Show arree A f rie TRIP TO THE COAL MINES ON OND THE WEBER ait 6 at alt lluke lake city jan 27 1863 EDITOR editon having had occasion lately to pass through some of tle the settlements in summit county I 1 was very forcibly struck with the many improvements made there within the last two years a ailef brief notice of which may be interesting wanship manship Wan ship the county seat is situated on the mouth bf silver creek and has recently been much improved by the erection of several good and substantial buildings among these is a very nice stone school house in which a full school is how iakow being taught at hoytsville quite a large settlement has been formed by the people having halving to move together on account of indian difficulties in n 1866 here also they have a good school established coalville Co alville the largest and most flourish ing town in the county has over six i hundred inhabitants many of whom judging by the Improve improvements ments menta recently made are enterprising citizens they have the most substantial and comfortable meetinghouse meeting house according to the inhabitants of any settlement that I 1 t have seen in the Terri territory tog A large band nd well conducted school is is now being taught by bros broeg EI nathan elnathan and joseph eldredge of this city among other commendable enterprises rises the citizens of coalville Co alville can gobat boast of a fine and quite an extensive library of new and well weil selected books imported from new york last year the tithing office Is a substantial reck reek building the office room is well furnished ill lii in which tho books of the library are at present kept and distributed to the public I 1 was informed however that a suitable building has been erected for the library with a reading and lecture room attached which will be used by the association another Nv y inter I 1 attended a meeting in the tiie evening the house was well filled and the at congregation was addressed by two young elders who it appeared were home missionaries who had been appointed by the bishop to travel and preach in idi the different settlements wh which icil tell seemed to me nv to be a very excellent policy and must result in much go rood good od as these elders r seemed to enjoy th the spirit of their mission I 1 was told that bome gome ten or twelve were thus thuel called to travel and preach in the district embracing summit morgan and wasatch counties coalville Co alville surrounded as it ia Is with a vast field of coal supply supplying ing log many of our largest towns and cities with this thia valuable article of fuel must become ft a very important city in this territory the road being now in a good condition nor for or sleighing the entime entire distance from here to the coal mines now ii the time for tho people to lay jay in ply of vms very respectfully A COAL HAULER SALT LAKE CITY feb 1868 ism Editor lea Dea Deseret eret news mems aro are the times of the tho gentiles about fulfilled this is z e very important question un and d in view of gaining a correct answer suppose we eite cite eomme some of the worda words of our savior alluding to this momentous subject luke chap axi axi ver 2526 25 26 after declaring that jerusalem should be trodden down of the gentiles until the times of the gentiles be fulfilled he says and there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars and upon I 1 tho earth distress of nations with perplexity plex ity the sea and tub tue waves roaring in in another another place he says tiie thore Tile there shail shall be wars and rumors of wars wara commotions ac be not terrified for these things must first come to pass but the erid bridis Is not bye and bye in the former instance he lie does not seek to allay the fears of hla hia followers as in the latter from which which we may re reasonably as 0 n ab ay lufe info that chat the former signs immediately pro precede hla hia second advent into the world when mens hearts shall fall them for fear and for looking after those till things lugs which are coming upon the earth to a certain extent exten twe two wo have always heard of wars and rumors of wars but hut have hav e we WID always heard of nations in distress and perplexity the sea and the waves r oaring roaring are ara not the united states of america in distress by a debt of thousands of millions of dollars are they not distressed by the cries bf bathe the poor in the south and in the east are they not perplexed with the labor of reconstructing ting the government are they not perplexed with the political intricacies that now noir exist and with the divided acrimonious feelings that now prevail in most sections of the land are aro not tempests and alid earthquakes more frequent and disastrous than usual are not the wave waves i of the sea heaving themselves beyond heir their bounds with unusual violence if any doubt this let them read again an account of the late disasters in tb the e west india islands what wise and farseeing far seeing statesman can look forward and contemplate the future with joyful confidence do not mens hearts fail fall them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth and what people save the ai mormons cormons Mor Morn mons ions are hated by all men for toy christs sake Is england distressed with the cries of tens of thousands of her poor in london and ana elsewhere and is she perplexed with her fenian subjects who armed with the op spirit irit of destruction go forth publicly and privately to scatter death and ruin in the land insignificant as the fenhaus may be yet a wasp can perplex and worry a lion france also comes in for her share of the cries of the poor whose chorus is employment and bread and by and bye their song may be a little more emphatic ampha tie fie bread or blood 11 la Is she not also perplexed in her diplomatic relations with other powers china and japan are full of distress and revolution mexico is also full of turmoil and no safety or security there the south american governments are locking looking horns distress and perplexity reign there also can our wise men and rulers see anything ominous in the tho foregoing and find will they govern themselves accordingly or will the day of the lord come upon all nations as a thief in the night fear and the i pit and the snare are upon yo ya 0 inhabitants of the earth it is the day of the lords ven vengeance bance for the controversy of zion he will establish his kingdom on the earth and the nations who oppose it or fight against it will crumble like well burnt lime upon the application of water will not the thein in habitants of the earth reflect and conal consider when they feel to pour out their wrath upon the mormons cormons Mor mons that gods ways are not their ways nor his thoughts as their thoughts god h has a 3 chosen the mormons cormons Mor mons as the pioneers of his great work to be accomplished in the latter days and all men will do well to be slow in throwing a stumbling block in their way be it remembered that when god sets acts u up ip his kingdom on the earth it will be different diuri rent from any other kingdom that exists if not so ile he would set tip up no kingdom but select the one out of the many that was after the order of his own will to make the kingdom of heaven like the kingdoms of this word world would be to plan for the almighty aleigh ty and not allow him to plan for nim Rim himself sei set very truly 0 p B |