Show 11 sketch of elder B Z T Rens benana tins missionary trip south to and intermediate tho the settlements G S L CITY dee dec 16 1854 MV MR EDITOR presuming it ma may interest your readers reader 83 I 1 give a brief account ofay of say late visit south as I 1 far as hobble creek I 1 I 1 I 1 left ho home aby and traveled to drapers drape rs villa on oil willow creek where I 1 preached in in the eve I 1 diug on the nices necessity sity of building up gods kingdom I 1 on the earth aliat liat it ifould would be d adne ne on natural I 1 I 1 principles ana that a great dexl I 1 of manuilla manu illa il ld bor is ti 0 be performed on tithing ae there t are thirty olla on families there s situ situated abed I 1 aid id partly barted farted in with an arra ad obia dobia will wall one foot I 1 thick and eight feet high their what crop is I 1 good bishop william draper presides lex friday dec I 1 left about 9 am and passe passed dover over the e cross gosp ra range by 1 tile the up upper per trail the ascent is is very steep the descent decent I 1 more gradual but at the besta best ac according arding to my judgment it w will ill be 6 at difficult to haul loading from to this fity city by this route I 1 tat at mountain ido ville about noon put up at bishop isaac ho houstons Hous us tons toris preached in tile the evenin evening to an attentive itten tive on the necessity of arting pr ting on tithing ac there ire are twenty five families at this place with their houses built around a square of thirty three rods on a side and a wall between the houses seven or eight foet high they are now making I 1 I 1 auona to put up a good wall fourteen feet high according aci to prest youngs Younge counsel they have a good school a and rid their crops were good saturday 2nd and I 1 went from to pleasant grave helda meeting in the evening preached salvation tion and the saints rejoiced bishop henson walker presides the wall w all at this place is now from three to four feet lughi aad ana is built with rock d sunday 3rd ard left pleasant e morning bishop volker accompanied me 1 to provo city held a mea meeting ding in the seminary and an spoke on oil order bing 11 i 9 the art abat law of b bi avens aven an on schools tithing lit liing ac and counseled the people to see glee to lo the comfort coin fort and welfare of that hat portion of br geo A smiths I 1 family winch resided them 1 among I 1 I 1 we left provo after meeting ind and went to I 1 springville Spring ville preached in the evening to tb ii a crowded congregation on the of walled cities and band i of forts for the saints to dwell in safely and the brethren felt first rate abe their k r wall is going oriva on ta eidly idly unde rUie hiten deuce of br W william iliam pifer miller and is as good as any I 1 have seen in the territory Tern Terri toy Lory monday left Spring springville ville about 10 jo clock iwa alq ook dinner with jeider Red eld at provo arid and arrive arnvel iJ in n 1 I lake a city rather rasher 14 late ji to have ave A meeting however bishop L L E harringto Haning tou thought thon glit best beat to have one notified the people but bat there being n dance among the class tho the I 1 J 11 1 1 Wt tf 4 I 1 baui houa abnot crowded crowd ed B br walker t u i roil home from like city having borne faithful coill WA ifil mea tingo lu abich he iv apa with me and exhorted tile adias adits is arzoo A mp man 45 i 1 1 t tuesday st to loh i and bishope vid edais not noe all hordo I 1 cadei his r im t cou counselor br 1 4 hatch n apay me 40 ce q Ity slie I le R ot bri seen to with u us V e ar r here in time to have a di meeting eting in tile the I 1 ev eveking euing and appear to benl enl kimoi yI Moi and leae i ayaay still live ill their bicet fort wid and done much work crp fort wall wali since prest you Y ng was A hertest i 4 dinst air lle i they u 11 iby tf i 1 ww new fort r wed neoda hl 1 1 returns ol to lehl jirld a I 1 in n e eting in evening hid had a crowded 46 hoube u i si aud good mo hoeting eting the brethren felt here althey did in fit other places that the 11 laborer is ie P worthy liv of ii ishiro and gave me sonie some wheat vhf at potatoes and tv wull andi and I feel to khefa forit far it and I 1 mk ask royl venly fatherty Fat herto to bless thein L Thes gen erdly aroi are awakened to paying air t tithing and apo on M many bood houses jand dwellie dwellings are built to beautify Zio nand and r mae desirable useful and six br hundred indred bushes of tithing wheat have be ben bed n brought brou glit from froin springville Spring ville at one time lime and hn dw bishop thre th re rr will bp frow froin twelve bu bushels of tithing grain gaiu raiu sent to titling fiig office from that place ahia ail ter i I 1 I 1 mv toa titi lea saut grove drove was tithing hy h ay iy arid and aai iii h few brethren ri to tile the cill by sending fiffi e loads to this city city ft ris is to be hoped th aint qiu u I 1 oilier il a ce S avill borm for byard ard flo ir ac as speedily ps possible philp 4 he weather lei is ill to maid nd tile roade I 1 good I 1 chaj public works in waro aji con corned corned may I 1 li be constantly and rapidly urged forward to completion bd 10 n I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 E T BENSON 1 |