Last week we witnessed a glorious event in
the Barker house—the safe arrival of our youngest son from his mission in
Uruguay. Any of you that have witnesses such a home coming know how
exhilarating it is. To be honest, anytime anyone comes home after an extended
separation for whatever reason is a heart warming experience.
As
Jesse N. Smith was heading home from his mission to Scandinavia in 1864, who
was riding home on the same steamboat?
A)
The 1st Regiment from Omaha,
Nebraska returning home from the Civil War
B)
Sitting Bull after his plea to congress in
behalf of his people
C)
Ulysses S. Grant on his first visit to Utah
D)
Johnston’s army on their second return to
Utah
Yesterday’s answer
(A)
Fighting Mormons
.
. .Referred to my missionary labors among the railroad camps; the majority of
those composing them have no respect for the Sabbath day. Some of them might be
termed fighting Mormons. They are profane and uncouth like those of our people
who live by freighting. The Lord is not dependent upon us. He can raise up a
people who will do His will if we all rebel.
Oliver
R. Smith, ed., The Journal of Jesse
Nathaniel Smith-1834-1906 (Provo: Jesse N. Smith Family Assn., 1970), 251.
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