valley1 walking1 driving team1 cooking beside camp-fires1 and in ,september arrived here1 living in tents and wagons until log houses could be built4 ,here1 ,april #crd1 #ahej1 was born ,zina1 daughter of ,brigham ,young and ,zina ,d4 ,young4 ,when the ,relief ,society was reorganized in ,utah by ,president ,brigham ,young1 ,sister ,zina was one of the first identified with that work1 as ,treasurer1 and when ,sister ,eliza was called to preside over all the ,relief ,societies1 she chose ,zina as her ,counselor4 ,one of the most useful fields of her labor1 has been sericulture4 ,she has raised cocoons1 attending to them with her own hands1 and had charge of a large cocoonery and mulberry orchard belonging to ,president ,young4 ,when the ,silk ,association was organized1 ,june #aeth1 #ahgf1 she was chosen ,president4 ,great good was accomplished1 mulberry trees were planted and cocoons raised in every part of the ,territory where the climate would permit4 ,a good article of silk was manufactured with home machinery4 ,sister ,zina also took a course of medical studies1 being perhaps the first to adopt the wish of ,president ,young1 for as many of the sisters as would be useful for the practice in the many settlements1 among their own sex2 to qualify themselves4 ,ladies came from different settlements1 stimulated by her example4 ,in all departments of woman's labor for the public good1 ,sister ,zina had been found at her post doing her share of active work in the best manner possible4 ,she has traveled among the different settlements visiting organized societies1 or assisting ,sister ,eliza or the local authorities in organizing4 ,at a ,mass ,meeting of ladies held in this city1 ,november #afth1 #ahgh1 ,sister ,zina delivered a very eloquent impromptu address4 ,i was one of the reporters on that occasion1 and noting the increasing earnestness in her voice and words1 raised my eyes to her standing just before the table we were using4 ,suddenly1 as though her words struck home like an electric shock1 several gentlemen sitting at my right hand1 clutching the arms of their chairs1 started as though they would rise to their feet2 their faces burning with the truths they heard1 their eyes fixed upon her fearless face and uplifted hands4 ,i can never forget that moment4 ,it was more than eloquence1 it was inspiration4 ,i will quote that portion of her address4 ,the principle of our religion that is assailed is one that lies deep in my heart4 ,could ,i ask the heavens to listen2 could ,i beseech the earth to be still1 and the brave men who possess the spirit of a ,washington to hear what ,i am about to say4 ,i am the daughter of a ,master ,mason6 ,i am the widow of a ,master ,mason1 who1 when leaping from the window of ,carthage ,jail pierced with bullets1 made the ,masonic sign of distress2 but1 gentlemen1 7addressing the representatives of the press that were present7 those signs were not heeded except by the ,god of heaven4 ,that man1 the ,prophet of the ,almighty1 was massacred without mercy6 ,sisters1 this is the first time in my life that ,i have dared to give utterance to this fact1 but ,i thought ,i could trust my soul to say it on this occasion2 and ,i say it now in the fear of ,israel's ,god1 and ,i say it in the presence of these gentlemen and ,i wish my voice could be heard by the whole brotherhood of ,masons throughout our proud land4 ,that institution ,i honor4 ,if its principles were practiced and strictly adhered to would there be a trespass upon virtue8 ,no indeed4 ,would the honorable wife or daughter be intruded upon with impunity8 ,nay1 verily4 ,would that the ladies of ,america1 with the honorable ,mrs4 ,hayes at their head2 would that the ,congress of the ,united ,states1 the law makers of our nation1 could produce a balm for the many evils which exist in our land through the abuse of virtue1 or could so legislate that virtue could be protected and cherished as the life which heaven has given us4 ,we in common with many women throughout our broad land would hail with joy the approach of such deliverance1 for such is the deliverance that woman needs4 ,the principle of plural marriage is honorable2 it is a principle of the ,gods1 it is heaven born4 ,god revealed it to us as a saving principle2 we have accepted it as such1 and we know it is of him for the fruits of it are holy4 ,even the ,saviour1 ,himself1 traces his lineage back to polygamic parents4 ,we are proud of the principle because we know its true worth1 and we want our children to practice it1 that through us a race of men and women may grow up possessing sound minds in sound bodies1 who shall live to the age of a tree4 ,during the summer of #ahgi1 ,sister ,zina decided to take a trip to the ,sandwich ,islands for her health1 and was accompanied by ,miss ,susa ,young4 ,she had the opportunity of meeting many persons of note to whom she imparted correct information regarding our people2 distributing tracts and books4 ,great respect was paid her and many ovations4 ,she assisted the native members of our church in getting an organ for their meetings1 and contributed liberally for other benevolent purposes4 ,on her return she spent most of her time attending meetings of the various organizations4 ,sericulture was not forgotten or neglected4 ,she also continued her labors in the ,house of the ,lord4 ,in the fall of #ahhj1 ,sisters ,zina and ,eliza went to ,st4 ,george1 to labor in the ,temple1 and visit the organizations of the women and children1 wherever practicable4 ,they held meetings by the way1 often camped out over night1 and traveled thus over one thousand miles4 ,returning ,march #cast1 #ahha1 they were met at the depot by a party of thirty ladies1 in carriages1 who escorted them to the ,lion ,house where a reception of welcome home awaited them4 ,august #bjth1 #ahha1 ,sister ,zina1 accompanied by her foster son1 ,lieut4 ,willard ,young1 started for ,new ,york to gather up the records of her relatives4 ,dr4 ,e4 ,b4 ,ferguson was going to pursue her medical studies further in some branches1 to be of greater service among the people4 ,previous to their going1 they were blest and set apart by the ,first ,presidency of the ,church1 to speak upon the principles of our faith if opportunity presented4 ,sister ,zina was cordially received by her relatives1 and invited to speak in ,sunday ,school and ,temperance ,meetings4 ,visited ,new ,york ,city1 and listened to many celebrated divines4 ,attended the ,woman's ,congress at ,buffalo1 ,n4 ,y41 but was refused five minutes to represent the women of ,utah4 ,visited ,watertown1 ,n4 ,y41 then to ,vermont1 and thence to ,albany ,co41 and spoke in several meetings4 ,sister ,zina returned to ,new ,york to attend the ,n4 ,w4 ,s4 ,a4 ,convention1 without opportunity of addressing them4 ,she however assisted the brethren in organizing a ,relief ,society in ,new ,york4 ,with ,lieut4 ,willard ,young she visited ,west ,point4 ,mrs4 ,young returned to this city ,march #gth1 received by her daughters and many friends1 the return being the occasion for a most delightful party4 ,on the ,friday following1 the ,relief ,society ,conference convened1 and her many friends had the opportunity of welcoming her home4 ,picture and words are alike powerless to convey the beauty of her face1 her spirit and her life4 ,each succeeding year adds a tenderer line to her face1 a sweeter1 gentler intonation to her voice1 a more perceptible power to her spirit from the celestial fountains of faith2 widens the circle of her friends1 strengthens and deepens their love for her1 and brings a richer harvest of noble labors to her name4 ,could ,i say more8 ,i could not say less of her who has for eighteen years been my most intimate friend1 my counselor1 my second mother4 ,a mother1 not to me alone1 to her belongs in its sweetest1 widest sense1 the name--a mother in ,israel4 ,,mary ,,isabella ,,horne1 ,,treasurer ,,of ,,the ,,presiding ,,board ,,of ,,the ,l4 ,d4 ,s4 ,,women',s ,,organizations4 ,i was born ,november #bjth1 #ahah1 in the town of ,rainshaw1 ,county of ,kent1 ,england4 ,i am the daughter of ,stephen and ,mary ,ann ,hales1 and the eldest daughter of a large family4 ,my parents were honest1 industrious people4 ,i was taught to pray when very young1 to be honest and truthful1 to be kind to my associates1 and to do good to all around us4 ,my early years were spent in attending school and in assisting my mother in domestic duties4 ,mrs4 ,horne's father was a ,methodist1 and her mother a member of the ,church of ,england4 ,mrs4 ,horne as a child1 had very strong religious tendencies1 and when requested by her ,sabbath ,school teacher to commit to memory two or three verses from the ,bible1 she would learn a whole chapter or perhaps two1 and recite without being prompted4 ,when only in her eleventh year1 she became so fascinated with the ,bible that her leisure hours after the labors of the day were over1 were employed in reading and studying the history and incidents1 the sublime parables and teachings contained in that sacred work2 thus prepared to receive in due time the ,gospel of the new and last dispensation4 ,in #ahcb1 ,mrs4 ,horne's parents decided to emigrate1 and concluded to go to upper ,canada4 ,april #fth1 they left ,england with a family of five sons and two daughters4 ,one little boy died upon the way4 ,on the #afth of ,june1 they arrived in ,york1 strangers in a strange land1 where the cholera was making fearful ravages1 but the ,lord preserved them all in health4 ,the following spring1 #ahcc1 the family removed to the country1 about eight miles from ,york4 ,mrs4 ,hales' health was delicate and the care of the whole family devolved upon ,mary ,isabella1 only fifteen years of age4 ,in the spring of #ahcd1 she attended a ,methodist camp meeting in the neighborhoood1 where she first met ,mr4 ,joseph ,horne1 and two years afterward1 ,joseph ,horne and ,mary ,isabella were united in marriage on the #ith of ,may1 #ahcf4 ,only about one month of their wedded life had passed when they heard a rumor that a man professing to be sent of ,god1 to preach to the people would hold a meeting about a mile distant4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,horne attended this meeting and there they first heard the ,gospel1 proclaimed by ,elder ,orson ,pratt1 but little knew how the course of their life would be changed by receiving this great light4 ,mrs4 ,horne was baptized in ,july1 #ahcf1 by ,elder ,orson ,hyde1 and ever after her house was a home for the elders1 and a place where meetings were held4 ,in the latter part of the summer of #ahcg1 she first saw the ,prophet ,joseph1 also ,sidney ,rigdon and ,thomas ,b4 ,marsh4 ,she says3 ,on shaking hands with the ,prophet ,joseph ,smith1 ,i received the holy spirit in such great abundance that ,i felt it thrill my whole system from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet4 ,i had never beheld so lovely a countenance1 nobility and goodness were in every feature4 ,i said to myself1 ',o ,lord1 ,i thank thee for granting the desire of my girlish heart in permitting me to associate with prophets and apostles4' ,in ,march #ahch1 while the weather was still wintry1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,horne bade farewell to their home1 and with a few saints started for the gathering-place of the people of ,god4 ,at ,huntsville1 ,mrs4 ,horne was introduced to ,father and ,mother ,smith2 ,father ,smith was the ,patriarch of the church1 and under his hands she received a patriarchal blessing4 ,in ,august1 with a babe less than a month old1 they removed to ,far ,west1 and were obliged to go into a log house without doors or windows4 ,it was about this time that the excitement in ,missouri raged1 and persecution was at its height4 ,mrs4 ,horne was alone much night and day1 her husband being on guard4 ,in the spring of #ahci1 ,mrs4 ,horne and family left ,missouri as exiles1 and sought an asylum in ,quincy1 ,ill41 where for awhile they had peace4 ,while in ,quincy1 ,mrs4 ,horne was one of those favored ones who had the privilege of entertaining and waiting upon the ,prophet ,joseph and ,hyrum1 the ,patriarch4 ,in the month of ,march1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,horne moved to ,nauvoo by wagon1 over the then wild prairies4 ,they lived in a lumber shanty for eight months1 and in ,november ,mr4 ,horne moved his family into his own house1 still unfinished4 ,here in ',nauvoo the beautiful1' ,mr4 ,horne through diligent labor at last succeeded in establishing a flourishing business and his family were looked upon by the ,saints as quite well situated4 ,on the #bnd of ,april1 #ahdd1 ,mrs4 ,horne received a patriarchal blessing under the hands of ,hyrum ,smith1 the patriarch of the ,church4 ,on the #bgth of the ,june following1 occurred the martyrdom of ,joseph and ,hyrum4 ,mrs4 ,horne says1 ,on the #bhth day of ,june1 ,i took my last look on earth of ,joseph and ,hyrum ,smith6 ,may ,i never experience another day similar to that4 ,i do not wish to recall the scene4 ,on the #ith of ,july was born her fifth son4 ,in ,january1 #ahdf1 ,mrs4 ,horne went into the ,nauvoo ,temple1 receiving the ordinances of the ,house of the ,lord1 and assisted in administering to others4 ,in ,february ,mr4 ,horne closed his business and bade adieu to their home and camped with the ,saints on ,sugar ,creek1 ,iowa4 ,in ,march moved on to ,garden ,grove1 and then to ,mt4 ,pisgah4 ,here1 ,mrs4 ,horne had born to her a daughter1 born in a wagon4 ,when the babe was three days old1 ,mrs4 ,horne started again on her way1 arriving at ,council ,bluffs about the last of ,june1 moving into a log cabin4 ,here she was so sick it was feared she would not recover4 ,elder ,orson ,pratt administered to her and prophesied she would do a good work in ,israel4 ,in ,june of the same year1 she left with the first company across the plains that followed the pioneers to the valley of ,salt ,lake4 ,that was indeed a remarkable journey and all those who traveled hither at that time deserve the title of pioneers4 ,they opened the way and braved the perils of the desert and the experience of living in this sterile land4 ,they ploughed and planted and fought against the fearful odds of crickets1 grasshoppers and death4 ,the company in which ,mrs4 ,horne traveled1 arrived here ,october #fth1 #ahdg1 and as soon as the ,fort was completed she moved into it1 and lived in a log cabin two years1 enduring all the exigencies incident to the settling of a new ,indian country1 among which were living on short rations1 a part of which was roots and thistles4 ,on the #afth of ,january1 #ahdi1 another daughter was added to the family4 ,as soon as possible after arriving in a new and destitute country1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,horne made themselves a home in the ,fourteenth ,ward1 which they still retain4 ,in speaking of her first knowledge of the order of celestial marriage1 she says1 she has had strong testimony for herself that it is of ,god4 ,mrs4 ,horne has borne herself nobly in all the different phases of plural domestic relations4 ,mrs4 ,horne was a member of the ,relief ,society in ,nauvoo1 and in the first organization of the ,fourteenth ,ward in this city1 was a counselor to ,president ,phoebe ,w4 ,woodruff4 ,in ,may1 #aheh1 ,mrs4 ,horne moved as far south as ,parowan1 her husband being called on a mission still further south1 in ,dixie4 ,against every disadvantage1 ,mrs4 ,horne performed this journey of two hundred and fifty miles1 this mother with her ten children1 the youngest a babe of six months4 ,in ,september their mission was fulfilled and ,mrs4 ,horne returned home1 ,mr4 ,horne returning from his mission soon after4 ,december #abth1 #ahfg1 ,mrs4 ,horne was chosen by ,bishop ,a4 ,hoagland1 of the ,fourteenth ,ward1 to preside over the ,relief ,society in that ward4 ,it was a great surprise to her1 she was at that time very timid4 ,under the wise management of the ,president1 the society increased in numbers1 great good was accomplished in the relief of the poor and afflicted1 and means multiplied in the ,treasury4 ,a two story brick building has been erected by the society1 part of which is rented for a store1 and the upper story used for meetings4 ,the society also own a good granary and a quantity of wheat4 ,mrs4 ,horne's success as a leader was so apparent and her course so consistent1 ,president ,young had such confidence in her1 he gave her a very important mission among the sisters2 this was called ,retrenchment4 ,in due time a meeting was held in the ,fifteenth ,ward ,schoolhouse1 and from there adjourned to the ,fourteenth ,ward ,assembly ,rooms1 and from that time until the present1 ,mrs4 ,horne has presided at these regular semi-monthly meetings of the ,ladies' ,general ,retrenchment ,associations4 ,when ,president ,young instructed ,sister ,eliza to go through the ,territory and organize the young ladies into associations for mutual improvement1 ,mrs4 ,horne was called to assist4 ,she has organized many of the ,young ,ladies ,associations1 also ,primary ,associations4 ,at the time of the passage of the ,cullom ,bill in ,january1 #ahgf1 a grand ,mass ,meeting was called to convene in the ,old ,tabernacle1 ,salt ,lake ,city4 ,mrs4 ,horne took an active part in the proceedings1 being one of the committee to draft resolutions4 ,in ,february following1 the bill was passed1 granting suffrage to the women of ,utah4 ,mrs4 ,horne was one of a committee of ladies who waited upon ,governor ,s4 ,a4 ,mann to express the gratitude of ,mormon women for his signing of the document4 ,december #ahgg1 ,mrs4 ,horne was chosen to preside over the ,relief ,societies of this stake of ,zion4 ,she was elected a delegate from ,salt ,lake ,county1 to the ,territorial ,convention held in this city1 commencing ,october #ith1 and was called upon to address them4 ,mrs4 ,horne was one of the committee appointed to wait upon the delegate nominated at the ,convention1 and inform him of the honor conferred upon him4 ,when ,mrs4 ,horne was sixty years of age1 upon the demise of her daughter-in-law1 ,mrs4 ,lydia ,weiler ,horne1 she took the babe six weeks old to raise4 ,this after rearing a family1 and seeing each take honored places in the world4 ,mrs4 ,horne has been an officer and worker in the silk industry from the beginning4 ,at the organization of the board of officers for the ,deseret ,hospital1 ,may #ahhb1 ,mrs4 ,horne was elected ,chairman of the ,executive ,committee4 ,november #bjth1 #ahhb1 was the forty-sixth anniversary of ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,horne's wedding day4 ,at the reception they held1 an elegant photograph album was presented from lady friends1 each of whom was to contribute her picture4 ,congratulations from children1 ,mayor ,jennings and ,judge ,miner1 with loving and sincere good wishes from all1 for the future1 made this a day long to be remembered4 ,i am indebted to the pen of ,emmeline ,b4 ,wells1 editor of the ,woman's ,exponent1 for the points ,i have selected for this sketch1 to whom the original referred me as possessing all ,i would wish to obtain4 ,perhaps1 it would be no more than justice to the author1 to quote also from the same source1 the record her family have so far1 made1 thereby reflecting credit upon their noble parents4 ,it will also give to the world the history in brief of one ,mormon family1 reared in the teachings1 examples and associations of ,mormonism1 not omitting the system of celestial marriage4 ,by their fruits ye shall know them4 ,henry1 the eldest son1 was for eleven years ,bishop in ,paris1 ,idaho1 in #ahhj1 moved to ,arizona1 to assist in colonizing there4 ,joseph1 when about twenty years of age1 was called on a mission to ,switzerland1 where he obtained a thorough knowledge of the ,german language4 ,returned1 and was for ten years ,bishop of ,gunnison1 ,sanpete ,co41 again called to ,switzerland to preside over the ,swiss and ,german missions and edit the ,stern4 ,in #ahgh1 he was called to the ,bishopric in ,richfield1 ,sevier ,co41 is also mayor of that city4 ,richard is a teacher2 was superintendent of ,sunday-schools in ,beaver1 and has filled several home missions4 ,john1 the youngest son1 was the first ,president of the ,young ,men's ,mutual ,improvement ,association in the ,fourteenth ,ward4 ,her eldest daughter1 ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,webb1 lives in ,millard ,co41 a lady who might grace any society4 ,nora married ,george1 son of ,orson ,spencer1 somewhat famous in ,church history for his valuable writings and great missionary work in ,america and ,europe4 ,julia married ,wm4 ,burton1 and died one year after marriage1 leaving a baby daughter4 ,she was the first ,president of the ,young ,ladies ,mutual ,improvement ,association of the ,fourteenth ,ward4 ,cornelia was later made the ,president4 ,miss ,cornelia was also for three or four years business manager of the ,woman's ,exponent4 ,she is the wife of ,james ,clayton4 ,minnie1 her twin sister1 was for several years ,secretary of the ,young ,ladies ,mutual ,improvement ,association and the ,sunday-school4 ,since her marriage with ,wm4 ,james1 she is ,president of the ,seventh ,ward ,primary ,association4 ,mattie is a counselor to the ,president of all the ,young ,ladies ,mutual ,improvement ,associations of the ,church4 ,when the ,woman's ,exponent was first published1 ,miss ,mattie was the first girl to go into the printing office and learn type setting4 ,clara1 the youngest1 is accomplished1 gifted spiritually1 and an active worker4 ,as her mother is often called from home by public duties1 the charge of the home rests much of the time with her1 a position she fills with dignity and ability4 ,three babes died in infancy4 ,and the mother of these children now honored among men and women1 drove team hundreds of miles1 not one journey1 but many1 and nearly always with a babe in her arms4 ,resting now in the afternoon of life with comforts1 honors and love surrounding her1 ,mrs4 ,horne must look back with satisfaction and gratitude upon her life4 ,a few years ago1 when ,i1 a timid ,secretary of the ,fourteenth ,ward ,meetings1 used to steal a look at her noble face1 ,i used mentally to compare it to that of ,washington1 and ,i think still ,i was not mistaken2 we1 to-day1 are struggling for liberty to worship ,god according to the dictates of our own consciences1 and the spirit of such as he and his co-laborers are with us and are ours1 to counsel and to lead1 through difficulties unto victory4 ,,sarah ,m4 ,,kimball1 ,,secretary ,,of ,,the ,l4 ,d4 ,s4 ,,women',s ,,organizations4 ,i am the daughter of ,oliver ,granger and ,lydia ,dibble ,granger1 was born ,december #bith1 #ahah1 in the town of ,phelps1 ,ontario ,co41 ,new ,york4 ,of my parents1 eight children1 only myself and two younger brothers1 ,lafayette and ,farley1 remain4 ,my father1 ,oliver ,granger1 had an interesting experience in connection with the coming forth of the ,book of ,mormon4 ,he obtained the book a few months after its publication1 and while in the city of ,new ,york1 at ,prof4 ,mott's ,eye ,infirmary he had a 'heavenly vision4' ,my father was told of a personage who said his name was ,moroni1 that the ,book of ,mormon1 about which his mind was exercised1 was a true record of great worth1 and ,moroni instructed him 7my father7 to testify of its truth and that he should hereafter be ordained to preach the everlasting ,gospel to the children of men4 ,moroni instructed my father to kneel and pray2 ,moroni and another personage knelt with him by the bedside4 ,moroni repeated words and instructed my father to repeat them after him4 ,moroni then stepped behind my father1 who was still kneeling1 and drew his finger over the three back seams of my father's coat1 7which my father felt very perceptibly7 and said1 ',a time will come when the ,saints will wear garments made without seams4' ,moroni told my father that he might ask for what he most desired and it would be granted4 ,he asked for an evidence by which he might know when he was approved of ,god4 ,the evidence or sign was given1 and remained with him until his dying hour1 being more particularly manifest when engaged in prayer and meditation4 ,i love the memory of my father4 ,he died in ,kirtland1 ,ohio1 ,august #ahdc1 aged forty-seven4 ,i was married in ,kirtland1 ,orange ,co41 ,ohio1 by ,warren ,cowdery1 ,esq41 ,september #bcrd1 #ahdj1 to ,hiram ,kimball1 eldest son of ,phineas and ,abigail ,kimball1 of ,west ,fairley1 ,orange ,co41 ,vermont4 ,my parents had previously spent a year in ,nauvoo1 ,hancock ,co41 ,ill42 their present stay in ,ohio was considered only temporary2 my father sickened and died there the next year4 ,i returned with my husband to his home in ,nauvoo1 ,ill41 three weeks after my marriage4 ,we boarded six months in the family of ,dr4 ,frederick ,williams1 then went to housekeeping4 ,my eldest son was born in ,nauvoo1 ,november #bbnd1 #ahda2 when the babe was three days old a little incident occurred which ,i will mention4 ,the walls of the ,nauvoo ,temple were about three feet above the foundation4 ,the ,church was in need of help to assist in raising the ,temple walls4 ,i belonged to the ,church of ,jesus ,christ of ,latter-,day ,saints2 my husband did not belong to the ,church at that time4 ,i wished to help on the ,temple1 but did not like to ask my husband 7who owned considerable property7 to help for my sake4 ,my husband came to my bedside1 and as he was admiring our three days' old darling1 ,i said1 ,what is the boy worth8 ,he replied1 ,o1 ,i don't know1 he is worth a great deal4 ,i said1 ,is he worth a thousand dollars8 ,the reply was1 ,yes1 more than that if he lives and does well4 ,i said1 ,half of him is mine1 is it not8 ,yes1 ,i suppose so4 ,then ,i have something to help on the ,temple4 ,he said pleasantly1 ,you have8 ,yes1 and ,i think of turning my share right in as tithing4 ,well1 ,i'll see about that4 ,soon after the above conversation ,mr4 ,kimball met the ,prophet ,joseph ,smith1 ,president of the ,church1 and said1 ,sarah has got a little the advantage of me this time1 she proposes to turn out the boy as ,church property4 ,president ,smith seemed pleased with the joke1 and said1 ,i accept all such donations1 and from this day the boy shall stand recorded1 ,church property4 ,then turning to ,willard ,richards1 his secretary1 he said1 ,make a record of this1 and you are my witness4 ,joseph ,smith then said1 ,major1 7,mr4 ,kimball was major in the ,nauvoo ,legion7 you now have the privilege of paying #ejj and retaining possession1 or receiving #ejj and giving possession4 ,mr4 ,kimball asked if city property was good currency1 ,president ,smith replied that it was4 ,then said ,mr4 ,kimball1 ,how will that reserve block north of the ,temple suit8 ,president ,smith replied1 ,it is just what we want4 ,the deed was soon made out and transferred in due form4 ,president ,smith said to me1 ,you have consecrated your first born son1 for this you are blessed of the ,lord4 ,i bless you in the name of the ,lord ,god of ,abraham1 of ,isaac and of ,jacob4 ,and ,i seal upon you all the blessings that pertain to the faithful4 ,your name shall be handed down in honorable remembrance from generation to generation4 ,your son shall live and be a blessing to you in time1 and an honor and glory to you throughout the endless eternities 7changes7 to come4 ,he shall be girded about with righteousness and bear the helmet and the breast-plate of war4 ,you shall be a blessing to your companion1 and the honored mother of a noble posterity4 ,you shall stand as a savior to your father's house1 and receive an everlasting salvation1 which ,i seal upon you by the gift of revelation and by virtue and authority of the holy priesthood vested in me1 in the name of ,jesus ,christ4 ,early in the year #ahdb1 ,joseph ,smith taught me the principle of marriage for eternity1 and the doctrine of plural marriage4 ,he said that in teaching this he realized that he jeopardized his life2 but ,god had revealed it to him many years before as a privilege with blessings1 now ,god had revealed it again and instructed him to teach it with commandment1 as the ,church could travel 7progress7 no further without the introduction of this principle4 ,i asked him to teach it to some one else4 ,he looked at me reprovingly1 and said1 ',will you tell me who to teach it to8 ,god required me to teach it to you1 and leave you with the responsibility of believing or disbelieving4' ,he said1 ',i will not cease to pray for you1 and if you will seek unto ,god in prayer you will not be led into temptation4' ,in the summer of #ahdc1 a maiden lady 7,miss ,cook7 was seamstress for me1 and the subject of combining our efforts for assisting the ,temple hands came up in conversation4 ,she desired to be helpful but had no means to furnish4 ,i told her ,i would furnish material if she would make some shirts for the workmen4 ,it was then suggested that some of our neighbors might wish to combine means and efforts with ours1 and we decided to invite a few to come and consult with us on the subject of forming a ,ladies' ,society4 ,the neighboring sisters met in my parlor and decided to organize4 ,i was delegated to call on ,sister ,eliza ,r4 ,snow and ask her to write for us a constitution and by-laws1 and submit them to ,president ,joseph ,smith prior to our next ,thursday's meeting4 ,she cheerfully responded1 and when she read them to him he replied that the constitution and by-laws were the best he had ever seen4 ',but1' he said1 'this is not what you want4 ,tell the sisters their offering is accepted of the ,lord1 and ,he has something better for them than a written constitution4 ,i invite them all to meet me and a few of the brethren in the ,masonic ,hall over my store next ,thursday afternoon1 and ,i will organize the sisters under the priesthood after the pattern of the priesthood4' ,he further said1 ',the ,church was never perfectly organized until the women were thus organized4' ,he wished to have ,sister ,emma ,smith elected to preside in fulfillment of the revelation which called her an ,elect ,lady4 ,in the wanderings and persecutions of the ,church ,i have participated1 and in the blessings1 endowments and holy anointings and precious promises ,i have also received4 ,to sorrow ,i have not been a stranger2 but ,i only write this short sketch to instruct and happify1 so ,i will skip to ,salt ,lake ,city1 ,september1 #ahea1 with my two sons1 ,hiram and ,oliver1 my widowed mother1 ,lydia ,dibble ,granger1 ,anna ,robbins1 a girl that lived with me nine years and married my youngest brother1 and my two brothers1 ,lafayette and ,farley ,b4 ,granger4 ,my husband was detained in ,new ,york ,city1 and had become financially much embarrassed4 ,the next year he came to me financially ruined and broken in health4 ,i engaged in school teaching in the ,fourteenth ,ward to sustain and educate my family4 ,my salary was only #be4jj per month1 but that was much to us at that time4 ,april #ast1 #ahed1 my youngest son was born4 ,i discontinued school three months1 then opened school in my home4 ,i taught eight years4 ,i should have stated that on arriving here ,i sold our fitout 7team1 etc47 for a comfortable little home1 this ,i have always considered providential4 ,the ,indian agent gave me a nine-year-old wild ,indian girl1 whom ,i educated and raised4 ,she died at nineteen4 ,i named her ,kate4 ,my mother who had lived with me twenty years1 died in #ahfa1 aged seventy-three4 ,my husband was drowned ,march #ast1 #ahfc1 in the ,pacific ,ocean by the wreck of the steamer1 ,ada ,hancock1 off the coast of ,san ,pedro1 on his way to the ,sandwich ,islands2 aged sixty-two4 ,i was elected ,president of the ,fifteenth ,ward ,relief ,society ,february #gth1 #aheg4 ,in ,december1 #ahfe1 a little girl was brought to me whom ,i adopted4 ,november #acth1 #ahfh1 a silver trowel and mallet were furnished me and assisted by a ,master ,mason1 and surrounded by an assemblage of people1 ,i had the honor of laying the corner stone of the first ,relief ,society building erected in this dispensation4 ,sister ,sarah ,m4 ,kimball possesses a tall1 commanding figure1 a face of remarkable dignity and sincerity in expression4 ,her manner of speaking is original in its strength of reason1 rare in its eloquence1 precise and delicate in selection of words and tone of voice4 ,a phrenologist once said of her1 that if she were seated in a railway carriage with parties on one hand discussing fashions1 and politics to be heard on the other1 she would turn to the discussion on politics4 ,a statesman1 a philanthropist1 a missionary1 in her very nature1 she is none the less the noble mother and true1 fond friend1 to those who have known her longest and best4 ,,prescendia ,l4 ,,kimball4 ,in attempting a brief sketch of this noble woman's life1 it is not necessary for me to state in regard to her ancestry1 more than to say she is the elder sister of ,mrs4 ,zina ,d4 ,young1 the same genealogical references will suffice for both4 ,prescendia ,lathrop ,huntington was the fourth child of her parents1 and was born in ,watertown1 ,jefferson ,county1 ,new ,york1 ,september #ajth1 #ahaj4 ,mrs4 ,kimball is said to be the exact counterpart of the ,eliza ,huntington whose likeness is in the book1 the record of the ,huntingtons1 as a type of the race4 ,sister ,prescendia is a woman to see once1 is to remember always4 ,she reminds one of the dames of olden times1 large1 tall1 grand and majestic in figure1 dignified in manner1 yet withal so womanly and sympathetic that she seems the embodiment of the motherly element to a degree that would embrace all who came under her influence4 ,prescendia ,huntington was married at the age of seventeen to ,mr4 ,norman ,buell4 ,their first child1 ,george1 was born in ,mannsville1 ,december #abth1 #ahbc4 ,soon after they moved to ,pinbury1 ,lewis ,county1 where they made a comfortable home4 ,here their second son was born1 ,december #beth1 #ahca1 and in ,november #ahcc1 by an accident was so severely burned that he died4 ,in #ahce1 her mother came to visit her1 and brought her the first intelligence of the ,prophet ,joseph and the record from the hill ,cumorah4 ,they sold their property the following winter and by spring reached ,kirtland1 ,ohio4 ,june #ast1 #ahcf1 ,sister ,prescendia was baptized and confirmed by ,oliver ,cowdery1 and on the #ith her husband received the same ordinance4 ,april #bdth1 #ahch1 her first daughter was born in a tumble-down dwelling on the ,fishing ,river1 ,clay ,county1 ,mo41 but lived only four hours4 ,here on two occasions she without protection1 encountered an armed mob1 but was saved from their hatred2 they left her4 ,her husband had by this time apostatized4 ,the ,huntingtons were obliged to leave ,far ,west at the time of the driving of the ,saints from ,missouri in the spring of #ahci1 and ,sister ,prescendia felt entirely alone and forsaken4 ,she says1 'there was not at this time1 one ,saint in ,missouri1 to my knowledge4' ,about this time was born her son ,oliver1 just after the dreadful outrages perpetrated against the ,saints in ,missouri4 ,in the fall of #ahdj ,mrs4 ,buell moved from ,missouri and settled between ,quincy and ,nauvoo4 ,during the ensuing five or six years she made frequent visits to the ,saints1 among others the families of ,joseph and ,hyrum1 and ,father and ,mother ,smith4 ,joseph himself taught her the principle of plural marriage4 ,the sisters who had entered into these covenants were in one sense separate and apart from all others4 ,no tongue can describe1 or pen portray the peculiar situation of these noble1 self-sacrificing women1 who through the providence of ,god helped to establish the principle of celestial marriage4 ,the crisis came when the ,prophet and ,patriarch were foully murdered4 ,the time came for the performances of the ordinances in the ,temple at ,nauvoo4 ,sister ,prescendia availed herself of the privilege to go and receive her blessings4 ,hereafter we recognize her as the wife of the ,apostle1 ,heber ,c4 ,kimball4 ,the next great event in the history of this people was the exodus from ,nauvoo4 ,the ,saints had nearly all left for the ,west2 ,sister ,prescendia felt as if she were at the mercy of the mob1 and indeed1 plans were laid to destroy her4 ,as if in answer to her prayers1 her brother1 ,william1 sent her a messenger telling her to leave all and come4 ,on the #bnd of ,may1 #ahdf1 she walked out of her house leaving all behind her1 taking her little boy who was sick and not able to be up but she was flying for her life4 ,with the help of her son1 ,george1 she got away4 ,she traveled all night1 and reached a friend1 ,dr4 ,spurgeon1 by daybreak4 ,took some refreshment and went into the woods with her little boy1 staying all day1 fasting and praying for deliverance4 ,she says3 ',i picked flowers for him and gave him water from the running stream4 ,at night ,i went back to the doctor's1 sleeping with my sick boy on a little bed on the floor4 ,next day ,i hid in a wagon4 ,when we arrived at ,nashville1 ,i saw a man whom ,i knew1 looking for me4 ,i learned afterward he intended taking my child from me4 ,my brother1 ,dimick1 sent his sons to see me safely out of ,illinois4 ,i stayed in a deep ravine while some things were brought to me1 and slept on a buffalo robe on the ground at night with my little child4 ,no tongue can tell my feelings in those days of trial2 but ,i had considered well1 and felt ,i would rather suffer and die with the ,saints1 than live in ,babylon as ,i had lived before4 ,we arrived at ,bonaparte4 ,the excitement and exposure brought on fever and ,i was very ill4 ,we at last arrived at ,mt4 ,pisgah2 there ,i found my father1 my sister1 ,zina1 and her children4 ,they were in a log house without chimney or floor2 sickness prevailed4 ,very soon men were sent by the ,government to get volunteers to march to ,mexico2 to fight for a ,government that had suffered us to be driven out at the point of the bayonet4 99 99 ,i saw the five hundred men enrolled as volunteers to take up the line of march to ,mexico4 ,my brother1 ,dimick1 brave-hearted and strong1 with his family1 among the number4 ,his wife1 ,fanny1 had a daughter born under most trying and painful circumstances4 ,i was left behind at what was then called ,cutler's ,park4 ,my father and ,zina were at ,mt4 ,pisgah4 ,my brother1 ,dimick1 in ,mexico1 my brother1 ,william1 in ,st4 ,louis1 my brother1 ,oliver1 on a mission in ,europe2 then came the news that my father had died at ,pisgah2 my friend1 my counselor1 my own dear parent1 to whom ,i had looked for counsel for the future that stretched out before me like a great1 unknown desert1 unrelieved and barren4 ,i had only my ,heavenly ,father left1 and ,i reached out in faith to the ,one above to open the heavens for me and aid me in my loneliness4 ,i was in a new1 wild country without means4 ,joseph and ,henry ,woodmansee wanted me to keep house for them4 ,as soon as ,i was settled their father wrote for them1 and ,i was left in charge of their house4 ,i started a school which was a great blessing to the children4 ,the house was built of logs and covered with dirt and straw1 with a little straw upon the floor4' ,here ,sister ,prescendia toiled with scanty fare1 teaching the children1 and when school was closed for the night her voice would leave her1 from weakness1 but she loved the children and gained their affection4 ,it was an ague country1 provisions were scarce1 lack of vegetables and fruit caused sickness4 ,after a painful and dangerous illness1 ,sister ,prescendia recovered her health4 ,about this time three brethren who went with the ,mormon ,battallion1 came back to ,winter ,quarters1 having been sent on special business from ,pueblo4 ,says ,sister ,prescendia1 ',i never saw such a pitiful sight before as these poor1 worn-out travelers presented4 ,their clothing hung in rags1 their faces burned1 and with sun and snow they were nearly blind4 ,their feet were wrapped in rawhide from the buffalo4 ,i sat and heard them tell how fearfully they had suffered crossing the prairies in the dead of winter1 and all this in defence of a ,government that had driven us defenceless women and children into a strange wilderness4 ,i could not refrain from weeping when ,i looked upon these my brethren and realized how they had suffered4' ,early in the spring a few pioneers left to search out a haven of refuge for the ,saints4 ,the sisters left almost alone1 lived near to ,god4 ,they used often to meet together and pray4 ,the gifts of tongues1 interpretation and prophecy were given them at this time for their consolation4 ,in ,may1 #ahdf1 ,sister ,prescendia and her little son1 ,oliver1 left ,winter ,quarters4 ,she1 like many others1 had to drive team1 yoke cattle1 c41 though in delicate health4 ,she arrived in ,salt ,lake ,valley ,september #bbnd1 and moved into the old ,fort4 ,january #fth1 #ahdh1 ,sister ,prescendia had born to her a daughter4 ,the baby was a great comfort to the lonely mother who had left her home and come thousands of miles away4 ,no daughter was ever more fondly loved than this little one4 ,she was named ,prescendia ,celestia1 and was rightly named ,celestia1 for she was more like a celestial being than a mortal one4 ,president ,young once asked her name2 quick as thought1 he said1 ',celestial ,prescendia4' ,coming here as the ,saints did provided with only the barest necessities1 there was much privation to contend against4 ,the families of ,brigham and ,heber shared in these respects equally with the others4 ,when ,sister ,prescendia's babe was quite small1 she had to put up an umbrella over them in bed to protect them from the rain4 ,sister ,prescendia was patient and thanked her ,father in heaven that he had permitted her to gather to the ,rocky ,mountains1 and also that she had been permitted to become a mother under the new and everlasting covenant of marriage4 ,nothing could be more affecting than her story of the loss of this lovely child4 ,she dressed her for a visit1 and gave her in charge of her brother1 while she finished her preparations4 ,he took her to the family of ,president ,young1 and as they were seated at table1 each gave her a kiss1 admiring her beauty1 ,president ,young last4 ,returning to the mother1 he sat her down a moment to cut a willow from the water's edge1 and turning to her--she was gone4 ,the sweet face1 that going out smiled such a tender good-bye1 was brought in cold in death4 ,vilate1 the first wife of ,heber1 said1 ,the flower of the flock is gone4 ,years have passed since then1 but the beauty of that little face is undimmed in her mother's memory4 ,sister ,prescendia was for fifteen years secretary of the ,sixteenth ,ward ,relief ,society4 ,sister ,prescendia's labors have been in the ,house of the ,lord1 and annointing and administering to the sick4 ,hundreds have asked for her presence at their bedside--the name1 ,prescendia--has been almost like that sweet word1 mother4 ,i reflect upon the lonely1 trial path that she has trod1 the wounds her heart has borne2 and listening to the tender pathos of her voice1 the sublimity of her words2 the nobility of her life commanding my love and reverence4 ,if ,i could choose the picture which should be historical1 it should be as ,i have seen her2 standing1 her grand figure becomingly wrapped in a large1 circular cloak1 a handsome1 large black bonnet shielding her venerable and beloved face from the falling flakes of snow4 ,looking upon her ,i thought her the very picture of a ,puritan exile1 a revolutionary ancestress1 and a ,latter-,day ,saint veteran and pioneer4 ,i shall always remember her thus1 it is an ineffaceable picture in my memory4 ,since writing the above1 the following appears in the ,deseret ,news of ,september #aath3 ,,manifestation ,,of ,,respect4 ,yesterday being the anniversary of the birthday of ,sister ,prescendia ,l4 ,kimball1 a party of ladies numbering about thirty1 of her personal friends1 mostly of very long standing1 assembled at her residence4 ,a lunch was partaken of about noon1 and subsequently the gathering took the form of a meeting1 at which all present expressed themselves appropriately to the occasion4 ,the sisters also presented the venerable and respected lady1 a handsome black satin cloak1 trimmed with fur and lined with crimson plush1 for winter wear4 ,we are pleased to be able to state that ,sister ,kimball's health has considerably improved during the last few days4 ,,phoebe ,w4 ,,carter ,,woodruff4 ,,wife ,,of ,,wilford ,,woodruff1 ,,president ,,of ,,the ,,twelve ,,apostles1 ,,of ,,the ,,church ,,of ,,jesus ,,christ ,,of ,,latter-,,day ,,saints4 ,i1 ,phoebe ,w4 ,carter1 wife of ,apostle ,wilford ,woodruff1 was born in ,scarboro1 in the ,state of ,maine1 ,march #hth1 #ahjg4 ,my father was of ,english descent1 coming to ,america at about the close of the seventeenth century4 ,my mother1 ,sarah ,fabyan1 was also of ,england1 and of the third generation from ,england4 ,the name of ,fabyan is ancient1 and of a noble family4 ,my father's family1 also1 much of the old ,puritan stamp4 ,in the year #ahcd1 ,i embraced the ,gospel1 as revealed through the ,prophet ,joseph ,smith1 and1 about a year after1 ,i left my parents and kindred1 and journeyed to ,kirtland1 ,ohio1 a distance of one thousand miles1 a lone maid1 sustained only by my faith and trust in ,israel's ,god4 ,my friends marvelled at my course1 as did ,i1 but something within impelled me on4 ,my mother's grief at my leaving home was almost more than ,i could bear2 and had it not been for the spirit within ,i should have faltered at the last4 ,my mother told me she would rather see me buried than going thus alone into the heartless world1 and especially was she concerned about my leaving home to cast my lot among the ,mormons4 ',phoebe1' she said1 impressively1 'will you come back to me if you find ,mormonism false8' ,i answered thrice1 ',yes1 mother1 ,i will4' ,these were my words well remembered to this day2 she knew ,i would keep my promise4 ,my answer relieved her trouble2 but it cost us all much sorrow to part4 ,when the time came for my departure ,i dared not trust myself to say farewell1 so ,i wrote my good-bye to each1 and leaving them on my table1 ran down stairs and jumped into the carriage4 ,thus ,i left my beloved home of childhood to link my life with the ,saints of ,god4' ,when ,i arrived in ,kirtland ,i became acquainted with the ,prophet ,joseph ,smith1 and received more evidence of his divine mission4 ,there in ,kirtland ,i formed the acquaintance of ,elder ,wilford ,woodruff1 to whom ,i was married in #ahcf4 ,with him ,i went to the ',islands of the ,sea' and to ,england1 on missions4 ,here ,i will bear my testimony to the power of ,god which ,i have often seen manifested among the ,latter-,day ,saints4 ,the following is one notable instance3 ,when the ,saints were settling ,nauvoo1 the unhealthy labor of breaking new land on the banks of the ,mississippi for the founding of the city1 invited pestilence4 ,nearly everyone was attacked with fever and ague4 ,the ,prophet had the sick borne into his house and dooryard until the place was like a hospital4 ,at length even he succumbed to the deadly contagion and for several days was as helpless as the rest of our people1 who were all nearly exhausted by their extermination from ,missouri4 ,but the spirit of the ,lord came down upon ,joseph1 commanding him to arise and stay the pestilence4 ,the ,prophet arose from his bed and the power of ,god rested upon him4 ,he commenced in his own house and dooryard1 commanding the sick in the name of ,jesus ,christ to arise and be made whole2 and they were healed according to his word4 ,he then continued to travel from house to house1 and from tent to tent1 upon the bank of the river1 healing the sick as he went1 until he arrived at the upper stone house1 where he crossed the river in a boat accompanied by several of the ,quorum of the ,twelve1 whom he had bade to follow him1 and landed in ,montrose4 ,he walked into the cabin of ,brigham ,young1 who was lying sick1 and commanded him in the name of ,jesus ,christ to arise and be made whole1 and follow him1 which he did4 ,they came to our house next1 and ,joseph bade ,mr4 ,woodruff1 also1 to follow1 and then they went to the house of ,brother ,elijah ,fordham1 who was supposed by his family and friends to have been dying1 for two weeks4 ,the ,prophet stepped to his bedside1 took him by the hand1 and commanded him in the name of ,jesus ,christ to arise from his bed and be made whole4 ,his voice1 ,joseph ,smith's1 was as the voice of ,god4 ,brother ,fordham instantly leaped from his bed1 called for his clothing and dressed himself1 and followed the ,apostles into the street4 ,they then went into the house of ,joseph ,b4 ,nobles1 who lay very sick1 and he was healed in like manner4 ,and when by the power of ,god granted unto him1 ,joseph had healed all the sick1 he recrossed the river and returned to his own house4 ,thousands of witnesses bear testimony of the miracle4 ,it was a day never to be forgotten4 ,hearing of the case of ,brother ,fordham1 whom ,i with the rest had believed to be dying1 ,i thought ,i would go and see with my own eyes4 ,i found him very happy1 sitting in his chair4 ,he told me he had been out to work in his garden4 ,this was only a few hours after the miracle4 ,from that day ,i never doubted that this was the work of ,god4 ,it will be expected that ,i should say something on polygamy4 ,i have this to say4 ,when the principle of plural marriage was first taught1 ,i thought it was the most wicked thing ,i ever heard of2 consequently ,i opposed it to the best of my ability1 until ,i became sick and wretched4 ,as soon1 however1 as ,i became convinced that it originated as a revelation from ,god through ,joseph1 knowing him to be a prophet1 ,i wrestled with my ,heavenly ,father in fervent prayer1 to be guided aright at that all-important moment of my life4 ,the answer came4 ,peace was given to my mind4 ,i knew it was the will of ,god2 and from that time to the present ,i have sought to faithfully honor the patriarchal law4 ,of ,joseph1 my testimony is that he was one of the greatest prophets the ,lord ever called1 that he lived for the redemption of mankind and died a martyr for the truth4 ,the love of the ,saints for him will never die4 ,it was after the martyrdom of ,joseph that ,i accompanied my husband to ,england in #ahde4 ,on our return the advance companies of the ,saints had left ,nauvoo under ,president ,young and others of the ,twelve4 ,we followed immediately and journeyed to ,winter ,quarters4 ,the next year my husband went with the pioneers to the mountains while the care of the family rested on me4 ,after his return and the re-organization of the ,first ,presidency1 ,i accompanied my husband on his mission to the ,eastern ,states4 ,in #ahej we arrived in the ,valley and since that time ,salt ,lake ,city has been my home4 ,of my husband1 ,i can truly say ,i have found him a worthy man with scarcely his superior on earth4 ,he has built up a branch of the ,church wherever he has labored4 ,he has been faithful to ,god and his family1 every day of his life4 ,my respect for him has increased with our years1 and my desire for an eternal union with him will be the last wish of my mortal life4 ,at the first organization of the ,relief ,society in the ,fourteenth ,ward1 in the spring of #aheg1 ,mrs4 ,woodruff was chosen by ,bishop ,a4 ,hoagland as ,president1 which position she held until by the move south1 the society was discontinued4 ,after their return she was invited to resume her position1 but so much of the family care and management of business devolved upon her as her husband's faithful partner1 that she felt she could not do justice to that object1 and ,bishop ,hoagland asked her to nominate her successor4 ,she chose her first counselor1 ,mary ,isabella ,horne4 ,mrs4 ,woodruff is also one of the presiding board of six1 over the ,general ,retrenchment ,meetings1 held semi-monthly in the ,fourteenth ,ward4 ,in ,may1 #ahhb1 ,mrs4 ,woodruff was elected one of the ,executive ,board of the ,deseret ,hospital4 ,she often accompanies ,apostle ,wilford ,woodruff on his visits among the settlements1 holding meetings with the sisters1 who look upon her as one of the wisest women in the knowledge of the ,scriptures and in her counsels among her sisters in the ,church4 ,the record of her life and labors would make a deeply interesting volume which could not fail to inspire the youth of ,zion with a desire to emulate her worthy example1 and the hearts of older ones with admiration and reverence4 ,the eighteen years of our acquaintance have served to strengthen and beautify my friendship for ,phoebe ,w4 ,woodruff1 as wife1 mother and ,saint4 ,it seems but fitting1 to record here that the mother and father of ,sister ,woodruff were baptized by ,apostle ,wilford ,woodruff4 ,thus ended all the fears of the ,puritan mother4 ,quoting an historian of note 7himself an occupant of part of the ,woodruff residence for a long period73 ,sister ,phoebe ,w4 ,woodruff is one of the noblest examples of her sex1--truly a mother in ,israel2 and in her strength of character1 consistency and devotion1 she has but few peers in the ,church4 ,,bathsheba ,w4 ,,smith4 ,,wife ,,of ,,apostle ,,george ,a4 ,,smith1 ,,of ,,revered ,,memory1 ,,who ,,was ,,one ,,of ,,the ,,first ,,presidency ,,of ,,the ,,church ,,of ,,latter-,,day ,,saints4 ,bathsheba ,w4 ,smith is the daughter of ,mark and ,susannah ,bigler1 and was born at ,shirnsten1 ,harrison ,co41 ,west ,virginia1 on ,may #crd1 #ahbb4 ,her father was from ,pennsylvania1 her mother from ,maryland4 ,the school facilities in her vicinity were limited4 ,the county of ,harrison was hilly1 and the roads of primitive character2 the mode of travel was chiefly on horseback riding1 in which few could excel her4 ,in her girlhood she was religiously inclined1 loved virtue1 honesty1 truthfulness and integrity2 attended secret prayers1 studied to be cheerful1 industrious and happy1 and was always opposed to rudeness4 ,during her fifteenth year some ,latter-,day ,saints visited the neighborhood1 she heard them preach and believed what they taught4 ,she knew by the spirit of the ,lord1 in answer to her prayer1 that ,joseph ,smith was a prophet of the ,lord1 and that the ,book of ,mormon was a divine record4 ,on the #bast of ,august1 #ahcg1 ,bathsheba ,w4 ,bigler was baptized into the ,church of ,jesus ,christ1 and the most of her father's family also1 about the same time4 ,they soon felt a desire to gather with the rest of the ,saints in ,missouri1 her sister1 ,nancy1 and family sold their property1 intending to go in the fall1 and ,bathsheba was very anxious to go with them4 ,her father having not yet sold out his property1 she was told she could not go4 ,this caused her to retire very early1 feeling very sorrowful4 ,while weeping1 a voice said to her1 ,weep not1 you will go this fall4 ,she was comforted and perfectly satisfied1 and the next morning testified to what the voice had said to her4 ,soon after1 her father sold his home and they all went to ,missouri1 to her great joy1 but on their arrival there found the ,state preparing to war against the ,saints4 ,a few nights before they reached ,far ,west1 they camped with a company of eastern ,saints1 but separated on account of each company choosing different ferries4 ,the company ,sister ,bathsheba and her family were in1 arrived safely at their destination1 but the others were overtaken by an armed mob2 seventeen were killed1 others were wounded1 and some maimed for life4 ,in a few days after their arrival there was a battle between the ,saints and the mob1 in which ,david ,w4 ,patten 7one of the first ,twelve ,apostles17 was wounded1 and he was brought to the house where they were stopping4 ,sister ,bathsheba witnessed his death a few days after1 and saw thousands of mobbers arrayed against the ,saints1 and heard their dreadful threats and savage yells1 when our ,prophet ,joseph and his brethren were taken into their camp4 ,the ,prophet1 ,patriarch and many others were taken to prison2 and the ,saints had to leave the ,state4 ,in the spring they had the joy of having the prophet and his brethren restored to them at ,quincy1 ,illinois4 ,in the spring of #ahdj1 the family of ,sister ,bathsheba moved to ,nauvoo1 where she had many opportunities of hearing the ,prophet ,joseph preach1 and tried to profit by his instructions1 and also received many testimonies of the truths which he taught4 ,on the #beth of ,july1 #ahda1 ,bathsheba ,w4 ,bigler was married to ,george ,a4 ,smith1 the then youngest member of the ,twelve ,apostles1 ,elder ,don ,carlos ,smith 7brother of the prophet7 officiating4 ,george ,a4 ,smith was own cousin to the ,prophet ,joseph4 ,when ,sister ,bathsheba first became acquainted with ,george ,a4 ,smith he was the junior member of the ,first ,quorum of ,seventies4 ,on the #bfth of ,june1 #ahch1 he was ordained a member of the ,high ,council of ,adam ,ondi ,ahman1 in ,davis ,county1 ,missouri4 ,just about the break of day on the #bfth of ,april1 #ahcd1 while kneeling on the corner stone of the foundation of the ,lord's ,house at ,far ,west1 ,caldwell ,county1 ,missouri1 he was ordained one of the ,twelve ,apostles1 and from thence started on a mission to ,europe1 from which he returned ten days previous to their marriage4 ,as the #dth of ,july1 #ahdb1 came on the ,sabbath day1 they celebrated the anniversary on ,monday the #eth4 ,there was a military display of the ,nauvoo ,legion1 and a sham battle fought4 ,george ,a4 ,smith was in the general's staff in the uniform of a chaplain4 ,sister ,bathsheba watched the proceedings with great interest4 ,on the #gth of ,july a son was born to them2 they named him ,george ,albert4 ,two months after1 ,george ,a41 as the ,saints loved to call him1 went on a mission to the ,eastern ,states4 ,on his previous mission 7to ,england17 he injured his left lung1 causing hemorrhage4 ,in the fall of #ahdc1 ,george ,a4 and ,bathsheba received their endowments and were united under the holy order of celestial marriage4 ,sister ,bathsheba heard the ,prophet ,joseph charge the ,twelve with the duty and responsibility of the ordinances of endowments and sealing1 for the living and the dead4 ,sister ,bathsheba met many times with her husband1 ,joseph and others who had received their endowments1 in an upper room dedicated for the purpose1 and prayed with them repeatedly in those meetings4 ,in the spring of #ahdd1 ,mr4 ,smith went on another mission1 and soon after he left persecution began in the city of ,nauvoo which ended in the martyrdom of our beloved prophet and patriarch4 ,mr4 ,smith returned about the #ast of ,august1 and on the #adth a daughter was born1 and they named her ,bathsheba4 ,having become thoroughly convinced that the doctrine of plurality of wives was from ,god1 and firmly believing that she should participate with him in all his blessings1 glory and honor1 ,sister ,bathsheba gave to her husband different wives during the year of his return home4 ,she says of this2 ,being proud of my husband and loving him very much1 knowing him to be a man of ,god1 and having a testimony that what ,i had done was acceptable to my ,father in heaven1 ,i was as happy as ,i knew how to be4 ,it would be in vain to describe how they traveled through snow1 wind and rain1 how roads had to be made1 bridges built and rafts constructed1 how our poor animals had to drag on day after day with scanty food2 nor how we suffered from poverty1 sickness and deaths1 but the ,lord was with us1 ,his power was made manifest daily4 ,quoting from her1 ,my dear mother died on the #aath of ,march1 #ahdd1 and on the #dth of ,april ,i had a son born who lived but four hours4 ,they arrived in ,salt ,lake ,valley 7now city7 in ,october1 #ahdi1 after traveling over sterile deserts and plains1 over high mountains and through deep canyons1 ferrying some streams and fording others1 but all was joy now4 ,sister ,bathsheba went to her sister's house1 and ,o1 how delightful it did seem to be once more in a comfortable room with a blazing fire on the hearth1 where the mountain's rude blasts nor the desert's wild winds could not reach them4 ,in ,march1 #ahej1 ,sister ,bathsheba moved into their own house4 ,in ,december1 #ahej1 ,george ,a4 ,smith was called to go south to found a settlement in ,little ,salt ,lake ,valley1 two hundred and fifty miles from home4 ,in #ahea1 he returned1 having been elected a member of the ,legislature from ,iron ,co4 ,in #ahef1 he was sent to ,washington to ask for the admission of ,utah as a ,state4 ,in ,may1 #aheg1 he returned to ,utah4 ,in #aheh1 they went south1 bidding farewell to their home1 feeling as they did on leaving ,nauvoo2 that they should never see it again1 fleeing as they were1 before the approaching army4 ,however1 ,president ,buchanan sent out his ,peace ,commissioners who brought his ,proclamation1 declaring a general amnesty to all offenders4 ,peace being restored1 they returned to ,salt ,lake ,city in ,july1 having been gone three months4 ,when they entered the city it was almost sundown2 all was quiet1 every door was boarded up4 ,from only two or three chimneys smoke was rising4 ,how still and lonely1 yet the breath of peace wafted over the silent city1 and it was home6 ,they had left a partly finished house1 and resuming work upon it1 by ,october it was finished4 ,sister ,bathsheba says3 ,it was so comfortable and we were so happy6 ,we had plenty of room4 ,my son and daughter took great pleasure in having their associates come and visit them frequently4 ,they would have a room full of company1 and would engage in reading useful books1 singing1 playing music1 dancing1 c4 ,my son played the flute1 flutina and was a good drummer4 ,my son and daughter were good singers1 they made our home joyous with song and jest4 ,in #ahfj1 this son was sent on a mission to the ,moquois ,indians4 ,he was interested in this and apt in learning the language4 ,after being set apart by the authorities for that mission1 he started on the #dth of ,september1 and had traveled about seven hundred miles1 when on the #bnd of ,november he was killed by ,navajo ,indians4 ,on the #crd of ,january the daughter was married4 ,in #ahgc1 ,sister ,bathsheba made a tour with her husband and ,president ,young and party1 to the ,colorado and up the ,rio ,virgin as far as ,shonesberg4 ,in #ahgb1 they made another tour with ,president ,young and party1 visiting at ,st4 ,george1 ,virgen ,city1 ,long ,valley and ,kanab4 ,in #ahgc1 went again with her husband1 ,president ,young and company and spent the winter in ,st4 ,george1 going by way of ,san ,pete and ,sevier counties4 ,during this journey ,sister ,bathsheba attended several meetings with the sisters1 returning home ,april1 #ahgd4 ,she has visited the ,saints as far south as the junction of the ,rio ,virgen with the ,colorado1 has visited the settlements on the ,muddy ,river1 and also the ,saints as far north as ,bear ,lake and ,soda ,springs4 ,on their travels they have often been met by bands of music1 and thousands of children bearing banners and flags2 and singing songs of welcome4 ,sister ,bathsheba has enjoyed these tours very much4 ,she has accompanied many explorations down into deep gulches to see the water pockets1 over beautiful plains in carriages or cars1 and over mountains and deserts4 ,in reference to her position in duties of a public and spiritual character1 we find the following3 ,returning from a tour1 ,february #aith1 #ahgh1 they arrived in ,salt ,lake ,city1 finding all safe at home4 ,i quote again from ,sister ,bathsheba's journal1 written in her own hand3 ,my dear husband was not well2 ,i thought ,i could soon nurse him up to health1 but my efforts were all in vain1 he expired on the first of ,september after a long sickness4 ,the departure was a shock to many4 ,for many months prayers had been offered up through all parts of the ,territory1 for the restoration to health of this great and good man4 ,seated in his chair1 his faithful wife beside him1 he turned from his conversation with ,president ,young and others who constantly attended him1 and leaning upon her devoted heart breathed his last4 ,sister ,bathsheba ,w4 ,smith belonged to the first ,relief ,society which was organized at ,nauvoo1 and was present when it was organized1 the ,prophet ,joseph presiding4 ,officiated as ,priestess in the ,nauvoo ,temple4 ,was ,secretary in the ,seventeenth ,ward ,relief ,society1 ,salt ,lake ,city2 had been ,first ,counselor to ,president ,rachel ,grant in the ,relief ,society of the ,thirteenth ,ward1 ,salt ,lake ,city1 for many years4 ,is a ,counselor to ,m4 ,i4 ,horne in the ,general ,retrenchment ,association1 ,fourteenth ,ward1 and is also ,treasurer of the ,relief ,society of the ,salt ,lake ,stake4 ,has officiated in the holy ordinances of the ,house of the ,lord in ,salt ,lake ,city for many years4 ,is also one of the ,board of ,directors in the ,deseret ,hospital4 ,she says1 ,i have attended many meetings of the sisters and had many seasons of rejoicing4 ,sister ,bathsheba is often reverently spoken of as the beloved wife of ,george ,a4 ,smith4 ,to her1 in one sense1 this would be the dearest praise that could be spoken4 ,but yet a loftier1 holier1 than even the earth-love seems to hover around her very presence4 ,a little child once said1 ,when ,i look at ,sister ,bathsheba1 ,i do not see her with her bonnet on1 ,i see her as she will look when she wears that crown that is waiting for her4 ,such is the impression her face1 her gentle voice and manner convey4 ,to the record of her life1 and this1 ,i could add nothing4 ,,elizabeth ,,howard4 ,,secretary ,,of ,,the ,,relief ,,societies ,,of ,,the ,,salt ,,lake ,,stake ,,of ,,zion4 ,mrs4 ,howard furnishes a very brief sketch for one whose life and labors among the people and faith of her adoption1 have been so extended1 important and interesting1 to all who have ever come within the influence of her noble1 generous spirit2 who have received the stimulus to failing spirits and energy which emanated from her animated face1 so good and motherly1 her voice so cheerful and sympathetic1 and her every movement like an inspiration of strength1 happiness and life4 ,she writes she was descended from ,scotch parentage on her father's side1 ,irish on her mother's1 ,websters and ,wards4 ,was born on ,july #abth1 #ahbc1 at ,carlow1 ,carlow ,county1 ,ireland4 ,was the first child of her parents and says she had a glorious childhood and girlhood1 which can be easily believed1 judging by her ever buoyant spirits4 ,she was married to ,william ,howard1 the eldest son of ,stott and ,catherine ,howard1 ,june #ith1 #ahda4 ,heard the ,gospel in #ahea1 and came to ,america in #ahec1 with husband1 two sons1 four daughters1 two hired girls and two hired men4 ,they arrived in ,utah1 ,september1 #ahec4 ,at the organizations of the ,relief ,society in #ahfg-fh1 she was appointed ,secretary of the ,big ,cottonwood ,ward1 which office she filled until she accompanied her husband to ,england in #ahfh1 returned in #ahfi and resumed the same office4 ,during their mission in ,england1 ,mrs4 ,howard was often called upon to explain the principles of our doctrines and answer many questions regarding our people1 etc4 ,divines and others found ,mrs4 ,howard quite ready and able to meet and answer them on every point4 ,in fact her part of the mission has often been referred to as something exceptionally creditable and important4 ,it was at a time1 too1 when woman had scarcely been heard to speak upon our faith1 outside the home circle4 ,about #ahga1 when ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,smoot removed to ,provo1 ,mrs4 ,howard was chosen ,counselor to ,mrs4 ,m4 ,i4 ,horne in the ,general ,retrenchment ,association1 which position she still holds4 ,when the ,relief ,societies were organized into ,stakes1 ,mrs4 ,howard was appointed ,secretary of the ,salt ,lake ,stake of ,zion1 which position she holds at the present time4 ,mrs4 ,howard has traveled much throughout our ,territory in company with other sisters1 visiting the different societies and associations in a missionary capacity1 giving instructions and infusing cheerfulness and energy by her whole-souled and genial manner4 ,there is something wonderfully earnest and sincere in all she says and does1 and it has a most convincing effect upon the hearers who delight to welcome her visits1 who is herself a most delightful entertainer and hostess at her own beautiful country home a few miles ride out from the city4 ,mrs4 ,howard is the mother of ten children1 eight living2 and thirty-seven grand-children4 ,,elmina ,s4 ,,taylor4 ,,president ,,of ,,the ,,young ,,ladies' ,,mutual ,,improvement ,,associations1 ,,of ,,the ,,church ,,of ,,jesus ,,christ ,,of ,,latter-,,day ,,saints4 ,i was born at ,middlefield1 ,otsego ,county1 ,state of ,new ,york1 ,september #abth1 #ahcj4 ,my parents are ,daniel ,shepard and ,rozita ,bailey ,shepard4 ,three daughters were all the children that were born to them1 ,i being the eldest4 ,my parents were staunch ,methodists1 and ,i was brought up in that faith4 ,i united myself with that church when about twenty years of age1 and during some six years was a zealous and consistent member of the same4 ,at the time ,i joined the ,church ,i was desirous to be baptized by immersion as ,i considered that the pattern set by our ,savior2 although ,i had always been taught that baptism was not a saving ordinance1 but only to answer a good conscience1 otherwise1 an outward sign of an inward grace4 ,to this my many friends were so much opposed that after some time elapsed ,i consented1 and was admitted a member of the church1 by sprinkling2 but there were many doctrines and tenets with which ,i never was satisfied1 and when ,i went to my minister to have them explained ,i was more beclouded and found myself more in the dark than before2 though ,i sought to the ,lord earnestly to be guided aright4 ,in the year #ahed1 circumstances induced me to go to ,haverstraw1 a large town situated in southern ,new ,york1 on the banks of the beautiful ,hudson ,river1 to engage in teaching4 ,one of the trustees1 ,john ,druce1 was a ,mormon elder1 who had a very interesting and intelligent family4 ,my cousin and ,i frequently visited there1 but for a long time they never mentioned religion to us1 fearing to frighten us away1 but one night1 just as ,i was leaving1 he asked me if ,i would read some ,mormon books4 ,i answered1 ',o1 yes6 ,you know the ,bible says prove all things and hold fast that which is good4' ,his earnestness impressed me4 ,before opening the books ,i bowed before the ,lord and fervently implored ,him to give me ,his spirit that ,i might understand if they were true or false4 ,my interest was awakened1 and the more ,i investigated and compared the doctrines with the ,scriptures1 the more ,i was convinced of their truth4 ,i fought against my convictions1 for ,i well knew how it would grieve my dear parents to have me unite myself with that despised people2 and ,i also thought ,i should lose my situation which was a very lucrative one4 ,however1 ,i could not silence my convictions1 and as the promise was given1 ',if you will obey the doctrine1 you shall know whether it is of ,god or man2' ,i went forth and was baptized ,july #eth1 #ahef4 ,when ,i was confirmed by the laying on of hands ,i received the testimony of its truth which ,i have never lost from that day to this4 ,i was united in marriage to ,george ,hamilton ,taylor1 ,august #cast1 #ahef1 by ,apostle1 now ,president1 ,john ,taylor1 and in #ahei1 ,april fifteenth1 we left ,new ,york for ,utah1 where we arrived ,september #afth of the same year1 after a long tedious journey with ox teams4 ,in the spring of #ahfj we located in the ,fourteenth ,ward1 where we have since resided1 and where our first child1 a son1 was born ,july #afth of the same year4 ,while in the ,states we were never blessed with children1 but it was prophesied upon my head that ,i should go to ,zion and should there be blessed with them1 which has been fulfilled1 for ,i am now the mother of seven4 ,through the gift of tongues1 it was also promised that all my family should come to me1 which was verified after we had been here nearly fifteen years1 and my father is still with us1 having reached the advanced age of seventy-nine years1 but none of them ever received the ,gospel4 ,at the organization of the ,relief ,society of the ,fourteenth ,ward1 ,december #abth1 #ahfg1 ,i was elected ,secretary1 an office which ,i still occupy4 ,september #bcrd1 #ahgd1 by request of ,sister ,e4 ,r4 ,s4 ,snow1 ,i was appointed ,superintendent of the ,young ,ladies' ,association of the same ward4 ,i was chosen ,first ,counselor to ,sister ,m4 ,i4 ,horne1 ,stake ,president of ,salt ,lake ,county1 ,december #bbnd1 #ahgi1 and have traveled considerably in that capacity4 ,at a ,conference held in the ,assembly ,hall1 ,salt ,lake ,city1 ,june #aith1 #ahhj1 was appointed ,president of the ,young ,ladies ,mutual ,improvement ,association of ,zion4 ,july #dth1 #ahgg1 we entered into the celestial order of marriage1 and have since all lived under the same roof1 and eaten at the same table1 ever in the enjoyment of peace and harmony4 ,all who are acquainted with the writer of the above autobiographical sketch1 can cheerfully add testimony to its concluding paragraph4 ,love at ,home might be graven upon a tablet of stone within their door1 so indelibly seems that sacred principle to have been impressed upon the hearts within that household4 ,by example1 by attainments1 and the spiritual refinement and elegance in bearing which would denote the ,christian lady1 under any or all circumstances1 it seems peculiarly appropriate that ,mrs4 ,elmina ,s4 ,taylor was called to preside over the young ladies of ,zion4 ,may they emulate their standard1 spiritually and socially4 ,the simplicity and modesty of her sketch cannot convey to the mind of the reader those delicate attributes of character1 so well understood by those who1 like myself1 have been recipients of her kindly counsels and encouragement1 and recognized in a wider sense by those who have listened to her addresses1 dictated by the spirit of our sacred and holy religion4 ,,mary ,a4 ,,freeze4 ,,president ,,of ,,the ,y4 ,l4 ,m4 ,i4 ,a4 ,,of ,,the ,,salt ,,lake ,,stake ,,of ,,zion4 ,mary ,a4 ,freeze is the daughter of ,james ,lewis ,burnham and his wife1 ,mary ,ann1 who were born in ,vermont4 ,in #ahcg1 with their one child they emigrated to ,mc,henry ,county1 ,illinois1 where they made them a home1 leaving there in #ahdc for ,beauro ,county in the same ,state4 ,in the latter place they heard and obeyed the ,gospel of ,jesus ,christ4 ,mr4 ,burnham was a minister of the ,church called ,christians1 but after hearing the elders explain the principles of this ,gospel1 could not but acknowledge that he had no legal authority to preach1 and consequently was baptized into the ,church of ,jesus ,christ of ,latter-,day ,saints1 whose doctrines he preached and advocated faithfully until the day of his death1 from bleeding of the lungs1 caused by preaching in the open air4 ,in #ahdc1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,burnham had moved to ,nauvoo4 ,they there had four children1 the youngest1 a little girl1 died in #ahdd4 ,mr4 ,burnham labored as much as his failing strength would permit1 quarrying rock for the ,temple4 ,in the summer of #ahde he grew worse4 ,mrs4 ,freeze says1 ,this was four days previous to my birth4 ,this was a trying time for my mother1 being left in sorrow and very destitute of worldly goods1 with no relatives near to help her2 but the ,saints were very kind to her in her affliction4 ,her relatives in the ,east would gladly have sent means to take her back1 but she had cast her lot with the ,saints of ,god and preferred to remain with them in the depths of poverty than to have the wealth of the whole world1 elsewhere4 ,after the ,temple was finished she entered therein1 partaking of the ordinances1 and was sealed to ,president ,joseph ,young1 7brother of ,president ,brigham ,young17 he performing this ordinance for my father1 who had died before the opportunity of this privilege4 ,she afterwards had two daughters who are now the wives of ,robert ,n4 ,russell and ,jasper ,conrad4 ,in ,february1 #ahdf1 the famous exodus began1 but my mother had no way of going so remained until after the battle took place and the ,saints were driven out on pain of losing their lives4 ,mother received a wagon for her city property and was lent a yoke of oxen1 that she might begin that memorable1 toilsome journey with her four little children4 ,i have heard her tell of the mobs searching the wagons for arms1 the obscene language they used1 and how terribly she suffered from fear4 ,she arrived at ,winter ,quarters late in the fall1 where she remained a year and a half1 when they were compelled by the ,government to move back on the east side of the river1 because they were on ,indian ,territory4 ,soon after this she let her second and third sons1 ,wallace and ,george1 go on to the valley with ,brother ,daniel ,woods4 ,this was a severe trial to my loving mother1 but there seemed to be no other way for them to be taken care of as the ,saints were in the deepest poverty4 ,i have often heard her and ,brother ,luther also1 rehearse the want and distress they endured1 sometimes nearly amounting to starvation4 ,we were compelled to remain there until #aheb1 when through the kindness of the brethren we were enabled in ,june to cross the plains1 arriving in ,salt ,lake ,city1 ,october #hth1 last day of ,conference4 ,i was too young to remember much about the journey1 but one circumstance impressed itself upon my mind4 ,while climbing into the wagon ,i fell1 and was run over by both wheels and very badly hurt1 but through the administration of the elders was almost instantly healed and felt no bad effects from the injury afterward4 ,we located in ,bountiful1 ,davis ,county1 ten miles north of ,salt ,lake ,city1 where we lived until ,i was sixteen years old4 ,i was baptized when nine years of age and felt happy in the assurance that ,i was a ',mormon' in very deed4 ,at the time of the ,reformation1 ,i was full of the inspiration of the times although only eleven years old1 and was very much in earnest in repenting of my sins1 and making new covenants to serve the ,lord more faithfully in the future4 ,during my early years ,i attended school the entire season1 until old enough to assist my mother1 when ,i attended during the winter only4 ,being very assiduous ,i acquired a good common school education4 ,in #ahfa we moved to ,richmond1 ,cache ,valley1 my brothers having taken up land and made a home there4 ,it was there ,i became acquainted with ,james ,perry ,freeze1 whom ,i assisted in teaching school six months1 not dreaming of the relationship ,i was destined to sustain to him4 ,my girlhood days were not as happy as might have been1 on account of our exceeding poverty1 but ,i have many times since thought that it was for my greatest good that ,i was reared in want and loneliness2 that it was a means of keeping me humble1 the good spirit thereby finding a receptacle in my heart1 giving me a desire to seek after truth and learn of the things of ,god4 ,had ,i possessed wealth and my mind been filled with the follies and fashions of the world1 ,i might not have had such a desire to make the ,lord my friend4 ,at an early age ,i read in the ,doctrine and ,covenants1 that ,god is no respecter of persons1 but in all countries those who fear ,him and work righteousness are accepted of ,him4 ,this was a great comfort to me1 a guiding star to my whole future life2 that by leading a righteous life ,i should be loved of my ,father in heaven equally with the richest and most highly born2 that possessing ,his love and favor ,i possessed everything worth caring for4 ,in ,march1 #ahfc1 ,i was married to ,james ,p4 ,freeze1 whom1 ,i felt assured was a noble man1 one that ,i could trust as the guardian of my life4 ,i am the mother of eight children4 ,we resided in ,richmond six months after our marriage1 when we came to ,salt ,lake ,city1 where he has since followed the mercantile business4 ,in #ahfd1 we became identified with the ,eleventh ,ward where we still live4 ,in #ahga1 ,i was called to preside over the ,young ,ladies ,mutual ,improvement ,association of this ,ward1 accepting it with great reluctance1 feeling my incapability1 but have filled it to the best ability which ,god has given me1 and have proven that all who seek the ,lord in humility1 will surely receive a blessing at ,his hand4 ,through the blessing of the ,almighty1 ,i have now the love and confidence of the members who have manifested the same in various ways4 ,in the spring of #ahga1 my husband1 a faithful man1 desirous of keeping all the commandments of ,god1 saw fit1 with my full consent1 to take to himself another of the daughters of ,eve1 a good and worthy girl1 ,jane ,granter by name4 ,it tried my spirit to its utmost endurance1 but ,i always believed the principle to be true1 and felt that it was time we obeyed that sacred order4 ,the ,lord knew my heart and desires1 and was with me in my trial and assisted me to overcome the selfishness and jealousy of my nature4 ,with his help1 added to the great kindness of my husband1 who has ever stood at the head of his family as a wise and just man1 ,i soon obtained peace4 ,while undergoing the severest trial to my feelings1 ,i was inspired with the following lines which the ,lord was not slow to answer3 ',father1 help me to do ,thy will1 ,command my troubled heart be still2 ,cause my soul with peace to flow1 ,while ,i sojourn here below1 ,help me still to realize ,thou'rt the giver of the prize ,that ,i would win through faithfulness4 ,then1 ,father1 ,o look down and bless ,thine erring child that cries to ,thee ,for help1 amid life's stormy sea4' ,my husband has since taken two other wives1 and ,i praise the ,lord that ,i had so far overcome1 that instead of feeling it to be a trial1 it was a source of joy and pride that we were counted worthy to have such noble girls enter our family4 ,the two last were my ,counselors in the ,young ,ladies' ,improvement ,association of our ,ward4 ,i have loved the wives of my husband as ,i would have my own sisters1 realizing that the power of the ,holy ,priesthood that has bound us together for time and eternity is stronger than kindred ties4 ,sophia lived with me nearly seven years2 she died ,december1 #ahgi1 which was one of the greatest trials of my life4 ,i could as willingly have parted with one of my own daughters4 ,she left me a beautiful boy who seems as near to me as my own4 ,i wish to bear testimony to my descendants1 and to all who may read this sketch1 that ,i know by the power of the ,holy ,ghost which bears testimony to my spirit1 that the ,patriarchal ,order of ,marriage is from ,god and was revealed for the exaltation and salvation of the human family1 also that ,i have had peace1 joy and satisfaction in living in that ,order such as ,i had never known before2 and have had many proofs that ,god will pour out ,his blessings upon those who keep ,his laws1 seeking ,him with full purpose of heart1 for ,he will be sought after by ,his children4 ,september #ad1 #ahgh1 the authorities having considered it necessary to institute a ,stake ,organization of the ,young ,ladies' ,mutual ,improvement ,association1 ,i was chosen as ,president of these ,associations in this ,salt ,lake ,stake of ,zion4 ,i chose ,louie ,felt1 and ,clara ,y4 ,conrad1 my half-sister1 as my ,counselors4 ,we have visited the ,associations as far as practicable1 have enjoyed the spirit of our mission and feel assured we have been instrumental in the hands of ,god of doing much good4 ,i am striving to purify myself1 and keep all of the commandments of ,god1 to be diligent in the performance of every duty assisting to roll forth the great work our ,father has established in the last days1 that ,i may be worthy to receive the blessings which have been pronounced upon my head2 for they are great and many1 and ,i know ,i shall receive them if found worthy4 ,i know the fruits of this ,gospel are peace1 joy and happiness1 and all who obey its precepts will have in this life that peace which passeth all understanding1 that which the world cannot give nor take away1 and having finished their labors1 and are called to another sphere1 will be crowned with life eternal1 which is the greatest of all gifts4 ,it has been the greatest desire of my life that my children should become bright and shining lights in the church of ,god1 and knowing that much depends upon parents1 ,i have ever striven to set them an example worthy of imitation1 teaching them true principles1 that ,i might not come under condemnation for my neglect of duty4 ,i realize that heaven would not be heaven to me if my children1 through sin and transgression1 could not have a place there2 that my glory would be dimmed forever4 ,i will now say good-bye1 until we meet where there is neither sorrow nor mourning1 but our joy will be perfect2 and trust my descendants may all keep the laws of ,god1 and be worthy to sit down with ,abraham1 ,isaac and ,jacob1 ,joseph ,smith1 ,brigham ,young and all the faithful in the kingdom of ,god1 to go no more out4 ,mrs4 ,freeze says1 ,we have traced our lineage back to the year #abjj1 and have the record of the same4 ,we descended from the ,normans4 ,our family was at one time very wealthy and numerous in ,england2 there is a town which bears their name4 ,three brothers came to ,america at an early date1 one settled in ,vermont1 and two in ,massachusetts4 ,their descendants took part in the ,revolutionary ,war1 and among them according to the ',burnham ,record' were many ,doctors of ,divinity1 ,doctors of ,law1 and one ,mary ,burnham1 writes of the 'service of gold1 their equipages and household appointments1 of that grandeur brought with them from their ancient and noble halls of ,england4' ,several of the ,burnham descendants were officers in the late ,civil ,war in ,america4 ,mrs4 ,freeze is of that class of spirits that 7in religion or justice7 opposition would animate1 persecution1 inspire her4 ,i have often thought1 looking into her eyes1 that in their depths slumbered the embers 7scarcely covered by the ashes of dead years7 of the fires of patriot's and martyr's souls4 ,,louie ,,felt4 ,,president ,,of ,,the ,,primary ,,associations ,,of ,,the ,,church ,,of ,,jesus ,,christ ,,of ,,latter-,,day ,,saints4 ,louie ,felt was the daughter of ,joseph and ,mary ,bouton1 was born in ,south ,norfolk1 ,conn41 ,may #e1 #aheb4 ,was baptized when eight years old and came to ,utah in ,september1 #ahff4 ,on ,december #bith of same year was married to ,joseph ,h4 ,felt4 ,at the ,october ,conference of #ahfg1 they were called to go on the ,muddy ,river ,mission and started the #ith of ,november following4 ,they remained there between two and three years1 enduring many hardships2 the heat in summer being particularly trying to those used to a ,northern clime4 ,ninety degrees in the shade is considered high in our eastern cities1 but at the ,muddy1 for months it would rise above one hundred degrees at midnight4 ,the buildings were new1 low adobe houses1 lumber scarce1 and often the wife was asked1 where would you prefer to have the boards1 over your head or under your feet8 ,those who had babies to rock took the choice of a floor1 and put up with a thatched roof4 ,the winds blew with great violence1 and the tender shoots of the trees1 vines1 and other things they planted were often cut off clean by the sharp sand in the driving wind4 ,they were surrounded by friendly ,indians who were willing to work and learn civilization1 but who were so hungry they could not resist the temptation to pluck the young watermelons and squashes planted by the missionaries1 as fast as they approached the size of walnuts4 ,once1 when visiting the ,muddy settlement of ,st4 ,joseph1 the ,indian visitors were delighted with the rice my mother was preparing to cook4 ,they called it the snow-white wheat and begged for some1 saying they would plant and cultivate it with great care4 ,she humored them1 but showed them how the germ was destroyed1 and advised them to cook it1 and plant corn and melons4 ,in a brief time the ,missionaries were short of the good things they had provided2 there were no stores1 freight trains seldom came that way1 and they were a long distance1 three day's travel from ,st4 ,george1 itself a pioneer settlement in an alkali desert4 ,president ,erastus ,snow1 with fatherly kindness1 sent beef1 cattle and flour to the ,indians1 to stay their increasing instincts for self-preservation by way of appropriation4 ,another misfortune befell the ,missionaries2 their dwellings were as dry as tinder1 and in some way a fire started1 and some lost their all1 everyone lost something4 ,president ,erastus ,snow called upon the people of ,st4 ,george1 and if ,i remember right1 of ,washington and ,santa ,clara also and with all possible haste sent the willing contributions of their brethren and sisters4 ,president ,brigham ,young had two daughters1 a son and a niece on the same mission4 ,he visited them and was filled with compassion for their situation1 and as it seemed vain to hope for an amelioration of some of their disadvantages1 the ,mission was broken up4 ,mrs4 ,felt's health was poor but1 she says1 ,i never felt to murmur1 but to stay as long as required4 ,in #ahfi1 ,mrs4 ,felt went on a visit to her father in ,connecticut1 as he was not expected to live4 ,he had gone back for the recovery of his health but was no better4 ,she remained with him three months1 then returned to ,utah4 ,in #ahgb they moved to the ,eleventh ,ward1 and then1 she says1 began some of the happiest days of my life4 ,i soon became a member of the ,y4 ,l4 ,m4 ,i4 ,a41 and thereby received a better understanding of my religion1 which brought me peace and happiness1 such as ,i had never known before4 ,i also became thoroughly convinced of the truth of the principle of celestial marriage1 and having no children of my own was very desirous my husband should take other wives that he might have a posterity to do him honor1 and after he took another wife and had children born to him1 the ,lord gave me a mother's love for them2 they seemed as if they were indeed my own1 and they seem to have the same love for me they do for their own mother4 ,i have witnessed the real mother in this family1 rocking her babe to sleep1 and the other mother--,louie--would sit beside her and hold one little hand1 or lay her own upon its little head1 and it would quietly resign itself to sleep1 so closely were all these three true hearts united in love4 ,in ,september1 #ahgh1 ,i was appointed to the position of ,president of the ,p4 ,a4 of the ,eleventh ,ward1 which position ,i still hold4 ,in ,december of the same year4 ,mrs4 ,freeze chose me as her ,first ,counselor1 in the stake organization of the ,young ,ladies' ,association1 and ,i immediately started with ,president ,freeze1 visiting these wards1 and ,i enjoyed my labor4 ,in ,september1 #ahgi1 ,i was appointed to fill the position of ,territorial ,president of the ,primary ,improvement ,associations1 and have visited the different stakes of ,zion as much as circumstances would permit1 and now feel more firm in my religion1 and more determined to magnify my calling whereunto ,i have been appointed1 hoping thereby to bring honor to the cause of ,zion and also to myself4 ,in person1 ,mrs4 ,felt is very tall and slender1 her health always being very delicate4 ,her face is pale1 refined and spiritual in its expression2 her spirit buoyant and cheerful1 and her animated manner and smile as frank as a child's2 the beholder would never take her for a sorrowing ,mormon woman1 such as we read about4 ,whether presiding in gentle dignity over a conference of several thousands of parents and children1 whether happily mingling in a reunion of cherished and appreciative friends1 or whether in that closer1 dearer circle of which she is not the least the builder1 her face is that of innocence and purity2 her heart is an altar to her ,god2 her life a monument to all4 ,,ellen ,c4 ,s4 ,,clawson4 ,,president ,,of ,,the ,,primary ,,association ,,of ,,the ,,salt ,,lake ,,stake ,,of ,,zion4 ,ellen ,curtis ,spencer ,clawson was born in ,saybrook1 ,conn41 ,nov4 #a1 #ahcb4 ,she is the eldest daughter of ,spencer ,clawson1 ,a4 ,b41 and ,catherine ,curtis1 and grand daughter of ,daniel ,spencer1 who fought in the ,revolutionary ,war4 ,her father graduated at ,union ,college1 ,schenectady1 ,new ,york1 and also at the ,theological ,college at ,hamilton1 as a minister of the ,baptist denomination4 ,he received the gospel when his daughter was seven years old4 ,he immediately sold his effects and went to ,nauvoo1 where he became intimately associated with the ,prophet ,joseph4 ,at the age of nine years1 she was baptized in the ,mississippi river4 ,during the exodus from ,nauvoo her mother died from exposure and exhaustion1 through leaving a comfortable house to camp out in mid-winter4 ,six months later her father was sent to ,great ,britain to take charge of the mission there4 ,it was there he wrote the celebrated ,spencer's ,letters1 a little volume well known among the church works4 ,he also became editor of the ,millennial ,star1 which position he held for three years4 ,he was obliged to leave his five remaining children in ,ellen's care1 she being now only thirteen years of age4 ,during his absence the little family crossed the plains with ox teams1 in ,president ,brigham ,young's company1 taking five months to complete the journey1 and suffering all the privations and hardships with the rest of the ,saints4 ,miss ,ellen ,c4 ,spencer was married in ,march #ahej1 by ,president ,brigham ,young1 to ,hiram ,b4 ,clawson1 who soon after became to ,president ,young1 business manager1 a position he held for a number of years2 subsequently superintendent of the ,z4 ,c4 ,m4 ,i41 and is at present ,bishop of the ,twelfth ,ward1 ,salt ,lake ,city4 ,mrs4 ,clawson is the mother of fourteen children1 four sons and ten daughters1 seven daughters and two sons of whom are now living4 ,in ,april1 #ahgi1 ,mrs4 ,clawson was called to preside over the ,primary ,association of the ,twelfth ,ward1 ,salt ,lake ,city1 and later was ordained to preside over all the ,primary ,associations of the ,salt ,lake ,stake of ,zion4 ,think of this noble girl1 hardly more than a child1 taking upon her young life the duties and cares of a loved and lost1 a martyred mother6 ,surely she was precious in ,god's sight2 and his arm must have sustained her through that long and lonely journey through the wilderness4 ,that same strength of character1 that same sweet patience of spirit1 gentle manner1 have upborne her through later eventful periods4 ,a prominent and beautiful feature in her life1 one that has won to her the truest respect1 the unperishable love of her friends is the position she has maintained amid her husband's family1 like a loving queen mother1 in his home circle4 ,mrs4 ,clawson's two sons1 ,h4 ,b4 and ,spencer ,clawson1 are in the mercantile business1 the latter a wholesale merchant1 both men of high social and business standing1 and an honor to their parents4 ,,emmeline ,b4 ,,wells4 ,,editor ,,of ,,woman',s ,,exponent4 ,this lady1 like most of our representative women1 was born in ,new ,england1 ,february #bi1 #ahbh1 at ,petersham1 ,worcester ,county1 ,massachusetts4 ,her maiden name was ,woodward4 ,the forefathers of her family came in #ahcj1 settled in and around ,boston1 were large landowners1 and by profession were mathematicians1 surveyors1 etc4 ,mrs4 ,wells' ancestry1 both on the father and mother's side1 were purely of ,english extraction1 and fought for freedom in the ,revolutionary ,war1 as well as that of #ahab1 some of them being officers of high rank4 ,her brothers and other relations fought in the late ,civil ,war also4 ,mrs4 ,wells has had an eventful history in many respects1 and somewhat romantic2 were it to be published as a story and strictly true1 it would be stranger than fiction4 ,in her early life she gave promise of unusual talent1 her memory was quite wonderful1 storing up the many incidents and points of beauty around her to be brought forth in after years in faithful portraiture amid far off valleys and places then unbuilt and undiscovered4 ,it was the expectation of her family and friends that she would make a mark in the world and do them honor2 this was to be verified1 but in a way undreamed of by them4 ,the place and work ,god had chosen for her had not in her childhood1 even a name4 ,the child of destiny1 straying alone yet not lonely1 with her busy fancies finding companionship in fields1 woods and brooks1 the haunts of nature in their rudest1 wildest form2 listening to the songs of birds and sighing of the forest leaves1 touching with caressing hand the flowers and moss-grown rocks1 searching through shrubbery and tangled vines1 or looking up through alcoves green and dim1 feasted her eyes upon the wondrous sky where moving clouds passed on in endless changes 'neath that world1 where she was taught the home and throne of ,god forever are4 ,these surroundings and influences developed and moulded that individuality of character during her childhood to the degree1 that at eight years of age she commenced composing in rhyme1 choosing instinctively the beautiful and harmonious method of expression which is poetry4 ,this element cannot be possessed by anyone1 old or young1 but that it casts an influence recognized at once1 and men and women gray haired now1 say1 that watching the thoughtful child they knew there was a special destiny for her1 undefined1 but nevertheless felt as something grand and great4 ,so1 hovered the spirit of her mission around her through her childhood1 and at ten years of age she became a member of the church choir1 happy in lifting her full heart in hymns of worship and of praise4 ,how many have found sweet joy in singing2 that expression of supplication1 faith and gratitude1 which in any and every religion is1 we feel1 true and acceptable adoration4 ,in ,november1 #ahda1 the ,gospel was preached in her native village2 and her mother believed and was baptized4 ,immediately a branch of the ,church was organized and some excitement in regard to ,mormonism sprang up among the worldly-wise and learned4 ,mrs4 ,wells' mother persuaded her to go and hear the ,mormon elders1 and told her she knew it was the true ,gospel that the ancient ,apostles taught1 and that she had been looking forward to such a dispensation4 ,she was a woman of very strong mind1 of practical capabilities1 yet withal very spiritual in her nature1 had been for many years a staunch ,congregationalist1 and had her children brought up in that church4 ,ministers1 lawyers1 judges and influential men came with their profound learning and logic to convince ,mrs4 ,wells' mother that ,mormonism was a delusion1 but all in vain4 ,on the young and inexperienced daughter they expected to be able to make an impression1 and no means was left untried4 ,everything that could be said or done was brought to bear1 and when she had decided to receive the ordinance of baptism all the powers of darkness seemed to conspire to hinder it4 ,she affirms that a power she had no knowledge of heretofore1 seemed to possess her at this momentous time to help her to withstand the intercessions and pleadings of those who had been her friends1 and who now so vigorously sought to keep her from going down into the waters of baptism4 ,on the #ast day of ,march1 #ahdb1 when a little group of ,latter-,day ,saints was assembled to perform the ordinance of baptism on her mother's own ground1 just near her home1 zealous friends sent messengers down to ask her if she was sure she was acting of her own free will and choice1 otherwise they would take her by force and she should never lack for means of a higher education1 but if she accepted the ,mormon faith and gathered at ,nauvoo she must renounce not only her friends but also all the advantages of literary culture she had so ardently hoped to attain1 and be forever disgraced4 ,not knowing but that it was true that her hopes for further advancement must be resigned1 she laid them on the altar of her faith1 willing to yield up her future entirely to the will and care of her ,creator4 ,some power potent indeed buoyed her up and she went through this trying ordeal and though her delicate nerves were somewhat shaken yet she told her mother and friends then what proved true afterwards1 that the crisis was past1 she had renounced all she had before looked forward to1 henceforth she desired to dedicate herself entirely to the work in which she had enlisted4 ,during the year after her coming into the ,church she pursued her studies at the same school1 yet she had to endure a great deal of ridicule on account of being a ,mormon1 and her teacher never wearied of persuading and entreating her to give up such foolish ideas1 and resume her place among her associates4 ,but though she was as one alone1 for there was not another in the school that believed in the peculiar faith she had embraced1 and she understood very little herself1 still she had an innate conception of the entire consecration necessary for a ,latter-,day ,saint4 ,the next year she taught a country school1 receiving her certificate as readily as any of the other young ladies2 and early in the spring of #ahdd1 in the month of ,april1 she went up to ,nauvoo1 where she had the privilege of hearing ,joseph ,smith preach his last discourses4 ,after reaching ,nauvoo she received strong testimony1 not by any spiritual manifestations1 but that which convinced her reason and intelligence4 ,we cannot attempt to give in detail the changes and trials of ,nauvoo1 but suffice it to say that through sickness1 sorrow and severe trial she kept the faith4 ,in the winter of #ahdd-de1 she was taught the principle of celestial marriage by ,bishop ,newel ,k4 ,whitney and his wife1 whose acquaintance she had formed through having been introduced to the family by a cousin of ,sister ,whitney's4 ,this cousin was one of the company in which she had traveled to ,nauvoo1 and who because of her delicate health1 her youth and inexperience1 had been attracted towards her4 ,she accepted the principle in its sacred phase and entered into the order or covenant of celestial marriage with the same purity of motive that had influenced her in going down into the waters of baptism4 ,the ceremony was performed by ,brigham ,young in one of the upper rooms of the ,bishop's house in ,nauvoo1 in the evening of the #adth day of ,february1 #ahde1 the only witness being the ,bishop's first wife1 who not only had consented but actually urged the matter1 and gave her to her husband2 and the most sincere friendship existed forever afterward between the two1 who really lived like mother and daughter1 and though so intimately associated in the same family1 and sometimes under circumstances the most trying1 yet no jar or contention ever marred their true friendship for each other4 ,to those who doubt the fact of women living happily together no better illustration can be given than such practical ones as these4 ,here were two refined1 sensitive natures in harmony with that condition of marriage1 but it was from the fact that they accepted it from divine authority as a part of their religion1 and a higher law which would secure to them a future exaltation2 never losing sight of the exalted nature of their mission1 having undertaken to live lives of self-sacrifice and purity4 ,the false assertion made by the world that women of marked character and attainments would never submit to live in the order of plural marriage is disproved by such instances as this one4 ,both were women of high social attainments1 and possessing superior qualities of mind and heart4 ,it is the higher nature that must be aroused to inspire women to carry out practically this exalting1 refining principle1 and through this crucible many have come forth like gold seven times purified1 tried as by fire yet without the smell upon their garments4 ,mrs4 ,wells received the ordinances and the blessings of the ,temple with her husband in ,nauvoo1 and came out in the month of ,february1 crossing the ,mississippi ,river on the ice4 ,her mother1 who had been a staunch ,latter-,day ,saint from her first hearing the ,gospel preached1 died of hardships and fatigue when the ,saints were driven from ,nauvoo4 ,in ,winter ,quarters she taught school and came with the ,bishop and his family to the valley1 leaving the ,missouri ,river towards the last of ,may1 #ahde1 and arrived in the valley early in ,october4 ,on the #bnd day of ,november1 after1 her eldest daughter was born in a wagon1 during one of those cold piercing wind and sleet storms that often occur at that season4 ,september #bc1 #ahej1 ,bishop ,whitney died1 leaving her a widow at twenty-two with two children1 the eldest not then two years of age1 the youngest a babe five weeks old4 ,many of her friends feared she would sink beneath her trials1 but she rallied those forces of her nature1 which under a husband's care had never been called into requisition1 and turned to the ways and means of providing for her little ones4 ,left as it were alone1 bereft and so helpless1 the young mother was like one in a dream1 she had trusted to her husband so entirely1 and knew so little herself of the practical realities of life2 she had not thought he could die4 ,he was one to lean upon1 and she had looked up to him as a little child looks up to a true loving parent with a reverence almost more than human4 ,to her he had shown the utmost tenderness1 helping and encouraging in times of severe trial1 making every burden lighter because of the intense sympathy of his spiritual nature4 ,this was one of the eventful epochs of her life4 ,she awakened to know that for her1 duty must be first1 and she became in course of time accustomed to acting for herself instead of leaning upon another4 ,it was a hard lesson1 but she studied it carefully1 and sought earnestly for divine help upon her efforts2 but we are simply giving a few facts and not minute details1 therefore suffice it to say after something more than two years of widowhood she married again4 ,during the ,bishop's life1 he frequently prophesied to her of the future and what her work would yet be1 and although she could not then imagine how such changes could possibly be wrought1 7as much on account of the condition of the country and the circumstances of the people17 yet looking back over it now1 she realizes how prophetic his words were1 and the promises made concerning her future have many of them been fulfilled4 ,mrs4 ,wells often says she was born a woman's rights advocate1 inheriting it from her mother1 who was a staunch advocate for woman's emancipation1 and when left a widow with a large family1 realized more fully the injustice of the laws in regard to women1 their property rights and guardianship of children4 ,mrs4 ,wells has been the mother of six children1 one son and five daughters1 and during their childhood devoted herself almost exclusively to their care and education4 ,mrs4 ,wells has always had a great desire to see others advance1 and in her home before she entered upon public duties ever sought to stimulate those around her to efforts of development of the higher nature4 ,she has given much genuine encouragement to those who would shrink from criticism and would consequently1 unless aroused1 bury their talents or fold them away in a napkin4 ,she is exceedingly frank in her nature and generous to a fault1 and possesses an admirable faculty of entertaining those with whom she is from time to time associated4 ,she has drawn around her people of taste1 ability and culture2 the secret of her winning friends is perhaps in her almost total forgetfulness of self1 and her intense wish to make others happy4 ,perhaps1 among her friends1 few are fonder or more sincere than those who have received both sympathy1 encouragement and advice from her who has not feared that other lights might dim her own1 she has rejoiced in the progress and victories of others as though they were her own achievements4 ,it is truly wonderful to contemplate the public work accomplished by ,mrs4 ,wells in the comparatively brief opportunity of time since her labors began4 ,in the ,eastern ,states prominent women have pursued these objects for nearly fifty years1 but the women of ,utah have stood afar and alone with no part in matters of a political nature until about thirteen years ago4 ,they have exercised their privileges with respect1 caution and wisdom1 holding neither lightly or boastfully the freedom of the ballot4 ,many have read law and studied parliamentary rules1 and have on occasions of public character endeavored to profit by observation in the presentation and discussion of such matters4 ,mrs4 ,wells has traveled much among our people1 speaking and assisting in organizing4 ,she has good executive ability and is well adapted to this kind of work4 ,in political matters she takes great interest1 and since the women of ,utah have had the ballot she has taken a prominent part in that direction and done much active work4 ,mrs4 ,wells went to ,washington as a delegate from the women of ,utah in ,january1 #ahgi1 to attend the ,convention of the ,national ,woman ,suffrage ,association1 accompanied by ,mrs4 ,zina ,young ,williams and while there they had the opportunity of speaking before committees of ,house and ,senate1 and also had an audience with ,president ,hayes and several of the leading men of the nation on the ,mormon question4 ,they also prepared a memorial to ,congress and succeeded in getting it presented4 ,in ,november1 #ahgd1 ,mrs4 ,wells went into the office of the ,woman's ,exponent to assist the editor1 ,mrs4 ,lula ,greene ,richards1 a little in her labors1 and gradually grew interested in the work1 and in ,may1 #ahge1 her labors became regular and constant1 continuing so until in ,july1 #ahgg1 when she assumed the entire responsibility1 ,mrs4 ,richards withdrawing on account of increased domestic cares4 ,mrs4 ,wells never seems to tire of journalistic duty4 ,in ,november1 #ahgf1 she was chosen ,president of the ,central ,grain ,committee for the storing of grain by women1 against a day of famine4 ,at the ,mass ,meeting in the ,theatre to protest against the ,woman's ,anti-,polygamic ,association she took an active part in the proceedings4 ,in ,september1 #ahhb1 ,mrs4 ,wells went to ,omaha with ,mrs4 ,zina ,d4 ,h4 ,young1 to attend the convention of the ,national ,woman's ,suffrage ,association again4 ,mrs4 ,wells was appointed ,secretary of the ,deseret ,hospital ,association2 in fact her time is almost constantly employed in the performance of public duties and benevolent work4 ,looking retrospectively upon the life of ,emmeline ,b4 ,wells and noting the constant upward progress she has made through the adverse circumstances common to a pioneer life1 and the establishing of a new order of religion and social life amid the opposition and persecution of our own nation2 the result is calculated to testify strongly against the assertions made that1 in our isolation and subservience to religious authority1 woman is repressed in her abilities and privileges2 for it is in that mental atmosphere which is the very essence of ,mormonism1 that hers have been developed and brought into prominence as an exemplar to the young4 ,if in the very stronghold of ,mormonism the standard of progress is upheld by woman's hand as well as man's1 the inference is that the next generation will show a marked advance4 ,knowledge is power1 and this with virtue and wisdom united1 guided by inspiration1 ignorance and tyranny will alike be impotent against the growing hosts of ,israel4 ,and1 knowing this1 all excellences of acquirements and attainments are stimulated and promoted among the old and young by our leaders1 misrepresentation to the contrary notwithstanding4 ,the quality of statesmanship is of high order and rare among women1 but it has been declared by the lips of prophecy that positions of power would await the women of ,zion faster than they would be qualified for them4 ,mrs4 ,wells is by nature one of those prepared for the advent of such an era4 ,and still1 the songs whispered from nature to the heart of the child chime on1 and the woman repeats them in clear1 sweet utterances to the world2 the intuitions of the ,deity and his work she may now declare in knowledge1 and the maiden that with timid feet went down at the ,gospel's call into the waters of baptism1 has become a strength1 an inspiration and a guide to women in the same path4 ,president ,young gave ,mrs4 ,wells a mission to record in brief the biographies of the most prominent women of our ,church1 in the ,woman's ,exponent4 ,a part of this work has already been performed1 which is an important addition to our home literature4 ,i give below one selection from the lady's many beautiful poems3 ,,real ,,and ,,ideal4 ,at times1 sweet visions float across my mind1 ,and glimpses of the unknown bright and fair1 ,where all the objects seem so well defined-- ,tasteful in color1 and in beauty rare1 ,that ,i must pause and think if they be real1 ,or only what the poets call ideal4 ,i well remember when a little child1 ,i had these same strange1 wand'ring fancies2 ,and ,i was told my thoughts were running wild1 ,that ,i must not indulge in such romances4 ,wasting in idle dreams the precious hours1 ,building air castles and gazing from the towers4 ,e'en then ,i seemed to see familiar friends1 ,pertaining to a dim1 uncertain past2 ,and to my recollection faintly clings1 ,a sense of something which the shadows cast1 ,that showed me what my future life would be1 ,a prophecy1 as 'twere1 of destiny4 ,there was an intuition in my heart1 ,an innate consciousness of right and wrong1 ,that bade me choose a wiser1 better part1 ,which1 in rough places helped to make me strong3 ,and though my path was oft bereft of beauty1 ,still urged me on to fulfill ev'ry duty4 ,o1 happy childhood1 bright with faith and hope2 ,enchantment dwells within thy rosy bowers1 ,and rainbow tints gild all within thy scope2 ,and youth sits lightly on a bed of flowers1 ,his cup of happiness just brimming o'er1 ,unconscious of what life has yet in store4 ,what glowing aspirations fill the mind-- ,of noble work designed for man to do6 ,what purity of purpose here we find-- ,what longing for the beautiful and true2 ,ere know we of the toil1 and grief and woe2 ,or dream that men and women suffer so4 ,though all along life's toilsome1 weary way1 ,we meet with disappointments hard to bear2 ,yet strength is given equal to our day1 ,and joy is of'nest mixed with pain or care2 ,but let us not grow weary in well-doing1 ,still persevere1 the upward path pursuing4 ,thus ever struggle on1 'mid doubts and fears2 ,while changing scenes before our gaze unfold1 ,till1 through the vista of long weary years1 ,we see ,heaven's sunshine thro' its gates of gold2 ,and feel assured it is an answering token1 ,aye6 though our earthly idols have been broken4 ,tho' those we've cherished most have been untrue1 ,and fond and faithful ones have gone before1 ,still let us keep the promises in view1 ,of those who're pleading on the other shore1 ,whose tender messages are with us yet1 ,the words of love1 we never can forget4 ,and while we muse and ponder1 shadows fall1 ,and a sweet spirit whispers1 ,peace1 be still2 ,what of the past--'tis now beyond recall3 ,the future1 we with usefulness may fill4 ,yet sometime we shall find in regions real ,those dreams fulfilled we only term ideal4 ,,mrs4 ,,romania ,b4 ,,pratt1 ,m4 ,d4 ,romania ,bunnell ,pratt1 daughter of ,luther ,b4 and ,esther ,mendenhall ,bunnell1 was born ,august #h1 #ahci1 in ,washington1 ,wayne ,county1 ,indiana4 ,in her seventh year she went with her parents to ,nauvoo1 and had the privilege of visiting the ,temple1 and went with the ,church to ,winter ,quarters4 ,she says3 ,while there ,i well remember being present when the martial band was marching round and the call was made for the ,mormon ,battallion for ,mexico4 ,although too young to appreciate the severe ordeal our devoted and persecuted people were subject to1 ,i can never forget the feeling of grief which oppressed my little heart1 as one after one the brave-hearted men fell into the ranks4 ,from ,winter ,quarters her parents moved to ,ohio where her whole time was spent in attending school1 the last year and a half at the ,crawfordsville ,female ,seminary4 ,in #ahee1 her mother then being a widow1 with her family of two girls and two boys and their worldly effects1 again joined the ,saints at ,atchison1 now ,omaha1 where she was first baptized into the ,church of ,jesus ,christ of ,latter-,day ,saints1 on the last of ,may1 #ahee1 just before commencing their journey with ox teams across the plains to ,salt ,lake ,city1 where they arrived ,september #c;d of the same year4 ,the summer journey of these months was a series of changing panoramic scenes as enchanting to the free1 careless heart of a child1 as it was arduous to those of maturer years4 ,their arrival in the city of the ,saints was during the grasshopper famine1 when flour was twenty-five dollars per hundred weight1 sugar forty cents per pound and everything in proportion1 and although they had left plenty behind them1 in the hands of guardians who refused to allow them any money1 7the children all being minors7 to come away among the ,mormons1 saying2 ,they will rob you of it all as soon as you get there4 ,in consequence of this prejudice they arrived in ,salt ,lake ,city penniless and at a time when they with thousands of others had to learn the sweetness of the coarsest kind of bread4 ,romania taught day school and gave music lessons on the piano at intervals until she entered the medical profession4 ,this lady was married to ,parley ,p4 ,pratt1 son of the ,apostle1 ,parley ,p4 ,pratt1 by ,president ,brigham ,young1 and has had seven children2 ,parley ,p4 ,pratt1 ,luther ,b41 ,louis ,l41 ,corinne ,t41 ,mark ,c41 ,irwin ,e4 and ,roy ,b4 ,pratt4 ,her second son died in infancy1 and her lovely daughter died when twenty months old4 ,through a love of literary pursuit and surrounding circumstances her attention was turned to the medical profession which she entered in #ahgc and graduated in the ,woman's ,medical ,college of ,philadelphia in ,march1 #ahgg4 ,after graduating she remained in ,philadelphia and took special courses on the eye and ear at ,wills' ,hospital and a dispensary on ,chestnut ,street1 conducted by ,dr4 ,george ,strawbridge4 ,leaving ,philadelphia she spent a few weeks visiting ,hydropathic institutions to learn something of the mode of administration and especially of water treatment4 ,immediately on her arrival home she by request commenced giving lectures to ladies and agitated the question of a hospital for women and children1 and by counsel on account of great demand of obstetrical aid needed in the numerous settlements1 soon instituted a school of midwifery1 and has taught two classes a year since1 except when absent for special study in the ,new ,york ,eye and ,ear ,infirmary where she spent eight months in #ahha-b4 ,in #ahgd1 when ,eliza ,r4 ,s4 ,smith organized the ,young ,ladies' ,mutual ,improvement ,association of the ,twelfth ,ward1 ,mrs4 ,pratt was appointed ,president1 which position she held though absent a portion of the time1 until professional work compelled her resignation4 ,she now holds the office of ,treasurer of the ,salt ,lake ,stake organization of the ,young ,ladies ,mutual ,improvement ,association1 and is also one of the ,board of ,executors and medical attendant of the ,deseret ,hospital1 organized #ahhb1 beside having a busy practice4 ,luther ,b4 ,bunnell1 her father1 was the inventor of a repeating fire arm1 and at a critical period in the persecutions of the ,saints1 donated to them five hundred dollars in arms and ammunition4 ,tracing her family record a few years back1 we find in her mother's line the names of ,bayard ,taylor and ,benjamin ,west among her relatives4 ,about the year #ahcg1 a small pamphlet was published in ,philadelphia giving the genealogy of her family1 tracing them back to a ,russian nobleman4 ,captain ,mendenhall was the grandson of ,benjamin1 brother to ,john ,mendenhall1 the ,puritan emigrant4 ,colonel ,richard ,thomas1 brother to her great grandmother1 was a member of ,congress from ,chester ,county1 ,pa41 for many years4 ,of medical members1 ,dr4 ,pratt's family certainly has had a goodly number1 and of these we select--,dr4 ,mendenhall1 of ,richmond1 ,indiana1 her mother's cousin1 ,dr4 ,marmaduke ,mendenhall1 of ,north ,carolina1 her cousin1 ,dr4 ,paris ,mendenhall1 her brother1 ,dr4 ,james ,r4 ,mendenhall1 of ,richmond1 ,indiana1 her cousin1 ,nereus ,mendenhall1 professor in ,new ,garden ,quaker ,college1 also ,george ,d4 and ,william ,mendenhall1 physicians4 ,beside these1 many others of note occur1 too many for less than a special volume4 ,her eldest son1 ,parley ,p4 ,pratt1 also entered the ,new ,york ,school of ,pharmacy1 from which he expects to graduate in the spring of #ahhe4 ,dr4 ,pratt is in appearance the very embodiment of health and happiness1 her blooming cheeks1 abundant loose ringlets without a line of gray1 her dark eyes inspiring the dispirited with cheerfulness and hope1 the cordial clasp of hand1 a hand gentle1 but somehow suggestive of the nerve1 firmness1 self-possession and power the true healer holds1 the intuition one receives of her sympathy and benevolence1 if needed2 all these are conveyed as upon an open page by the very presence of ,dr4 ,pratt4 ,also1 that other influence is felt that she too leans upon a higher power than human skill1 the same ,giver of life and health as the tenderest child looks up to4 ,dr4 ,romania ,b4 ,pratt was the first ,mormon woman graduate4 ,following her return as graduate1 next came ,dr4 ,ellis ,r4 ,shipp1 #ahgh1 ,mattie ,paul ,hughes1 ,m4 ,d41 #ahhc1 ,elvira ,s4 ,barney1 ,m4 ,d41 #ahhc1 and ,margaret ,c4 ,shipp1 ,m4 ,d41 #ahhc4 ,drs4 ,r4 ,b4 ,pratt1 ,ellis ,r4 ,shipp and ,elvira ,s4 ,barney are connected with the ,deseret ,hospital1 founded in #ahhb4 ,,the ,,lady ,,doctor4 ,for her1 from darkened rooms ,what blessings softly rise1 ,who brings relief to pain and fear ,and soothes the watcher's cries4 ,on her1 the skies look down ,as fearless1 swift she goes ,through lonely paths1 past rude alarms1 ,and oft through blinding snows4 ',tis hers1 to see the smile ,the new blest mother gives2 ,and hers to hear their answering joy-- ,hush all thy fears1 he lives4 ,the record of her works ,in volumes ne'er is known1 ',tis written as on marble carved ,in grateful hearts alone4 ,,dr4 ,,elvira ,s4 ,,barney4 ,although in this book ,dr4 ,barney is classed among the medical fraternity her labors and history have been interwoven with those of the ,latter ,day ,saints from her childhood1 in so many varied and useful fields of labor1 that ,i am compelled to pause at the very beginning of this sketch1 7necessarily brief7 knowing ,i must omit so many particulars1 both valuable and instructive4 ,if ,dr4 ,barney had1 in her childhood1 possessed the advantages of obtaining a thorough education1 and opportunities for the best development of those many abilities which have manifested themselves under the most dispiriting surroundings1 it would be difficult at present to estimate what she might have accomplished4 ,she represents the practical1 domestic1 experience of a ,latter ,day ,saint2 orphaned1 and almost alone1 but possessing that indomitable spirit that rises above every obstacle1 and turns to account every available means no matter how humble1 that cultivates every inherent power to its best uses2 an upbuilder in everything pertaining to the interests of her people1 ready to aid on the right and on the left1 forgetful of self4 ,elvira ,s4 ,barney was born ,march #ag1 #ahcb1 in ,gerry1 ,chawtawque ,county1 ,new ,york1 being the daughter of ,samuel ,c4 ,stevens1 a merchant1 and his wife1 ,minerva ,althea ,field1 a school teacher4 ,her great grand-father1 ,joseph ,stevens1 took an active part in the ,revolutionary ,war2 her grand-father1 ,simon ,stevens1 was a doctor2 her uncles were doctors and lawyers4 ,when twelve years old ,elvira heard the gospel preached by a ,mormon ,elder1 and from that time daily prayed in secret till the ,lord gave her a testimony that satisfied her heart4 ,she was baptized in #ahdd1 and went with her parents to ,nauvoo1 where her father died after a brief illness1 on ,october #dth4 ,in the ,january following ,elvira and her mother were preparing for the journey across the wilderness1 parching corn1 etc42 but her mother1 overcome by toil1 grief and exhaustion1 died on the #fth of the month4 ,their farm1 household goods1 etc41 were sold1 and the five children received ten dollars each to fit them out for a western journey4 ,elvira parted with her twin brother1 fourteen years old1 with tears in his eyes1 and she never saw him again4 ,he died six years after4 ,elvira was taken some twenty-five miles across the prairie among strangers1 and there spent the winter4 ,there were no children for her to mate with1 no one to feel tenderly for the lonely1 quiet aching heart of this orphan girl4 ,when spring approached she rejoined her married sister to wait upon her1 traveling west with her1 sometimes living in a brush-house 7while recruiting7 and sleeping under a wagon while traveling1 and once awoke to find several inches of snow covering them4 ,exposure brought her to death's door1 but she lived after long suffering4 ,she witnessed the solemn separation of the ,mor-,battallion from their families and friends4 ,during one winter she lived in a dug-out in a side hill on the ,missouri ,river1 and was forced to live on corn bread and water2 their tallow candles they could not afford to burn1 but used them to grease their bake-kettles4 ,here1 however1 willing to be useful she helped to teach school1 studying nights by a chip-fire to keep in advance of her pupils4 ,many of our public speakers of today1 can date their first lessons in elocution and arithmetic to her training4 ,elvira crossed the mountains in the first company in #ahdh1 and arrived in this valley by the side of two yoke of oxen1 with a sick sister and a brother-in-law with a broken arm1 in her care4 ,her first lesson in surgery was the helping to set this arm1 and her first practice in medicine was the breaking up of her sister's fever4 ,soon after this ,elvira made herself a pair of buck-skin moccasins4 ,the first meeting she attended was in a bowery1 and her best calico dress had patches on the elbows4 ,before the next winter she worked six weeks for a pair of leather shoes4 ,there was not much aristocracy here in those days4 ,they held meetings in tents1 sang praises to ,god1 and danced with as much sincerity and purity of heart as even ,king ,david did before the ,lord1 for they knew ,god was with them4 ,said her sister1 who afterward turned from the faith3 ,if ,god had not been with us when we were driven out at the battle of ,nauvoo1 we should have perished1 but when we were starving he sent quails1 and they were so tame they came into our tents where the sick were lying1 and they even took them in their hands4 ,thousands witnessed the miracle4 ,after they arrived in the valley1 crickets large and numerous threatened their crops1 7their only recourse7 but the ,lord in answer to prayers sent sea-gulls in such flocks that the air was darkened1 and they destroyed the crickets4 ,the heavens were not as brass above their heads2 they helped and loved each other1 and ,god heard and loved them4 ,their laws were few and simple2 in a ,bishop's court a brother forgave his brother4 ,in the summer of #ahdi1 ,elvira earned fifty dollars at different kinds of work1 and making straw hats for the emigrants going to ,california to get gold the ,battallion boys were the first to find4 ,in the spring of #ahdi1 ,elvira had been appointed to go on a mission to the ,society ,islands2 this was postponed1 and in the spring of #ahea1 with her husband1 she started in the company of ,apostle ,parley ,p4 ,pratt on his mission to ,chili4 ,they were harassed by ,indians while crossing the deserts1 and ,elvira arrived in ,los ,angelos sick with a fever1 and laid sixteen days in a tent made of sheets4 ,her sister here buried her babe2 took steamer and landed in ,san ,francisco1 ,elvira contracting inflammatory rheumatism on the voyage1 and was stiff and helpless four days4 ,parley ,p4 ,pratt administered to her1 and the next morning she helped to get breakfast4 ,through some trouble between the ,islanders and the ,french the ,mission was changed to the ,sandwich ,islands4 ,having been left behind to recruit her health1 ,sister ,elvira went to work in a hotel as waiter at one hundred dollars a month1 and soon was able to pay her passage to the ,sandwich ,islands1 besides having means to support her while there4 ,on arriving at ,lahaiva1 on the island of ,mai1 the captain gave her his arm and they walked through the streets in quest of her husband followed by the natives1 old and young1 they to admire and be friendly1 the strangers feeling mortified with such honors4 ,remained a month there then embarked on the ship ,hulumann4 ,the previously mentioned captain came on board and treated them to a ,christmas dinner4 ,after four days sail landed at ,kawhow1 ,hawaii1 in the fall of #ahea4 ,sister ,elvira lived six months among the natives on their island food1 mostly of taro and sweet-potatoes made into a batter and soured1 short rations at that1 yet attained the weight of one hundred and fifty pounds4 ,says she3 ,don't smile when ,i tell you ,i often thought of ,alexander ,selkirk who said he was ',monarch of all he surveyed4' ,here months passed1 living on the lava strewn island1 no ships came to bring tidings1 ,i was left to view the rolling billows that separated me from all ,i held dear1 country and friends4 ,fancy the loneliness of those long months1 not a white woman to speak to in my own tongue4 ,here ,i was studying a foreign language and teaching the natives to speak my own4 ,in the mean time sister ,elvira acquired the art of swimming1 which means enabled her afterwards1 to all appearances1 to save one of the ladies of this book from drowning in a bottomless spring in ,utah4 ,during eleven months spent on four islands1 ,sister ,elvira wrote a letter to a native lawyer in his own tongue1 and although over thirty years have elapsed she is able to converse fluently with the natives who have gathered to this city4 ,leaving all her means but five dollars with her husband1 she arrived penniless at ,honolulu en route for ,san ,francisco1 by counsel of ,phillip ,b4 ,lewis1 ,president of the ,sandwich ,islands ,mission4 ,here1 in answer to prayer1 after all other efforts had failed to procure means1 a stranger she never saw before nor since1 called upon her4 ,in answer to his few questions he learned her situation as a missionary's wife preaching the ,gospel without purse or scrip4 ,he handed her the money1 eighty dollars1 to pay her passage to ,san ,francisco1 and she gave him her note for it1 and embarked4 ,three times she escaped shipwreck1 the last time1 just outside the ,golden ,gate of the ,bay of ,san ,francisco4 ,on her arrival there she borrowed the money of a friend and returned it to the stranger1 and repaid this by making fine shirts at ten dollars apiece4 ,the wife of the gentleman for whom she made them presented her with a complete set of clothing1 the outer garment being a new silk dress4 ,sister ,elvira says3 ,the ,lord knew ,i needed them and ,i thanked ,him and the giver also4 ,of the ,san ,francisco ,saints she says1 ,the welcome ,i received by the remaining ,saints there1 and the heavenly influence we enjoyed together is the one most marked oasis of my life1 for truly they blessed me and ,god blessed them4 ,sister ,elvira wasted no time1 but in various ways earned means1 part of which she sent to assist the ,sandwich ,islands ,mission4 ,in #ahef she returned to ,salt ,lake ,city1 riding seven hundred miles on horseback1 and here resumed school teaching4 ,in #ahei1 she assisted in the amputation of a dear friend's arm4 ,in #ahfj1 traveled east to visit kindred and rode sixteen days by stage4 ,in #ahfd1 went to ,wheaton ,college and returned home after nearly two years absence4 ,from #ahei to #ahfc had taught school in ten different places1 generally four terms a year4 ,had during these previous years taken at different times four homeless children into her care until other ways opened for them4 ,in #ahgc adopted a boy whom she schooled and provided for for ten years4 ,in this year also began writing up her genealogical record which she has traced back to the year #afjj4 ,in #ahgf wrote a pamphlet on seri-culture1 and suggested the appointment of a meeting on that subject4 ,advanced as a loan the first fifty dollars to establish the home made straw hat industry4 ,canvassed the ,thirteenth ,ward and traveled in the interest of the ,woman's ,exponent4 ,was appointed agent for and canvassed the city for the ,women of ,mormondom1 and raised fifty shares 7#be4jj each7 in one day4 ,was appointed a committee for purchasing grain for the ,grain ,association 7,president ,e4 ,b4 ,wells74 ,in #ahgf traveled south and held forty-five meetings in twenty-seven days1 in the interest of ,women's ,work in ,utah4 ,in #ahgh attended the ,deseret ,university4 ,up to date of ,february1 #ahgi1 had earned over nine thousand dollars by her own labors1 and built a good commodious house1 her home4 ,october1 #ahgi1 started ,east to continue her medical studies which she had prosecuted at home for several years1 and attended three complete courses2 returning home in the spring of #ahhc1 prepared to pursue this her chosen vocation after a long and eventful experience in many fields of usefulness4 ,realizing her own early desires for knowledge and the inconvenience of limited privileges1 ,dr4 ,barney fitted up her large house to accommodate lady boarders1 thus affording them the convenience of home and college under one roof1 with the privilege of boarding themselves1 and receiving gratuitous medical instructions for one year4 ,she has crossed the ,pacific ,ocean twice1 the western deserts twice1 the eastern plains five times3 has wrought at different humble occupations belonging to a new country1 learning later fine embroidery1 pencil work1 draughting in architecture1 delivering lectures1 c41 one tenth cannot be told in these pages4 ,sister ,barney also has received the gifts of prophecy1 tongues and interpretation of tongues1 as the writer can testify4 ,her step is as quick as ever1 her carriage erect2 she says2 ,my life has been real1 my life has been earnest1 and now if any of my works praise me then truly ,i am praised4 ,if any one has done better ,i should be happy to read their chapter2 yet ,i realize many of our ,mormon ladies' lives have been similar1 and it is such women that will teach and train sons for the nation4 ,,emily ,,hill ,,woodmansee4 ,emily ,hill ,woodmansee1 daughter of ,thomas and ,elizabeth ,slade ,hill1 was born in the south-west of ,england1 near ,warminster1 ,wilts1 ,march #bd1 #ahcf4 ,quoting her own words3 ,of my pedigree ,i will simply say that my parents were honorable1 hard-working people1 too independent in spirit to stoop to mean actions1 much less to sully their conscience to curry favor4 ,the youngest living of eleven children1 ,i fully enjoyed the privileges often accorded the youngest member of a family1 7ie7 of having things my own way4 ,my parents as well as my brothers and sisters were very kind to me1 and ,i can truly say--slightly reversing a word in the lines of one of our poets1 that1 ',i never knew what trouble was ,till ,i became a ,mormon4' ,when but a mere child ,i was much concerned about my eternal salvation and felt that ,i would make any sacrifice to obtain it4 ,i asked all kinds of questions of my mother and sisters1 seeking how to be saved1 but could get no satisfaction from them nor from the religious body 7,wesleyans7 to which they belonged4 ,hungry and thirsty for truth1 ,i searched the ,scriptures1 invariably turning to the lives of ancient apostles or to the beautiful writings of the ,prophet ,isaiah4 ,i was never weary of reading his prophecies1 the glory of a ,latter-,day ,zion that burthened his inspirations possessed for me a charm irresistible4 ,truly ,i was waiting for something1 ,i knew not what1 that came to me sooner than ,i expected4 ,when ,i was about twelve years old1 my cousin1 ,miriam ,slade1 7afterward the wife of ,edward ,hanham17 came to visit us2 she was very merry-hearted and we had anticipated her visit1 expecting a good deal of fun2 but she was too full of a 'new religion' to do anything but preach4 ',god1' she said1 'had spoken from the heavens to a man named ,joseph ,smith2 the ,gospel was restored to the earth1 the honest in heart were commanded to gather to the land of ,zion for safety1 for this was the last ,dispensation1 and the hour of ,god's judgment had come6' ,right faithfully she testified to her knowledge of these things1 much to the surprise of our family1 who were considerably amused at her earnestness as well as at the novelty of her belief1 and notwithstanding ,i listened attentively1 ,i thought her assertions too good to be true4 ,the next ,sunday my cousin informed us that the ,latter-,day ,saints had appointed a meeting for that day at an adjoining village called ,chalford1 and invited us to go4 ,as it was a distance of five or six miles1 making a long walk there and back1 none of my brothers cared to go1 and my elder sisters considered themselves altogether too respectable 787 to attend an outdoor meeting of such a primitive sect1 therefore they declined to go1 and no one thought of sending me till ,i suggested it4 ,turning to my father1 my sisters said1 7laughingly17 ',yes1 send ,em1 she will tell us all about it4' ,in five minutes ,miriam ,slade and myself were on the road1 accompanied by ,mr4 ,wm4 ,bowring1 7brother to ,henry ,e4 ,bowring of ,brigham ,city17 and by ,edward ,w4 ,tullidge1 then a youth1 but now well-known as a talented writer and also as the proprietor and editor of ,tullidge's ,quarterly ,magazine4 ,never1 never shall ,i forget that day1 surely it was the turning point of my whole life4 ,a few devoted worshippers of truth met together in a small house1 to bear their testimony to one another and to worship ,god6 ,and ,he was in their midst and that to bless them4 ,even as in the ,day of ,pentecost1 they spake in tongues and prophesied1 which prophecy ,i have seen fulfilled4 ,unlike the ,jews who were 'pricked in their hearts1' ,i did not even ask1 ',what shall ,i do to be saved4' ',the way' was open before me1 and simple and young as ,i was ,i instinctively knew that ',i could not err therein4' ,the ,eternal6 spake1 and honest hearts discerning ,the voice and message of the holiest ,one6 ,hail it as though their souls had e'en been yearning ,for light and truth1 e'en since their lives begun4 ,it was indeed as though ,i had been brought 'out of darkness into marvelous light1' and ,i could not shut my eyes against it4 ,in the evening ,i attended an out door ',mormon ,meeting1' and though naturally sensitive to ridicule1 ,i did not care the least for the sneers of the crowd but joined in the songs of the ,saints as well as ,i could1 for in my childish way ,i wanted it understood that ,i was not ashamed to count one with the peculiar people called ,latter-,day ,saints4 ,many a time since1 when 'offences' have come in my way1 over which with mortal weakness ,i have almost stumbled1 the testimony of that eventful day has been to me a precious recollection which nothing could obliterate4 ,i was so overjoyed at finding what ,i had so long desired1 and so eager to convince my friends that ,i could hardly wait to get home4 ,as soon as ,i was inside the house and almost before anyone else could speak1 ,i astounded them all by the emphatic declaration that ,i knew the ,latter-,day ,saints were the right people2 and ,i would join them as soon as ,i was big enough4 ,i was never sent to 'take notes' of the ',mormons' again1 but on the contrary was closely watched lest ,i should be led away by a 'sect that was everywhere spoken against4' ,my early study of the ,scriptures now stood me in good stead1 and ,i searched the ,bible more diligently than ever1 so that ,i might give a good reason for my faith to the hosts that assailed me1 7right reverends among the number17 who1 finding it easier to cry 'delusion' than to prove it1 generally wound up by informing me that ,i wasn't old enough to know my own mind1 and was altogether too young to judge of so grave a matter4 ,meantime my persistent faith invoked such a tempest of wrath over my head1 that ,i could not even get an opportunity to be baptized1 and the elders did not think it wisdom 7because of my tender years7 to perform the ceremony without my parents' consent4 ,i well remember looking forward to a period when ,i should be old enough to act for myself1 and it seemed a lifetime4 ,about this time one of the elders brought ,brother ,john ,halliday 7brother to ,bishop ,halliday of ,santaquin7 to our house1 who bore such a powerful testimony to the divine mission of ,joseph ,smith1 that my sister1 ,julia1 7now ,mrs4 ,ivins of ,st4 ,george7 exclaimed1 ',if ever there was a man of ,god ,i'm sure he is one1 and ,i'll be a ,latter-,day ,saint1 too6' ,from that time ,i had a friend in the family1 and we were both determined that cost what it might we would be true to the light within us4 ,only once in a great while could we steal away and meet with the ,saints1 but although we were not yet baptized we partook of the sacrament and paid out our pocket money to the ,church funds like actual members4 ,on one of these occasions ,brother ,halliday blessed me and confirmed upon me the promise that ,i should write in prose and in verse and thereby comfort the hearts of thousands4 ,after this ,i was baptized ,march #be1 #aheh1 ,i was then sixteen1 but had virtually been a ,latter-,day ,saint for four years4 ,denied the privilege of freely meeting with the ,saints1 ,i all the more earnestly desired to gather to ,zion2 but fearing ,i might be forcibly detained if ,i attempted to leave home directly for ,america1 ,i obtained my parents' consent to visit my sister1 ,julia--who had already gone to ,northampton 7quite a long distance from home7 hoping that the way would open up1 so we might earn enough to emigrate4 ,there for the first time ,i enjoyed religious freedom and there also ,i took my lessons of hard times2 preparing me for greater hardships in store4 ,in the month of ,may1 #ahef1 we sailed for ,america on the ship1 ,thornton1 ,captain ,collins1 commander2 ,brother ,james ,g4 ,willie had charge of the ,saints1 7a company of eight hundred7 and a good captain he was4 ,we had a pleasant trip with the exception of one heavy storm which ,i would not have missed for a great deal4 ,from ,new ,york we traveled by rail and by way of ,lake ,erie to the camping ground in the neighborhood of ,iowa ,city2 there we were obliged to wait till the companies were ready to start1 and surely if we had been natural or unnatural curiosities we could not have been commented on or stared at any more by the people surrounding us4 ',mormons1 men1 women and children1 and worse1 a lot of young girls1 bound for ,salt ,lake and going to pull 'hand carts6' ,shocking6' ,yet1 for the potent reason that no other way seemed open1 and on the principle of 'descending below all things1' ,i made up my mind to pull a hand cart4 ',all the way to ,zion1' a foot journey from ,iowa to ,utah1 and pull our luggage1 think of it6 ,anonymous letters1 and warnings from sympathizing outsiders were mysteriously conveyed to us1 setting forth the hardships and impossibilities of such a journey1 and offering us inducements to stay4 ,many who started out with us backed out in a few days2 my sister broke down and was unable to walk and ,i remember asking myself 7footsore and weary with the first week of walking and working7 if it was possible for me1 faith or no faith1 to walk twelve hundred miles further4 ,the flesh certainly was weak but the spirit was willing1 ,i set down my foot that ,i would try1 and by the blessing of ,god ,i pulled a hand cart a thousand miles and never rode one step4 ,some thrilling scenes ,i could relate incident to that journey1 but must forbear for want of space4 ,suffice it to say that after a long and wearisome journey1 being entirely out of provisions1 we halted for want of strength to proceed1 and never should ,i have beheld 7with mortal eyes7 'the city of the ,saints' had not the compassionate people of ,utah sent out a number of brave-hearted brethren with food and clothing to our relief4 ,may they all be everlastingly blessed4 ,in the month of ,june1 #aheg1 firmly believing in the principle of plural marriage ,i entered into it4 ,the result of this marriage was one child only1 for a little more than three years after said marriage1 my husband went on a mission to ,england1 and after ,i had worked for upwards of four years to maintain myself and little one1 my husband himself sent me word that he never intended to set foot in ,utah again4 ,and here ,i must be allowed to say in behalf of myself and other true women who have endured such separations1 and to whom1 perhaps1 it is counted as nothing1 no one can realize what such an ordeal is1 unless they have passed through it4 ,all that ,i had hitherto suffered seemed like child's play compared to being deserted by the one in whom ,i had chosen to place the utmost confidence1 who himself had fixed an impassable gulf between us by ignoring the very principles by which he had obtained me1 leaving myself and my little one 7for all he knew7 to sorrow and destitution4 ,harder still1 was it for me to believe that this abandonment had been deliberately planned4 ,i could not accept the fact till ,president ,young1 7speaking to me of my husband71 emphatically said1 ',don't you know he asked for his mission8 ,if he hadn't ,i wouldn't have sent him till the day of his death6' ,that was enough for me1 ,i comprehended all that it meant1 and independent of ,brigham ,young's word ,i was forced to believe it4 ,i had striven hard to keep out of debt1--determined to do my part as a missionary's wife1 that when my husband came back he might not be hampered on my account4 ,nevertheless 'hard times' stared me in the face1 and ,i was almost overwhelmed by circumstances beyond my control4 ,during the winter season of #ahfc-d1 7owing to the war and many circumstances combined7 provisions and other necessaries commanded almost fabulous prices1 and ,i could not see how ,i should ever be able to keep 'the wolf from the door4' ,to add to my trouble1 the house ,i occupied 7and to which ,i had been led to believe ,i had some claim17 was sold over my head and thus ,i had the prospect of being homeless1 at a time when rents were going up double and treble4 ,one night when ,i was so weary with overwork and anxiety1 pondering what to do1 these words impressed me as if audibly spoken1 ,,trust ,,in ,,god ,,and ,,thyself4 ,instantly ,i arose and composed the following lines3 ,a priceless boon6 is a friend indeed ,greet him as such when his face you see2 ,but those who fail thee in time of need-- ,shun them1 as false friends should shunned be4 ,they proffer this1 and they promise that1 ,but promise1 alas1 is a doubtful elf4 ,so would'st thou weather the storms of life-- ,trust thou in ,god6 and thyself4 ,keep a brave heart1 though the waves roll high1 ,let thine aim be true as the magnet's steel2 ,look unto ,god6 with a steadfast eye1 ,and trust ,him always1 in woe or weal4 ,man may deceive1 but ,god6 is true2 ,mortals may pander to love of pelf1 ,like ,angel's visits firm friends are few1 ,trust thou in ,god6 and thyself1 ,should friends1 nor fortune1 nor home be thine-- ,cringe not for this1 nor beg for that2 ,the earnest seekers will surely find ,something to thoroughly labor at4 ',tis a cheering maxim to keep in view-- ,that diligence leads to plenty's shelf2 ,and whatsoever thy hands pursue-- ,trust thou in ,god6 and thyself4 ,what6 though thy flesh and thy strength should fail8 ,surely 'were better to wear than rust2 ,than never to try1 'twere better to die1 ,in striving bravely to fill our trust1 ,but fear not thou1 for ,god6 is good-- ,he is the giver of strength and wealth4 ,when faithless feelings or friends intrude-- ,trust thou in ,god6 and thyself4 ,immediately after this my way opened up before me1 almost within the week ,i secured another home1 which if not very commodious had for me the satisfying charm of being my own4 ,on ,may #g1 #ahfd1 ,i again entered into plural marriage1 and was sealed by ,heber ,c4 ,kimball to ,joseph ,woodmansee1 to whom ,i have borne four sons and four daughters4 ,two of these died in infancy1 leaving me a family of seven1 including my first born4 ,nearly twenty years have rolled by since my second marriage1 during which time ,i have seen many changes of fortune which ,i cannot now relate1 but ,i will say this much of my children's father4 ,misfortunes that have befallen him have never affected his faith1 he has proven his allegiance to the principles and priesthood of ,god at considerable sacrifice to himself and family1 enduring reverses uncomplainingly4 ,of my children ,i need say but little1 but ,i fervently hope that each and all of them may seek and obtain for themselves a knowledge of the truth1 7called ,mormonism7 for ,i know it can make them wise unto salvation1 and may they be willing if needs be to endure reproach and privation for principle's sake4 ,i doubt not that all my troubles have been for my good1 and to-day ,i am more than thankful for my standing in the ,church of ,jesus ,christ of ,latter-,day ,saints4 ,and wherefore should ,i cease to sing ,of ,zion and the ,latter ,day8 ,i could not find a nobler theme1 ,nor choose a lovelier1 loftier lay4 ,too insignificant is my praise-- ,too feeble is my lyre and tongue1 ,for of these longed for1 ,latter ,days ,have royal bards and prophets sung4 ,ne'er shall our hearts ungrateful be2 ,ne'er shall our songs be void of praise1 ,for ,god has suffered us to see ,the ,zion of the ,latter ,days4 ,though all the world in scorn deride-- ,our numbers shall not cease to flow2 ,our soul's sincerest1 purest love ,thrills unto ,zion's weal or woe4 ,when she is sad1 then ,i am sad2 ,when she is bound ,i am not free2 ,when she is glad then ,i am glad ,and all things prosper well with me4 ,i love to see her power extend1 ,her influence and her reign increase-- ,then wonder not1 for ,zion's sake-- ,will ,i not hold my peace4 ,i desire to live to make up for past short-comings by future diligence1 that ,i may help 7in my humble way7 to build up 'the kingdom whose dominion1 power and greatness shall be given to the ,saints of the most ,high6 who shall possess it forever and ever4' ,the faith of the ,saints shall astonish the world ,and puzzle the wise to explain it2 ,hosannah6 hosannah6 ,truth's flag is unfurled1 ,and the ,lord ,god ,omnipotent reigneth4 ,,hannah ,t4 ,,king4 ,the ,university town of ,cambridge1 ,england1 ,i am proud to say1 is the place of my nativity4 ,i was reared among its classic shades and bowers4 ,for the last thirty years ,america has been my adopted country1 and ,i love her with a loyal and devoted appreciation1 but the home and the haunts of childhood and youth leave on every mind indelible impressions and when brought to a focus upon the past as at the present moment1 ',the distant spires and antique towers' rise up before me in all their vividness by the power of that most wonderful faculty1 ,,memory4 ,i was born and reared in the ,high ,church of ,england1 and nothing but the high ,church of ,jesus ,christ of ,latter-,day ,saints could have caused me to secede from its high tenets and truly liberal principles2 it stands second to none of the churches of the world4 ,any son or daughter might have been proud of such parents as mine1 they were fine in person1 highly moral1 and intellectual1 were descended from a highly born family1 and were honored and respected by all who knew them2 they reared their children with great care and watchfulness1 giving them such an education as would fit them for all good society of whatever grade4 ,blessed be their memory6 ,i was married at the early age of seventeen1 but in my mind and character ,i was older than many girls at twenty4 ,i have lived long enough to authorize the woman to sit in judgment on the girl4 ,i had a sweet1 happy home1 for ,i had the faculty to make it so2 ,i had ten beautiful children but death robbed me of several4 ,we gave the surviving ones a liberal education with accomplishments2 as they grew up they repaid us in being all we desired4 ,from a child ,i had been accustomed to write much--keeping a journal and a book for choice extracts1 etc4 ,my father was unavoidably much away from home on business1 but he enjoined me to write frequently to him1 and to do his bidding was my delight1 for he was my beau ideal of all that was good4 ,since at nine or ten ,i became a letter writer1 and the thousands ,i have written in my long life would form a towering paper pillar4 ,after some years of my married life ,i became a writer for the local papers and also wrote two books1 one for my girls and the other for the boys1 ',the ,toilet' and the ',three ,eras1' dedicating them to each4 ,these books were patronized by the aristocracy of ,england4 ,i also wrote considerable poetry all my life4 ,in #ahdi1 'a change came o'er the spirit of my dream4' ,i had a young woman who had worked for me eleven years as dressmaker1 she was highly respectable1 conscientious and good4 ,in ,september1 #ahdi1 she was in the house at work1 and on the evening of the #dth1 when work was laid aside1 she told me she wished to speak to me privately1 as she had something she wished to communicate to me4 ,i at once gave her the audience she requested and she then laid before me the organization of the ,church of ,jesus ,christ of ,latter-day ,saints1 with the first principles of the same4 ,of course ,i was startled6 ,but the spirit of ,god witnessed to my spirit that she spoke truth6 ,i compared all she told me by the ,bible which had ever been my standard of truth--it endorsed all she said6 ,i studied1 ,i prayed1--she gave me to read ',spencer's ,letters'--they made me a willing convert4 ,i read many other prominent works with which my teacher furnished me4 ,fifteen months passed1 and yet ,i had not attended the ,latter-,day ,saint ,meetings1 or seen a single member1 but this young woman1 yet even at that time ,i was a confirmed ,latter-,day ,saint4 ,i then was introduced to an elder from ,america1 and after his first sermon ,i was baptized by him in the classic waters of the ,camm1 my native river4 ,soon ,i began to see the antagonisms ,i had to meet4 ,i1 a member of the ,church of ,england4 ,my grandfather a rector in the same1 my father and my mother1 my family and friends6 ,all had to be met1 could ,i bring the gray hairs of my parents in sorrow to the grave8 ,could ,i reduce my family to comparative poverty and reverses of every kind8 ,could ,i so lay my all upon the altar of my ,god8 ,could ,i like ,abraham of old1 arise and go to a far country--even the wilds of ,america8 ,it would take more than ,i have space to elaborate this subject--suffice1 strength was given me--,i passed under 'the car of ,juggernaut1' which is no overstrained flower of language but a veritable simile4 ,suffice1 the votary lived6 and ,i came out convinced1 determined1 and the calm1 as it were1 of a summer morning was upon me6 ,a conviction had been given me that it was indeed the work of the last days1 when all dispensations should be gathered in one1 when that people ,i had all my life prayed for in the ,church of ,england should be 'prepared for the second coming of the ,savior1' were indeed organized upon the earth by the voice of ,god ,himself and ,his ,son1 ,jesus ,christ1 appearing to a youth1 even ,joseph ,smith1 and appointing him as the prophet of the last dispensation1 under the immediate direction of the ,lord ,jesus ,himself4 ,the ,church was organized with six members1 on the #fth of ,april1 #ahcj4 ,of this ,church ,i became a member by the requisite act of baptism by immersion1 under the hands of the ,american missionary4 ,from that time ,i had the spirit of 'gathering1' and in ,june1 #ahec1 ,i left my home and many that were dear to me1 my own immediate family accompanying me--and as ,i stood on the deck of the ,golconda ,i said1 ',my native land1 good night4' ,ox teams conveyed us over the prairies1 and on the #aith of ,september1 #ahec1 we entered ,salt ,lake ,city4 ,here we built a home which has been my sanctuary4 ,i know ,god was with me1 and my loved ones also were with me4 ,the union of my family was remarkable1 that1 and the ,spirit of ,god enabled us to 'remove mountains4' ,in a brief sketch like this it is impossible to give even the outline1 but could ,i place in a book1 first our antecedents1 and then the marvelous events of those three years1 the laying aside our ,lares and ,penates1 surely the skeptic would agree that there was a power with us that the world knows nothing of6 for even though we knew we were the agents it was 'marvelous in our eyes4' ,perhaps ,i have filled the brief space allotted me for the purpose for which ,i was called upon to write1 surely my few words will be a testimony that ,i rejoice ,i am a ,latter-,day ,saint4 ,i have passed through many reverses and tribulations1 but in my darkest hours the ,gospel has been a light upon my path and a lamp for my feet1 and ,i realize day by day the smile and approbation of ,god upon me4 ,it has been my delight to write for the ,saints since ,i have lived in ,salt ,lake ,city1 and my reward has been their love and rich appreciation of my writings4 ,i have been a constant writer for the ,woman's ,exponent1 a paper got up and entirely carried on by the women of our people4 ,president ,young desired me to write for it and ,i have done so with pleasure to the best of my ability1 both in prose and in verse4 ,for two years ,i had a school in my own house1 and it promised to be a success1 but my health failed1 and to my sorrow ,i had to relinquish it4 ,i was appointed to preside over the ,young ,ladies ,mutual ,improvement ,association of the ,seventeenth ,ward1 which position ,i held for one year1 but resigned from feeble health4 ,i was then appointed ,first ,counselor to ,marinda ,hyde1 ,president of the ,relief ,society of the ,seventeenth ,ward1 which office ,i still have the honor to hold4 ,my desire has ever been to be useful 'in my day and generation1' especially in the work of the last days1 for in that ,i have joy and ample satisfaction4 ,the history of the people of ,god as we read it in the ,bible1 repeats itself in a remarkable manner in the ,church of ,jesus ,christ upon the earth to-day1 and those who need a testimony of its truth1 ,i advise them to compare and observe the workings of the self-same spirit of antagonism1 and they will hardly need another4 ,i select a portion of one of ,mrs4 ,king's poems2 her prose and verse are alike1 always lofty in character2 her prose writings would form more than one valuable volume for the libraries of the ,saints1 or indeed those not of our faith4 ,historical and character sketches seem a peculiar gift with her4 ,among the many admirers of her poems the ,english ,saints regard her with special fondness1 for is she not their own8 and they anticipate her contributions1 as we look forward to flowers of spring1 to summer's wealth of fruits1 to autumn's harvest time4 ,,rest4 ,i've fought the battle all my life ,of outward foes and inward strife2 ,the strife which flesh and spirit feel ,as keenly as the barbed steel2 ,for ah6 my soul has longed to be ,a perfect thing for ,god to see6 ,and feels impatient for the time ,when ,i the heavenly heights shall climb1 ,the good1 in all the ages past1 ,my eyes in love ,i've ever cast1 ,would imitate1 admire1 and aim ,their glorious pinnacles to gain2 ,a pedestal to call my own1 ,one which my form might rest upon2 ,my spirit feet cannot yet stand ,upon the platform they command1 ,but well ,i know ,i have been blest1 ,and shall1 in time1 attain the rest2 ,and ,i have sometimes felt ere while ,i moved 'neath ,god's effulgent smile ,that shed around me warmth and peace1 ,and gave my captive mind release4 ,the earth and every living thing ,did tribute to my spirit bring2 ,and then my soul was born anew1 ,begotten by the warmth and dew ,which ,god's own spirit cast around1 ,and placed my feet on holy ground4 ,all things seemed tinged with light of heaven1 ,my friends most loved1 my foes forgiven6 ,the fountain in my heart1 to me ,brought 'living water1' ecstacy6 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 ,a little ,goshen was my home1 ,for joy and peace around it shone2 ,and labor's self became delight1 ,making all healthy1 strong and bright2 ,and loving spirits gathered there ,as angels faithful1 fond and fair4 ,was ,i not blest8 ,yes1 ,i ,,was blest1 ,and truly 'twas a time of rest2 ,yes1 rest from sorrow ,i had known1 ,in youth1 my sun but rarely shone1 ,but1 oh6 ,i fought for joy and peace1 ,and ,god1 in mercy1 sent release4 ,and blest me with so bright a time ,that's rarely known in earthly clime6 ,and grateful did my soul arise ,to ,him who gave this paradise4 ,but1 oh6 this picture6 its reverse6 ,a mighty contrast did disperse2 ,the light and warmth would be withdrawn ,and ,i left freezing and forlorn2 ,the heavens seemed brass above my head1 ,the earth looked dark as molten lead2 ,my ,god was hid beneath a cloud ,and ,i1 like corse within its shroud6 ,alone1 forsaken1 desolate thing ,hoarding my sorrows like a sting ,that probed and barbed my stranded soul1 ,and well-nigh crushed all self-control2 ,the loved and loving were away1 ,and ,i to foes was left a prey2 ,it seemed all blessings were withdrawn1 ,and ,i left stranded and forlorn1 ,to see if ,i would faithful stand ,and still hold on to virtue's hand4 ,yes1 many such ordeal ,i've passed1 ,and know ,i have not seen the last4 ,oh6 ,father6 take my shrinking soul ,beneath ,thy love and sweet control2 ,thy feeble1 trembling child1 oh spare6 ,lay on no more than ,i can bear4 ,may ,i endure unto the end1 ,whatever trials may portend2 ,but ,thou alone must bear me up1 ,or ,i shall fail to drain the cup4 ,,augusta ,,joyce ,,crocheron4 ,in the original design of the picture ,representative ,women of ,deseret1 ,i did not include myself1 but by the request of those whose wishes ,i have always endeavored to fulfill1 now do so1 although there are several to whom ,i would prefer giving place4 ,i was born in ,boston1 ,massachusetts1 ,october #i1 #ahdd4 ,my father was ,john ,joyce1 from ,st4 ,john1 ,new ,brunswick--his parents were both from ,england4 ,i have heard my mother say that my uncle1 ,oliver ,joyce1 planted the ,english flag on the ,chinese wall at the time of the war 7about #ahdj7 between those countries4 ,i do not know whether he was an officer1 color bearer or ordinary private4 ,my mother1 ,caroline ,a4 ,joyce1 was the eldest daughter of ,john ,perkins1 a sea captain1 and his wife1 ,caroline ,harriman4 ,the ,perkins and ,harriman families were among the early ,puritan emigrants1 the property they first built upon still being in the possession of their descendants4 ,i have heard my mother speak of the oak stairs and floors being so worn with age that they bent beneath the tread even when she was a child4 ,my mother's mother was the daughter of ,elder ,john ,harriman1 well known in ,new ,hampshire as the occasional traveling companion of ,lorenzo ,dow1 but more particularly as the founder of a sect called the ',new ,light ,christian ,baptists4' ,he was the son of ,john ,harriman and the daughter of a ,penobscot chief who was friendly to the white people1 and permitted his only daughter to receive ,christian baptism1 and she was afterwards married to him publicly in church4 ,this union afforded peace and security to the settlers and gave them the alliance if needed1 of a powerful tribe4 ,the son of this marriage received an education and married4 ,a few weeks after1 and at the age of twenty-one1 he 'received a visit from a personage who gave him a new doctrine to preach to the children of men4' ,he awoke his wife1 ,ruth1 told her the vision and she believed him4 ,in the morning he began to arrange his worldly affairs so as not to interfere with his call and began to preach1 accompanied by his young wife1 who rose when he had done speaking and bore her testimony to what he had said4 ,he traveled a certain circuit1 holding two and three days' meetings wherever he stopped1 building up quite a large church in his locality4 ,he preached seventy-one years and died at the age of ninety-two4 ,he never cut his hair from the time of his call to the ministry1 and sometimes wore it braided in a queue1 sometimes flowing in waves upon his shoulders1 as in his portrait4 ,his wife1 ,ruth1 lived beyond her one hundredth birthday4 ,his son1 ,john1 became a minister1 but his daughter 7my grandmother7 was more worldly minded4 ,once when he entered the room she was standing before a mirror surveying her appearance1 being attired for some special occasion4 ,he quietly stepped up to her and with a pair of scissors cut off the long black ringlets that fell like a mantle upon her bare shoulders1 saying2 ',these come between you and your ,god4' ,this did not1 however1 quench the worldly spirit within her1 for she at the age of sixteen eloped with and was married to ,john ,perkins1 a young sea captain1 a ,god-fearing man but not a church member then or ever afterwards in this life4 ,she was very industrious1 however1 and had at that age spun all her bed and table linen1 etc4 ,she became quite a politician and used to write articles of that character1 and the young men of the town used to gather round her hearth and ask her opinion on political matters4 ,she also composed for them campaign songs1 both words and music4 ,my mother has told me the only dancing she ever saw in her childhood was when her mother1 inspired by the patriotic songs she would be singing1 would dance to and fro at her spinning1 instead of stepping--improvising step and figure4 ,she had eight sons that she said she was 'raising for her country4' ,sure enough two of them went to the war 7twenty years ago7 and laid down their lives2 ,warren and ,andrew ,jackson1 7so named because he was born on the day of ,president ,jackson's second inauguration47 ,grandma was an ,andrew ,jackson ,democrat1 he was her very beau ideal of a man4 ,charles served two terms and returned safe4 ,lawrence1 my patriot grandmother's youngest boy1 enlisted at seventeen and was sent back2 ',too young1' they told him1 but he waited one year and went again and this time they took him1 and he too was spared to return home4 ,thaddeus sailed to ,labrador through many years1 and ,john to the ,west ,indies4 ,her eldest daughter was my mother4 ,when my mother heard and received the ,gospel in ,boston1 she hastened home to bear the good tidings and obtain their permission for her baptism4 ,she found them bitterly opposed to this1 her father reticent1 her mother reproachful4 ,just at this time ,elder ,john ,harriman arrived to hold a three days' meeting4 ,preparations had been made for his coming1 and on his arrival my grandmother received him in her best parlor and after the usual salutations were over1 unfolded to him the story of my mother's conversion1 that she had gone insane and wanted to join the ,mormons4 ,he asked1 ',where is ,caroline8' adding1 reflectively1 'if the ,lord has any more light for the children of men1 ,i for one am willing to receive it4' ,his grandchild1 overhearing this1 was filled with joy4 ,her mother came out and told her to put on her bonnet and shawl4 ,not knowing what was wanted of her to perform she obeyed1 and by the time she was ready1 found her brother1 ,john1 waiting with a horse and sleigh1 and seating herself therein was rapidly whirled away to some relatives several miles distant1 to remain there until sent for4 ,said she1 ',i never saw my grandfather again4' ,this was a specimen of my grandma's executive ability2 no circumlocution about her4 ,i will give her own account of her receiving the ,gospel1 from a portion of her manuscripts3 ',in the year #ahdb1 ,i was living in the city of ,boston1 ,state of ,massachusetts4 ,one day ,i heard that a strange sect were preaching in ,boylston ,hall1 they professed to believe in the same ,gospel as taught by ,jesus ,christ and the ancient ,apostles4 ,i went to hear them4 ,as we entered the hall they were singing a new song--the words were3 ',the ,spirit of ,god like a fire is burning1 ,the ,latter ,day ,glory begins to come forth1 ,the visions and blessings of old are returning1 ,the angels are coming to visit the earth4' c4 ,after the song a young man ,a arose and taking for his text these words--',and in the last days it shall come to pass that the ,lord's ,house shall be established in the tops of the mountains and all nations shall flow unto it1' said the time for the fulfillment of this prophecy was near at hand1 an angel had appeared unto a man named ,joseph ,smith1 having the keys of the ,everlasting ,gospel to be preached to this generation1 that those who obeyed it would gather out from the wicked1 and prepare themselves for the coming of the ,son of ,man4 ,he spoke of the great work already commenced in these the last days1 and while ,i listened1 his words were like unto a song heard in my far off childhood1 once forgotten but now returning afresh to my memory1 and ,i cried for very joy4 ,i went home to tell my father the good news1 but my words returned to my own heart1 for both my parents thought me insane1 and talked to each other sadly of my condition and what to do with me4 ,my heart was filled with sorrow and disappointment4 ,i asked for the privilege of being baptized but was answered with these words by my father3 ',you must leave home if you join those ,mormons4' ,i went away and was baptized for the remission of my sins1 but still with regret and an uncertainty as to the right to disobey my parents4 ,soon after1 my father left the city1 and my mother came and took me with her1 to care for me1 as she was fearful ,i would be 'ruined by those deceivers4' ,one night ,i had been to meeting where the ,spirit of ,god seemed to fill the house1 and returned home thankful to my ,heavenly ,father that ,i ever heard the ,gospel4 ,i laid down to rest beside my mother who commenced upbraiding me1 and instantly ,i was filled with remorse that ,i was the cause of her unhappiness4 ,i did not know what to say1 and was hesitating1 when1 just over my head1 a voice1 not a whisper1 but still and low1 said these words3 ',if you will leave father and mother1 you shall have ,eternal ,life1' ,i asked1 ',mother1 did you hear that8' ,she answered1 ',you are bewitched6' ,i knew then she had not heard the voice1 but my mind was at rest and ,i went to sleep4 ,i have heard the same voice since1 not in dreams1 but in daylight1 when in trouble and uncertain which way to go2 and ,i know ,god lives and guides this people called ',mormons1' ,i know also the gifts and blessings are in the ,church of ,jesus ,christ of ,latter-,day ,saints1 and that same faith once delivered to the ,saints is also ours1 if we live for it4 ,footnote ,a3 ,elder ,erastus ,snow4 ,he afterward married her to her husband1 and blessed her children's children4 ',in the month of ,february1 #ahde1 ,i left home1 my native land and all the friends of my youthful days1 and sailed in the ship1 ,brooklyn1 for ,california4 ,before starting ,i visited my parents1 then living in ,new ,hampshire4 ,i told them of my determination to follow ,god's people1 who had already been notified to leave the ,united ,states1 that our destination was the ,pacific ,coast1 and we should take materials to plant a colony4 ',when the hour came for parting1 my father could not speak4 ,my mother asked1 ',when shall we see you again1 my child8' ,i answered1 ',when there is a railroad across the continent4' ,god grant that prophecy may be fulfilled and her life be spared to see it4 ,i knew it would be there1 even the 'highway cast up that the eagle's eye had never seen1 nor the lion's foot had ever trod4' ',i turned my back on all once dear1 for the memory of that voice was in my ears--',if you will leave father and mother1 you shall have eternal life1' and selling my household treasures1 wrapped my child in my cloak 7for the weather was bitter cold7 and started on my long journey around the ,horn4 ',of all the unpleasant memories1 not one half so bitter as that dreary six months' voyage in an emigrant ship4 ,we were so closely crowded that the heat of the ,tropics was terrible1 but 'mid all our trials the object of our journey was never forgotten4 ,the living faith was there and was often manifested4 ,i remember well one dreadful storm during which we had to be hatched below1 as the waves broke over the ship1 and filled our staterooms4 ',while the elements were raging above1 and we below were being tossed about like feathers1 the good old captain came down among us wearing a solemn countenance4 ,we tried to gather around him2 he said to us3 ',my friends1 there is a time in a man's life when it is fitting to prepare to die1 and that time has come to us2 ,i have done all ,i can do1 but1 unless ,god interposes we must go down4' ,a good sister answered1 ',captain1 we were sent to ,california and we shall go there4' ,he went up stairs1 saying1 ',these people have a faith ,i have not4' ,and so it proved4 ,we outrode the storm1 we endured another off ,cape ,horn2 we stopped and buried one of our dear sisters1 a mother of seven children1 7,mrs4 ,goodwin7 at ,juan ,fernandez1 and at last reached our new home1 the last day of ,july1 #ahdf1 to find a country at war with our own government1 a country barren and dreary1 so unlike the ,california of to-day1 but we trusted in ,god and he heard our prayers2 and when ,i soaked the mouldy ship bread purchased from the whaleships lying in the harbor1 7returned from a four years' cruise7 and fried it in the tallow taken from the rawhides lying on the beach1 ,god made it sweet to me and to my child1 for on this food ,i weaned her4 ,i used to think of ,hagar and her babe1 and of the ,god who watched over them1 and again ,i remembered the voice and the words it spoke unto me--and took courage4 ',from that day to this1 ,i can bear my testimony to all the world that ,i have known1 and still know1 this is the work of ,god and will exalt us if we seek to know ,his will1 and knowing it1 do it4' ,my mother's testimony1 written at my request1 was the last work performed by her hand4 ,after finishing1 she accompanied a caller to the gate1 the chill night air penetrated her frame and morning found her sick with pneumonia4 ,from that bed she was borne seven days later1 from the earthly gaze of children and friends forever4 ,they called it death1 but to her it was the reward promised1 and recorded by her own hand--',eternal ,life4' ,my mother had kept a daily journal on the ship1 ,brooklyn1 also the first five or six years in ,san ,francisco1 calling it ',the ,early ,annals of ,california4' ,this ,i considered invaluable from the reliability and the fullness of its historic matter and data1 and after her demise ,i searched for it but it was gone4 ,this ,i thought strange indeed1 for she had assured me of its preservation about eighteen months before her last illness4 ,i have heard her relate many incidents of those times4 ,once when nearly famished1 7hostilities not yet being concluded between ,mexico and the ,united ,states17 two men ventured outside the town to lasso one of the cattle browsing so near them1 but were themselves caught by cruel ,mexicans in ambush1 and killed and quartered1 their bodies left lying on the sand in view of the wretched inhabitants4 ,at another time a ,mexican was intercepted and searched4 ,in one boot was found an order from ,general ,castro1 to attack by night and kill everything above four years old that could speak ,english4 ,the messenger was buried in the sand4 ,after awhile the native women became curious1 and some of them ventured past the guard after dark1 and being touched with compassion1 returned in the same cautious manner1 with bottles of leche 7milk7 slung around their waists under their flounced dress skirts1 and tortillas 7flour and water cakes7 concealed beneath their revosas 7mantles17 for the women and children4 ,soon after the landing the brethren strayed around1 glad to be on land and looking to see what they could find4 ',any fruit8' asked one of a returning comrade4 ',yes1' said he1 'grape1 lots of 'em4' ,there was a rush off in that direction and a fruitless search4 ,being sharply questioned1 he pulled a handful of grape shot out of his pocket1 which he had picked up from the scene of a recent engagement4 ,the same day a gentleman passenger1 traveling for pleasure1 brought a bouquet of wild flowers to me1 saying3 ',little lady1 ,i herewith present you the first bouquet ever offered by a white man to a white woman in ,yerba ,buena4' ,yerba ,buena was the original name of ,san ,francisco1 and means 'good herb'--from a kind of pennyroyal growing wild there at that time4 ,my mother kept the flowers many years and told me the story over their odorless ashes4 ,my father and mother with many of the ,saints1 7sixteen families7 moved from the ship into the 'old adobie1' partitioned off with quilts4 ,soon after he rented a house1 but the largest room was required of him as a hospital for the wounded soldiers2 the next largest for a printing office4 ,the press was an old ,spanish press1 and there being no ,w in that alphabet1 they used to turn the ,m upside down4 ,my mother used to help decipher the dispatches1 many of them being written on the battlefield with a burnt stick or coal4 ,her first ,christmas dinner in ,san ,francisco consisted of a quart of beans and a pound of salt pork1 which the hospital steward brought to her2 he told her he would be flogged if it became known4 ,in after days he became her steward4 ,one day ,dr4 ,poet1 surgeon of the navy1 brought my mother a slice of ham1 a drawing of tea and a lump of butter about the size of a walnut4 ,dr4 ,poet had told my father where he could purchase half a barrel of flour4 ,after baking some flour and water cakes between two tin plates in the ashes1 my mother brought her dear friend1 ,mrs4 ,robbins1 7now in this city17 to share the repast4 ,said ,mrs4 ,robbins3 ',mrs4 ,joyce1 isn't this like ,boston8' ,this was just after living for six months on mouldy shipbread4 ,i have heard her say that often she was so hungry she would willingly have walked ten miles to obtain a slice of bread4 ,soon after this my mother helped to take care of the ',donner ,party1' who were found partly frozen and so famished that they were eating their dead companions4 ,the girl she tended1 told her that they grew to like it1 and she had helped eat her brother4 ,the true stories they told are too dreadful to repeat1 particularly as some of them are still living4 ,the ,mormon ,battallion came2 peace was declared1 the gold mines were discovered1 and the circumstances of the ,saints were changed from isolation and famine to wealth and grandeur4 ,my father became very wealthy1 but prosperity caused his apostacy4 ,my grandfather1 and uncle1 ,john ,perkins1 both sea captains1 came to see my mother4 ,i well remember sitting on grandpa's knee and learning my alphabet from the large family ,bible spread before him1 he being my teacher4 ,i often recall also the long evenings when ,uncle ,john held me on his knee and sang the strange1 pathetic1 old-fashioned sea songs of which he knew so many and sang them so sweetly2 ,i used to nestle closer to him1 half frightened1 and at last fall asleep4 ,i remember one was1 '',twas down in the lowlands a poor boy did wander1' and ,i have never heard it since4 ,in ,boston my mother was called ',the ,mormon nightingale4' ,strangers indifferent to the ,gospel would say1 ',let us go to ,boylston ,hall and hear the singing4' ,a gentleman of fortune offered to take her to ,italy and educate her in singing1 at the same time that ,adelaide ,philips 7his protege7 went1 but her destiny was upon another stage1 to sing the hymns of the newly-restored ,gospel2 and many have thought that she sang them as one inspired4 ,her rendering of ,wm4 ,clayton's hymn1 ',the ,resurrection ,day1' will be remembered by all who ever heard it4 ,she purchased the first melodeon brought to ,san ,francisco1 7by a ,mr4 ,washington ,holbrook17 thereby causing a sensation among the wives of the ministers of five denominations1 who each wanted it for their church4 ,she went1 during the ravages of the cholera1 in ,san ,francisco1 and gathered together sixty orphan children1 providing for them until a building spot1 material and means were collected by subscription2 and was one of the ,board of managers of the ,protestant ,orphan ,asylum thus originated and founded4 ,i remember going with her and hearing the children sing1 ',the ,watcher1' a song of poverty and death4 ,at the expiration of one year some of the ladies objected to having a ,mormon officer among them1 'not considering ,mormonism a religion at all1' although quite willing to accept the continuance of her contributions4 ,she however found a larger and more congenial field of labor2 brethren going on their missions1 their families left behind in ,utah1 received her prompt remembrance4 ,also seeds1 trees1 c41 she sent to ,utah spring and fall1 through more than twenty years4 ,my only sister was born in ,san ,francisco1 ,august1 #ahdg1 and died in ,st4 ,george1 ,mrs4 ,helen ,f4 ,judd1 one of the truest ,saints ,i ever knew4 ,in ,san ,francisco ,parley ,p4 ,pratt was a guest at my mother's house4 ,she had loaned the ,book of ,mormon to a gentleman belonging to the ,custom ,house2 ,colonel ,alden ,a4 ,m4 ,jackson4 ,he had been in the ,mexican ,war1 at the battle of ,buena ,vista1 and was with ,general ,scott and ,zachary ,taylor through that campaign4 ,he had two horses killed under him and received injuries that lasted throughout his life4 ,when he returned the book he said he had read it day and night until finished1 and wished to know where he could find a minister of the ,mormon ,church4 ,she invited him to come that evening and meet the ,apostle1 author and poet1 ,parley ,p4 ,pratt4 ,the gentlemen became so interested in their theme that my mother left the room without disturbing them1 and giving a servant instructions to attend to ,mr4 ,pratt's room1 etc41 retired4 ,descending the stairs next morning she heard ,brother ,pratt conversing1 the lamp still burning4 ',good morning1 gentlemen1' said she2 ,brother ,pratt looked up--',is it morning8' ,colonel ,jackson walked to the window--',yes1' said he1 'another day has dawned1 and another day has dawned for me--a beautiful one4' ,brother ,pratt looked out upon the garden and said significantly1 ',it only needs water to complete the picture4' ,colonel ,jackson replied1 ',i understand you1 ,i am ready4' ,turning to my mother ,brother ,pratt asked1 ',sister ,joyce1 have you renewed your covenants8 ,a number are going to the ,north ,beach to-morrow1 will you go8' and she answered thoughtfully1 ',ten years ago last night ,i was baptized in the ,atlantic at midnight2 to-morrow ,i will be baptized in the ,pacific4' ,my own parents had been separated since my father's apostacy4 ,a few months after her baptism she moved to ,san ,bernardino and there began building a beautiful home4 ,colonel ,jackson1 on his way to ,utah was delayed1 waiting for a train to cross the deserts1 and my mother being his only acquaintance1 he often sought her society1 and at last determined to win her if possible1 and some three years after their first acquaintance they were married4 ,never was a kinder father than he4 ,years added to years drew us all nearer to each other4 ,in #ahef1 at the time of the ,utah ,war1 an armed mob of twenty-two men visited the four remaining ,mormon families in ,san ,bernardino1 and calling father out from breakfast1 ordered him to leave town with his family by nine o'clock4 ,he replied he would not do it1 prefacing and concluding the reply in language more forcible than elegant4 ,they planted an old cannon on the public square1 fired it off1 rode around and threatened a great deal4 ,father's law office fronted the square2 he went as usual to it1 and in the afternoon they made a bonfire outside and coming in to him told him they intended to burn him alive4 ,he continued writing1 only telling them if they disturbed his papers he would send daylight through them4 ,they left4 ,when we were all ready to start for ,utah1 enemies obtained a writ from the court prohibiting my sister and ,i from leaving the ,state before we were of age4 ,we were among enemies and powerless4 ,my mother said1 ',if we can't go1 our property shall1' and with father's consent divided goods1 provisions1 arms and ammunition with the poor who could go4 ,in #ahfd1 my mother1 sister and ,i came to ,utah on a visit1 returned here in #ahfg4 ,in #ahfh ,i was appointed ,secretary of the ,relief ,society in ,st4 ,george4 ,in #ahfi our parents brought us 'to the city' to receive our endowments1 for which our joy and gratitude was beyond expression4 ,i remained here1 they returned to ,st4 ,george where my sister married4 ,in #ahgj ,i became the second wife of ,george ,w4 ,crocheron4 ,i believed ,i should better please my ,heavenly ,father by so doing than by marrying otherwise4 ,any woman1 no matter how selfish1 can be a first and only wife1 but it takes a great deal more ,christian philosophy and fortitude and self-discipline to be a wife in this order of marriage2 and ,i believe those who choose the latter when both are equally possible1 and do right therein1 casting out all selfishness1 judging self and not another1 have attained a height1 a mental power1 a spiritual plane above those who have not4 ,to do this is to overcome that which has its roots in selfishness1 and it can be done if each will do what is right4 ,in ,november1 #ahgj1 ,i was appointed ,secretary of the ,young ,ladies ,mutual ,improvement ,association of the ,ninth ,ward1 which position ,i filled till home duties compelled my resignation4 ,at times during thirteen years ,i have reported1 in the sisters' meetings1 chiefly those of the ,fourteenth ,ward4 ,in #ahgf our father died1 and in five weeks after our mother followed him4 ,their graves are side by side in the valley of ,st4 ,george1 as beautiful as we could make them4 ,in #ahgh ,i was appointed1 and later1 set apart and blessed to labor as ,secretary of the ,young ,ladies ,mutual ,improvement ,association for the ,salt ,lake ,stake of ,zion1 which position ,i strive to honorably fill4 ,in #ahhj1 by the advice and aid of my friends ,i published a volume of poems1 ',wild ,flowers of ,deseret1' which was kindly received1 the entire edition being sold within two years4 ,the design of the picture ,representative ,women of ,deseret1 appeared to me one night as ,i rose from family prayers4 ,i had not thought of it before4 ,this book of biographical sketches to accompany it was an after thought4 ,many suppose that ,mormon women are not encouraged in their abilities1 are perhaps repressed4 ,this has not been so in my case1 or in my observations of others4 ,both encouragement and help have been given me by friends1 by those in authority1 and my husband has also encouraged and assisted me in every way in his power4 ,i am the mother of three boys and two girls1 born in the ,new and ,everlasting ,covenant1 and consecrated to my ,creator before ,i ever held them in my arms or pressed a mother's kiss upon their little faces4 ,myself and all that are mine to give are dedicated to the service of ,god1 praying that ,he will help us to be worthy of ,his acceptance4 ,,helen ,,mar ,,whitney4 ,helen ,mar ,whitney was the third child of ,heber ,chase ,kimball and his wife1 ,vilate ,murray1 and was born in ,mendon1 ,munro ,county1 ,new ,york1 ,august #bb1 #ahbh4 ,their ancestors were among the ,pilgrims and her kindred prided themselves that they were descended from a noble stock4 ,though they cared little for nobility and rank1 they were proud to know that their grandsires who would not submit to tyranny and oppression1 helped to gain them independence1 and that their descendants were noble1 hard working1 self-sacrificing and conscientious people1 who believed in rising by their own merits4 ,many of her ancestors died fighting for the liberty which is denied to some of their children1 by men who have usurped authority and become oppressors4 ,she was five years old when her parents removed to ,kirtland1 ,ohio4 ,in the winter of #ahcg1 she was baptized by ,brigham ,young1 her father cutting the ice for that purpose4 ,she inherited a reverence for the ,supreme ,being and always received the best teachings from her parents4 ,her father's time was mostly spent in the ministry4 ,on his return from a ,european mission1 he heard ,joseph teach the principle of celestial marriage1 and was commanded by ,joseph to take a certain lady for his second wife4 ,he felt as though he could not obey this and live in it1 and must be released from the command1 and he expressed the same to ,joseph1 who went and inquired of the ,lord1 and receiving an answer1 commanded him the third time before he obeyed4 ,her mother bore testimony that she also went to the ,lord and plead with ,him to show her the cause of her husband's trouble1 which his haggard face and wretched days and nights betrayed and he dared not tell her4 ,he told her to go to the ,lord and she did so1 and ,he answered their prayers4 ,she saw a vision and the principle was revealed to her in all its glory4 ,she saw the woman that he had taken1 and she went to him and told him what the ,lord had shown her4 ,she said she never saw him so happy1 and he cried for joy4 ,she took the second wife to her bosom1 and from that time an unkind word never passed between them4 ,helen knew nothing of the order till ,june1 #ahdc1 when her father revealed it to her4 ,she says of this3 ,had ,i not known he loved me too tenderly to introduce anything that was not strictly pure and exalting in its tendencies1 ,i could not have believed such a doctrine4 ,i could have sooner believed that he would slay me1 than teach me an impure principle4 ,i heard the ,prophet teach it more fully1 and in the presence of my father and mother4 ,on the #crd of ,february1 #ahdf1 ,i was married to ,h4 ,k4 ,whitney1 eldest son of ,n4 ,k4 ,whitney1 by ,brigham ,young4 ,we were the last couple sealed in the ,temple at ,nauvoo4 ,we were among the exiles who crossed the river on the #afth of the same month1 intending to go over to the ,rocky ,mountains that year4 ,but when the government demanded the strength of our companies to fight for them1 we had to seek a place to quarter for the winter4 ,i was sick most of the time while there4 ,some of the journey we had to walk1 and our food being poor and scant1 the infant and the aged1 all classes1 were swept off by death--the latter by scurvy and sheer exhaustion4 ,the next year my husband was one of those chosen to go as a pioneer1 and he had to go though the day of trial was upon me4 ,our first born1 a lovely girl baby1 was buried there--we could not both live2 but during those dark hours ,i had friends and the ,lord was there4 ,we had but few men1 mostly aged and disabled1 but to see the union of the sisters2 the fasting and prayers for the preservation of our battallion and the pioneers2 and for the destroyer to be stayed2 the great and marvelous manifestations1 even the power of the resurrection1 experienced there--proved that they were encircled by a mighty power1 and that 'the prayers of the righteous availeth much4' ,i will mention one circumstance to show the heavenly spirit that dwelt with us there1 and also the power of the destroyer1 which none who witnessed could misunderstand4 ,we were struggling with the evil one who had laid his grasp upon the babes--one was my mother's1 the other1 ,sarah ,ann's1 7one of my father's wives74 ,we all felt that we must part with one1 as one would no sooner get relief than the other would be worse1 and after a time mother asked the ,lord1 if agreeable to ,his will1 to take hers and spare the other1 as she had other children1 and ,sarah ,ann had but this one4 ,but ,he chose to take the latter4 ,should not this teach us a lesson8 and where could such love be found1 only in the hearts of ,saints8 ,many weeks ,i remained feeble1 but ,i had received the promise that ,i should be healed1 and one morning ,sister ,perris ,young1 on whom the spirit had rested all night1 to come and administer to me2 came and under her administration1 with my mother1 ,i was made whole4 ,those were trying days1 when one meal was eaten we knew not where we were to get the next1 but we neither wanted for food nor raiment4 ,we had not heard from the pioneers since they left till they were returning1 and the news was that they were short of teams and without breadstuff1 and a long way from home4 ,our feelings can better be imagined than described1 for we had little enough ourselves1 but we lifted our hearts to ,god1 and ,i can call it nothing less than miraculous1 a supply was soon furnished and men and teams started to meet them4 ,the next spring all were preparing to move1 and as ,i was helping to put on my wagon cover ,i came near fainting and was prostrated on my bed from that time4 ,i had a baby boy born on the #agth of ,august1 but he was buried on the #bbnd1 my twentieth birthday4 ,this was the worst part of our journey1 the roads being rough and rocky4 ,i mourned incessantly1 and that with my intense bodily sufferings soon brought me to death's door1 but it was shorn of its sting4 ,i was cold1 but oh1 how peaceful1 as ,i lay there painless and my breath passing so gently away2 ,i felt as though ,i was wafting on the air and happy in the thought of meeting so soon with my babes where no more pain or sorrow could come4 ,i had talked with my husband and father who were weeping as ,i took a parting kiss from all but my poor mother1 who was the last one called and had sunk upon her knees before me4 ,this distressed me1 but ,i bade her not mourn for she would not be long behind me4 ,my words struck father like a sudden thunderbolt1 and he spoke with a mighty voice and said--',vilate1 ,helen is not dying6 but my breath which by this time had nearly gone1 stopped that very instant1 and ,i felt his faith and knew that he was holding me2 and ,i begged him to let me go as ,i thought it very cruel to keep me1 and believed it impossible for me to live and ever recover4 ,the destroyer was then stirred up in anger at being cheated out of his victim and he seemed determined to wreak his vengeance upon us all4 ,no one but ,god and the angels to whom ,i owe my life and all ,i have1 could know the tenth part of what ,i suffered4 ,i never told anybody and ,i never could4 ,a keener taste of misery and woe1 no mortal1 ,i think1 could endure4 ,for three months ,i lay a portion of the time like one dead1 they told me2 but that did not last long4 ,i was alive to my spiritual condition and dead to the world4 ,i tasted of the punishment which is prepared for those who reject any of the principles of this ,gospel4 ,then ,i learned that plural marriage was a celestial principle1 and saw the difference between the power of ,god's priesthood and that of ,satan's and the necessity of obedience to those who hold the priesthood1 and the danger of rebelling against or speaking lightly of the ,lord's annointed4 ,i had1 in hours of temptation1 when seeing the trials of my mother1 felt to rebel4 ,i hated polygamy in my heart1 ,i had loved my baby more than my ,god1 and mourned for it unreasonably4 ,all my sins and shortcomings were magnified before my eyes till ,i believed ,i had sinned beyond redemption4 ,some may call it the fruits of a diseased brain4 ,there is nothing without a cause1 be that as it may1 it was a keen reality to me4 ,during that season ,i lost my speech1 forgot the names of everybody and everything1 and was living in another sphere1 learning lessons that would serve me in future times to keep me in the narrow way4 ,i was left a poor wreck of what ,i had been1 but the ,devil with all his cunning1 little thought that he was fitting and preparing my heart to fulfill its destiny4 ,my father said that ,satan desired to clip my glory and was quite willing ,i should die happy2 but when he was thwarted he tried in every possible way to destroy my tabernacle4 ,president ,young said that the mountains through which we passed were filled with the spirits of the ,gadianton robbers spoken of in the ,book of ,mormon4 ,the ,lord gave father faith enough to hold me until ,i was capable of exercising it for myself4 ,i was so weak that ,i was often discouraged in trying to pray1 as the evil spirits caused me to feel that it was no use3 but the night after the first ,christmas in this valley1 ,i had my last struggle and resolved that they should buffet me no longer4 ,i fasted for one week1 and every day ,i gained till ,i had won the victory and ,i was just as sensible of the presence of holy spirits around my bedside as ,i had been of the evil ones4 ,it would take up too much room to relate my experience with the spirits1 but ,new ,year's eve1 after spending one of the happiest days of my life ,i was moved upon to talk to my mother4 ,i knew her heart was weighed down in sorrow and ,i was full of the holy ,ghost4 ,i talked as ,i never did before1 ,i was too weak to talk with such a voice 7of my own strength71 beside1 ,i never before spoke with such eloquence1 and she knew that it was not myself4 ,she was so affected that she sobbed till ,i ceased4 ,i assured her that father loved her1 but he had a work to do1 she must rise above her feelings and seek for the ,holy ,comforter1 and though it rent her heart she must uphold him1 for he in taking other wives had done it only in obedience to a holy principle4 ,much more ,i said1 and when ,i ceased1 she wiped her eyes and told me to rest4 ,i had not felt tired till she said this1 but commenced then to feel myself sinking away4 ,i silently prayed to be renewed1 when my strength returned that instant4 ,new ,year's day father had set apart to fast and pray1 and they prepared a feast at evening4 ,i had prayed that ,i might gain a sure testimony that day that ,i was acceptable to ,god1 and my father1 when he arose to speak1 was so filled with ,his power1 that he looked almost transfigured6 ,he turned to me and spoke of my sufferings and the blessings ,i should receive because of the same4 ,he prophesied of the great work that ,i should do1 that ,i should live long and raise honorable sons and daughters that would rise up and call me blessed1 and should be a comfort to my mother in her declining years1 and many more things which ,i have fulfilled4 ,many who knew me then have looked at me and seen me working with my children around me1 with perfect amazement and as one who had been dead and resurrected4 ,i lost three babes before ,i kept any1 7two boys and girl74 ,my first to live was ,vilate1 she grew to womanhood and was taken4 ,orson ,f4 was my next1 who has been appointed ,bishop of the ,eighteenth ,ward4 ,i had four more daughters1 then a son1 my last a little girl who died at five years of age2 being eleven in all4 ,my parents have left me and my heart has been wrung to the utmost1 yet ,i have said--,thy will ,o ,god1 be done4 ,persons have sometimes wondered at my calmness and endurance1 but ,i think they would not had they passed through the same experience4 ,i have encouraged and sustained my husband in the celestial order of marriage because ,i knew it was right4 ,at various times ,i have been healed by the washing and annointing1 administered by the mothers in ,israel4 ,i am still spared to testify to the truth and ,godliness of this work2 and though my happiness once consisted in laboring for those ,i love1 the ,lord has seen fit to deprive me of bodily strength1 and taught me to 'cast my bread upon the waters' and after many days my longing spirit was cheered with the knowledge that ,he had a work for me to do1 and with ,him1 ,i know that all things are possible4 ,almost my first literary effort was inspired by the reading of the various opinions of men published in our dailies1 upon woman's disabilities1 etc42 and my continuing is due to the advice and urgent wishes of many of my sisters4 ,on ,march #aj1 #ahhb1 ,i was chosen by ,sister ,m4 ,i4 ,horne and nominated to act as her ,counselor in the ,relief ,society of this stake of ,zion in place of ,sister ,s4 ,m4 ,heywood 7deceased7 and ,god grant that ,i may come up to her standard and be able to labor faithfully with my sisters yet many years1 in relieving and comforting the tried and afflicted1 and enlightening the minds of those who are in darkness concerning the things of ,god and ,his people4 ,it is but appropriate and just to add to the brief sketch of ,helen ,mar ,whitney's life1 a brief record of her son1 the eldest of her living children4 ,orson ,f4 ,whitney was born in ,salt ,lake ,city1 ,july #a1 #ahee4 ,was called on his first mission during the ,october ,conference of #ahgf4 ,left home for ,pennsylvania ,november #fth following4 ,remained in ,pennsylvania about five months1 laboring with ,elder ,a4 ,m4 ,musser1 and visited ,washington just prior to the inauguration of ,president ,hayes4 ,early in the spring of #ahgg went alone down to ,ohio1 where he remained about one year1 preaching and baptizing1 and visiting relatives in and around ,kirtland1 7his father's birthplace74 ,was released from his mission in the spring of #ahgh1 and returned home early in ,april4 ,was appointed a home missionary immediately on his return1 and also obtained a situation in the ,deseret ,news office4 ,july #adth1 was ordained a ,high ,priest1 7previously was a ,seventy7 and set apart to preside as bishop of the ,eighteenth ,ward1 being the youngest bishop in the ,salt ,lake ,stake of ,zion1 succeeding ,bishop ,l4 ,d4 ,young1 resigned4 ,august #ajth of same year succeeded ,elder ,john ,nicholson as city editor of the ,deseret ,news1 he having been called to ,europe on a mission4 ,before this he had labored as a collector and under-clerk in the business office of that establishment4 ,during his sojourn in the ,states he had corresponded with the ,salt ,lake ,herald1 the ,woman's ,exponent and the ,news1 to the latter by the direct invitation of ,president ,brigham ,young1 who had noticed his writings to the other papers and urged him to cultivate his literary ability4 ,previously he had scarcely dared to hope he possessed any4 ,he says of this2 ,i owe much to the kind encouragement of ,president ,young for what little ,i have yet achieved in that direction4 ,december #ah1 #ahgi1 was married to ,zina ,b4 ,smoot1 daughter of ,president ,a4 ,o4 and ,mrs4 ,emily ,smoot4 ,in ,february1 #ahhj1 was elected to the ,city ,council and held the office of a ,councilor until called on his second mission1 whither he went before his office term had expired4 ,in ,july1 #ahhj1 was appointed by a committee having in charge the arrangement of a programme to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the ,church 7year of jubilee17 to write a poem for the occasion4 ,the poem--,jubilee of ,zion1 was read in the ,tabernacle by ,colonel ,david ,mc,kenzie1 on the #bdth of ,july1 the ,jubilee ,celebration and the regular ,pioneer ,day ,celebration being blended4 ,prior to this he had published a pamphlet containing two poems1 ,land of ,shinehah and the ,women of the ,everlasting ,covenant1 and had contributed various efforts in verse to our local papers1 besides other articles in prose to the ,contributor and ,herald1 at the same time laboring regularly upon the ,news as local editor4 ,april1 #ahhj 7antedating the above71 the ,home ,dramatic ,club was organized with ,o4 ,f4 ,whitney as ,president4 ,october1 #ahhj1 the first child of ,bishop ,whitney1 a son1 was born4 ,june #bj1 #ahha1 at a meeting of the ,general ,committee on celebration of the #dth of ,july1 ,bishop ,whitney was chosen ,orator of the ,day1 and prepared the oration1 the assassination of ,president ,garfield on the #bnd of ,july put a stop to the celebration1 and consequently to the carrying out of the programme4 ,october ,conference1 #ahha1 was called on a mission to ,england and left ,october #bdth2 sailed from ,new ,york ,november #ast1 and landed on the #ajth4 ,appointed to the ,london ,conference1 labored there four months2 then called to ,liverpool to succeed ,elder ,c4 ,w4 ,stayner in the editorial department of the ,millennial ,star4 ,labored there nearly a year1 then was released to travel in the ministry4 ,released to return home with the ,june company1 #ahhc4 ,visited ,scotland and ,france and sailed for home ,june #bjth4 ,landed in ,new ,york ,sunday1 ,july #ast1 the very day and date of his birth1 twenty-eight years before4 ,reached home ,july #g1 #ahhc1 and has resumed his position as city editor of the ,deseret ,evening ,news4 ,,letters ,,of ,,heber ,c4 ,,kimball4 ,for the consideration of those unacquainted with him1 who through misreport have been led to regard ,heber ,c4 ,kimball as a man of stern rule and cold nature1 ,i append two letters written by him to his beloved first wife1 ,vilate1 7a name that is revered in our people's remembrance7 showing in true light his own feelings upon the principle of plural marriage and vindicating and honoring him by this testimony from his own secret heart and lips1 better than the words of another1 no matter how faithful or true or ardent that friend might be4 ,thus will be shown to the world three generations of a family who are representatives of our people and faith2 ,heber1 one whom ,god chose as one of the first to aid in founding and upbuilding ,his ,church and ,kingdom in the last dispensation2 ,helen1 his cherished and heroic daughter1 and ,orson1 her son1 worthy representative of his mother and grandfather4 ,the inspiration in ,heber's life has not died out in theirs1 the work has not slackened1 the line of march is still onward and upward4 ,the first copy bears date of ,,october #bc1 #ahdb4 ,my ,dear ,vilate3 ,i am at ,brother ,evan ,green's4 ,we have held all our conferences1 have had two meetings to-day1 it being the ,sabbath4 ,some have been added to the ,church and prejudice is considerably laid4 ,monday we shall go to ,jacksonville1 then on to ,springfield4 ,i shall be home in two or three weeks if the ,lord wills it so4 ,since ,i left you it has been a time of much reflection4 ,i felt as though ,i was a poor weak creature in and of myself1 and only on ,god can ,i rely for support4 ,i have been looking back over my past life before ,i heard the ,gospel4 ,it makes me shrink into nothing and to wish ,i had always been a righteous man from my youth1 but we have an advocate with the ,father1 and ,i can look back since ,i came into the ,church of ,jesus ,christ of ,latter-,day ,saints1 with a degree of pleasure1 but ,i can see if ,i had more knowledge ,i could have done better in many points4 99 99 ,i feel as though ,i had rather die to-day than be left to transgress one of ,his laws1 or to bring disgrace upon the cause which ,i have embraced1 or a stain upon my character2 and my prayer is day by day that ,god would take me to ,himself rather than ,i should be left to sin against ,him1 or betray my dear brethren who have been true to me and to ,god the ,eternal ,father1 and ,i feel to pray to ,thee1 ,o ,lord1 to help thy poor servant to be true to ,thee all the days of my life1 that ,i may never be left to sin against ,thee or against ,thy annointed1 or any that love thee1 that ,i may have wisdom and knowledge how to gain ,thy favor at all times1 for this is my desire1 and that these blessings may rest upon my dear companion1 and when we have done ,thy work on this ,thy footstool1 that ,thou wouldst receive us into that kingdom where ,abraham1 ,isaac and ,jacob and all the holy prophets have gone1 that we may never be separated any more1 and before ,i should be left to betray my brethren in any case1 let ,thy servant come unto ,thee in ,thy ,kingdom and there have the love of my youth1 and the little ones ,thou has given me4 99 99 ,now1 my dear ,vilate1 stand by me even unto death1 and when you pray1 pray that ,i may hold out to the end4 99 99 ,my heart aches for you and sometimes ,i can hardly speak without weeping1 and that before my brethren3 for ,i have a broken heart and my head is a fountain of tears4 ,my life in this world is short at the longest1 and ,i do not desire to live one day only to do good and to make you happy and bring up our little children in the ways of the ,lord1 and my prayer is that they may be righteous from the least to the greatest4 99 99 ,the world has lost its charms for me1 and ,i want to seek for that rest which remains for the people of ,god4 ,i never had a greater desire to be a man of ,god than at the present1 that ,i may know my acceptance with ,him4 ,,springfield1 ,october #beth4 ,my ,dear ,companion3 ,i have just returned from the office where ,i found a letter from you1 and ,i need not tell you that it was a sweet morsel to me4 ,i could weep like a child if ,i could get away by myself1 to think that ,i for one moment have been the means of causing you any sorrow2 ,i know that you must have many bad feelings and ,i feel to pray for you all the time1 ,i assure you that you have not been out of my mind many minutes at a time since ,i left you4 ,my feelings are of that kind that it makes me sick at heart1 so that ,i have no appetite to eat4 ,my temptations are so severe it seems sometimes as though ,i should have to lay down and die1 ,i feel as if ,i should sink beneath it4 ,i go into the woods every chance ,i have1 and pour out my soul before ,god that ,he would deliver me and bless you1 my dear wife1 and the first ,i would know ,i would be in tears1 weeping like a child about you and the situation ,i am in2 but what can ,i do but go ahead8 ,my dear ,vilate1 do not let it cast you down1 for the ,lord is on our side2 this ,i know from what ,i see and realize and ,i marvel at it many times4 ,you are tried and tempted and ,i am sorry for you1 for ,i know how to pity you4 ,i can say that ,i never suffered more in all my life than since these things came to pass2 and as ,i have said so say ,i again1 ,i have felt as if ,i should sink and die4 ,oh my ,god6 ,i ask ,thee in the name of ,jesus to bless my dear ,vilate and comfort her heart and deliver her from temptation and sorrow1 and open her eyes and let her see things as they are1 for ,father ,thou knowest our sorrow2 be pleased to look upon ,thy poor servant and handmaid1 and grant us the privilege of living the same length of time that one may not go before the other1 for ,thou knowest that we desire this with all our hearts4 99 99 99 ,and then1 ,father1 when we have done with our career in this probation1 in the one to come may we still be joined in one to remain so to all eternities1 and whatever we have done to grieve ,thee be pleased to blot it out1 and let us be clean and pure before ,thee at all times1 that we may never be left to sin or betray anyone that believes on ,thy name2 save us from all this and let our seeds be righteous2 incline their hearts to be pure and virtuous1 and may this extend from generation to generation1 let us have favor in ,thy sight and before ,thine angels that we may be watched over by them and have strength and grace to support us in the day of our temptation that we may not be overcome and fall4 ,now my ,father1 these are the desires of our hearts1 and wilt ,thou grant them to us for ,jesus' sake and to ,thy name will we give all the glory forever and ever4 ,,zina ,y4 ,,williams4 ,,daughter ,,of ,,brigham ,,young4 ,it would be strange indeed1 if after the life and labors of ,brigham ,young1 a work of this character should appear1 lacking the name and record of his descendants4 ,the sons of noble men have greater opportunities of adding lustre to their father's name by reason of the advantages which sons possess over daughters2 yet among our people1 women have their acknowledged province in which they may distinguish themselves1 in which their position is not borrowed from the other sex1 or an infringement upon them2 and yet may adorn the memory of even ,brigham ,young4 ,such a daughter is ,zina ,y4 ,williams1 the original of this sketch4 ,born in plural or celestial marriage1 and with an understanding of this condition1 as much as any young girl can possess1 a wife in the same order of marriage4 ,some have said1 ,let us see the workings of this system1 let us see how the next generation will receive it4 ,the time has come when they can see1 and learn that those who understand it best fear it least4 ,the words of the daughter herself1 it seems to me1 should go farther in effect than mine could for her4 ,here is a true picture in the home life of the earliest advocates of that ancient principle1 restored through ,joseph ,smith1 the prophet4 ,i have known ,mrs4 ,williams beneath her father's roof and in her own married home1 intimately1 for eighteen years1 and knew the union and love of the band of sisters4 ,i was born ,april #crd1 #ahej1 in ,salt ,lake ,city4 ,my mother1 ,zina ,h4 ,young1 was made glad by my presence1 her only daughter4 ,my father1 ,president ,brigham ,young1 made me welcome2 though he was the father of many others he was as much pleased as many men are over their only girl4 ,my childhood was clouded with sickness1 and one of my earliest recollections is of my loving mother holding me in her arms1 singing a sweet song2 with the moonlight streaming over me and gazing out upon the full moon ,i sank to sleep1 soothed from suffering by her magic care4 ,i was the pet of my two brothers and of all my mother's friends4 ,i knew nothing of want or care till the year of famine1 7#ahef7 which gave me a faint idea of what want was4 7,all through the ,territory families were on short rations47 ,my father's family lived in a world of their own1 there being ten girls with not more than four years' difference in their ages4 ,our father affectionately called us his 'big ten1' and nowhere on the earth could be found a happier1 merrier set of children4 ,we attended school and were instructed in music and dancing on our own premises4 ,our mothers taught us to respect each other's rights1 as they always set the example by treating one another according to the golden rule4 ,a person entering the room where we were assembled would be at a loss to tell which were the own children of the sisters present4 ,we carried out the proverb--',love thy neighbor as thyself1' literally4 ,when the memorable exodus of #aheh took place1 my mother was the first woman who left ,salt ,lake ,city4 ,in company with another of my father's wives1 ,lucy ,b41 7as she is called17 we started south4 ,this was my first trip from home1 it seemed like a pleasure trip to me and it was a matter of surprise that my dear mother and auntie were not as much delighted with the change as we children were2 but the subsequent discomforts we were subjected to1 and our lonely hours spent away from our dearly loved sisters caused many a heart pang and we began to realize something of the sacrifices made by our people when our enemies came and invaded our homes4 ,my mother was the last of father's family to leave ,provo1 after the return of the people to their former homes4 ,on our arrival1 after a year's absence1 father asked mother to take charge of four of his little ones whose mother was dead4 ,she consented1 and this event entirely changed my after life2 from being the pet and only child ,i now had to share with these motherless children4 ,it was a trial in many ways1 but my precious mother taught me to be unselfish and thank ,god for all ,his blessings and not complain1 and ,i am thankful to say1 following her advice without once alluding to the fact that my mother was not their own4 ,thus it proved to be the best lesson of my life1 and a great blessing4 ,my life flowed on in peaceful current1 going to school1 but going upon the stage when quite young greatly impaired my health4 ,i married when eighteen4 ,my husband1 ,thomas ,williams1 had been in my father's employ in his office1 for several years2 then in the ,theatre1 where ,i saw him frequently1 but1 as he was much older than ,i1 it never occurred to me to fall in love with him4 ',none knew him but to love him1' the bard wrote1 which is true of my husband4 ,i was his second wife1 and here let me testify that in entering into the order of plural marriage1 both my husband and myself did so from the purest and holiest motives4 ,for six years ,i was his loving wife1 bearing two sons1 ,sterling and ,thomas ,edgar4 ,in ,july1 #ahgc1 my dear husband was called home4 ,none but those who are called upon to pass through similar circumstances can know the sorrow and anguish it is to part from a loving1 noble husband and father4 ,my time now was given principally to my ,church duties and to the support of my dear children4 ,in all my trials my dear mother was my comfort and support4 ,by the advice of my father1 ,i went to ,sevier ,county and took up a quarter section of land4 ,i went to ,st4 ,george at the completion of the ,temple1 and met many dear friends and relatives2 my father was there1 and those who were present1 will1 ,i believe1 never forget the heavenly intercourse enjoyed by the ,saints while thus convened4 ,shortly after our return to the city1 our honored father was stricken down with his last sickness4 ,never was there a more solemn scene than that witnessed at his death1 his family were there1 also the head men of the ,church4 ,physicians with their futile skill were standing round1 the faith and anxiety of the whole ,church were centered around that dying form and departing soul of ,god's ,prophet at that trying hour4 ,his body unconscious now to pain1 was there before us1 but his noble spirit already saw behind the veil which screens from us the immortal spheres4 ',joseph6 ,joseph6' were his last words1 and when he breathed his last his face became radiant as if molten sunbeams had been poured into his veins1 giving him an unearthly and celestial appearance never to be forgotten by those who surrounded his dying couch4 ,after a settlement of our father's estate ,i removed to ,provo in order to give my dear children and myself the advantages of attending the ,brigham ,young ,academy4 ,in ,january of this same year1 ,president ,taylor sent me1 in company with ,sister ,emmeline ,b4 ,wells1 to visit the ,woman's ,suffrage ,convention held in ,washington4 ,after my return ,i began teaching in the ,brigham ,young ,academy1 taking charge of the young ladies and organizing a work class2 also the primary department in which position ,i have been actively engaged ever since4 ,the ,brigham ,young ,academy was endowed by inspiration by him whose name it bears4 ,professor ,karl ,g4 ,maeser was called to act as principal at the commencement1 and when he asked for instruction from its noble founder1 he received only this3 ',ask ,god to guide you in all things and carry it on under ,his directions2 this is all ,i have to say4' ,from that time ,professor ,maeser has faithfully lived to fulfill the wishes of its founder4 ,how he has succeeded is demonstrated every year by the hundreds of young men and women who there receive for the first time a knowledge and testimony of this ,gospel4 ,too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the ,honorable ,board3 ,president ,a4 ,o4 ,smoot1 ,harvey ,cluff1 ,wilson ,h4 ,dusenberry1 ,bishop ,myron ,tanner1 ,bishop ,harrington1 ,bishop ,bringhurst and ,sister ,coray for their energy and labor to make this school all that ,brigham ,young intended it should be4 ,in the deeds bestowing a grant upon this institution it is plainly stated that the young men be taught mechanism1 and the young ladies domestic duties4 ,in accordance with this a young ladies' department has been organized and we have endeavored to carry out this peculiar feature desired by ,president ,young1 my beloved father4 ,i have occupied the position of advisor and director to the young ladies for the past four years4 ,i have now the advantage of a fine large room built expressly for this branch of education4 ,was called to preside over the ,primary ,associations of ,provo1 am a ,counselor to the ,president of the ,young ,ladies' ,mutual ,improvement ,association also2 and an officer in the ,provo ,silk ,association4 ,while living in ,salt ,lake ,city1 ,mrs4 ,zina ,y4 ,williams was one of the committee superintending the decoration of the great ,tabernacle4 ,large classes were taught artificial flower making1 and thousands of yards of festoons and hanging baskets1 interspersed with appropriate mottoes and flags made the vast ceiling a bower of beauty for many months4 ,she has taught decorative work of different kinds in several towns of our ,territory1 possessing a special gift in this direction4 ,an energetic spiritual laborer1 a loving daughter and faithful wife and mother1 she has also a wide circle of sincere friends4 ,she was the first of ,president ,young's daughters to manifest prominently in the face of opposition1 her willingness to unite with the associations organized for the repression of extravagance in dress1 table expenditure and frivolity1 and for the cultivation of spiritual knowledge1 and mutual improvement4 ,these meetings were regarded with aversion and even ridicule1 by many1 as tending to bring women into too great publicity4 ,this proved to be an incorrect idea4 ,sister ,williams was one of the earliest spiritual laborers and has never faltered or deviated from her line of duty4 ,president ,young has other daughters also1 who have later become officers and actively interested in the ,women's ,organizations among this people2 and they will without doubt1 develop many of those abilities1 which1 combined and made subservient to the will of ,god made the name of ,brigham ,young immortal in history4 ,,louise ,m4 ,,wells4 ,,secretary ,,of ,,central ,,organization ,,of ,,the ,,young ,,ladies' ,,mutual ,,improvement ,,associations4 ,the fact that most of the ladies of this work are of mature1 and some even advanced years1 suggests the thought--what of the rising generation of this people8 ,how have the practical workings of this system which the world can judge of only from report and occasional glimpses into its operations1 but which with the youth of the people is a literal and sole experience--affected their ideas and purposes8 ,time1 steadfast determination and spiritual progress have adjusted all mingled and varied elements of individualities and nationalities in those who received the ,gospel in scattered homes in different parts of the earth1 have overcome those obstacles 7which were such through inexperience in newly restored truths and laws17 and brought all to the proper level of their individual sphere of action and usefulness4 ,what a piece of master-work has this been6 ,order out of confusion1 brotherhood created between stranger races4 ,it has been often said1 that when the old stock dies out1 the world can better judge the worth of our doctrines2 if they survive and grow in the hearts of the succeeding generation their parents did not plant the spiritual tree in lack of wisdom1 and it will after this test of years prove worthy of the serious consideration of those who now deem it beneath their thoughtful attention4 ,more than fifty years have passed since the glorious message was first proclaimed to the world2 many of those true1 noble ,saints who toiled as builders of their ,master's ,kingdom have finished their work1 and with years filled with honors have passed on to their rest and reward4 ,a few years more1 and the witnesses who lived in the days of ,joseph and ,hyrum will be gone1 we shall be left to ourselves1 their record and our ,god4 ,who will replace them8 ,are their posterity following in their footsteps8 ,yes1 beneath the seeming swift current of youthtime's careless indifference runs an undercurrent of earnestness1 integrity and--yes--royalty of soul4 ,there can be found many of our young people who bear the impress of their destiny in their daily lives1 their numbers are increasing1 their works assuming prominence and recognition4 ,in connection with the young people's organizations it is due to ,miss ,louise ,m4 ,wells1 that a brief record of her history and position form part of this work4 ,this young lady was born in ,salt ,lake ,city1 ,august #bg1 #ahfb4 ,on both her father and mother's side she is descended from families of the old ,puritan stock4 ,general ,wells' record in ,church history is one that earth's greatest men might be proud to possess1 and he has received such a tribute of respect and love from our people as has rarely been recorded4 ,her mother is the editor of the ,woman's ,exponent1 but has during her lifetime written constantly1 amounting indeed to many volumes were her writings published2 and is exceptionally gifted as a poetic writer4 ,with such parents it may be reasonably expected that with her inherent endowments trained in the influence of the ,gospel1 with a fine spiritual nature1 conscientious principles1 an amiable disposition and quiet1 gentle manner1 ,miss ,wells will do credit to her parents and her people4 ,of ,louie1 as she is familiarly called1 it is said that when she was very young she gave evidence of musical talent by rendering in an original style1 plaintive melodies admirably suited to her voice1 and rich in that pathos that always touches the heart4 ,with many1 singing is an acquired accomplishment1 with her it is as natural as to the nightingale4 ,also in her childhood she unconsciously disclosed artistic taste by gathering the autumn tinted leaves and grasses from the garden1 which she arranged in quaint and pretty devices for home adornments4 ,this talent was later cultivated under competent teachers1 when she soon became qualified to give lessons privately and in classes1 in drawing and painting4 ,already artists of distinction have pronounced her oil paintings of sufficient merit to entitle her to enter the ,academy of ,design in ,new ,york1 and she has been advised to adopt art as a life vocation4 ,on the occasion of the ,church ,jubilee1 on ,pioneer ,day1 #ahhj1 ,miss ,wells was selected by the committee to represent ,art4 ,in #ahhb1 in company with some of her relatives1 she visited ,california1 and there for the first time saw the ocean1 one of nature's grandest pictures4 ,during this visit she went through the art galleries of ,san ,francisco4 ,in #ahhc1 she with her sister1 ,mrs4 ,sears1 made a trip to the ,eastern ,states1 and visited the art galleries and museums of ,st4 ,louis1 ,chicago1 ,cleveland1 ,new ,york1 ,boston1 ,philadelphia and ,washington4 ,also had the opportunity of attending the ,world's ,exposition at ,boston4 ,while visiting in the ,east she attended a reunion of the ,dickinson's held at ,amherst1 ,massachusetts1 as a representative of the name1 from whom her father descended through his grandmother1 ,experience ,dickinson4 ,arriving at ,college ,hall1 where the reunion was celebrated1 she met many hundreds of her kindred4 ,of this family ,i quote3 ,it is now almost two hundred and fifty years since ,nathaniel ,dickinson landed at ,boston1 and prior to #afcd found a home at ,wethersfield1 forty or fifty miles below ,amherst4 ,in #afei he planted the permanent seat of our family1 and deeply rooted the name of ,dickinson1 and here nine succeeding generations have risen to call him blessed4 ,nathaniel ,dickinson died at ,hadley1 ,june #af1 #afgf4 ,no pencil or artist has preserved to us the semblance of his features1 no gravestone marks his resting-place4 ,we only know that he sleeps in the only burying-ground at ,hadley4 ,at this reunion1 which was quite an elaborate affair1 a congratulatory letter was read from her father1 ,general ,d4 ,h4 ,wells1 which elicited considerable applause1 and the ,president1 who had seen the ,general when visiting ,salt ,lake ,city1 spoke of him in the highest terms4 ,miss ,wells was very cordially received by the hundreds of ,dickinson's and succeeded in getting the names of many of the relatives of the family who are now sleeping in the old graveyard at ,hadley1 and from a roll of honor which hung upon the wall in the hall where the meeting was held1 on which were inscribed the names of those who had made themselves distinguished4 ,it was singular that this great meeting of the ,dickinson's should have convened at the time when ,miss ,louie was visiting her mother's relatives only a few miles from ,amherst1 giving her an opportunity of meeting her father's kindred4 ,louie visited ,nauvoo1 also ,kirtland1 where she went through the ,temple4 ,she has also proved herself to be a most charming press correspondent1 by contributions to the ,exponent that touched the heart of every ,saint2 letters that were as beautiful1 fresh and sweet as spring-time4 ,she has been connected with the ,exponent for some time2 is a writer for the ,contributor1 has been a member of the ,tabernacle ,choir for several years1 and taught a department of ,miss ,cook's school in #ahhj and #ahha4 ,in ,june1 #ahhj1 ,miss ,wells was appointed ,secretary to the ,central ,organization of the ,young ,ladies' ,mutual ,improvement ,associations1 ,mrs4 ,elmina ,s4 ,taylor1 ,president1 a position of honor and importance1 and which she fulfils with dignity and ability4 ,as a ,latter-day ,saint1 the young lady is worthy of her position and the love and confidence of her friends2 and we look forward to her future with happy anticipations of beautiful works from her spirit and hand4 ,as in this work are represented the venerable silver-haired matrons1 and the younger wife and mother1 it seems beautifully appropriate that ,miss ,louie1 in her youth and purity1 should represent the daughters of ,israel1 looking towards the future with eyes of faith and confidence4 ,explanatory of the ,picture ,,representative ,,women ,,of ,,deseret4 ,the first portrait in the first group of the picture1 is that of ,,eliza ,r4 ,,snow ,,smith1 ,president of the ,latter-,day ,saints' ,women's ,organizations4 ,the second1 on the left-hand side of the same group1 ,,zina ,d4 ,h4 ,,young1 ,first ,counselor4 ,third1 on the right-hand side1 ,,mary ,,isabella ,,horne1 ,treasurer4 ,fourth1 ,,sarah ,m4 ,,kimball1 ,secretary4 ,the above are the ,presiding ,board over all the ,latter-,day ,saints ,women's ,organizations4 ,at the head of the ,association ,group is1 first1 ,,elmina ,s4 ,,taylor1 ,president of the ,young ,ladies' ,mutual ,improvement ,associations4 ,second1 ,,mary ,a4 ,,freeze1 ,president of the ,young ,ladies ,mutual ,improvement ,association of the ,salt ,lake ,stake of ,zion4 ,third1 left-hand side1 is ,,louie ,,felt1 ,president of the ,primary ,associations4 ,fourth1 ,,ellen ,c4 ,,clawson1 ,president of the ,primary ,associations of the ,salt ,lake ,stake of ,zion4 ,at the head of the picture1 left-hand corner1 ,,phoebe ,w4 ,,woodruff1 wife of ,president ,wilford ,woodruff4 ,at the right-hand corner1 ,,bathsheba ,w4 ,,smith1 wife of ,president ,george ,a4 ,smith4 ,at the left-hand corner1 ,,prescendia ,l4 ,,kimball1 a veteran ,saint and pioneer4 ,at the right-hand lower corner1 ,,elizabeth ,,howard1 ,secretary of the ,relief ,society of the ,salt ,lake ,stake of ,zion4 ,at the head of the fourth group is1 ,,emmeline ,b4 ,,wells1 editor of ,woman's ,exponent4 ,at the right-hand1 same group1 is ,,romania ,b4 ,,pratt1 ,m4 ,d4 ,turning now to the four ladies on the left-hand side of the picture1 the first is ,,emily ,,hill ,,woodmansee1 poet4 ,second1 right-hand side1 ,,hannah ,t4 ,,king1 poet and prose author4 ,third1 on the left1 ,,augusta ,,joyce ,,crocheron1 author1 and ,secretary of the ,young ,ladies' ,mutual ,improvement ,association of the ,salt ,lake ,stake of ,zion4 ,fourth1 ,,helen ,,mar ,,whitney1 daughter of ,heber ,c4 ,kimball1 and writer of ,church history and biographies2 also ,first ,counselor of the ,relief ,society of the ,salt ,lake ,stake of ,zion4 ,returning to the fourth group3 third portrait on the left1 ,,zina ,y4 ,,williams1 daughter of ,brigham ,young1 and ,president of the ,primary ,associations of the ,utah ,stake of ,zion4 ,fourth1 is ,,louie ,m4 ,,wells1 daughter of ,president ,d4 ,h4 ,wells2 ,secretary of ,central ,organizations of the ,young ,ladies' ,mutual ,improvement ,associations4 ,vocalist and artist4 ,,finis4 ,transcriber's ,note ,various obvious typographical errors have been corrected as seemed reasonable1 e4g4 coronatiion for coronation and various similar spelling issues1 missing periods1 and so forth4