| Show meetings and organizations in sante P pete peto and sexter sevier counties SALT biake CITY july 20 1874 B editor deseret mews news by request although somewhat late we forward the following for publication under the direction of the first presidency we started on a mission to sanpete and sevier counties for the purpose of organizing sanpete county into the united order and also to organize a stake in the northern part of sanpete county and another at richfield rich bieh field in sevier co we were accompanied on our mission byeller by elder eider johnian john van cott and were joined at provo by bishop johnson of that city we started by rail on the of may and the same evening elder taylor held heid a meeting at spring ville the following day we went to nephi and held meeting in the evening the next day we proceeded on our out journey preaching at fountain green and moroni on tho th we held hoid two meetings at mount pleasant where we had bad the pleasure of meeting president 0 on hyde whom we gladly hailed as president of that district and a fellow laborer in the great cause on the we went to t 0 spring sprin city and preached in the ate tte afternoon and from thence to ephraim the same day dy on the we held heid two meetings at ephraim on the we preached at mantl in the morning and afternoon and elder J van cott and bishop johnson held a danish meeting in the tho evenin evening As there are a great many danish banish brethren in that county and ns as both of them that language they held several meetings of the same kind in our various teachings in san pete county we laid before the people the principles of the united order as made known in the scriptures and the book of mormon as revealed by joseph smith in the book of doctrine and covenants and the late lato developments by president brigham young we told them to use prudence and caution in the selection of their own officers choosing the most trustworthy honorable and competent men to fill those various of flees offices and to have their appointees ready and that when we returned wo we would again call at the several settlements tle ments hold meetings and organize them thela in the united order and thus they would have time to reflect elect tand and deliberate and select the most suitable persons on the alst we proceeded to gunnison pison and preached in the evening from thence we proceeded to richfield rich elch nield field in sevier county at which place we had the pleasure of meeting joseph A young president of that district who bade us welcome to his house we held a meeting on the and on the held two meetings and organized the stake the 7 he following officers were nominated and appointed joseph A young president of stake A IL thurber first councilor nelson higgins henry if russell russ Buss elLof of salina andrew peterson of ehi eel richfield clifield bich elch nield field isaac isaae isaac isaae W pierce I 1 of glenwood henry C jacobs of prattsville pratt Pratts ville charles charles charies W of prattsville Pratts ville gotlieb ence paul paulson alonzo L farnsworth of richfield thomas hunt P M paulson oI oi lonroe Monroe elias johnson of joseph city high council wm win G baker clerk of council wm wm if morrison was appointed president of the high priests of this stake of zion win mcbride president of the mass quorum of seventies and soren 0 peterson Pe terson torson president of the elders of the stake these various brethren were ordained and set apart at the close of the morning meeting on the wo we returned to gunnison and on the held meeting in the bowery at manti mantl san pete county where the following named officers were voted for in the organization of the united order bishop andrew J moffit prest wm anderson franklin spencer vice presidents jens hansen wm win A cox peter james crawford john neld andrew C van buren hans jenson directors F R kenner secretary john johnh H hodga ird assis assistant tant sec bec C chr r A treasurer we next proceeded to ephraim and organized as per following report I 1 ephraim may 1874 the following officers were elected today to day by the tho ephraim branch of the united order C canute peterson president L S anderson hans hanson vice presidents A H lind ang anderson secretaries H F peterson treasurer peter greaves rasmus larson henry bealum beal beai wm F 0 behrmann jens olsen directors about imo 1050 persons have joined the order here E pete rete peterson mso T 11 the same day we went to spring city and organized and ald give the following as the report from that place spring city branch of the united order organized may 2 th 1874 with the following named of officers flears and number of members frederick olsen president james A allred vice president preside nt william blain secretary john baxter abst secretary lauritz larson treasurer rasmus justen son james john lambert william Ni lliam street barney isaac morley mo r ley allred directors members we went the same day to mount pleasant and on the following may we held meetings for organizing the united order for the city and county and also for organ czine a stake of zion the following are the minutes MOUNT PLEASANT may 1874 today to day a meeting was held here in mount pleasant for the purpose of organizing a high ilish council a stake of zion and ind a branch of the united order of zion and a county organization orson hyde orson pratt and auti john taylor were weme present of the twelve also E ider elder john van cott and bishop JR johnson and the most of the bishops and leading men of the county the following brethren were presented and aud elected and nearly all sustained unanimously wm win S seely president peter J T jensen first vice president justus W seely second vice president charles hampshire secretary christian christian L lund assistant secretary rasmus Hi chalsen treasurer loren jacobsen peter 11 peel niels P madsen andrew madsen and george frandsen directors members tho organization of the county of sanpete was then presented orson hyde President Kanute peterson first vice president W S seely second vice president wm m blain secretary james A allred treasurer win wm S seely frederick olison kanute peterson andrew andrewt J moffit directors the organization of a stake of zion in the north part of sanpete county was then attended to as follows president win wm if seely first councilor peter J jenson second counselor justus sW W seely for high johnson william F reynolds orange keely reely seely edward chim chit colman joplin andrew madsen abraham day jens miller christenson R H allred alired john H robinson archibald anderson thomas davis orson hyde orson pratt and john taylor then set them apart and ordained such as required it lla Xia larson secretary af after ter ten the organization we pro ceded to fairview and organized according to the following report at a meeting held in fairview this of may the fol foi following lowine names weme were presented and elected omm off meers officers of tho the united order in this place CC amasa tucker president john cox sen f first vice pre president ident Id ent phillip hurst second vice president henrya henry W sanderson secretary frederick christensen assistant secretary wm christensen treasurer andrew nielson otis ii terry archibald anderson peter nielson hanson jordan brady directors members the next da day y we proceeded to moroni and organized the united order as ai follows george IV bradley president lars S bendson Vend son first vice president aaron hardy second vice president 3 J M christenson secretary charles kemp assistant secretary peter Pete olsen oisen treasurer jens 0 nielsen john silby niels christensen christen sen jabez faure jens jena jensen 2nd and john N larsen henry reese directors rectors directors DY george W V bradley was elected director for the county organization members john van cott who attended all our meetings here left us by our 4 consent on sent having business back we proceeded in company with wilh bishop johnson the same chiy chis to lu fountain green and on may cig 29 organized a united order as fol lows the following names were presented having been previously pre bously nominated by a committee of thirteen n c chosen osen by the people the people in this as in other places having baving javin lavin followed our directions in lit the e selection of their officers and they were also voted on separately B it L johnsen president marin martin t lund first vice president reuben carter second vice president andrew leslie lesile Xi eslie esile secretary thomas crowther T treasurer Tea measurer surer noah T guyman cornelius collard herbert Long longson son SOD soren horen A berthelsen tor N hou son jum ja m s neilson john H robertson bertson Bo directors bishop R ij johnson was elected a director for the county organization iza tion about members tile the next day we bent our course homeward and arrived at payson that night the next day early earls earl eari y elder pratt went to provo and preached breached and elder taylor preached at payson spanish fork pork and springville Spring ville thus from the lith of may to the last of the month we visited those counties organized as above stated and held 32 or 33 meetings ORSON PRATT jonn JOHN TAYLOR our grand jubilee concert editor adilor deceres deseret mews news dear sir the Sti sunday diday fiday school jubilee concert commencing at p in came off yesterday in the new tabernacle in splendid style the exercises opened with prayer by elder A carrington the pro gramme of the grand performance for mance on the bath dinst was repeated with additional music by the orchestra and songs by mrs professor thomas assisted by miss A parke well rendered professor thomas conducted excellent order prevailed and all enjoyed a rare musical treat if there be one study or exercise more than another calculated to beautify the countenance and elevate the soul it is music instrumental and vocal focal it is anticipated that our great success and triumph achieved in this celebration will open up a broader highway in this delightful section of education than wo we have been wont to travel if the sonorous voles voies 0 of the young men of ishael commingle with the sweet and gentler voices of our young sisters in musical harmony how exalting and ennobling to the mind it will lead us to a high state of perfection in general arts and science promote the happiness of the social circle and refine society harmony in its very nature is the soul of good order hert rea hea herk 1 vens vena first law lawa 1 if the superintendents of the 6 S union vero were to purchase the unsold copies of the jubilee songs and mu musio music 1110 for the use of sabbath schools they would do well the song books will answer the purpose of the S S hymn book until there is one published which cannot be done for some time for spiritual songs and hymns llave have to be composed by the saints for that purpose and inspiration in is necessary in their composition for spiritual songs suitable for public worship cannot bo be composed so easily as we work out a wll mii mathematical problem divine inspiration is requisite in conclusion in the tho words of superintendent geo Q cannon 1 I hope that this jubilee jubliee and concert is only a beginning to such j jubilees jubil tibi lees ees and concerts in zion yours truly T DESERET v r TV S ij CITY july 1874 |
