Grandin Print shop
During one
point of the Book of Mormon printing process, Hyrum Smith felt very uneasy, why?
a.
The
possibility that someone was meddling with the Book of Mormon at the printers
b.
That he
hadn’t received the Priesthood yet
c.
That he
hadn’t served a mission yet
d.
That it was
time to leave his old religion
Yesterday’s answer:
C. On the Mormon Trail
The
following about Sarah Ellen Stone Wheeler and her family: On this day they had
crossed several such patches of prickly pears, and the little girls could go no
farther. Father Stone would have placed Sarah on the cart had there been any
room, but he told her to sit under a sagebrush until he carried Rhoda across
the bad patch, then he would come back and carry her across. Being an obedient
child and being too tired and footsore, she crept under a sagebrush and went
sound asleep.
A band of Indians found Sarah and took her
with them to their camp. The prickly pear patch was far larger than Father
Stone had expected. When he went back to get Sarah, he could find only the
prints of Indian horses’ hoofs, so he knew his little girl had been stolen. He
hurried back to the company and reported it to the captain, who advised them to
make their way to Salt Lake City as quickly as possible. There they would
obtain help and come back and find her. They did this and arrived in Salt Lake
in September. Brigham Young provided two of the fastest horses for Father Stone
and called William Sheafer, Jr., to accompany him back to find little Sarah.
It was a late September night, the wind was
blowing, the leaves were fluttering to the ground making strange noises. Little
Sarah lay in her wigwam in her blankets, but she did not sleep. Suddenly she
turned her head; it seemed that someone was looking at her. She curiously
raised the flap of the wigwam and gazed out at the night and looked straight at
her father’s face. She was very quiet and looked all around her to make sure
the Indians were all asleep. She then wrapped the blanket around her and crept
very quietly under the wigwam. The next thing she knew she was in her father’s
arms. He placed her on his horse and away they went as fast as the horses could
travel. For miles and miles they went until they were sure that they were not
being followed.
They traveled as fast as they could in order
to reach Salt Lake City before winter set in. At Emigration Canyon they were
caught in a blizzard. It was a miracle they were not frozen to death. Sarah was
placed near the gentlest horse for its warmth to keep her from freezing. Father
Stone froze his feet and legs and suffered grave effects in later years from
this experience. William Sheafer’s hair was frozen to the ground during the
night. He lost all his hair from it and was entirely bald the rest of his days.
With all the exposure and hardships, Sarah never had any sickness.
Sarah was surely a happy child to be with
her mother and brothers and sisters again. Father and Mother Stone were filled
with joy at the safe return of their little girl.
In after years Sarah never tired of telling
her children and grandchildren how God had guided her to see her father’s face
that night and her joy at finding and being with her folks again. It was an
experience never to be forgotten. We, as a family, still have the beads that
the Indians trimmed her dress with and treasure them as a keepsake in memory of
Grandmother Sarah’s experience.
Chronicles of Courage, Daughters of Utah Pioneers (Salt Lake City:
Lesson Committee, 1993), V4:74-75.
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