| Show SPRING eity CITY JUNE loth is 1671 sui xui aul 1 is editor deseret mems news pre sen appearances pe arances indicate a very good crop this s eason season inmost in most of our settle bettle settlements in on ts jn tn some the grasshoppers have bren been quita quite destructive we have bave bad no iio bore more rain since may came in aba ut would decently wet a mans shirt through detour mountain streams furnish 14 us ai an abundant supply of water for irrigation a up to the pres present elat timet tiroui pears are now being entertained that ahe these ie a dreama reams will soon begin to lessen our wheat in this settlement never looked better belter neither wab wag there ever more on the ground I 1 am now watering waterlog the third time the health of the people Is generally good our range igi iri drying g up and gur pur hay crop must be light rumor says that some of ren have been baptized for and in behalf of some bome of our deceased TJ S judges which was very gratifying to me to hear bear and I 1 hope it is 19 true their fair and liberal minded policy won vron upon the hearts and consciences of the saints they made this people their friends while they diano did no ID injustice justice to nor brought dishonor upon the government which they represented peace to their ashes but in case ease of the departure of our present judiciary who will be baptized for them their rulings are recorded and they have denied citizenship to honest men good and true because of a difference of opinion in matters of religious belief tellef the pres ent judiciary of utah may be sincere men and may wish to avoid all acrimonious policy ani and persecuting tendencies against the saints heaven be their judges they are the priesthood of the political government of the united states and they hold the keys thereof they can admit to citizenship whom they please and reject whom they please they can rule acco according iding to their feelings whether those rulings be according to law or not they lold hold the keys of civil power and they can turn them one way or the other aa as them good this is all highly proper they will establish a line of precedents for the benefit of the servants of god at some day the time timi willbe when all earthly governments must dissolve and vanish away consequently all political power must cease to exist when its fountain is dried up but there is a kingdom whose priesthood and power endure fo forever nevert revert and its priesthood hold the keys thereof for evermore and when application shall be made waft to t those h ose holding 1 these keys here and hereafter I 1 for citizenship in this kingdom that shau shall never perish those who hold the keys thereof can readily refer back to the line of pe pre dents denta ce established by political author luyand at once mauce make up their judgment 1 according to the jaw law of the savior or of the iho world and the facts in the case with the same judgment ye judge shall ye be judged and with the same measure ye yo mete it shall be measured to you again out of thine own mouth will I 1 judge thee thou wicked servant there are governments pertaining to time only and there is a government that begins bevins here in time and never ends S so also with marriages and likewise with every principle and association that can heighten the bliss of immortality let the sainto bide their time do their duty be humble prayerful generous and in fine live their religion be patient p adient enduring hardships as good soldiers and they shall bee see of the travail of their souls and be more than satisfied god bless israel and preserve us in the faith for ever and ever your brother in the gospel HYDE |
