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Show "- " -. - jii'ifnni&W'S-OFflCFa r 0 all .Maiions. ' .. fflfCff Vol, 16. SALT 0; EVER YD AY WORK. LAKEY, UTAH; .APRIL 1888.. !, has .commanded, and in their blind zeal they counteract prison walls have not before been blessed with men of more noble desires His divine word, thinking to have things their xnvn way, which will bring sorrow and regret. Who is able tofight against God ox disannul His purposes, ife has, conferred the, holy priesthood upon His servants, and given thera power and knowledge to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as He commanded- - His disciples to preach it when He was on '"the earth, and to build up a permanent kingdom, preparatory to His coming to reign as King of kings. t Who can hinder it by stretching forth a puny arm of flesh? Oh, my fellow traveler?, accept su ch - a--r- - sal vation and -- eternal great 15j n!: ti&S' Ldfter description of the kalo plant, from which poiis made, followeB hf the details of poi making-prop- er. ' Great deeds are trumpeted;' loud .bills are run;;, ' : :. And men tarn round to see. The high peaks echo to the prpans sung O'er some great vietory.. - ; And yet great deeds are few. The mightiest men-Fiopportunities but now and then., fl : . ? . Kalo "or taro'is a plant peculjar.T believe, to the Sandwich Islands. There are several varieties, differing in the shape .of the leaves, and in the color ot the poi made therefrom. The leaves are very much like those of tho, y calla lily, while the' root is uulike anything I Shall one sit Idle through long days of pcacej. for watls to scale?, , have ever seen in the vegetable line. The rVVaiting Or li in port until some "Golden Fleece" root, which 'is the part eaten, grows'to a size '' him to face the gale? Lures not exceeding six inches long, and three inches There's Work enough why idly, thendelay? through, and is about as large at the two ends His work couati most who labors, every day. as in the center. - It is covered with a thick growth of rootlets, that reach down into, the A torrent sweeps adawn the fountain's brow, earth-abouand bear a . ten t T. Withfoam ahcl flashan7T roarl ' the and this life in The kalo cannot be rude resemblance tokair. jvelfareand inappinets Anon ita strength is spentr where is it"now? "r world to come. Do not let the same blindness raised, pulled and garnered for future use as JU one short day i& o'er. are most. of our temperate vegetables, but has ; you as felupoirtheJ JMJe clear 6lrcamjhaMhroughtheeadawflw- - binder did Savior cast nor the be used within a month jajter it is ripe, or it receive not out and to AU tbe long summer on its nussion-'goes- i His Gospel, on account of. hardness of heart rots in the ground; and after having been Better the'steady flow; the torrent's dash and Unbelief; and being lifted up in pride they gathered, if not cooked immediately it dries Soon leaves its rent track dr y, own and is spoiled. As a consequence, there are no thought to overthrow God's work Th light we love is not a lightning flash wicked acts, which fell heavily upo&ihe. whole ventures On big crops, nor holding long for From out a midnight sky, .., nation; And lfxHe spared not the natural high prices, neither, is there seed time and But the sweet sunshine, whose unfailing ray, branches, how much less will He spare the harvest in .the sense which we of northern From its calm throne of blue, lights every day. wild ones, if they do not comply with the same climes understand tho term; for it may ba Gospel that was offered to the Jews? planted any day of the year, and matures in. The sweetest lives are those to duty wed, The sicrns are taking place that the baviox about twelve months. Whose deeds, both great and small, e th said and comin belore should His On some parts of Hawaii, in the very rainy g, appear -- Are close-knstrands of one unbroken thread, end." The question was asked, ''What shall districts, kalo is sometimes planted on the Where love ennobles all. be! the sign of Thy coming and the end of the and cultivated with the hoe, but geneaally The world may sound no trumpets, ring no bells, world? "When you hear ot war anctiumors it is grown on low marshy ground, or in spots The Book' of Life the shining record tells.'. of ; war, earthquakes in divers places, men's where water is abundant. Preparatory to Selected hearts failing them for fear of what is cominsr planting, the land is divided off into small l' ' fllffll nn tVta fit' irregular plots, a low mud, bank or wall enoarth f Irnnw IUVU tha tuw fimo IUV IBI 4V II flifn (MV w THING'S OF REALITY DICTATED hand.'.' How could things be, more potent closing each plot, to keep in the water that is BY THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH. than at Che present time? "As it was in the constantly running in at one side and out at days of $oab, so; shall it be at the coining of the other. The ground is dug up with a pecu- Trueintelligence is the , the Son of man." "There shall be eating and liarly shaped spade while under water, until it to pros-.peri ty, peace and happiness. I mean that drinking and giving in marriage." Anu oh, is a literal mud hole, into which the native which emanates from God our Heavenly Father. how few will be prepared. The Savior's words, farmer sinks almost to his armpits, wallowing 1 1 is The more the mind enlightened by the spirit how few realize them "When come, snail about and piling up the soft black mire into of truth, the better it is prepared to withstand find faith on the earth?" little knolls, that appear above the surface of ; the powers of darkness. Many evils grow out the water like so many little islands. Qn the Mary Ann M. Piiatt. 1888. of great ignorance with regard to things & Salt Lake City, March 20. top of these knolls are carefully planted the ihulies," as they call the part of the root which hejjexist. is replanted. ' This "huli" is the top of the POI. Joseph Smith the Prophet wa3 asked "how he control led such a. body of people, and kept kliToCUt off just below the crown, in uch as a them so united?" He answered, "I teach them beet before Plenty of pbi and fish, or meat, a gras hut housekeeper cuts off the crown of a inscrutabla true principles and they learn to govern themto shelter one from the storms, and the simplest slicing it for table use. In some selves." This i3 not one man power, but the of summer r way this crown, or what was the crown oi the clothing these are the Hawiian's tne new power of knowledge within the soul of each necessities. fcomeimng snowy to wear- at old root, 13 iound at the Dottora; oi hav- - , i odividual, that governs the whole body. The church, an abundance of bright flowers for growth; forming a part of it, the new root more true knowledge a people have of things his ot wreaths for the neck, art occasional feast ing found its way between it and its leafy as they exist, and the in which awa to drink, a roasted pig and poi stalks above ground. greater amount of intelliThe Dlant bears no flowers nor seed, but less blunders they .make, to eat with the disgusting hula dance r ad gence they "possess, the the less sin and evil they commit. They nauseum, to wind up the fdstival, and a native's multiplies by shooting out little knobs jjora the fcake better Christians, good neighbors and mother root under the mud. These finally life, hopes and ambitions are all enumerated. : citizens.' loyal Truth, eternal truth forms a The grass hut may. be of the most primitive develop leaves as they near the surface of the center link in the chain of human existence that canstyle,' or it'may enlarge itself into a very cosy water, and grow up arbund the common more. not be broken. It makes all things pliable, All wiui eonvenuonai green Diinus ana to the number of a half a dozen or cottage, bows to the mandate of right, casts out of the wide pretentious porticoes, thcTd ress m ay con- - ripen together,' but the young ones are 'generheart selfishness, and yields to that, which will Bist nf obc only cali-- garment (for woman) or ally small, and are easily detatched. T V And now, about once a week, occurs the eventually result in the good of all. no rirment at ail. tor man, only a raalu (which he Latter-daSaints aro in posse&joa of is a long strip of cloth wound about the loins), family.'baking, as it were; the man, who has tbb spirit; if they seek it from the right soarc3 or it develop into a magnificent trailing "performed all the previous labor of cultivating may it leads and guides thera into all truth, shows robe of "heavy silk or satin, and the finest of the kalo, completes hi3 good work by cooking thera things . past, present and to come. Go to broadcloth all these conditions may vary mh- - it and pounding it into poi. the Penitentiary; you will find men there in and we And eo will, try fancy it is Saturday, nitelyv tad ;thal.nativo will still be placidly outside one-o-f the ycmivu or ini3 spins oi truiu. uoa bless contents ' iazil y happy if within! the family and that we are sianding men deliberately uative houses, patching these black th cook with their, minds so enlightened? No! bkre to massof poi, iast r delicioiisyv:our, awaits thk making feady CDvered roots over yonder. v: thy:..can .read tbe: desny . natiool anfl '. : farniHaeal'.! Do you notice" now blue the ita and tky And bo. as. this ram? poi. is. of the utmost depth of tho souls; of tneir PfrtecatAf. .tvl know what theiF-actinto misty greye, importance to thsCAtlre?, it fHl ba toilneirtly seeto, only that the ky pearls tam loK God ilandi betwwn H J fittic to wmmeacs rar artid with brief while the ocean's rippliBg face laughi off la . nd " ; -- -- , ----- offer-4br-yo- -- u - -- ,, 1 -- by-jthe- ir : . it lip-lan- ds . . I KJLA safe-guar- d - ' y , i - : : . v) y -- . j - i - : a Hl-lttf- v . i : -- A- - |