Take Fearless In The Cause: Remarkable Stories From Women In Church History Illustrated By Brittany Chapman Nash Presented In Text

of these stories are just remarkable, Whenever I complain about anything I really need to try and remember these stories of women that had it so much worse and yet carried on and did what was asked of them.
Great short stories from church history about women who exhibited faith! Great collection and pictures, So many women from the early days of the LDS Church lived amazing lives, They were courageous and endured so many physical and emotional hardships to live their religion and to raise their families in such hard times, I am amazed and impressed by what they accomplished without all the multitude of life's comforts we enjoy every day, From women who survived ocean voyages and those who persevered in handcart companies to women whose families were called to settle in frontier areas outside of Utah and who kept the faith after being widowed or the death of their children, the stories ofwomen who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and were born beforeare in “Fearless in the Cause: Remarkable Stories from Women in Church History.
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sitelinkHere's the link to the feature I did for the Mormon Times section of the Deseret News, Wow. These women were tough! I'm always amazed at what the Mormon pioneers did and went through and the things these women endured was heart breaking and inspirational.
I enjoyed this book. It's a fast, easy read full of stories of faith and perseverance of Latterday women from Church history, A few were familiar stories, but many were new, I'm inspired by the faith and goodness and endurance of these women and the impact their faith has had on future generations, including me,

Here are a few of my favorite quotes:

"Almostyears after the Willie handcart company crossed the plains under the harshest of conditions, Relief Society general president Mary Ellen Smoot recounted Susanah Stone Lloyd's experience of borrowing a mirror at her journey's end and not being able to recognize herself.
Sister Smoot observed that Susanah 'was a different person, both inside and out, Over the course of rocky ridges and extreme hardship came a deep conviction, Her faith had been tried, and her conversion was concrete, She had been refined in ways that the very best mirror could not reflect, Susanna had prayed for strength and found itdeep with her soul p,. '"

"In her patriarchal blessing, given in, Mary Goble Pay was told, 'Angels will minister unto you and your husband also shall visit you in your night visions and dreams and comfort your heart as he is laboring in the ministry in the spirit world.
Therefore be patient in your trials and afflictions and

no good thing shall be withheld from you p,. '"

"Once again, Diantha Morley Billings had been unable to save a beloved family member, but she continued to serve as a nurse and midwife for as long as her health allowed.
She was described by Emmeline B, Wells as one of the 'noble mothers in Israel with kindly deeds and loving words who inspired many a fainting heart with faith and courage and ministered temporal and spiritual blessings to hundreds of the daughters of Zion, whose paths were not strewn with roses, but were full of thorns and fiery trails and needed their encouragement p.
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"Perhaps the most memorable of those occasions for Elizabeth Ann Claridge McCune was anvisit by President Brigham Young, Toward the end of the meeting, President Young announced that some of the men would be called to go with their families and 'settle the Muddy,' a new settlement along the Muddy River near presentday Logandale in the bleak desert of southern Nevada.
Elizabeth's heart nearly stopped . 'Then I heard the name of 'Samuel Claridge,' my father, After that I knew nothing for a moment and when I recovered myself again I was weeping bitterly, Elizabeth's friend seated next to her whispered, 'What are you feeling so bad about My father has been called, too, but you see that I am not crying because I know he won't go.
' 'That is just the difference,' Elizabeth replied through her tears, 'My father is called and I know that he WILL GO and that nothing can prevent him from going, He never fails to do anything when called upon and badly as I feel about it I would be ashamed if he didn't go p.
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"The contrast between her pioneer upbringing and her new situation could not have been greater, yet Elizabeth maintained her unpretentious character p,. "

"Sarah Louise Yates Robison's experience at the conference not only reflects how Church callings were often issued at the time but also speaks volumes about her unassuming nature.
For several days she agonized about the call to the Relief Society general presidency, concerned that she was not someone the women of the Church would look up to.
Feeling certain that President Grant had been misinformed about her abilities, she summoned the courage to voice her fears to the prophet when she went to his office to be set apart.
'She'd be happy to do her best in whatever he asked her to do, but she wanted him to know that she had limited education, and very little money and social position, and she was afraid she wouldn't be the example that the woman of the Relief Society would expect in a leader.
She finished by saying, 'I'm just a humble woman!' President Grant answered, 'Sister Louisy,of the women of our Church are humble women, We are calling you to be the leader of them p,. ''"

"'My brethren and sisters, I am sure you will know that I need your faith and prayers, but I do love to bear my testimony.
' Louise was the first general Relief Society president to visit branches and districts of the Church in England and Europe, . Louise proved to be a women well suited for her time, Aware of her own limited education and means, she reached out to others who struggled in similar circumstances p,. "

"'Oh my Heavenly Father, I cried, what shall I do Thou seest my poor wounded boy and knowest my inexperience, Oh Heavenly Father direct me what to do! And then I was directed as by a voice speaking to me, Having done as directed I again prayed to the Lord and was again instructed as distinctly as though a physician had been standing by speaking to me.

'Alma, my child, you believe that the Lord made your hip, '
'Yes, Mother. '
'Well, the Lord can make something there in the place of your hip, don't you believe he can, Alma'
'Do you think the Lord can, mother.
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'Yes, my son, he has shown it all to me in a vision, Now you lay like that, and don't move, and the Lord will make you another hip Amanda Barnes Smith, p,. '"

"After the death of her child, Lucy Hannah White Flake's yearning to receive temple blessings intensified, She wanted to have her family sealed eternally p,. "

"Lucy remembered, 'This beautiful valley was a bit of Heaven reserved for us as a reward for all we have suffered, I poured out my gratitude' in prayer, Lucy concluded in her journal, 'We have had many trials and sorrows but the Lord has greatly blessed us p,. '"

"During Sarah Ann Nelson Peterson's illness, Canute Peterson realized he loved the young woman he had known since his youth, He wrote: 'I was impressed to go down into the woods on the creek and pray to the Lord for her recovery, Here I earnestly besought the Lord that He would spare her life, . . and I became so filled with the Spirit of the Lord that I thought I hardly touched the ground while going from the place of prayer to the wagon.
When within a few rods of the wagon, I could hear her groan, I went to the side of the wagon nearest her head, put my hand between the wagon cover and the wagon box, and placed my hand on her head and silently rebuked the Destroyer.
She immediately straightened herself out of the cramp, smiled, and told the Sisters, 'I am healed p,. '"

"'You may be surprised to hear my say that I can give you something of more value than soles for your child's shoes.
' Anna Karine Gaarden Widtsoe was cautious yet curious, but her hope turned quickly to horror when she learned that the shoemaker was a Mormon, and she left the premises immediately.
Prejudice against Mormons ran deep in Norway, When the shoes were returned, however, more tracts were tucked inside, Nor was that the last time shoemaker Olaus Johnsen courageously and modestly offered her the truths of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, Curiosity eventually drew Anna to attend a meeting in a room on the upper floor of the shoemaker's house, As the daughter of wellrespected parents and the widow of a universitytrained teacher, she initially resented the primitive environment and the humble nature of the Saints.
Joining them, she felt, would be a step downward socially, But after months of inner struggle pondering the new doctrines she was learning and beginning to perceive the rightness in them, Anna said to the Lord, 'Must I step down to that Yes, if it is truth, I must do so p.
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"Anna's roots in Norway went deepher forefathers, parents, and husband were buried there, and her loved ones, particularly her sister, Pertroline, still pulled at her heart, even though they rejected her religion.
Still, Anna's fatih and desire to be with the Saints began to burn in her soul and ultimately won out, The blessings of Zion proved to be worth the struggle p,. "

"Anna and Pertroline, in their early fifties, returned to their beloved Norwaythis time as missionaries, The testimony of two Norwegian women who had gone to Utah and returned to share their faith made a great impression, doing much to change the prevailing attitude toward the Church.
It was said of these sister missionaries: 'They awakened interest everywhere, Men might lie but these women were likely to tell the truth p,. '"

"Anna passed away before the full impact of her influence could be felt, She died on July,, eight years before her son John Andreas Widtsoe was called to be an apostle in the Church she had embraced as a young widow in Norway.
Before her passing, Anna testified to her son, 'I want to tell you that the most glorious thing that came into my life, was the message delivered to me by the Shoemaker Johnsen of Trondheim.
The restored gospel has been the great joy of my life, Please bear that witness for me to all who will listen p,. '"

"'My husband was an infidel and unbelieving in most things pertaining to religion, while I was continually ambitious to find the right kind of religion, never feeling assured that those I was acquainted with were right.
' Unsettled by her feelings, Belinda Marden Pratt quietly continued her search for the truth, and inher attention was drawn to a handbill advertising a Latterday Saint preacher.
Belinda and her husband arrived and found the elder in prayer, 'And such a prayer!' she recalled, 'We stood in the aisle till he finished, I think the light of heaven rested down upon me for the joy and peace I experienced was inexpressible, We attended the three meetings, morning, afternoon, and evening, I had an overwhelming testimony that what he preached was true and was so rejoiced that I seemed to myself light as air, as though my feet scarcely touched the ground p.
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"For nearly forty years, the woman Rachel Emma Woolley Simmons who began her career as a destitute young widow with a large family to support continued her service as a midwife, safely delivering hundreds of babies.
On one occasion she wrote in her journal: 'I have been the instrument in the Lord's hand of bringing two children into the world today.
I hope the Lord will bless me in the future as he has in the past, for I realize that without his help I can do nothing.
His is the honor and the glory for all the work of my hands p,. '".