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Show r of tbsiouls and again stirred at work, ?. Miterne" and wrath, in the enemies of The fires of Green Hams tbt ir"1"" They burned our B . .1T1 Tbey came s the anaJ Stand charged Uoj upon us, and wlih . of their falsifications aroused a UC 1 rupuoi hag nia nnfi time he was kid !DJncd on his way to visit his friends but was released on in Dixon Illinois, t... iv.a A.lvAraarv Ef0ePn'was D te'-are- bbens corpus. was so severe that rt,i nprnecutton the advisability considered the Prophet away to the midst of the of moving Mountains. Governor Fcrd, Lever, pledged himself and the faith he would stay the of the State that if him-gsl- f eicitemeni of the times by giving he should protected up the Saiuts be preserved in safety. gBd be should fo save tbe lives of his brethren be Car-tb- e, jarrendered himself and went to exclaiming, "I go like a lamb to Slaughter." A few days told a fearftale; his blosd was spilled, and his ul Hyrum was slain with him, John being terribly Taylor jj!Jr wounded, Elder Willard Richards esloss of a single drop caping with the had passed through blood. Joseph of without a parallel. a ordeal probably endured between he that History says and trials, before fifty separate forty the courts, on 'false charges, being in Even in his every instance acquitted. w irrp&t trial his assassins said, "The cannot touch him, powder and ball shD." Tbey murdered him in cold blood: and that heinous crime stains the The Twelve soil of Illinois to this day. now carried on the work of the Lord. The Temple was hastened forward, and iatbe winter of 1815-- 6 a few went in ud received tbe blessings and endow-mcnt- a which God had revealed to Joseph. Thus tbe principles of truth which he had receive 1 were preserved on the earth. But tbe enemy was not content with the murder of the Prophet and Patriarch. Disturbances again arose, mobs again assembled, and President Young was in formed that nothing abort of tbe entire evacuation of the State by tbe Saints The questwould satisfy the populace. ion then was, "Where shall we go?" Toe authorities of the Church wrote to the Governor of each State in the Union, asking the privilege of locating among them, to enjoy the rights of American citizens. One only responded: (hers was no place for the Saints among There them; tbey had better go West. to flee to was then but one alternative, tie wildemoss of the Rocky Mountains Iu the month of February, 18 id, the body of the Church, which then numbered from 12,000 to 15,000, crossed tke Mississippi river on tbe ice, and started on their journey westward. I cooie now to an episode in our history, to which I must reter the time wlien Major Allen ciime from the government with an order to raise a. fotfee of five hundred men the Mormon Battalion. Driven from our hemes, without food, and not knowing when nor where we could find a resting place, it looked as though the government was determined to crush out the last remIt was nant of our earthly existence fearful to contemplate. When the call eaoie for these men, what was the reply? 'fne answer was, "You shall have them " At once five hundred men were enrolled, mustered and started on their way to Fort Leavenworth, thence by way of Santa Fe, to California, to in the conquest of Mexico. The particulars of the getting up of this Battalion you may hear from one of its members. Carrying their arms, blankets, canteens, &c, over mountain tad deseret, they had an experience terrible tndeed. Tbe Church on its march westward found its next wintering place on the west bank of the Missouri river. Tbe Indians welcomed the Saints to winter them, the i;jend among in the spnug of 1847 President Young with others, numbering' in all one bun dred and men, started west in te&rchofa home for the Saints. God iu bia infinite wisdom directed these Pioneers to the valley of the Great Salt Lake, thirteea hundred miles or more from their former home, and known to the world only on their maps i the "American Desert" or "unexpired regions." When our brethren made this journey, how easy it would have been, had the Lord permitted it, for 'be Indians to have taken their teams nl lett them to perish in the wilderbrother st as-li- fifty-thre- e ness. On the 24th of July, 1347, for the first time, Salt ' they looked Lake, and upon camped upon the present site of Salt Lake City, the place prepared by God s a resting place for his people. Some Und was plowed, a little seed sown, then tbey started back to their families and friends on the Missouri. They re turned singing "We've found the place which God for us prepared, far away in 'be west!" That song thrilled the camp itb joy. 1 have arrived at that period which we are here to celebrate. It was a globus event. That day the answer was ft'en to the question: "where shall the Latter-daSaints and make homes ul enjoy peace?" stop On that day turned the axis of our destiny. How has the Lord y Messed 'cl us since His promise: that time! He is fulfill "The little one shall vvumo inousand and a small one a trong nation. The Lord will hasten it in His time " It i tg commemorate that day that we -- are here this morning. When we came and located here, we had rest, because no other people desired this spot. But we soon found that we were at the halfway house of the nation, and the people flocked here in multitudes on their way to huut gold iu Califoruia. and this was their only point to get supplies. Soon the crickets and grasshoppers came, it Beemed as if to devour us. Starvation us in the face, but God wrought out our deliverance and preserved us, and we are happy aud comfortable today. We are blessed above multitudes, with happy homes, good schools, places of worship, tine farms, and glorious prospects, and have the privilege of worshipping God in tbe way lie has appointed, with none to make us afraid. Ia a little while the strength of the United States army plowed their way across the continent, aud not being able to reach us the first year, they stopped and took a cooling draught at Bridger. They poisoned the atmoiphere of the plains with their ribald songs, boasting of what they would do to the men and how they would defile the women of Utah. But by the providence of God their progress was arrested, and they so suffered that we had to herd their cittle for them; but for our aid their stock would have perished. It was learned that with that army thre was a governor, a man appointed to come and govern Utah. When Col. Kane arrived he went out with a de tachment of our men and escorted him to iralt Luke City. A change then came over the spirit of the army, and by an amicable arrangement the troops were permitted to march into the city. Not a band was laid upon man, woman or child, or any of our property. But with glittering bayonets and gleaming sabres they marched through our midst in si lence, and found a camping ground toward the west on what is now known as Camp Floyd We read that in ancient times through faith, the armies of the aliens were put Let me tell you that the faith to flight. of modem Israel has prevailed, so that the armies have dwelt anions us in peace, without power to injure. Aud instead of hanging any of our men or ravishing our women, they came quietly, and went away as quietly as they came. What the army brought here they left, because they could not take it away wagons by the acre and iron by the ton, just what we needed, and thus God blessed us with means to build up the waste places Here let me point you to the difference between the results of our former persecutions, and the efforts of our enemies since tbe arrival ef the Fioneers. Befere that time, in each per secution, some of our brethren were slain, but since then, they have had no power te destroy. Although the military undertook tbe work of destruction, they failed, nd God has fulfilled his prom lse, "I, the Lord, will hght your con-venie- battles." Since that day the battle cry of our enemies has changed, it is no longer "Joe Smith and golden bible," but "polygamy!" A plank of the platform of the Republican party was made mat polygamy, as well as slavery,' must be blotted out. Tbey have tried their hands at slavery with some success, but how have they succeeded with poly eamy? First they tried the effect of an army, now they have resorted to the law: and whatever may be their failure to accomplish their designs they have placed President Young in the ranks of the martyrs tor the Uospei, ana lortne first time in his life he csn eny with his brethren, "I havo been in prison for the take of the werd of the Lord. After tbe experience of the past forty ' years in persecuting the "Mormons, come to and stating that they will soon naught, tbey find that we still live ana thrive and are likely to do very well. They have come to tbe conclusion that you and 1 are not to be turned from our faith: that our "delusions are seaiea fast upon us. "It s no use, say they, to work with the old ones, we 11 try the children." And they are establish in a scboo's among us, souring the minds of our cniiuren, ana Burring up ;nuueu ty in tteir eouls. IT you send your children to their schools, they will tell them how wicked their parents are, and they will alienate themwillfrom you and go down t3 the ffosrel. and you one of old, like exclaiming, graves your . . ,1 .rf",-"Oh, Absalom, my eon, wouiu 10 uo !" for died had you that I The Fourth of July is celebrated by those who enjy the benefits of a Ke publican Government, which is the only form of government on earth that would permit the establishment in its mian o the Kinedom of God. ' But the anniver of July brings sary of the Twenty-fourt- h to mind that deliverance that was ' wrought out for the Saints, which is and glorious in its nature, and grand fraught with blessing3 and promises of liberty to all mankind. We are here to celebrate tke establishment and aid in the perpetuation ef those great truths which the human family are blindly waning to obliterate from the earth; and this warfare will go on until Jesus shall reicn King of nations as he now reigns King of Saints. As I contemplate this subject it opens out before me in grandeur and sublimiI greet you in tbe ty but I must cease. 1 have preached name of Israel's God in lands afar of to you many the Gospel off I rejoice to be with you here in this beaver.ly place. Teach your ehil dreu to keep away from tbe driiikiDg sbona aud billiard hilbi suauia good . . m J schools And encourage every means of intellectual development that teBd to make us what we should be the sons and daughters of the living God, that we may go and build our Temples, and there receive our blessings aud become Kings and Priests unto God. May the God of Israel, of Joseph and - Hyrum, and of Brigham our present great and glorious leader, ever be with us. and preserve us true to the principles of eternal life,, is my prayer, in the uame of Jesus. Amen. The North Ogden band performed some stirring martial nmsic. Ten minutes speeches were then in order in response to toasts. "The day we celebrate." KLDia JOSEPH 8TANF0BD. All nations, more or lees, find occa on which io celebrate some impor- sions tant features that have- transpired in their history. The American nation - have celebrated for one hundred years the day that ushered in their national existence, the day when their ancestors threw off the yoke of tyrauny aud op pression and declared themselves an independent race. Why should not we, then, celebrate the day of deliverance from the spirit of religious intolerance and bigotry, from moboeraey and perse cutions which resulted in our being dis possessed of all political, social aud re ligious right" speaker referred to the fact that this celebration was not so much to re-lto our past wrpngs as to show our gratitude to the Divine Power which gave us these peacetul valleys where we were free from the abuses which marked the history of the past. He showed how Piovidenoe had blest the people and tbe laud, and how wonderfully we bad progressed since the day when the pioneers first came to this then barreu wilderness, and closed by urging all present to cultivate those virtues which make man and woman good, great aud powerful the noblest work of Goa. Zion's Camp," 1 ho er ' ELDER THOMAS COLBOEN. Said he was seventy five years of age, aud was a menumeut of tbo protecting power ef tbe Almighty. He had been a member of this Church for forty-thre- e years, and bud passed through trials, ulIl ctions and persecutions, which had caused the hearts of many to fail. He was a member of Zion's Camp in 1833 with tbe Prophet Joseph; he marched on foot twelve hundred miles for tbe redemption of Zion. But he felt young and active, and full of joy that the Lord had preserved bis life to this day. He bad been challenged to dauce a hornpipe with Uncle Thos. Richardson, who was seventy-thre- e years of age, and he intended te beat him, at 4 o'clock p.m "The Pioneer Day." ELbKtt EDMUND ELLSWORTH. In the month of March, 1847, a little handfull of men, a hundred and forty three in number, three women, and three or four children, broke camp at Winter Quarters, aud started westward, to hunt out a resting place for the Saints of the Moet High God. We fpund that we Lad started before the grass, and had to cut down cottonwoods on Lcupe Fork and Platte rivers, for our hascs to subiist upon. When a little further up the Platte river, we dime upon buffaloes in such immense numbers that tbey had left but little for our teams to eat. They had cot only eaten the grass, but had pawed the roots out of the ground; aud it seems a miracle that our animals lived. But we continued our journey, with wagms hastily msde of green timber, killed tbe tnakes, made the bridges, forded the streums. aad with all tbe haste we could make, arrived in this valley on the 24th of July. The speaker touched upon the import anco of the worn performed Dy the pi oneers; referred to the wise counsels of President Young on the journey, and concluded by saying, "God , has been wiib the people from that day to this, and has raised up frem them a multi tude. We are a happy people, so far as we make ourselves happy. We are on in' dependent people, so far as we listen to tbe oounsels of heaven. "The Mormon Battalion." . ELDER THOS. B1CUABDS0R Said be wss in Nauvoo when Christians were (?) of different denominations and he one heard tbe Saiuts, threatening Methodist preacher say he would give tbe Mormons till tbe first of July to Clear out. The speaker was in the last company that left' when they were driven out. At Winter Quarters he was called to go in tbe Mormon Battalion to ngh; for tbe United States against Mexico.' He had just buried his wife and was left with six children. He married again an J left his family in a wtgon with nothing but a little corn meal to subsist upon. When they started, Brother-Brigbasaid, You shall not fight a battle, and tbe Smell of powder shall not be about you " He then described incidents of tbe journey, and tbe call for the battalion to attack Santa Fe, but it was taken be fore they were engaged. The promise of the President was fulfilled, and his old musket shot nothing but a prairie dog. He traveled back, when discharged, with fgrtj otherst on. half ratipos, - m five hundred miloe, and reached a chain Tbe North Ogden choir sang the An ' of the Rocky Mountains. He saw tbrs them; valley when there wasn't a house in jt. i'Let every heart rejSee and sing." He started back to the Missouri, ov&r ft thousand mile, with only seven and a "Deseret." ' half pounds or flour to a person, but ' BISHOP LOEIS fARR Prest. Willard Richards prophesied he should livo and get fat, aud he diJ, for after the flour win gaiie tbey had plenty of buffalo meat. He went on to decribe the trials through which the Smuts bad to pass to prepare the way for the com forts of and closed by thanking God for all Ilisblensings, und by accepting the challeuge to dunce wi.h Brother Colburn. "The Prophot Joseph Smith." y, ELDER C. II. W11EEL00K, Iu response to this tonst, pnve a brief history of the first visions seen by the youth, Joseph Smith, and the effect produced by his relution of them to the religious world resulting in their persecuting him and seeking his life. He then gave aa account of the of Joseph and Hyrum. He was with them on the morning of tbe dty when they left Nauvoo for Cartbage. Joseph said, "there is going to be bloodshed, aud the blood that is shed here shall tingle in the. ears of and blood shall not ull nations, cease to flow in some of the nations of the earth until the sou of God shall rule. I lny down my sword and hy off my armor in ooedience to the law. Joseph put off his military coat and lay dowa his sword. When near the Temple he said, "I am goiug away, but if you are faithful you ehall both see aud hear me again ." lie also said, "I go lik a lamb to the slaughter; I have a con science void of offence before God and man. The speaker heard Joseph persuade Hyrum to stay, but Hyrum said, I swear by the mighty God of Jacob that where you go I will go, wbere you live 1 will live, and where you die 1 will H die. went with bim, died with him, and is with him The speaker then gave au account of the occurrence in the grove at Nauvoo, after the death of Joseph aud Hyrum, when President Young was speaker, and his stature, appearance nud voiee seemed to change, and the multitude present thought it was Joseph Smith Instead of Brigham loung Thus was the prediction of Josoph fulfilled, und he was heard aud seen agdin by tbo faithful. 'President Brigham Young." - mar-tydo- to-da- y. ELDER 0. W. rtNKOSB ' Stated that having but just returned from a rough, hot and dusty journey in the mountains, and the notice of the committee having failed to reach him, he bad no prepared speech for the occa sion, but would not shrink from tbe duty imposed upon bim. He went on to say: It is an important fact, which all students of history have observed that when circumstances of a remark' nble nature have so combined as to cause a great emergency, requiring some with tbe master mind to grapple discordant elements, and Wring order with out ef the existing chaos, the necessity of the period, comes the man for tbe hour. There has been such a crisis in the history of this cbnrch Tbe time was in tbe year 1844; the place was Nauvoo. The emergency ha just been described by Bro. heelouk the martyrdom of Jossph an I llymm Smith. It bad been predicted that with the death of Joseph Smith would come the death of "Mormonism" ; that if the leaders of tbe people were taken away. "Mormonism would go to pieces. Circumstances which' transpired at the death of Joseph, seemed, for a little season, to warrant this assertion. There were men who aspired for the leadership of the church, and when dissolution seemed to threaten it,at that crisis, the man of the hour came forth, As the President Brigham Young. mantle of E'ijah fell npon Elisha, so the spirit of Joseph fell upon Brigham, and from that day to the present tbe Latter Day Sints have Lad abundant testimony that Brigham Young was ' the legal successor of Joseph Smith. Brigham Young was the man for the times. Joseph Smith carried the work of God to a certain print, and when he passed away Brigham took up the work to carry it forward another. Brigham Yeung is a success. He was successful in leadiog tbe people from oppression and mobocracy; in rallying them to Winter Quarters; in scaling the rugged mountains and finding a place for tbe Saints in these valleys; in locating the spot for the city; in pointing out the place where the Temple sheuld be built; in sending tbe Elders abroad to preach the Gospel to tbe nations of the earth; in orgtnizing tbe Perpetual Emmigra-lio- n Fund for tbe gathering of the poor; in directing the community, socially, politically and religiously. Not only was he great as a colonizer, a commander of men and a political economist, but the people who have gathered here from the nations of the earth know him for a Prophet of the living God. Aud now when the weight of years was upon bim, and his enemies sought his destruction be stood like an old lion at bay, and while the dogs barked and howled and thirsted for bis blood he was calm, unruCled and undismayed. The speaker invoked a blessing upon the bead of the Chief of the Pioneers, and concluded by reciting some lines be had composed on another occasion in eulogy o( President Brigham Youdj,1 - Gave the origin and meaning of the word "Deseret," which signifies "a honey bee," and went on to give the his tory of tbe organuation or the provisional government of the State of Deseret, when tbe Saiui first settled in these mountains, and their repeated requests. to Congress for a State Government under (bat title. He showed that instead uf this a Territorial government had been substituted, but when Utah should become a State it weuld be known by the uame of "Deseret." lie then re- terred te the celebration of the 4th of July ns proptir and appropriate, but considered the 24th one c f the brightest He spoke of tha days in our hUtory or the progress people from the time when the pioneers entered these valleys, and argued that in justice to their labors and advancement "Deseret" ought to be admitted into the Union. Thor Ogden Brsss Band played a selection from La Somnambula. Thj North Oirdcn band Rave some martial music, and the Chaplain pronounced the benediction. ' ' I TUB AFTERNOON AND EVENING Was spent in outdoor port9 of vari- -' ou kinds, und dancing on the pLt- - foras. A sudden wind storm sent tho grounds about six from many soon ceased, and the but it o'clock, continued in peace, were amueemcnti and harmony enjoyment until a at J. hour. he celebration was a micces, and the various committees deserve more commendation than we havs : space at present to expresg. Tho match hornpipe was danced, tho premium being awarded to Th.i, Oolboru, tho oldest and most activo of the two, although all acknowledged that if Colbrn had tho most wind and muscle, Thus. Richardson, hud the most "sciiBCO." At Jones' Grove a large company assembled in the evening and enjoyed a splendid time in the open air, until dtove them all uuder a ruin cover, when the dance was continued in the spacious ballroom, and Mesr . Ilichter & Fry attended promptly t the wants of their quests. There was also a grand ball in tho Third District echoolhouse, and every one present enjoyed tho fun. A great Sootch gathering took place at Auld Reekie's Hull, and th d lighted guests kept it up till the) : "wee sma' hours." Altogether, July 21th, 1ST G, will be a djy long 'remembered by the people of Weber county, and th rising generation will cherish pleas- ing memories of the day, its kbsons and its enjoyments. , ; ,, .; t ' : . , 1 : , i . , . ' , Car Itlvenliilc letter. EiviRfAiK, Weber Co., U. T Epitok Joscr iuk July 22, 187G. ' term the summer of ear Yesterday school closed. I am bappy to say chut the interest in educational matters is eu the increase in this place; the number of children enrolled on the register this summer is greater than any summer for at least live years. - Your corresponded being one cf the trustees for this district, attended the cloning day of this term, and was agreeably surprised at the progress made by the children. An I am with the children a great deal, 1 can detect a marked improvement ia their education Ibis summer. The teacher, Miss Jessie Penrose, whe, by the. way has been raised and educated ia Utah, has proven herself proficient ia the art of school teaching, and by tbe way tbe children gather areund her, proves that she hae gained their love and confidence; and the way ia which they recited their several piece, prove that their teacher had taken a great deal of pains, and must have bad a great deal of patience with tbe children, as iot of them are quite young. Our school will have a vacation for one mnth, a Miss Penrose wishes to attend tbe Nur-mschool at Salt Lake City. Respectfully. KlCUABD DlS t ; al ; Editor JrscTionr Yesterday afternoon the scholars of Day and iSundar in Jones' Grovv Scbeols held a which Messrs. Richter & Fry very kindly opened for the ooeosiou tree cf chart. Tbe whole affair was a pleasant uner and under the lopervisiou of Suuhy School Superintendent W. R. R Stowell, avout 200 children with their parents) were brought together. During a terrible wind ttnrm eame n which, bvd not Mtsvi. KUhter Fry frail, would rats opened their driven 'be ohildren home, and thus put an eud to a very enjoyable time. the Firct Distriot pio-ni- o n ittdtf - " Vuwo. |
