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Yes, believe it or not, there were non-members in the
1st company of Saints that arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in July
1847. How many non-members were there?
a.
3
b.
1
c.
2
d.
4
Yesterday’s
answer:
(A)
Sealed against all sickness and disease
From the life of Mary McRee Black Brown: After arriving in Nauvoo her husband worked
on the Nauvoo Temple for two years and later engaged in the mercantile
business. He took a partner, Mr. Gully, in with him and was very successful
until his health failed. He died of malaria in 1845. Gully defrauded Mary of
every cent that was invested in the business.
During all these years Mary had heard nothing from her
folks. She had buried three little girls and the death of her husband was a
severe trail for her. Failing in health and destitute, she didn’t know what to
do. Her husbands’ folks in Mississippi, who had joined the Church, wanted her
to come there. On his deathbed, her husband begged her not to go. She refused
to go, although doctors had warned her she must leave the Nauvoo climate or
die. She became very ill, so she sent for the Prophet Joseph Smith, who came
with Brigham Young. He blessed her and told her to go to her husband’s people
and she would get well and do much good in her life.
Mary went to Mississippi and while there she visited
her father and step-mother, both of whom had softened toward her. Her last
daughter died, leaving her only George David who was five years old. In the
spring, David Tyler and other Saints in Mississippi took Mary and George back
to Nauvoo. George contracted malaria and almost died, but Brigham Young
administered to him and baptized him in the river, sealing against all diseases
for the rest of his life. He later died from an accident.
Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, Daughters
of Utah Pioneers: (International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers: 1998), 1:392.
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