Parley
P. Pratt’s mission was a journey of faith. As with many missionaries today,
once the decision has been made, Satan tries his best to discourage. Those that
hold to the rod and serve with conviction will never be disappointed. Missions,
in any age of the Church, have never been easy, but yet, those that serve will
experience Heavenly Father’s directing hand in their mission labors.
What
did Parley pray for in a time of need?
A)
Money
B)
Speed up time so he could go home
C)
Converts
D)
A horse to ride
Yesterday’s answer:
(D) Slippery Elm bark
Eunice
Billings
My father
[Titus Billings] was in the Crooked River battle, he stood close to David
Patten when he was shot and killed. Brother Hendricks was wounded, but not
killed. He was shot in the neck. He lived to come to Utah, but died from the
effects of his wound. My father said the bullets were flying all around him,
but he had no fear until he saw Brother Patten fall. He then stepped behind a
large tree until the firing was over. The enemy retreated and left some fine
horses and saddles and lots of their other valuable things which our brethren
took possession and brought home. My father rode a fine young animal home and tied
her in the brush at the back of the house. When he came home he was perfectly
worn out, he had no rest for four or five nights. He told mother he wanted to
sleep two hours. He wore a pair of new shoes which made his feet very sore and
he asked mother to wash his feet while he was sleeping. She did as he asked,
but he had only slept an hour when a knock came to the door asking if Brother
Billings was at home. Mother said yes, he was asleep. It was Brother Stout that
came for my father. He had not spoken but a few words when father awoke and
asked what was wanted. Brother Stout told him all the Brethren that were in the
battle had to flee at that time, in two or three hours. Mother baked him as
much bread as she had and left the family without a spoonful of flour in the
house, but we got along someway. There were about thirty of the brethren that
had to flee at that time, Brother Abraham Smoot was one of the number. The
Brethren that went off at that time suffered a great deal with cold and hunger.
They were ten days on their trip and they were three days and nights without
food with the exception of slippery elm bark. Father froze his feet so badly
that the flesh came out in pieces. Mother did not hear a word from him for six
days. The sixth day she received a slip of paper telling her where to write
under a false name. The Post Master in Far West at that time would have
betrayed the brethren had they let him know who they were getting letters from.
The Brethren that were in the company stopped at Lima, Illinois, about forty
miles from Quincy, Illinois. Father was laid up for three months with his
frozen feet.
Jim Childs family history, the history of
Eunice Billings
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