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Show be Bald, f 'Behold the bridegroom cometh , after year go ye out to meet him." No7f will we deceive' ourcelvea and bo found among the foolish virgins, with! no oil in our vessels; and when the wheat and tho tares ara separated, shall I bo found a tare or a wheat? Let us ask ourselves the question, am J a wheat or a tare? The proof as to whether : we are tares or wheat may be seen in our lives; as it is. written, "For 7h030ever shall do tho FBI DAY EVOISG. AFE1L 3, 18 03. HA M lhjthePresident BRIG in the YO UNO1 in IT Ai A W A UJJ AO 11 AAJkMAm JL , A AA , a-;ver- y ; nritnf ., ere' their own cnoico, wiinouu movinterier-enc- e of bishops and teachers, whild a few would consider it not convenient to attend meeting, because tho witness of the Spirit ia notln them. Again, do wo to call upon tho Father in tho delight is it our joy and happiname ofJesua believe that Ho ness to doflo?:-Dovw- e will hear our prayers, and that wo ohall receive benefit from our petitions to Him In the name of Jesus? Do wo rely npon; TT!mt. and. are wo acqnain ted With JELIsj character in. tho least degree? - Haver we, any kno wledge 6tHfm?: XTet us answer these questions in; our own mindsJ that we- - may- ascertain whether, we do deto' bow down before Him to ask light for tho things which we need, and seek unto Him. for His Spirit to guide ua and that we preserve u 3 from all. danger, ."and forbidden may not wandertinto by ' outby the way, but' be Eatlis and fall constantly in the narrow path which leado : to; lifoj everlasting. Is it our pleasure to do jgood to ourrfellow-creatnre- s, "away from travelingifar by to the' our homed and. friends preach gospel to a perishing world?Thls ."applies to the Eldera of Israel t and also to the mothers and daughters and sons of those Elders. Do they dellght to part with their husbands that they may go and call upon" the nations to repent of their sins? Is.it a joy to them to bear the burdens of a family inl the absence of their husbands,- preserving everyhave left? Ms'it' a pleasure they thing for tho- Elders to travel among:! the nations without purse or scrip, traveland from ing from people people;: sub? neighborhood to neighborhood, e mitting to the finger of scornf-andjth" aibuse; of the wicked and ungodly? Vj1 S will herelsayi noweverj that I have I been treated- kindly when traveling among strangers'to preach this gospel. do not know that' lever asked for a Imeal of victuals without obtaining; it. Still, I have seeh epbugh from the exof others to know the' real feel perience ; and to understand the desires of ings Iconcefninc: the uncodly the a Elders of j. mi J jisraei. 'Aney. ao not uesire mem any j -- - - f - . ' -- " " r spirit;t&em' SrShT. FZi&t and often wisdom, speak without con hut if Ho! will: - P"K fe-i- 1? theuTlHls " them tho spirit .of to our hpnVtS nRnf we are here KfhX Ho would eend unto.i-'nuu.uKt- .i. life to learn; wo are in a great school, will show them things to come.' and if we are diligent and faithful, and fervent in our studies, then we have: Wlierii speak o ihb Saints I' include 1 profess to tbe a Saint with hope of being prepared to'enter into an myself. existence wherein we shall receive more tho rest of my brethren and sisters, and L f i than wo . can receive "in this state, where we can adopt in our lives princi- pies of exaltation and progression faster than wo can here. .Let us apply our to wisdom In this life. The Xattefrday Saints who dwell in these valleys have left their all to gather with the Saints, and for the express purposq of preparing for the coming of tho Son of Man. When wo consider thi3, and then consider how Wo spend our timethe precious time allotted to us in this life to mo it is a matter of astonishment. Men and women for causes mako shipwreck of faith:' slight lose the spirit of tho gospol; losing object for which they left their homes and their friends. Wo are all searching for happiness; we hope for it; think we live for it; it is our aim in 11 this life. But do wo vft ro si in fn!nv muchdesire? There thehapplnessweso Xiatter-day is only oneway for Saints to, bo happy, which is simply to live their religion, or in other words believo the gospel of Jesus Christ in every part, obeying the gospel of libertywith fullpurpose of heart, whteh sets us free indeed. tJIf, wo will as a community obey the law of God, and comply with the ordinances of salvation, then we may expect to ilnd thehapplnessweso much uesire, dui, ii wo;uo noc pursue this course we cannot enjoy the unalloyed to po; found in the nappincssTownicn is to gospeh profess be a Saint and not enjoy the spirit of it; tries every liLirH iii tho heart, and fa onoof thn Trinafcrilnfiil not tho Latter-da- y Salata dccelre them- s : -- 1 W SmhrniiiFrT1?0 i!l"W r ourselves uy mo Jaw V V a X 01 uoa, we I an-rain- ds s - Sr. be-th- - ? . ; I r "u BRIGHAM YOUNG. Special to the eereti Evening JTeurt. San Francisco, Ari confirm the yiees abandon ment of the jjOiaz reported reservation bv thp andJMohave Apache Indians. The sav- afica nayo uuuiinencea active hostihties in Eastern Arizona! and the inhabit- ants call on wen. iiaileck: to Rttmr, more troops in that section. Great numbers of stock arejrun off or killed bv the Indians, . i Idaho advices to March 28th say the Ida Elmore and Golden Chariot com- - ' the! in Owyhee district, are panies. fortified in. the mines, and sevstrongly eral collisions have! occurred underhave resulted in the kilground, which ling of J. O. Holgate, of the Golden Chariot, and Frank Meyer, of the Ida Elmore, ,and the wounding of a number of others.: tit is ex pected .fighting will soon commence above ground. The parties number fifty well armed men on each side. The (authorities are endeavoring to quiet the difficulty. Washington, 2. The attendance at the impeachment trial has greatly diminished.: iThe galleries were jaot half full at fhe; opening of the trial, though many came in during the afternoon. Drake offered an amendment to the seventh rule, providing that the vote shall be without division on questions of law and evidence, unless the yeas and h iiays are demanded by of the or Senators, by the Chief Justice. The was amendment laid over for one day. Congressman Terry, of Michigan, corroborated the evidence given yesterday in regard to the - interview between ThoiHas and Secretary Stanton. Gen. Embrjr, commander of the District, testified in regard to his interview with the President, an account of which was published at the time, Wilson offered additional documentary evidence, including a correspondence between Uen, Grant and the President relative to disobeying the orders of Secretary Stanton Stauberry, made the point that the President's letter was not evidence in the case, un leea all the correspondence ) referred to therein was produced. After some argument on this point, jthe Sen- ate refused to sustain the objection, 20 yeas, 29 nays.u Col. Wallace, commander of the garrison at Washington, testified relative. to the interview he had with the President on Feb. 23d; but nothing important was elicited. Court took a recess; ) After reassemblingJ W. E. .Chandler, late Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, testified in regard to' the manner in which money was drawn out of the Treasury. He knew of bo means by which money could be drawn out for the War (Department except on an order from! theSecretary of War, signed by U the President.;. ii of desired to know! the olsject v.A AS x..Evarts j. I 2.-llj- ate I i j ( one-fift- ( . j - ; : mm j '- uees ui m. d op fihey v jcl i ? ifl . m- -, sacra-ushering-- In Mr" m mm W WA a I A. i ZS toe theojtas , k - uuuuuu .iuw. y W"" na h6 IB at once O.IftOt77f. Keep:me oyer spurned frbm'.thq doors of the stranger,; Whether it is a credit to me or .not. never told them'I was aM'MormonV E14 der until X gotwhaf ;l.iwantedc X have vuuqD upucu uw ujuu v i uuudu, uuuuou the priyilege of Introducing the prinici-- j pies of our11 religion r and theychave ex- claimed, Well: if this is Mormonism; my nouse snaii oe Lyour nome as jong as you stay in this rieIghT)Qihoodf,.,Iwhenf perhaps, if I had saidL!?I am a Mormonl havfi" TP- flnit;." I , thflv would Eldfir'fttthft ' " a,jr t j-u-ui -- , -- - -- . " w w j I mm xi- a a km yi w I WKinin ; V. umii. mAM involvia,' ana- - tu uf he-,deslred'.f- sifj-- ws ttl.i .i ther iw , j o...V w inor klodnes8 from tho lolidel porU6 than from thoao ivho:;profc23 v.v-W-- v, tianity. t YF, yji nJ!i 9 rJ7norr ; J j - .i,i'i.4. oi - . m Senate re- 23 to 26. Strong (was orougni; oeioreiunier j.usuce:v;arier, t.hA.TIIntrinf. Pmirf ohurtrr vtritU. Uli a fugitive 8o he was brought before Judge days since "Fisher, who diachar&red him on 'the ;ground that .Virginia was: not a State Inthe Union, therefore Uovernor rier- requisitibn could not be recogj pons nized. Subsequently arequisitioh" was rpneivfTfrom feTi:?Rehofieldn askincr:that Strongjbe delivered: to an autborized agent and handed over to the First Military District for trial. The. point . naye nojouic tonna wunxnem m tn o I resbect. I have heon abnsed oomsUmea ever been readv ..to defend 'tho naiinft of. - Vf mj v .,t SSunUwlS 8U 3 1 t' ! ttt tKm feh?,Me ;i. i: ' self-relian- ce Z A April 1, 18C8. 1PW tnTpiiy6 j i fijivinr-rwiiirAfAfnfh- 3 -- - . nailer wiuem. now partaking ofthe em- wuuua ,M ui UUU m h rtmQ.nf. thn.hnrity nn h nn nf fh the. way forthecomincroftho preparing nrninonn r CUU Ui iUBU, lor IUO reuemuuOD OI ZilOn thft hnneftftf T.nfff.- r- - Ond' nnrl'nalr ;ti It l. .v, atuuaiius w mj wurua ui nropaeis, day sain ts to call to mind their own feelings on :this subject, as a testimony irearn- to rinrHir,; ni,.to the lands of their forefathers, for the Do you delight of' the of the fullness of the gen- - ment of the JGorcTspartake Would you supper? or ana universal peace. ines, aro mojreign Sab- togethethero, serlous matters with me. and assembleryourcelves These bath after Sabbath, for the express pur- should bo looked upon as such by all the nnsA rifirf nlrlnrv of w WU w Klran t tf flia llttVU KMnl people. anu or water mat has been is truo. that: vre arei weak: feeble.I I pared, astnis It a witness. to- .God. - , I. ourFatJ J i rill n ti ri nrnnn t wonilo. avo of riKhteouanesa We paths . . .! Son. that we riceTV? :"oapel.or'JHIa In TTln wnrrfa to tno-Ja- w of reanlrementa.-- thnn UntMntr- tn- - nhr "ring into 8UDjecon. to HIa Son and Vfl thusl th?. .poTra ofvO5nature3; Heavenly Father, fihi-utman that thnt.- "W .w fK WMw HinMni I WtUUIUIVU rd God.. I S?8???;i oir neartar. wo mav then itiH tn n vo".d:ynicav yonrhomealn in i n witness and attend ameetfnff to obaervo this ordinance? .Tho prcat majority of Bancuuea, anu or DeiDK prepared for th ihfanAoniA i csui, I aapbath, monUi after month, and year i o,;rrr4-M- "rr.fXru Kn.i0f j GEORGE Q. CANNON my.public and private life is the proof whether I am truly a Saint or not. This & ot but the spirit, which I possess mmuuiuaio ia me peopie ia other proof, and the spirit wliich. you 1 possess and, communicate to your neigh-- , bors is the proof by which you are good. , as we is it with myself. If nown, can answer-thes- e If you questions in to walk in obedience the covenants the aflirmatlve, it Is a testimony to you wo Oiavo made .with God' and that which delight, in the things of God, one another, wo havo the assurance that you you delight in building up His that we shall walk no more in darkness, kingdom, that you delight in the Zidn but in the light of life-i- n of the light of tho' Iiord as established ih latter the countenance ofour Heavenly Father, The answer of every faithful days.. wo can bear Then witness that we are heart to these questions is, yes; I delight born of God, and testify of Jesus as o in these things: and these are so Son of the tho God; lug only begotten many evidences. that they are of God. of full Father, grace and breth-wtruth;e Do we delight to' feed the poor and. pfthe and we then can strengthen our clothe tlio naked?. We do. 1 m happy u ren ad, are prepared to speak the truth in my reflections,5 it is a source of gratin-catioto a wicked world and call upom them to facts aslthey are, t0 repent, and forsake their sins, return and leancontemplate lor a truth that 'I have say uul uie uoru, sees Baivauon, ana maso done more, probably a hundred times .tlieir Peaco with God ; before it is too over, for my enemies intfeeding,rcloth-in- g ; ; r : t late. .i and lodging them, 'and doing them A great many good people, '"who pos- good than theyi all ever did for" me. Has sess much of tho Kpirit of tho Lord are a minister j of religion ever passed and been refused naturally given to doubting, having so through tliiis country little that they sometimes the privilege of j speaking in any of our doubt whether they are Saints in truth places of worship? No. Can the vilest or not. These often doubt when they of the vile enter into a house belonging should not So long as they are walk- - to a Latter-da- y Saint and complain of JtLis sunering ror iooa, ana oe turned away wr numujy neiore uoa. KeeDincrordi-. Lunsupplied? fit is no matter whether coinmandmentSfand observing His nances, reeling wining to give ali tor iney are unrisuan, iragan or jew, tney Christ, ; and; do every; thinir that will can tarryr over iniffht and be made as as ine lumu v cull xnaie I it uiumuLtjniH kiiip nni, mnv nppn rmvpr i comiorLauie aricTthevv can in and finirlfc to tho peace a ram will tcstlfv them them; douhtfor u depart ii ' ' t ;it,a.mu.D5 ooper,,the presentactlng As- are some who aro alwavafearfuL tremb- - this of the "Hrorld? -' Thov can-no' llDB' doubHrigayerin and at the ,v Whether it isi credii ioti rt? can hat ,1a with, xnade tho.pointhat given; LmiJe 5LrJL J - few-- ii' f INDEBTED .TO THE DESERXr OFFICE for Subscriptions &c ?f the same.5 after tfii s -- the same is mv brother, and sister, and' afternoon, March mother." "not every one that Again, 20th, saith unto me, Lord,, Lord, shall enter Into tho kingdom of heaven; but ho thai iinroivrED by o- - n.; tatt. doe th the will of my Father which is in heaven.". This is thoTproof, keep the the "privilege! of commandments, I am thankfulwithfor the the ordinances,' Saints in this and nreserve the observe again meeting, institutions of Christ's city, for the privilege of speaking to church inviolate, vdofng all things that them, and of hearing others spoak; and, are required of us, as unto tho :Xord, in ' fact, I ani this which in life, happy ourselves"; before Him and, : sanctifyingshall excellent one, answering is all men know that ye "Bytni8 the purpose for which it has been or- are mv disciples, if ve have lovo ono to daineda stato of existence wherein to another." pursuing thfe; course iio, preparo for a better kingdom and a bet- person who By is a true follower of unrist ter life. We are now in a day of trial will be left without a witness, for, "If to prove ourselves worthy or unworthy any man will do His will . he shall know of the life which Is' to come. Wo have of the doctrine; whether it be of God, or reason to bo thankful that tbo Lord has am satis- of whether! I myself." speak us unto this and flflfl uof OM rtJiuA ruiif,iiiw given opportunity 5Tn ifr? our ow n good, tue cording toi thei requirements of Heaven' .i. Tabernacle, 1SSS. left entirely to if-tbcyViw- pact clearly At all ipbintin ond'rbereafter U - h f;n; y a: , vjzi n conn ',. iivi try. ' f CJhicniro. Owinir to ji flffflnnltV iri thft 11 rr " V' i t j - t i -- , |