Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

February 11, 1973
This morning early, Frank and Fay and Boyd and Billy left for home. They came from
Edmonton on Friday night to Linda’s wedding. Tom and Rae came also. Tom and his family
stayed at Rae’s mother’s on Friday night but they were all here on Saturday. It was good to see
the boys and their families. The children are growing so fast. Saturday evening the grown ups
all went to Barbara and Lore’s for a get together and we had a nice time reminiscing and a
lovely pot lunch. Tom and family went back to Lethbridge but Frank and his family brought
Father and I home. They left for home early so they could attend their church. Frank is choir
leader and is doing an excellent job, Fay said.
1993. August
Father and I were the speakers in Sacrament meeting this week. Dad gave such a wonderful
talk on our trip to England. I enjoyed it for it brought back to me so many things we had done
that I had forgotten. Father told how the Lord had helped him in getting the information on the
Cooper line he has been looking for.
We went to a Baptist Church that our friends attended and there we were able to get the names
of a number of the Cooper men. We went out behind the church and were looking at the
headstones which had been laid down to make a path between the church and the graves. We
were standing on these stones looking at the church when Sister Martin looked down and said
“Look Ren, isn’t that the Cooper you were looking for?” and sure enough it gave the names of
some of the Cooper wives he had been looking for, Mary Cooper etc,. We surely felt that we
had found them in answer to the prayers said for us and in answer to our own. People told him
how much they enjoyed his talk. That it showed how it could be done if you put forth the effort.
His talk was very good. I am amazed with the talk and the way he gives his lesson and the
things he is able to do. Every one seems to know and like him and he knows every one. While I
can’t remember anyone’s name even. He gets so tired of my asking him where this is and who
that is. But for a man who is so very impatient with people who makes mistakes he has always
helped me when I needed his help.
The Lord also helped me to remember the things I had prepared to say.
Perhaps I should write my talk as I feel that it is probably the last talk I will ever give again
before such a large audience.
My talk given in Church August 14, 1973
My dear Brothers and Sisters, I feel very frightened standing before such a large audience as you
can see. When Bishop Shaw asked us to speak today he suggested that we might tell you about
our trip to England. But I think I will leave that for my husband to tell.
I would like to tell you about a trip we took about 2 years ago to Salt Lake City. My husband
had been asked to be a sealer in the temple so I went with him to have the President of our
church President Joseph Fielding Smith to set him apart for this very sacred calling of the
Priesthood in the temple. When I went into President Smith’s office I felt some what like I do
now, a bit frightened. President Smith was sitting alone at this desk. He seemed very weak.
We went over and shook hands with him and when he spoke to us and laid his hand upon my
husbands’ head and gave him the power to seal on earth as in Heaven I wondered how any one
could doubt that he was a prophet of God. I have lived to see and hear 6 presidents in my time
and as I have listened to them speak the still small voice bore testimony to me that they were
Prophets of God.
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