| Show encouraging WORDS FROM THE PARK PA VAX lay box elder 00 february ft 1886 ator bot jaciuk 6 XA f 3 frota our oar part of the territory lately I 1 send you the following items last friday evening the majority of the inhabitants gathered at our meeting house to spend a social evening and commemorate the marriage of our respected young brother frank C mecham son of bf our bishop to sister mary J coleman first counselor to the MIA and assistant secretary to the sunday school the happy couple having recently returned from logan where the nuptial knot was tied The boys have been waging vigorous warfare against the cereas els elsewhere where two days hunt reaul resulting ting in the destruction of about 1009 1000 of those lapse pests by about a dozen guns tb TM weather vather is y warm and genial and there is ie of crops being got in early the saints are arefe feeling eline well and generally desirous of living their religion our meetings are well attended the congregations being twice as large as they were a year ago and the house bouse being filled tr to its utmost capacity we learn with regret that I 1 that palladium al of human rights the Amer american cau constitution has been drugged dragged still deeper into the mire by the passage ba by the senate of that infamous weapon of hell the new edmunds law 77 which must seeds bring a blush of f shame to every honest heart our enemies call joseph smith a false prophet but their deeds go a ion long way t to 0 prove rove his inspiration we da do not feet feel that we have allT anything thing ot of which to be afraid and feel certain that the only effect of this monstrous atrocity will be to weed out the tares tare 8 and chaff from the wheat and to cause those who are in a reality fr for the the kingdom g of god to be more united I 1 together oiin 0 th e r and more obedient to the will of god 0 d as declared through his priesthood I 1 feel it is cause for rejoicing that such a large percentage ot of the brethren ethren Yr who have been persecuted for righteousness sake have maintained their integrity to the cause of truth notwithstanding the held out t to do otherwise Ti persecution rages we who understand may take comfort yn in the knowledge that the quicker quick er i enemies nil fill up the cup of their iniquity the scouer will the judgment of the god of israel overtake them we believe the day will speedily come when zion shall arise and shine fair as the moon clear as the sun and terrible as an army with banners and become the joy of the whole earth awaiting Awai liue this desirable consummation I 1 am respectfully It RUSTIC |
