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Your email address will not be published. It was a most delightful sight to us. Mary's faith and courage helped teach her son as the Mormon pioneers traveled westward to Utah. ", Joseph Can't Translate While Angry with Emma, Alfred Young's Vision of Celestial Kingdom, Oliver Cowdery Testifies of Plates in Court, Sydney Rigdon's Final Confession to His Son, Hostile Police Constables Befriend Joseph Smith, Girl Teaches Articles of Faith to Man on Bus. Mary Fielding was born 21 July 1801 in Honeydon, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom to John Fielding (1759-1836) and Rachel Ibbotson (1767-1828) and died 21 September 1852 inSalt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of pneumonia. The cattle fled before the storm down into the entrance into Parley's canyon, from the Park, into and through the brush. At this remark the wagonmaster seemed to be very nettled and replied: "You can't get there without help, and the burden will be on me." Mary Fielding Smith, a faithful Latter-day Saint woman, was left with several young children while her husband was in Liberty Jail during the winter of 1838–39. This circumstance was one of the first practical and positive demonstrations of the efficacy of prayer I had ever witnessed. With this remark he abruptly turned and walked away." After diagnosing our case, considering the number of wagons we had, and the helplessness of the whole company, the wagonmaster very sternly informed the widow that there was no use for her to attempt to cross the plains that year, and advised her to go back to the Missouri River, and remain at Winter Quarters another year, when perhaps she could be helped," then the supervisor added: "If you start out in this manner, you will be a burden on the company the whole way, and I will have to carry you along or leave you on the way." The captain ordered the march to begin, and, regardless of our predicament, the company started out, up the mountain. His predictions had thus far failed; but he was determined that they should not fail in the final test at the end. study of the marriage of Mary and Hyrum Smith, the standard biography of Mary Fielding is Don C. Corbett's Mary Fielding Smith , Daughter of Britain (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1966). Hyrum and Mary also had two children together, including Joseph F. Smith, who later became the sixth President of the Church. As it ceased to rain, and the wind ceased to blow, my brother, John, drove up with our lost cattle. All of a sudden, and in less time than I am taking to tell you, a big, dark, heavy cloud rose from the northwest, going directly southeast. My mother continued straight down the little stream of water, until she stood almost on the bank of the river, and then she beckoned to us. We heard plainly what he said, but mother went right on, paid no attention to his remark and did not even turn her head to look at him. President Joseph F. Smith, speaking of the incident, says: Her earnest plea was complied with. With these she and her brother returned to the camp on the Elk Horn. Do you know of any Joseph Smith documents that we might not have heard about? No doubt this brother was pleased to have Widow Smith and her dependents assigned to his company, for now he would have control and he would prove to her that she should have remained behind and that she would be a burden to the company and dependent upon help from him. I was almost nine years of age at this time, and accompanied my mother and uncle on this journey as a teamster. "In the spring of '48 there was a move westward and the widow went to Elkhorn. The first expression I caught upon her precious face was a lovely smile, which, discouraged as I was, gave me renewed hope and an assurance I had not felt before. We then hitched them to the wagon, and the question was asked by my uncle of mother: "Mary, what shall we do? In a few minutes it burst in such terrific fury that the cattle could not face the storm, and the captain seemed forced to direct the company to unhitch the teams, turn them loose, and block the wheels to keep the wagons from running back down the hill. Perhaps it was well, as it proved to be in the end. These brethren poured oil on the head of the ox and then laid their hands upon it and rebuked the power of the destroyer just as they would have done if the animal had been a human being. The widow feared to cross the plains in this way and so applied to the Church agent for help. After spending the winter of 1848-1849 in the fort of the Salt Lake Valley, Mary Fielding Smith, widow of church leader Hyrum Smith, decided to live on a farm rather than her assigned "city" plot. Returning to Winter Quarters, we camped one evening in an open prairie on the Missouri river bottoms, by the side of a small spring creek, which emptied into the river about three-quarters of a mile from us. Menu. The pure, crystal streams a few moments before flow gently down their channels; but after one of these rains, in a few minutes they become raging torrents, muddy and sometimes bringing down fallen trees and roots and rocks. From him she tried to obtain sufficient oxen or cows to continue the journey. This sight filled Mary Smith and her little flock with renewed zeal and determination, their long-sought-for goal was now in sight. The grass was tall, and in the morning was wet with heavy dew. We were not long in releasing them from bondage and getting back to our camp, where the other cattle had been fastened to the wagon wheels all the morning, and we were soon on our way homeward bound, rejoicing. When she and her siblings emigrated to Kirtland, Ohio, shortly thereafter, little could she have known that she would step out of obscurity into the full light of the leading family of the Church. The wagonmaster, remembering the prediction she had uttered that she would beat him to the valley, had in the night taken steps to forestall the fulfillment of any such prediction. We usually unyoked our oxen and turned them loose to feed during our encampments at night, but this time, on account of the proximity of this herd of cattle, fearing that they might get mixed up and driven off with them, we turned our oxen out to feed in their yokes. Though this is not a personal account of Mary Fielding Smith, it is a testament to her enduring faith. (I was watching her every moment and was determined that she should not get out of my sight.) You have doubtless heard descriptions of the terrific thunder storms that sometimes visit the mountains. The 800lb cow or Dad's Mercedes? When she emigrated to Kirtland, Ohio, she could have had no idea that she would soon marry into the first family of the Church. The forward teams now had almost reached the summit of the hill, and I said to myself, "True enough, we have come thus far, and we have been blessed, and not the slightest help from anyone has been asked by us." Certificate, 1844. Mary Fielding Smith did not let the trials she had already faced, or those she would face in the future as a widowed mother in a church under constant threat of persecution and death slow her down or destroy her faith. When you have done all that you can in a righteous effort, don’t forget the last step—ask God! During this talk, I want you primary girls and young women and mothers with children still at home to ask yourselves what you would have done if you had been Emma Hale or Mary Fielding. Immediately the ox got up and within a very few moments again pulled in the yoke as if nothing had ever happened. But the last promise seemed to be now impossible; the last hope of getting into the valley before the rest of our company was vanishing in my opinion. Mary Fielding Smith, a faithful Latter-day Saint woman, was left with several young children while her husband was in Liberty Jail during the winter of 1838–39. She married Hyrum Smith (1800-1844) 24 December 1837 in Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, United States. She and her family were assigned to a traveling group, and the captain told her that she would be a burden to others and shouldn’t attempt the difficult journey. Originally published in Ensign July 2011. Tramping through this grass and through the woods and over the bluffs, we were soaked to the skin, fatigued, disheartened and almost exhausted. Tell us. […] Mary Fielding Smith was the wife of the Patriarch of the Church, Hyrum Smith. "...Mary Fielding Smith Kimball (July 21, 1801 – September 21, 1852) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement, the second wife of LDS Church leader Hyrum Smith and the mother of Joseph F. Smith. As the wife of Hyrum Smith, Mary was left a widow when her husband was assassinated at Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844. We applauded her courage, determination, and her success. She told him how dare you deny me my blessings. Go on, or wait for the company to gather up their teams?" She loves to talk with others about the gospel of Jesus Christ. In this pitiable plight I was the first to return to our wagons, and as I approached I saw my mother kneeling down in prayer. The views expressed by individual users are the responsibility of those users and do not necessarily represent the position of the Church. Nearby at Charleton, there the three Fieldings were baptized into the Church in May 1836. She knew this, so also did the wagonmaster. In the spring of 1847 a portion of our family crossed the plains, following the pioneers to the valley of the Great Salt Lake, the remainder of the family intending to proceed on their journey to the west in the following spring. History is filled with the names of exceptional women, but few have exhibited the courage and faith of Mary Fielding Smith, the daughter of a Bedfordshire farmer-preacher, who left her native land and became a heroine in her own right. In the book, “ The Women of Mormondom”, written by Edward W. Tullidge in 1877, and edited by Eliza R. Snow, we get the full account. I saw the company wending its slow way up the hill, the animals struggling to pull their heavy loads. Required fields are marked *. The spent 1847-1848 in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, preparing to leave for the salt lake valley. She needed to get across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley the next season and supplies were critical. At this the wagonmaster came up and seeing the cause of the disturbance he blustered about as if the world were about at an end. President Spencer W. Kimball spoke on Tithing. Mary Fielding Smith, Birth Date: 21 July 1801, Death Date: 21 September 1852,
Widow of Hyrum Smith and mother of Joseph F. Smith. Documents People Photos ... Don Cecil Corbett, Mary Fielding Smith: Daughter of Britain (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1974), 261. Here she succeeded in borrowing and hiring enough cattle to suffice for the journey. Hyrum’s first wife, Jerusha, had died in childbirth, and Mary cared for Hyrum’s small children as her own. This website is not owned by or affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes called the Mormon or LDS Church). Naturally when the ox dropped to the ground all the wagons that were following came to a sudden stop. After the Mormons were expelled from Nauvoo, Illinois, Mary started the pioneer trek to Utah with her five children, her Aunt Mercy Rachel Thompson, her brother, Joseph Fielding, and a few others. WorldCat record id: 145434945 Wife of Hyrum Smith. Her bishop said she didn't have to keep the law of tithing because she was to poor. The Atonement of Christ Redeems Us from the Fall. The following year, Mary moved to Kirtland, Ohio. Mary Fielding Smith was a widow with many people dependent on her. Enduring all these hardships incident to such a journey and moreover the unpleasant condition in which she had unfortunately been placed, she, with the company, finally reached the east side of East Mountain, on the Pioneer Trail. 2):93 (3):17 Up to this time one of the teams had two wagons and when we reached a hill, we uncoupled one wagon, taking one at a time. Mary Fielding Smith and the Lost Oxen. Joseph Fielding Smith, "Life of Joseph F. Smith", Home ⢠About This Site ⢠Site Map ⢠Contact Me, Copyright ©2007-document.write((new Date()).getFullYear()); In … The weather was unpropitious, the roads were bad, and it rained a great deal during the journey, so that the trip was a very hard, trying and unpleasant one. We reached the Old Fort about 10 o'clock that Saturday night. His first words were: "Well, Mary, the cattle are gone!" Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The spent 1847-1848 in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, preparing to leave for the salt lake valley. Hyrum Smith … This brought great chagrin to the countenance of the captain of the company. To our consternation, when we gathered up our cattle, the essential part of our means of transportation, for some reason had strayed away, and were not to be found with the herd. From the description of Certificate, 1844. As the wife of Hyrum Smith, Mary was left a widow when her husband was assassinated at Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844. Mary Fielding was born in Bedfordshire, England on July 21, 1801. The prediction of the widow was actually fulfilled; we beat them into the valley, and we asked no help from them either! Your email address will not be published. “Mary Fielding Smith's life, though lived in the 19th century, provides many lessons on how to live in the modern world.” This lecture will highlight faithful moments in Mary Fielding Smith’s lifetime that exemplify living the gospel and finding happiness. This is part of her story: Mary Fielding Smith, a faithful Latter-day Saint woman, was left with several young children while her husband was in Liberty Jail during the winter of 1838–39. She and Emma Smith endured many trials along with their husbands, Hyrum and Joseph Smith. Thus far she had come without asking help of anyone, except of the Lord, who came to her rescue in the dark hour when it seemed all earthly help would fail. Mobs raided her home, and her son was nearly killed as a result of the attack. But in this he was mistaken. BIT OF HUMOUR. Some of the cattle were hired from those who did not expect to make the trip, others were purchased on time. It was not many days afterwards when the company was organized. I am happy to say, the widow had a little mettle in her, and she straightened up and calmly replied: "I will beat you to the valley and will ask no help from you either." We moved smoothly until we reached a point about mid-way between the Platte and Sweetwater, when one of our best oxen laid down in the yoke as if poisoned and all supposed he would die. Smith, Mary Fielding, 1801-1852. Mary Fielding Smith was born in England and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada. by dwhite | Jul 11, 2011 | Historical Stories | 0 comments. Mary Fielding Smith grew up a farmer’s daughter. This was a great astonishment to the company. Church History Library: creatorOf: MS 885, Smith, Hyrum Fisher 1856-1923. During her most tender years, Mary learned from both her father and mother the meaning of hard work, discipline, devotion to God, and sacrifice. On reaching the last crossing of the Sweetwater, three of the Captain's oxen and his best mule laid down near the camp-ground and died. Publication from the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Producing a bottle of consecrated oil, Mary Smith asked her brother and James Lawson if they would please administer to the ox just as they would do to a sick person, for it was vital to her interest that the ox be restored that she might pursue her journey. What joy and peace filled the hearts of this little band of exiles as they gazed for the first time upon the promised land, for here they had their first view of the Salt Lake Valley. Born in Honidon, Bedfordshire, England, on July 21, 1801, she was the sixth child of John Fielding and Rachel Ibbotson Fielding. "Why, Mary," he exclaimed, "what do you mean? Next morning when we came to look them up, to our great disappointment our best yoke of oxen was not to be found. He notes that she died in 1852, four years after reaching the Valley, and that after the funeral there was no formal tribute for more than thirty years until Joseph F. Smith, her son, published a faith-promoting story … She had trusted with the most implicit faith in God for deliverance from the jaws of death, for Winter Quarters was a most sickly place at that time, and was being deserted by most of the Saints. Hyrum was Joseph’s older brother. He was the son of former church president Joseph F. Smith and the great-nephew of LDS Church founder Joseph Smith. Not an official website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS.org), "Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them. I believe they have been driven off, and it is useless for you to attempt to do such a thing as to hunt for them." She was the sixth child of John Fielding and Rachel Ibbotson, who were active in the growing Methodist movement in the area. Before the company had proceeded very far another of her oxen fell down as the first, but with the same treatment he also got up, and this was repeated the third time; by administration the oxen were fully healed. My uncle held up his hands in blank astonishment, and if the Missouri river had suddenly turned to run up stream, neither of us could have been much more surprised. Mary responded, “I will beat you to the valley and will ask no help from you either.” The trek proved difficult, but she arrived with her family in Salt Lake on September 23, 1848, a day ahead of the captain who had doubted her. She and Emma Smith endured many … Mobs raided her home, and her son was nearly killed as a result of the attack. After the Mormons were expelled from Nauvoo, Illinois, Mary started the pioneer trek to Utah with her five children, her Aunt Mercy Rachel Thompson, her brother, Joseph Fielding, and a few others. We have been all over this country, all through the timber and through the herd of cattle, and our oxen are gone—they are not to be found. Would you deny me a blessing? The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the position of the Church. She married Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) … As the wife of Hyrum Smith, Mary was left a widow when her husband was assassinated at Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844. Uncle Fielding and I spent all the morning, well nigh until noon, hunting for them but without avail. "Never mind me," said mother, "get your breakfast and I will see," and she started toward the river, following down [...unintelligible text...] out of speaking distance. She paid tithing, even in her poverty. When someone inappropriately suggested she not contribute a tenth of the potatoes she had grown that year, she responded, “You ought to be ashamed of yourself. She moved her children, stepchildren, and hired hands to a remote 40-acre farm in the Millcreek area where they built this home for themselves. Source: The Mormon Church distributes free copies of the King James Version of the Bible and the Book of Mormon. We were in plain sight of the river, and could apparently see over every foot of the little open prairie where we were camped, to the river on the southwest, to the bluffs on the northeast, and to the timber which skirted the prairie on the right and left. Her worn-out cattle wearily dragged the heavy wagons up the eastern side of this mountain until they reached the top. It made an indelible impression upon my mind, and has been a source of comfort, assurance and guidance to me throughout all my life. 1) She was the sixth child of John Fielding and Rachel Ibbotson, who were active in the growing Methodist movement in the area.2) In 1834, Mary emigrated to join her brother Joseph and her sister Mercy in Toronto, Upper Canada. When she arose from her knees I was standing near by. John was born on June 30 1759, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. "There," said he, "I told you you would have to be helped and that you would be a burden on the company." Godfrey tells a story from Smith’s life: “As she became a second wife and a stepmother, we see how she navigated new relationships and found her own place in the … But when morning came there was consternation in Mary Smith's camp. … I pay my tithing, not only because it is a law of God, but because I expect a blessing by doing it.” She established a farm in the Salt Lake Valley and taught her children the gospel. We all grew up with the wonderful stories of Mary Fielding Smith showing her true womanhood as she crossed the plains. History is filled with the names of exceptional women, but few have exhibited the courage and faith of Mary Fielding Smith, the daughter of a Bedfordshire farmer-preacher, who left her native land and became a heroine in her own right. At St. Joseph we purchased our groceries and dry goods, and at Savannah we laid in our store of flour, meal, corn, bacon and other provisions. Rachel was born on November 30 1767, in Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. The man in charge of the herd of beef cattle rode up from the opposite side of the creek and called out: "Madam, I saw your oxen over in that direction this morning about daybreak," pointing in the opposite direction from that in which mother was going. Life of Joseph F. Smith, pages 150-151; Joseph F. Smith, “How One Widow [Mary Fielding Smith] Crossed the Plains,” Young Woman’s Journal, Feb. 1919, 165, 171. Mary Fielding Smith was the widow of Hyrum Smith, Joseph Smith's brother who died with him at Carthage Jail. She went West with the Saints after her husband, Hyrum Smith, had been martyred at Carthage Jail with his brother Joseph Smith. Then, on the afternoon of that Sunday, we went out and met our friends coming in, very dusty, and very foot-sore and very tired! Mobs raided her home, and her son was nearly killed as a result of the attack. Contact Us FAQ Follow Us on Facebook. After two months of illness, she died at fifty-one years of age, leaving behind her two young children. I had happened to hear the promise of my dear mother that we would beat the captain into the valley, and would not ask any help from him either. About Product: Mary Fielding Smith was born and reared in England and joined the Church in 1835 in Canada. President Joseph F. Smith later said, “She taught me honor, and virtue, and truth, and integrity to the kingdom of God, and she taught me not only by precept but by example.”. Born on July 21, 1801, at Honidon, Bedfordshire, England, Mary Fielding was the sixth child of John Fielding and Rachel Ibbotson, staunch Methodists. They took two wagons with two yokes of oxen on each. There I saw our oxen fastened to a clump of willows growing in the bottom of a deep gulch which had been washed out of the sandy banks of the river by the little spring creek, perfectly concealed from view. A brother of mine (John) who was also a boy scout at that time, then obtained a horse and rode back over the road in search of the lost cattle. Mary Fielding Smith weathered social pressures, freezing cold temperatures, and people who didn't believe in her abilities. In this he, no doubt, gloried, for he was going to see that it was fulfilled. One more day and they would, if all signs did not fail, pitch their little camp in the coveted valley of refuge that lay before them. It was now the 22nd day of September. Camping near by, on the other side of the creek, were some men with a herd of beef cattle, which they were driving to Savannah and St. Joseph for market. He was smarting under constant defeat along the way. The ox stiffened out spasmodically evidently in the throes of death. Mary Fielding was born in Honeydon (Honidon), Bedordshire, England, on July 21, 1801. Harold B. Lee Library: creatorOf: MS 14305, Smith, Hyrum 1800-1844. Dec 29, 2013 - LDS Bronze sculpture of Mary Fielding Smith praying for her sick ox with her son Joseph Fielding Smith. Her famous snappy remark, that she expects the blessings that come from […] Read More » Posted in General Conference Odyssey Tagged Mary Fielding Smith, Tithing Leave a comment. She became the wife of Hyrum Smith and from there her life would never be the same again. Hyrum Smith papers 1834-1843 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mary Fielding Smith, Daughter of Britain book. About dwhite Doris White is a native of Oregon and graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English and a minor in Editing. Deed to Mary Fielding Smith, 15 March 1843 ID # 4015 Total Pages 1 Handwriting on This Page. Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. (July 19, 1876 – July 2, 1972) was an American religious leader and writer who served as the tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1970 until his death in 1972. He shares a fairly well-known story about Mary Fielding Smith being told that because she was a widow she shouldn’t have to pay her tithing. Sketch of the Life of Rachel Fielding … The following excerpts is his account as recorded in "The Life of Joseph F. Smith": I sat in the front of the wagon with the teams we had in hand hitched to the wheels, while my brother was absent hunting the others. Mary Smith (born Fielding) was born on month day 1801, at birth place, to John Fielding and Rachel Fielding (born Ibbotson). The death of this faithful animal would have been fatal to the progress of Widow Smith on the journey to the valley. Interesting History: Job Delegation in the Felt Home; Who Win? This was refused and she was advised to turn back. When the Saints left Nauvoo for the Salt Lake Valley after Joseph and Hyrum were martyred, Mary resolved to make the journey. Today, Mary is admired as one of the most stalwart pioneers of the early Church. A few moments later Uncle Fielding came to the camp, wet with the dews, faint, fatigued and thoroughly disheartened. She and Emma Smith endured many trials along with … On day in the Spring of 1848, President Heber C. Kimball brought to "Widow Smith's" camp—for by that name she was called—the supervisor of public cattle in the Camp of Israel. The strength of Mary Fielding Smith is a symposium of its own, but for this occasion, with great tribute and reverence I express my love to Mary Fielding Smith, a mother and teacher worthy of our Heavenly Father’s love and total and complete acceptance. The morning sun was then shining brightly, without a cloud appearing anywhere in the sky! Read 4 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Instantly we rose from the 'mess-chest,' on which our breakfast had been spread, and started toward her, and, like John, who outran the other disciple to the sepulchre, I outran my uncle and came first to the spot where my mother stood. The next morning, in the Old Bowery, we had the privilege of listening to President Brigham Young and President Kimball, Erastus Snow, and some others, give some very excellent instructions. In 1834, Mary migrated to Toronto, Canada, where her brother and sister, Joseph and Mercy, had moved two years earlier. I loved her commitment to keeping the commandments. A moment later the man rode off rapidly toward his herd, which had been gathered in the opening near the edge of the woods, and they were soon under full drive for the road leading toward Savannah, and soon disappeared from view. And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it. I halted for a moment and then drew gently near enough to hear her pleading with the Lord not to suffer us to be left in this helpless condition, but to lead us to recover our lost team, that we might continue our travels in safety. Mary married Hyrum Smith on December 24, 1837. Mary Fielding Smith was the widow of Hyrum Smith, Joseph Smith's brother who died with him at Carthage Jail. After the rebuff she suffered at the hands of one who should have gladly offered her some assistance, she unloaded one wagon, took the best two yoke of oxen they had and she and her brother Joseph started back to the Missouri River. Wife of the second patriarch of the Mormon Church, Hyrum Smith. She said: "Joseph (that was her brother's name), they have not waited for us, and I see no necessity for us to wait for them." Early next morning, the captain gave notice to the company to arise, hitch up and roll over the mountain into the valley. It pained the young son when he learned that his mother had been assigned by President Heber C. Kimball to travel in the company of fifty, over which this same wagonmaster was appointed to take charge. 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