Show provo feb 7 IW editor dene mews news at half past seven beven 0 clock this morning you ng accompanied by elders eiders allford woodruff joseph A young brigham young jun jan john ayoung WY W young oung A 0 smoot john squires 11 ires tres george D watt orson arnola arnold and mu wiiiiam william iliam lliam longstroth left salt lake city to hold a two days meeting in the uty of provo prove B B bitner joined the company aebig cottonwood we arrived at american fork york about noon where here we found elders geo A smith and joseph W young who had left I 1 the he city on the ath and staid for 0 r the night at milo andru station in an hour after our arrival at amerl can fork several more carriages arrived bringing Pres prest heber 0 kimball kimbail joseph F smith smiths I 1 E F sheets william calder albert dewey henry lawrence lorla farr david day an and d porter roc noc rockwell kwell after a not nn pleasant unpleasant t dr drive 1 though the road was somewhat wet we entered provo city between four and five pm we were met at provo river by citizens on horse back in sleighs and in other conveyances among whom I 1 observed the pleasant countenance of bishop miller who heartily bade the president and his friends welcome the company were distributed amon among the citizens a great part being entertained at the bishops house saturday ath 10 am meeting was called to order by bisho nisho bishop p miller when t the choir sung in the meeting I 1 1 observed other citizens of bait salt lake city beside besides those named who came to provo in advance of the presidents company the saints flocked in from the nel neighboring broring bb oring cities to attend the two days meeting prayer by elder Woo woodruff drull elder geo 4 A smith discoursed upon oneness prest B young next spoke in a fatherly and interesting manner mannen upon the necessity odthe of the latter day saints conforming to the counsels of the spirit relating to thein their natural lives elder eider john JQhn taylor hag just now entered the congregation president heber C Q kimbail kimball discoursed upon humanity showing the blessings that will flow to those aeo who are humble tumble fal thial and true before the lord A amass mass meeting of the citizens of provo was war nou notified fled fied to convene atone at one meeting dismissed by elder geo A smith f t I 1 pm meeting called to order by bishop miller singing byrhe by ahe choir prayer by bishop A 0 smoot Bish nish bishope opa filler then stated that they had bad met together for the purpose of nominating those whom the people wished for city to give an then ther opportunity op jor any of the citizens to express alews ile he said further that there thine lived in provo as good a people as in any ward or city in the territory and he they would do right in all ail all ail things the ticket published in our local columns yesterday was then presented and the gentlemen named were nominated ED men bunday sunday 10 am meeting called to order by prest B young singing and prayer by elder brigham Y young oung jun elder josephl josephf smith said all mankind are on missions but only the latter day saints have entered into the spirit and labor of the mission allotted to man on theearta the earth all men should be as much interested in the work ol 01 the last days as we and we should be more interested te in it than we are we are engaged in a great and glorious work it should be first in our affections and there should be within us an ever abiding willingness to carry out outtie the coun ael sel of the most high we should not only build up cities and reclaim countries but build up 7 zion ori in our own hearts which Is the greatest work and establish the truth within us and overcome the weakness and allurements allure ments of the flesh what W hat advantage will it be to us if we zain gain the whole world and neglect to cultivate honesty integrity uprightness and the sanctify cation of ourselves before the lord to establish the principles of the gospel Is our work and la in this alone can we be blessed and prospered temporally and spiritually we should be a light alight set upon a hill bill and our example should be worthy ohp tho the imitation of all sin of every kind should be frowned down among us and we should be exemplary in all righteousness we should be wise and as 44 good and united as it is possible for men to be in the flesh that we may be able tp perform our labors in the lord su successfully cess fully bishop elijah F sheets said We should never neven forget tir our prayers pray ersy ersi and we should never forzet forget our G god d a who brought us the tha dim dif ferent different countries and nations of the earth AlItha alltha all ail that twe we have Is the lords and when he wishes it to gather the poor pook from the nations or perform erf 0 r in any work to build up the kingdom of god it should be on hand the man who raises a bushel of wheat more than he needs for his own consumption has done eo so much for the general aces he mastbe must be a slothful servant who pro ro acea nothing more than he consumes the h saints are well fed well clad and well house housed and they are greatly blessed tin the vaile valle valleys yso of these mountains and should be united our blessings will be increased more and more if we make a good uge use of that which ve we have the meeting was dismissed by bishop sheets after an hours intermission the meeting was called to order by president brigham Brig hain baia young singing prayer by prest heber C kimbail kimball elder geo 0 bywater occupied some time and was followed by elder wilford allford woodruff who said we are in a great school and the principles which we may learn leam areas numerous are important As s a people we should fir prize az I 1 e our liberty our privileges the gospel of ilfe life f and salvation the holy priesthood the living oracles the written wordani wor word dand ana and the promise of eternaL life we have time upon time counsel after counsel a continuation of daliy dally guidance by the holy spirit through his servant brigham aud his brethren we have been tried and have not yet got through the devil Is adt yet yit dead and our trials will continue the warfare will last as long as we live and while we live we should labor to t do good and build up the kingdom in om 0 of god until we have overcome the world or d the flesh and abd the devil the Themo more reaman a man deas feas as odthe of the spirit of god the more he Is like him fahla n his operations to save mankind he ile has a desire to live so himself and to see his brethren live so that confidence may be restored and oneness established we are under obligation before the lord to live so as to possess enough ol 01 the holy spirit to keep his commands and the counsels given to us by his servants the more of the spirit of the ahe lord we possess the more kind we shall be to all with whom we have to do and the greater will bethe be the salvation we shall be able to accomplish in our administrations during our lue life time ap resident eidt 1 11 C kemball sald eald wo ought to be i f ruil fall I 1 of light and knowledge arthey Ithai th they may be in us like a water seed of the falls to produce righteousness it Is because it Is not received and nourished by the people the book of mormon should bo be read by the saints and they should pray to the father in the name of jesus for ills his spi bpi spirit rit that they may understand its contents a and n d before afore they get through reading it they will be tilled filled with tile the power rook ower of the holy ghost again here is the book of revelations given to us what do the saints know about them when they read t hem them they should read slowly and with a contemplative tempia te nip tive tivo mind praying to the father in tho the name of jesus for the spirit of revelation it Is written in the book of revelations that the people in jackson county were under condemnation because they neglected the new and everlasting covenant even the book of mormon and the former revelations shall we ba be excused it if we neglect reading the bible the book of mormon and the lBook of doctrine and covenants these books should shoula be read that we may be able to give a reason of the hope that IB Is within thinus thimus wI us not a single word of any or the revelations which have been given to us in these last days viii wili will fall to any man who lives them and every woman who will do the same will be blessed with all the blessings of the holy women that have lived in days of old that which we sow BOW we must reap and that which we measure to others will be measured to us again bishop A 0 smoot briefly reviewed the history of the settling of this country meeting was dismissed by elder W woodruff american fork monday loth IM I 1 visited the court house in provo this morning and found a crowd of citizens casting their votes for city city officers all seemed interested and eagerton eager to enjoy their privilege of letting their choice be known at the polls the president and Imin company pany left provo about 2 pm and arrived in american fork about 4 0 clock at 6 we met with the saints in this place who crowded their meeting meetinghouse honse house to its utmost capacity presidents brigham young and heber u kimball elders john joseph JosephA A young young brigham youngbun young jun john W young li Farrand Far randll randil HW V Ln lawrence wrence were on the stand mayor smoot elders W woodruff and joseph F smith with several more of the co company minny will not leave provo until tomorrow to morrow th the meeting was called to order by bishop 1 I E harrington excellent singing prayer by elmerjohn Elde elder john rJohn IV young wung elder joseph A young said we are hero here to reflect and gain intelligence for the up building of the kingdom of our god when a man stands before the people tilled filled with tha the Spirit of god although it h ong h he may new the people will wil I 1 gain fresh strength a brightening of ideas and fre fresh sh vigor in their religion it see seems iome tome to me that the lord is calling upon us to r be more faithful more intelligent and to do a little M more ore forthe up building of ills kingdom and we have gienty plenty to perform burry hurry as we may we are gat gathered ered erea out here that we may grow and increase and I 1 jive lve by the law which proceeds froni from the lord almighty the lord is telling us to remember our brethren and sisters am among the e nations to give of our substance ce to gather those whom the gospel has brought to the knowledge of god and ilis his s ways elder brigham young jun mid raid said the principles of truth have a greater er hold upon the minds of the saints today today loday to lo day than at a any former period of the history of this kingdom the faith that was once delivered to the saints is growing among the people the tho s speaker eaker referred to incidents in the history of the travels of this people to prove by comparison that the faith and union of the people today to day are greater than at any grevious previous time if wo we live the principle ir which chic we llave have embraced we hadean have an assurance jat nat god Is our friend and all thin things gs are his elder john ayoung remark enthat we livo live llvell in an important age he regarded tha present time as the most important tp to th le of these mountains of any form er per ageo 0 g to the present visit to provo prove he said that he believed the people there would woula feel better for it after two or three days instruction from the servants of god the people always aiwas get warmed up and ana the light of the spirit 8 irit begins to show them the great things of nio the 1 kingdom of god godl we are willing witting to go to the nations of tb the tho 0 earth when called upon yet often sume little duty seems harder lor for us to perform than to take a long foreign mission we should teel feel that god Is at the heim helm and we should know that ills his servants are instructed in what is for our best good all we have comes from him andee andre has power to take from usall us ali ail all that Js Is dear in life the word of wisdom the speaker viewed as a commandment which contains some of tho the greatest promises that rodever Go dever made to man and which will wiil be ours iffe if we obey it we owe obedience to these inspired words not only for own sakes sakei but for the sake olour of our children pres heber C kemball said with all the preaching they have previously had at provo the people there have not before felt so much of the power of the hoir holy ghost as they have at the meeting at our oar recent visit the lord nord says rays that lie he wilu wilt gather out a people from among this PM people e who w ho will serve him it will not answer for to this his people to steal to he ile to speak evil of one another to bear false witness against their neighbors by keeping your covenants there is a promise for you and your year childr children erl eri after you from generation to generation Sow how so will IlIthe the curse of god be upon the wicked from generation to generation abraham withheld nothing from the lord neither shou ahou should iid ild we if we as the children of abraham would enjoy the blessings of abraham thou shall shail not covet thy neighbors wife wi fenor nor anything that is thy neighbors we cfall of nil all people should be the most faithful and the man who does not pray dally daily and devote himself to god cannot stand when a man ban of god is injured in kuhis his feelings he goes and rays prays that the spirit of his father may as touch uch um him and he lie can then com come e out of his c croset et and biess bless biess the man blan who has injured him we have next to watch and pray for there aro are thousands wicked of spirits st rivina to lead us away from god the gospel in this day is as it was awai away in former days li like ilke kennet a net cast into the sea which gathers good and bad and god will wiil choose from among this people those who will serve him turn unto the lord 0 ye lat ter ler day oay saints for the time is past that we shall be permitted to sin with impunity we are depending upon doctors to heal hehl our sick and our children are dying all around us its we should have faith before god that our sick may be healed by the laying on of bands hands and anointing with oil in the name of the lard we ive have power to rebuke diseases in ourselves and in our families and it Is given to us of god not only for ourselves and families but fort font for fon lils this people president B young spoke at some kome length ana and the meeting was dismissed by elder john taylor 0 tuesday ay eeb reb Feb 11 this morning the president una und that portion of the company who left provo alth him ahlm yesterday started from american fonk forie between nine and ten and arrived in the a quarter to two p m this visit has bas been fraught with will much good to the people of provo and I 1 think I 1 never felt a better at an I 1 b d in sip sp the ge beld held ld there t ph all ali A 1 I 1 y yielded 1 ayd I 1 i I 1 a reaid ready y and unit to loathe ahe chanres changes and mea 1 1 ures may 0 god od bless 11 his Is people e I 1 t hattah hattab is the th prayer or your brother in christ G D WATT S sa s1 t loc lol louls louis is mo jan 13 editor aws news A according cearil ink int to promise I 1 write to inform you in relation to my labors I 1 will eill liere here confess to sord yori that I 1 did not nott much like laboring here herd in st louis when I 1 arrived strived arr leed lied in company with wm H miles allies and H J rich Eich richards ards on the of november it appeared ito to me the place where the prodigals prod gaii igals have rendezvoused rendezvous eI from the dass days ays of Nauvoo to the present and I 1 really zeally pitied the man who had to labor here hero little 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