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Show - 2 .... take with him three bushels of wheat three hundred pounds of flour and all kinds of seeds that could be cultivated in a northern climate. This was no small matter. In the previous year that terrible scourge, the grasshoppers had destroyed the crops all over the country. People lived on roots and s :1 ch few things as had grown late in the seasono Children cried for bread, gaunt men went to their labor on small rations, suff ering women with the well~self-sacrifice characteristic of mothers were known to suckle their babes with blood instead of milk. Brothe~ Day 1 s family had about ten pounds of f lour in the house. ~ ~ere should the missionary allotment be obtained and how should the ~ixxiEH aiiBXMHHX dear wife and child exist while the husband was absent indefinitely? ·Ah! how pften ha ve those question been asked in anguish by the rt !·lormontt missionary and his lonely, destitute family! But the Lord is good to all, and his tender mercie are over all His works." '~ * * *He openeth His hand and satisfieth the desire of every living thing." The Latter-da y Saint s have alwJJS had an intense desire to serve God turly, practically, and well. They believe that this can best be done by discharging their duty faithfully and fearlessly, trusting in His promises with an undoubting faith. And have trusted in vain? Ask the hundred who have practically t e s Led the promises of the Father with honest, faithful hearts In this regard Brother Day's case was no ex ception. Monday was not then so scarce as flour groceries and all the necess ries and comforts of civilized life. Gold hunter enroute to Califorhia were glad to pay almost any price for needed for articles. Brother Day purchased groceries and dry goods and hoped to find opportunities for exchanging them for the needed f lour and wheat~ he 15th, the day of departure had arrived, the day of sad farewell of wife and had been taken and he was starting with his companion, Joseph Harker, filled wi t h aYe~rning hope for the welfare of the dear ones, which absorbed all fear or apprehension for himself. |
