| Show r p 1 r t 1 x III REMINISCENCES o I o BY THE HH FIRST PRESIDENCY 1 11 It I o o 1 0 M M M t 1 lW of ot tho ho Dos oro t News tho ho First t Presidency of tho h h lias haa Ial tho following sketches which will wJ bo be of at o deep dod Interest to day Saints and uti will furnish valuable Information to tho wi genor nl ni II r of ot this Christmas edition m S a 8 ae e e eM 1 I I 2 Mr M Y M II i President Joseph r 1 Smith eese t m a MONO Mora tho t most precious mem morn memories ories In o the tho life of or o mi nl Elder J of tho the Church of at Jesus Christ of Saints are aro tho ho periods spent by ly him upon ns laboring for tOl tho mil guI of mankind Tho Thu na 11 i turo of ot tho ho service s expected of ot men nn and anil In IH II most cases faithfully performed by them tieni thel In II I tho thu host bost nation m of Qc Q the almost universal bj b our returned that In the mission ml despite the tho hardships perso they thEY th y encounter uro nyu among Inong tho If It not nol tho thu very vory of ot theIr It I IB th l easily from the teachings of ot the th Savior Sn tha t tho thu of O true happiness la In I found In ft nil no 11 In II devoting ones mind heart und and soul to the tho worK of ot glorify log Ing God Coil Oo by und and Having man muon manKind Kind anti and nl these teachings tiro nyu amply by the tho experiences of ot the J of ot Israel In modern ern luncH mol I have hM ha chosen 11 n the tho of ot tho the communication you yon YOI have havo requested those tholo periods of ot my life when who Ifo I I hlo been absent ont front from home homo preach log Ing or n tho till cauMe CIUfo With which wu uru aru identified t My call cal to the mission Ibid field came camo I when whan hun I was Wt a it I youth of ot ald had I lucen for tor about five and n ut half halt years cara a I of Salt Sui Lake Lake valley valey My father and ull mother were both Iloth death dead deal and ond of or tho ho cave caro of at the family tamly they tho loft lef do de devolved upon me mo then thon a I farm boy hey upon ullon a 1 lle o of at o land about midway between Mill M Creek and Parleys Purl canyon crook creek hand Jand taken up by my IY widowed mother noon loon after her arrival In the tho moun mountains talon I had worked hard during my uny I boyhood and consequently lund hud hul Ito ho but ut I felt fel In Iii my heart that lad hod lived and ond that I 1 had hod been eon called to In II his hl work worle nod I cheerfully responded to tho summons to servo him himin hImIn himin in a I foreign land My mission was vaa to the tho Inlands and I was wa US gone HOn four tour years leaving home hom in May and returning In February 1868 To 10 l o Ray Bay that t I 1 enjoyed my uny I mission would be superfluous utter after what 1 have havo toted Plated In the beginning I 1 shall never hover lever cease censo to be e guileful for that experience hard though It was sn ut ot tunes times and shall over ever remember r tho the kindness kin manifested towards me mo by Iy many molY ot of tho the good od na native n tive people of at Hawaii When hon I reached home bore all al Utah was saH with tho the war spirit Johnstons army was In winter quarters east elst ol of atthe the Wasatch mountains and the tho local militia called out ut by Governor Brig Irig Brighum hum Young Yoting who had hm r placed the tho terri tort territory territory tory under martial law II were prepay preparing ing to resist the tm Impending Invasion of ot Halt ali Lake Lako Lall Valley the success of ot which meant to tU the inhabitants of ot this peace peaceful ful tul region misrepresented to the tho gen gon general SOl oral eral government which had sent tho the troops to quell quel an no Imaginary Mormon uprising a repetition of ot the bloody bloot through brought which our had passed In II Missouri and Illinois It I was wa determined that tho the of at that army Ilmy should be bo checked until n a full and anil fair tall Investigation could be hud hind anil a I peaceful adjustment of ot the The militia were sere under ex ox express express press orders to t shed no blood save snO In Individual orel but to liar hay rasa rass rss the tho troops by running oft off or their stock capturing their supply trains and in every way Impeding their ad advance adVance vance I reported for duty to Governor Young the next morning moring after arriving home from the tho Islands antI and was sas an as 11 signed to Colonel Canisters cavalry command In Echo canyon I sat up nil all ni night molding rifle rilo bullets from tram a pig of ot lead I had brought rought with wih m un a from tram a Mormon smelter at nt Los Ve Vo Vegas Vagas gas Has the ore for tor which hind had been carried by teams from tram tho the mountains about twenty miles distant distantI I then proceeded to tho the front I woe with Colonel Colnnel and all Colonel II H 1 commands to tho the time line V 1 up of ot Governor entry Into Salt Halt Lake Lalm Valley Valey and was one ole of at a n dozen cavalrymen who followed the governor as ILS 11 a U detail data dot ni guard to his destination Subsequently I J went vent with wih Porter Hock Rock Rockwell hockwell well wel and a squad sound of or ten or twelve rang era or appointed to watch further move inov movements ln ments of ot the government troops troop ut at lt Camp Scot On this trip we vo ve met Tact the pence peace commissioners Powell Powel and III McCullough and l from them copies ropieR nf ot pardon porton to the Mormons We alQ also mot met Mr Morrell tho tUf th first non nOl Mormon Mot mon appointee as ni postmaster of ot otI Halt I al Lake Lako City and were hospitably en entertained entertained by him When Johnstons army under tho the terms of ot arbitration Irm upon by Governor Young Youn and antI the peace through Halt Lako Lake City C I was Ol among those who Sal hud had been left heft lef to guard tho the all al but deserted town I afterwards Joined my brothers brother nod and sisters at nt Provo from which place In July of at that year cor the wor then being elnA over oer we returned with wih the tho general community to our homes My next mission taken aken after I become became a n married nina mon was ns to England for tor which coun coin country countr try tr I started In the tho spring of tho the year l O crossing tho lie plains In com coni company pany With two of the tho Twelve Apostles Amasa M Id Lyman and nOi Charles C e C Rich who wro going to Europe to tu preside Elder Bier Francis M I Lyman now nw an Apos Allol tie presiding over the same mission was to also In hi the tho company as was waR Wai Wait Waiter t ter r M Gibson an Elder Eider Ehor of ot tho the Church whom I next met me ns t an nn apostate In the IslAnds Island Ho hf II went with wih us UI UIus ns us tar far as I the States A i gold JoHl piece pilco me m by President Brig Brigham ham ham Young YoUn Just before my departure wn wa WOI all the tho money I 1 had anti and w wo who al wore wine bound for Liverpool were forced to borrow horrow In the Hit Ih East F t In order older t tn ti rOAch reach our destination I prize very f highly my I many pleasant nt reminiscences of the lie Saints In the T mission where whee I labored 1 bore ft 1 rt n traveling Elder Ehler in the tho Leeds LeoF conference ns as iA president of ot the Oi and as i pa Pan as aslor lor tot of at the district in hp the tho th 11 T edN Hull nul nail Lin llo conferences Towards the latter Int r part of ot mv my mission while Apos pos tl I George aM O Q was wa an presiding In that land I him blip hr 11 his invitation on oti al a it tour tOi I through tho the Scan ikan Scandinavian Seln a ft veil vary VII pleasant trio la 11 weeks Balling tog for tor America In tho the summer miner u I of 1803 the tho ship shill on 01 which I t was a paw Im hail had hal two tiva t O narrow ono one a 0 barely bu Il b averted collision col lul with wih a 1 Hailing vessel In tho midst of u a I dense fog one 01 night In lii the other white while en el I to deliver dolive dol vel tho the mall mail at lt St SI Johns Newfoundland during a n heavy fog fo This tune time the hr th shIp by hy th thu I struck upon a lock I causing the utmost consternation until sho situ sue suc lue ceded In clearing herself and steaming Into nto safe lo waters Among the tha passengers bound haunt for to Utah was Sister l H J I I Cannon of President George Q Cannon al lon whose hoBa Infant child tiled died dUI dur tHel lug ing hiI her Journey journay across the plains I 1 lS as s chaplain of Captain John fohn N which followed lot lat later er CI but at lt Green Grol liver niver I Joined a P par pal ty led bv by b Leis which had come collie out ou to meet tho lie train and und lake charge of ot a ti L of ot powder which It was supposed Colonel Connor and the thue troops at Ut u t Fort Douglas louglas In tended to confiscate ato te The Tho powder was WIY Bodied I el el loaded upon Ullon and convoyed by y nn an al unbroken route rOllo across tho the mountains and desert to Snit Salt alt Lake Lako Ilko City whore wo arrived hate lato In September Tho next spring I IS again on in e my way to a l foreign land havili been boon given given en el n a I second mission to the thu Sandwich Islands This time I accompanied Ezra Izra I T l Benson Ilenson and Loronzo Snow W V fluff anti I Alma L I Smith the tho special object nut of at our lr errand r being holl to put a ii I stop to tho the I I operations of at tho the Impostor I waiter Salter M Gibson who wn deceiving tIm credulous nod and sImpleminded na on nl tive UC monitors of ot tho the Church not only In matters of doctrine but with wih gro also falso of at his Ills own power and authority Ho no lied hud re to reorganized roo organized tho hue Church according to Ills his mii mi m A i v WV U 4 H and other selling them their or mid Imposing himself upon tho the people as LS a priestly Cud kingly ruler fuler to whom they thoy must pay abject homage Wo We confronted him charged him him with wih his misdeeds and 1111 labored faithfully to reclaim him him but hut ho hue proved obdurate and Impenitent anti and was WIH there thero therefore fore cut cul oft or from the Church ChUIch Wo We rO then thon directed our energies towards reclaim lul ing ng those whom he hI hind hn misled and In Inthis Inthis inthis this work worl under tin inc ti blessing of ot God lou louwe We Wo Were WOlo very vory ver successful upon this mission and anI at Is its very ver outset I the tho drowning of Apostle A Lorenzo Snow by ly the tho cap sizing of ot a boat In the tough rough W v Ws of March rh 31 1861 Wo Wb W had reached Honolulu In safety InOt 1 mid hod proceeded to on tho time Nettle Natte Merrill Merril tram from whoso whoA dock I beheld the thA accident Tim Tho only onh reason I J was wal not Hot Involved In It H as us wore wor nil all ul tho the other members of ot our par liar III ty t was wal being familiar with sith wih tho the coast at that point I had declined to 10 enter tho the ships hoot boat with tho time test lent lentor or to disembark while the waves saven wore were running high Brothers Cliff Cluff and tim ld Smith equally averse IvelIO to going In lii II that hint boat ont hut yielded to Brother Bensons Persuasions r in duo time I 1 rejoined them on shore and assisted 1 to caro care for tor Brother Brothel Snow who was woe resuscitated af after after ter tor much luth mud labor and being being rolled roiled upon a I barrel barll until all ni the wa water WI tot ter te ho he had swallowed was ejected nod his lungs hl H then lien from the mouth of ot one ono of at his hla companions nn an Ingenious process which suggested itself j self to the mind of ot Brother Cluff Clur We sot set In order the affairs of ot the lie Hawaiian mission of ot which after El li kr J t excommunIcation I was charge with wih Elders duff Cluff and Smith as an my nl assistants the tho two Apos APOR ties to Utah The three of ot ofus us lull left let made a n tour of ot all ni the Islands and und meantime eie Joined by Elders t Benjamin duff Cluff und ld John It H Young We worked energetically tho the Imposture and ond won back ade those Whom Gibson hud hind deceived Wo We recommended by letter to President Young Youn the gathering of oC nil 11 the tho Hawaii Hawaiian HawI an all saints to 10 ono one place whore where they might bo ho hotter better boler disciplined In religious rel loul duties do tes and doctrines nn no well wel as ni Indus Industrial trial pursuits Oun Onu OUI recommendation was WIS adopted and one 1110 of ot tho time spots mints proposed by y us S for tor this purpose and iund ant tho the theone one ono wo most favored was afterwards chosen and It remains to this day tn the headquarters of ot tho lie mission namely the tho celebrated e sugar sU r plantation of Lab Lale Laleon Labon on Oi tho the Island of ot Oahu The purchase of Qt the tl pr perty was WIM made mads by Elders Francis A Hammond and ant George o Neb Nob Ne eker whom I met at San Francisco while on my way WIY home early In 1805 I will vili wil here hare remark romark that my first or ordination In the Priesthood al ns to th tui office of ut Elder F er In May MI 1851 Just prior to leaving upon my IY first mission In March 1858 I became a Seventy and andIn andIn andIn In October a High l h Priest mind and a n member of tho the High Council Counci of ot tho the Salt Snit Lake Lale Stake of ot Zion I 1 was ordained nn an Apostle July 1 I 1866 by y President I Young YounG i by b the e Twelve and ant on tile ta sin 81 or of 1511 l Wit UI MI tl I to take tho the place previously oc oe I by b Amasa M liL l Lyman Iyman In the Council Counci of ot the lie Apostles and the tho Between the spring of 1871 fall of I filled two more moro mission to fRI Europe where I was WI to pro pre preside pr prahl side ahl being summoned homo home horl In II 1875 on out 01 account Recount of ot the flue death of President lee Goo Go A 4 Smith and In Iii II on account of at th the thA death of President Young In hut JI tho tIm Interim of ot these thenn two missions I pro Pf sided sidel over the tit Davis Bunko of Ion itin ana whIte while In England l on the tho latter lator occasion I visited with Ith Apostle Orson Pratt Aposto various parts of t Great Britain for forthe tho the purpose of selecting phonetic for tor the publication of at tho the Book 1001 of at Mormon In tho lie characters ot of the Deseret V alphabet In 1878 I 1 accompanied Brother Pratt to the tue states staten which trip we wo culled upon David WhItmer at It lUch month mond and upon William Wilam E at nt Independence Missouri also touching nt at It Far ar West Piano and land and At AI New Now York I J wrote an In account nf ot our Journey for tor publication and re ye home In time lime to attend tho the Octo October ber our Interview with wih David was wn exceedingly Interesting Ho lie JI bolo bore lo Ie 0 us UM his hla usual strung and testimony to tho the truth of or the Book Hok of ot Mormon larmon and his connection therewith as i one of ot the three witnesses to whom toe no angel of at God bowed the golden plates from which It was translated Nothing could cOli be more maIO puniest mow more solemn sincere than that aged mans that he saw ow the angel Ingel and heard his voice olee declaring that th t the characters upon those thole plates platt had been beal beenA A 1 t divinely divino translated Mr r showed to us what he lie claimed was thu thit Ihl copy cOY of ut the tha copy furnished Mormon 11 but bum t which ich In I II mm reality y it copy COY of ot time the the copy furnished to time the printer when the thu book was first published Why liy I 1 am om positive that lint It I was Wil mIs not mi Ihl original IN is II bule I have Indisputable evidence that tho the original was deposited by hy the Prophet Joseph Josoph In II the thu of ot tho tim Nauvoo liaise House from which It was Wal taken moony many later whon hul tho house holmes hOlse was In a n ruined state Itne 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