Latter Day Saints

Representative Women of Deseret: A Book of Biographical Sketches

O, Spirits dear! Ye light the path That else were lone and dim; I follow where your sainted feet Lead onward, up to Him, And hear above life's discords, still,-- Your heav'n inspired hymn.

Chapters

11. Part 11

"I am at Brother Evan Green's. We have held all our conferences, have had two meetings to-day, it being the Sabbath. Some have been added to the Church and prejudice is consider...

8. Part 8

"When I was about twelve years old, my cousin, Miriam Slade, (afterward the wife of Edward Hanham,) came to visit us; she was very merry-hearted and we had anticipated her visit...

9. Part 9

"I've fought the battle all my life Of outward foes and inward strife; The strife which flesh and spirit feel As keenly as the barbed steel; For ah! my soul has longed to be A p...

3. Part 3

Under the wise management of the President, the society increased in numbers, great good was accomplished in the relief of the poor and afflicted, and means multiplied in the Tr...

5. Part 5

Sister Bathsheba W. Smith belonged to the first Relief Society which was organized at Nauvoo, and was present when it was organized, the Prophet Joseph presiding. Officiated as...

4. Part 4

"Early in the spring a few pioneers left to search out a haven of refuge for the Saints. The sisters left almost alone, lived near to God. They used often to meet together and p...

7. Part 7

And still, the songs whispered from nature to the heart of the child chime on, and the woman repeats them in clear, sweet utterances to the world; the intuitions of the Deity an...

10. Part 10

"My own parents had been separated since my father's apostacy. A few months after her baptism she moved to San Bernardino and there began building a beautiful home. Colonel Jack...

6. Part 6

In a brief time the Missionaries were short of the good things they had provided; there were no stores, freight trains seldom came that way, and they were a long distance, three...

2. Part 2

On the "iron rod" I have laid my hold; If I keep the faith, and like Paul of old Shall have "fought the good fight" and Christ the Lord Has a crown in store with a full reward O...

1. Part 1

O, Spirits dear! Ye light the path That else were lone and dim; I follow where your sainted feet Lead onward, up to Him, And hear above life's discords, still,-- Your heav'n ins...

12. Part 12

At the head of the "Association Group" is, first, ELMINA S. TAYLOR, President of the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations. Second, MARY A. FREEZE, President of the Youn...