What answer did Drusilla Hendricks receive to her prayer
while milking her cow?
a.
To go west with the Saints
b.
To let her son join the Mormon Battalion
c.
To marry Brigham Young
d.
To go east with a small group of Saints to Kirtland
Yesterday’s answer:
a.
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When the Saints
first arrived in the Commerce area, now Nauvoo, a Mr. White offered to sell his
farm to Joseph Smith for $2500, with the terms of sale being $500 down and the
remainder due one year after the time of the sale. Joseph consulted with some of the leaders of
the Church on their feelings of the pending land purchase. The brethren
basically stated, “We can’t buy it, for we lack the money.”
The Prophet, once
he understood how they felt, took out his purse and gave each one a half dollar
until he did not have any money left to give out. The Prophet then said: “Now
you all have money, and I have none; but the time will come when I will have
money and you will have none!”
He then said to
Bishop Knight, “You go back and buy the farm!” The deal was closed and the next
day the brethren and Joseph visited Mr. White to sign the papers. Joseph did
not have the $500 and was not entirely certain how he would receive the money
that he needed to close the deal. Joseph bowed his head as if in prayer. Just
then a man came to the door and inquired for Mr. Smith. Joseph went to the door
and the stranger identified himself as a land speculator and was interested in
purchasing land from him. Joseph made a sweep of his arm stating that this was
his land, however, the stranger said he did not have time to inspect the land
but would give Joseph Smith whatever money he needed. Joseph asked for $500 which the stranger
counted out of his sack of gold and gave Joseph an additional $100.
After this
transpired, Joseph laughed at the brethren and said: “You trusted in money; but
I trusted in God. Now I have money and you have none.”
Hyrum L. Andrus and
Helen Mae Andrus, They Knew the Prophet
(Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1999), 71-72.
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