The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-08-27

been long shawls. The frocks and pct
ticoats they'd fetcht along, and spread
Fem out to sit on.
After the Parsonses had been there
abort ten years, I saw d notice III the
Gospel Trumpet lid left Wiggle-
town then -sayin' that the Reverend
Reuben Parsons and his wife, our de-
voted missionaries To- the the thinguln-
hobs { wish I could ever remember
names had left their field ef labor
and returned to this country, for the
purpose Of bringin over their eight
children, to leave 'cm lhcre II was
their intention to dispose Of the chill
.tlren here aud there, and then return
to their iuterestin' portion of tbe Lords
vineyard. thought there must be
some mistake about it. III can't be-
possible, says shat any mother
would be willin' to give up her children
iii that way I'd Us soon tear out my
eyes al do it. Well, i happened 10
meet Mr.. Parsons and his wife when
they was in this country. was over
10 WiggIetown q visitin', and they
came there to see their friends and
bring a couple Of their daughters 10
give away Miss Major Goontook ono
shc hadn't no children and PaTsasl
Potter's wife took t'other; she had
nine Of her own already. / says ID
Miss Parsons, sUrainy, says /, faint
true, is it, that YOU re q gwine to leave
your children scattered round, and 60
back to heather lands?
sCertingly, says She
Well, al give it up. now says !;
4 thought il must be d mistake. Why.
whats your object in ieayin' your chill.
.e,lrcn, If yon must 80 back yoarself?a
Oh, says she, { want to devote the
hull of my time and energies to ths
fheathen.
Vel, says I q should think II ~
did your duty by them eight chiilret.
sos. 1sp-,1sl i.e.I ..,laais "a a 2
tend to the sarages. Seclz you've beer
there ten years; You must d cot 'em ii
|a pretty high state of civilization By
this time, for / remember hcarin
] when You'd ben there only SIX months
that the wfmfnin had larnt What then
rights was, and put on the pantaloons.
Miss Parsons looked at rue with tht
greatest establishment, and says she
II You don't seem to understand the sub.
ject, Miss Magwire.
q guess / don't, says /, sfor j con
Tess it's an onaccountable mystery 4
me how you can be within to give VI
your own children So
81 never regarded 'em as my own,
3says she; 4 look upon 'em as only leu
to me By the Lord.
80 much the worse, then, says I
i sIf they belong to the Lord, and He
only lent 'em 10 you, Of course you't
ought to be all the more carefulof 'em
SOS to be able TO give . good accoun
of your stewardship.
Il But you know, says she, sScripte
commands us to leave all and folIer TIL
4 Lord. ,,4F, ...s. II E*@= Ell
Well, says !, & never s'posed tina
meant We was to give away our childre
land go off to heather lands, though
don't pretend to be much of d hand q
! interpreter Scipter.
sBut you know. says she, the grea
work OF conyertin' a worlds lyin' j
wickedness has got to be done. Th
81 Apostles was commanded to 60
+ preach the Gospel to every crettr.
q know it. says /, sbut the wirnmi
5 want commanded to 60. We don
!, read that the Apostles took wives along
: And them seventy that was sent OUT
4 sposen they'd all had wives with Zen
b how much good do You think they
. u done? And after a few years, VIII
diff they'd "a sent home eight tim.
n seventy children grantin' they'd eac
S had your number--for the church |
3 take care OFF guess they'd "a hs
o to found an orphan asylum to put e
d in.
al sWell, says she, 4 can truly 81
n that Pm perfectly willin and resign,
d to part with every one Of my childrei
j. trustin' that the Lord will take care
d 'em. 3.
Isl It's time enough to exercise resign
Il ton when the Lord calls for EN- sa,
% I;sbut as long as He spares 'em to 70
/. it seems to me you'd ought TO consid
), it your greatest duty and privilege
If stay with 'em, and do for 'em as q
= body but a mother cam
a 4 see, says she, you don't undo