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Show - 9 - Benjamin Per~ins here the Perkins brothe~s, UnclA Ben and Hyrum came into the l~r~e gameo he jolly ~ood nature itn htch they spent· at the hardest an~ b" ~gest jobs was an example in psycholo~y . It x~ave . courage to· the less ambitious ones, and that was an asset to the •ause. . Our peopl e beleive in and stan for the scripture which s1ys, "The song of the ri~hteious is a prayer unto me and I answer it with a ble~sing on their he· d . " Here a~a·n the tvo Perkins brothers ca e in one hundred percent cayin that they wer. ~ood sin~ rs is just half the story. They were willin~ and al ys in their placJs ~hen needed, and they sang ~ith life and pirit. These nerkins rothers also cuarried on their responsibility jn all church activities . Each one of them raised a large family , caring for and furnishtn~ the with food and com~ortable horne • Quit~ number of their children filled plac s of' resnonsibi.lity in the church and in the country Alto~Ather the e countr:men, n_ighbors and close, loval fr~ends of mine left thetr im ress on the m k n~ of thi.s ~an Juan of ours, h:ich lto~ether . ith other no abl e and sturdy c· ~ractB~s, ay never be effaced . · There is a con .rov~ rsey a~ to whom drove the first va ,on dovn the hol - in the rock. No the honor, i~ any hono1 lon~ to hat distinction, goes to nncle en P~r~ins . ~ning to th~ outstanding part he took :n overseeing the job of bloT.ving and blastin the road 11ay down throus;h t: e notable "hole ." It as the unnnimoJs d~cision of all that t~e honor of dr1vin his outfit do~n fir t belon~ed to Uncle Ben. But his team as not trusty and he came to the writer of thi~ account and asked e to hitch .y well!broke team on his lr· ar,0l", and he drove rto • Co th rf:? ou a r • I think his the well ~arn d honor, don 't you? .he fine loyalty of thJse t omen ·nd their companions towards me and MY fa ily, all the ay throu~h, ha~ b encomparable to the d votion of David and Jonath~n . I ould lean ingrat if I did not stand by them and do honor to th ir memory, nov thRt they have .bo ~h passed to their rich and ell-arne re.ard,. *************** ******** |
