Twelve Mormon Homes Visited in Succession on a Journey Through Utah to ArizonaPublished in the 1870s, this account of Mormon families and their homes offers historical insight into Mormonism and life in the fledgling communities of the era. Presented as a kind of travelogue through the states of Arizona and Utah, this book recounts the appearance and status of various settlements founded or occupied by adherents of the Latter Day Saint movement known as Mormonism. Life in these areas was vastly different in the 19th century; many families prepared their own food, owning livestock and growing crops near their homes. The lands described are vast and picturesque, and the people were often hardy and tough in the face of everyday adversities. Elizabeth Wood Kane intersperses her observations of the locales with the tenets of Mormonism, including the tendency of early Mormons to practice polygamy. Snippets of dialogue between the residents of these lands constitute short vignettes of everyday life, allowing the reader to picture the existence, concerns and daily routines in the villages. Mormon congregations and meetings, whereby residents discuss matters of God as well as local issues, are likewise recounted. |
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... boys of eight and ten . We left Salt Lake City early one December morning , while the stars were still shining in the frosty dawn . At the depot a crowd of Mormons were assembled to see their leader off , and a committee of them filled ...
... boys of eight and ten . We left Salt Lake City early one December morning , while the stars were still shining in the frosty dawn . At the depot a crowd of Mormons were assembled to see their leader off , and a committee of them filled ...
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... boys sang from their respective perches as we toiled on our journey afterwards . · Next followed the carriage of Lorenzo Dow Young , a younger brother of the president , with his bright - eyed , sunburnt wife , alert and erect as a ...
... boys sang from their respective perches as we toiled on our journey afterwards . · Next followed the carriage of Lorenzo Dow Young , a younger brother of the president , with his bright - eyed , sunburnt wife , alert and erect as a ...
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... boys , the winter's provision of wood and coal , and the results of the summer's husbandry . She conducted me over her house afterward , with a justifiable pride in its exquisite neatness and the well - planned convenience of its ...
... boys , the winter's provision of wood and coal , and the results of the summer's husbandry . She conducted me over her house afterward , with a justifiable pride in its exquisite neatness and the well - planned convenience of its ...
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... boys and girls gathered round their mother with their paint- ings , drawing , and sewing , while their father read aloud ; and my own tears came as I thought how solitary her life must be when each day's work was done ; how much more ...
... boys and girls gathered round their mother with their paint- ings , drawing , and sewing , while their father read aloud ; and my own tears came as I thought how solitary her life must be when each day's work was done ; how much more ...
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... boys safely to bed in their unfamiliar quarters , I had to draw down the window - blind to shut out the dazzling moon- light which kept them awake . The town seemed asleep , except in the direc- tion of the red - lit windows of a great ...
... boys safely to bed in their unfamiliar quarters , I had to draw down the window - blind to shut out the dazzling moon- light which kept them awake . The town seemed asleep , except in the direc- tion of the red - lit windows of a great ...
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Page 14 - Assyria led away'captive, and he carried them over the waters, and so came they into another land. But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, that they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land.
Page 14 - And whereas thou sawest that he gathered another peaceable multitude unto him; those are the ten tribes, which were carried away prisoners out of their own land in the time of Osea the king, whom Salmanasar the king of Assyria led away captive, and he carried them over the waters, and so came they into another land.
Page 50 - Father in solemn prayer, saying, 0 God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee ia the name of thy Son Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it, that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee...
Page 1 - As I WALKED through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep: and as I slept I dreamed a dream.
Page 87 - James : Is any sick among you ? let him call for the Elders of the Church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord : and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Page 50 - O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep his commandments which he has given them; that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.
Page 50 - O God, the Eternal Father, we ask Thee in the name of Thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this wine to the souls of all those who drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of the blood of Thy Son which was shed for them; that they may witness unto Thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they do always remember Him, that they may have His Spirit to be with them. Amen.
Page 35 - Mormon women are tired out, baking for their masters, while the squaws hang about the kitchens watching for scraps like unpenned chickens.
Page 157 - We were now fairly in the delicious climate with which our winter was to be blessed. One more ascent, leaving the gray stone factory behind, with its cottonwoods fringing the dashing torrent, and we began the final descent to St. George, seeing the Rio Virgen sparkle in the distance under the last rays of sunset. Twilight was falling, and the plain below us was in shadow as we came to the end of our journey. Smokes and trees softly intermingled in the evening air as we looked down from the bluff...
Page 70 - The place was on a rising ground above the plain, and was backed by peaked mountains. I remember that I was shown the great, red building as we passed it ; I remember driving " through an orchard that clothed. two hillsides, sloping to a rivulet, with three neat cottages embowered among the trees, the homes of Bishop Collister.