Show reminiscences OF or on the rth nth of last december I 1 stood for the first time on the hill cumorah I 1 had longed to see bee this spot OPO now associate diu din the minds of the saints with events of the deepest interest guli seemed impressed with peculiar to the place although enveloped in in a co cold coid id scudding studding snow snoma storm I 1 was able to call up from the M shadowy past some of the important e events vents which have closed and commenced mence I 1 grand epochs inthe lathe history of the western hemisphere with a rapidity and vividness impossible to represent to others othere the scene seene on tue the day following final great the Nep hites and when hen ben gen mormon sun suf neng leng b g from bia AV bounds with hj his on moroni aud and a dewil ehg kaill survived the carna gei stood stow about where I 1 stood with the records conta containing inin 9 the history matory of a hemisphere for twenty five nive cen cep aurles furies under their feet with the s contending over the spoils of victory in their neighboring c camp bpi with wito the Z own doom of death sull I 1 jn prospect with no bright hope for fer the tha future redempa t t 11 ofal raco race only barbarian darkness dar knes of many centuries r s with wilh hearts heaby wilh with a sorrow hin bin which there thero w was as nothing in thelt thel surroundings to alleviate jhb they looked a ri iash lash las ils farewell ith hl seid of bath death where lay jay what remained 4 of all hil they held most inot dear on earth upon the bodies of men who hilt bilt bu yesterday were nerved i ved up in all the vigor of manhood in a terrible conflict for tor exist ence enbe but now pow an the embrace of that sleep bleen that knows no jao awakening until the je resurrection had this been ail all the more tender sentiments of the heart might still lie darm dormant ant but the wife the mother and helpless ch chut chUl hood hoos ade e here the fhe victims of a relentless hate which k knewing mercy which nothing but slaughter could satisfy I 1 Vio probably babiy bably a million xe representing presenting the various phases of human life erl eri phed jn this maniora memorable bie ble battle this grand mausoleum gasnow was now not mot only sacred to the of those chese bodies were about to mingle agie agle with the elements but also to that of the vast host of abo ho caddes had destroyed troy ed each otheron other on the same bame gadt some TOO yearb yeara arb ara beford before who thail shall bay there Is ls ha no god who shapes tho the ha destinies of nations here two nationalities not in the least identified with each e closed t their thein ai elb eli earthly athly career their dust destined to f in together for ages p wit with tb III for their thel monument and nd mith with the records s leits in its bos bosom to tell future who villo they ihei were and when they thes passed away ay here a grand grud chain chaid of events ended a su succession of mighty im pulses subside dand found a resting place for centuries but these energies were not noe lut lot ibey bad had a is our oun pret bent tent i tha ehn eha hill cu cumorah mo rah wm wag faithful to 14 fiust rust for years jears ahe tha ele wrought ht ch changes lace face liel iiii anc 4 surround bur sur surroundings rounO but still the record of ohp he the in tto happiness the miseries the abe e war and revolutions of mit mat alf the ibe gib q ero erp unmarred mar reul reil unchanged jet n its bosoni bosom through ohr c h th them e m jug lug millions who h hav icv lived i e and passed away on this eon ton continent alile nt ate their ox e x thos those biow aiu win the thoughts though tg tf and arpir a 1 I 0 0 f live i 1 U iua iu I 1 JA mis A |