The Women of MormondomTullidge, Edward W. (Edward William)
History
The Women of Mormondom
Tullidge, Edward W. (Edward William)
Latter Day Saint churches -- History; Latter Day Saints -- History; Polygamy
"Thou shalt go to Upper Canada, even to the city of Toronto, and there
thou shalt find a people prepared for the fullness of the gospel, and
they shall receive thee;" the prophet Heber had oracled over the head
of a fellow laborer, "and from the things growing out of this mission
shall the fullness of the gospel spread into England and cause a great
work to be done in that land."
One part of this prophesy the reader has seen exactly fulfilled in
the mission of Parley P. Pratt to Canada, enlivened with some very
interesting episodes. It falls upon Heber himself--the father of the
British mission--to fulfill, with the brethren who accompany him, the
supreme part of the prophesy referring to Great Britain.
It will be remembered from the sketch of Vilate Kimball, that Mary
Fielding gave to Heber five dollars to help him on his journey,
and that she with her sister and her sister's husband, Elder R. B.
Thompson, were on their way to Canada to engage in the second mission
to that Province, while Heber, Orson Hyde, Willard Richards, and Joseph
Fielding, with several other brethren from Canada, pursued their course
to England.
It was July 1st, 1837, when these elders embarked on board the ship
_Garrick_, bound for Liverpool, which they reached on the 20th of the
same month.
On their arrival in that foreign land the three principal
elders--Heber, Orson and Willard--had not as much as one farthing
in their possession, yet were they destined to accomplish marvelous
results ere their return to America.
Having remained two days in Liverpool, these elders were directed by
the spirit to go to Preston, a flourishing English town in Lancashire,
to plant the standard of their Church.
It generally came to pass that some singular incident occurred in all
of the initial movements of these elders, opening their way before
them, or omening their success. So now, the people of Preston were
celebrating a grand national occasion. Queen Victoria, a few days
previously (July 17th), had ascended the throne. A fitting event this
to notice in a woman's book. The "Woman's Age" dawned, not only upon
England, but, it would seem, upon all of the civilized world.
A general election was being held throughout the realm in consequence
of the ascension of the Queen. The populace were parading the streets
of Preston, bands were playing, and flags flying.
In the midst of this universal joy the elders alighted from the coach,
and just at that moment a flag was unfurled over their heads, from the
hotel, bearing this motto in gold letters: "Truth is mighty and will
prevail!" It was as a prophesy to these elders, as if to welcome their
coming, and they lifted up their voices and shouted, "Glory be to God,
truth will prevail!" By the way, this flag proclaimed the rise of the
temperance movement in England.
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