Show tart tarr P IV PRESIDENT RESIDENT YOUNGS TRIP TO CACHE VALLEY REPORTED bl BY 0 D W TT 1 KAY KAYS wand WARD aug 1 1865 EDITOR DESERET NEWS DEAR SIM sir crests brigham Brig liam llam young H C kimball and company started this morning at 9 to visit cache valley and arrived here at half past one after partaking of in a public dinner which was well got up and did credit credit to bis bishop layton layta and anol the saints here we attended n meeting there were w ere on tle the stand of the twelve traveling on this trip elders john taylor W woodruff F D richards and ado ge 0 Q cannon MEETING AT KAYSVILLE pres H C kimball remarked after meeting was opened that thal there never was a better time since wo we have been in these mountains for us to do better than now ho he quoted the scripture blessed and holy is he that hath part in inthe the first res for on such the second death hath no power and reasoned on the nature of the fir first stand and second deaths there is no way to escape the justice of god when men enter into a holy covenant with him there are sins for which men cannot repent elou enough g h to make restitution restituti on for the them in the law v of justice will have to be magnified he strongly encouraged the saints to husband their grain and not dispose of it under value by so doing they will be the gainers we need our graiff agrain and if we part with it now we shall feel it god is advising and dici taking tating us through his servant brigham and the lord has said listen to my in X servants their voice is my voice to this people 11 if we live our religion we never shall want for rain for wheat and fine flour as long as we live elmerjohn Elde elder rJohn john ta taylor lor it is a good thing to td be a saint to be e engaged in the work of god to be in the enjoyment of the spirit of the lord and to keep ke eto his ha s commandments which if we do we e shall shau be entitled to all the blessings of this life and the life to come when we have the joy that proceeds from the holy ghost and we desire to worship him then the lord begins to bless us in temporal and spiritual things how much better oetter off you are today to day clay than heretofore because you listened ilot liot ened to the counsel of god in regard to your grain and band if we continue to do this I 1 we shall shail continue to be more and more blessed in all things we must be subject to the law of the holy priesthood in temporal as in spiritual things it is is difficult for some men to think that we should BO so submit to the lord they think the can manage their own temporal affairs it is s god that bestows bestons blessings upon us it is god that sends us the early and latter rains president young told you at the last general conference you would have good crops this season this has been fulfilled we are taught to pray for our dal dai daily dally y bread if the lord sends us our dal dai daily dally y bread should we not also expect that tha t he will dictate that a little to forward his purposes he blesses the earth and fertilizes it we seek to him for his blessing and then we sometimes desire to put his mercies at the command and in the power of the wicked why should we not seek segi for wisdom from the giver of all our mercies to properly use his blessing if we do so the amrit spirit of god will i eat rest upon us from this time ime henceforth pres pros young spoke a short time and the meeting concluded I 1 was glad to hear and see for the first time a brass band in this settlement and should judge that they are being instructed by a competent master bastek ON TO OGDEN about four we rolled out of kays kaya ward and after a dusty drive arrived in ogden city at seven crests brigham young H C kimball and ana their ladies stayed at br lorin farrs barrs and with his usual kindness and generous hospitality bishop west accommodated the rest of the company WILLARD CITY wednesday ad rolled out of ogden at 10 am met elder lorenzo snow a short distance north of the hot springs arrived in willard city at about one and immediately repaired to meeting which was held under a comfortable snug and substantial bowery 60 by 40 on the sides with boards except at the entrances and having a well put up stand composed of two inch plank the entire back of the stand in its whole length forty feet and ten feet high was covered with homemade home made cloth also in front over the speakers heads and at each end bolts of homemade home made of various patterns and fineness were piled up among these bolts we noticed one of 11 linen nen and cotton we also noticed apples plums arri aEri apricots apricots cots grapes currants enormous squash cabbage potatoes and melons ponderous beets large pieplant and turnips and beautiful 11 flowers scattered aro around und in profusion and from what we saw we are sure that the people of willard are industrious and are striving to become a self sus settlement elder W woodruff said that the things of the world are of little consequence to us without salvation he was glad to find so many of the saints here whom he chehad had seen in distant countries beyond the seas we are now where we can have peace 1 1 worship the lord and en enjoy joy doy ourselves in security it requires the spirit of god to enable us to properly appreciate our blessings those that have that spirit can see the kingdom of god in the latter times there is no greater work in which a man can feel feet interest than this work in which we are engaged we ought to be rich in the treasures of knowledge and understanding the lord owns own and blesses this people if a man wants to look at miracles he lie may see them in the establishment and preservation of this church we live in afa ara a fast stage age and the lord is doing a great groat work in our day the wicked say let zion be defiled this is the feeling of the eneal enemies of truth but they do not ot understand the counsel of the lord we do we come to visit you and comfort you we have left our labor at home to take care of itself and v we re are glad to see the people spend an hour ak two to come to meeting g let us do right and god will be our friend jacob is but small smail but he will rise tho little one become a mighty people and the small one a strong nation make upke yo yourselves a good town here and plant orchards and vineyards let your deeds be acceptable before god and you will always be happ happy elder eider me r geo goo Q cannon when ewhen we contrast our condition with that of the people ae outside of these valleys we can s see e e ophe the design of god in gathering us to together ether here theu people of the world may fight against the word of the lord but it will be fulfilled those qualities which elevate mankind are being developed to a great extent among the saints and every one who possesses the spirit of the lord feels to rejoice continually the effect which we witness among the saints flow from the gospel and if we continue to hearken to the me teachings teaching of the priesthood those happy ebb eff effects acts will still increase As the world decrease in all good qualities we shall increase in them the saints who have lived hero here for years have no conception of the decrease of goodness in the people le in parts where they formerly lived dod god god and his servants are plem plew pleading ling with us da day by day and if we are faithful there is is nothing that will be of advantage to us that will not be boiven given to us we have proved that godhan endowed his bis Is servants with the wisdom that is necessary to lead and guide us our prosperity is traceable to the them wisdom which god has bestowed upon those who preside over us take that away from us and we should again relapse into our former condition and be like the rest of mankind and so long as god continues to give this wisdom to his servants we shall continue to grow for these men have courage to rebuke sin and reprove the workers of iniquity I 1 the wicked wonder at this because they cannot comprehend the ways of god and they suppose that this system will soon cometo come to an end they cannot understand how any people can bear to be chastised as this people sometimes are by the servants of god may we always have the shepherds of israel to warn us of danger and watch over us for our good pres H C kimball Kim balI ball we have left our business our families and all behind to come and see you do you listen to your bishop if tou you you rou do not then you will not listen to br r bri brigham ham nor the twelve As a family up upholds molds its head so should the people of a ward uphold their bishop the latter day saints in their ward capacities should be like so many clusters of grapes for they are the fruit that grows on gods vine there is nothing to hinder us from being just as happy a people as ever lived you can improve still more in building better houses in making yourselves more comfortable and in planting fruits of every kind that will grow in this vicinity if we wish to promote the kingdom of god let us be submissive to the authorities of his kingdom and obey his laws take care of your wheat the precautions taken last year have proved a great blessing unto us whereas if we had not taken acm them we would have seen sorrow if you williau will tal take taU coun seland keep your barley oats etc at home you will get a better price for them at your own doors than if you hauled them away bosell to sell seli go fowora to work and make homemade clothing br kimballs Kim Kimb bails balis balls alPs attention was called to the great amount of homemade cloth that was hanging hangin aro around u nd continue in well doing we we naver never shall prosper as we ought until we make and raise what we consume alid and require for use I 1 am interested in these matters lt us repent of our sins and of our murmurings murmur ings against god or against one another I 1 elder F D richards during a great portion of the period of the existence of this earth the human family ha haye been left in darkness and war war cod coa contention ie antion and antl strife stride have llave been 0 over cr all the earth from froin time timo to tim time e W we 0 have seen seu this in our own land while we have been preserved in peace god has made the wrath of the wicked to praise him and we have partaken partaker par taken of his great deliverance he holds us in his parental regard we ve have a witness of this in our crops for the present year when it appeared last spring that we should have comparatively no crops in consequence of the backward season and great drought the prophet of the lord told us not to be discouraged for we should have good crops this has been fulfilled for our fields are covered with plenty I 1 I 1 it seems more manifest today to day than thail ever before that the fprd will make his priesthood to rule the president has been trying for years to get the merchants to enter ona on a policy to retain the wealth of the community among ourselves but they haye have not entered into it you have paid a great deal deai de almore more for the freighting than the first cost of the goods you buy you have cattle and young men to to haul goods for yourselves and you can have a store in willard city aa wt well as they can in G L city if youk cep your grain here and get a good price I 1 you can buy your krods aj arnd arid freight them yourselves but if hyou you throw your grain into the market in great quantities you cannot obtain the price you otherwise would it seems to me that we might as well take a couise course course to invest our means as we are counseled by the priesthood instead of giving our money to those who have no interest in in common with us let us bringa bring a little of that tha wisdom which we have on general church matters ers to wiear bear on this subject let us deal deai in that way w ay that we may play have the profits which are arc now giving fortunes to those who have nothing in in common with us let all study the interest of the whole and god will ivill beaetter be better pleased with us I 1 elder elden T B H stenhouse spoke for a short time TO cily CAY after partaking of a public dinner the company rolled out of willard at a quarter to five and arrived in brigham city about six p m about three miles from the tile city we were met byan by an escort consisting of first a company af of young gentlemen mounted in full uniform each one carrying a lance and banne ref with a color bearer carrying the stars and stripes next a wagon containing 20 young ladies dressed in white drawn by two span of greys and driven by two postil ions in uniform with banner displaying an eagle and bearing the motto onward deseret next a brass bandi with stars and stripes in a wagon drawn by two sp span in of bays and driven by postil ions lons in uniform next y a mounted company of militia with the national flag last a martial band also bearing the stars stars and stripes iri in a wagon drawn by two span of blacks blacks driven by postil ions in uniform when we entered the city we passed through niles files of citizens ladies and gentlemen and anil long rows of children who made their demonstrations of welcome as the company passed pres young was entertained by E lelder leider ider lder lorenzo snow and pres H 0 kimball by elder samuel smith in the evening the distinguished personages of the company were sere serenaded faded by the different bands of the settlement I 1 I 1 august 1 1860 1865 EDITOR DESERET NEWS DEAR SIR since the introduction of the wonderfully increased facilities ifor fon for the interchange of though tin the shape of extended postal arrangements cheap pens ink anid arid paper and the general sens fusion diffusion if of the rudiments of education scribbling has became such an inveterate i em te habit with a large class that letter writers and their ef fusions are g generally proverbially and I 1 think in in many cases pretty justly regarded as a nuisance the fact is the post office is too loo often made the medium of transmit ting a quantity of bf meaningless barren words rather than ideas and too many letters instead of being as they should the simple reflex of the thoughts though tsi feelings and affections of the heart are the soulless ef fusions of a although though possibly unconsciously so hypocritical for formality mall mali and are as deceitful and unsatisfying as dried tasteless fruit that is arti artl a arti filially fici ally attached to the living tree an ane outwardly resembles the ripe and au lus ius lous ious clous fruit until plucked and found to tov nauseate upon the taste 5 one of the most difficult things I 1 know of is to write a letter which shall P please ease or interest the public eye especially cia cla lly ily when you have nothing of alre arre an extraordinary or exciting character to write about now were your correspondent n t so sojourning sojo ourn ing in the midst of some one 0 of f the c christian h r i stian civilized communities which can be found with outgoing more than seven or eight thousand miles from home it would be the easiest matter in the world to get getup a sensation letter all that would be necessary would be to tale take a stroll some saturday eve betwee between ir the hours of 7 and 12 and scenes of poverty wretchedness debauchery an devery olevery species of crime would meet the eye sufficient tp to fill your japer paper with their recital and to cause all ail your virtuous readers to blush for humanity itself one cannot pick up the morn morning ilig paper there without the eye falling upon the record of some horrible 0 05 bestial 1 I use the word for want of a better though it is injustice to the brutes crime that makes the blood boll boil with indignation or chill with disgust not bof unmingled with city pity for the degraded perpetrator sag as w well weli as their wretched victims another horrible murden murder A child beaten bahten with wita a red hot poker by its mother |