Boys will
always be boys. New moms have got to accept that fact. They are full of energy
and constantly on the move. Things like Church, where they are required to sit
still for an extended, amount of time is definitely a test of patience to both
the little guy and to the parents. Kate
and I are the proud grandparents to 14 grandchildren, with two more on the way.
Of the 14, only 3 are boys. Trust me, I have a year’s supply of duct tape. When
grandpa has to babysit his grandsons by himself, the most successful technique
is to duct tape them to the floor. I think
Sister Cannon (19th century Salt Lake politician) thought the same.
She wrote a letter to her husband, Angus, filling him in on his son’s antics. I
felt for the lady, I mean duct tape hadn’t been invented yet. What was it her
son was going to do with a match he found?
a.
Burn his
sisters hair
b.
Light the
outhouse on fire
c.
Burn his
primary song book
d.
Light a bon
fire in the dining room
Yesterday’s answer:
a.
By use of
lowering a platform and barrel from the ship to the ocean below
To hold
Church services on deck required the captain’s permission; some captains gave
permission and others did not. Religious discussions sometimes produced
converts among passengers, ship officers, and crews. During a raging storm in
1851, the Olympus, with 245 Saints on
board, started to sink. The desperate captain requested Mormons to pray for
help. They did. The storm “suddenly abated,” and Saints and the captain
credited God for the deliverance. The captain gave permission for Saints to
hold religious services for everyone on board. During the fifty-four-day
passage, fifty converts were baptized using an on-deck water barrel and a
platform lowered by ropes onto the ocean.
History of the Saints, Harley, William G., ed. (American Fork, Utah:
Covenant Communications, 2012), 247.
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