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
Another sister from Scotland, Sister Mary Meiklejohn, since 1856 a
resident of Tooele City, and also one of "Zion's nurses," shall here
be mentioned. While residing in Bonhill, Scotland, herself and husband
were baptized into the Mormon Church by Elder Robert Hamilton. Her
husband at once became active in the work of spreading the gospel,
and was soon the recipient of the benefits of the gift of healing, to
a remarkable degree. By an accident one of his feet was crushed and
terribly lacerated by being caught in a steam engine. The physicians
determined that the foot must be amputated in order to save his life;
but the elders thought differently, and after administering to him,
they called a fast, for his benefit, among all the branches in the
neighborhood, and the presiding elder prophesied that he should so
completely recover the use of his foot as to dance on it many times in
Zion. This has been literally fulfilled. Mrs. Meiklejohn is the very
acceptable President of the Tooele Relief Society, which position she
has held since its organization in 1870.
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It is also noteworthy that among the sisters is Mrs. Josephine
Ursenbach, once a Russian Countess. With the instincts of her rank, she
took it upon her to officiate for many of her aristocratic compeers
of Europe, in the beautiful ordinance of baptism for the dead. The
Empress Josephine and Napoleon's wife, Louisa of Austria, were among
the number. Also Elizabeth of England.
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The reader will have noticed in the sketches of the sisters, both
American and foreign, frequent mention of the "gift of tongues." This
seems to have been markedly the woman's gift. One of the first who
manifested it approvedly was Mother Whitney. She was commanded by the
prophet Joseph to rise and sing in the gift of tongues in the early
days of Kirtland. She did so, and Joseph pronounced it the "Adamic
tongue," or the language spoken by Adam. Parley P. Pratt afterwards
gave a written interpretation of it. It was a story, in verse, of Adam
blessing his family in "Adam-Ondi-Ahman"--the Garden of Eden in America.
As an instance in which the gift of tongues proved of decidedly
practical value, we transcribe the following incident, which occurred
near Council Bluffs, in the history of a girl of seventeen by the name
of Jane Grover (afterwards Mrs. Stewart), from her journal:
"One morning we thought we would go and gather gooseberries. Father
Tanner (as we familiarly called the good, patriarchal Elder Nathan
Tanner), harnessed a span of horses to a light wagon, and, with two
sisters by the name of Lyman, his little granddaughter, and me, started
out. When we reached the woods we told the old gentleman to go to a
house in sight and rest himself while we picked the berries.
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