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Mar 22, 1838

Journal Entry

March 22, 1838 ~ Thursday

22 We walked to Br Starrett. In the afternoon Br Starrett & myself at a low tide went on to a bar to dig some
calams. Sister Stone & Mrs Woodruff came out to see us dig the clams & while we were busily engaged in this
employment the tide arose & flowed between us & the shore & we were under the necessity of wadeing acrooss the
water ourselves & carrying the women to the shore in an arm chair, and after concluding we should not forget the
place we returned to the house with our clams. We had a prayer meeting at night at Br Sterrett 2 miles

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Stone, Abagail Farnham
abt. 1808-bef. 1880
6 mentions
Maine Mission
Starrett, Cyrus
21 Feb 1802 - 31 Dec 1879
31 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1579 mentions
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Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

—I accompanied br. Stirrat, at low tide, on to a bar some forty rods from shore, to dig some clams. We were soon join- ed by Mrs. Woodruff and sister Stone, who had a curiosity to see how clams were dug. The ground for about twelve rods nearer shore was several feet lower than the point we were on, but we were so busily engaged we did not observe the flowing tide until we were sur- rounded by water, and having no boat, our only alternative was to wade ashore and carry the women, which we safely accomplished amid the reflection that tide nor time waited for no man.

Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal

On the afternoon of the , Brother Sterrett and I, accompanied by our wives, went several hundred yards from shore to a sand bar (it being low tide), to dig clams. The ground near the shore was much lower than the bar we were on, and while we were all busy digging clams and talk- ing "Mormonism," the dashing of the waves of the incoming tide against the shore suddenly made us conscious that we had fifty yards of water between us and the shore. The surf waves also added to our difficulty, and as we had no boat, our only alternative was to cross our four arms, thus forming a kind of arm-chair for our wives to sit upon, and carry them in turn to the shore, wading through two-and-a- half feet of water. By the time we got our wives and clams safely landed, the truth of the maxim was firmly impressed upon our minds, that "Time and tide wait for no man," not even for a preacher of the gospel. CHAPTER XIV. COUNSELED TO GATHER WITH THE SAINTS—REMARKABLE MANIFESTATION—CASE OF HEALING—EFFORTS OF APOS- TATES—VISIT FROM ELDERS—A CONFERENCE—CLOSING MY LABORS ON THE ISLANDS FOR A SEASON.

Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

—I accompanied brother Stirrat, at low tide, on to a bar some forty rods from shore, to dig some clams. We were soon joined by Mrs. Woodruff and sister Stone, who had a curiosity to see how clams were dug. The ground for about twelve rods nearer shore was several feet lower than the point we were on, but we were so busily engaged we did not observe the flowing tide until we were surrounded by water, and having no boat, our only alternative was to wade ashore and carry the women, which

Autobiography 1857 Draft 2

I accompanied bro. Stirrat at low tide, on to a bar some 40 rods from shore, to dig some clams, we were soon joined by Mrs. Woodruff and a sister Stone, who had a curiosity to see how clams were dug; the ground for about 12 rods nearer shore was several feet lower than the point we were on, we were so busily engaged we did not observe the flowing tide until we were surrounded by water, and having no boat, our only alternative was to wade ashore and carry the women, which we safely accomplished amid the relection that tide nor time waited for no man.

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

^Elder Townsend returned home^. On the I accompanied Brother Starreat at low tide onto a barr to some 40 rods from shore to dig som clams, we were soon accompanied by Mrs Woodruff and a Sister Stone who had a curiosity to see how clams were dug, the ground for some 12 rods near shore was several feet lower than the point we were on we were so busily ingaged in diging clams we did not observe the flowing tide untill we were surrounded with water, and having no boat we had no other alternative ownly to waid ashore and carry the women to dry land in an arm chair, which we safely accomplished amid the reflection that the tide nor more than time waited for no

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine

On the afternoon of the , Brother Sterrett and I, accompanied by our wives, went several hundred yards from the shore to a sand-bar (it being now low tide), to dig clams. The ground near the shore was much lower than the bar we were on, and while we were all busy digging clams and talking Mormonism, the dashing of the waves of the incoming tide against the shore suddenly made us conscious that we had fifty yards of water between us and the shore. The surf waves also added to our diffi- culty, and as we had no boat, our only alternattve was to cross our four arms, thus forming a kind of arm chair for our wives to sit upon, and carry them in turn to the shore, wading through two and a half feet of water. By the time that we got our wives and clams safely landed, the truth of the old saying was firmly impressed upon our minds, that "Time and tide wait for no man," not even for a preacher of the gospel.

Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

On the bro Starrett and myself at low tide went on the bar to dig clams. Sister Stone and my wife came out to see us. And while we were busy engaged in this the tide arose and flowed betwen us and the shore. We were under the necessity of wading through the water ourselves and carrying the woman ashore in an arm chair. Having got fairly through the task we concluded that we should not soon forget the place and returned home with our clams.

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Mar 22, 1838