Show THE VALLEY TAN THE VALLEY TAN wednesday june jime 8 we insert the following only that thai it nay may be seen what mormons cormons are doing abroad we think that the elders are in in one respect like some boine other people speak the loudest lawlest when they are far away from those of whom they speak fan m the X r Y herald the mormons cormons iu in the city gathering of the faithful tall preaching emigration to utah from the eastern avd and middle states last sunday the mormons cormons of this and surrounding cities together with a large number ber of the brethren and sisters from different parts of this state and from other states met at columbian hall williamsburg and had one of their glorifications preaching singing testimonies and business the occasion of this particular gathering was a preparatory step towards the years emigration to utah the saints met in in the afternoon at three and kept up their exercises for about two hours and a half went home afterwards to tea and returned at seven when they commenced and had three hours more of the same order the meeting of the afternoon was pretty much m U eh like an old fashioned methodist meeting i 9 in in its primitive days all the brothers an and sisters find time to speak in in the t two wo hours and a half with the usual marginal allowance for the distribution of the sacrament singing hymns and praying but those obliged to retain their seats while brother jones or sister smith spoke sent out a hearty amen expressive or of their pent up feeling of satisfaction there was little diversity in in the testimonies of the faithful either in in point of language or in in allusion to individual experience all seemed contented with the privilege of bearing testimony to the mission of joseph smith as a prophet and revelator and to that of brig brigham am young as none the less a prophet and revelator to this last dispensation there was quite a number rejoicing in in the prospect ang of f going directly to utah to share in in the joys ana in in the sorrows of the children of zion and as many of the a speakers eakers were grieved that they were still te destitute at itule of the dollars to take them westward 21 with comforting words from the person presiding that there was a good time coming the congregation sung sang 0 zion when hen I 1 think on thee I 1 long for pinions like a dove and mourn to think that I 1 should be ba so distant from the land I 1 love the afternoons afternoon 78 service closed with a benediction edic tion THE EVENING the hall was densely crowded crowde 4 at the hour RP appointed hinted for meeting the principal elders had he 3 been engaged in council dun during agthe the afternoon meetings meeting and their appearance in in the evening altered the face of things thines there was a general shaking of hands ai as they the pas I 1 ll 11 sed through the hall to the platform an and everybody seemed expecting something so methin after ter the usual singing a and d prayer presiding elder I 1 lark introduced introduce the e aspea speaker er of the evening ing elder brown who 0 had bad some business to lay ay before the saints he wag about to eian 1 |