Show k ja ACK A TO ogden thursdays Thurs dayi dayt loth loth between between nine and ten this morning we rolled out ut af pf p brigham city and arrived ri vedin in ogden a little after one A short distance north of the thee city we were met by bishop west and pres prea farr parr a little nearer to ogden bishop J sharp elders D 0 calder joseph yoseph ayoung and wm win jennings met the company at rpm 2 pm we attended meeting in the tabernacle which was open opened d with prayer by elder G GD awatt watt waft pres prea brigham young spoke saoko a short tima time which was reported for publication pres oil C kimball reasoned on the earth being the eternal habitation of the righteous showing that they who defile themselves ves defile the earth from which their mortal bodies sprung and will forfeit their right to an inheritance on it if they wickedly dp do men cannot honor god who dishonor his holy priesthood he called upon apon those who had sinned to repent anid arid forsake their evil doings testifying that those who ho will not nob work righteous righteousness ou jesswill nes swIll will be damned elden elder jolli john taylor raylor groke broke of tha blindness of the world with regard to the gospel and of the desire of t ehg 6 saints to do do the w will ill iii of god of the their f willingness to admit that alk pres youn young toung is the mouthpiece mouth piece of the lord d t to t this i generation and their obedience inmany any auy thing bito sito to his counsels he reasoned reas teas ed on the will of god being done on t the e earth eaith as it 1 is I 1 done agne in heaven all submitting to be governed in all things b by his ell eil word and asked how we can expect that happy haply condi bondi condition tion of things to be brough brought about unless we the chosen people of god first lead lend out and set the example singing by a school taught in the system their fingl singing ang ing was excellent t J n helder belder beider woodruff fr noticed that mormonism is a living acknowledged fact in the earth the wicked have A 4 great deal more fear fean that dt is true than that it is faise false for years they have striven to overthrow it still it lives and is growing in power and importance we have no right to expect that the lord will do for us what we can do for ourselves he is blessing us with continually increasing light and knowledge revealing principles by which we may become mota moe firmly and closely united and requires of us that we carry out the great work commenced for the salvation of man temporally and nd spiritually elder geo Q cannon spoke on the important and practical character of the instructions which had been given on oki the trip enjoined upon the people to faithfully adhere to theland them and practically apply them to adopt the counsels given for the their ir protection and self seif preservation he advocated tance of our children being trained to observe the word of wisdom that they may be free from the injurious ep ef 1 facts of narcotics and stimulants have healthy physical organizations and powerful bodies enjoying long life and robust health thereby increasing their thein usefulness and power to accomplish tho the purposes of god elder C C rich bich treated on the i means by which the tho lord teaches and i tests his saints showing that the kingi dom of god must be the first and high est consideration consider atio atlo 1 n with us we will be tried and proven and if our afflect affections ions lons i are placed on anything more firmly I 1 than upon the kingdom of god and its interest we will be drawn aside from the path patu of salvation and abid lose the very blessings we desire to obtain 1 he spoke in which the llord lord has delivered his people c ople opie as proven in the history of the church accepting their willingness to carry out his counsels as an au offering ont ott ering and shielding them from threatened danger and concluded by saying letus lotus be rights and observe the counsels given to us and god will be with us us to deliver u us from om every evil elder F D richards bore t testimony es to the truths which had been spoken I 1 11 and urged the importance of present salvation s a t 1 0 n y exhorting the saints to seek heck fo for alvr p present r e s e n t grace that they might walk according to the counsels of the lord continually meeting et ti ng dismissed by elder richards ric Bic hards in inice the evening some of the company attended aparto a party but your correspondent was not hot no present y friday lith at seven this morning we wip were again on the way and aud arrived in farmington about tl out half past eleven remained there thera until half past two when we eity city where we arrived II 11 shortly after 5 pm we were met at farmin farmington ton ten 1 by a band of musicians from G 8 91 L city and on our way by numerous citizens in carriages and on horseback ilo who lio headed e d d 6 dwy by ith ath the e little A 66 1 1 band a 4 above 0 1 v e n a in e d 4 nd friends t to 0 his habitation when the oom company pan y separated I 1 i f r 11 71 washington july bof GA 5 EDITOR deseret NEWS new A visit to the clara st george and this thib place in company with elders G A smith A M lynian col name pame arnd arid others hasi haai brought us in contact with many familiar faces andee have witnessed abundant evidence of perseverance teye Aeve rafice improvement and progress the people late lare are generally healthy though I 1 have been keen seen a h few cases 01 of ague i meetings have been held heid one at santa clara two it at st george and three at I 1 this place plad de thel the present 4 very ivery hot weather is considered favorable fayo rable for cotton which is looking iery gery very well though io somo some pieces I 1 are arb suffering from the rava ravages el of grasshoppers hop hor persi and some vineyards are troubled with alike a like evil there is a nine fine prospect for fox grapes but cm spring frosts frosta cubb cut off I 1 peaches and apricots A visible improvement in fences of lumber and tone stone both in faste taste and durability I 1 is s manifest the foundation of the st george meeting ouse by 56 68 feet 1 I isi baidin a mariner capable ot of sustaining a heavy building k ohp farmers have suffered grent great iosa loaa from that class of floods caused by clouds bur bursting stint which have carried away the dams in the rio kio Vir virgen gers geis washington has expended 1600 and ste georges estimates will letic exceed eed orr orn qz repairs on the dams danis and ditches most yost of the work has to be done during wheat harvest the people of washington celebrated the of 0 july as we are told in la a very creditable manner they have erected a very commodious architectural bowery superior to anything in the boef bowery ery line that we have wn seen the frame lasof is of sawed timber it is Js jarge large and arid convenient and arid it is proposed to even dually dually cover it with grapevines grape vines vints the people feel in irv high spirits spirita over their success an and other cereals all ail through the these settlements potatoes are tilso also doing well I 1 we have been cordially greeted d b bebr dav b r snow and all till th the e pe people 0 pie who have e placed us under obligations lor wets acts of courtesy and ed in all the settlements through which we have passed pawed SI LAgS SILAS nags nass S SMITH i E nj T MOUNT 1 v 4 august editor it DESE deseret T NEWS deab idra DEAR it sir SIK I 1 I 1 last wrote you from nephi salt creek where I 1 sojourned sojourn ned ed two days waiting walting for company through the kanyon to fountain green by bishap bryan and his family as also by br and family and others atthe of the citizens I 1 was received with that cordial hospitality so characteristic of all minds haye have be been en enlightened and gladdened by the soul expanding and benevol z ng influence the gospel p el bishop ba bis SIB is the first frame dwell ing ng house I 1 remember having noticed in n the territory i and although unfinished it awakened in my mind memories ries ties of ei the pretty villas of new england with their thell green venetian blinds and an the sweet honeysuckle twining itself in the latticework lattice work of their cool and shady porticos or bending gently over the half open windows while neal near the door bloo bloomed ined the beauteous rose in iri iii pale bale or blushing loveliness shedding its sweet fragrance through the summer evening airi airs but these are reminiscences of twenty years yeara ago I 1 must recall my mind from its wanderings among the picturesque patu beauties of far off goffne offne new v england en to 0 the th contemplation of scenes lf if less beautiful in iii externals at present more dear clear to the heart of every true saint yes there is a hidden beauty in the mud walls and roughly constructed and half balf furnished dwellings from which issue the musical sounds of the spinning wheel and loom telling of the Indus industry and virtue of their inmates which those only can discern who can read in them our history past paa and present yes in these very crumbling walls and uninviting dried mud habl lations tat ions I 1 behold the monuments of the faith and energy the perseverance 1 and seif self denial ofa of a noble and truth lo loving in band of freemen which clothes zem acm them with a beauty and ana in invests vests them with an interest to me far surpassing those of tho tho the sculptured marbles of greece and rome or the no ae less beautiful and polished dished productions of modern modem times the bishop bisho of salt isalt creek and many others there tigre design making their homes as lovely comfortable and pleas ing int internally and ex b matir 1 0 o hr 4 of nature and art nit will enable mem wem em to I 1 noticed with pleasure that I 1 a 1 little attention is being p paid idt Idi here there to t the cultivation of flow ilow flowers ers drs a healthful d delightful and beautifying I 1 I 1 occupation for a portion of the leisure hours of fair daughters on saturday I 1 proceeded to fountain green this settlement is very avery prettily located not far from the mouth of salt creek kanyon and commands a splendid view lew bew of the beautiful sanpete valley vailey with the settlements of moroni coal ville springtown Spring town ephra ephraim im nia aia and mariti the latter though thirty miles distant being plainly visible and strongly re rel 1 gembl dembling sem bling 1 ilg in s situation and app appearance earan j great salt lya iya lake kye kle city as seen from a oli dee distance the soil here seems very good and the crops are gen generally trally promising no pro iro llewellyn showed me a sni small smail ail all patch of gats pats near his house houpe not quite an acre from which he expects to reap bushels this beason season he was 0 offered eie eid c 76 bushels for it some time since and Te fused refused 1 staid here to meet with the saints op og sunday morning when I 1 endea endeavored voYed to lay before them the purpose of my nig visit and then proceeded to moronic chere the tho danish saints ha had assembled jed led for meeting Iad lad dresse then for about twenty minutes the president of the meeting interpreting aftel after meeting I 1 came to this place bishop seely had kindly akil AbIl notified nned fled the people of rby rny coming and appoint appointed eda a meeting roi foi for the evening when ino iad dressed a this place is very appropriately nam named ed I 1 mount pleasant for it is beautifully situate situates situa teU tew tl at the foot of the mounts mountA mountains his on the east side of sanpete valley andis and ig considered I 1 am told one of ape the most moat interesting populous and thriving settlements tle ments in the county but buti 1 I 1 shall ahall have to t dafo defer a more ag as well as many other particulars untie until my next as the mail is momentarily expected i 7 W H 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