Show THE CITY bishoprick bishoprics BISH WE give this week biographical of the members of tho th bishopric of the third wand JACOB WEILER was born bom in lancaster courty Pennsyl pennsylvania vanta march 1808 he is the son of joseph weiler and aad rosanna styers when tew ten yes old he reni removed oved with his WOO rt sand and family to chester county where he was employed as a barmor farm land and miller at an early age ho be identified himself with the i aerian church brother wellers Wei lers personal appearance is striking he would be 00 a looted out of iab the e multitude by dle to observer as a man of no characteristics and strong individuality life e is tell tall and portly dd when in the prime of life was the embodiment of fun fall physical healtha his head is over the average atee swo the ithe face long and fe features vAures strongly mared marf ced those who have seen profi profile ae portraits of the duke w of wellington and are familiar with brother weller will observe a striking Temm blance between 00 th contour of the two faces his ey ayos are small and of bf grey color white while the original color of his hair to Js nearly black and the comply approaching almost to sw arthine his outward movements nd wm with his mental methods met boda b teton mo and well moderno considers consider 6 than active he gives given greater 1014 evidence of power than speed 0 times he h might be considered slow sl Atra teaching a conclusion but when bb n arrives at it he stays and when ba e feels convinced he is right one aught s well undertake to move tae ih base of the twin peaks as he in E D woolley L D ohmes and E P F davis carried the hespel to the section of country where jacob was living the first named elder being the first he hwd heard preach its principles this wo in buchland township chester cheater county pa he was attracted by the preaching and felt that it confined all the force of truth but in accordance with his organism he must test teat tt it before ace accepting epting he the doctrine closely and in ne year he was able to make up his sund in reference to his personal potion in relation to it and was into the church in 1840 being my fully convinced that joseph F was all he claimed to be he was shortly after ordained a priest JA bother Vother weller weiler emigrated to nau 00 oft oo in 1841 being the only member of WS iris family who embraced the PC on arriving at his destina 14 ti to he began working at ordinary bor and continued in that line ith his bis proverbial ind industry astry except aaen atsu interrupted by the operations of persecuting mobs he endured the loe hardships and trials incidental behe ahe life of the tee saints in nauvoo AW ad was ever ready at the call of ty to stand guard and help to fead the best interests of the mal mai etea and abused community with whom hom he had identified himself in february nary 1845 he be was ordained ft elder when the sainte were vivien from their homes by mob adea e in 1846 he went with them to wlater wimer quarters where he was set aas rt as counselor to edward hun tar who was bishop of the first ward wi at that place the following yo 1847 jae he started with the IU omeera oo eera under president brigham oung and endured all the hard pe connected with that ed journey he was one of those x ho entered the valley of the salt ke ahead of the main body of the company reaching here on the d of july 1847 he had left his family behind at winter quarters with the expects atola and understanding that they goala follow As they did not arn VO fae started out in the fall of too to escort them to their new kuae and went miles east with att B them he then re watta to the valley feeling greatly pointed at not having the jewe of having those near him whom it was his office to th foster cherish and protect they arrived however in the course of time and his soul was satisfied he entered upon his favorite pursuit of agriculture that being in fact the main if not almost the sole employment of f the settlers in that early time having arrived in a state of poverty i bordering on destitution he had a hard struggle but his indefatigable industry prudence economy combined with his unusual ability as a farmer gradually lifted him into comfortable circumstances so marked has been his achievement that he is known as one of the most capable and successful farmers in utah in the winter of 1847 8 when the local ecclesiastical organizations were established brother weller weiler was set apart as counselor to christopher williams then bishop of the third ward in 1855 he was called and ordained bishop of the third ward a position he has officiated in ever since one peculiarity that has characterized bishop weiler heilers Wei lers Is course throughout has been his big imperturbable condition under the most trying difficulties when struggling with poverty no one ever heard him give utterance to a murmur he has been true to every trust imposed in him and acknowledges the hand of divine providence has been over nim showering blessings upon his head in some shape or another during his whole life he has reached a ripe age and throughout his bis days has had more than the usual measure of solid enjoyment to use his own words he has had a real good time JOHN YOUNG SMITH is a native of thorn Renfrew shire Sc scotland he is the son of alexander and elizabeth young smith and was born october 1883 1833 he learned the trade of harness maker and was also a coal miner when a young man his parents were members of the established church of scotland presbyterian at the time the gospel was carried to the family and he though not of a specially devout turn of mind was a communicant of that denomination his attention was first directed to the gospel through associating with some of his fellow miners who had embraced embrace dit it at first he jested with them about their new religion but he was at length struck with the marked effect which it appeared to have in influencing their course of life he was wais in the habit of eating in company with aum berof of them and their uniform custom of returning thanks to god for their food and asking his blessing upon it deeply impressed him largely by the influence of the example of some of his associates who had become litter latter day saints brother smith while lle still a young man was led to give much serious reflection to the principles of the gospel and becoming convinced of their truth and divine authenticity he embraced them his uniting with a branch of the church and devoting serious attention to the subject of religion was regarded by many of his friends as a remarkable course for him to pursue for as above intimated he had not previously manifested a very marked bent in the direction of spirituality what was more in line with his hill previous disposition however was a custom he sometimes indulged in of defending his new faith ina in a practical and even physical manner when he found himself beset with persecutors for a time after he joined the church it seemed to fall fail to his lot to meet the brunt of the persecution which the handful of saints where he resided were subjected he was frequently assailed by tormentors mentors tor who would apply vile or profane epithets to him and heap abuse upon him sometimes on such occasions the limits of his patience would be reached and he would resort to arguments in answer to his abusers As he possessed a powerful physique and a coolness and bravery which knew no trepidation no matter what the odds against him his physicals physic all logic usually pre prevailed and brought him peace the subject of this sketch was baptized january 29 1862 1852 and was april 16 15 1866 1856 ordained a teacher in the johnstone branch of the glasgow conference he often accompanied compa nied and aided the elders in holding outdoor meetings and distributing tracts etc his father had been baptized in 1860 1850 and in 1869 1859 the family emigrated to utah in the spring of 1860 brother smith located in franklin now in idaho but then in utah of which place he was one of the first settlers he returned to this city in a few months however on june 20 1860 he was ordained an elder and in that year or soon after became a member of the third ward he was ordained a seventy in 1863 and on december 28 23 1877 he was ordained a high priest and set got apart as first counselor to bishop weller weiler ar position which he still retains and fills with honor and fidelity during the early years of his life in utah he was employed by president young and also labored at the temple quarries in 1869 he became a member of jf the police force of this city and served many years in that capacity on february 27 1886 brother smith was sentenced by judge zane to imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of and costs for unlawful cohabitation he was released from prison aug 22 1887 in the course of his experience in the church brother smith has witnessed man many y remarkable manifestations of the power of god through y his servants about the year 1866 or 1857 before he left scotland Ms his father was prostrated with a severe attack of illness and at one time was supposed to be dying at this time john was about a mile distant from where his father lay and his sister hurried to him to toll ull him that tf if he desired to see his father alive again he must make haste baste to his bedside john took two brethren with him to his father fathers a house and upon arriving there found the latter apparently in the act of expiring the ordinance for the healing of the sick was promptly performed and at once there followed a remarkable im provement pro in the patients condition which resulted in a speedy recovery at the time the ordinance was about to be performed a lady living next door was in the ahe sick mans room she had manifested a spirit antagonistic to the gospel and on this account was respectfully requested to withdraw soon after the administration she came in again saw the improvement in the patients condition and bore testimony that she had witnessed a miracle about a year before leaving scotland brother smith witnessed another remarkable exercise of the gift of healing A man named james mckay employed in the same mine as brother smith was terribly injured while at work by a quantity of rook rock which fell upon him A large peephole deep hole was made in his back bet between welan his shoulders and his breast bone was forced forward out of its proper pos tion his condition was such that it seemed impossible for him to live longer than a few hours A number of elders united in anno inting and administering to him and as they did so BO the bones of his body were by the power of god forced back into their proper positions the operation creating an audible sound brother smith was in the room at the time and personally witnessed this display of the divine power in response to the faith and prayers of the servants of god james donaldson was another coal miner who was hurt in a similar manner not far from the same time and place about a ton of stone fell with force upon him ha 1 fellows hurried to his aid and by means of crow bars raised the heavy rocks off his body he was horribly crushed and mangled and apparently his recovery was an impossibility it is supposed that a number of bones were broken though the exact nature of his injuries is not stated As soon as possible after being hurt he was waa an anointed and the prayer of faith offered in his behalf immediately he was made whole this james donaldson is well known as a long resident of tooele thoele county in this territory of the facts in this case brother smith was also a witness THOMAS was the son of joseph and lucy gillett maycock may cock and was born in warwickshire Warwick shire england jan 1882 1832 in early we life he worked at gardening and later followed the business of brich making in youth he was not less fond of diversion than many of his companions though he was always religiously inclined he was always fond of singing and while a young man became a member of a church choir the denomination being the church of england he did not however become a member of that church for certain reasons among which were the following it taught that god was a being devoid of body parts or passions that when a person died unless he biad h ad attained a certain degree of goodness he would go direct to hell the minister in conversation could not satisfy thomas thomai regarding his future state for he felt that he did not deserve to go where the very good and pure were nor to be sent to hell with the liar har adulterer and thief in the year 1860 1850 the subject of this sketch was led to attend a meeting and listen to the preaching of a Mor mormon mons elder he was much pleased with what he heard and on witnessing the gift of tongues was led to seriously investigate the gospel the result was that in a i short time he became convinced j that it was true and in may 1861 1851 he was baptized by elder wm parr in coventry Co on the following 4 sunday he was confirmed and dy df bained to the lesser priesthood and 1 appointed to labor with an elder in v holding outdoor meetings he labored thus during the summers summer and in the fall was ordained an s elder and was waa called to act as clerk of the branch of which he was A member which by this time had baa i become a large one ene he continued to labor in the ministry and to act as clerk of the v branch until april 1859 when he left his native land to gather to zion he set sall sail on the ath ot of the month named and during the voyage to new york was married marrie detO to miss lou louisa sa stankey 13 he arrived at council bluffs in due time and v from there started with S a hadd band cart r company for this valley he suf much on the journey from want of food and a lame foot and u his wife walked by his side all the J way from the missouri river biver to this city where rethey they arrived september fth of the same year the coma corn pany was met at a point east of this t fitt city by a large number of resl resident dep 41 and escorted into the city with gre grea demonstrations of welcome the day after his arrival brother maycock com commenced m encee working for president brigham young leaving leavel his wife with al family of saints UR OB til he could arrange to locate to in 8 home in the spring of 1860 he h took up his residence in the third i ward where he has lived ever A since he acted as a teacher borlik for a time until the fall of 1861 when he ae was ordained a high priest and set apart as second counselor to bishop jacob weller weiler a position he still re M 1 bains during the years 1880 1 he lined a mission to europe and bai baptized Alsed over sixty new members into the church he testifies that during his life as a mormon 12 he has wat hessed many manifestations of tn 6 power of god in fulfilment fulfillment of toe thi promises promise of 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