Show glogau T anerum ac banday biln day july esth 1883 opening and sacrament nl at exercises prayer by them thomas as K E lacks kicks 1 I 1 to IV CARPENTER addressed the saints I 1 collie caina to these mountains balie ing that god liml had gain again established I 1 ils walk on oil the earth that joseph smith was ilis hii hi i prophet and lint liblit it vas too as the command of god to the honest liou cit to gather out of the world I 1 had lobess connected with tho the sectarian voiad ild and had bail taken part in ili their religion I 1 had witnessed their preaching protracted meetings etc yet their vas as nil lilt aching void in ill ruy my heart which nothing I 1 could rind find in the world could ill when al latter day saint elder a rell relative tive of mine cimo came c imo to rile me and I 1 asked me if I 1 wag vas willing to read I 1 replied that I 1 was lie ile gave wo a pamphlet ly by orson oreon bialt lial tand mill I 1 read it I 1 foil found 1 that thai it based its alithe on the bible which I 1 bel believed i eyed to be ba the word of if goa oil I 1 the alic elder it tiLo I 1 10 gal gaic a no uio tile it a regarded c as a disgrace to ili iiii family und null for joining the bior rating mom but I 1 yes was deeply interested lit in it what but I 1 load had read and I 1 decided that I 1 of smith was or lie was waa ixil ILIA it A of rod god and I 1 determined 0 to o ascertain tile truth it if I 1 could I 1 bought other oilier chardi null and I 1 gave to such rad investigation ns as I 1 never devoted to any other oilier subject rile more I 1 acad tile I 1 limited to scrod lend anil and tit at lell gilk I 1 come to tile the that this work was wag divine AV willi 1 11 1 this colle conclusion buslon 1 I closed out aly business find and anine to 0 o vlast belie ing hig that tile I rt ligion or of the lattur boy diy lints S ant its true I 1 crime ahead or of lay iny family to more thoroughly im esig it to mad and for it time lor for that I 1 observed I 1 losely 11 hat I 1 saw did 1 see Ally thing that vas tons lirong yes but I 1 was enn enamel nici by the spirit of god fiod to sic tic the truth and to realise that the litter latter day saints had the truth it if I 1 over realized a su acel c et joy and a perfect happiness it il was when I 1 tumbled humbled myself lay self subtitled subdued the pride lit 11 my heart dicarl and united villi this people cople these feeling have never I 1 departed II 11 rt C I 1 from rile me anti and it if there i iq anything ill a till all the world that words affords tilloy inc joy and aid satisfaction it is ii my iny con willi this much maligned malign cil roco reo file alc not Is that we ire aro ft fico co front from faults I 1 tor for we vic tire nrc not hot but tin the ren rc il anes i lion ion is is moat are arc the intents anil and pull pin poses pages of our hearts heads Is it a question that hat inest still anil nill nil como come homo home to 0 o as 13 we must from time to little lime ex amino anino our and standing stain standi ling rg lc be the lord it if we desire to bo be faithful ns As saints to all tile HO commandments mand ments of 0 god NV we e will from tit linic lie to time examine our own hearts find and try to set and keep them right I 1 take PICAS LIrO in noting tile the course of history liis lory lit in connection with this thi people I 1 have noticed that from tile time ut of boggs to lorali tile the enemies of this people ho however ever great the lionor honor they may inny once have enjoyed have bunk into buchanan Bin hanan went out of the otilee of president with loss less honor than llian lay any other president I 1 cost can recall we should rejoice lit in tho the freedom established by our fathers who founded this government vi we c should its principles to our posterity as a piccioni picc ions legacy le ncy it is charged that i we c ire are disloyal it to tit aliis i 3 9 government overa merit but I 1 challenge any ally man mail to lilt nin ill the ell charge arge by facts rile brath is that abil people haye have it 11 deeper for the principles of our government tl than I 1 oil have the people of tiny any other oilier portion of the country cipris L I 1 11 I 1 ul I 1 tin aoi thankful that I 1 have a 1 litand jag ing in tile church of christ anil and I 1 have conic come to the iho cond conclusion that it lien hen tile time lime comes unit that a acry cry it member of that church is required to have a test testimony of the truth of tile gospel it will ivill be necessary for all to ila am a till an understanding of its principles aft am I 1 a firm faith it in them 11 in this respect tie BC differ from ilia test of the religious world they base their hopes principally on oil this passage of scripture got goi so lot leicil ell the world that hint lie gave alyc ills his only begotten son thil whosoever loever belic believe lic on oil him should have everlasting life 11 they teach that it a simple belief i in it christ insures sa salvation then elial need of works it if n man mail believes in christ lie he will on ill really believe the filings which christ taught and will do tile the works which aich ile ho commanded faith alone is insufficient for the salvation of bul human liall souls goals hence I 1 have come to tile conclusion that the faith of the sectarian world is ii not flat tile faith taught in ili the alie Scrip scriptures scripture turo lint U the I 1 0 faith that like latter olty saints hold embraces sill all the teachings of scripture I 1 from attain adam to tile cipos ties acs and it seems seeing to tile inc that all the youth hitolio w ho have been reared among among his people ought to bo be alb able 1 c to be sec the bo beauty grandeur and truth of 0 the religion of their parents parent I 1 rejoice that I 1 am a member of the of christ and that I 1 have lind hall enough of the alie spirit of god coil to enable me to sec the difference bet between vicen the iho truth and the erroneous doctrines of the is world orld As young people H c should study fuld and investigate thc jhc differences between our religion lon and of tile he world for the time may conic win wilful n our of those differences ferencek ces cs it hill ill be I 1 acry cry necessary to us its wo mig might spend much time in core comparing the church of which we are arc members with tile b of tile world and ice fice liow how nearly we tire BIO to tile the pattern given lit in the scriptures Wip tures and liow far t they hey are arc from us cidell of south Cotton cottonwood nood then than the hie saints although I 1 came to utah the same in which the pioneers arched till is is the fret first time I 1 ever visited cache valley in triin traveling ling from salt lake city ile hie past few days I 1 have been led to reelect upon the present lir client condition of tile the latter ter lay day 5 saints anti and to compare the iho present with the past nt lien ell it nas said that thai gianu could slot not be raised in salt lake valley I 1 remember ine taber no defio cache valley III was is spoken of as A good summer range but as a place w I 1 here neither settlers nor cout I ili lilt e lit in tile the 1 winter inter I but I 1 ut at lobing moved upon bythe by hie lit got coil f called falli fliCS to couie collie ait wl sett settle I 1 C lichtle still and now we see fee lin 3 followed IDs ed now there elirio me farn farm nuil and settlement lit in this valley As a far ao is tile eye can call I 1 have heard null much of cacho cache valley but was not prepa ell to sec bee it so settled and so prosperous I 1 also alio call to kill stances in connection with the settlement of the like southern part of 0 our territory it a very barren and desolate countr y our people lid not salle bhele front froin choice clio nor for the purpose of pecuniary dairy advantage but bait because they culled bythe by alic of god so with the like settlement of our ons It colla lit in ariona anona large companies at it first went there but returned dalicour aged yet likable it alio in to the c all of the servants of tile lord have remained and settled thero have been blessed and prop prospered ered in ili tunny jointly localities rethe saint kainis have settled the wi soil fino fias been ninde productive anti and tile the waters halo been increased forthe and of tile the saints and these ve cafaro olare of roil test ivion ies of the inith of this ILL mork ork the choir sang ft cyina on bell I 1 t u few minutes ho deprecated co tile circulation of p lotions but ong lille people a king for icci nimy till ii uliss ss ahme petitions pt lUiona aeto by h y tile otherwise the pea pie being idly arced to lo to V purposes will ild low lose tile tho to of f clinnly charily anil and if aftic assabi anc to theme isan berto ak rr really worthy and i in 11 wall want t ile he also urged timed tho necessity of I 1 here frequent to M is sita i 3 by the alic Len leathers diers to tin the nl at their homes lio roca and greater Iti soone northy person lie ile left in want of tile llie hv brics of life lie ile urged ca especially iu hill bt e tie lie taken to pr oroville proville provi oville ilc for or the families of mission missionaries nories I 1 lio lie it etro ero it bollt hiir tile gospel mill ami to see that they nere arc furnished farn nacil v mill ith tile necessaries of life benc belle diction ilic tiou by elder II 11 V jr |