| Show j 0 ABOUT oUT i TIUS 1111 ii I Elder Andrew J 3 Stewart one of ot the veterans of ut the Church nud uia it one H of octh the tew fOW still tilI living who Mho iIO were were r personally P I acquainted with tho the Prophet Joseph Joeph lias hn kindly given to the tho News No the ir of t f how Ho M became acquaint rd d with the io Prophet mid and some orno rec l li i d dt dC tho th Immediately PVC pre preceding ceding c martyrdom Elder any 01 that the Prophet MUM 11 actually for tOI DV an to to the iho moun lalim at Ut I that time il that ho fur furnished him a 1 horse which ho Intended to to on the westward journey journY It ft has hu been sometimes that Ui ih tho exodus s ns i nn nfl n expediency resorted to by II b President Young YounS but bill never niNer thought of o by tho the Prophet The fact fiet I t Is I that iho the western exodus was pan of ot the tho divine plan for COI tho the pie of ot the tho and that Pres President ident Young was rn nn flu Instrument lit In tho hand hund of or tho the Almighty to c curvy carry carl out that phui uh after the Uie Prophet hUll hud been becU ro ru roo to another sphere of o action notion e There Thero can bo bt no doubt that the tho plan 1 to go HO west was accepted by ly b the Hal Saints tits generally at It tho the time of ot the iho martyr martyrdom dom om as mu by II tho the Lord Lent und and re reo r to lu the thu This appears I froth from the Ihl records At t tita October conference 1815 Mother Lucy South Smith 1 IIi I 1 teL feel us ais though God Goll was Will vexing this thie nation u i L little here heio and there ull und nod ll I fed Cel ee that the tho Lord will let lot take lalle the tito people away this thiN city Ill lie llo 10 my n dead my husband h l b nd and II nIl children und nod If It ao 80 o be be the teat rest of lIt f my children RO go 0 with you ou auth I would to Owl God they may mn all alt go so they the will ill III not tro without mo unit ami If It I go my lilY brought back III hi cas u uI I dIe did away und and deposited with my husband and anil children cli This Il ha shown I h 0 11 how f ho viewed the ho exodus that waa wa then Ih talked about It tt was 1118 ns tho tim work of ut Jh Almighty I lIme Iho Ui IU Saints regarded It II ItI I aa the f fulfilment ot ur On OnI I Fob 15 I ld the tho Editor of aC Times and i tid Everyone reads It to 10 n IL letter Iy by r will alit tea rot rc at ut puce once the Ilund work urk ut uE lIr col 1 In thIS the si great cat uneven 1 of oC the tho Church of ii C Chi 1st t of ut luy Iu II It Is te a II work 1111 and u 1 Although io u to lieu ulee from 1110 presence o ot of ii c rr or 41 II civilised society mark thu the t i h till the llio chit cuil of or u the thu matter matterI J I I J rH Jul Judge u w r God lurid had a i In It ft or 01 not rho power poucet of ot Israel leniol wn IJ lust by hy and Ing Mild Ills hIli power will wUI bo lio regained by b obedience 1111 HId feat fuat In hii h tie tho Tiu work of ot tho Father bulb 1 all ull nations to 10 r Israel l mel lu to That vas how tho thu felt toll about their thell must most trying tl In III their lil hl tOry I They knew that the tIlo was II nut Ilot lUto a departure tIme the Gospel na u II mado by b the Ihu I but u it completion of or that plan |
