Show moi mol TOi mul mum YONKERS westchester west chester chesler county N yos yes Y august 1879 editors deseret news it having been some months since I 1 reported my labors to the readers of the NEWS I 1 take this opportunity of giving a sketch pt of them in the meantime on may I 1 came to rhode island in which state I 1 spent about four weeks visiting scattered saints and searching old records in the latter work I 1 met with good success on june I 1 came to new york visited the saints in brooklyn and then came to yonkers a lovely town on the hudson where there is a small branch of the church by whom I 1 was waa cordially welcomed and entertained for a forant fortnight ht on july na loth I 1 left yonkers for cream bidge N J where I 1 enjoyed a very pleasant sojourn till the uit where in accordance with a longstanding long standing invitation at port rort monmouth I 1 let left Cream ridge to visit that place up till now I 1 had not held a public meeting for months and in no place that I 1 had visited in the states ot massachusetts vermont rhode rhodo island new york or new now jersey could I 1 find any opening or encouragement for public preaching and only once in a while did an opportunity occur to expound or bear testimony to the g ospel gospel in private ou on arriving the reSister watson by whose invitation luvi lavI tation I 1 had bad come introduced meto 1 to an old gentl centi gentleman eman emaD mr P who ghost at once became much interested in my mission as did some other othel individuals wb whom orn oln I 1 met boon soon after my arrival they urged me to hold a meeting port monmouth is a scattered country village on raritan bay near bandy sandy hook hooks in the northeast part of new jersey there are a lew tow well to do farmers in the place but the bulk of the population consists or of n and uarl mari agricultural cultural laborers among whom one will rarely find traces of much education or refinement many being unable to read or write but bat to counterbalance ter balance these disadvantages there exists among these thesa humble people an honesty ot which is more anra ara rare rnett dao dsa W at avob la lumo Is place news travels swiftly and a written notice posted up in the village store I 1 which was also the post office on the morning of august and 2nd was sufficient to notify the entire village of the meeting in the j evening the house was well filled and a number of people listened at the doors and windows the best beat of order dider was observed and at the close several persons desired another meeting and I 1 promised to gratify them As I 1 left the school house a crowd gathered around me some of whom commenced koput to put questions one of the latter was a local preacher of the methodist church named C who had bad the frankness to acknowledge that what I 1 had bad taught was strictly scriptural next day bunday sunday in the afternoon in company with mr C and mr P F I 1 attended a Meth methodist odlat class meeting when the time for opening arrived at the suggestion of mr C the local preacher the class leader arose and said eald he would put the meeting in my hands bands to be conducted as I 1 saw fit nit this being insisted upon by a vote of all present I 1 after singing and prayer I 1 gave a discourse diso diao buree euree upon the fall fail of adamand the means which god bad provided whereby we might escape its con sequences and obtain salvation introducing traducing the first principles of the go gospel in their order and bearing testimony to the restoration of the gospel in these the last days da y P with its original gifts and blessings I 1 quoted freely from scripture and observed that the local preacher bible in hand was turning to the passages I 1 used on finishing my remarks to in my y great surprise he arose and bore a strong testimony to tho the truth of the doctrine I 1 had taught reading and commenting more fully on some passages of scripture I 1 had bad quoted and urged all to attend my next meeting an appointment for which I 1 gave out for the following tuesday evening august jtb again the house was filled and nearly as man many y remained to listen outside I 1 gave out another appointment for thursday evening august ath up to this time no opposition had manifested itself but 1 I took it as a healthy sign when next day bome some threats of a disturbance and talk of rotten eggs reached my ears the devil was waa becoming alarmed and what alarms the devil encourages an elder long before th the opening pening of the next meeting a house full had bad assembled and among them an element that seemed bent on a disturbance and threats were rife that the Mor mormon mons would be roughly used need if certain fellows caught him mr P thought it best beat for me to stop at his house which adjoined the schoolhouse after the meeting as I 1 might be followed if I 1 walked to my usual stopping place I 1 did so though I 1 do not leally think that any plan was afoot to injure me the trustees of the schoolhouse school house bouse thought it best that no more meet ings be held in it for fear of a disturbance tur bance one of them an ignorant but well weli meaning man subsequently said to me that be he hoped I 1 would not feel hard because we objected to anymore any more for for my part I 1 liked em fir tir but ye see bee bome some fellers in town and began threatening threat enin a row I 1 spose the law would per teet a Me thedis or a baptis or a Presby terin meeting 1 but I 1 really know whether there was any law to perfect a mormon matin or not and eo so we we better not it his frank acknowledge ment that he did not know that there was any law t to 0 perte ct a mormon 1 11 evidently made in honest candor suggested many reflections to my mind many a better educated man than he be with far less honesty has acted on the same came principle or else the blood of the saints would nog noc be smoking from the tho soil of this boasted land of liberty today to day nor would an entire religious community have had to the atrocities that form so large a part pait of the history of the latter duy dey bainte saints further publio public meetings being thus barred at the earnest solicitation of two or three families I 1 held private meetings in their houses and did much conversational preaching at length I 1 left port monmouth on od the lith dinst for yonkers Yon kers kerp having held hold 8 meetings in ril all during my eleven days stay the results of my labors are in the hands of the kard lord but I 1 expect in the near f future to u u lz anje there on my way to i S hap bap u ulu I 1 passed through new now york city G y bid nid and there by the providence of gou c ou r K mer wim wan a mau man a native of sweden who with his wife was very anxious to be baptized but who did not know where to go for that purpose at my suggestion they accompanied me to yonkers and on tuesday evening the I 1 baptized both of them to thed their r great grent joy they will remain here with the branch which now numbers 14 IT members I 1 shall remain in yonkers for some day days s when I 1 expect to go up the hudson to albany and troy my aly health is good and spirits excellent and I 1 desire to continue to labor faithfully for the salvation of the tho living and of the dead for I 1 know of no labor in which there is greater grester jayor which will be more abundantly rewarded your brother in the gospel be B F oum Cum cummingss JB JR PLEASANT sanpete co aug 19 1879 editors deseret dear brethren AB As you are not sot often troubled with communications from this county I 1 take this liberty to forward a few of my views on the principle of co opera tion as w follows viz it has been taught by our late beloved president brigham young for many years past that all our country coop co op stores should be owned and sustained by the poor who had bad but little m means while those who owned hundreds of dollars should operate cooperate co and send for machinery so that we could manufacture a great many of the articles we send for to the states today to day we we are sending our money to our enemies instead of following the wise councils we have received in times past we are also in a condition that we do not manufacture very much that we need and that little we do not duly appreciate had we obey obeyed ed the counsel our oar leaders up to the present time we would nave hail had places of home industry scattered throughout the length and breadth of this territory which would have found employment for hundreds of our people le who today to day are turning their attention to farming and for the lack 0 of f proper oper experience are using land and a water to a very great disadvantage these stores that are now established are arc called operative cooperative co but experience per peri lence ence enee proves that many of them are monopoly institutions where individuals who have means buy up the small email shares of the poor thus getting the entire control in a few hands and those few seldom think of any of the small shareholders in the way of freighting or any aay other labor that they themselves can do thereby taking every advantage while the poorer shareholders who would be glad to haul a load occasionally are deprived of earning a little merchandize merchandise dize for their labor and anre kept poor by this policy having to nii nil their grain at a very low price to obtain the necessary articles artic lea Jea for their families while the other class can obtain all the gooda goods they want by freighting ac and have had the opportunity in timea times past to turn their large dividend into capital stock which the poor were not able to do we often complain complains and very justly too that many of our people deal with stores why is it BO so because our stores tire are not conducted on the operative cooperative co principle as was the intention of its promulgators mul gators if they were the consumer shareholder or non share holder would then be entitled to a certain portion of the profits and by following this course strictly either by each customer having a little book to have the amounts purchased entered into or otherwise the mass of the people would be bt encouraged to deal with those who served them best which ib lb is 18 a natural consequence some might say that the outsiders could send direct to chicago for their goods and would un derell ua us in reply I 1 answer this could not be done if it our parent store dealt with manufacturers which I 1 am informed they do as much as possible hence we have as it were but one middle man between the manufacturers and our country stores therefore we can obtain our goods equally as cheap as the outside stores and by selling our goods at such a percentage aa as to realize a reasonable dividend for the stock holders COn cons aai aaa consuel afi SUll sulk certain percentage per pen for the 1 I rant rf nt i our pur goods cheaper but out we would command a greater amount of business which la Is the medium for making the large dividend then to make this a success let all ail those who own overa over a certain amount of shares sell to those wishing to buy so that a greater number of per perriena biens would be interested d in the institution and let those who have their hundreds ol 01 dollars in the stores cooperate co operate together and send for machinery and come to the councils given years ago by those who have ever expressed a desire to seo eee this people prosper and become more independent than we are today to day I 1 am aware if this course was adopted it would be hard for some mento men to fall in with it those who are naturally of a beinish selfish grasping disposition and whose aim la Is to accumulate means to aggrandize themselves and then style themselves financiers abut but it is in accordance with the wisdom that is continually handed banded out to the people by men who are inspired by the living gody gods god and are anxious that we as a people become more united and cooperate co operate in everything that will bo be the means of blessing the poor while the rich will be blessed also with the satisfaction of knowing they are using the means the lord has put in their hands for the building up of bis big kingdom and this will be taking a course to become more united and more willing to carry out the counsels which have been givenans give nand so much desired to bo be brought about unless men are willing to work for tb the e general good we cannot succeed as a people for the lord has declared his people must be one and unless they are one they are not his T the president and twelve are traveling night and day preaching to the people warning us of the events that are close at hand baud even at our doors yet with all this how slow we are to comprehend th the purposes of the almighty we realize that our enemies are on the alert to do all they can cau to overthrow the kingdom of god by persecuting sec our brt brethren thren and causing them to expend means to fco that those who are our enemies can cau live uve it is time for ils us to hearken to the still small voice ot of the spirit of god and come up in the strength of the lard lord against the dand prepare ourselves und nd be ready for the time when the lord will pour out oui judgments upon those who are trampling underfoot under foot his laws and disregarding his sacred ordinances the great question may ariee arlee with frome some how bow shall this bo be accomplished comp complis lia lied hed by putting away our selfishness and becoming more pliable in the handa of our heavenly father and of his servants so that we can be used to advantage in positions that we are most suitable aul table tabie to fill by cont roling our dispositions by putting away eur prejudice against each other by making our wrongs right no matter what position we occupy let ua us humble ourselves and go to those we have injured in word or deed and straighten up ourselves so that union and peace may be made manifest in all our acts through life from this time forth thon then confidence will be restored and the lord and bis his servants will be able to accomplish his hia purposes on the e arth earth and the reign of righteousness will soon come in when peace and union will go hand in hand together and zion will grow and prosper your brother in the gospel of peace GEO gleo eu en nonte konte to noca soda springs notes votes by be the way i MANTUA box elder county 1 august 26 1879 editors deseret awa ewa A small party of ns us amongst which are T E and vm wm we taylor desiring a trip through the mountains en route to soda springs started on friday august 22 22 we camped that evening at ts grove next day saturday after taking a bath in the briny waters of bait salt lake we bended wended aur aun our way over the sand ridge and camped at night at taylors mill Bi Ri verdale where we were kindly received by brother E stratton and wife this is a be beau a U w ticul settlement the weber river biver L ier ter I 1 which passes through it was wery very lowa low iowa a child could walk over wery very it glie tiiu aupry rry iry beason season me rno crops in Bi Ri verdale are turning out well on monday the we left Ri verdale passed through oden ogden and took a r rest e a t f for 0 r a c couple cupl a 0 of th hours on rs Willard at city plenty flenty of water in this thia place and crops good the agent for lor the NEWS T we brew brewerton er related the particulars of two dres drea in willard city last week tuesday afternoon august 19 sparks from an engine on the utah and northern set fire to a barn belonging to elihn elihu ing the barn and 30 toile tons of hay the ides loes ia Is estimate dat 1000 on the evening of the same day about 10 a fine brick building 0 f joseph dudley who it will be remembered eds was some sometime time ago on trial for the murder of henry wadman was demolished by the fire fiend loss about 2000 2010 cause unknown passed close 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