| Show TRAVELS AMONG THE PEOPLE heber wasatch oo co utah nov 15 1898 in company with elder francis M lyman of the cadun council cil of the apostles I 1 left salt lake city on the morning mo raring of the alth inist and traveled by rail to park city where we were met by elder rodger horrocks who conveyed us by team too to heber city here we were made welcome in the elegant aind aad hospitable home of elder abram hatch stake president deryt the next day saturday nov 12 BC ac compan oo led by elders hatch and henry S alexander we traveled by team by way of Buy evIlle aad daniels creek to the center ward meeting g house where a 4 well ait attended tended meeting was held in the forenoon oni on which occasion ca slon william blake who had acted as of the center ward for about tour fio ur years y eta Ts was honorably released from his bia position having removed with his family to utah county and alonzo A brim who had previously acted as first cou mellor ito bo bishop blake was unanimously sustained as bishop of tile the center ward excellent instructions inspru c were given by elders lyman and hatch at noon a repast was prepared by the sisters in brydes hall which was waa partaken partaker par taken of by all the members of the ward present as well as the visitors and st at pm a general meeting was waa oommen commenced ced at which the reorganization i of the ward was completed by the selection of warren D smith as first land and thomas clegg as second seo ond counselor to bishop brim the saints who resided on o 0 n daniela creek and who previously had cion coresta sti buted a branch of the center ward were then organized as the daniels daneels ward with patrick 11 1 1 mcguire as bishop peo geo A cliff as first counselor and wm bothers bethers as second counselor the six br brethren ethrell constituting the two bishoprics bishoprick Bish we were set apart to their re ive positions eions ti ons elder lyman officiating tn in every net aiace all but elder brim who was aar already eada a high priest were Orld aird d high priests feats Pr and elders brim and mcguire were ordained bish ops aps the principal speakers of the meeting were elders lyman hatch and nd jenson I 1 in the evening commencing at 7 another meeting was held in Buys ville at which the saints constituting the Buys ville branch or a part of the Charled charleston ton ward were organized as the Buys ville ward with charles john as bishop and wm thacker ap aa first and charles P carlin as second counselor couns eor elder was ordained a high priest and bishop and elder carlin a high priest all three were set apart to their respective positions by apostle lyman who together with elders hatch and jenson were the speakers of the meeting apostle lyman says this was the banner day of his life so far as organizing wards and making bishops was concerned he had organized many new wards before and also ordained a great many bishops and bishops counselors but never before had he made three complete bisop rice alc ft in av daay the ne arl of the two new wards was the r result easu at of inspiration as such a thing had not been contemplated until the day pre T when elder lyman and his corn com pan pian ions lons obtained a birds eye view of the beautiful provo valley from then tower of the stake house in heber city it is also worthy of note that in selection and sustaining of the nine brethren composing the three bishop 7 rips not a dissenting vote was alveri a the following day sunday noy nov the quarterly conference 0 of f wf wasatch Wlas atch stake was commenced commenced ommen ced in t ber city two sessions were held ijjas both of which were well attended elder lyman was the principal speaker in the forenoon and elder jenson tf the afternoon these two brethren aind als addressed the sunday school early tithe morning in the evening the heap city choir gave an excellent concert concer in the tabernacle the program eth embracing 16 numbers consisted of solos froid duets quartets male choruses ladles choruses instrumental music etc faiad every part was most mo stably ably rendered HM had the celebrated dr joseph parry who acted as sole adjudicator at the late eisteddfod in salt lake arty bedaf present he would undoubtedly hi have 04 been astonished to find such talent lit ift one of obscure mountain va hages about eight hundred P people eople each of whom paid 10 cents for adal sion constituted the audience the pra ceede are to be used for the benefit of bk 2 the choir A remarkable case of the manifesta at tion of the power of god took place early in the evening evenin g together with lish bishop op puke boulie patriarchs higgen a A atta duke and others I 1 was called cuttio out to wk minister ter to brother john who was very sick with typhoid g monia when we arrived at the hoube the wife at brother cummings ww prostrated with grief and a number oi ow other relatives were also to in tears W we proceeded to administer in the holy ota dime dl maince instituted in iiii the church for t healing of the sick and I 1 was calleo u upon P on to ito be mouth in 8 anointing As I 1 proceeded with w ith the als l ministration and was about to reatta the dle disease ease the spirit forbade me dioio di so and directed me instead to ask the S tord tto th do to his servant as see m e t lt him hiim good butt but I 1 interceded intercedes inter ceded earnesd earne eil rnest sW for foi a manifestation of the power god ether in the recovery ot of the a afek sm man or ah m his suffering ebb ahoff by dissolution at once in less than minutes after we had taken our i off his head brother cummings cumming i sir fi had taken its flight from mort aliJ though the ordeal was a mortify one to bo the young widow and other re tives who were present yet we an all teft reft 1 that the lords will had been done ai the quarterly conference inference co was 1 aed on monday nov two se being held and excellent were given by apostle lylvan aos others who spoke bishops and oth othia Afi reported the condition of the wasa stake and from their reports it appe that the different iliin wine to her ber were in a PrOS prosperous and that a marked improve merrt tit i spiritual matters particularly am ahmoi the young was noticeable the suit as day schools throughout through but the stake w in excellent condition and all the kofl 0 cers band tea teachers chero kept the ward wisdom as well el aa at let least 85 per c of the scholars it in tha SS jenson delivered a a lez lecture ture on aisi his it travels around the world and ak gi more particularly an aai 9 FF script lon of palestine Palest lne and its a ave ocl the je houe was crow about abo twelve hundred persons biel present this morning we attended the fan services sek vices over the remains of the john cummings apostle ly preached the fhe funeral sermon serman AND M |
