of about 7000 inhabitants & a branch of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
of 37 members. We called upon Elder Thomas
Cordingly & his family who had the care of
Elder Barnes through his sickness & death, they
Pointed out the house & room to me whare he
was sick spent his last hours, passed through his
last sickness afflictions & Death. After getting
some refreshment we walked to the church yard
& I gazed upon the silentgrave of our beloved
Brother & Elder Lorenzo Barnes. My feelings were
keene & sensitive. As I stood upon his grave I
realized I was standing over the body of one of
the Elders of Israel of the horns of Joseph, of the
Seed of Ephraim, one of the members of Zions
Camp, who had travelled more than 1000 miles
in 18434 for the redemption of his persecuted,
afflicted brethren, offered to lay down his life
for their sake, one who had the hearts & affections
of thousands both in America & England, one
who felt a deep interest in the welfare of his parents
and kindred, one whose fidelity was stronger
than death towards his Lover, his brethren
eternal truth, & his God. While standing upon
his grave I offered up my vocal Prayer to Israels
God, that I might die the death of the righteous
when called away, & that my last end might be
as wife [wise] & safe as his & that his sacred dust
might be called forth in the morn of the first
resurrection. I decreed in my heart I
would not return to my native country untill
I had causced to be erected a tombstone over
his grave to say to his friends that should chance
to pass that way, that here sleeps the worthy
LORENZO D. BARNES
The first of Zions Camp who has found a grave in a foreign Land
of about 7000 inhabitants & a branch of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
of 37 members. We called upon Elder Thomas
Cordingly & his family who had the care of
Elder Barnes through his sickness & death, they
Pointed out the house & room to me whare he
was sick spent his last hours, passed through his
last sickness afflictions & Death. After getting
some refreshment we walked to the Church yard
& I gazed upon the silentgrave of our beloved
Brother & Elder Lorenzo Barnes. My feelings were
keene & sensitive. As I stood upon his grave I
realized I was standing over the body of one of
the Elders of Israel of the horns of Joseph, of the
Seed of Ephraim, one of the members of Zions
Camp, who had travelled more than 1000 miles
in 1844 for the redemption of his persecuted,
afflicted brethren, Offered to lay down his life
for their sake, One who had the hearts & affection
of thousands both in America & England, one
who felt a deep interest in the welfare of his parents
and kindred, One whose fidelity was stronger
than death towards his Lover, his brethren
eternal truth, & his God. While Standing upon
his grave I offered up my vocal Prayer to Israels
God, that I might die the death of the righteous
when called away, & that my last end might be
as wise & safe as his & that his sacred dust
might be called forth in the morn of the first
resurrection. I decreed in my heart I
would not return to my native country untill
I had causced to be erected a tomb stone over
his grave to say to his friends that should chance
to pass that way, that here sleeps the worthy
LORENZO. D. BARNES
The first of Zions Camp who has found a grave in a foreign Land
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," February 20, 1845, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 24, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/gMj