Posted on 04/23/2010 9:33:26 AM PDT by Colofornian
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MARTINS COVE
On the 19th of October 1856, the Martin Handcart Company crossed the North Platte River,perhaps at Bessemer Bend-about six miles southwest of present-day Casper, Wyoming. That was the day the big snow storm hit. They pulled up the bluff, a little less than a mile above the river, and camped for the night. There was no fuel for a fire, they were cold, their clothes were wet and frozen, most of the tents were frozen, the ground was frozen, many just crawled into the tents on the ground for protection for the night. As many as 13 died of exposure before morning. The next day, they traveled about five miles up toward a small hill on which were some trees—they still had to go about 1/2 mile from camp for firewood.
The storm continued—it was impossible to travel; the snow was up to 12 inches deep—the temperature was below zero--plus the Wyoming winds. The conditions continued until the 28 of October. On October 28, 1856, three men on horseback arrived in camp. These men had been sent on ahead of the main rescue party to find where the Martin Company was and to assess their condition. It was reported to these men that 56 people had died since they had crossed the North Platte River.
And MORMONs complain that GENTILES killed them?
Looks like a False Prophet by the name of BRIGHAM YOUNG killed a LOT of them!
Humility? It’s called the New Testament of Jesus the Christ. Spirituality? I find that most spiritualists get theirs from a bottle. From your posts, I’m getting a pong of Thunderbird.
As a side note, which brand of shopping cart do you prefer?
Depends if he wears them or eats them.
Do you think that he would know the difference most days?
Oh hi Mr. CINO, Where you been hiding all day? :-)
At the homeless helter, helping the downtrodden and destitute. I didn’t notice you there. Have you eaten today?
Here’s two more words for ya. You can really fondle your
decoder ring on this one. “Golden Tablets”. Ooooooooooh.
Never been to a homeless helter. The CINO doing his alms before men? lol.
Interesting. Your non presence at the soup kitchen today was very notable. We had to seat some others in your usual place of honour, I’m afraid. But we had a lot less mopping of the floor to do and didn’t have to disinfect the chair this time to the extent we normally do. And, strangely enough, nobody tried to take liberties with the herd of goats in the petting zoo down the street.
I pray that you will be well enough to pay us the honour of your presence next weekend. If you would be kind enough to leave the most mobile of your vermin in your cardboard shelter, though, we would be most grateful.
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him.
The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
They had BETTER not!
They had BETTER not!
If I remember the way the trial went correctly, he testified that the goats seduced him.
Reasonable doubt would have been the way to go for the jury, except for the video with the Great Dane. That kinda clinched it.
Wow that was certainly a CINO post. Keep them coming.
If there was any doubt it certainly gone now. lol.
That’s how Jesus preached too. Come unto me all you who lust after goats. It was real effective.
You have still not confirmed if your place of honour will be filled at the soup kitchen this weekend. If it would not be considered intrusive, we’d also like to donate some soap, shaving cream and a razor. And a toothbrush (actually I am ashamed to admit that we are running a pool on how many teeth that you have left). But stubs count, I want to be clear on that. If there are roots left, however rotten, they still count as teeth.
Is that how you found Christ? I was wondering.
I will not confirm. I don’t announce my good deeds in front
of the world. There goes my reward. But CINO’s on the other hand. Consider fraudulent behavior to be exposed on this thread. Yet I seem to want what you seem to have. Love, hope, malevolence, & insecurity. Oh whoops scratch the first two. lol. Have fun ministering today. Alot of souls are in need. Oh wait a minute. You seem to spend most of the time in a chatroom trading insults. My bad.
Oh sorry lest we leave any EINO’s out. See 257.
Are there some on this thread that have found Christ? I seem to have missed that. Have a nice day.
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