Show ELDER THOMAS DAY circleville CIR CLEVILLE pluto county utah jan 1893 it la Is with a sense of loss and loneliness that we hereby inform the readers of your periodical perio dieW of the death of elder thomas dy DAY whose wide circle of friends ire are doubtless numbered cumb ered among your most moat faithful readers he has been so faithful and zealous in laboring for the church and spread of the gospel that we cannot feel it a usurpation to beg for a little space in which tv tu record a brief sketch of his bis career thomas day was born near wolver hampton staffordshire england sep 2nd and 1814 and his bis demise occurred jan ath 1893 when quite young his bis father took him out for a walk one sabbath day on the greku hillside near their home and in the old church yard pointing to the church the father remarked my son BOB I 1 shall never enter that building before I 1 am carried thither I 1 do not believe in the creed taught there nor indeed in that of any other church I 1 believe however that the true gimpel of jesus will be given to the world in the future 11 the young man became somewhat given to convivial companionship and contracted the usual habits though to no excess but low wages in the factory in which he worked the strike of his fellow laborers in which he became unwillingly involved the care of a widowed mother and three st sisters aters the anxiety of government govern mens officials to enlist him an the army for he be was unusually tall and straight the final bankruptcy 0 of his employers and at length a serious illness all smoothed down the rough diamond to gentle and sober thought his wild companions in a bitof fit of extraordinary jollity took down a fence and laid it in the way of the stage the daring revellers resellers rev ellers were apprehended tried and sent to p prison ribon thomas day had bad escaped the fun and its consequences through a spell of ill III nose but a sense ot the evil that I 1 might have been became a medicine he forsook tobacco whisky and his chums and turned awn awa from every wayward habit of which he had been guilty he began to search among the various sects for the truth dear bright beautiful truth whom many have loved and sought and lavished lifes best oil amid the dust of books to lind find her content at last tor for guerdon of their toil with the cast mantle she had bad left behind her our subject at first believed that he had found her among the american methodists and became at first exhorter then local preacher in that church ile he met loved and married a young widow of quiet loving lovable ways named anu andruse dank a having heard the now new doctrine restored ti through rough joseph smith which had badat at its but bound penetrated their hearts the husband desired to embrace the now new faith but the gentle shrinking wife became alarmed at the persecution and proscription that she saw would follow her persuasions disarmed him and be faltered but one evening the spirits spirit voice became too strong for resistance le quietly slipped through the back dor door fwee leB les twee take notice and lest her gentle persuasions and and aad teare should again unman him he be was baptized sept 4 1842 without her knowledge after long conversations and prayerful forethought she f glowed I 1 his bis example ten days later the happy zeal that ki died in their hearty brought forth fruits of salvation to others of their friends now followed the fruits of obedience to christ perso ution borne with meek new healing by administration from sickness tuat almost threatened death and that pence peace that alowa from god to the forgiven soul that honestly and zealously strives and hopes to remain faithful faith lul he was wag soon noon ordained to the priesthood and then followed a call to preach the gospel pew few havo have responded respond dU to a similar call with greater alacrity during this mission he labored in learnt jos ottoo Oxford saire Nort hamp tou shire and leicestershire Leicester shire he rallied raised up numerous nume branches aiba was frequently very successful in making converts sometimes challenged to discussions cus ous he be came off with flying colors anil and with wilh added followers sometimes shunned as a mormon and suffer suffering ingall all the evils of now oe oy by some kind soul for he traveled without purse puree or scrip and again turned away in a stormy night hungry cold and weary distress reached him in the death of his wife and only child but he labored on and brought many to the fold and performed miracles of healing in his name when released release J he ha had spent seven years as a missionary from the year 1842 until december 1849 0 those chose four years were spend in and abou arou around ad rugby where tie n was presiding elder and he left there a branch of seventy six members on boarding the josiah bradlee on feb lot 1860 1850 he was ordained by orson pratt to preside over the dainas that were to emigrate on that vowel vessel the landing was made in safety at now new orleans april 18 1851 when tie he cime to the states he made his ha home me in iowa having married again he settled in Spring springville ville branch where he be was ordained counselor counie lor to the president he also filler there the office of home borne missionary in five branches he enjoyed the smiles emiles of furtune fortune and wat becoming comfortably situated when ezra F bedoun called aim 0 to o remove with a numer of other saints to utah he responded promptly and on september 9 1882 1832 waved his hat sad and shouted audrah for salt jakell I as he entered the valley his wife queried where is in the city he replied donl you we see that little white house on the hll hil he was present on the of feb 1853 at the ceremony of breaking the ground for the laying ot of the flounda tiou of the temple and afterwards worked a great deal on the preparation and foundation of that glorious edifice the next chapter in his hie life was the salmon river indian mission of which the NEWS published an account dearly two years ago we will pass pans over we trials and sufferings Buffe rings of that hat period which was followed by the move south at the threats of the approaching army in 1858 he did not return to salt lake after the danger was dispelled but remained in spanish fork where he was called upon to study and follow horticulture and fruit raising he set et out a nursery and offered hia big young uses trees to his hie neighbors aney replied that they would boonie going to jackson cou couty ay and would plant out rde arah there they were subsequently glad to buy f rutt fruit and trees from him and to his bis efforts were largely due the beautiful orchards of that region in the earlier days of utah while la in 43 fork he served as an teacher chool trustee iru etee member of oil cil ward teacher water master and in other positions useful to society he organized a garden gardeners erse club awl an 1 was an interested member of a county agricultural society he ws was now dow the husband of two wives oneff whom died in 1868 1863 volunteers for the muddy mission were now called for and elder day absolved Ob r solved to sell out his bis comfortable home and risk the hardships of another frontier here be worked with zeal through the dufft griogs and nd of that effort at colonization his story is ie full of interest but space forbids its rehearsal A general ore stripped the little colony of all its earthly possessions this and the loss of a child with all the other hardships hardship they had bad endured his alfea mind and she became a victim to the worse of all human mala mal aliee lies ins insanity aulty she remained in this condition until her death twenty years after elder day with the greatest difficulty for be was destitute ade his way back 0 t dt george with his wife ife and six young children he now found employment as a heep berder in aal was so faithful and intelli intelligent zent in his bis employ ment that his employer found his lagging interests revive and indispensable he now married a widow and made his bia home in fir george where he was called to perform the lubor labor of the ordinances in the temple his health could no Vendure not endure the sultry aultry climate of the south and he removed to circle valley pluto county in 1877 here he be found himpele in rough A resident gang of thieves terrorized aal intimidated all who desired to be decent or honest and swayed the reins of government pretty much according to their own lawless will elder axy diya s will was equal to theirs he determined to destroy the power of robbery blackmail and general lawlessness that existed here A laig la suit in which he be was taken to beaver under fale charge resulted go BO completely in his big defense and the overthrow of the complainants that they felt their evil power broken from that time the robber gang dispersed many of them going into colorado and Sd adjacent Jacent districts having set his face as a flint against the wrongs they were perpetrate g they became his bitter foes and barr assed him on every hand but heaven helped him to win the battle fr f r the right when circleville Cir cleville was organized as a ward in the panguitch stake of zion rider elder day was appointed as presiding elder in which position portion he remained rema loeu until he be lett left for a temporary sojourn in gunnison Qunnie on he was wasa a member of the high Pr Pr teate tests quorum at the time of his demise demi alf his journal ends with these remarks through life I 1 have enjoyed pron at times but I 1 have sustained many losses god has seen fit to guard me against riches for this I 1 stia cerly acknowledge bis big hand and believe that it has been for the best kany of my ioven ones have crossed over to the other side and now at the age of seventy seven I 1 am calmly and hopefully hop hope eully lully waiting for the change that shall reunite re unite the broken bonds I 1 have had my faults with other men but I 1 have tried to serve the lord and thy my record has never been stained toy by crime or dishonor I 1 trust that the blood of the redeemer will wash me white and that god will save and exalt me in the end he was faithful and zealous to the end and with his dylag breath exhorted his survivors to do all the good that lay in their power he called out te names dames of his wife sister and children who had gone before him as if he were talk g to them and aad to his big daughter he made this peculiar remark 1 I have done all the good I 1 can and will continue to ado do so go I 1 am only losing time while I 1 remain here for there is work waiting for me beyond the vell veil 01 0 1 awlie A ale six children and five grand children survive him and countless friends sincerely mourn and miss mias him yes a feeling of sadness comes olor oer me at the contemplation of so long and faithful a life now complete y numbered with the phantoms of the past but it shall bloom again when time shall be no more 1 1 to sap its strength with his scythe until that jay sleep well departed friend and may we meet again where happiness and love can never dle die RUBY LAMONT Li AMONT |