| Show I I r F I KNOW UTAH EL ELBy L By ALBERT P. P PHILIPS PHILIPS Who Wh made th the first payment to the th perpetual emigration emi emt- ration gration fund If in England InCon Information is that the tho first donation was two to and sixpence from M Mark rk and Charlotte Shelley Shelle of ot Woolrich on April 1 I The next came camo from George P. P Y Waugh ush of ot Edinburgh Scotland It was wag as on one pound sterling and wan aa paid in on June 19 the same year yer S U UOn On October 6 6 1849 the perpetual emigration fund was WIUS organized in SAlt Bait Lake LaIc City Ita Its purpose was wa to aid tho poor to remove from front Europe to tho the United States State On Su Sunday da September 9 9 1849 it was wu voted to ta establish tho the fund and Snow John D. D Lee c L Lorenzo renzo Snow Franklin D. D Richards and John S. S Fuhner were ro appointed a o. committee S At itt a a. a general cont conference renco of ot the tho hl church on October OctoberS 6 S and 7 7 1 it t. t was wa ordered that the committee should raise rae funds funda for this to be placed in charge chargo of ot Edward Hunter and that tho the control of the fund be under tho direction ot of the first presidency On OnS S September 15 is BrIgham Young was 1 chosen president and Willard Richards was afterward appointed secre tary The c company was incorporated ted by th the pro b go government mt of or the state of at D Deseret seret September er 4 4 1850 and aud the act of ot incorporation was WiS made legal October 4 4 1851 It It was amended and confirmed by the same m bod body January 12 1856 rh The company began rendering rendering- material aid on March 13 1850 On September September September Sep Sep- 3 3 1852 the first company compan of ot emigrants as assisted assisted assisted as- as b by th the tho fund furd arrived ed in Salt Lake Lae City in charge of or Abram 0 O. Smoot o 0 Wilford Woodruff afterwards president of ot the church explained the tho fund a as all follows That it was wason wason aa on the principle of or P perpetual P l-P succession t to t continue increasing on condition of at tho the beneficiaries ries acting honestly and in accordance with their covenants co and repaying the amounts which had been advanced ed The loans were er usual usually refunded as ns soon as possible for this obligation was as h iid Id ld sacred by most of or tho So Saints Ints some lome wor working out ut their Indebtedness s at the tithing office and t receiving meanwhile half haIr the the- value of ot their labor besides being bein supplied with food 0 S There There were many however who ho ho neglected and were unable to repay the advances th the amount due duo to the tho fund increasing gradually until in n 1580 it had rc reached ched with interest At the Jubilee conference con con- ference held in April of ot 1880 one half of ot th the debt was remitted In favor 01 or of tho the most worth worthy and needy of at the emigrants S S S SIn In an epistle of ot th the twelve t issued on July 17 1862 and md published in tho the Millennial Star of or that date an appeal was made mado for tor a a. large increase It e in Immigration during the year 1853 1863 Says tho the Prepare against another season to como of or thousands and think not that your way wai is going to be bo opened to o como in chariots feasting on tho the fat of ot all lands Wo Vo o ha been willing to live lve on bread and water and many tImes time but little bread brend for years rears that o wo might r reach out and plant the Saints In a LL goodly land and This w we 5 have accomplished through the blessIngs bless bless- Ings of ot our heavenly Hea Father and wo we now Invite you to o a 3 feast of fat things thineS to a land tand that will viii supply all ill your our wants w with th r reasonable ble labor Therefore let all who can procure a. a bit of bread and one garment on their back baek bo be assured that there Is water ter pure by bythe the he thea way vay a and doubt no longer but come next year ear eart t to o tho the pla place e of or r gathering r |
