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Show page 3. advantages that were to be had at that time . No sacrifice was too great if by it her children might be .given these advantages of education and culture, of . . which she had been deprived by the vicissitudes of Pioneer life . There were no free schools , and th.e teachers must be paid by the parents for the little training that it was possible to give the ~hildren. Full of faith and knowing that the Lord was able to help , she depended_ on him in sickness while rearing her family . I have heard her say that when any of· us were sick she would pray to her Heavenly Father for Guidance, and then do whatever came into her mind to do. She not only ministered to her own family , b.lt she was always ready to assist others in time of sickness; at the time of the great epidemic of Dlptheria in St. George, she went into many homes to assist others in caring for the afflicted ones . She felt herself greatly blessed in the fact that she was able to rear all her ten children to maturity, and to afi"ord them some of the advantages ot education and training. She became int•rested in bee-keeping at an early age, and this, though being ha.rd work, was quite a source of income to her. She was one of the first to become interested in the silk industry, beginning to raise silk worms in 1877. She was a member · of the Utah Silk Commission from 1896 to 1905, during that .time working with untiring zeal to make the industry a success . Many cocoons were produced and reeled, and considerable silk cloth was made . Above all else, she was a zealous and untiring religious worker; with faith that knew no doubt, she was an inspiration, a veritable name, to all who came under her influence . She was chosen as a counselor to Julia H. Ivins in the Stake Relief Society in 1885 and also was chosen as a counselor to Julia H. Ivins in the Sta.ke Primary, in 1880, which position she held for 11 years . She becalne stake Preside~t of the Relief Socieey in 1897 and served in that position until 1906, making 2J. years or service in that organization. The ~take at that time included the Muddy Valley and the White River _ Settlements in Nevada, requiring many hundreds .of miles of travel to visit the various wards . There were no automobiles at that time, and all travel must be by team. |
