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“To Mrs. Mary Isaacs” by Hannah Last Cornaby

By: Amy Tanner Thiriot - November 29, 2012

“To Mrs. Mary Isaacs”
by Hannah Last Cornaby

On the Thirty-Ninth Anniversary of her Birthday, April 25th, 1880.

Dear friend, accept the tribute due,
Which now my pen would offer you,
Accept the wish and heartfelt prayer,
That God may make your life His care,
And spare you yet, many a year,
To those to whom you are most dear.

In honoring Polygamy,
The Lord will bless and honor thee;
Will prosper thee forever more,
Alike in basket and in store;
Much of His goodness you will see,
In this glad year of Jubilee.

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The Many Marriages of Cyrus Wheelock

By: Amy Tanner Thiriot - November 29, 2012

Solomon Nunes Carvalho, the artist for John C. Frémont’s fifth Western expedition, became ill in February 1854 and remained in Utah to recuperate. While in Utah, he painted portraits of a number of leading citizens, including one of his favorite subjects, the actress Mary Ann Broomhead Wheelock. Carvalho told about meeting the Wheelock family at a ball.

At the appointed hour I made my appearance, chaperoned by Gov. Young, who gave me a general introduction. A larger collection of fairer and more beautiful women I never saw in one room. All of them were dressed in white muslin; some with pink, and others with blue sashes. Flowers were the only ornaments in the hair…

I singled out from among the galaxy of beauty with which I was surrounded, a Mrs. Wheelock, a lady of great worth, and polished manners; she had volunteered her services as a tragedienne, at different times during my visit to Salt Lake, at the theatre… I had the pleasure of painting Mrs. Wheelock’s portrait … She was the first wife of her husband, whom she married in England, about eight years before…When this lady married, the spiritual wife system, had not yet been revealed.

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Recruiting for the Imperial Academy, 1938

By: Ardis E. Parshall - November 28, 2012

From the Children’s Friend, 1938 –

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“To Elder Geo. W Wilkins” by Hannah Last Cornaby

By: Amy Tanner Thiriot - November 28, 2012

“To Elder Geo. W Wilkins”

by Hannah Last Cornaby

On his departure to England on a mission to preach the Gospel.

You’re going to visit the land of my birth,
That spot once the dearest to me on the earth,
Dear still, through the friends that behind have been left,
Still loved, as my dead, there for ages have slept.

To that now distant land, my mind often turns,
For her people, my spirit in anguish yearns,
For full well I know how her poor are oppressed,
How sad is their lot, and how sorely distressed.

You will go to the poor, the honest, the meek,
To those who for truth and for righteousness seek,
You’ll preach them the Gospel, yourself love so well,
Of the freedom and peace of this land you’ll tell.

‘Tis a noble mission, on which you now go,
A labor the angels might envy you too;
You go in your Master’s great name to declare
Salvation’s glad tidings to all who will hear.

And oh! may you gain many sheaves for your hire,
And accomplish the good we all most desire,
Enjoy the good spirit, where’er you may be,
Be guarded from danger, by land and by sea.

Then farewell, dear brother, ‘tis needless to say,
Please think of us sometimes, while you are away,
Though absent in body, your thoughts oft will roam
To the friends you’ve left in your lov’d mountain home.

As saints, we must not have a parting regret,
But friends of long standing we cannot forget,
We’ll think of the good time that yet is to come,
When again in our midst we welcome you home.

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Bright Treasure: Chapter 11

By: Ardis E. Parshall - November 28, 2012

Bright Treasure

By Helen Hinckley Jones

Previous chapter

Chapter 11

The Story So Far: Prudy and John Wayne are running Red Rock Indian Trading Post in the absence of their Aunt Aggie and Uncle Simon. Old Toby, the Indian interpreter, helps them.

Prudy and John become uneasy when the Indians begin to act strangely. Instead of coming into the post they ride by, or stand at a distance looking at it. One Indian scout comes up to the post, measures everything with his eyes, and rides away. The children know that he will tell the other Indians that the post has been left in the care of children. They consider leaving the post, but remember that they have been left in charge. They hide all of the guns and knives and ammunition under the plank floor of the living quarters.

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“Ye Elders of Israel” by Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock

By: Amy Tanner Thiriot - November 28, 2012

“Ye Elders of Israel”

by Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock

1 Ye Elders of Israel come join now with me,
And search out the righteous, wherever they be,
In desert or mountain, on land or the sea,
And bring them from Bab’lon to Zion so free.

O Babylon, O Babylon, we bid thee farewell;
We’re going to the mountains of Ephraim to dwell.

2 The harvest is great and the lab’rers few,
But if we’re united we all things can do;
We’ll gather the wheat from the midst of the tares,
And bring them from bondage, deep sorrows and snares.

O Babylon, &c.

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“A True Story” by Hannah Last Cornaby

By: Amy Tanner Thiriot - November 27, 2012

“A True Story”
by Hannah Last Cornaby

An Elder was preaching the Gospel in Wales,
Without either purse or scrip,
And it happened sometimes that he had to feel
Hunger’s keen, unwelcome grip.

One day—‘twas past noon—he was trav’ling along,
Quite uncertain where to dine,
He was weary and faint, but his faith was strong,
Nor did he feel to repine.

His heart raised in prayer, still onward he went,
‘Till a house appeared to view,
With signs of much comfort and plenty around,
And smithy attached thereto.

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Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock: In Desert, On Mountain, On Land, or On Sea

By: Amy Tanner Thiriot - November 27, 2012

Although he was an important part of early Mormon history, Cyrus Wheelock is an underappreciated character, and he deserves a full-length biography. You won’t get that here, but you will get to read four short stories about his life.

Cyrus and the Pepperbox Pistol

It was raining that morning, so Cyrus Wheelock put on his overcoat. He slipped an Ethan Allen dragoon-style pepperbox pistol into his pocket. The pistol belonged to John Taylor, who was in jail at Carthage, Illinois, with Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and Dr. Willard Richards. The pistol was a six-shooter, the kind of weapon later used so frequently by the ’49ers in California.

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“Crossing the Atlantic Ocean” by Hannah Last Cornaby

By: Amy Tanner Thiriot - November 26, 2012

Mormon pioneer Hannah Last Cornaby crossed the Atlantic in 1853 with her husband and child in the ship Ellen Maria. She crossed the plains in Cyrus Wheelock’s company. Here is an excerpt from her poem, “Crossing the Atlantic Ocean.”

And ere we thought the word was given, that all on board must be,
The ropes were loosed, the sails were spread, and we put out to sea.

E’en now, tho’ twenty years have past, I live that time again,
But how describe the sounds that rose, of mingled joy and pain,
While we our voices joined to bid our native land farewell
Which told that we were going to another land to dwell?

And while we sang, a loud sad cry above the music went,
Followed by sobs and wailing moans of terrible lament;
For it was then we learned, what before we did not know,
That a few Irish emigrants were in the hold below.

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Bright Treasure: Chapter 10

By: Ardis E. Parshall - November 26, 2012

Bright Treasure

By Helen Hinckley Jones

Previous chapter

Chapter 10

The Story So Far: Prudy and John Wayne, who want more than anything else to earn enough money to bring their parents from England to America, are running the Red Rock Indian Trading Post with the help of Old Toby, an Indian interpreter. Their Uncle and Aunt have been away from the post for some time, due to their aunt’s injured ankle.

When their food supply gives out the children, at the suggestion of Old Toby,trade some Indian goods which were not redeemed at the specified time, for meat and cornmeal. The Indians who left the goods come back to redeem them. The children are very frightened and pray to Heavenly Father to tell them what to do.

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