Show THE CITY bishoprics bishoprick BISH it is the intention to furnish the readers of the WEEKLY with sketches of the biography and experiences of each member of the present bishopric of each of the wards of this city the design is to take the wards in nu numerical meriOl order and to devote the necessary space each week to this matter until all of them are completed skead sketches hes of the in members embers of the bishopric of the first ward are given below BISHOP JOSEPH of the first ward is the wn on of jamee and sarah warburton and was boru born at radcliffe Bad cUffe lancashire england september 1831 his complexion is fair he be to Is slightly under medium height of slender blender build wiry and sinewy capable of much more physical en ell durance than most men of larger bodily proportions in manner he be is frank and straightforward and when he expresses his view any qu question atlon he does so pointedly V so as to render it unnecessary to misunderstand his meaning in early life joseph adopted the religion of the lans which enjoins total absten ance froio intoxicating drink and strict vegetarianism tarlan ism his religious views underwent a revolution in the of 1847 when he attended a CAMP can meeting of the latter di day LV salaw and for the first time heard the pure pal gospel from the lips of an elder prom that time he was convill convinced cod of f the divine character of mormonism he was for a man of bb somewhat slow active temperament to practically carry out his condic eions in this matter for althOU although he be continued to attend the meetings gs ot of the saints twice a week it was not till october 1861 1851 that he fined himself with the cauro churo cha being admitted to baptism on that oat date in the spring of 11 1862 he was ordained bained a teacher and labored fully in that calling until I 1 Dece 4 th of the same year when vas ordained an elder in 1853 branch was divided into tw two districts and joseph was appointed to take charge of number one in the same year he was 88 appo appointed intO second counselor to tile the president of the branch and officiated in that capacity oine dine months in the meantime stanch president emigrated to tan and brother warburton was Bp pointed to succeed him he was released leased from the presidency of the RW madeline cliffe branch in january 1865 1855 lithe by the presidency of the manchester conference IOn ference to which it belonged and d appointed to preside over the pendlebury fendl ebury branch this change was as no sinecure as his new field 88 in an embarrassed embar assed condition nanci ally and otherwise with als 8 characteristic energy however he soon had it in a satisfactory and flourishing condition on the ath of june 1854 brother warburton married emma by whom ten children have been een born to him six sons and four daughters gaters gh all of whom are living at t this date excepting two from the time that brother warburton i was 0 ordained an elder to the present some of the gifts of the 00 have been conspicuously nife sted through him more es the power to heal the sick y the laying on of hands and myer of faith many instances feht be cited of manifestations of the power of god in his tous ns to the afflicted both as having occurred in his native land and this once in radcliffe Pad cliffe when on his WV y to fill an appointment the diee of the spirit said to him you ou must go 90 to james Cros crossley s 11 tie resisted this admonition for some tameo tam but as it was thrice repeated ue yielded the and proceeded to liae of brother crossley whose lawce klaft of work was at a mine 13 s distant from his home when b j arrived he found that he had been n brought home dangerously ill mra crossley Cro saley was in great dis tal 8 on account of his precarious I edition the patient was adain admin adm n gred d to and as soon as the ordinance was performed brother war yon said how do you feel now mee IM ai all right ja was the cheerful spouse ame and he immediately arose all who were present knelt down thanked god for his goodness in restoring the sick man ather ther crossley went down wa and asked his wife to get him bable f food and the wife whose heart was full threw her arms about the neck of her husband and exclaimed god bless thee jimmy lad I 1 will and both wept for joy the scene being affecting in the extreme another case was that of a young woman named anna johnson who was convinced of the truth of the gospel and gave in her name for baptism before the time for the ad ministration of that ordinance had arrived she was taken violently ill brother War buaton anointed and prayed over her the result being tb that at she was healed instantaneously all the violent symptoms vanishing but leaving her in an enfeebled condition brother warburton remarked that it was but a trick of the devil who had however overshot the mark the next night instead of one being baptized four came forward and were added to the church by the gospel door it would consume too much space to enu enumerate aerate merate the many cases of this kind that have come under the immediate observation of the subject of this sketch one more however may be named that occurred in the first ward some time ago A boy named edward blair was in a dangerous condition from diphtheria he was administered to by brother warburton to whom the lads mother said what do you think about him bishop in three days he will be out at play was the reply thank god sa saw the mother who shed tears of joy at the comforting assurance and so it was within the specified time little edward was out upon the street apparently as well as usual on the of may 1856 elder warburton left england for america on the ship landed la ia boston on the 1 ath of july four F our days afterwards he left that city for lawrence mass where he obtained work at the pacific mills mals 11 there being no branch of Church the at that place he set about discovering scattered members about this time he received a visit from alexander steel and wife who were making similar inquiries A number of other saints were found the authorities at new york were com munia ted with and one of the brethren arrived from that city and organized a branch over which Elder Steel was appointed to preside with brother warburton as his counselor when brother steel departed for utah on the list of june 1850 1859 elder warburton was appointed to preside over the lawrence groveland and lowell branches lawrence was located between the other two places over which he appointed brethren to preside when he was absent brother warburton labored faithfully in the position to which he had been assigned until june Jun olst ast 1st 1860 when he left for utah he landed on the rightward Eight Ward square on the 2nd and of sept and moved with his family a wife and two children into a granary in ward the building was ten feet long by eight feet wide and in this contracted structure they resided until the spring of 1861 their first son was born in that granary in june 1861 he was ordained a seventy and became connected with the sixty second quorum at its organization in march he was appointed first counselor to bishop henry moon of the first ward and acted in that capacity until nov 1870 bishop moon having removed to another part brother warburton was called by president Brig brigham hain young to the position of acting bishop and to preside in that calling in the first ward he being also the choice of bishop hunter for the office he was accordingly ordained a high priest on the date last named and assumed the responsibilities abilities of his appointment re he acted in this capacity until june ath 1877 when the ward was reorganized and he was regularly ordained a bishop under the hands of apostle john taylor brother warburton has been faithful and true to every charge and has rejoiced in the blessings of the gospel from the time of his first connection with the church throughout his entire career joseph booth first counselor to bishop warburton is the son of william booth and Margaret simpson he was born bom at arbroath Arb roath Forfar shire scotland may ath 1825 his complexion is dark and his features expressive and well formed his build inclines to stoutness an i his height is medium his father was not a professor of any religion and instead of taking his children to church on sundays he ae took them out in the country to view the beauties of nature he told them however that if they should at any time meet with a religion that incorporates the doctrines taught by jesus christ to ident identify themselves with it joseph was put to work at the business of flax dressing and in his youth formed the acquaintance of 0 and an attachment for a young woman named maria anderson andersen in 1849 the latter was living in edinburgh and wrote to joseph that a preacher named robert hill waa visiting arbroath Arb roath and she would be pleased if he would pay attention to his teachings this robert robero hill was an elder and miss anderson had in the meantime joined the church but did not let joseph know that she had taken that step one evening joseph stopped V to listen to a man who was preaching at the corner of a street he was treating upon the universal apostasy from the church as established by christ and the restoration of the falness of the gospel in the latter days joseph was charmed with the force of the truths uttered and the half polished eloquence with which they were expressed he was a irm rm belie believer vei in what he heard he conversed with the preacher after the meeting and found him to be the elder hill spoken of by the young woman to whom ho he was pay ing his addresses joseph attended a meeting on the following sunday when his faith was confirmed he went to witness a baptism on the subsequent tuesday and concluded to be baptized addressing the elders he said you promise that those who believe repent and are baptized will receive a testimony the reply was in the affirmative and he said here goes for the test then and prepared to enter the wat erand he was then and there baptized on the alth of june 1849 he returned home late in the evening and without procuring a light sat for some time pon pondering desing upon the step he had ing whether his bis sins were really remitted and desiring an assurance to that effect suddenly the apartment was illuminated with a brilliant light which was so unexpected that he was amazed he gazed around to see the cause of the phenomena and observed that the window blind was down and the door shut so as to render it im ie for it to proceed from an external source looking upward he beheld a globe of light close to the ceiling and a warm grateful glow pervaded his whole being perfect peace being in his breast he at once realized that god had deigned to give him an external evidence and inward witness of the work with which he had assoil associated himself he quietly said he be was satisfied when the light disappeared and darkness again ensued shortly after he was baptized joseph was ordained a priest and became acquainted and intimately associated with elders A P F macdonald and hugh findlay he was soon ordained an elder and within a year from the time he was baptized was appointed to preside over the arbroath Arb roath branch of the church which had been beel in the meantime organized he labored with great energy and assiduity lifting giffing up his voice I 1 in n advocacy of the gospel in all the ane surrounding country and the numbers of the branch soon swelled to two hundred mostly young people who were full of faith and energy among those who applied to brother booth for baptism was hugh gowans then a boy about fourteen years old the lad was asked if his parents were willing for him to take that step he replied that he care he knew it was right and he was going to be baptized anyhow so he was baptized and that same boy is at this date president of the tooele thoele stake of zion donjune on june alth 1852 Brother booth married maria anderson in the winter of 1862 1852 3 he was wae released from his position of president of the arbroath Arb roath branch and was appointed to preside over the kilmarnock conference this appointment necessitated his giving up his vocation of flax dresser and devoting himself entirely to the work of the ministry in which he took great pleasure he labored in that capacity for two years during which time he formed the acquaintance of brother alexander steel then president of a branch brother booth was released to come to utah at the opening of 1858 and set sail for ameri america a on the samuel curling on the of may following arriving at new york the company proceeded edd vla via cincinnati Cincin to st louis louie at which I 1 latter point they stopped over about one month after which they proceeded to mormon grove the out fitting point near atchison Atch lson kansas kano here brother booth and family were connected with captain milo andrus company in which they crossed the plains the sioux indians were on the warpath karpath that season and as the immigrants ml grante were passing through their country a desperate battle was fought between them and a force of united states troops under general harney the indians indiana were routed and on the morning after the fight the company passed over the battle field which was covered with gore s fragments of bloody clothing and other relies relics of the sanguinary encounter one of the immigrants granta found on the scene a new revolver the same day a number of the sioux warriors who had been in the tight fight visited the camp of the immigrants some were limping because of gunshot wounds in their limbs limbo and all were in a half famished condition the saints sh shared ared with them the meal of which they were partaking when the savages appeared one tall brawny brave partook of brother bootha booth a hospitality and the latter asked him where his squaw and papooses oses were he pointed toward the smoke of har camp which could be seen in the distance his bosom heaved a great sigh and a big tear rolled down his face the women and children of the sioux had bees been taken prisoners by the soldiers the company landed in salt lake city oct 1856 1855 brother booth stopped a month in the eleventh ward and then a short time in kaysville Kays ville where he was ordained a seventy he was in the echo canyon war in 1867 1857 when johnstons army was on the way being adjutant to major hugh finlay A striking incident came under his observation when in echo preparations had been made to meet and fight the army if necessary trenches and breastworks had been beell formed and great rocks had bad been bee placed in position at elevated points high up on the mountain sides aides BO 00 they could be rolled down upon the troops with terribly des destructive effect many of the brethren seemed to be exceedingly anxious to IIA baa the army come down the canyon 80 10 they could annihilate them sad nd some of them prayed fervently fat t such an event brother booth however was not so very deeply anxious for the advent of the army some others seemed to be one evening after the pickets WO ft as usual been posted for duty tale e subject of this sketch was passing ft wic klup or rude cabin and stopp of a few moments to listen to on the brethren who was praY praying 1119 ia I 1 ar ed side aide his petition was being 0 most fervently and was to the ei af feet that the lord would send tho the soldiers along the next so the brethren might CU cut t theta 40 pieces next morning a messenger in camp in hot haste the 1 mal on which he rode bel being ng beaw hausted shortly after this man bad entered general wells tent the ter came out and ordered the at stion of the force when this 96 48 secured he shouted president young oung wants you brethren to stop fla graying braying we dont want the atay to come down the canyon tei eader can form his own doll n as to how president young got fa understand |