“Tributes”
“A good name is to be desired”
Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints
47 East south temple street Salt lake City, Utah
DAVID O. MCKAY, PRESIDENT March 10, 1952
Mrs. Josephine B. Walker R.F.D. 1 Delta, Utah
Dear Sister:
This will acknowledge the receipt of your letter of March 6, 1952, inquiring about the authenticity of a “tribute or story” told by my father of Bishop Edward Bunker. The episode to which you refer is authentic, for I myself heard my father tell it.
When my father, David McKay, was a young man he was employed for a time by Bishop Edward Bunker. Just where I do not know. One morning father arose before daylight to attend to his chores. Approaching the barn or stable he was greatly surprised to hear a voice. Pausing, he recognized Bishop Bunker who evidently had preceded him to the barn and was praying out loud. Father was near enough to him to hear him distinctly. In Bishop Bunker’s supplication he pleaded with the Lord to give him wisdom that he might deal with his loved ones fairly and justly, showing no favoritism and keeping peace, harmony, and love in his family circle.
That prayer made a deep impression upon my father who added, when he related the incident, the following: “I thought if a man as upright and noble as Bishop Bunker had to plead with the Lord for wisdom to deal justly with his wives and his children, I did not feel that I was worthy or capable of assuming the responsibility that plural marriage seemed to entail.
Sincerely yours, David O. McKay
Source:Brent Bunker