WE HAD 6 MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY IN THE MARTIN HANDCART COMPANY.

ONE OF THESE WAS A LITTLE 3 WEEK OLD BABY THAT WAS BORN TO FRANCIS AND ANN ELIZABETH WEBSTER. THEY NAMED HER AMY ELIZABETH.

FRANCIS GAVE A POWERFUL TESTIMONY YEARS LATER IN A SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS THAT WAS CRITICIZING THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH FOR LETTING THE HANDCART COMPANIES LEAVE SO LATE IN THE SEASON. HE STOOD UP AND ASKED THEM TO STOP THE CRITICISM, THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.

FRANCIS SAID THAT HE WOULD BE SO TIRED AND EXHAUSTED THAT HE WOULD SEE A SAND HILL UP AHEAD AND THAT HE COULD ONLY GO TO THAT SPOT AND NO MORE. WHEN HE WOULD GET THERE THE CART WOULD START PUSHING HIM. HE WOULD TURN AROUND AND NO ONE WAS THERE. THAT IS WHEN HE KNEW THAT THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN WERE HELPING THEM.

THEN HE SAID THAT THE PRICE THEY PAID TO KNOW GOD WAS WORTH ALL THE SUFFERING THEY HAD ENDURED.