Episode 17: The accounts of two pioneer women shared by Karl Ricks Anderson
Episode 17: The accounts of two pioneer women shared by Karl Ricks Anderson
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the accounts of two pioneer women shared by Karl Ricks anderson - Episode 17
the accounts of two pioneer women shared by Karl Ricks anderson - Episode 17
“God revealed it to them, and they understood it, and no power on earth could turn them from what they knew to be that truth.” In this episode, Camille had the great pleasure of having guest, Karl Rick Anderson share some stories. Karl also known as “Mr. Kirtland” is an expert in history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1830 - 1837. Camille asked Karl to share 2 accounts of pioneer women who came from Kirtland and made their way to the Salt Lake Valley. First account is of Amanda Barnes Smith experience at Hans Mill and the miraculous healing of her son’s hip. The second is of Mary Fielding Smith and the story of her trek from winter quarters to the Salt Lake Valley. Be inspired by these stories of faith and perseverance in times of trial and Happy Pioneer Day!
Show Notes: Below are some of the quotes mentioned by Karl Anderson during this episode.
Joseph Fielding Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith
Joseph F Smith – Speaking of pioneer women he said, “Think of… their exodus from Missouri and from Nauvoo to the valleys of the mountains, over the deserts with nowhere to plant their feet and nowhere to lay their head… Was my mother discouraged? Was Aunt Vilate Kimball discouraged? No… they bore (a light) in their souls for God and His truth. Could you turn one of these women away from their convictions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Could you darken their minds as to the mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith? …. No, never in the world could you do it. Why? Because they knew it. God revealed it to them, and they understood it, and no power on earth could turn them from what they knew to be that truth. Death was nothing to them. Hardship was nothing. Cold or rain, or heat, was nothing to them. All they felt and knew and desired was the triumph of the kingdom of God and the truth that the Lord had given to them.” (TPC Church: Joseph F. Smith, (2011), 183–91)
TO be a Pioneer
TO be a Pioneer
You don’t have to push a handcart,
Leave your fam’ly dear,
Or walk a thousand miles or more
To be a pioneer!
You do need to have great courage,
Faith to conquer fear,
And work with might for a cause that’s right
To be a pioneer!
(“To Be a Pioneer,” Children’s Songbook, 218–19 Words: Ruth Muir Gardner, 1927-1999. )
Mary Fielding Smith
Mary Fielding Smith
June 1839 letter to her brother Joseph, in England (Driven Missouri to Nauvoo)
“I have… been called to drink deep of the bitter cup…. My husband was taken from me by an armed force…. (sickness) threatened to bring me to the gates of death. I was at least four months entirely unable to take any care either of myself or child…. (we were) driven… from the State, and from our homes… and I had to be removed more than two hundred miles, chiefly on my bed…. As to myself, I can truly say, that I would not give up the prospect of the latter-day glory for all that glitters in this world.” (Mary Fielding Smith, Edward W. Tullidge, The Women of Mormondom, New York, 1877, pp. 256-57.)
“I have been left for near six months in widowhood (and) the spoiling of almost all our goods… and all unlawfully… yet… we have been enabled to rejoice, in the midst of our privations and persecutions, that we were counted worthy to suffer these things, so that we may, with the ancient saints who suffered in like manner, inherit the same glorious reward. If it had not been for this hope, I should have sunk before this; but, blessed be the God and rock of my salvation, here I am … The more I see of the dealings of our Heavenly Father… the more I am constrained to rejoice that I was ever made acquainted with the everlasting covenant.” (Mary Fielding Smith, Edward W. Tullidge, The Women of Mormondom, New York, 1877, pp. 257-58.)
Bonus
Bonus
This was not mentioned in the podcast today however Karl wanted to share since it is a great quote
Francis Webster
"I have pulled my handcart when I was so weak and weary from illness and lack of food that I could hardly put one foot ahead of the other. I have looked ahead and seen a patch of sand or a hill slope and I have said, I can go only that far and there I must give up, for I cannot pull the load through it. ... I have gone on to that sand and when I reached it, the cart began pushing me. I have looked back many times to see who was pushing my cart, but my eyes saw no one. I knew then that the angels of God were there.” (Francis Webster)
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