| Show ams t j j memorial services MOUNT PLEASANT Ran san pete UT MT september 1881 editor deseret we awu in honor af of the late lato president james A garfield flags lre wre hun hung 9 at A halt half mast in different Hf lerent parts of tile the city at an early hour in the morning of the hist all ali estal estai llah ILah ments remained closed for tile the day 1 and quietude and i reig rel rei reigned gued aed A the dae dav da was devoted to dwar and n higby by the tho poop people services were held heid in tile the meeting hou e at 2 p na in w ere it the lie lle people a en nae and were addressed ed hy liy elders ul 0 H wheelock and edwird the tile speakers deeply deplored the spirit of violence it lence nce nee and assassination which wa was abroad in fit the land antl and to which our late president had fal en a victim they viewed reviewed le in eloquent terms the life lite hild slid ind eed of tinn tins great man and espre expressed fei sei the tile deep sympathy felt mr ly by this entire community for hir his lu wife e and ind eh children lidren ildren and hi lit aged mother in ill tile the irreparable ions lass ws sustained d I as well as the tile whole nation IV 0 were ere now mourning ilie tile iop lop of une of its greatest grea tesi and noblest sons NIXON arding harding II co term tenn sept feit 21 ISSI editor deseret leuw wems traveling and preaching bas ban leen leen l I een done in the interest of the spread of or truth during timing t tiie llie I 1 te month that have intervened luite fiere I 1 lait wrote to you quito quite a number of individuals have havo become inter inte r ste esle 1 I ami and many runny are brave it to admit that we tile the go goel goei el I 1 anti anci nd that they have llave heard tile the true principles expounded for the clr t time yet jot they tiley have llave not the nerv to face ahr opposition which would result from such a st p no e meet with consul M able nule ol 01 atlon now anti anu then tilen and tile tiie minis ini 11 tern ue u e their utmost to increase ile tilt lit pre prejudice ludie judie against lle ile lie tile saints wt it llave ave leen been holding ilu liu liling meetings at a steam eam aw taw i t saw mill six aix mile mlle from his P 0 my comrade an antl anil bro price filled an appointment there a hort time aeo neo 0 o and at the elore clore e they were interrupted by tw in ni nister sted sten who used k inie me inne very viry vi ry an and made some very plain scriptural blunders and the tiie greili ren took occasion to correct them much to their displeasure and chagrin an appointment was left how ever and brother B and anti went last sunday bunday to fill the same came the news newa heing being spread far and wide that a number of reverends were to meet and vanquish mormon tramp fale false fal falde se e teachers tea cheis etc we were there on time and the tiie people began besan to Ns assemble i home ome iome 1 friends r en d a it ong the number As tile the hour drew draw nigh a gentleman in black up on a poor old mide mule that looked like the business end of hard times r topped a shorb short time in tile be road took in the situation for lie he wa wan one of the cott sid erable ile tle exertion worked out of eight we were it ift it in quiet possession of the field held two in tere le sting gsand grand bore a strong testimony to the truth of tile the gospel and its restoration and of the ble wes ings promised to fie he lie ol 01 alo aiso warned them of or the tile judgments ts shortly to be poured out the fruits if which had already made an ap ar pea rafice in tile tiie severe drou drouth thaud and aud short crops of this seaon season As we returned to brother camp we rec received elved the he following information 1 the I he slow plow man with a fajt mule who rode pat pa t tile mill finding none of his constituent to mot alst aist him in his divine ml mission sion slon took a path through the woods and worked hh his way home a dista distance nce uce of or 12 mile mlle sand all in one day lie came I 1 n about 15 mint minutes iter ites ailt alit arcail ail of us and we took the usual com eth eam anee ance in 11 ulis missionary school we meet with many of tilo e mentioned in scripture crip ture as a fale fal e teti tesi chei cher wiio wilo have built a wall anti and badt daubed 1 I it w with ith mortar arid and by a arief brief brier examination we wea wen a certain that thle thie mortar contains but little irany of the principle of or ilie file gospel in us its composition still the they continue to make the application nud and lib the I 1 u valli all ail I 1 about worn worm out but plenty of daun daub err eri on hand there are many lit believe that the tempering is i all right antil the plain and anti simple truths ot of the oo go 1 celare elare If rought t to iwar ter ier lipon upon their thelt the lie ir shaky eti etl flee then a loud howl is uttered against gods ministers mini itera we have baptized two in this sec pec tion and are doing our utmost to arald in raid the glad tidings of face on airth good will toward towards man ever preying for tile tiie interest of zion zin ami anti the pre id of truth wo vvo remain yours in the tiie covenant R 0 C A 11 P geu bartholmew |
