Patty Bartlett Sessions
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What was Patty Bartlett Session's promised five months prior to
entering the Salt Lake Valley?
a.
She would safely
reached the valley
b.
She would be the
first to perform an endowment in the endowment house
c.
She would deliver
the first male baby in the Valley
d.
She would be
called as the Church’s first sister missionary
Yesterday’s
answer:
A.
He lost everything when the ship he was
sailing on burned.
From the life of Bendt Jensen Eriksen: He married early in life and became the
father to three children, but a contagious disease very soon robbed him of his
entire family. When he was yet a young man he joined the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints and immediately became one of its missionaries. In
February, 1864, he sailed for America. The ship “Louis Napoleon,” on which he
was passenger, caught fire and was burned in mid-ocean. With other passengers,
he lingered for three days in small life boats, but they were finally rescued.
He, however, lost all his baggage, landing in New York almost penniless. His
westward journey was typical of the immigrant youth of his time. He worked a
few days and used his earning to carry him westward. After some weeks he
arrived in the Middle West, where he joined a company of “Mormon” pioneers and
secured transportation across the Plains, which was nothing other than an
opportunity to walk beside an ox team.
Andrew Jenson, L.D.S.
Biographical Encyclopedia, (Salt Lake City, Andrew Jensen Memorial
Association, 1936), 4: 129-130.
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