Daughter of Solomon Mack and Lydia Gates.
The following is from Chapter 3 of Lucy Mack Smith's "The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother":
"The history of Lovisa and Lovina, my two oldest sisters, is so connected and interwoven that I shall not attempt to separate it.
They were one in faith, in love, in action, and in hope of eternal life. They were always together, and when they were old enough to understand the duties of a Christian, they united their voices in prayer and songs of praise to God. This sisterly affection increased with their years and continued steadfast until death. One might say as did one of old, 'Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like theirs.' The pathway of their lives was never clouded with a gloomy shadow until Lovisa's marriage and removal from home, which left Lovina very lonely."
∼Daughter of Solomon Mack and Lydia Gates. Married to Joseph Tuttle in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, on January 31, 1780.
"She was buried by the side of her sister Lovina, according to her own request."
The following is part of a hymn composed by herself a few days previous to her decease:
Lord, may my thoughts be turned to thee;
Lift thou my heavy soul on high;
Wilt thou, O Lord, return to me
In mercy, Father, ere I die!
My soaring thoughts now arise above —
Oh, fill my soul with heavenly love.
Father and Mother, now farewell;
And husband, partner of my life,
Go to my father's children, tell
That lives no more on earth thy wife,
That while she dwelt in cumbrous clay,
For them she prayed both night and day.
My friends, I bid you all adieu;
The Lord hath called, and I must go —
And all the joys of this vain earth
Are now to me of little worth;
'Twill be the same with you as me,
When brought as near eternity.
Source: Chapter 3 of Lucy Mack Smith's "The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother."
The following is from Chapter 3 of Lucy Mack Smith's "The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother":
"The history of Lovisa and Lovina, my two oldest sisters, is so connected and interwoven that I shall not attempt to separate it.
They were one in faith, in love, in action, and in hope of eternal life. They were always together, and when they were old enough to understand the duties of a Christian, they united their voices in prayer and songs of praise to God. This sisterly affection increased with their years and continued steadfast until death. One might say as did one of old, 'Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like theirs.' The pathway of their lives was never clouded with a gloomy shadow until Lovisa's marriage and removal from home, which left Lovina very lonely."
∼Daughter of Solomon Mack and Lydia Gates. Married to Joseph Tuttle in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, on January 31, 1780.
"She was buried by the side of her sister Lovina, according to her own request."
The following is part of a hymn composed by herself a few days previous to her decease:
Lord, may my thoughts be turned to thee;
Lift thou my heavy soul on high;
Wilt thou, O Lord, return to me
In mercy, Father, ere I die!
My soaring thoughts now arise above —
Oh, fill my soul with heavenly love.
Father and Mother, now farewell;
And husband, partner of my life,
Go to my father's children, tell
That lives no more on earth thy wife,
That while she dwelt in cumbrous clay,
For them she prayed both night and day.
My friends, I bid you all adieu;
The Lord hath called, and I must go —
And all the joys of this vain earth
Are now to me of little worth;
'Twill be the same with you as me,
When brought as near eternity.
Source: Chapter 3 of Lucy Mack Smith's "The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother."
Daughter of Solomon Mack and Lydia Gates.
The following is from Chapter 3 of Lucy Mack Smith's "The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother":
"The history of Lovisa and Lovina, my two oldest sisters, is so connected and interwoven that I shall not attempt to separate it.
They were one in faith, in love, in action, and in hope of eternal life. They were always together, and when they were old enough to understand the duties of a Christian, they united their voices in prayer and songs of praise to God. This sisterly affection increased with their years and continued steadfast until death. One might say as did one of old, 'Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like theirs.' The pathway of their lives was never clouded with a gloomy shadow until Lovisa's marriage and removal from home, which left Lovina very lonely."
∼Daughter of Solomon Mack and Lydia Gates. Married to Joseph Tuttle in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, on January 31, 1780.
"She was buried by the side of her sister Lovina, according to her own request."
The following is part of a hymn composed by herself a few days previous to her decease:
Lord, may my thoughts be turned to thee;
Lift thou my heavy soul on high;
Wilt thou, O Lord, return to me
In mercy, Father, ere I die!
My soaring thoughts now arise above —
Oh, fill my soul with heavenly love.
Father and Mother, now farewell;
And husband, partner of my life,
Go to my father's children, tell
That lives no more on earth thy wife,
That while she dwelt in cumbrous clay,
For them she prayed both night and day.
My friends, I bid you all adieu;
The Lord hath called, and I must go —
And all the joys of this vain earth
Are now to me of little worth;
'Twill be the same with you as me,
When brought as near eternity.
Source: Chapter 3 of Lucy Mack Smith's "The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother."
The following is from Chapter 3 of Lucy Mack Smith's "The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother":
"The history of Lovisa and Lovina, my two oldest sisters, is so connected and interwoven that I shall not attempt to separate it.
They were one in faith, in love, in action, and in hope of eternal life. They were always together, and when they were old enough to understand the duties of a Christian, they united their voices in prayer and songs of praise to God. This sisterly affection increased with their years and continued steadfast until death. One might say as did one of old, 'Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like theirs.' The pathway of their lives was never clouded with a gloomy shadow until Lovisa's marriage and removal from home, which left Lovina very lonely."
∼Daughter of Solomon Mack and Lydia Gates. Married to Joseph Tuttle in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, on January 31, 1780.
"She was buried by the side of her sister Lovina, according to her own request."
The following is part of a hymn composed by herself a few days previous to her decease:
Lord, may my thoughts be turned to thee;
Lift thou my heavy soul on high;
Wilt thou, O Lord, return to me
In mercy, Father, ere I die!
My soaring thoughts now arise above —
Oh, fill my soul with heavenly love.
Father and Mother, now farewell;
And husband, partner of my life,
Go to my father's children, tell
That lives no more on earth thy wife,
That while she dwelt in cumbrous clay,
For them she prayed both night and day.
My friends, I bid you all adieu;
The Lord hath called, and I must go —
And all the joys of this vain earth
Are now to me of little worth;
'Twill be the same with you as me,
When brought as near eternity.
Source: Chapter 3 of Lucy Mack Smith's "The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother."
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