Show j 11 I 1 it F V S I 1 D E NT T yoc YOU YOUNGS talip j SOUTH linn sept 4 lisel elsel r NEWS this thia morning at half past ten tun president dent brigham youn young of the tile first presidency E elder eider lder ider geo Q cannon and a portion of the traveling company left great salt lake city to visit the set tie tle tl ments emente in lit the southern parts of this territory elders lorenzo snow and E T benson started at nine in advance of the president and were at this place when we arrived elders C C idich and franklin D Riel uiel richards lards came up to the company at the tile hot springs where an all escort from lelii lehi met lilet us we arrived in lehi lehl at half past four and there met with elder geo A smith who had preceded us ont oni isome thome out few days elder woodruff fl is still behind and expected in every ini minute nute after partaking of a public dinner we vre repaired to the tile meeting house where a crowd of people were ass assembled ambled to hold hoid meeting MEIr meld rING ning AT lin iriti iii irl pres B young spoke i 1 short time thile anit unit was followed by elder ezra T benson who wilo spoke of the good resul resulting tint tins to the saints in the yar var various lous lour settlements through tile the visits of the president ind iud thome thore trav eung rUng with him tito tile of the lord have been very vi visibly ihly poured ou out t u poll upon lils ilia people in these the valleys duri durl during ilg tig the till past seas th tle president 1 promised ron anit fast ciprin at that th at we hould should hayo have abundant abunda ut 4 rop uin tin 4 eatn son ton and the hea heavne tin have haye poured iown lown rae rat rain raim in in a manner man ner su nv vei nei or w itne ia A here b before afore causing plenty to umile ismile around wl rr re it wa sup prel nea hed ped tue vie crops would ae I 1 a i tai tal iuro luro 1 I he words of president have hive ben been fulfill vA and nd the tile people ilia etive e ic re t edyed rhe the promised w soel soei seel bl 14 earing essing g a at i t I 1 they I 1 i v y will wiil always do long as they kep ke le p tho w 0 m guenta of god elder 0 o Q I 1 amlow vve kne c that wi i annot in HI their fullness fuli full ness one ne thing we can madei stand aland and ut into pra practice etlee we can be obedient i il id we jye ean can be humble god edhart od hars lim given givon fu tik 0 u i this power ower and we vre know what mt dt will will be olour of our ot tu unseld 3 of his orv erv sery anti auts we have never been in any hut but what we vre could if we ve lived for it joy the ilie cirit spirit I irit of the most afoot nigh high you may c surround surround such sueh a people with tile tbt aiton ad vers ged sed ey and hy h y cannot ly lie ent eni rushed shed shea for they tuey know the power that will deliver thein theta and wid give them the victory there it W every inci inco incentive for us to be diligent aud and faithful we live in ift a dispensation ia in which wv we know tile tiie will bo be triumph triumphant aut and aind thiv priesthood will ruie throughout tho whole earth we hayo hato no tio cause to fear the path we are ar tray eline in it i endless and if we pau luo lue it I 1 we shall shail be brought awk 1 4 into he tat pres ir celke ceiKe enee vc u god many oi 01 our elders eiders have gone aone as gils dais wion slun aries arles s to the nation iod ad have left hk lt 1 byl byi ocl t fi 0 t should dispense to them a portion of the blessings which god ll 11 has aso so abundantly bestowed upon us and I 1 have no doubt but what the saints will respond to any call that may be made upon them elder charles C rich said bald he remembered in the time when he was called upon to come out to the rocky mountains to hunt out a home for the saints he had a large family and little for them to live upon he believed it was tile the word of the lord and he left teft his family in the hands of god and they were provided for there isa a class of individuals divi duals who have followed the counsels of their own hearts to make wealth but tile advantage has always been on the side of those who wiio have obeyed the counsels of the tile servants of god how can the lord use us build up his kingdom if he cannot dictate us if we cannot be controlled oled and dictated by his servants we cannot be controlled oled and dictated by him some imagine th they ey I 1 must have a special call to build up t the 1 ae kingdom of god but there is room enough for all to labor in this work if they are d disposed to do so it is the duty of all to learn what is right and then do it when there is is no manner of iniquities practiced in lit our midst then we will not be afflicted with evil and the blessings of god will be upon all that we possess elder lorenzo snow I 1 would not be afraid to predict riches on the heads of the saints if they would keep the commandments mand ments of god and be at all times willing to properly dispose of that which the lord gives to them when we receive the glory which god hn has for us we shall discover that the path of poverty is but a small portion oj 01 experience peri perl eri erl ermence ence enee job loved god and loved to L keep ees aex his commandments better than he lie did 14 I 1 riches the lord will fulfil fulfill I 1 lis its is promises to this tills people and anti they N v ill be rich in all things lings ti but they should not wait until they are rich before they learn to exercise the principles of generosity geni i ero cro sity he enjoined upon the saints the importance of being counseled by the tile lord through his servants and in all things seeking to keep his commandments mand ments pres young in behalf of the tile company returned thanks to the tile bisho bishop ap and people of lehi lehl forthe for the kind hospitality which they tiley had shown to him and his company in lit passing a and it d re passing through this settlement he then blessed blessed the people and an d dismissed t mi 1 na S sept oth ath vc e partook of a i public breakfast at half past nine this morning and rolled out of lehi for goshen which wo we reached after a dusty drive at a quarter past three the west side of utah lake is the tile least adapted for agricultural purposes but presents tile the lindst view of tile the lake and the romantic scenery which surrounds it here we have a succession of bromont pro promontories mont tries bays and inlets we can call see almost at a glance square milea miles of water with an average depth of twelve feet and it is not difficult to see in a future day when our contemplated canal is opened from the source of jordan to great salt lake city a profitable profi taille tattle traffie traffic established by means of this his lake between the northern and wu wui hern ni settlements of utah is on the south extremity of olih aji lake upon a low clay soil of all an indefinite eath largely impregnated with alkali salts in the subsoil the houses are built of logs mud etc we passed through this city two years ago and we vve are able to see soe ee some progress in its growth but a green tree is difficult to bo be found for the people think that fruit cannot be raised here and they will L no doubt continue to believe so soun boun un til they plant the tree trees and make the experiment after we goi got the iut lust iu lut t so far cleansed out of our off our face and clothes a to make us look like white folks and had refreshed ourselves with the tx good things which the tho land of goshen provides we repaired to a comfortable well cutup and well seated bowery situated on the south side of a good log schoolhouse to hold hoid meeting bishop woolley opened the ine rue meeting eting t with prayer and elde F D richards arose to address tha M meeting this was the first time lie had bad over ever visited goshen and he was thankful to meet with a health healthy T and cheerful latter day saints here the lord ha abrought us mothese mountains to rest from tile the persecutions our former friends would heal heap upon us and that we might gain strength in the service of the lord we are here to in era cra crase age e in strength in power and in fa th and holiness before the lord and to keep the tle law of god which we could not keep kep ke p in the lands of uin urr our nir naf nat nalty baity ity ond and good works and greatly in numbers tile the I 1 little atle stone is im be becoming oghig a strong xai nation here we haye have peace in the morning we can kneel before the lord in our families and invoke his blessing in the evenin evening we can call upon his name and 0 kofl kier weer er thanks to him and we can grow up in christ our living head here we can realize the hand of god made manifest for the salvation of his people and our hope is made bright that in the future we shall still enjoy the favor of god and our enjoy gene generations t ons after us let us keel keep the tile covenants we have made with the tile lord and with one another and never submit to sin that we ma may y attain to all the tile gospel promises unto us president young C spoke for half an art hour elder E T benson your eim elm circumstances um here hero this thia evening are very different from what they were some eight years ago then there were but a few people here now there is quite a little settlement tile the object of our coming to see you is to speak the truth and if you are in the dark to bring you to the truth if the people here do not practice upon the good instructions which they tiley hear this evening they will be worse off next neit year than they are at present get the spirit of the lord and tile the spirit of the times which is to improve the land that the lord our god has given unto us planting trees and shrubs and vines to make genial anial shades and to produce fruit wilch which is good for man when we have not a green thing to shade tile the rays of the burning sun are distressingly uncomfortable plant out currant trees and trees of every kind here that will yield fruit for your children to eat and to shade them and their mothers when they are out of doors obey the counsel of the president and in so doing you will bless yourselves yourselves ives elder lorenzo snow had we come to this terr territory iam a and done bothi nothing tol eol in i the way 0 of f improvement the lord d would not have been satisfied with us it is a part of the gospel of salvation to attend to these improvements in the i name of the lord doing what we do as a matter of duty that talat we owe to the almighty it is the business of the saints in the last days to build cities in the name of the tile lord we should not o about this business as the world 0 does oes there Is nothing discouraging to the people of goshen if they do every thing tile the lord has given them thein ability tto to perform tile tiie speaker gave a brief history of liis his mission to box elder and continued anything accomplished in lit the tiie way of improvement is not done without considerable exertion L ii a few years yeara we nye shall see beautiful orchards rc hards here and shade trees and good houses to live in lit and good houses to worship our god in and your young men an and I 1 maidens will orom grou grow up in improvement and in the fear of the lord and this visit will be the tile moving cause of this beneficial change cl lange iange we must use dur our means and our talents to accomplish all i that is required of us follow the counsels given by the servants of god and you will prosper and your hearts shall be glad and you shall see tho uio salvation of god elder C C rich spoke oil ou the principle of making home into heaven but I 1 it was too dark to report after him i meeting dle Ife eting dismissed by elder geo cannon september 6 the company rolled out at a quarter past eight this morning accompanied by a few of the brethren and sisters sister of goshen to the southern line of their big field where we passed through au an arch composed of fresh cedar bows bowa intermingled with flowers and mock oranges with a motto we shall crowning the tile whole this motto of two words waa was suggested by a remark made mode by bv tile the president last evening in the tile meeting nie eting he propose pro posed to exchange the name of goshen mor tor shall D I 1 as being more appropriate to the vacillating bbate of the minds of the people in that place as to whether they shall commence and ana improve by p plant lant laut ing trees and building good hous houses ea or not we traveled over a new road through a kanyon which saved many man y miles travel and arrived at nephi at one ol elock |