| Show AN OLD DISCIPLE SPRING springville VILLE utah county utah may 1895 yesterday president fjelsted assistant superintendent J of the cache stake sunday schools school and myself attended wad and took part in four meetings in this place A seventies conference of the fifty first quorum also alao took place and a very agreeable time was enjoyed elder eider reynolds was ordained one of the presidents of the fifty first quorum of seventy in place 0 of elder hafen who has hag moved to salt lake city the fifty first quorum of seventy has baa several missionaries out in the field preaching the gospel gospe it la is a live useful quorum holding weekly and theological classes today we visited feilo dibble probably the oldest member of the church of jesua christ of latter day saints now living it if there be any one older olde rhe be or sue one is kindly requested to report to south first west street salt lake city utah to E stevenson elder dibble was baptized sept 15 1880 1830 by parley P pratt was ordained a teacher at the same time when president W woodruff was a priest in 1833 he was wounded by the mob who unlawfully drove the latter day saints from their homes in inde pen pan dence deDoe jackson county mo in HIM he was shot near the navel the ball langling through the body and lodging where it still skill oan can be felt under the skin akin near the backbone he pleasantly told us he be was loaded with lead but that there la Is no powder and that he be will oar rythe leaden missile with him to his hia tomb as a witness of the cruel treatment be received as a sol dier of the chapel of christ sod aad for the gospels sake aake I 1 know be said the church was established by divine J oseph joseph smite being gods goda prophet beer and revelator with whom no ne I 1 was familiar and closely associated during his bis life from 1833 until 1844 when I 1 beheld him as a martyr shot with four bullets even unto death and I 1 now lie here on my deathbed death led ted with lin lead in my body at the age of 89 aad I 1 shall soon go to meet the martyr for I 1 now feel that my work here on enath is done and my desire is ie that I 1 may soon go in peace where I 1 shall see many others who like myself have suffered many tribulations lor jor chrisia sake it was remarkable to see and hear bear the strong testimony lesti mouy he be bore and the clearness of thought and mind which he possesses he mid be received his bis endowments in the nauvoo temple among ibe first ones onea who received those blessings in the lord lords a house which be had bad the pleasure to help to rear unto the name of the lord he conveyed the idea that in th fiust of all the numerous a apostasies apost asies from this church none of ibm has bag con linued the work of joseph smith which was at his bis martyrdom going on that to is the gathering of the saints batata from out of the world also the building of temples temple giving endowments and baptisms for the dead si a work of jesus christ the savior of all whose mission will not end and until all of adams race shall be saved through stoning atoning blood by obedience and the keeping of all his commandment as a jesus saye say ill if ye love me ye will keep my commandments Is these were the words and sentiments expressed by the aged veteran who is in widely known as a lecturer and ex bi biting paintings representing the carthage jail and the martyrdom of joseph smith and other scenes from the early dayson the church among the last words he be spoke to us were these 1 I was lying under a tent on the banks of the tae missouri river in clay county just across the missouri river from jackson county and only a few miles from independence the center stake lot af zion on account of my bleeding wounds some thought I 1 would die but elder knight anointed me with oil and laid hands on I 1 was healed and I 1 saw that night from the tent door one of the signs spoken ot of in the bible the falling of the stars what a grand slight it was the writer of this also saw this thle the most grand sight of his bis life in september 1833 while he be stood on the banks of the silver lake near pontiac Pon tiao oak land county michigan Mic territory by request of our aged veteran we anoint u him with consecrated onse orated oil ell and laid our hands bands ou on him joined by his big son who is over 60 years yearn ut of age and we blessed him that be may rest in peace and that in the due time of the lord his body may return to the earth whence it oame came and the spirit to god who gave it president fjelsted and the writer gave him two bouquets bouquett tB one in each hand band we then bade him a lost last goodbye saying when you meet the prophets and martyrs may bay to them we as seventies and messengers are preaching the gospel all the sweet smile on his bia countenance that responded to this will always remain with us ua afterwards we visited friends and partook of the rare strawberries berrien that abound in this vicinity our host boat bishop laron H harmer of the second ward had plucked some fresh from a lovely patch in his bis garen don springville Spring ville derives considerable profit from small fruit and alsofrom also from honey 0 B huntington lo 10 informed formed the cor respondent correspondent that bat one carload or more of the product of the bees to i yearly shipped enot from there and that the yield from 55 hives sometimes was waa equi equivalent valeo t to E STEVENSON EB |
