Show social party arlid ami mee nee tinny I 1 1 LEVAN luevan juab co Y I 1 jany ath 1876 editor lonill he ath dinst tho the elders quorum gave a dance for the tile ben ent enit of the members thereof dane ing commenced at 6 pm p m god and lively and continued until half past pet nine nino p m when the company took a recess for half an hour to partake of a brt ift sumptuous u picnic pic nic prepared expressly for the occasion variety and abundance oa on le assembling a few songs and comic speeches were given with satisfaction at half past 10 p in m dancing dan cl v g was resumed resu med and an d was kept up until 1 p i in n when all felt that they iliad bad done justice to the tile occasion and retired feeling satisfied that they had spent a time of rejoicing together with good order and the best beat of feelings well weil we li we ve pur regular weekly evening int eting and have for subjects to speak upon the first nii principles ples pies i and I 1 have no doubt it t in ar i good in instructing and preparing the minds minda of the o elders eiders for the many dutie duties that await them yours truly H HARTLEY clerk of quorum Q borum our or amr facilities LEVAN jan esth 1876 editor deseret last spring this place was published dished in the mail route from salt lake lahe to pioche to receive a dall dail daily dally Y mail which we need very bad well tile the stages ran through here about six months and then hugh white moved his station down to hi quarter section below this place about three m miles iles lles west and since then we wb have had no regular mail r to depend upon that is the reason we do not get our papers regularly i ig so sorted arted out at nephi tind and brought to us sometimes and when a letter lette r goes from here it has to tb stop at rit shit salt creek anti and the same way with the north mail mall you yours ac i OBSERVER ng and Lee eee lecturing turine turing buei buek queries luei ies les sectarian sermons ete etc t SPAFFORD sparford Orlon onondaga daga NY jany ad 1870 4 we news ws on the uit E elder ider lder ri little and I 1 parted at Weed weedsport sport cayuga co N Y while he went want to ford rd onondaga co to visit I 1 famil family fri friends ads 1 I 1 travelled into the town abw P of ly lysander of the same county and its neighborhood where I 1 spent some 11 years of my boyhood and youth I 1 found many who still remembered the orphan boy of 35 years ago in general I 1 wa waa well weli received and was assured that I 1 was the first mormon aly All eldir elder who had visited that section while the people usually exar expressed I 1 essed their views mews with moderation those views were almost universally the j result of information I 1 think I 1 suc succeeded ceede d in very vely modifying th their air prejudices on sunday I 1 attended meeting and sabbath schoel in lit the did old P presbyterian re 1 church of my iny boyhood lio llo d notice was given that I 1 would lecture there thero on monday e evening V enin 9 but the tilo notice was ater aler afterwards wards rescinded on account of the opposition of ot one le or two ef the church members the appointment was transferred to the good tempi atye aTle hall was comfortable and well weil ell filled t occupied the time in giving information concerning our people and added some gospel truths after the meeting several warmly expressed the their ir satisfaction for the opportunity they the had of hearl hearing n something concerning us that t they 1 ey soo sol could uld rely on on the tilo ut uit I 1 arrived at tile the little village of or spafford near the head of shane Skane atele afele 9 lake where I 1 found elder F little he had preached in the tilo union chu church reh the pre previous dious ilous sabbath evening and he lectured to a large congregation the 1 evenin evening of my nay arrival on palestine and the east after tle the rhe lecture the citizens without soil solicitation citation prof him bim the iise use of the church the next sabbath evening ii uthe utho fact is ls the tho latter batter day saints arm aro a great curlo curio curiosity sity they present a new phase of social existence and people seem more desirous of learning their history their church organization and policy than the gospel truths preached by theli their elders i on recalling old od associations where the history of famille families is a subject of conven conversation atio atlo the follow i ing queries are forced on the mind why is it that some ome old american cau can families have no prospect of 0 an heir to their name and others are rapidly tending to the same condition why are many men living with their second wives while only occasionally will a woman be found living with her second husband why should A mer nier jean families usually cease to increase crease se without any apparent cause after the birth of from atom one to three children why should some gaoa pious souls who hold up their hands in holy horror at ulab utah polygamy wince under the tho assertion ser that infanticide ja is practised practiced in their immediate neighborhood and that they ure are cognizant of the fact in one instance jap n old gentleman whom I 1 doubt net has lived a well ordered life was Ja laboring boring tp to modify my belief adjo as to the magnitude of the evil when an old lady just tottering on the brink of the grave asser asserted fed that what I 1 had said was truland true and that dr D had said lie he was wal doing alche all nil he could to stop the evil railroads with all their great advantages to I 1 the country have spread the corruptions corrupt ions of the cities into the rural districts and they are ceasing to be the salt sait salt sait that has heretofore saved the country I 1 expected this great evil egil was prevalent in the cities but I 1 had bad no conception that it was wag everywhere so ap apparent on the surface of society in lysander I 1 attended a funeral the discourse was prefaced leed eced iced w with tk the text ci 1 I am the resurrection and the life ife 11 it was principally made lunde up of a pathetic soul soui 9 description of the sorrows of the widow of ornain nain and her friends frends an a account of tho the death of her son t and of the grief of the family of lazarus on the occasion of his death and burial and the joy of these grief stricken mourners when their 1 dead lead I were restored unto them ju in r fact ct the portrayal of these scenes appeared to me like excellent sensational sat ional pulpit acting but the query arose aroa erin efin in my mind what possible comfort could this soul soui stirring picture of the sorrows and the joys joy a 0 of others be to the present mourners when whim tho two sorrows were theirs without any hope of realizing the jova by having their thein dead restored t tolice a life ilfe in closing his discourse the p preacher turned to the mourners and kindly assured them of his liis heartfelt sympathy and exhorted them to go to jesus for comport comfort and consolation but how to approach himi bim him whal what the nature of tile the expect ed comfort or through what channel nellt neilt it was to be expected I 1 could not discover and I 1 think the tho mourners failed to see this thi i dl discourse was about a parallel one with one I 1 heard jn in the methodist cli ell church in so speck ec kingwater ng water the burden of it was the necess sity of a change of heart in order to be saved after much exhortation the preacher said that even infants could not be saved without it had it bol bot been for the atonement oi of christ th atthe thattie that the moral man even should lie he keep heep the moral law i without it would be under r the same sinner who died in the ditch 11 hachen hathen ha then asked tho the question how ov is this change to bu be obtained an ang any answered it by saying that it was abt obtained allied by coming to christ by lay just accepting of jesus in n our hearts and all would be night right but lie he failed to point out any auy way by which tile the poor sin sick soul could come to jesus in an acceptable maliner manner and experience this great change I 1 have written hlll this short account of some preaching I 1 have heard more especially for the information of or those who have forgotten er have hav never known the fhe emptiness of sectarian christianity james jauhs A LITTLE maii mali 11 I 1 PINE RINE KANYON tooele thoele co january loth 1875 1870 editor deseret news of late there has been very m much uch complaining respecting the irregularity of mail matter in tho the tooele thoele postoffice Post office who is in the fault who can tell no person can justly hayo baVo judgment pronounced against him until proven guilty by evidence therefore we cannot complain abou about tone one person only when there may bo be a number in the fault the ahe settlers of eine pine Kapy kapson onal almost most without exception are indignant respecting their mail mall ma 11 matte matterand matterand raud rand as a matter of interest they thoy havo determined to inquire ln intern causes of the disappointment for they are so frequent that the mail mall matter and bo how bow W to remedy the disappointments point ments are re a subject of common discussion pine kanyon kanyan is about three miles milea and a half from tile the toselo modelo pou poc office ce and to have hawe boy return alter after biffl riding ig seven miles with no mail mall ma just imagine the unpleasant indignant sensation fon gon with the inquiry what is the matter with the official management of those pat pdt offices office 9 mr hir sheppard in tithe the royele office staves states that the fault is net not his if the tooele thoele office id ii faultless fault les ies then the preceding office or some other must be in the fault or some person there have been similar complaints complain tm I 1 ies les ed pecking the miscarriage of the herald office papers m a well weil AS those of the deseret NEWS office thearl the annoyance no y ance is is of consider considerable ame aWe duration an and d should if possible be remedied we hope V to institute some plan to get rid of the irritating unpleasantness at pine kanyon js his speedily as possible JAMS JAMES I 1 STEEL |