Show THE snare SNAKE RIVER niver COUNTRY W warl wari thi BANNOCK IDAHO idano june kith 1884 editor deseret on the tiie above date we we were favored with a visit by two of the twelve apostles wilford woodruff and heber J grant accompanied acied by prest thomas E I 1 sticks icks acks 01 ol of bannock stake I 1 bishop john pool and elder robert kobert L elder andrew anderson Ande rhon of kenbury Rex bury the meeting was called to order by prest richa hicha It ichard F jardine the cho choir ir sangal sang bang a lymn hymn the opening prayer was offered up by bishop john pool the choir nang mang a hymn A letter ietter ot of special instructions from the hirst birst presidency of tile the church was read by bv the clerk of the meeting prest thomas E ricks kicks spoke upon the letter of instructions and gave some soine GOOD LOCAL anvick to tile the peo people F to who wha were i lacatel here ile he felt 1 pleased leased to bee see the great improvements prove ments which had been made here in sucha such a short time lie thought that the improvements bespoke tile the industry of the first presidency of the church lie he felt that the spirit of god wa was with us and hoped that it would continue to abide with us ile he said that prest woodruff and brother 11 II J grant had been with us in the bannock stake about two weeks and had visited all the different settle settie settlements and places of inter estand they were pleased with the country and its facilities and thou thought lit that we had a very good country to settle in he felt anxious and determined to carr carryout carry hit rit nit the letter ietter of instructions they had already laid out or surveyed nine town sites and improvements were being made on all of them they had also located and taken steps to secure missionary farms in all of the thu different dir ferent settlements he H urged all of those who had located themselves upon quarter sections of land to take up city lots on tile the town sites and build houses and make gardens plant shad trees and to cooperate together in ilu allchin all ali things for fon the benefit of the whole people he tle called down tile the blessings of god upon the people emer enier evans of eagle rock was ailed sailed upon to speak a few words to the people ile ho said that he felt happy in having 1 tile the opportunity of meeting with us to dav ile he bore morny morn v to the truth of the gospel and anci said salil there were a few in eagle allock who not ashamed ot of tl the ic G gospel hospel and who wilo were determined to do to right nener HEBER J grasy grast I 1 said ho bo was pleased with the opportunity port unity of meeting with ith the people of god in this part of the country and lie he thought 11 that our facilities tor lor makini MAKING GOOD oo 00 00 i were much mitch better t than it an lie he bad found in ill so som me other eother places where he had been called to travel lie lle felt feit that it was a great call which was made adade on olf some of the people to go and settle in some parts of the country where there were but few facilities but here lie he thought we had great facilities the most important thing for us to observe was to start right at and id make a good foundation and make it upon our city lots on our town sites lle ile lie thought that we should have the sanie same desire to serve the tile lord here as if we were living at headquarters in ill slait lake city SN since ice lie he had llad been called into the quorum of the tile twelve apostles it hf had been called to I 1 travel trave in many inarik of the new llew settlements i 1 lie had dravk traveled led aed in ill colorado and antl arii zona and was phased pK used ased to sav say that lie he had found ak a ima lua YOUNG MEN who had bevil bein called to locate in tile the new settlements determined to make a it new v start and lead a tie tle nen N life and form a new character lor for thein the m selve selye aal aai aal aai 1 do dla u ater in e esry etry orv org nv ay lie ile hoped that wherever w here er we w e found youn voun um men who were trying to estabi fi ash themselves tRem selves es in a new home that w iva s I 1 would lend them A helping liel ping hand matter how lion they had conducted thell theil 4 i selves in the past par lie ile said the word wort of wisdom had been revealed to us fo 0 our good and all were expected ta obey it and it was not right for any alv latter day saint to violate it by b y drink i in ino ing whisky and using tobacco the th latter lafter was A need weed only good go adf for or sick cattle lip referred to tife tile priesthood and said that when a inan man was called cailee to any ottlee ill in the priesthood he must musi magnify that office and calling ailing in ill an at acceptable manner before the lordi loidl lord there w were ere i SINS suns hin nin ul OF as well as sins of commission and no woud be held accountable for all ot 0 11 our oui doings before the lord he urged urged us to set good examples beford each other othel and especially before out ou children ile he said sald that a bishop iq in particular Z should live ilse consistently be tore fore fore the lord hord in the dichar druhar discharge c of his hn duties so that he may be abato able abie to agn avd d the tho nord word w 0 rd of the lord to the tiie people pele it w was as obligatory upon all who w wera er called to speak to the he latter iatter day duy saints salimi that they the should so go live ilu before the thu lord that they may aias alam always alas lau lae have idu ilij hi spirit to rest upon them it was ne nef j cessare th that it iv d should apply bursel ve e to keep all the commandments of goi god and lle ile live lie the lives of practical latter litter j day da saints it 1 vas was useless forust for us to go t to meeting to hear the word ord of tle tig ta lord 6 r d if we ild iid lid did not apply appl it in on our ll 11 lives ilves es in ill every possible manner before a man can call obtain a diploma in a college 4 he lle must possess all ali at I 1 the necessary qualifications to entitle ill him in to obtain it so it is with a man imn in ill the chure and kingdom of god before lie ile ca can obtain salvation saba saha tion lie must obey all ali a th I 1 commandments of god jod it was wel to hold a position in ili the church ail am kingdom of god but it was tan tant t that we should till 1111 that position ile he felt that as lie he was w as called to hold position in the quorum of the tv el apostles that it was important lipport allt ailt that he should till that position anel ancl the higher the position in lit the tile churco the greater were the responsibilities arl ari and Fille the more there was required ap our hands god bochas has given gi en us all talents and we are all expected to irn proy those talents A aman man who uan wan keep himself in a healthy lle ile althy condition must necessarily exercise exercise himself physically plo pio si caily calli and so also aiso if a 0 man w wants ante to keep himself in ill a health healthy condition spiritually he lle must ike necessarily exer eer cise himself spiritually when a m in ah is dead spiritually uin it is almost sible to restore him to a proper healthy condition spiritually it is like eiting a man mail from froin the dead when t the e light of the spirit of god elswith is withdraw n from a mans mind how great Is that ha finans s darkness and alid how easily he is dan nan led d into t 0 all kinds of wickedness and even c en to oppose and fight tight against the church and kingdom of god lie he referred to the subject of and the laws congress was ti making lakim and enforcing upon the people of cutali in franchising disfranchising dis and depriving them of their rights as american citizens ile he said that the I 1 ratter latter atter day saints were an independent people and that they had minds of their own they had made great flees in lii leaving their homes and friends f and all thins things that they possessed to come to this tret mountain region to establish them selves sei cs as a f free rep rez and independent people he prayed tile the lord to bless biess the people with ills holy spirit and urged all to be consistent in their lives and prove to each eacil other and the w world orld that they are living the tho h lives ilves cs of true latter day saints are WILFORD ilford W WOODRUFF W t said that he and brother heber J grant had been visiting the people in this vicinity of country country aud aua he was much rauch surprised to find so much land here unoccupied lie he felt that it was all right and hoped that we would endeavor to duly prize it lie he thought that we had llad too much land and too much water but hoped that i ve ie e would endeavor to carry out ill in every way the instructions we llad received from the tile first presidency of the church it was usual to have to call cal people to settle in the ne new w parts of t the e country but we did not need to call people to come here for they came calne V WITHOUT II licad lie lle Cad ead made some especial special remarks up upon the letter of instructions and urged us lis to live together so bo we may able to il hold hoid 0 id our meetings meeting of every kind both of public worship and association meetings and schools for the benefit of our child clif laren mi and aud to try lud ind and iud keep keel all ali tue commandments of god when he looked upon the latter day saints maints be looked upon a people who had come from froni the different nations of the earth for the express purpose of serving god and of keeping ills com inand ments this as a generation 1 in which god was raisin raising a nation of prie ats for in ancient times certain tahil fault families lies lles and tribes were set apart fo for r this his ollice as in tile the I 1 instance ot of the levitet Levit ci etc tc we are aie under ery very deiy great rat bat I 1 i vies ties in our several beveral ollices offices ail all and resti callings before the lord loid lie wanted to ne the il ili shOPS hops till oli k ort mn mra to the office of deacon antl anti then ater after they have havu p romeu es worthy of thao that ant aila have learned to lilaa fifty their cal cai calfina callings fing acceptably to ordain them to tue tild ollice of teacher and priest st that they may be trained aim alm brought tip in the tile priesthood of god and so let eve evi ry mau ma naify y his call in the lord at ai I 1 lan man ian are called but few are chosen and sald said that every man mail may be chosen chosen ii if lie he 1 only takes the proper course it was i the privilege of every member ail all and officer to li have ave tree access to the bless ings and ami favors of sod iod god and to have thel their prayers praye rs hear heard and answered every deacon and teacher in ill the tile church can call have their prayers heard and answered as the president of the church can call have his prayers heard and 1 answered ile he had llad traveled hundreds i of miles and preached the gospel when he was only oniva a priest in ill tile the church alid und I 1 the lord had heard and answered his liis j prayers 1 then tilen as in he had llad lon done ion since he 11 had been an apostle every man who magnifies his llis onice and callin calling in ill the cli cil church of god may have free a access decess to god alid the revelations of his holy spirit the lord had given the revelation I 1 entitled 1 1 THE tiie woud worl OK OF WISDOM and it must be obeyed strictly and no it man can enter into the kingdom I 1 of god who chews tobacco and drinks whisky and no man can am enter into the temple unless lileSs ti he ile is in a pure tate state s A man must be clean and use nothing I 1 impure we must sanctify and purity purify ourselves before the lord this is one reason why we should observe and keep the word of wisdom intoxicating drinks i are not goo good d and we should not use anything that th atwill will deprive us ils of our reason it is right that wu we should pay our tithing for tithing is a law of the lord israel paid tithing anciently and we have been require ul redby dby the lord to pay tithing in ill our day ile he thought that there was a great improvement taking place among the people ansome in some places lie he observed great changes let all those who are arc worthy go to the temple and begin to THEIR leal deul let let iet all improve their time and opportunities port rt unities in ili this respect he never felt felt feit to mourn at the death of a good man mail for when a good man passes away lie he goes into eternity ty pre prepared aret I 1 I 1 when a man does toes wro wrong lie he is as ashamed rained gained to meet a good mail mali and aud it he looses the tile lit ailt light and and power of the holy spirit and it w what hut hat power hasan lias an apostate it would be better for him if he had never lived upon the earth it stands us ns ini in hand to magnify our callings before the lord W we are arc going to live a long iong vine C and our destiny depends upon upon our faithfulness to the gospel and that we never turn aside yc we are but a handful ul of people compared to the entire t i re population opu lation of the world but the 1 lord r expected expected us ils to keep hi lii commandments mand inanda ments ants the lord has brought us through tile the loins of israel and a great many of asare us are of tile the loins of joseph we have lave tave been called out from the nations of the earth we have communion with god and we have ills his blessings continually resting upon us I 1 would that the tild veil could be lifted from us ns so io thal that we could see sec the great work of redemption which the lord requires at our hands for we are raised up to redeem millions of people and it takes the same laws and ordinances to save a dead mail man as it does docs a live man speaking of himself he said that lie he held the keys k e s of redemption for all of ills his dead deai deat relatives for all had to be brought forth by him arid arld ile he did not want any of his relatives to have it to say that lie had neglected ted their redemption to the YOUNG toung MIX mex min lie he said improve your time and make yourselves ready for tor future usefulness in the church and kingdom of god for the power and authority of priesthood is going z to be turned over to tile the youil men of the church and we want you young men to live your religion and do cio your duties you hate hat e a good country and good facilities to make you good homes ile he had traveled for miles all around this district of country and III in many parts of the territory and he thought that lie had never seen such a good country with such good facilities for tor making good homes for the latter lay day saints lie he expected that president taylor would pay us a visit soon for the purpose of more inore f ully fully organ organizing I 1 z the stake lid he spoke on the sub eject of celestial marriage and said aid tiia that god had llad revealed it for our good and referred to the tiie sealing powers ile hu wanted to possess and enjoy the society of his wives and children in the tile tile the or got god I 1 were awaiting the wicked and ungodly but the hand of the lord was over ills people fur for their good and the wicked could not overpower them tile the north could put down slavery but it coull couil could conid not put down abor monism the ithe lord lias ham determined to establish zion and no jower dinv er can call stay ills hari hall hand god rod is for us the heavens are for us and all th bilings in sare are well veil with us A N letter ot of instructions oil on temple in matters utters from prest IN terrill and elder samuel amuel rosally liy ily lly ily of the cache valley vailey stake i was as r read ad by the clerk president woodruff said that all re rc must be properly signed by the president ot of the tiie stake ile he advised edall all ali who went to 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