Show ELDER STEVEN SONS JOURNEY my last communication oft left ms me at eleinore Ela inore sevier avier county utah hav lug 1119 no special desire to remain titers longer than to discharge my obligations and looking over the beautiful locality we pawed passed over a gradually rising ground the grave yard where tokens ot of remembrance remembran ce marked many a sacred gravo I 1 the orange of scenery brought man many y deep to my mind of the many who pass away unprepared having struggled over the ocean oi 01 lire life encountering storms and aad couo ganeous billows as aa well as passing through h times of occasional calms mh taking rou a back ward glance over the pretty valley of elsinore Elat nore and monroe in ther distance having photographed it in our minds minde we w passed over the divide to rich field seven miles mi lee from elsinore El elnore to find arid a family weeping overa over a bus husband batio and father hann as P miller who breathed bla big last the day before our arrival he was waa the senior president of the thirty sixth quorum ot of seventies and a worthy member who honored his bis speaking a comforting word to the be family I 1 took a lost last look at the sleeping servant of who only a few days previous received lia instruction instructions strub regarding hie big quorum intelligently and interestingly speaking oi of their ten missionaries out in we the mig m field and the condition anu ano prospects of the thirty sixth quorum in which he be took deep interest inte anu pride I 1 could but say go on brother miller now you are free from the mortal afflicted body the silver chord is loosed loomed the golden bowl is ia brokel broke ii the dust dusi returns to dust but the spirit returns to god who sent bent you here on a mission continue Conil nue your mission in the spirit world to the countless millions while I 1 continue my missionary labors in earth life before pursuing my journey with reluctance on tais part of myself as a well as the sorrowing family I 1 met brother oka salisbury upon whom tails falls the mantel of sen lorty of the thirty sixth quorum he mournfully said only a low few days ago I 1 burkleo my worthy daughter only twenty years of ageana soon after my senior president in consolation we can say friends are often weep lag ing for heir friends who have pawed passed away but in their heir graves grave are am sleeping until the resurrection day and aboard I 1 beard a voice from heaven beaven saying unto me john toe the revelator Bave lator right blessed are the lead which the die in ID the lord from henceforth why from henceforth hencel orth because io in the sixth and seventh verses above the ful ulness of the gospel to la represented as restored yen saith the spirits spirit that they may root real from their labors jabore and their works do follow them I 1 I heard beard I 1 he be prophet joseph may ay in iowa iu in 1843 that the abe true rendering should be toey continue their work thus will brother miller continue hla his work on the last day of the month of november having filled appointment at salina I 1 passes mayfield elJ sanpete county a snug little scandinavian town in a bole in the ibe mountains on asking the people abow how they lived jived up there abere they bey replied we do not dot see no much money tut tug raise plenty to sat eat have sheep and stock in the mountains and good meetings 11 there are nine seventies devent les and four of them out on mib Blons saturday Dr droemmer Dro eaber oember 1 two appoint ments menta were filled at spring city we had tim time to learn that a saloon and tire only ane I 1 in a the place had come to grist grief being closed up the last time I 1 visited this place the sal on had bad just opened in high glee fuder fader lyman rod olbers preached upon the word of wisdom and temperance to that extent that they starved out the saloon 1 learned also that the people of sanpete are buying low lees tea coffee etc and already there to is a wail among the met mer chants who claim that that bat trade to likely to share the same fats ft as the he saloon business I 1 heard board a mau mati say he rods rode with apostle grant w who bo had converted him to keep the word of wisdom sunday dec ad I 1 filled four appointments its at mount pleasant and moroni and two more at nephi juab J nab county the following day clay I 1 passed up juab v viley lloy through mono mona eight miles north of nopal to big springe spring four miles still north of modi and noticed some owe valuable Improve mante brick cottages and two story buildings show a degree decree of thrift along the line ot of the about A bout twenty five years yeara ago I 1 pasted alonie this way when sagebrush abounded and I 1 saw men on bort horseback eback wito with a long stick slaying the luck jack rabbits as too toe snow was so deep that the long eared animals could not ket got out of the way at that time there were two iwo large two atory build I 1 w with ith gables toward the road and only a very little way apart I 1 called them thein the twin buildings dac the jtb I 1 arrived in provo prove the dext day I 1 had barely time to drive to lehi ty ity noon when a rain storm form began keeping on until mid lagat and when the morning a dark curtains rolled up SL at the appearance of the eastern dawning ot of day sufficient to see lee the mountains they revealed a heavy cost coat of snow it has been a very pleasant trip fraught with joy and heavenia He avena out pouring of rich blessings I 1 arrived home in time to be closed in all around with a heavy snowstorm my last drive irive was on the icib int thirty miles calling at sixty seventh school district fast fait meeting where we had bad sin an excellent meing meeting with many faithful soren jensen being the presiding elder bider in draper ward to add to my many pleasures pleas urea the following evening was waa enjoyed at the anniversary of our highly esteemed slater sister elizabeth mellad sixty seventh birthday with many happy loreet ingo ing and closing the entertainment tain ment with prayer and logo sad remarks by patriarch joseph horn elward E dt stevenson ivenson 0 0 wells and sisters zina D young horn bathsheba kimmith and many noted ladies it was waa a surprise kotten gotten up by the children of slater sister wells wella E SALT CITY dao dac 10 1894 |