Show MEMORIAL SERVICES Tabernacle Yesler the 0PdcCI1l In day Afternoon IltI1I1HJlI1O CEIS IFPAI IN I Ito N 0 It or rrosidt A t JOSPI111 r Alres bT Irmatl4 liT Eldua ad IIrmar tIDI b n foo And I1Uad Tblrnal Huo al the service I The Joly5 IS97 Will 10 dT Afternoon I lunette lu uuorlol Mature at I who the dollar t ad llonI Lsorst be 1Iy 10 I the year 1847 filed bl large Attendance uUO S Thai Val all delivered bl Israel Wll Lhlrao and A followed bl re tJpb FIiollb dujoblulb rlgbam Young Elders I film milk LIJXlln Dr I the quorum M ad Frsccll M Cannot Angus Wder POIllep 1 prosildef lb Stake Idnl1 FrsolInt Orr antbm Tbtiol DiEttel13018042 yrovaAforglacloo 2hou best gstbere a lArd dIbroock aerel by BIer nvld woo railer II Coo further Maur The choir Thou that daellet oirb oleo end glorious I Illoc I 10 suggested a o It WAS somtime ago 801 unto belvIcul I ill First held Frailties in to r TribernnObs on be Cold 10 booor 01 tile de Itl nrooo tlllIogDOclulon Pioneers See fired partto We 108 At least DO Our 10 porllolped thetwo have IIIUO II met week At the time ogling blooded the 1 and expected that lreol 11 ugflrgyAqClougn would be pru Oeorg deliver is mmorlll address grand however UUBU BO 01 the meantime I in mnnrisncs Ih called blm lotbeiltst and SSlswI been hoping that be while we have to return In lm to l b ° wulJ be able on Ibis oeloo we havalueen intent the dllpploUd 11 We decided by 01 The Twelve that lu case trolo Camino should nol return 10 ol Folldeal IDI should be requested 10 make a I ling remarks 10 the people and In order old Ital I might I be sole to I nuns before bin a IW Ideal and facts which I bought would be proper to lay before on this occasion I have to gentle Clod to l > e collected and typewritten tin quotations from the history of b Church WHO some remarks per nut thereto which I will read 10 yon blllllIOOO AIII Is 8 very unusual Itlo t lor me to attempt to read a ale unojfected on tuiif and dcuDtlens tbt rst ol the Latter Jay Solutes I feel It t aikloB you to forgive me lor this I isiluis from the t ordinary practice III very 2rlllylog 10 Iho Letter iietlnlito wltnen Ibetlljrlsof Ibo htople of Utah of all parLl so and creeds 0 boor 10 theme bravo mu and mm who pioneered Ins way from Miucuil liver to the Pacific slope opened I to I the worl the grand scion then a wilder astounds ulola IOD which Is I now a series of verdant tjri containing before for bun relooltboueands Dr human bloi lid forming favored states Which arc a honor aDd a pride 10 this grant edge Io commemollllng Ibo olranco 01 I loploneto into Salt Lk Volley ad hololog IttViCel In memory 01 ucas intriguers of tint gnllaut baud I holivroderarled this life and are itln from their labors while their role works do follow them our houllitto naturally concentrate upon 11 Mt vtutlabla leadermthe Prophet 1lnmo colonizer aDd Ilonter resident Brigham Young In the folidetica at our litaveally Father ilnolerllls Bidding spirit Presi I m I Young not only luJ the way I ton Ins mighty plains and over the octl Mountains but designated tho ilwneis the leople of Ibo Salute ol halt build a clly which should I f the gathering place for Earmuffs 01 f be ILuicH In all nations and front I oleo colonies should go forth to mill up The surrounding country and Dad ins grand Rod progremve State = fut1b 11451201elected I and point I I nut II Us place for the building of the Z > mpl > which I adorng the square 4 f bsrsloie now Referable In a build I CIE unique In Its character I and pro I lorn I iletlgued I also by that In lieu Mae But In reflecting Upon the work b label rh heo = nil con acoarupluheJ and tile wlljlui results thai have accrued r traitors we will not do full Justice Ill1o the Iml departed Duel to whom under I 4 WO are Indoblel 1 for ilia blessings play In the lUU 11 tsin I vales today t I ill We B stop II to Plonters 01 lSI7 Brigham You I tis sit beau v 11 mUll 90 farther t up the orgasm of me to 0 letiod anterior to that when i 1 era r beloved came 10 president the front who as the IOU the bead way of I Church 01 joins Christ 01 Latter I y 8dull 00 Cliff In leading the 4 Cpl II urge In laying 0 t the cities i I towns Ulu and buall11 In this Ibo Is loilleregioD be WON but 0 11 pfIlcal ite lbl carrying N a first the to schlogs Rau calclivni and ullIoo at the great Poor beer and Rove tar 01 the bl 1 u J Secti into in-to urebani 11 known to Ibo laJo 01 the I J mbt till o end t It should 4 grant he many known of its I to Ito who World first that It was Joseph d cargo a I veil the line 0 101raulAted the Plan at br founding a p church r In thtrildat 1 sectors 1 the It thy Mountains I it Of I be II logata the POIcutloO that r lilts from Itlrtlauu blo I 10 Ibo state I of bit i once oil to rest Illinois bm I Oil agent of that al 1I We had suite thavaot Iltudloo 01 the Va Cie tingtho8olutl4uld W81t I obldll pr 144 the Dvor that they should go 10 fit Sol betting till I Bull become a its It bilght T people In the midst Cly Mountain 1 1 Tlallettioneek 1try of t job Church to tbi 1 fact There In the ou 0 LJUIERET Nt Wa c Ubllebej 1 I Star and the olliln Ued dt Dr a 1111 tb Utoday February the I 0 11 f a gruel Owing act u to In Ilia 19 1 oTre1 Atl 0 ToApootle Lin want llo toy ofuctwhr 0 do sense and calso there I t u I Ed I With ldrotil tie Alltenall I gluph 04 C little Plotry WOO Jill y on 13 it ovary T river tile last of d Igut All I W10 hunt rb Lyu a Illop till I tID Miller to know I Ym1n do 310 tile M should preach to Ibo lpisial b ITIOZ olloculatto Brill too flo I tiquestad it I cause to I rucld the Twelve 04 la v nUIiI be I delegation ono I Onto and CIllotog At u4jiforall I Ito 4 111141 we cut go d roso call IJ 11 Pitfall a I t remove W after the a I Where I W W 1 e Ingin 1 city in st day and hey too 010 out OWLLAtt ill Into tile mountains wbol In I 0vU CAULILL dir us oulond live 10 a healthy cllmato where 100 cn live as long as wo have A mind to Wednesday February Slst Council Coun-cil I uf r the Tivctvu mot lu toy cltlcc I 1ut Elti x1eass Insert Ibo mlnulei I At a rumllne if I the Twelve at theM the-M > JIJ tlllop Nauvo to February SI I 1844 7 ooioct piu 11 VOOIIK INrlny 11 Platt O Pratt W VVojilrtfl J laylor Use A eimltb W RuuN and four others being presentcalleU by previous notlco by instruction of ituljeut Joseph Bmltl on Ibo 20lh lull lor ins Purpose of sslectlut a cooitaay to expbru Oregon and Call retail anti Suite a site for a how city for the Bilnti Jonathan Dunham Palaces H Vouoif David DVoarsley David I K ilimr I v luo tooted I A go Suit Alphooso Vouutf James Umnmtt Oo rge D Walt end Jiuki Spencer wage requested to KO Vnlcd the above persons tJ bell rifled to meet with toe council on Friday evening utxt at the sambly room Willard RlcIiaiJp clerk Friday Fat 3rd Mn with tile Twelve in the Asusrnbly room concerning con-cerning the Oregon nnd California ox plorlug ixpeJItlun Hyium and Mldney prtooul I told thorn I wanted aa ezuloratlntl of all that mountain country Perhaps It would be best to go direct to Santa Fe Send twentyflve men 1st I them preach the Gospel wherever they KO Let that man go that can rala e J300a good Mono aDd ionic a doubleb1 gun act barrel rlllo and the other tnuothbjre a middle and a bridles a pair nf revolving re-volving pistols bowl kulfeiuid a goal return Appoint a leader and let him beat up lor volunteers I want everyman every-man woo goes to be a king and prleit When lie gets In the mounlalia no may want to talk with bin God When wilt the savage nations nave power to govern etc If we dial gut voluuteerf wait till alter the election leoige D Watt said Uentlemet I ball Bo Samuel Kant volunteered usealinual J Ivv Joseph AKeltluu ditto David Iull mar ditto James Lrumui ditto Daniel I Hpeucer ditto Maniuel Itjli ultto Daniel Avery dltti Samuel W Rich ardB ditto Saturday Feb 24lh At borne Had an interview with Brother 1nelpl at 9 oclock Saw Palmer Amos Fleldlnr Charles tibumway and John HFullmer volunteered togo to-go to Oregon and California Sunday Feb i0lb 41 preached at the Temple Moo Hyrum also preached Evening 1 attended prayer meeting In this Asaembly room I gave some Important Instructions Instruc-tions and proubesled that within live jests we should be out of the power of our old enemler whether they were apostates or of the world and told the brethren to record Ito and when It comea to pa s they need not may they bad forgotten the laying Monday Feb 10th Ira B Miles volunteered to loin Ibo mountain ex plorlitgcxf edition Tueedayg Feb 279b Almoll L Iullmr slid flags Bloat volunteered 10 go 00 Bit well ern exploring ex pedlllon Wednesday Feb Sib Thomas S Edward volunteered to join tile oxilloring xpdlllun to Ibo Rocky IIIountlno Thursday Fat E9tli Moooo Btnith and Rules Beach volunteered to join ilia Oregon ixplorlng expedl tIn IonUnder Under date Monday March 4h Joseph Hmlllij Journal sae Instructed letter to be written to James Arlington Bennett to cjndilr blm on the tubjvct 01 nominating him for Vice President I here Insert the letter The letter which appears In full In tbe 11urtial l of Joseph lamitb contains this paragraph All 19 Tight 10 Nauvoo We are now liltOK out a noble company to explore Oregon and Calllornla and progressing rapidly with the great temple which wo expect to root this kessun10 Under < dale of March 11 1344 wo lluil the following 41At borne till nine Tnea spent the day In council In ihe Lodge room over Henry Mllleri house rrteeui Jrisipu Hmlih llyrum Smith llrlic ham Y6uug lieber C Kimball Wll lard lllcbards Parley 11 1iatl Orion Pratt John 1aylor Ueorgo A Boillb William W Paul Ph juhu Mo Bern latest Lucian Woou rortb George Miller Alexander Bedlam Peter Hewer Lrastus Snow Iteylulds Ca boon Amos Fielding Alpheui Caller Levi JUubards I < ewell 1C Whitney Lorenzo D Watson and William Clayton who I organized Into a epe still council t > take Into consideration the subject miller contained In the above letter Resolved from a com mitten at UlacK River Faili add ulsj tile best policy for this people to adopt to obtain their right from thu nation and Insure protection for themselves and children and to secure a testing Pilot In the mountains or some uninhabited unin-habited region where we Could enjoy the Utterly ol conscience guaranteed to us by the Constitution of our class try Misted doubly sacred by the precious blood 01 our gathers DUd denied to us by the present authorities who bave smuggled I themselves Into power In 1 the atilt and nation On March dih the Prophet Joiepb Smith addressed a memorial to the Uoiitrewi of the United States aiklnu for authority to raise a company com-pany of 1110000 men In the United Blater to proceed to Ibo Welt In the nelgbtwrboodof Oreeon and Cllfjr nla tile purpose of which Is thus described In tile memorial To open the vast regions of the un peopled west and tooth to our eutlght dated anti enterprlilLg ycomaory 10 protect them In their researches to secure them In their locations and thus strengthen the government Red aiilarge her birder ta extend her In llutncijlo Inspire Ibo nations wltb the spirit of freedom aDd win them to buretaudardto Frontage Intlllgnc lu cultivate aDd establish toacs nm nZ all with wbom we may have Inter course as neUnbmto settle all ox sting ilintcultl a ending those not oraulzoJ lot au acknowledged GOv enimeut bonlerluR upon Ibo United Status and territorial save the ua lloualrevo uoln the nations oBer it > supercedetbutiecossitycit a tan lug army on our westoru and southern irontlen ta creitu aud milulalu the principles of peace and suppress mot Insurrections and oppression lu Oregon aud all lauds bordering upon tile United Blatoa and luoarpjMt od Into any acuolodg national government 10 explore the unxllored region of cur utln nlto open now field for eOIrprlor our clllsound protect them tUoroIc to search out the antiquities Ibo laud aud thereby promote the arts nod science and general Information to amalgamate the fee 11 nill of nil with whom no may bavolntorcouo au ilia Irlnclplts 01 iquil liberty justice buni > UUyaud Leovuleoc lu brel down Iyrao y inil I opprtnm Bud call tbostanJarU of universal lease OuMaicUSJlb Elder Orson Hyde was panted by the City Council of Nativuiltuosirry memorlalant aD ordinance 0comI00ylt It to Wells Inltto foe the cjnslclerallou of both houses ol Congress Tina appointment appeared of record on the City Gtuacll niluuter with tho seal of the corpora lion signed by Jepb Smita mayor and Willard lllchards recorder llliier Olson Hyde male u lengthy report of his labors to the general council dated Washington D Goo April Wtb In speaking of the dlffl entries In the way bsciuso of the personal desires and ambitions pi pr mlnent men be says Now nil these politicians rely upon the arm of our < ovurumon to protect them there and II govurmonl were In post an act establishing a trrrltorlsl government west of the Uicky Mouutalns there would beat once a tremendous rush of emigration Jilt If the government pate no act In ulitlon ta Its these mon have not stamina or sulllcleut coufldenco In thcmelves and their own resources to hazard the anterpriou10 lu the same communication Orson Hyde states fuel Orson Pratt was with blm mill they drafted n bill to pro sent to Congresf and bu gets on to gay In Carl 01 a removal 10 that country Nuvoo la Iho I place 01 general gene-ral renouvu OJf OJUO from thence would be wulword through Iowa beating little to the north till Wo come lu tilt Missouri river leaving the State ut Moll on tbe left tbonue up the North Fork of the limits Into the mouth 01 Hweelwater river In the 10nglluJ 01 107 deiro 45 minutes woutsud thence up Sweet water river ID the ejuth Palo 01 tbO Ricky Alan u talne aDd from fielild ouulh pa 10 lalilud 42 dltr2S minutes north 10 Ino VmJlu mill IC la Lost valleys I In Oregon bordering on California is about CD I miles mali lug the distance from Nauvuo tj the bout portion 01 Oregon 1700 miles All this Kits to pjve beyond n doubt that the Pro phat Joseph Bmltb had lu his mind ins tstabihu meat of n gathering place for the Saints on tno western slope of the Itjcky Mountains slid that the lien III migration toward the West origin ateJ In his mind long before It was carried Into practical effect by President Presi-dent lirlgbam Young It Is recorded In the history of Joseph Bmltb that about pm June 22 1844 Joseph Smith called Ilyrum rliulth Wlllard Richard John Taylor W W Pnelps Abraham C Hodge John U latter AIpheu Cutler William Wil-liam Marks still some other brethren Into his upper room where be conferred con-ferred wltb I them In regard what he should do there being warrants for his arrest and a spirit murder In the air Joseph decided that all the enemy wonted was to get himself and Hyrura mud that If they went away DO harm Would cma to the popl or their property He said solve will cross tbe river tonight and KO away to the weet10 Joseph Smiths Journal says III told Stephen Markham that III and Hyruul wore ever taken again whuld be macrol or I was not a Prophet God I want llyrum tu live I to avenge my blood but ba Is I determined de-termined not to leave I mIn I m-In the account of the arrest 1m prloomnl aDd martyrdom 01 J oeh Smith written by Willard Hlcbarda the following APIGart Huody 23rd AI daybreak arrived ar-rived on tbo Iowa old 01 Ibo river ri1 U P Hckw1I hk 10 Notes Oo with Instructions 10 return the nXI night wltb horses for Joseph anJ llyrum pass them over the river In the nllit secretly and be ton Iy to start for the Urea Basin In the Kicky Mojntalm At ono p m Emma sent over O P Rockwell requesting him to entreat en-treat of Joseph to come back Roy nolda Gaboon ancompanled blm wltb letter which Emma had written to the same eflcot and she Inflated that Cauonn should persuade Joseph to come book and give himself up When they wool over they found oph Uyrnm and Wlllard In R room by themselves having 1I0ur and other provisions on the floor ready for pick jag I Reynolds Cahcon Informed Joseph what the troops Inteudel to do mud urged ufa film to give himself up InDlucb as the governor bad pledged his faith and the falth 01 the star to protect him while he underwent a legal od lair trial It Gaboon Ij 1 > Waaon anti Hiram Klmoall accused Joseph of cowardice for wishing to leave the people adding that their properly would be destroyed and they left wltuout house or borne Like Ins fable when the wolves came the hp herds ran from the flocks an J loft the sheep to be devunred To which Joseph replied if my life Is I of nov no-v a Ina to my friends It Is of none to myself I Joieph said to Rockwell What shall I do7 Porter roplloJ Vju are too olJtal and ought lo know best and > s you wake your bed I will lay with you Joseph than turned to llyrum wbo wi Ulkluir wltb Co boonaiid said Brother Hyintu you are the Glitter what shall no dl7 llyrum said It ui go back and glvo ourselves up and sea tno thing out Alter studying a few moments Joseph said If you go back I will go with you but wo shall be timbered Hyrum said No 110 let us go back and put our trust In Gal aud ire shall not be baroied The Lull Is I In It If wo live or have to die wo will bo reoooclled to our fate Alter a short pause Joseph told Caboon to request Captain Denial C Device to have bit b > at ready by limit past live oDlok lu cross them over the river1 These evidences form DD array of testimony luUQclotit to make Ibe iroot pcsltlve and beyond question that Joseph Bmlth the Prophet of the 19u century was under Gad Ihe rlgluulor and projector of the 11111 I 19 colonize the Ricky I I Mountain valleys with Iitlerdiy Baluls and build upa great commonwealth common-wealth JcvMcJ to civil and religious liberty where all pirsuna of tvery shade of belief could I wo ship according I accord-ing to tile dictates of their own consciences I con-sciences without hindrance and with cut Molestation If It bad not loin lor the persuasloUH of friend real or I Pretended Joseph would have proceeded pro-ceeded hlmtelf inl In company with I hill I I brother Hyrum to lead out and explore ex-plore these western wilds to fled a 1 I nume for his people In the provl dnioo or the Almighty them worn dIfferent results JOBOJUI Bud IIrum returned loNauvoo sutrcnderoJ them inilves lilts the famous 01 their enomlo and very soon nut a mariyzs fate as the Prophet bad predicted Altnr the death or Joseph and Hyiuru pirstcutlons continued as history records nnd tbe exodus from the male nf Illinois coinmeiic d led by President Brigham Young and fit wottby associates and nile complete y the evoulllJn ill NAUTDO Ana the march of tho great body of the people I toward tbe west Camping Oil the bonks of the Miasmal river Prtsl dout Young commenced ireparatlots to carry out tho project devised by Joieph rJmltb It was there that thn call came from tile government for COO men to aid In the war With Mex co the Mormon Itillalloo WM fitted out begaZutotuti and over 500 picked men began ttelr unparalleled Journey to Banta Fe Wlulor Quarters was established on the banks of tbo Missouri and lu early spring the Pioneer also Iny was orgjnziJ by President Young to cross the plains and mountains moun-tains and fled the spot desired by Ibo Prophet Joseph and ijeheld In vision by the Prophet Brig hoDl before be-fore he started on that eventful journey Jour-ney Oil the 7th ol April 1317 the Pioneers numbering 143 men 3 women ana 2 children with 7J wagons tf3 horses 52 mules GE1 oxen aDd 19 cows moved out ol Winter Quarters on their way to the West When sixty miles out un the 17lb day of April the company was fully organized organ-ized and Instructions were given by President Young ae to the mode of travel the order that wan to be observed ob-served and general rules and regulations regula-tions to govern their conduct The Incidents that memorable Journey need not now be detailed they are written on the pages of modern his tot Hulllou It to say that after the weary march over sage and Band over river and < ouuntiln tint mile baud of biroea led by Brigham Voung and the spirit of Inspiration payment of the course outlined by the Prothet Jotepn Smith succeeded In reaching this spot and on the 4h day of July 1847 heard the welcome words from ttteir chief This Is I the place Although the scene they gazed upon was one of desolation not a bumau habitation In views laKebrush covering the land and Ibe suns burulug glare rtllectlug from the salt Inland set rugged mountains uprearlng their lofty belgbtaln frowning grandeur the pllgllmsof the latter finite gave tbooko und praise to Uod that they bal found the place beheld by the Prophets whore the house of the Ijord should be tested and people from all nations should aJW nulo It I need not dwell upon the laying out of the clly of the Saints the turn lug I out of the mountain streams to water the parched and sunbaked soil tbe plans for protection against the Indiana tbo Instructions and counsels let Church government the return ol Piesldent Young with a company back to Winter Quarle lbe removal of Ibe body of the people i from the banks of the Missouri weitward to the Great Ball Like and the Ingather log of the Salute from the lour quar tern of the earth With these Incidents we are all more or less I familiar The Lord protected his servants and bud maidens tu their Journeying and In settling the solitary places In the midst of the mountains Tno members of the Mormon Bitlallon were preserved as predicted The Pioneers mail those wuo followed them were also blessed of the LurJ In their arduous undertaking under-taking and now Utab alter passing through persecution and suffering council by misunderstanding and misrepresentation mis-representation his emerged from the privations lolls travails aud Buffer In goof early days and baa oomi up Into tile light and liberty and glory of a Bivirelgu Star lu the great American Ameri-can Union She Is surrounded by other commonwuillbs whose beginnings begin-nings grew mi of the root planted here by the hand of tbe Pioneers During the put Week a Jubilee ling been I eld In toelr bonor A splindlJ lUonuwnl has bon novIIJ mud pre bellied to the publicbearinir Ibo Stikine of President Urlgbaru Young and standing at the bead of the chief street In Bait Lake City II a tribute to the great work of those tie him illoua to The surviving men aDd women wbo were among the first Bettltrs In this valley have been treated with that courtBy and kindness which was their due and with that veneration for tile agu which la one of the characteristics of Utab4 people But many of those wbo pIoneered the way to role place where hundreds thousands have found a pleasant borne bavo pad through Ibo veil which Is drawn by the band of Providence Pro-vidence between title mortal sphere and the spirit world We regret their departure we miss them from our society ne bade them farewell wit sorrow but where are they now Their bodies Bleep peacefully where loving bauds have laid them to rest but they are not lu those silent graves They have gone before us perhaps to pioneer the way where we snail follow to mans ona prepared for the jul A rich reward awaits them when the eternal Judge shall give unto everyman every-man according to the deeds done In body D i you not believe glint they who wore so closely associated In tbo tolls aud travels or this life are living and acting together In that better world where Joseph and llyrum and Hrlghatn oDd John with the Apostles and Elduraaud faithful Hotels of tile latterdays ore dwelling In tbe sun sbluu of their great Redeemer and devoid de-void of care and weariness rtbil want and woe are laboring still In the great came of human advancement and redemptloL It will be bat a little while before their owplo near > who are mill with us will cross over Ibo mysterious divide Bud meet with them tenors flows the bright river of Uo4 Tues u a day which la nigh at hand and Is l called tbu dsy of Ibo Lord a day measured not alter tbe dlallol mon or Ibo rottlioue of this earth but alter celestial time com prationding a thousand of our yean frehendtug all things will be rot r-ot In that day the curse will bo removed from Ibis planet In that day tile dead will ba brjught forth to live again not lu mortality but lu Immortality Im-mortality In Ihe morning of 1 tbat dy of tno Iird Jesus Christ who Is I tbe Bun of Jllghlojnsness Will appear In His glory H > li the resurrection and tbe life Tnose vsh > are His at His coming will be quickened by the celestial glory and cow forth cut of their Rravet the r spirits Bud hod es will bo reunited not one eisenllal I particle will ha lot I and they will 111 Elect eternal life and be clofflird heirs ol Jou and joint bells with Jesus Christ We nave ui diubt lu our hearts that tile laiihful men unit women w hose pnsince 1 we notes tcuIA3 and who ure rejjtclog In the spirit world with the good Rod Hue of Ihe I air and Ihe present will be numbered num-bered among that wbo will be brought forth In the Brit resurrection be collated among Ihoo who ate bled and bOly atilt be mid affairs and priethe unto Uld and Ills Christ Let no continue to bear In honlll able remembrance Ibo Ijoneel who are IIvlu Tim will n1 keep Ibm br very long Thy like their brethren land oleto who have tie parted are wanted ou the oilier atde m When they Palo I over there all the uearlniss of age all the all local of Ibo lltsli all Ibe temptations boot are possible In mortality will be loll behind Now they t are bending under the weight of tlitna things Lei us bo patient with them and leul them a belplug band as they pats down the bill ol life Let us smooth the path of their feet that their last steps may bo pleasant We are all Mile wllh grallluJe lo our Heavenly Father thAt ilo has I spared blssorvant Wilford Woodruff lie chief ul the Ploueera yet remaining remain-ing to hdnor us with bin presence during the fetlvltlei ol rue Pioneer Justice May be continue In tbe body is long as be desires May the spirit 01 his high and Iml i calling at PropUet Beer ana Revelator and President ol the Churcu of Cnmt In all Ibo world abundantly rest upon blm enliven his mind Invigorate nil body and fill his soul with peace and Joy And may tbe Lord bless and support sup-port and comiort every actual Pioneer wboyetremilnsln our millet May they eijoy everything thaI will COL does tu their bupr Intel In time and tblr lull salvation and exaltation with theblbtst eternity And now mar Ihe peace and blessIng bless-Ing ol Almighty God be upon all hraol May thy cellular the coalesce tile petiouverance Ibo endurance ono the IIdllly 01 the pioneers of 847 that tbeesomountaitst vallr WId Sacred by their efforts under tile guldmuclo 01 the Almighty may teem lib a population popu-lation devoted to Uod and the welfare of bumaclty to rlgnteousce B Said holiness and the great work which It Is I their special mission to periorm that they may bo found worthy tout soclate wltb the Pioneers lu the Pan uh 01 Uod In the resurrection or I a just and in the celestial mansots which are prepared for those who me fit to abide lu the pretence ut Uud ad the Lamb forever Amen Elder Uorice 8 Ensign sang In a feeling manner the auto Tbo Holy CityElder Elder IJIlgbam Young 01 the Couo ell of Apostles next addressed Iht congregation lie referred to tbo life and labors ol Joseph Smith and said that the founding of this grout coin nijnweallb was hut the afurmath uf tool Which the Iropbol Jopn for saw Nut only President Young and the Pioneers had ben lultlllers ol prophecy but all the Latterday delete had least a helping hand In tile establishment and co Is Income thou of Godd purposes Tb work 01 the Lord was onward anJ upward and tile way was being opened up for greater event than bad ever taken place God sets working by Ills spirit through the notion Dr ilia earth Jlo had planned His work and II bd 10 be carried out even to the very letter Mtnuuueuts not only of granite auJ atone wire being related by tbo Latter Jay tjaluti they weru attempting to so conduct their liveathat they night gato aD micro nal salvation lu Ue Fathers kingdom Timees monuments wr ullned to I breathe go gloriously curplcnou In the uuth that nations from a ar would view them and ba led J to c ad that God was working among Hv olr 1 Ibo speaker closed bylnvo to 41 104 blessings upon all wbo baJ woiawj for the success ol tile Pillager Jubilee as well us those who had been permitted to view anD lok upju It with satisfaction satis-faction Elder Fracoa M Lyman of the Council of the Apostles next spoke Al tills particular lime said ue be hit glad to be privileged to mingle big voice with those ol aid brethren All I the Litter day daluts bull some tu side 01 the Cllurob hd been 10Uu ments In the hands 01 God In brln log about the present coudlllsu ofaUalrs In this our prosperous oommouweallb While tile Pioneers Were being boj cred there was auotbur to whom all honor WAS due UoJ bal blougbl about the conditions that at present existed and to Him bomsgi snoulJ la paid for Ills blessings unio the people Utah was ecullarly unlike ber later status of the American Union and would perhaplitutevef remain foototcatl5elts It dwelt a people who wire aeslsllng lu the istabllibmeut of IKdj kingdom and bad ylelued obojuuce I g His dictates load commmJmeuts lull commonwealth was dullnJ 10 grow and flourish aud Its people anJ their acts would be all uuloallthr natlousof the earth Tbe progress ol tile Kalnls was such that fifty year hence tile conditions now exitlut would be bornatrlllyobn Bud liald work would bov Attained I greater strength mild lower In be > arlb Tea t5aints were friends 01 the 10Jpl They sought to do right to all Moll for their religion to taught Hum and God wan giving Ititiiu leeway In the earth for I accomplishment of Ills purpisis Too chair and congregation sang Como Come YO FAICtt No tour leave fear nsoedlctlou was iruiuliucel I bj K dor lltber J Orant |