Show DAY the earth to tte tle lord lorda a and the fulner thereof y hot but thin continent is ie fit in a peculiar sense at a time when ignorance and spiritual dat kneas encircled the globe a special providence opened its ita gates to tn SOMO ome of the noblest of the children of men bad thy they th y found in it a place 01 0 refuge a laud prepared for the lish ment of liberty of truth of justice and c equality it was consecrated to film by the fathers fat bera and it was wag so ac sep tel and chosen to become a blessing blea alne to all the world no wonder for here in the earliest earli eit of the human race the joics ot of 00 won w beard here bore the ancient 0 daya blessed his descendants and ed their is tf asto the latest goner i ions akad here bore be ball maid again come to visit aalt bli Is in glory america i ir boro taft lorda becalm use like the 1444 0 aa 60 the other it its billip ula hla p wor been blessed chib W I 1 04 pre ce of ION meta men and gab ad it has ba mits been n the abl e first dai labb of a new the work ork of the restoration ot of all talaga beri alter after the she ClMa of iloe bad been driven ibao 00 tb w Id erness by the antl 4 into alan dragoo dragon mt it if pit fit present there to say any spot althis on amt TM copti continent nent peculiarly the urn it is min jbf mountain region abere the church of jesus carlat Cir litof of jeatter osty saints has baa been located vinae 1 l noe ju july ly 24 1847 when the pioneers altred enty an tred rod this valley on that day the voice of inspiration told them that their wea eit rj journey in carob search for a vim t I 1 where of df A orty yi I 1 1 y so r druid be 81 to the theyan th eyad d d t aed OX d t 6 i r id 0 so afir to compare acomparo the regent conditions of the country with those then prevailing without feeling dg the abe truth of mile apropo who can behold the beutter beutte 8 and nd wonders or of this territory today without a strong conviction that thena like the abe heaverd above pro claim the glory of the almighty manifestations of divine power foil foll wed wol the saints skit all through their wander ings across crackles similar ma ifera afef ta ions have been bommon day occurrences in th ir history ever since the unparalleled prosperity of this country la in itself a miracle and a testimony Thega the salna ints came here in fulfilment fulfillment of by joseph joiseph the prophet who bo repeatedly foretold that the church should flourish fl in the moun balne and the deport be made to blon bloxom sorn as aa a rose As an the scattering ecat terne of ancient israel among the be nations of the earth la Is an evidence of the truth of ancient prophecies so 0 o the gathering of the he saints here their prever amid mid untold hardships hardship and their prosperous condition tod y are indisputable proof of the divine inspiration of the founders ot the church before which doubts must be removed and I 1 objections silenced Butt but bie facts suggest duties the noble pioneers pione erB redeemed the land through their faithful fai thul diligence and left it to a inheritance the question qu today is whether the saints bra are willing to keep it as ai such with the firm determination that as ae tar far as they are concerned the jear four of god bill be the force oe in fulti its government of ancient israel after their entrance into cariss it was wa said bald that they kept their heir integrity ag aa long lone as aa their fathers father who had bad been witnesses of the power of god in the wilderness lived after that they waver edwith aises Bae rous roua resu its to their institutions very soon boon the last laet of the ionee rc who were eye witnesses to the miraculous works of god in this thie will have pawed beyond the veil tell let them bring balog the assurance urance au with them that their tbell children are dister determined ter tor mined to serve the he lord io in all the duties dudec they have to pert bertrm rm the time in which we bellve live in ii characterized otred by so ask can et inquiry to the question quert loui whist what jo ial rig ritu in both political ws foolas looft the saints saint alone ov in the t oft of t a gospel the answer to this tha important question full it to their heir minion to exemplify it in ID ahr ix dealing with tooer follow fellow span men kod d the be great truth that it t to righteousness that exal teth hatton |