Show I 1 I 1 C continuation 0 T T OF PRESIDENT WS y YOUNGS 0 U X TRIP TO CACHE VALLEY BY 6 ct D 6 WATT the meeting having closed after elder taylors remarks we rolled out of wellsville at five on the after noon neon of the ad and arrived in logan about beve seve seven kwo two two of pres pros convex conveyance ance left the company to visit milleville millville Mill ville on arriving at logan we 1 were received by a procession from one half to three quarters of a mile in length carrying banners and flags which as they flutter fluttered eil etl in the wind wind I 1 appeared almost innumerable presidents young and kimball took up their quarters at t elder E ezra ara T Benso bensons habitation X friday ath teams teanis wagons and men thronged thron ged in from the neighboring settlements all through the forenoon in the afternoon ther there was ewas a grand review of the military corps in this city and neighboring towns which was wag an imposing imposino 9 sight in the evening we attended a dance at which we enjoyed ourselves exceedingly i 31 MEETINGS EMINGS AT LOGAN gri saturday ath meeting convened at 10 am a m hun wagons crowded th the estreet street east q of f the bowery and the neighboring square the meeting was called to order 1 by elder ezra T benson and prayer offered by elder john taylor elder D J ross jross was wras bras called to the stand and addressed tile ille he assembly at some length pres pros heber C kimball enjoined upon the saints to be prepared against the encroaches of wickedness and to keep themselves and all around them pure ure and clean that the angels anels C of R heaven eaven may delight to visit them I 1 I 1 those who iio are saints cannot selves solves the wicked world and be justified lf if they do the spirit of god will not abide with them buk bua bu the indignation dig nation of the lord will be kindled against them thom remember Rp member the washings and which you have received rp of god ived atory ato y work vork for your burial burl buri and resurrection and eternal life when you speak of covenants that you have made with god and you violate those covenants it is nob not in our power to forgive that sin the same as we can forgive sins sine committed against us as individuals see seed to it that you keep faithfully your covenants made with god the thy father in his holy house holise those who do not noi live liv e their thein religion reif relf idon and keep re ep faithfully their covenants will lose 1064 the spirit of christ the spirit spirit of 0 tile the gospel and will be ready to follow any corrupt man that may set himself up to deceive the people they are blinded ed 1 and know not the voice of the good shepherd he eherd s have received their holy ami awl a d should hould keep themselves clean what nhat a aser serious lous ious mistake they the make when wien they thes join themselves vesi to the tu wicked they commit wrong th that atwill will bring to them great sorrow they are set apart in their holy ably an tings as elect ladles handmaidens hand maidens unto god and they forsake their high vocation descend from their exalted station to fart join themselves to those who are not for ud but against u us s iam lam I 1 am p proud roud to Us see this great people here today to tb day I 1 see here the the labors of the servants of god and ind god will defend this people and rebuke strong nations for tor their sakes Buildup build up one another and nd seek not to 0 oppress the weak let the bishops jaress usten to this fo for those who oppress will be ber oppressed essed let each one build up his neighbor let the wife and children build up the husband and the father and every man woman and child be subject in their orda orda in the kingdom joo god when onor ourselves we rob ourselves of the great blessings that have been sealed upon us in our oun holy anoint ings and blessings how pleasing it is to look upon this areat reat valley with its beautiful water and timber I 1 pray you not to defile this land laud but be pure before the lord and sanctify this blessed land anz ann and make it ly before fore the lord that you may ma lony inherit if it and that it may always be an inheritance for the people peone of god and a land wherein the wicked will not be able to dwell meeting dismissed by elder eider F D richards rich EIch ards AFTERNOON meeting opened by elder eider G Q cannon pres brigham young spoke about three quarters of an hour his remarks were reported in full for publication elder john taylor our happiness peace prosperity and well being in time and our hais hapes of eternity are bound up in a knowledge 1 dge of those principles we are here to learn to understand our relationship with our heavenly father and with one another is one of the greatest greatest lessons we ean can learn the lorg lord has taken us from the corruption of the world to be taught of him in ancient times if an du emperor pr a king chose to put forth his hand to destroy a certain number of saints he could do it then thon there was not riot the same assurance that the kingdom would not be given into the hands of another peo people p ae it remained for us ug in this age to be made more closely acquainted with the events that the men of god looked upon in prophetic vision we are placed upon the L earth arth to put in order everything that is out of order in tile the world the light of truth has to shine forth in meridian splendor and impart to all ali a knowledge of the laws of life the lord ord ils is revealing to us principles that will ill lii make mako ake ako families miliea fa and communities of men happy principles that will put the affairs of men and nations right politic politically tilly socially and in every other way the lord is going goin to exalt those who fear him and keep his commandments and thus ile he will elevate maii mali mankind in the scale of being and cause them to occupy that p position os it lon ion for which they were created how is this to be brought about not by you tou and I 1 follo following w in th the tho t de devices vices of our oui own baart hearts and making tl g our own standard no we place ourselves under the guidance of the almighty who among us know the right and understand how to guide the ship bozion through all the shoals and breakers through which she has to pass the men whom god has called to to lead eutin out in this work works have said sald to us receive ye ghost and by that spirit we are allied to god and are taught of him where are there men in any other community who speak by the power of the fhe holy ghost where have they a man who is the mouthpiece mouth piece of god unto them if the great men of the earth obtain salvation bal aal thay will have to get it through h the man appointed by god to lead gis his church that niazi man who is sitting there we areche are the people of god by baptism baptist and by the strongest covenants it is is possible fotr forr man to make this side of heaved he heavenor avem are we under the rule and authority of god if we are not w we are hs hypocrites po crites and hence the we endeavors of the Elders in teaching the breth brethren reil rell that they may know thel their true position and standing before god we are his kingdom and we hold a portion of his priesthood misrule his rule ruie and authority on the earth we are very obedient in answering the calls of the priesthood to go and preach the gospel and in that we trust entirely in the lord lor but we do not so readily submit to him laire in relation to toi our merchandising izing and farming etc we are willing god should direct in one part of our duties but doubt therit is his prerogative W dictate other part are we ve not slow of heart to believe the words of the servants of god in the days of mens men s weakness god winked at it but now when the word hordof of the lord comes to us on any alis point let all israel say pay amen if we keep the commandments of god there is no power can overcome us and not a hair of our heads shall be inbur injured elijass Eli jahs servant said when the lord rd opened his eyes Be behold floid the chariots chariots 0 of israel and ille lile the horsemen thereof the armies of heaven still live and will move in defence of the saints sainta wh while ile lle th they eyare are aro faithful the kingdom shall not be giva into the hands of another people the rule and powen power of god shall triumph and we will work together to overcome evil everywhere I 1 see a dis position in the people to increase in doing rl right night lit and those who wh do not do right I 1 I 1 call upon them thein to repent of their sins if we will do this we shall have peace in our hearts in our homes in our towns and cities and in the valleys of the mountains may god bless his saints amen elder T B H stenhouse bare testimony 1 after which the tile meeting was dismissed by elder G D watt at five the military assembled assem ve A on the square for inspection of arms A evv luv sunday ath prayer rayer by elder lorenzo snow fi r elder wilford woodruff fl it is a great privilege to live in this day and to be associated with the saints in this dispensation pensa tion in building up the kingdom of our god inthia in this work it Is necessary ary that the saints be taught in principles earthly and heavenly I 1 look upon the latter day saints as possessing not only the keys of the kingdom but the spirit of it also to prepare them for the accomplishment of this I 1 great work it is interesting to travel among this people and mark their improvements and the progress they are inal inai making chig temporally and spiritually the lord has a p people eople here th atwill try to be I 1 in n a way that he can handle them in eur our travels among the tho saints this season we have been taught good principles by the first presidency andi ands anath ule ulf twelve we are aye gathered into these valleys to be instructed and taught to build up the kingdom and we have a great deal yet to learn israel of old was inspired by the same spirit which inspires the latter day saints andt and that bat spirit produces a union amon among us suell such as has never been excelled a among 0 g any people according to the tim time c they ili ley have existed in an organized form the revolutionary fathers did not foresee the effect of their movement upon the tho future so with uhe the operations of zions camp in the future the tile work which they accomplished com complis dished hed will be looked upon as a I 1 mighty one so also with the mormon I 1 t battalion battal wn the history of the foundation and pi progress ogress of this church will be more wonderful anil and interesting than the history of any other people since the world began the heavens ard and are full of knowledge and wisdom and it has in part been revealed to us through ugh gods servants there is something godlike god like and glorious in the doot doctrines rines and revelations which have been given unto linto us through the prophets of god and if we do what J s enjoined upon us we are doing the work which we have been appointed to perform inasmuch as this is our work we should try td bend our minds fo to it we should be pre pared for every emergency we cannot know kno rno wh what t awaits us unless we are guided and led day by day dabby by the lord let him forsake us and we could not move forward we are living where we ve have peace 1 and we need not associate clam with the wicked we should lay the counsels of god to heart and accomplish eom com all we are told to do performing every duty we should hould rejoice and be lium ilum humble bumble le before th the eLord biord and seek with all our might to build u up his kindom kin domm doro for in so doing we build la up our ourselves 4 elvea we have grown I 1 increased and advanced fro from in the commencement until now and god will defend his 0 and his itis servants so far as we are faithful aith alth ful fui there is a union among this people leople that the world dread the policy of the world is to be divided hut lut the heavens are united and are led by EI El obelin so go the kingdom of god on ear earth th is is a pattern of things in heaven may ma jacob flourish flo llo become a strong n nation ati n and olver civer overcome come evil and the works of the devil and triumph for foT forever ever even amen 1 11 elder PD F D Richards The spirit of the people in cache county seems active and strong and they appear pear ready to take hald and nd perform t their duties if you eian cian can keep that spirit increasing and growing in all your varied labors nothing can successfully operate against against you while there is law and aut nut authority arity and the power of god among the saints sainta all the devices of the wicked world will be rendered abortive if we keep the counsels of the servants of god and are at all times prepared for the duties that we are required to perform we will be p preserved reserved continually from every evil the only thing we may fear really is obrown our own unfaithfulness for then may wickedness be expected to come among us like a flood we have abundant reason as a people from the experience we have had to place all confidence in our god he has eyer ever been ready to help us and we have found him a very hel hei help heip in time of need god has a way of afis his 0 own wn an and d he has said he would make H his people e 0 le willing in the day of his power ower we should strive to become sut sui subordinate ordinate subordinate in all things to righteousness and we should continue the warfare in ourselves until we can bend every disobedient feeling beadil readily and willingly to tha counsels of G god through his servants the speaker then directed attention to the number I 1 of children growing u up among the saints t the he great work t that thai ea t amoni lies iles before them in the future and the care and attention that should should be bestowed upon their culture and training to qualify them for that future pres 13 young spoke for about awen ty tareo minutes dismissed by elder lorenzo borenzo snow afternoon prayer by E elder eider der dor wilford woodruff elder geo Q cannon we ive are often apt to look at t the he immediate results of the work of god vod and imagine its benefits are bounded by what we see and confined to us its alone the latter day saints are not the only ones who wha will be the recipients of its blessings but universal man will receive benefits from it we shall shail be compelled to acknowledge know lege this truth in days to come already we have witnessed throughout this nation some of those benefits there is not that bigotry that prejudice and religious fanaticism now which ex exi isted thirty years ago ao alt ait although haugh they will not attribute this change to tile the work of god we are but a handful liand iland ful fui in these mountains yet the moral effect of the work in which wo we are engaged cannot be fully realized this is a de thought to us with such a knowledge we can bear to be persecute ed and despised we can bide our time wo we aro are chosen po beahe e avio of a our race anake bumford ou lard al and hd master ter ten e can endure t 9 61 1 t u meix mely elx ely 5 t those hop whom W eek ju we ar are greatly neatly biels blessed ed unee on ha hav had hail mu mugil u knowledge Sreve aled to u astill we ate very ignorant on many things pertaining to salvation we see sec the labors of the th e elders ciders how they have pleaded with the people and it does seem that we are arc dull scholars in the school iathel and God THIS ag reat difficulty y with which the priesthood have to cow com lena lend those who live nearest to the r rd r h to put in practice cacti I 1 ce the words of god the j i Lordis or is dissipating our ti Igno bane tane rough our obedience ta tip his nis corn com I those ho keea he con eon of god though though they are obscure will bo brought frd forma hadid aed ned cx ex 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