Archibald Miller YOUNG

Notes:

                   From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.



Robert D. Young (son) tells the following story about his mother.
"When mother, Mary Graham, was about fourteen years old, her father was
lying on his deathbed.  An elder of the Church came to the door with a
tract, telling of the restoration of the gospel.  Her father read the
tract and said, 'Mary, my girl, that is true.  I believe tht young man has
come with the true gospel.  Search out this true gospel and embrace it.'

After the death of her father (her mother had died some years before), the
orphaned Mary became a servant girl in the wealthy Allen family.  Whenthey
learned she was investigating Mormonism, they angrily told her she was in-
juring their business by attending these meetings.  People were beginning
to think the Allens were sympathetic with this unpopular religion.

One dark and rainy night the whole Allen family assembled and called Mary
befor them.  Bitterly the father siad, "Mary, there is the door.  YOu take
your choice right now.  Either our home and give up Mormonism, or out ofour
home into the night."  She cried about it.  Naturally she would like tostay,
but she could not renounce the gospel, for she knew it was true.  Thehomeless
Mary walked out into the bleak night with only a shilling in her pocket.
That shilliing she paid to a friend of her father, who for that amount
rented to her his hall in which the elders could preach.

Friends were raised up for Mary.  She obtained other employment, married,
and had a family of thirteen children, born in Scotland.  In 1872 theycame
to Utah.  When they arrived in Salt Lake City, the Allen family was there
to welcome them and took them to their home for a wonderful banquet.  "you
are the cause of our being in the Church," they declared.

When Mary had so courageously left their home in Scotland rather than give
up the true faith, the Allen family concluded that her religion must besome-
thing extraordinary.  They knew her as one of the sweetest, best, and most
beautiful girls of their acquaintance.  Mr. Allen said, "I cannot help but
feel that there is something more to Mormonism than we understand; itcannot
be just a man-made religion."  He and his family investigated, joined the
Church, emigrated to Utah, and welcomed Mary and her family when theyarrived.

Just before her death, Mary, my mother, called her children to her andtold
them this story and said, "You may never be asked to give all that you
have for the gospel's sake, but if you are, give your all.  I am eighty
years of age, and I have never wanted.  So I leave this with you, mychildren,
that even if it takes the last cent you have for the Church, give itgladly.
It is the finest thing you can ever do."
Robert D. Young (son) tells the following story about his mother.
"When mother, Mary Graham, was about fourteen years old, her father was
lying on his deathbed.  An elder of the Church came to the door with a
tract, telling of the restoration of the gospel.  Her father read the
tract and said, 'Mary, my girl, that is true.  I believe tht young man has
come with the true gospel.  Search out this true gospel and embrace it.'

After the death of her father (her mother had died some years before), the
orphaned Mary became a servant girl in the wealthy Allen family.  Whenthey
learned she was investigating Mormonism, they angrily told her she was in-
juring their business by attending these meetings.  People were beginning
to think the Allens were sympathetic with this unpopular religion.

One dark and rainy night the whole Allen family assembled and called Mary
befor them.  Bitterly the father siad, "Mary, there is the door.  YOu take
your choice right now.  Either our home and give up Mormonism, or out ofour
home into the night."  She cried about it.  Naturally she would like tostay,
but she could not renounce the gospel, for she knew it was true.  Thehomeless
Mary walked out into the bleak night with only a shilling in her pocket.
That shilliing she paid to a friend of her father, who for that amount
rented to her his hall in which the elders could preach.

Friends were raised up for Mary.  She obtained other employment, married,
and had a family of thirteen children, born in Scotland.  In 1872 theycame
to Utah.  When they arrived in Salt Lake City, the Allen family was there
to welcome them and took them to their home for a wonderful banquet.  "you
are the cause of our being in the Church," they declared.

When Mary had so courageously left their home in Scotland rather than give
up the true faith, the Allen family concluded that her religion must besome-
thing extraordinary.  They knew her as one of the sweetest, best, and most
beautiful girls of their acquaintance.  Mr. Allen said, "I cannot help but
feel that there is something more to Mormonism than we understand; itcannot
be just a man-made religion."  He and his family investigated, joined the
Church, emigrated to Utah, and welcomed Mary and her family when theyarrived.

Just before her death, Mary, my mother, called her children to her andtold
them this story and said, "You may never be asked to give all that you
have for the gospel's sake, but if you are, give your all.  I am eighty
years of age, and I have never wanted.  So I leave this with you, mychildren,
that even if it takes the last cent you have for the Church, give itgladly.
It is the finest thing you can ever do."

Robert D. Young (son) tells the following story about his mother.
"When mother, Mary Graham, was about fourteen years old, her father was
lying on his deathbed.  An elder of the Church came to the door with a
tract, telling of the restoration of the gospel.  Her father read the
tract and said, 'Mary, my girl, that is true.  I believe tht young man has
come with the true gospel.  Search out this true gospel and embrace it.'

After the death of her father (her mother had died some years before), the
orphaned Mary became a servant girl in the wealthy Allen family.  Whenthey
learned she was investigating Mormonism, they angrily told her she was in-
juring their business by attending these meetings.  People were beginning
to think the Allens were sympathetic with this unpopular religion.

One dark and rainy night the whole Allen family assembled and called Mary
befor them.  Bitterly the father siad, "Mary, there is the door.  YOu take
your choice right now.  Either our home and give up Mormonism, or out ofour
home into the night."  She cried about it.  Naturally she would like tostay,
but she could not renounce the gospel, for she knew it was true.  Thehomeless
Mary walked out into the bleak night with only a shilling in her pocket.
That shilliing she paid to a friend of her father, who for that amount
rented to her his hall in which the elders could preach.

Friends were raised up for Mary.  She obtained other employment, married,
and had a family of thirteen children, born in Scotland.  In 1872 theycame
to Utah.  When they arrived in Salt Lake City, the Allen family was there
to welcome them and took them to their home for a wonderful banquet.  "you
are the cause of our being in the Church," they declared.

When Mary had so courageously left their home in Scotland rather than give
up the true faith, the Allen family concluded that her religion must besome-
thing extraordinary.  They knew her as one of the sweetest, best, and most
beautiful girls of their acquaintance.  Mr. Allen said, "I cannot help but
feel that there is something more to Mormonism than we understand; itcannot
be just a man-made religion."  He and his family investigated, joined the
Church, emigrated to Utah, and welcomed Mary and her family when theyarrived.

Just before her death, Mary, my mother, called her children to her andtold
them this story and said, "You may never be asked to give all that you
have for the gospel's sake, but if you are, give your all.  I am eighty
years of age, and I have never wanted.  So I leave this with you, mychildren,
that even if it takes the last cent you have for the Church, give itgladly.
It is the finest thing you can ever do."