From Cruelty to Saving Her Life • followHIM Favorites • August 3-9 • Come Follow Me

July 30, 2026

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Agnes Caldwell was nine years old, walking alongside a handcart in the freezing Wyoming winter of 1856, when she decided to run after the relief wagons in hopes of getting a ride. One by one, the other children gave up. She was the last one still running. Then William Henry Kimble called to her: “Do you want a ride?” She said yes. He reached down, took her hand, and then clucked to his horses to make her run faster. On they went for what seemed like miles. Agnes later wrote that she thought he was “the meanest man that ever lived.” Just at her breaking point, he stopped. He wrapped her in a blanket, laid her in the wagon, warm and comfortable. She had time to change her mind, knowing full well that by making her run, he had saved her from freezing. The blood was in her limbs. She could be warm. She lived to be 79 years old, raised 13 children, and died in Brigham City, Utah.

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1 (00:02) **Episode Introduction** - John and Hank introduce the week's Come, Follow Me lesson in the Book of Esther and preview the story of a pioneer girl.
2 (00:34) **Agnes Caldwell's Background** - A nine-year-old Scottish convert joins the ill-fated Willie Handcart Company in 1856.
3 (01:06) **The Relief Wagon Incident Begins** - Relief wagons arrive, but only the infirm and aged can ride; children try to keep up hoping for a ride.
4 (01:56) **The Cruel Ride** - Kimble makes Agnes run alongside the wagon for what seems like miles, and she thinks he is the meanest man alive.
5 (02:26) **The Rescue** - At her breaking point, Kimble stops, wraps her in a blanket, and lays her warm in the wagon.
6 (02:59) **Agnes Caldwell's Later Life** - She reaches the Salt Lake Valley, marries, has 13 children, moves to Brigham City, and dies in 1924.
7 (03:16) **The Lesson for Esther and for Us** - When the Lord asks us to do hard things, that very thing might be what saves us.

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