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Show .wAVS. ' sif jh. I X1; ja. nJizasSfrf "Z, 'nf!i,'r&'&jjS&.dZv-uL(,- Tjm iaast "'lac ?. arrest truly is great , SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, DECEMBER, VOL. 2. i Twu Utah Christian Advocate. anil to Evangelical Christianity Education. Temperance. Exposition of JLirmonLra and General Nows in Utah. De -- A O. 1 CiillJj S SaLLTAilOA. thank you Santa Claus, on this Marry 1 , (.'iirlstma-X'.- Oie fcu.es - mere. that will gladden when they hear your winding horn: or tl.e lsearth-'-ton- e yu h ive brisrlitened. and lii hungry hearts youve fed: A iil the tokens of affection hung hound eah little had ; in held down their eye-lid- s, While dieam-Lin- d snug and wara, of You nis-- io vuur weufiii' nni 1 nilit anJ bwnii. 1 sli-o- ar Keia-de- "r Bo., dear Old Santa, when y.-is Taking in the town,'' Do you treat all children ytA up the street or down; When you raise the frosty window to uiake your ini bright call, iti you mink of needy children v.iuj their faces to the wall? Who tin u their face no th wall when they waken out of sleeps'. So the little empty stocking will not make the children weep! There are ilttle boys, dear Santa, who will one day lend the world! Them are mighty banner waiting by their hands to be unfurl d! There are thought now germinating that wiii ou- - day hate their birdi. shall whUnpr t, - - . iuelvaie earth! reach around the There are slender fingers training that will "ntd' PrinvssRD k casr ft41 And whose velvet touch will smoothen the wrin kted'f font of War. There are Kings, outside of Palaces, and Queens, though never crownd. s and tender, in And strong, Gave home-spu- n clothes are found; Tberes itianv a liov&i Hero, without the Koval Purple on, Who 'Will stand a rock, in Dangers front, when a battles to be won; And noble hearts, and genrous lives, shall mark the crimson plain, While yiilish hands shall wreathe the cross above tneir countrys slam. alike'-Wheth- hc-ait- wind me of the morning, near two thousand years ago, When the glad stars sang together, and the And 1 sky i as ah aglow With one whoso rmlknt luster uciliinmed the brightest gem. While enchanted magi shuUi-.- i ' Tia e Star of Bethlehem! H-v, ho tlv glories vm coined. down from lii-Iwavi nly nr me. an 1 foibid them Said, Su.Ter little i iuldu come. not to . v , l-- U.i'.'i .op tiling they he. Ae t ho li.em rv h. turns lrr mu aii'VV'i t ike T;'"l 5!''d ,.i 1 ' t'l.ii mta, w' of the liow-ev- dear jb. OfiDbv. Utat is ; D WALKS ABOUT ZION. A B PLiSKsIdlLtN. n No. .1, lci.12 and on'vvakd. tiie MKoiai Conference held and 23th of Acquit, JSk when the truth loving and truth ppeukmg Mormons made known. to the world, the grossly paper in which Joseph Urn Seer had nine years before given to the Saints the privilege of cmiTuiUkig adultery by simply n II t o' it 3 Tf,rrv)ft plural or celestial marriage a larger number of emigration the tile of missionagejif nn aries, wer- - .seat a'troi 1 throughout he world than ever teluie. It oa t tie h 1 Q. -- Alter the modest address uf Ileber; George A. Smith told those r I 5iR Lie laborers are few. l i L. k,c gather the honest in heart" that If any of them refused, they might expect that their wives would not live with them, for there is not a Mormon sister who would live with a man a day who would refuse to go oa a mission. To ballance this unlimited praise of the sisters by Brother George: Brother Brigham, thinking that peradveature theiA might be some of the sisters not so willing to be separated from their husbands, after such a revelation as that to which they had listened, for fear they irrht make ?. rhoioe of a lump or two before coming the wives to be loyal to the cause of God, and not to be a dead weight t their husbands by loving them so much that they would want to stay at home Instead of going to England and elsewhere to shake thu frail tottering fabrics of many of those institutions under which Christianity has taken shelter for want of a better covering. Among those who were thus sent, our friend Orson Pratt of the was illuminating appendages made special mention of "in view of his greatness of mind, his capacity of soul for defending the rights and institutions of the Saints, as an ambassador to Washington to preach the gospel or advocate polygamy and to preside over the Saints in the United NO. 1885. XII fL rsc u agents sent ahmid but a In the spring of 1 th Rev. MO t. ' i. " more were appointed to elder. The completed ctiurch W. A. Hough began xegulsr pastwenty or travel at home, to instruct, corn building was dedicated on the 2ntli toral work at Filhnoie, and in fnrr and build up this Salats in lire of Nov., 1870. Mi. Bayjkss was December, h82, tue Rev. Philip One hundred succeeded by the Rev. L. R, Crit- Bohbeek began pastoral wtrlt ia most holy faith. families were sent to Iron County tenden, who remained from May to Ifyrum, WGlHviiie and Millville in On the Isi of Cache Valley. to manufacture iron; one hundred August, leGA Regular ministermore to Mil laid County, the in- Amruxt, 187 the Rev. 8. L. ial work was also begun in Rich-- Hi tended seat of government. Broth- GilieSpi- - aiiiVrd itltd Olid Fthiklia and- Snaithtield by was er John I)., engaged charge of the work there eves since, the anWa-- in Richmond, during in preaching the gospel of peace although residing six miles east at the summer of 1GG, of the Rev. in Washington County to the Box Elder (formerly Brigham City) W. E. Indians; and wrote early in 18 A to during the past eight years. By the arrival also of the Rev Work was inaugurated in Salt II . jV. Newell in Sait Laka City, in the friends and brethren who are so densely crowded at head quar- Lake City, Oct 1st, 1871 by the July. IMG, regular pasUral work l on the at Campters, and the old settlements to Rev. Josiah Welch, who assisted come Dr, and Sheldon in out Jackson and the woot side of the city southward, by spread September, and wound up his letter wirh the Rev. G. S. Boardman, I), ),, on and ia January,, JLSkl, under Mr. pious ejaculation; What hinders the 12th of the following Novem- Newell's leal, the Westminster the Saints front adorning the sanc- ber organized the First Presbyter- Presbyterian Church was organtuary of the Lord, and making ihe ian Church, with twelve members. ized with 32 metabeirs and three PiOUS Col. Cntcklow, E. H, Parsons and place of Ins feet glorious.' ruling elder. intents are so beautiful in tin Judge Osborne were elected ruling, The Presbyterian denomination mouths of such Samis as John I), elders. Mr. Welch continued pas- nrwv lias 14 active naiaisters in Utah Lee. Porter Rockwell, Ephraim tor of the church until his death, located as follows: Itev 0. M.Purfc-iHanks, Hosea Stout and Brigham March, 16ch, 1877. He was sucwe ceeded to restrain on have that first the Sabbath of the Rev. S. L. GillertpL., Or Mine and. box Young, ourselves from quoting them, as following June, by the present Elder, the latter twtng Mr. Gi address memory brings up the past and in pastor, II. G. McNiece. Since the Rev. Josiah McClain, Ogden, the light of that lamp we walk latter date, 138 members have been Rev. lilt. McNwice, Salt Lake City. added to the church Go on proabout Zion. I lev, II. A. Newall, S tit Like City. Brother Taylor, alas! where is fession, 73 by letter and only four Rev. T. F. bay, American Fork. ltev. J. A. L, tWA, Pa;, son and in Brother Taylor now? in those days deaths have occurred. These addbe used frequently to say that he ed to tile 48 members which the charge also of Neuhi. Rev. E. N Murphy, Mt, ThWAnL was rejoiced to be in the midst of a church had June 1st, 1877, would Kev. U. Y. Martin. Manti arid people, where the greatest amount make th present membership 182, Ephraim. of wisdom and happiness ia gather- But since there are only lOd memRev. A. R Oort SI George of Silver ed together on the face of the bers, it shows that 77 have been Reef, Put: hu poOofitoe address is St. earth. Brother Brigham alluded lost by removal to other places in Georgo. Rev. 1. D, Stoops, P.irownn. once in a while to ihe pa seeniions eight years. Rhv. E. W. Greene, iitUifieul, having Work was next begun in Mt. States, Upper and Lower Canada, in Nauvoo and Missouri, that of Monroe aud Saline. chargortbo and the British provinces in North always began with apostates, disaf- Pleasant in April, 187 by the Buhbcck at Iljr'im. Rev, Philip rc m ry LUUi, fected spirits, and then asked the arrival of the Rev. D. J. McMillan? AiuOi v at Richmond Rev- - W. E. Do we se disaffected who, during the next eight and a named minister? ten Under this open policy, Orson first The Do do. see half we We churches did such years, grand pioneer are in charge of organizod began very soon the publication of the Seer in Washington, for apostate1? We do. Isav to those work in the San Pete Valley, open- which, counting Springvilie and he modestly stated for the en- persons you must not court perse- ing up Spring City, Ephraim, Ephraim, make twelve in all with lightenment of the President elect cution here, lest you get so much Manti and Monroe to the influence an aggregate membership of 3b2. (Franklin Pierce,) the honorable cf it you will not know what to do of the Gospel. Although work has been carried with Do court In it. not members of Congress, the heads of persecution. July, 1877, the Rev. G. W. on ibi over sixteen years, and different ministers the various departments of the Now keep your tongues soil lest Leonard, whose death occurred on twenty-eigh- t cone sudden destruction work National Government, the i,port you Thanksgiving morning, began have been employed, the denomiI say, rather than that apostates in Springvilie and shortly after at nation has lost but two men by governors and legislative assure. bli9 f tlm several States and shall flourish hac will tnshealh Pays on, continuing work in the lat- death while connected with the Territories, the ministers of a ery my howl e knife and conquer or die. ter place until the arrival of the work, namely, the Rev. Josiah religious denomination an 1 all the Now you nasty aposiates, clear cut Rev. J. A. L. Smith in December, Welch and the Rev. G. W. Leonard. inhabitants of this great republic or judgment vuii be put lo the line, IcSl. The denomination, through Its the owns and In June, 1878, regular pastoral various pi annuel. and all nations, righteousness to representatives, The Saints now throughout the Lnt us call upon the Lord to assist work was lingua in Ugdeu by the church and school property is The world wore to be instructed to us in this and every good work.' Rev. G, W. Gallagher, although Utah which coat iN,S33.no. to be just as the Rev. Mr. Welch of this city, church work is carried on at an gather t 0 0 piiXC e where under ihe j Everything seemed be io it and yet and Ihe Rev. Mr. Arnold of Evan- animal expense of about 817,000. wanted uii"dicii of Prophet and Apostles Brigham from the of ston had held preaching services be to tell stand ns 11IK -- C110OL wo UK. nsl W 11038 riant lu ,uui eili maiikincl dreams that uistuibed there at regular intervals since was wickediv denied by the whole the Finding that Utah hud no Lee in in Le width the 187.1. ins civilized w.jrld they could be pernight school system, and that the public quiet In June, 1S7J, work was begun school system was under the confected, where they should become saw niobbers, murderers and aposa people and enjoy a peoples rights tates crawling info the beds of his in Cache Valley at Logan by the trol of a priest Luod Lstik to the and privileges, where they were at wives and children, whose throats Rev. C. M. Parks, who has stead- Government and institutions of our that ily pushed forward until he has country, the Presbyterian denomipayed Hindu to bring forth the he cut with the bowie knife n breast-pia lie In established schools in seven other nation, iu common with the other to wear as used laws and institutions of heaven end Urn That was lo make laws to sustain and defend Nauvoo, way he tovr.s besides his own. patriotic and CLrisilan denominawere the fouedaand others Rev. G. the reIn free to W, wimre laying they weie them; July, 1873, tions, saw the urgent need of a inof the for the restoration )k charge of the work at system of American schools where establish every iasfmJUf, every (ioits ordinance, every covenant enjoyed stitutions and otdluai'Ces of former Manti; where he still remains, the children and youth of link dispra-nrion- s. r o services stated holds also God i in any hu uy the peor-lmighibe trained, as in other pairs of the land, to pantotic among which there IlHSTORy OF PRESBYTERIAN Ephraim ami Gunnison. dispensation, a free C. Rev. undrr In W the citivns faithful are none more sand and holy, nr and May, WD, WORK IN UTAH thnd Faro Curt brgaa woik at institution more Godlike than van, Accordingly, in the fov eminent. ids brother ihft Rev. Arihur B. of matrimony, by whi'dian e Grail iA .UKV. II. O. ilCXfRE I), n. ct 7o, a comp! curative at troik was enCort St. Is of The educational entered into and George. relationship Presbyterian denomination plan ce Ti;e pioneer in this scaled bv the direction ana Jn August. IbbO. the Rev. T. P, tered upon. began work in Utah ihrouah its re- cp the Red earner of the prtseutative, the Rev. Melancthon Day too iv ouurge of tL work at work "?.? Rrofrso? J. M. Coyner, woild through his Icyady roudit t- Hughes, in Coiinne on tin- - riabbHh, .imeiicaii Fork and Pleasant Grove who, on the 12th (J April, HU, which had been, be nun some thrce the Hah Like ColFglaie on mi) ih in Zion. j Jnae lotii, 18C3. lie pajs iuem-d-iled author Hit tSm Rev. R. Geo. before so ed iodwarcl became Lev. io. Benson Institute. the The Apcsfle IjK? in the months by by Layless years Iv-li was out ho labored thre from April, lB7f) Bird. the school at Mt PLa-aevibl over the pioyfwrs , iSc-iIn May, the Rev. P. Z). opened by the Rev. D. J. McMillan, for the future that in tiH ndddle of ro 0 Ac-b- T, jSpL. Wad me ir. Kkh:!fld and whoalao within th r.ext two work addivos Dr. of Mr. be his customaiy little rihcllcu Jackson, Stoops beqr.Ti year? th5cho'-!Rcr. E. N. Marphy shouted Hurrah for Monuonlsni. i Haviess orguiricd a chutrh there in .hn at Spring City t If T, t in vo rx Not ordr were over e huudreu O or'Mt!NUr:u ox iionxu iwoe.I iAl3lui;i9Y VtA ! ST J - - A -- - -- J-a- I . Ch-ape- was-begu- home--counsell- ed , Air-pie- post-ortie- e . i Ren.-lri'-- . Ps-- r high-mind- ed I ! n'--- r bn-oni- i - I sr-rm- j super-intendan- j ed I ot I - usl-t-jaa- cc s 1 |