Show TO THE SAINTS scattered abroad through the eastern states BELOVED itis it is with the best of fb elings feelings and governed by the spirit of god we have addressed you through the medium of the 14 deseret news and the frontier guardian believing that it rests upon us as brethren in the common comon cause of israel to encourage encourage you onward and to give you a little of our humble advice which if taken with the spirit given will result in goo good d in february 1846 we separated from you on the banks of the mississippi river our course was west and your your prayers followed us you then wished tobe to be with us since that period we have broken the slumbers of the wilderness and made the desert blossom as the rose the plains where the wolf the fox and the grizzly bear roamed at will four years ago have now become fenced cities where health peace pence prosperity and the spirit of god abound we have been blessed by the god of our fathers and now feel more determined to press forward in the great work than ever inasmuch as it has pleased god to nil fill our granaries with food for man and beast and blessed the labors of our hands in all things we ask you to arise as one ohe man and cogie cofie ccone and partake with us in the uie blessings which the lord has heaped upon us come to the fountain where truth flows f roin the lips of the prophet of god and where true liberty only can be enjoyed by the saints we have made homes for our families and farms to raise food we ask you to come and partake with them and assist in raising food for others as well ra yourselves and let us go to the nations of the earth to preach the gospel coupel of jesus christ for as elders of israel we feel the responsibility resting resti nor ncr on us and the lord requires it at our hands AND AS LONG AS YOU TOP HOLD BACK OUR HANDS are AHE TIED it is beneath the spirit of god to grovel in the low things of this world when they have enough and to spare to enable them to gather with their brethren breth rep it is the duty of the saints to come and also assist those brethren who are too poor to make a fit out for themselves and the lords blessing will rest on thern them who do so it is as much a duty binding on every saint to build up the vallies of the mounta mountains inq as it is to be baptized for the remission of their sins or any other commandment given through the servants of gd G d to his people mid and a as s fast as the lord open opens s the liay 4 ay for i individuals n divi duals and there is put into their hinds 1 sufficiency to reach this valley IT is THEIR dury TO COME and fear note not for the same god is at the helm now as was when joseph lived wp we were not afraid to trust our bcd when we launched into the trackless deserts fol owed the trail of the pioneers and came and sloughed ploughed hed bed the land where the tile mountaineers said we e could not raise a spear of wheat and its altitude was so high above the level of the sea as to warrant their as lut trustin trusting r in the god who fh fed the he children of israel in in these there the latter latte r days same as in days of old with quails and manna nianna in the wilderness der ness and knowing that lie he who is our prophet and leader is led by that same god we had no fear for we had proven him in days gone by why i hy then should you have any when when we have tried and proven it when the vallies are pouring their nich rich treasures into the laps of the saints when the lord has lias placed us in rich pastures girt round by mountains capped carped with will perpetual snow where health abound abounds and every blessing which ever was heaped on man is conferred siy STY SHAIL sharl ILL WE OUR OUT DUTY DOTY and because every luxury is accumulating around us forget that thai we were brought here that we may fora forward ard the work shall we sleep aund ruly e and let the world not hear the glad sound of the gospel no we will arise and fulfill our cur part for we have no excuse god has placed us where we can none done come then brethren to the valley vailey of the mountains that we may be e enabled to go and ma magnild anity our calling as elders in israel for there rests on the shoulders of every faithful elder in this church the tile burthen of bearing the gospel to the nations of the ea earth rth and for dorany man to sit down and content himself ani after he e has made a comfortable home ac shows that lie he has not learned Alt yil mormon rillon ism as we have and we knew that arwe if we do not go and preach the gospel u when hen ben the way op opens ns that we are arc under c feeling ell eil eli an interest in your elfare welfare i we wish to suggest u 9 9 est that yeu yiu u cast politics to the dogs for it is not riot of any part an elder elders missi ii to dabble dauble in such dirty work we have tried politicians and politics cf of every gande in days gone by sufficient for us to know knew that they dont belong to us for we have suf euf sufficient in Mis Aliss soui outi soul and min is to 0 o learn the maxim that a burnt child dread dreads the fire sell your farms and houses and let iet kanes eanes ville be in the hands of stranger f r re rc v u can do more good liere let the cry le ie ti tl a saint cannot bo found the tile cities are vac a ted led for god has work for hig hie people and do not permit the sons sens of or strangers tc to amp ii ki r fv and take the lands of up your icher i nce nce nee while yo you u are trying to speculate out ca c 1 t for a mess of pottage chun him the nian man who would you n to come to this place as would you adit a naf nap wc raf ra F snake for the gathering of the saints ia as jig true a doctrine now as it was when the he kroph et joseph lived and when a manla mania poe hoesr sr with the spirit which fills the bosom of our beloved president and all the brethren in his valley ho he will itri immediately mediately make all the exertions he can and will counsel others to ome to this place and he who has not the spat spirit of gathering is not of us and we say void such for they have not the spirit of ax arad id abiding in them lei let speculation in farms houses ac a your duty is to gather to the salt lake uke V N ley to prepare you to go and preach and i release rolease us when we yve have filled our irions we wish to call your attention to the last epistle of the presidency where it sar say that it is wisdom for the saints to gath f whore they can do more good in one year years vin van tvan tin they can in ten where they are and if y h tid ild on to farms ac for speculation ha 12 th y may expect to have to get help to una ua oat why because when the saints arisen not to counsel they are scourged urged we look back and remember brethren j were well off and had health and nath to make a dozen outfits since we q but alas they are not amoni amont amongst us we I 1 ii pe that there will not be a man who once I 1 d in nauvoo and has had five years al reada to make an outfit but will have energy i r character har acter to fit him himself elf eif and some poorer f maly tily ally who have been sick or unfortunate we wei have made things comfortable so that mm man need suffer the road is easy for industrious an man to cumulate comforts around him and we now noir wish aivish to say siy that if there be any who can n r A t 1 ibave ave the leeks and onions of egypt g jw lwy gey y had better forward their licenses to if ir respective quorums qu so 0 o that those who bake nake covenant with god by sacrifice may eap leap the reward which is for the just stew ad who put his talents to usury we conclude praying god the eternal i ather to bless you with his spirit which is v A ill enlighten you in all things and that we may see you next season by thousands flock n rj t lathis this place bringing peace and joy in yolar your youn bosoms which we ask in the name of lesus christ amen we subscribe ourselves your brethren in i everlasting covenant JOSEPH CAIN A 0 SMOOT EDWARD HUNTER WILLARD SNOW J al GRANT THOMAS BULLOCK WM C STAINES LEVI JACK JACKMAN mang MANt DANIEL SPENCER i S L city deseret june ie ae frontier guardian will please copy socratic ao cratic riots have llave taken place in swe S i i and norway the students stu denta of upsal L t vt rt ralty have paraded the streets singing r f conary songs songs and their assemblages i been put doii doil down by the military attile at the u period in some of the tha towns of drozin i i tali the socialists and democrats have risi j p against the authorities who had im k i tied led ted one of their leaders and they were all nil ii insurrectionary movement at the latent date ner fsr the burrene currency y of the world is stated hf hy thomps in in his reporter to be nearly as lisows bank baak currency specie in circulation specie in banks |