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Show Utah Pioneer Trails heller To California Mormons Carried Necv Temple -Prophecy Editor's Note: Utah Fione-or Trails cover many areas of this country. Adventure, courage, foresight anil Faith in God are evident everywhere in the signs along the way. With special permission per-mission and aid of the Sons of Utah Pioneer Memorial Foundation, Founda-tion, the News Bulletin is starting a series of stories on Mormon history. First in the series was the story of Col. Daniel C. Jaekling who brought to reality a prophecy made by Brigham Young. Readers interested in filing "Utah Pioneer Trails," series may obtain copies of the first article at the Bulletin offices, 1123 East 21st South. Dedication of the newest Mormon Temple in Los Angeles recalls the words of Brigham Young, who, in a letter to California Church members foretold of its construction. On Aug. 7, 1947, from the Camp of Israel's Pioneers in the Great Salt Lake Valley, the Council of Twelve Apostles addressed a letter to members in California. In the letter there was the prediction predic-tion that a Temple would be erected on the shores of the Pacific Pa-cific Ocean. Over the signature of Brigham Young and Willard Richards, the letter told of the movement of the Mormons from Nauvoo, 111., out to Salt Lake Valley. The letter let-ter was carried back to California by Elder Samuel Brannan then president of the West Coast branch of the Church. The missive written by the Church Leaders is now in the Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial Foundation archives. After reviewing the trials and hardships endured by the moving mov-ing Mormons, Brigham Young came to the subject of moving to California. "We understand that you are un::ed.ln your labors for the time being for the good of the whole, just as we are here," he wrote. "We also understand that there are some of the company com-pany who sailed with you from New York who have entered into business exclusively for themselves them-selves and are laboring hard fo get rich. To all such we would say: Get rich, for the Lord has designed that his people should be the richest on the earth, but remember and get your riches honestly, and close not your ears neither tie up your purse strings against the cries of the widow, the fatherless, the poor, and especially" espe-cially" the household of faith, but let your charity be manifest to all that need it, otherwise you (Continued on Page 8) Utah Pioneer Trails , Brigham Young Letter Carried Temple Prophecy- (Continued from Page 1) may expect that your riches will avail you nothing, but prove to be a curse to you and be the means of your eternal overthrow. "We have been driven from the inhabitants of men, and hurled, as it were, like a stone from a sling, and we have lodged here in this goodly place, surrounded by a munition of rocks, just where the Lord wants his people to gather; and we say to you, all, and to all the Saints in California, you are in a goodly land; and if you choose to tarry where you are you are at liberty so 'to -do;, and if you choose to come to this place you are at liberty to come, and we shall be happy to receive you and giv,e you '.an inheritance in our midst; and if any emigrants emi-grants should arrive upon the .western .shores, let no one .discourage .dis-courage them from" coming to this place, if they wish so -to do'; not that we wish t!o depopulate California yof all the Saints, but that we ."'wish to make this a stronghold, a rallying point, a more immediate gathering place than any other; and from hence let the work go out, AND IN TH; PROCESS. 'OF TIME THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC MAY YET BE OVERLOOKED FROM THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD. So it is that the man who lent ' spirit and strength to, a,- people seeking Religious freedom and peace, has reached once again into the present' with 'imcanny knowledge and foresight., |