The Faith of our Pioneer Fathers by Bryant S. Hinckley

Author:Bryant S. Hinckley [Hinckley, Bryant S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Military, Wars & Conflicts (Other), United States, 20th Century, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
ISBN: 9781789124248
Google: cImbDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2018-12-01T03:25:04+00:00

FIRST CHILD BLESSED IN ENGLAND

We give the following in his words:

“I will mention the circumstances in relation to the first child born in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Great Britain, which was on the 7th of September, 1837, at Barshe Lees. She was the daughter of James and Nancy Smithies, formerly Nancy Knowels. After she was born, her parents wanted to take her to the church to be sprinkled or christened as they called it. I used every kind of persuasion to convince them of their folly, it being contrary to the scripture and the will of God. The parents wept bitterly and it seemed as though I could not prevail on them to omit it. I wanted to know why they were so persistent. The answer was, ‘If she dies, she cannot have a burial in the church yard.’ I said to them, ‘Brother and Sister Smithies, I say unto you in the name of Israel’s God that she shall not die in this land; she shall live until she becomes a mother in Israel, and I say it in the name of Jesus Christ and by virtue of the Holy Priesthood vested in me.’ That silenced them, and when she was two weeks old, they presented the child to me. I took it in my arms and blessed it, that it should live to become a mother in Israel.” She was the first child blessed in all that country and the first born unto them. The child’s name was Mary Smithies. She grew to womanhood, immigrated with her parents to America and became Heber C. Kimball’s wife and the mother of five children.

Referring to his first mission, Brother Kimball reports that in all his labors he was greatly assisted by the Spirit of the Lord and many souls were comforted exceedingly, the sick were healed and the lame were made to walk and in several cases, persons who had lain upon their beds in a consumptive state for many years and were not able to sit up were healed. The sick were taken in carriages to places of baptism. When he laid his hands upon them and confirmed them that they might receive the Holy Ghost, he rebuked their diseases in the name of Jesus Christ and said to them, “Be thou made whole,” and they would leap and shout “glory to God” and begin to mend from that hour. This, he says, was a common occurrence on their first mission to England.

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