| Show IUM ELDER EDWARD STEVENSON at A the gibe regular meeting of the twenty third quorum of seventy held bold loathe seventh ward meeting h b use ue pop feb ah 4 h elder agabel H woodruff was wa ordained a and od set bet part to go fill alj the vacancy carded by the division of the quorum to form the quorum elder seymour B irvng of the first council of seventy was waa present and instruct iad the and in the their r dut ion elder george C lambert senior president of the quorum road read be following which was wae 88 the seau loong of the quorum and ordered spread pread upon the be minutes minu iea wo TO EDWARD since our last meeting one of our file leaders leaderer one ODO of the save even 0 general presiding seventy tim baa passed from mortality and it is ia not only proper we take cognizance that as a a quorum of the taua and have our record show to those awba WINY may peruse it hereafter the tha esteem in wh which iou be waa wa hold held by oa but it Is would also aleo be well for ua as to review hie big earthly career and draw aud profit by the many val lesso c a ilia bla I 1 il liela lie la record teaches tea obea when brother heard based the donvel proclaimed and yielded obedi once bleto to its require ments he was wa a poor 4 and tather fat herlena leas boy possessed of a and nd comely physical appear onee ace but bat and endowed owed with no DO talents talent when he enlisted eolia ted ary mental to U we the service ervice of the lord be alj it with him in 94 we who were familiar life knew him to do everything he undertook without any ADY reservation or doubt with a determination to suc euc good belig ht early experience in the church was v amidee perils and nd privations privat loni amass pt of m obo Oratio lo violence and nd cruel he witnessed the over sealous commencement erratic and demoralized tor mins ziab of the gospel race essayed oy by niamy Y of ofhie his follows fellow he saw plighted love tor for truth turn to hatred and ana avowed owed fealty for the lorda anzolut me A followed by heartless beart leeB and wicked betrayal betray he was wa a victim of the fury of the Jan ignorant orant fanatical bigots who 1 inhabited h batea missouri and ADO illinois and who voe drove and plundered and finally banished the suffering buffering boats irom from the confines of civill alon in in the meantime he remained to the truth firm la in his al to we the I 1 aspired leaders leaden of the balaf eager to listen to and ever rend kadi to go accept and obeys obey treasure up ad record the instructions of the ophee whom god bad raised railed up to teb liah his church in this dispense uon faith never tailed failed when enemies neoliee to the truth were suffered buffered to prevail and grieved at his hie own impotence to save eave those whom he h would willingly have given tale ble lite life in defense of ibe he did not lose hope when we he prophet and patriarch were slain he was waa among the vanguard of the faithful impoverished pilgrims who journeyed westward to establish Z on in the tops of the rocky mountains i fulfilment fulfillment of the inspired prediction he so ao remembered and so fondly and frequently quoted la in the hearing bearing of many now living here by patient toll toil he be established a home bom then than and od over ever in regarded by him as aa a heritage irom from ake th lord and hold held sacred abond an aa ucb such lo in any other community perhaps than that mat of the latter day bainte a man with as aa meggon an education a as aa brother stevenson Steve naon bad been able to gain would have had bad no special in sentive to adopt any other vocation than that for which be had been trained certainly not that of preacher or writer buethe bat changes in occupation as a result of being a latter day saint are so BO common that it v III appear only natural to us ua that thai he be should combine farming wi with th hla his trade ot of tinsmith and that bat ere long he should also alao be called to jill fill a mission he had bad been a successful tradesman and so ao continued oon tinned for fora a number of years yean afterwards afterward he was wai also alao more than ordinarily successful as aa a farmer farmar and nd apiarist for upon these theae pursuits pur auita he be rolled relied chiefly as ae a means or of support for or big bia large and increasing family wore here being no alary profit in hla his missionary work I 1 it was wai as aa a missionary however that he be was wa destined to become most celebrated and from the he time be was waa first called to engage in the ministry tile his chief in terest was waa centered in the w work k of abing boula his HIB WAS wai almost or one continuous mission milea or rather a ion of missions from that time forward he realized real iced an aa perhaps few men in ibis hia life do abe be value ot of a human soul and time labor trouble aud and expense counted with him as aa nothing in his bia efforts to lave hia big jel fel low creatures urea turea he had the ability to te accumulate wealth as ae he demon by his hia industry economy bad careful management but it Is was waa exercised only as aa a means beani to 10 an end and ana not irom any morald motive he bad three families to support aup port who by the way to their credit be it said bald were in sympathy with him in hla his work ot of sell elf sa orifice and sainted him by their industry Indu atry and economy but aside from the duty of providing for those ahe he was wai ambit luns only to do good to and save others othen nobody ever board beard ol of edward stevenson aspiring to the honors honor or emoluments emo lumenta of civil office engaging in political tri e or seeking place or prestige among where wealth la Is sometimes ome timea to be gained as ai liao result ot of association and not from the possession of any talent on the part of those engaged very few no wever who have been counted great financiers financier have dous doue as aa much for the benefit of their tallow lellow crest ures urea by the expenditure of their millions as aa elder stevenson did with the surplus he accumulated over what w was required to provide for the economical support of bib families millee fa lie he thousands ot of dollars of his br laborious labor loui earnings earning and careful savidge in traveling to preach the be gospel lit he burs bore his bia own expenses on his various missions mise loni which extended over mauj many years yeara and into many lands he was just juet in his big payment of and generous geoe roua in his offerings to the poor and was able withal to make a very valuable bequest to the latter day haintl college when he be fund his hia lifto labors labora drawing to a close he crossed the atlantic ocean nine times from which it may be in inferred ferroU that he filled four beyond the son I 1 he crossed the bulas between utah lumb and the river nineteen Blo eteen times whdeh mea aa be wed five other missions to the stefn portions pert loni of the he union ho he also alao la borod bored almoite most continuously for a great gnat many years year a as a missionary throughout utah and surrounding rounding ur states and territories he collected much genealogical data relating to hie big ancestor and performed a great deal of work in the temple for their salvation deac he ac cumulated through his bin long expert once enoe close observation and persistent tent tudy study a vast vait fund of knowledge ing to church charon history bli tory scripture and aad doctrine became a fluent and aad interest inte reit ing speaker speak erg and his hie educational draw backs a frequent and valued contributor to the public proa and the author ol of leveral doctrinal and bloor loal tracts and campb pamp bleta 1991 he prepared and delivered many public lectures leo principally for the he benefit of the youth of zion and which were illustrated by paintings and other pictures pio turea obtained at great cost and trouble he also alio showed bowed his hie willingness willing oeM in various other ways too numerous to mention to deny for the benefit of others othen and finally when death overtook him marvelous marTe loue to relate he owed no man a cl dollar ollar surely barely brother stevenson Stevene ea deserves dee erTee to be ranked among the noblest no bleat bost beat and greatest men who have la in this or any ADY post pact age and aa an ex ample in life worthy ol of emulation lot let us show how out respect for his hie mom mem ory by endeavoring to exhibit in our own lives that nu unfaltering faltering faith that indomitable perseverance that industry indu atry that whole fouled generosity gener oaly that self elf denial that high sense of honor that desire for the salvation al of our follows and that pro pre ference for the riches of eternity over we be vanities vani of worldly wealth which characterized the life of our oar worthy brother |
