Rosalind Ingleude — The Sacrifice of the Paisley Shawl and the Widow's Cruse

During the 1870s, while the St. George Temple was under construction, the pioneers of Utah's Dixie faced extreme poverty and scarcity. Rosalind Ingleude possessed a beautiful Paisley shawl, a rare and cherished heirloom from her life before the Cotton Mission. Feeling a strong spiritual prompting to contribute to the temple's completion, she decided to sacrifice this prized possession. She donated the shawl to the Bishop to be sold or used to support the temple workmen. According to the manuscript account in the DUP History Collection, this act of sacrifice was followed by a remarkable providence: although her family's food supplies were nearly exhausted, their flour and basic provisions were miraculously sustained and lasted far longer than naturally possible, similar to the biblical 'widow's cruse.' Rosalind and her family were preserved from hunger throughout the season of scarcity, a blessing she directly attributed to the Lord's acceptance of her sacrifice for the temple.