Show MEETING AT Elder eider Lorenzo snow you are settled in this locality to accomplish certain things you are not here merely to stay and nd spend your time without aim alm or purpose we should study tha the circumstances cum stances around and und see what wo we can do for the building up of the kin kingdom 0 of god this is a beautiful location f and very eligible ele gible for the building of good houses and here would woul dite dIto le a beautiful place to build a tabernacle for the worship of our god with a tower towe that would attract the attention of visitors afar off As aft president young and his friends are passing through from time to time if you build a beautiful house of worship here lie he might step stop into that house bouse and pour out blessings upon upon you that otherwise you could liot riot gain and enjoy we are ate here to honor our god and perform works to honor and glorify his name let us build up cities altres and temples to god and make good and extensive improvements when ancient israel submitted to evil they were vere brought under subjection but when they faithfully served serak gob god god they could not be overcome so with us if we keep ee P the commandments of god but if we mix up with evil doers and follow their fashions I 1 cannot promise good to israel if we do our duty we may look for deliverance in the darkest hour let ua us do the works we are placed here to do if the saints will act so we can then eliout glory to god for the faithfulness of the people and all will be well iet let us put forth our hands and be willing to sacrifice all we have for the cause of zion we may be tried in this but if we are faithful our god will bear us off triumphant eider elder geo Q cannon iti III 1 I like to predict good concerning the kingdom of god the eventual triumph of his kingdom is sure if we let our minds dwell upon every blessing we can understand and aud let our imaginations expand to their utmost we jeannot ce annot cannot give utterance to or imagine the blessings blemings which are for fon us they are infinite it only requires patience on our part to give us the entire victory over every annoyance Lanno ianno anno yance that may afflict us we ve may relict reflect upon all the annoyance i which as individuals we have summered suffered and ind that the king hing kingdom doin doln of god has suffered and 1 I as ask where are the individuals who caused those annoyances their names are forgotten except when they th ey are used use d to point a moral while the servants of god have lived and grown in influence and power their enemies are gone one from sight and the tho names of those tomic who sought to da evil to them are covered with dl disgrace bgrace where are the apostates have filey they any influence they have it to an extent to lead away unworthy persons from the church but the sheep slice have known the voice volca of the good shepherd and have not left the fold foid I 1 have no doubt that the wicked A are plotting evil to the truth as they always have done i but their plots will bo be made visible to all men and their follies will be made manifest it is ne necessary cessar y sometimes that we should bu placed in circumstances where no earthly power can dc liver us we have been put in 1 n suell circumstances and have been delivered andall andali and all ali have been constrained to give glory I 1 r y to god we shall shail still be delivered fl vcr ed to the tile discomfiture of those who love not the truth the truth will be vindicated and we shall shail li have L v e r renewed C cause to attribute our salvation and deliverance to god the triumph of ofelon zion is sure and we shall go on from victory to victory and the indignation and wrath of god will be poured out upon the wicked god has the tiie power to lift us up above every opposition op PMS position ion lon but this would not nee aee accomplish his designs he desires that we shall aall do all we can for ourselves and when we are about to fall because of our weakness then his power NO will ill lil be extended to our deliverance 11 elder joseph W young oung spoke encouragingly cou ragingly of the tilo future of the saints and urged them to continually put their trust in god elder george A smith presented the off omm meers officers of the state of deseret before the people for election reelection re they were unanimously sustained two councilmen and three representatives were presented and sustained for the terri resented orial rial government also selectmen superintendent of common schools and commissioners for locating university lands elder john taylor spoke briefly on self preservation pres brigham young spoke a few minutes advising the people in the tile small settlements in the neighborhood of santaquin San to gather together to this place and build a city after dining at santaquin San we rolled out and arrived at nephi at about half past six simultaneously with our arriving in nephi a guard of 21 horsemen arrived from sanpete iSan pete valley as an escort to the company met with the nepal saints Sain tsat at early c candlelight andle candle light in their new meeting h house ouse at which elder G D watt B bishop shoy shok ahoy raleigh Ba leigh elder joseph W young bishop lorenzo young voting elders eldera henry W brizzee sohn john van yan cott wilford and geo Q cannon severally addressed the saints the state and territorial officers were pr r dented to the 1 meeting and sustainer sustained ner neX j I 1 |