He That Hateth His Life
Recently Elder Bruce Hafen and his wife Sister Marie Hafen spoke in a devotional address at BYU-Idaho. They told a story about nine-year-old Agnes Caldwell who traveled with the Willie Handcart Company in 1856. After the rescuers came and were helping take the company to the valley, Agnes related how all able-bodied people had to continue to walk. Some children would try to stay up with the wagons from the rescuers in hopes of being given a ride. She was one of those and recorded what happened, “After what seemed the longest run I ever made … Brother Kimball called to me, ‘Say, sissy, would you like a ride?’ I answered in my very best manner, ‘Yes, sir.’ At this he reached over, [took] my hand, [then clucked] to his horses [which made] me run, with legs that seemed to me could run no farther. On we went [for what] seemed miles … [I thought] he was the meanest man that ever lived … Just at what seemed the breaking point, he stopped. Taking a blanket, he wrapped me up and lay me in the ...