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May 2008
A Day Off Saves Time (1848)
Posted in Asylum At Last (1848-1852) by D Marriott at 2:37 pm |
Crossing the Plains in 1848 with Brigham Young’s second train, Louisa Barnes Pratt reported in her autobiography that it was the custom to not travel on the Sabbath. The President said, “Write it in your daybook when you travel on Sunday, then notice your success through the week and you will find more time lost through accidents than you had gained by traveling on the day appointed for rest.” This was true apparently even for gentiles. A non-Mormon guide with some gold seekers later remarked that resting every seventh day “would get you to California 20 days sooner.” A secular reason would suggest that a periodic day of rest kept the cattle in good condition.
Knight & Kimball, p. 48.
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