Show REMARKS v by elder amasa ryma Iyra an nowery bowery sunday morn mora lu in june jube tisa 7 1851 1 t REPORTED SY BY J V Y LO LONO brethren and sisters jam am happy this morning I 1 to egidy ifie lile ho opportunity aits alts of rn eling eting you again ahe reasons bea ioa cigons why hy can 6 e appreciated by iy ay most of you 1 I 1 do noi not feel this morning m uch disposed to preach but 1 1 have been told that the people would ala aie to licar me well I 1 am tim glad iad lad to see bee you bre brethren bretl brell turen iren and ilsters feister sas bas as I 1 lave already said I 1 uin ain t in happy p py to be ifera I 1 am happy 1 losee 0 see you y 0 u and also to see seo tie tio the tle continuance of unmistaken ble evide cels cals around me of the progress of the work of god I 1 donot know that there ia lla much that I 1 might bay aay ili in relation ign ibn to my rily coming here that would be Interest interesting ilig though thorit there were some bilings thinas connected with my visit isil to the Bettle settlements menti couth south of here ironle ilonie s ome oma of tile the most recent that have bave lave been made that might be interesting to many cao rao ullo pre ure are before me this morning mor nug from the commencement of gur our journey which was on the of april that wol woi we iet let sall sail bernardino wo we encountered nothing but thos those e vicissitudes that aro ara common in when n we came cayne within twelve mites ot of where the tho road that we travel leaves the rio kio virgin I 1 there left the ilia company that I 1 was traveling ili with ill and in company wilh with elder eler dvid divid savage and ail an indian guide gulde 1 crossed over tie tle the tho moun monn talu tain between tho the california road alid and santa clard clara and in thib thia we ne found a great deal of labor we were as by our guide that there was a good road and that we chali take our mules along to bo sure they told us that we could ebule not take our wagon wagons we were desirous to brethren for the presidency had llad expressed their wish for us to do so as we daine caine no along br rich was waa confined to td the train with ills liia family amilya aae fie counts for ma me going with but one man and a I 1 guide gulde tilde llido when we e had llad performed d a part of tile the ey days Is journey and had pas based ced zed over a didgo wil wll ica ich i we had llad to cross croes we concluded that w are afe were get 1 i ting ting along finely and that the words of our indian dia dla a frioud frie ud kere were wera here true ili lii relation to its being a I 1 very good goad way to travel but wilan when we came edme to eng enquire ire lre the course courte we llad had next hext fo ahe ake lahe aha we learned d that instead of passi patsi passing nio fig up hp a gravel tv asli ami 2 oui our 1 road as is indick indicated ted wound info into tharlee the face tace 1 of the most forbidding of tile the hills that werd werm in the tho way our gulde guide indicated by his stick etick that we commenced at the wash wasll antl anil ani then therl wound up lip the mountain until his stick slick rested agai risi the highest i points on the mounia mountain ln in ili f front rout of ubi I 1 did dl didiot diot ilot think df ir backing out but I 1 was well s fied that if ir 1 hadl seen been the mountains before I 1 had started that I 1 should not have undertaken tile the j trip I 1 we delit along and by hard bal labor succeeded in climbing up tite the moun mountain talu my fy mule mula help heip helped d herself along all ali ail axil I 1 got up the best way I 1 could I 1 would climb 50 or CO 60 yards on oil my rny bands hands and feet and then I 1 would have bave to td stop ad rest wa we made mado the toilsome tois some somo trip alp over the high mountain which I 1 before alluded to and then wo we I 1 were gratified by the assur assurance atice eliat there was nothing lo do bat but to climb over bri other olber about as bid as us the tuo ong one wo wb had just succeeded id sri serl sur I 1 and night was upon us this surmounted we boutil found round ourselves out selves down tife the gentle aa as we subsequently learned married to santa clara clan and after fredhim ta tb 0 our olur guide soma boma bread and water theia thela the ia we irad we aetis ked which way td jacobs i oar guide guida pointed io to tho thi oft fort aft aud and vur our altoro atto alto wali wall wa caled culea to a huge frill 0 of t rocks extending upwards as far as the eye eyo could reach ia ill the doubtful doubt douht ful fui light of the evening there was a moon but it was lild hid from us by the clouds and hence vve vie we had to have torch light which our guido juide provided ile lie then commenced winding hig hii way up amongst the rocks and we followed along until br Sa savages mule mulo refused refuse 4 to to go up any further and blie bile bhe she would have fallen to the bottom had not br savage prevented it by his h s timely exertion we nye went to the tha foot of the hill hlll aej a nj concluded that we would whit there for daylight dalight and we lay down but we hadano had no blankets bankets no food but the accommodations of the place were very good i we lay down aad slept from our excessive weariness until moning the next morning we succeeded in fit climbing the hill aud and you ou may judge of our gratification when we reached the summit we could see that ve have traveled a few rods down the vasil wish we could have llave reached the iha summit by a gentle gentie ascent and that had we traveled down the wash we should have come to tilo tile santa clara below br I 1 hamlins hamkins Ham lins fort one mile I 1 do not allude to this thid because it ia is particularly interesting but still there was a truth in it that was not without ni profit to me mend and that was that a guide without understanding g was almost worse than no guide lat ta all but after all when we reached br Hamlin la where we arrived just ap they were getting up we were kindly lindly received and well treated and made to feel happy we refreshed ourselves ours elies eliea and rested rented through tile the day we found fondd an ail esc excellent ellent eilent feeling existing among the indians and br hdm hain liti hn has great influence amongst thein the file brethren have built themselves a small stone storie fort ili in which whish they are gare safe much more so than in one made of od obies their homes are rough excepting their fort which is a good olig on I 1 we found a marked die diH terenee Terence erenee arence between the tile in ili diakis at this point and alid those we had encountered before reaching there the tile first we met inet were in ili ilia region of los vegas they were all hit linn ery gry iud lud lud ind nearly starved but this was not the case with those thosa at the santa clara they were aal all fed and clothed and y felt well the field crops planted aher lher there look well br dr hamlin had planted some cotton collion which was not looking very iery well perhaps in consequence bf tile the r tide rode it manner inar which they had adopted in their planting for they had aa adopted opted the manner r of planting which the cotton growers told me was wab not a good one olie from tile tiie fort on santa cidra clara we a past over ten tell miles to the tile rio virgin we found th tiie tile company of cotto cotton n growers g r bivers in good health and excellent spirits they were yire engird in getting out the water and making n krug king ditches ditche forche for the cotton they succeeded about aly all out the tha ahmo samo same tam ive we arrived ili in fiti dirk diri a glod good pasture plenty of water and an inexhaustible amount of cdan I 1 r thien thlen tila with wilh ahorn I 1 conversed about I 1 the so soil expressed their opinion 0 that from the pwe and re senilla nce uce of the soil to that ia In texas that it wi il tl produce good cotton I 1 gave them what good advice was suggested 1 to my mind miaad told t hemmis many mally good ss rs I 1 could think of lid them thein farewell and damai came away I 1 will here menti mention one ono tiling thing tha that thir br knight tod told me he lie said gaid that he lie had bad made ail an exploration from there to the pointon point polut on the ilia old clil Gili california fornia road roid called the beaver dam vain to find a way for a road and had found a good chance for one to make a road fit the direction explored eipl ored would wo uld only require i the lalor jabor of ten mea meu e with ii teams for two a s and add then thi bis his s rz road d mill pass the tha cotton fkr far jarm rn and tile tha present road at coal C oal oai cree creek harmony from cotton babek I 1 bainie came to harmony and preached there thera and hen came on to coal creek and preached there as ss lias bas been my custom whenever 1 have traveled that way ivay for several earb years ears past at the tha last n named 3 med place we on oil our train bilich came ill lil li t some two or three days subsequent to our ur rival t L found the tile brethren there lab iab laboring bring to make iron th thy they Y were putting up tho the engine and they tiley confidently asserted that here there would ie a iron iron made mado thier and that too of a quality that will me A t the khe he wants of the people fro from coal creek I 1 passed 1 assed over to parowan carowan allia preached prea clied to the people there and found the good spirit a among ong and with them we had no particular jur jor bad luch lack that I 1 know of on tho the way except thai hat lr richs family were afflicted and one of ofhie hla hia children died dil this was all nil the tha ill luck lack that bebel us 6 up p lo 10 lle ile the lie time tinte 1 I left catap camp a week werk ago yesterday when tha the idail ma il overt overtook us u 1 I got info into the wagon and rode with th the mail maii w which bich lich I 1 supposed would be a rie leht ight relief from the tha moje of trav traveling flin which lahd I 1 had practiced while white with the train I 1 tra traveled velea with the mail mall in a 11 until I 1 arrived in lins wis city pity which imich wak was on last lost Wednes wednesday lay evening which whdeh urine I 1 have been resting As I 1 said it arthen hen I 1 ariael arose I 1 do ita hot bot feel like preaching in iut but I 1 would simply aek yo ou as n d part of fathers favi family ily lly does our cournage courage inere e does our valor increase so that we can live for ilia ho truth for our religion it isa laa common thing with the world for them to be c d for I 1 their lein bravery and this matter of dying for fon the I 1 truth r uth deity for fora a mails mins opinions wa is a common aung th ing men haye have died for their I 1 those thosa h ose opinions were erroneous butia but if iris if is truth tin tha men roell lia lie dla dia fot for it U is all lifa the better but it occurs to irl me that it ii is better for us to live our religion and arid let the dying take taka care caro or dr itself for I 1 find ahat bat hat it is a very aay easy matter maiter for au an individual to aie die IW inn n can with faith and find lees fees trouble of life place themselves in a position to ta get killed than to so parity themselves their actions cacti ons oss and ana by regulating themselves by the ertith aud and au i d actually to live their religion rell reli gioi gida in the legitimate spirit of the gospel this is vi what list I 1 consider ns ider lder id 0 o be he the greatest the hine thing hing for to 0 o ab ao it IT this that has brought all the joy foy ie to my mind that lihs fihs fixed fixed the principles of the he gospel el upon apon my inida alt elt is ls Ns this that hat has brought all tw blessings that I 1 haya haye re realized allied since I 1 embraced embrace ed the gospel and it is ihli this that enables me tor tol enjoy the spirit aa as I 1 get aloric through the world and I 1 tel feel til ill that lit it is is good g a od for me to continue to enjoy bis this his spirit and that we ve may all he be so happy alid awid so blest as to keep this constantly and unceasingly in fr iview view that we may be saved eternally in our fathers kingdom is my prayer amen I 1 I 1 |