Show for the deseret news nore more than poetry theres many a scene in this cheque red life fraught with instruction by no means mean s rife oue one of the rn many byj I 1 mean to relate actual or ideal ill not debate si since nee to the rhymer a license belongs to borrowe borrow of f fancy to deck his songs A goodly old man some sixty or so thou though gk kis his age precisely I 1 I 1 do not know be that as it may this man had a wife who sought to be head with unceasing strife to rise and rule rale oer him with supreme sway with a asir sir this ibis you shant I 1 and that 3 ou may which you yon all know bikow ism good keeping keepin ag 7 r with the ae ax n teaching IT was on aap when saints with one accord were met cadance ta dance and sing before th elord I 1 ob great babylon hear ye what a sin I 1 saints take measured steps stems t to the violin for go genral nral ease and comfort of the throng some had brought benches others chairs along that 1 hat for i a moment weary of the dance they might sit and rest 1 tb I em or if perchance some saintly matron benumbed with age whose limbs felt n not 4 the sp rightness to engage directly in the dance might sit and see till cheered her spirit felt the common glee now two or three chairs were in usage there which belonged by right io to this aged pair the dime quite nervous and selfish withal lest some slight damage the chairs might befall I 1 commanded lomm her lord the same to remove and hi he forthwith his obedience to prove brought them together r and withdrew in in haste baste lest disobedience might bring to his taste repentance deep and heartrending heart rending sorrow borrow when he beheld the light of the morrow no sooner emerged to the open air air than she wai beside him with jealous care not willing in him such trust to confide lest his neck nack he break and chairs beside it was a ld dismal ismal dark dara and stormy night andee road scarce discerned by human slight sight I 1 the man was searching and leading the way the dame discontent cries hold sir I 1 pray in your dull guidance ill not put my iny trust but lead the way and follow you must so forward she rushed as good as her word to lead in tier her path the steps obber of her lord all now arranged and fixed fiad to her mind she sets face forward and looks not behind yet for a while all seemed to go well but anon plump into a ditch site she oh husband 1 oh husband help me she cries I 1 have bruised my bead I 1 have blacked my eyes how strange indeed the ditch I 1 should not see ITIs very dark you surety surely will agree the old man in pity extended his arm and brought her safe out without serious serious harm ah thank thana you yoa 1 says she ill try it again for the road I 1 can lead I 1 still maintain I 1 made a misstep and the same game might you come try it again and ill lead you through throng IL so said she started still smarting with p pain tin but certain her point she somehow would gain to a small stream a few paces brought her headlong she fell with face under water her arms bent under gave her no relief nor served to subdue her ter stubborn belief oh husband oh husband she would have cried but harlost her lost words beneath the water diebl it was aogle aogle gurgle bubble yet no word came to express her trouble though her lord beheld her and forthwith drew her to the air tor for respiration anew oh dearl dear ohl ugh whew dear hus husband baud 1 she cried wert not for your kindness fondness I 1 should have died after much trouble the chairs were at last placed in in the wagon and oer them cast A buffalo robe a shield from the storm and perchance 00 oo to keep the dew dear things warm one thing to tell id almost forgotten they were of the kind feind we call rush bottom and horses alakl how foolish they are for hay to mistake mis the seat of a chair but so bo it was and victims fell they all and food became for the beasts of the stalls M OR A L would you salvation and glory attain and with just spirits eternally reign where justice mercy and truth all embrace stand eer in your lot and rule role in your place those above you who to rule have the right obey with your heart your mind and your might but neer let a woman usurp the rule rob you of your place and leave you a fool if you do be sure it is of evil lose your faith and go to tae as dead S B I 1 january 1854 elias smith norman shearer Will william iian burton stephen Mark markham liam shadrach roundy william 0 blaik john aw W dark clark Hl hezekiah zekiah peck daraki chase richard howard I 1 mary ann peek peck artimesia Ar grainger martha peck sarah gramger grainger the odore tuley hiram clark and daniel shearer elder alpheus cutler then placed the stone before alluded to in its regular position after which in in consequence of the peculiar situation of the saints he thought it wisdom to adjourn until some future time when the lord shall open the way expressing his determination then to proceed with the building whereupon the Confer conference euce adjourned ja jour arned ned BRIGHAM YOUNG president JOHN TAYLOR clerk thus was fulfilled a revelation of july esth 1838 which our enemies had said could not be fulfilled as no mormon was permitted to be in the state the brethren immediately returned to quincy taking with them the families from ten i grove ac c tile the committee continued to look at the different locations which were presented in lee county l lowa iowa and about commerce in hancock county illinois L george A of john and clarissa Claris set smith was born june ath ain in potsdam st LaWr lawrence Oace county new york when nine years old he received a blow on the head which deprived him of his senses about three weeks five noted physicians decided that he must be trepan ned or he would not recover his father dismissed them on this decision believing that god would livet at heal his son and he firmly be believes that he did heal him in answer to the prayer of faith he was war early trained by his parents who were ans to religious habits and to a regular attendance in the sabbath school hence he had early and anxious desires to know the way of life but was not satisfied with the sects around in ill the summer of 1830 when my father and I 1 my brother don carlos visited our relatives in st S t I 1 lawrence county george became convinced of the truth of the book of mormon and from that time lime defended the cause against those who opposed it his hia mother was baptized in ill august 1831 his father was baptized on the ninth of january 1832 and ordained an elder having been given v up by ph en the doctors to die of consumption the e weather veather was extremely cold and the ice had to be cut from that time he gained health and strength george was baptized on the tenth of september 1832 and on the first of may 1838 his father and family took leave of their old home and moved to kirtland aland ohio george spent the season in laboring on the temple although much afflicted with inflammation in the eyes on the fifth of may 1834 he started for fortion zion in in the camp and acted his part well as my armor bearer although still much afflicted with sore eyes on the twenty eighth he was attacked by the cholera but was delivered by faith he was ordained into the first seventy under my bands on the first of march 1835 being 17 years old he left on the fifth of june in company with lyman smith for the state of new york to preach the gospel without purse or scrip traveled two thousand miles baptized eight held eighty meetings and returned on the ad of Nov november emler spent the winter in school much afflicted with the rheumatism in the spring summer and fall of 1836 preached in different parts of ohio with good success returned and went to school in the winter on the sixth of june 1837 he took leave of me and started with my blessing for the south after a successful mission cission of ten months mostly mos aly in virginia returned and assisted his father in movi moving nito to fur far west missouri he was ordain eo a high counselor tit at adam ondi ahman and sent on a mission to the sou south ill returned about the december he visited me while I 1 was in liberty sail jail when I 1 made known to him that he was appointed to fill the place of thomas B marsh in the quorum of the twelve apostles he assisted in moving tile the saints out of far west and returned with the twelve to fulfil fulfill the revelation concerning the foundation stone of the temple at far west As the saints were passing away from the meeting brother turley said to page and woodruff stop a bit while I 1 bid isaac russell good bye and kii knocking at his door called brother russell ll his wife a answered come in it is brother turley russell replied it is not he left here two weeks ago agoa and appeared quite alarmed but on finding it was turley asked him to sit down but lie he replied 1 I 1 cannot I 1 shall lose my company who is dour your company 7 enquired quiren russell dRussell the twelve 11 IThe the twelve yes dont you know that this is the twenty sixth and the day the twelve were to take leave of their friends on oil the foundation of the lords house to go to the islands of the sea the revelation is now fulfilled and I 1 am going i with wi th th them e in russell was speechless and tur ving y bid him bim farewell wednesday may 1839 the following letter was communicated to the quincy argus argue a weekly newspaper newspaper published at quincy to the editor of the argus sir in consequence of so great an influx of strung strangers ers arriving in in this place daily owing to thel their late lat e expulsion froni from the state of missouri there must of necessity be and we wish to state to the citizens of quincy and the vicinity the medium of your columns that there are many individuals amongst the num bers who have already arrived as well as among those who are now on oil their way here who never did belong to our church and others who once did but who for various various reasons have been expelled from our fellowship amongst these there are some who have contracted habits which are a at variance with the principles of moral rectitude uch such s as swearing dram drinking ac which im moralities immoralities the church of latter day saints is liable to be charged with owing to our amalgamation under our late existing circumstances and as we as a people do not wish to lay under any such imputation we would also state that such individuals do not hold a name nor a place amongst us that we a altogether toge her discountenance everything of the kind that every person once belonging to our community contracting or persisting in such immoral habits have hitherto been expelled from our society and that all such as we may hereafter be informed of we will hold no communion with but will withdraw 0 our ur fellowship from them we wish fu further to state that we feel ourselves laid under peculiar obligations to the citizens of this place for the patriotic feeling which has been manifested and for the hand of liberality and friendship which has been extended to us in 0 our r late difficulties and should feel sorry to see that philanthropy and benevolence abused by wicked and designing people who under pretence predence pre tence of poverty and distress should try to work upon the feelings of the charitable and humane get into their debt without any prospect or intention of paying and finally perhaps we as a people be charged with dishonesty we say that we altogether disapprove of such practices and we warn the citizens of quincy against such individuals who may pretend to belong ion t to 0 our community wy afy inserting this in your columns you sir will confer upon us a very peculiar favor written and signed in behalf of the church of latter day sainte by your you r very humble servant JOHN TAYLOR 11 I 1 this da day pu purchased in coup xion with others of the committee h a farm of hugh augh white consisting of on one hundred and thirty five acres for the sum of five thousand dollars also a farm of dr isaac galland lying west of the white pur c chase base fo for r the sum of nine thousand dollars both of which were to be deeded to Alai alanson alliison ison ripley according to the counsel of the committee but sidney higdon declared that ano ap committee should control ana any property which he had bad anything icing to do with I 1 consequently the galland pur I 1 chase was deeded to george W robinson Rob tuson rig dons son in law with the ex express understanding that he should deed it to the church hureh when the church had bad paid for it according to their obligation in the contract A letter was received hy by the presidency of the church in england then at preston from president heber C kimball stating that isaac russell had apostatized and styled himself the prophet and joseph had fallen elder kimball said the spirit signified to him that russell was secretly trying to lead away the chur church c h at alston england and wished the elders to see to it the spirit had manifested the same thing to elder richards and he was deputed by a council of the presidency to visit the alston branch friday ad I 1 returned to quincy elder richards Rich aids left preston for alston saturday ath elder richards arrived at als alston and dis discovered conred by stratagem that a letter ha had been received from isaac russell as follows far west january 1839 to the faithful brethren and sisters of the church of latter day faints in alston dear brethren inasmuch as wisdom is only to be spoken amongst those who ire wise I 1 charge you to read this letter to nape none out those who enter into i 11 to a covena covenant nf with Y you 0 u to keep those things that tha t are revealed in this letter from all the world and from all the churches except the churches to whom I 1 myself have ministered viz the church in ia alston and the branches round about to whom I 1 ministered and to none else and to none but the faithful amongst you and we be to the man or woman that break ah this covenant now the indians who are the children of the Nep hites and the Lama who are spoken of in the book of mormon have all been driven to the western boundaries of the states of america by the gentiles as I 1 told you they have now to be visited by the gospel for the day of their redemption is come and the gentiles have now well nigh filled up the measure of their wickedness and will soon be cut off for they have hake slain many of the people of the lord and scattered the rest and for the sins of gods people the Gen gentles files will now be suffered to scourge them from city to city and from place to place and few of all the thousands of the church of latter day saints will stand to receive an inheritance in the land of promise which is now in the hands of our enemies but a few will remain and li be 1 purified as gold seven times refined and they will return to zion with songs of everlasting joy to build up tile the old waste places that are now left desolate now the thing that I 1 have to reveal to you is sacred and must be kept with care for I 1 lam am not suffered to reveal it at all to the churches in this land because of their wickedness and unbelief for they have almost cast me out from amongst them because I 1 have testified of their sins to them and warned them of the judgments that have yet to come upon them and this thing that I 1 now tell you will not come to the knowledge of the churches until they are purified now the thing is as follows the lord has directed me with a few others whose hearts the lord has touched to go into the wilderness I 1 where we shall be fed and directed by the hand of the lord until we are pari purified fied and prepared to minister to the Lama sandwith andy and with us the lord will send those three who are spoken of in the book of mormon who W were ere with jesus after his resurrection and have tarried on the earth to minister to their brethren in the last days thus god is |