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Show A 4 i THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, JULY 8 , Church News Notes i President Heber J. Grant turned Thursday morning after nearly a month. belnit'awsy fer cities and meet Ttsittiry eastern In with Church members to thb Eastern and. Northern Slate mis Iona President Grant was accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. George J. Cannon. He left for tho east after attending dedicatory services at Independencen Both Juno 31. 'marker to the and dedicating Who camped there flint pioneers 1. under Brigham l,T Grant dedicated Young the President marker and that evening attended services In Rawllne Wyo. Following' tha meeting President Grant and hts daughter, visited Fremont, Neb., as thehisguests 'Of several Dan V. Stephans at hundred .aero country estate, part traverson la tho ground of which ed by the original pioneer comto Utah. panies In coming met with Church President Grant . C., bn members la Washington, 22 Juno and July i, and last Sun- attended service Ip New York and Brooklyn, addressing large audiences in each place. While In Washington, he met with the committee in charge of- financing the new Washington chapel. People of Utah Washington are pleased that marble is to be used la construction of the building. The foundstion of the building Its and mumpers Searing completion of the finance committees ore somembers to from funds liciting an complete the construction at leader early date. The Churcp and his enjoyed trip N thoroughly bad ths pleasure of meeting many sew friends and renewing acquaintances with others snd with relatives on hhamothr's side. f Mfs. Cannon visited In Washington. with a daughter. Mrs Jale Jinow, and In Chicago with anpther Mrs. Owen Hentngcr, ' daughter. f ' i Two large audiences In Salt Bake i have enjoyed bearing President Ivina recount many Anthony W,Incident and romances intereating Of the Covered Wsgon ays. during . . the past week. The pioneer Church official poke Tuesday at the (Rotary elubk and Thursday before the Klwanla his club, and on each occasion, listeners were held spellbound as 'the veteran pioneer unfoIdedf4Alo after tale of heroism, comedy and romance ae they oocui red during his learly year a pioneer of President Ivin his Jl853, cominy to Utah In a .mothers arms when less than manyear old. He grew to jrounj hood In Utah snd assisted in colons dzing St. George and other sections in the southern part of the state. At air early ape he was a vetoran( rteamster, snd ss he has often said, most ot his active life hae been spent In a covered wagon wat or re- l.i -- j ljjr V - . On horseback. A miniature covered i; watjon was presented to President Ivins by the Hotary club, of which he is an . active member . see tKlder Richard R. Ly'maii, t of.tpi Count a r 'i hi Tm-lturned early in the week from ths northwest whir he sUtuuvu national convention of , tho Auierr-!caSociety of Civil Engineers. and officiated at the quarterly confer ience of Twin Fails stake. reports the new chapel in the Idaho city jto be nearing completion. The new irhapel is a most attractive one and ,wil soon he ready for dedication. (Continued From Pbgo Seven.) direcrunning tn, a southwesterly tion through what Is now the contln-And Blook thence i Tomplo ' direction. ulng In Tho south, branch of the ereek ran through the block on which tho building containing ths Church offices now stands, run-- . in a southwesterly direction, ntng and oroasing First South street It Main street, diagonally, and stands to reason that the stream was tapped north at tho place i whore It crossed First South street or above the place where the first plow was put In the ground. According to tho best calculations now obtainable the first .plonrer camp on City Creek .was' aon the west side ot Main street or short ot distance' west or northwest buildwhere the Cttv and County ' no stands. ing During the aftenloon heavy the clouds began to gather tn southwest, and at S o'clock there was a light shower with thunder. It rained for about two hour. Toward evening the camp was visited by a thunder shower from the west, but not quite enough rain fell to lay the dust. By evening, the brethren had plowed up con- -, slderable land and broken several ot their plows, but .three plow and one harrow had. been going nearly alt the aftemooii. At night the camp Jvae called Wiltogether and addressed' by lard Richards. The morning was pleasant in tho rear company ofonthe pioneers on Bast Canyon tho mountains creek. This compaoiy. da Immediate charge of Fresldoqt Brigham at Young, left their encampment commenced to travf:tS a.m. andBast creek, el. Reaving Canyon they turned west pnd after hard of climbing, reached the 'summit ot Big Mountain. When the top that mountain was reached, Brest. Kldcr Brigham Young directed Wllford (Woodruff, tn Whose car sick, riage the presidentsowas lying could to turn It around that he have a view from that point of a The spirpart of Salt Lake Valley. the presiit of light rested upon, dent no felt that the valley In where was the place the distance the Salute would find protection and safety. From 'this summit (Big Mountain) the company began the descent of the long ateepi slope and part of the way down the brethren had ta chain the wheels of their wagons. As tho pioueers descended the road bearing to the south they passed through groves iot sspen. balsam, etc. 'they also crossed a Mountain stream (Big small creek) six times. This stream ran around the base ot the hill through a ravine. After traveling1 six and a half miles from the summit the pioneers came to a beautiful spring and a small birch grote, where they halted for noon. This birch grove at Mountain Del) is well known to thu day and ta situated In Sec. 3.1. Township I North. Range 2 Fast. Salt latko! Meridian on property belonging to .Salt Rake north-westerl- i ! City. After halting at Birch Grove for about two houri the company proceeded on then journey and crossed Little Mountain, from ,the summit of which they traveled about a mile down hill and reached Km If ration creek (called Loot creek j n A the ward and stakes followed out directions and suggestions of thf the general boards, and made thetr affairs - resemble t pioneer os histone piece of properly pas? out of Chuch ton sed 'trol temporarily tho past few days with the leasing to private owners atcf' the bale, Church sugar plantation Hawaii. includes leased The property 1.309 acres of cultivated land, sur rounding the city of Lute, where the Mormon temple for the Islands U situated, but dobs not con- -' icern any property within the town. Enough land00 was retained oflq eup-pthe tho population icity. half of which are Church 1 past i Plains dinners throughout tho Church on'July It. were n huge to repntla that avicrc. re drifting constantly Into the (i- of lot senerurl boards. It as tnilcnird that (n most rase. V portation agent: cl for ! i , mis returned oilowlng sonarica' have reported during the past foeek nX tho office of Bishop Harold G. Reynolds! Churth trans- members. tb the The property" .was lea.-eK.hiiku l'lantntlon' which concern ihan bceit grinding the tane sugnr ot the Church plantation for tnuny gears under 'a grinding contrnet. The properfy was acquired during the early S0 hy, President Brigham Young, under ihe personal nanii) qf. George" itcj noMa. Jwho managed the plantation under hla own name i for severalns lycarA A few years later it taken over by tha Church, who deal It since. The has operated which Is -- eported 'satisfactorycon-to was both parties concerned, summated by the First1 Presidency With the assistance of Kltjer Antoine 11 Ivins, of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies, who has been njanager ot the - plantation ten years.tho days. CostUmea, popular in the days of the dbvered wagon featured many and dome wards add stakes went so far as to supply covered wagons In .which to escort the participants to the scene of the celebrations. The er I 193t Church Department Into The Valley With The Firsti Company of Pioneers 4 t 18, r j British, Din Knee. New Zealand, J. Weldon Cecil Webster. Now Zealand; J, JuneI Haiph Sharp, fcjvv Btrom-neEastern States; Edward Norweg.an; Harvey C Cluft, Central States, Archie K. Wright. W. Northccntral Stales, Alina Cyrus. H1 Hold, s, 7 Hansen, KastcCntral Staton; KerGerman Austrian; sey C. Kite, Isouis Christensen, Northwestern States: Blaine L. Baxter, Netherlands; Gordon 1 Allen, British; Joseph 1.ft. Hart. Czechoslovakia; Northecntrai Webb, Ralph Staten, Oail C. Olson, Eastern William If. States; l'edler, Aus-- tralian; IIrold A. Naisblttt Swlss-Germn- Mildred Rotter,. Eastern State: Lewi II., Childs, jr.il if Karl JH. Owen. Australian. or-ni- i To acquaint themselves; with th work of the corning season, members of tho M. I. A. general boards, will assemble in a Institute at Brighton, Saturday one-da- y traveled during tho day having . -t miles. U 1- r 14. JULY Tho SATURDAY, morning was warm and pleasant In tho pioneer camp in Great 9&U Lake Valley. Tho sky was somewhat overspread with clouds. Quito early in tho forenoon the Pioneer brethren continued their plowing, stocking plows cutting ditches to Irrigate the land and made every preparation lor plant ing potatoes on or near what if new the intersection ot State street and Second South street- - About noon the plowing of the five-acpotato patch was finished and the brethren commenced planting their seed potatoes. They also some corn and the planted early plowers continued work south oi the potato patch. When the ditch wae completed, the water from City creek was turned upon the land. They gave it a good soak- Ing and the experiment proved quite successful. Most ot the pioneers expressed themselves as well pleased with the valley. Thdre appeared to be a , unanimous agreement In regard to the richness ot the soil and thero were good prospects of sustaining and fattening stock with but little trouble. Thb only objection was the lack of Umber and rain. But g the pioneer oclicved that God would send moisture upon the earth and the showers that they had experienced the day before impressed them eith the belief that their Heavenly Father would listen to and answer the prayers of the Saints. President Brigham Young, with' his rear company, which had encamped during the night m EmiLitgration canyon, at the foot ofJourtle Mountain, resumed tneir ney at 11 o'clock a.an the start on account of having been delayed the straying of some of their animals. Proceeding down Emigration canyon they entered the valley where the former companies had entered It and arrived "In the pioneer camp on City creek at 4 11;4S am , having traveled miles during the day. On their arrival at ihe camp on City creek, President Young and their brethren company tound in plowing and busily engaged potatoes, others of the planting were brethren engaged in building a dam. on the creea te bring the water on to the land so as to supply the lack of rahn by irrigation. President Younjf iu entering the valley rode iu Wilford Woodruff a carriage, while Col. Albert P. Rockwood came la on horseback. Among the other brethren w ho came tn with j President Young wore Heber C. Kimball, Lorenzo 1). Young and Howard Egan. That night, when the whole pioneer camp was comfortably and in the valley, safely encamped which had been thoir obJectle as center of their well as the poipt fondest hopes during their Weary of four long months pilgrimage and over plains and mountains, which was destihud by a kind Providence to be tie future iom of the Saints, most sincere pracrs and utterances of thanksgiving ascended on high from every tent and wagon in that historic eng people. campment of July 24, 1847. will always be cherished by the Inhabitants of the Great West as one of the important, days in the history of the United Stales, and ever since 1847 the anniversary of thatLatter-daday has y been celebrated by Saints end thousands of others who have been privileged lo make happy and comfortable homes In the Rocky Mountains. Pioneer Bay, July 21th, la rec-- ! ognised in the Slate of Utah os a re logs! holiday. Is There Need For MoriRonitm. (Conlitvucd From Page Seven.) the earth, all of gospel upon which had been foretold by ancient prophets. There were dclRcred to the some young man plates which were tonalatcd by him by the gift and pow'er of God. These plates contained a record of the ancient Inhabitants of this western continent. It is more than a history it contains the teachings of the Lord Jesus Uhrist to the people on thls continent when he visited them personally after his resurrection. This rerot d, known as the Book of Mormon, contains the everlastThe ing gospel In its fulness. of Kzokiel that the prophecy Stick of Judih and the Stick of the Ephraim should become one in fulhands of the Lord is verily filled. On May 15. 1829, an angel anhimself as ; John the nouncing Baptist appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Uowdery at Harmony, Pennsylvania, in response to thoir and Inquiries concerning Erayers After introducing himhe self, placed his hands upon their heads and said these words: "Upon you mv fellow servants. In the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which -- ' holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the Gospel of repentance, And of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins. (D09. and Cov. See. 12.) A Definite Assignment. This was a definite assignment a resurrected being known as by John the Baptist, who held the keys of the Aaronic priesthood during his qarthly ministry, and according to his own statement had been sent by Peter, James and John, the presiding apostles left to continue his by the Master ,work A few months later these , three beings to these appeared foams young men and ordained them to the holy apostle-shipThus ths full authority and power of the priesthood to minister In spiritual and temporal things was conferred upon these two young men, giving them authority to organize the Church of Christ and administer In all the ordinances thereof. "This, priesthood is the power of God delegated to man by which man can legitimately act In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, for the salvation ot These men. the human family." conferred commissioned, thus tho s&me others x upon priesthood. This restoration of the gbspel has brought to mankind again the fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, with all Its gifts, keys, powers and bieamgs. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints Is built uon the rock ot revelation and through this means, its officers have received the authority from God to act in their callings and enjoj the gifts and blessings of the goepel as was the case with the ancient apostles. The mission of the Church Is one of peace: iu alms and objects, the preparation of the people for the second coming of Christ, the inauguration of fthe Millennium and the establishment of universal brotherhood of man. The Only Way. To belong to the Church of Christ It Is necessary to make a compact or agreement with him In the way and manner he has defined. Men may have all kinds of methods ot obeying the gospel but the onl way which our Father will accept Is that which his Bon taught on both continents while ministering on this earth. This same way ana plan is "Mormonism, and has it, the same saving principals ,and This gospel answers the powers. 'question and teaches the purpose of God In the earth life of man, and how man may fulfill that di- vine purpose. The plan of the gospel provides that each person phall work out his salvation The hereafter Ls full of tremendous possibilities. No man bos' ever yet measured the value of human life The atm of our Father Is to save his children, bring thetn back to his presence It Is the d ity of every one again. to find out Got, or in other wors. to find truth Those who have found the truth also have a testicome which mony through oheii-enc- e to the Gospel of Jesus Chr.st. That testimony comes to Latter-daSaints through obedience, p raver, righteous living and service in this work. True rcl.gton ithas been s tid. Is a plan that saves you and me, that warns ihe world: that redeems the dead, thu gives salvation to those who desire it and exaltation to hoae who are willing to strive for y His Question Answered After my lengthy conversation with my stranger friend on tho train, on this vakt subject of I felt that ha understood more clearly the doctrines of the Church of Jesu Christ of Latter-da- y Saints and their need and purpose, for he expressed himself as having his question: Ja theie any need for Moravonlsm answer- ed. He also had a better understanding of mans purpose on the earth. It gave mb Joy, at hia request to send to him a Book of Mor mon" and other Church literature. As for me, this discussion brought deeper gratitude for, my of membership in the Church Christ, for the gospel, and a greet- er determinvtion to conform my life to itt teachings. There la a magnificent purpose In "Morrnonlem." It Is hern to bring in and establish $ new dispensation of the Gospel of Christ. and to proclaim a true knowledge of God, and of J sua Christ. ohjtH't ami Intent. The object and intent of is to save the entire hu, min family. Us mission reaches throughout the WoHa. Thousands of our young people have raised their warning voices among the nations of tho earlh. teaching the Gospel of Christ. Thousands of missionaries are busy in the spit It world, carrying on the jfrtat work of redemption among those who have depvrted this life without the prlvilrgo of accepting the gospel. Again let me ay, our Father U a merciful God, a kind and loving Father, who dteblres to save bis chlL dren to brink them to all the heights of glary and Joy that they can poNiblyattain and that U hte mission and purpose, and that is the purpose and end of the Gospel ot Jesus Christ called "Mormonlsm " ' May the Iord add his bleasinge to thS!io services this afternoon. I pray In the name of the Lord Josu Christ. Amen. "Mor-monism- ," "Mor-monis- m |