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Show - VVfas over the trying cencs of iVNauvoo before and after theTdeath of tl h Prophet and his brother. Suffice, it to av that suffered with UV:jieople in "Kir Season her home, etc., and also mournetfmueli own m her breast, for, she had the profound admiration and respect for him a tho --; LProphet of God. thew. -- ; . own words: "Feb. 10, 1846, NauVoo, or the City Of Joseph. My things are now packed ready for - -- . the. West; this afternoon I attended to the accouchement of Mrs. Harriet Young; she had a . . r uiciiiu i. 11 ii at vu it if see the uie nauio panorama of the massacre,' as shown by Bro. ' Dibble. 12th. This - morning we. bade' our - children- - good-bye- ; "cam ping at Sugar Creek, where the exiles had made a sort of cratherinf ' cuu. vv c u i io .1 . -- place ior teanaajmyagcjisrevious-to-star- tinl Ristpr Spssioiis wrifpsnn iho 1P.tl. "Proc. ident Young came into camp this morning; it is very cold and the wind blows hard and I can scarcely get' near the fire for smokeand we have no tent. f? 17th. The brethren have begun to organize and we go in the first hundredec- - ten, Prest. Young's company, Capt. Hol-man- ." The weather continued severe; it was the month of February and the peoplo had just left warm, comfortable homes. On the 22nd Sister Sessions speaks of having visited Louisa Beamenand Eliza R. Snow.' Jli the 23rd Bro. Sessions got canvas brl a tent and Sister Sessions made it herself. During the few days they were in camp several children were born, Sister Sessions attending some of the sisters in their confinements. The last day of February the camp began to . move on slowly; the weather was inclement and "there were various difficulties and' hindrances. Sister Sessions speaks of having to. drive the team every now and then, because the cow gets lost and her husband goes to hunt for it. On the lGth Sister Sessions says she visited Sister Zina D. with Sister Eliza ft., and on the 22ud she writes they cross the Shariton Itiver; "here everybody had to double teams to get up the bank and all the wagons had to have ropes at tached to them to drag them. It was at tiiat place she speaks of Sister Zina D. having a son born.- - The weather was cold and-weand the road3 w;ereso badit was to travel. ' y On the 6th of April she writes: 'President t almost-impossible- , 1 then lighted a fire as happy as a king." That hierhtHhere came un a fearful thunder storm. and at 2 o'clock in the moruing Sister Sessions was called up, a brother had come two miles on horseback to fetch her, she rode back be-- . the storm-th- e" hindlnmon mud and the water sometimes belly deep to the horse; the child was born before Che husband and midwife arrived. The sister had traveled 13 miles after her sickness came on,had crossed a creek on a log after dark, the storm had carried the bridge away, and camped in an old deserted log cabin. In such places as these by the wayside many little ones were born that are nowfathers and mothers of families, though many diedjas well a3 many of the mothers who, could not endure the hardships and fatigue. ; the-horse-thro- ugh era of the . :!t& -- and -- "Saturday. Mav 2. . It has' ousij f0r gii. days and my bed has been wet all the time; I got my bed out to dry for' the first time." Sunday she writes it was rainhard she writes: "overagain. Friday, 8th, ing hauled ou a saddle and harness to sell; weighed our loadthe weight was 1,321 pounds, 551 is provisicns, and we have been dividing out ever since7 we stnrtpH " On the 10th she said they had a meeting and the sacrament administered. "Thursday, 12th', visited Sister Homc,yho was sick, aud Sister ; Taylor, who was lame." .. 7" The Saints at this time were stopping and making a settlement; they fenced in some land ' ; into a sort of big field and - bu il t- - some houses, e families there to" take care oTTt and in a put crop to make a sort of resting place by the wayvherejhose coimBg Jater-migh- t "find thlleahd "comfort in their journey ings. On the loth she writes in her journal: "Some brethren from Nauvoo overtook us, they have only been three weeks on the way and we have been three months. They bring letters for the brethren and sisters from relativs and ' ' friends left behind." 25th, Sister Sessions says she was feeling very bad and had been crying, thinking of her children she had left in Nauvoo, and her mother in the State of Maine, and many little things she had to contend with in her ' travels, and Sister Eliza 11. Snow and Sister Markham came up to herTwagon and it gave her great joy to see these sisters. "28thvisited Eliza Snowr and Parley Pratl's folks. 2h. Sister Ilockwood gave me some tallow and I run seventeen candles, thought it quite a presfrom ent. Lilcy Walker arrived here Nauvoo. Sunday, 31st, I was called to Parley Pratt's, Mary had a son." At this time the Saints' had reached another stopping place, which" was named Mt. Pisgah, and Sister Sessions on' leaving that place says: "We leave --many good brethren and sisters here, Sisters Home, E. K. Snow, Zina I), and. and many more. Wednesday, Emily P- sent for me, I on Home she "Sister 3rd, says, went back to Mt. Pisgah and attendet to her; she had a daughter. I rode on horseback ' y - . ? topjyits . expenses. ; The Relief Society and Y. L. are progressing iavorably. yihey hold their meetings' reg- uiany, ana tney are weiiat tended :. There haa .thi win pt but the health of the people is now good. There have been a few deaths, however, and amaru- inose wno nave sorrows of this life are Sisters Lovisu Miller Hammond and Mary Morris Gibbs. Sister Hammond was the daughter of DaniePand Uarissa rond Miller. She was born Oct. 1st, 1834, in Hancock Co., Illinois, and removed with her parents to this Territory when only a girl. She was married to M. DJIammond on the 11th of Dec?, 1853 , and was the mother of eleven children, all of whom are living, except one daughter aged fifteen years, who died two weeks before her mother. She died Dec. dlh, 1884, and leaves a large family and a wide circle of friends to mourn her loss. Sister Ham mond had been President of the R. S. of this place for two years, and during that time she did her utmost. to make a good President. All the members of the societyrespe'cted and su.s- tained her in her position. foister Gibbs, wife of Richard W. Gibbs, wa3 : -- uch-sickne- left-isom- aud ; to-da- y born July 15, 1821, in the small town of Caernarthanshire, South Wales, was the mother of six children. She was tized into the Church of -- Jesus Christ of Saints in 1845, and from that -day - Editou . ExroNKNT: Co., ' Jan. 20, 1885. .... ; ". " ' . As it is seldom that an article. appears in from Providence, if your valuable little paper will inform the read- you can spare the space I ant bapLatter- . , t Itimn tilio ip.is lim,l onilll Shediedas the had lived, a true saint, and many warm friends mourn her loss. The people are enjoying many upon them by their Heavenly Father, and many manifestations of His power aud goodness are shown continually in our midst. Tvnf h Providence, Cache s, house was a continual resort for r the Elders, ' and none ever came who were not welcome, or did not feel her generous spirit; Si.ter Gdjbs died . vervJ suddenlyJ on the mornin."o of the. l lrfi of Januafv, not having been sick a minute, to any one's knowledge. About . seven "o'clock her husband heard her make an unusual noise, - . CORRESPONDENCE. Pon-tyeat- fim-V'to- -- cross. ss passea-iromnhetroubles- - Wednesthe Prophet Joseph and Hyrum. day, July "1st, Brigham Young has moved down to the river, the boat is done ready to ueiore Chnsimas K. . . 2-St- yjLy .; jr..aouuia-wee- Our they Jiave ,i fair and display all the work they have done during tho. nasf ver All nf work rs to be seeifthere, and some of it. is really beautiful. In the morning there isaiicx-aminatio- n of all' they have learned, and one" cannot help but mark the progress they have made, It is, a lovely sight to sec the little ones clinging to their parents and nointino- to' so m article, they have made and say, "See, mother, I made that! isn't it pretty?" And a" very good feature of the fair is: parents come and see what their children Jiave done and do not feel auneu untn inev nave purchased it. By doing this the association is sunnlied with fund-- uo. seven miles each way.'"!;-v- ) slic writes from day to day how they jonrneyed on, and of the various hindrances and stopping to make t.hn ' of Juue a meetinpOn hrwlrrpa etn. w. Missouri river of the was held on the banks of where Dr.. Willard Ptichards jhlaffVlnejir, preached to the people and spoke very feelingly of its being the anniversary two years since of his coming into Nauvoo with the bodies of in them now than at auy. jrevious time. , od the--19t- to-da- we are progressing s LdtlLothers V Exponent how The people are trying to live their religion, are enjoying a goodly portion of the Spirit ,Q.il-Vour associatio-n.aria if flour- -' ( hunting for them. -- y. re- the brethren would have to go out Sister .Sessions'often men-- " tioiivin her ioumal .f iliTi(li.,'.r '!.,. who had rtill 'less, also of walkT uuu m ues, aay alter flay, because the teams were 'weak anil: they were short-of-foh I for them. On there was a public the first one called after leafing Nau- meeting, mt cated, and Bro. and Sister Sessions received their endowments therein. They had assisted in building it all in. their, power,und those wero days when the people were poor and persecut; ed and had much to endure. The exodus from Nauvoo was an important event, not only in the history of this. Church,, but in tlie annals of the American nation, and it will ever be a disgrace in the records of the United States, where so much boast has been " We made of freedom and religious-libertpass on now to Sister Sessions' ;description of jeuviug iuav usuuiuui cuy, ana give it m her journal gives many items in gard to building the bridge- and difficulties which,, hindered the on ward.; progress of the tamp of Iracl, Sometimes the teams would ae-finci- -- irterSt-seions' hoffxro lift T . l bles-dng- . s be-stow- -- ed . I can testify to many instances where II'.' has made manifest His power in "healing my little children and myself when we have been sick, and in caring for us and com foiling me in my lonely hours while my husband is on his mis- sion; and alsojn caring for tnyjiusband,raising friends for him, and giving him health and strength that he may go forth and carry 'His word to the honcstin heart, and teach them the principles of the Gospel. For all His mercies and blessings I am truly thaukful and grateful, faithful servant in and desire to continue: His Kingdom. a, ; Anne W. Smith. --u- p " |