Show ww f II I r f r iii m i mi i i 1 THE I LIVING ONLY J I vu J 41 14 I H I I I IH The t j ll ln In tho event eventful ful QC HI Samuel W Richards which variable blo us matters of ot hiis hll tory torr hlib bW tl furnished by hIm on re request 10 quest for tor ho tho Christmas Issue of ot tha tM Jc IWI l W was wn in county Massa Milun t lt 0 I mi lS I In early cal lo ton t n if Old he hl heard hen Il of ot a n heard who claimed tl have pon Soil ho Father of r Jesus Christ Ills Son SOl tha tho of all allman nl mon man who believe on Him Hm message l from flom nn tin un questionable awakened In him nn determination to n the nl h Smith who had Ind been lh thus thu favored tul d tins thIs when only olly 18 yours Yi of ot nc lt h i with wih his hIl family grilled to Illinois whore ho found the th Prophet located with tha tho people II ople II had believed In II his of nt having received a tl slon to open ol CI up the Dispensation of oC world the of oC times to 10 all ul the tho A personal acquaintance formed with tho Prophet Joseph not only tl but fully tuly to tho most t complete conviction In II his mind tho lq truth nil ha ho had hoard of or tho divIno tho Prophet had hal TO 0 EXPLORE HOOKY MOUNTAINS with his hiM fathers fam family settled ten tenly ily In II ho engaged In work unU the tho ly t building UI II 0 tho thu direction of or u I appointed by bythe ly the Prophet mid continued HO employed until tho winter of ot IS H when he re ro received ft from the tho ro re ftc tn him to tl bo hu ono on of or a n party of young men to go an 11 pio pIa pioneers pIano no rl to the tho Mountains to 10 Ind IndI H I for the tho Saints then thon In Nauvoo to to as n they wore were bo boo boIng Ing III continually disturbed by y mobs who Imd determined to drive the people tram from their homes and wore were hunting him for tor his life I v To lq comply with wih this request ho free freely ly Iy consented c and nna became Identified with wih holding weekly weel meetings and receiving rec Instructions In from thu tho N o 0 I I I I HI 11 I I I J I I It t 1 tt k c J I I AMUEL WHITNEY RICHARDS Only Surviving Member of ot Bait Lakes First City Council Counci ot ct his hii brother and Sidney of ot what was expected eP of or thorn them to KO go West to the tho Rocky Mountains M I and find a n au lable place for tor tho Saints to gather to not only from Nauvoo but from frol all 11 parts paris of or tho world as 0 tho thoM M I Prophet had boon Instructed to I vt done n h pioneer lon W wa to t be hI with two on iu II IO with blankets mid the and ono to pack wih necessary outfit tt IL for fm both ad hul ll uh which gUl for tor nn tho way to 10 provide 11 WI am tl to with 11 him hll r 09 In to 10 purchase ft location money I At AI WI by b th Ih I in ma us much or WIH UI the of or the th of r dm I ti t h the mountain hirn ouid to wull I i if the tho i w nt of or Ih I of I upon tho 11 earth leI I I In ui 1 tic IJ from tt II until the tl liM liil lf to Its J be hr 1 11 tullY I nd by Its own i lur Ol I oln I ply every want of those lilI It It the Ilm of oC an I mun when upon it I lit 11 lift I l The Prophet t folph com om properly ln tru d at the tho proper time In th for tor to 11 I the tho river with wih tho company int wai WI Ith hll In W tl join joll thorn thol on the way WM bufor reaching their place of ot final location thereby bo freo fre tram from who hla life were constantly hunting le have rest for n with those thole who 1110 and brethren hIl friend Irot Hut HuI It I was WAi not to In IMS hf ThoRO who wlm to be lw hil friends him find 1111 upon his hla re return 11 turn to n IIO for tor tho Iho salvation of tr the tho there ther should become known that hi hp had I the Of ot hl hI who WN on the tho watch for fOl him and 1111 he ro 1 01 If ft I nol ot I my IY II to you 01 It I In II not ot to In me C I J HO HOns I 0 11 ns a to tho Th proved R 1 to tu bo 10 tho Hut lut If I he hi could hlo had hil own 01 way WiY hf hI hayo boon Iwon many malY a 1 Prophet et with tho ho people Tho murder of or the Prophet n the made to drive tle people from their homos homol pro vented tho Iho departure of or the tho pioneer company and ald all al tho people found It I necessary to move from the tho realms of civilization as ns soon na aA possible and co go Into an nn unexplored desert rather than battle with well wel armed mob violence Tho rho subject of at this ar article r Is and has hns been boen for a I num number number ber of ot years tho only one on living of the tho 1 number selected for Cor that labor r of or exploration In the t h of ot 1840 an I tho body o of or orthe the people were hl for Cor n 1 jr n departure from the III weN sas 1 l to 1 take tulo a 1 mix 11 Dion to l in r with wih ot if the Twelve and which lu hl did and nOi In of or thu lr unit the full till of ot when ho hot II jr t uri rl und joined th ramp of tho In tn their tl lr winter at I ell lt From being eln too late Inlo in h TOH tin th Una ho hI ro re down Into the tM upper U 1111 I part ot or to arrant und mill ula a aMi the plains Mi hll outfit with lh which to tha tho nunion fon While there In January of IMP Oliver Olver Ini hll wife 11 win n tin th sister sl of David I on Oi their to 10 visit IMI him himIn In Missouri were compelled by br a 1 Ir 11 to 10 lay Ity until could travel they the with wih to whom Oliver tho letter lolor hero hore an nn nosed r Who While darkness es covered the earth and Ola the tho people long after ih the to administer In holy things 1110 hud b cn away lie hard and sent tl Ills ironed tin tl heavens word for tal the Ih salvation of ot Israel In fulfillment I I of the acred tho everlasting was a proclaimed by byI I he hI mighty A uro I Moroni who with wih tho authority of ot his hil mis mission lion sion ave glory to In the highest This Is I the stono llonG taken from the without hands John the holding the keys of tf the Ihl Priesthood Peter James and John Juhn holding the keys Ite nf or lh dek Priesthood have for tor thoe who ho shall be holm of ot salva salvation tion end with wih the thene ministrations or ordained ton men 11 to tho samo MaiO Those hOo with wih their authority ty t are now 11 and must continue to be beIn e eIn In tho body bOlly of ot tho Church hurch of or Christ of ot Saints Blessed Is II the tho Elder who has hB received tho same and old blessed and holy Is II ho who shall to tho end ond Accept dear brother of tho unfeigned prayer of him who In connection with wih Joseph Jo eph tho Seer was blessed bles od with tho 0 A V tO 4 r r OLIVER Jy I above ministrations and who devoutly glory hopes to meet you In thu tUI To fo Samuel W Jan January Jil uary tary 13 1 1813 l adds 1111 to this the fol Tho rho aiMed In this communication tion tOI mi 1 of or such luch Importance tiun I hu I I f would havo thorn thol heralded to tl the Ihl irU WIM of or the oarth as al I 1 have hll been 1111 emli nu II r Ing to t do to the und shall nm In BO 10 For I or they thoy that th t tho heavens hen aro no 10 longer aled to toman man UI on tho oarth orth but those tholo who od with wih Jesus Jc u tho Christ have forth and conferred upon Ulon man like au authority as ns they thoy hold halll In day while on earth Thin ministration and testimony mony havo COIO to mo 10 direct and ald In lu luI person I from both Joseph and Oliver on whom Peter Jumes nod and John con conferred forred tho th authority they held hlll Jesus Christ by virtue of that au nU I 1 bear ball this my testimony to all ni niI W I 4 at j If H HI HI I H the world nods eternal Priest hood holl IB I aln among unon man to mel tor for their redemption tol from frol the pow er of sin and d Ath and to brine thul hum ani buck by hy virtue of n tin IW r n Into I the presence of ot rather Pother from I he y came on I ol e Ami this authority u I In Ih t of or Christ of or to 10 until the Iho will wil of Clod Ool Is dono on f as A In hellm 1010 Buth On the of ot Oliver I and nfl wife It I WIH hoV would return crUH thu tho to tl 1 toh In II with will in me and emigrating 11 Hut But thiN Oils 1118 not tt to 10 be Io na n hf went dOn doun to Iu hl lr and an there died rum FI HH CITY About the tut ht of If July Tul Elder 11 and 11 family tamly of wife and 1111 ona oln child nn 1 company t and the to 10 tuh than thon culled le UN Here HII ho hl With In II the tl limits of or the tl then Wih I I i now 11 Pali 81 I alip City Upon I Ithe the first IIII of or Salt Lake Iak City j lie h waa wu elected a 1 of or tho City I I Council and nfl took tonk an ni active part In the city 01 when at nl homo for to more than tu mv y ars lell In hI tho oth f of tf I Judge and for ful a rl an nl I and holding courtn n I provided by h II of the territorial of or which hu II uns nl also a 1 mem ber br chonen rho l as AI of or tin Pom mitten on In municipal lav hy I the mayor n all ni or nl th Ihl H of or the city wore 1 written liv II hi Ills hands honored by hh hl both 10 Judge H no Is I to the Ihl onU living member of o tho tha first city council of Bait Inke I City wan Wil honored a such luch by hy being tho only oc occupant 0 of ot n carriage provided by ty th Illy 11 In II the t he of or tho lafa Int half hn I r i c rt celebration II J has the tl development 01 01 SnIt Salt I JI ake f City Mil and Its Is from a n field of lal brush 10 Its It I present fl Int many and desirable places of Ir to 10 tho traveler tho rocker coher of pleasure and healthful re M resorts sorts preliminary to Its Il heMming tho joy of ot tho earth on this the land landof of ZIon t o I w 4 I r f 1 I |