| Show DELIVERED BY PRESIDENT u hu C tabernacle valt at lake wy sunday at the august 6 1893 ba roT 06 by BT ARTHUR WINTER before you this afternoon landing up tn in brethren and sisters I 1 desire SS interest terest my in yr your faith and anu prayers an may be directed to those ehst at wv ay mind midd that hs shall 11 be of the greatest dubits for I 1 do not want to stand aland to up u profit own thoughts nor asre my bere an and d speak that I 1 taink 9 way may to my those lord would ifould ra rather ther the sfa properio pro peri which ball be said to dictate that 1 estre how and his hi hay spirit I 1 d re this end 1 I need how do so what you do know I 1 of your souls or know which the yearnings will satisfy you and cause that w meeting g the you lord anut to format leave that which he has given 1 I lord for nor dor does doea ROY any human be do not know lord knows and I 1 have b but ut the ing M attended a meeting when never yet sought for tike the spirit of god we e have from that meet Ste have bave not none gone that dicing we in ID that spirit and in the ing rejoicing of tile the truth this 18 lathe the gospel of the lord jesus of the arky beauty it II foods feeds those who buuger christ ess it dispels darkness after righteous comfort aud tac it imparts light it elves it lins the abe soul a adu nd cigut kt K t un bonso ape e bur jeris which rest upon the of WOO that we have had as a experience the and as a people has bus been individuals there are men in remarkable most who have traveled tion M raffa this C of ini is ifs to the gos goa ads of god as the 5 the 8 son on pol of ald that Is in without apostles lid ancient or scrip they have purse pue I land they have and unversed tn t versed ar i sea aeb 1 ol of god efficiently akred cause in the of bun mesne means bringing anu tt been abeen the and some knowledge of the of ule to the truth they bs have gone out into an and uncharitable world unfriendly have had hut but little or no where they where all the religious arrayed against them has ban been wrought great good and yet t they have souls they have re they have won turned rejoicing even as ag the apostles of old did when they came back araj and that even devils were told the master abject unto them no other people about have had bad anything that I 1 know men have gone such an experience forth trembling lingo because of their weak new they did n not ot know when they went out how bow they would succeed but when they wanted clothing god put t it into the hearts of men to give it to them when they wanted money there were those raised up to furnish it they did not have to go naked they did not have to go without shelter neither did they have to go hungry I 1 myself have been ua in this condition as 0 well as hun hundreds dreas doubtless who are here bere today I 1 have had brethren re mark with whom I 1 labored what in the world are you going to do your clothing is nearly gone you mut duct have hae ease clothing and where shall we get cetla it J they did not know I 1 did not know but I 1 can bear testimony today midst of this congregation that during many years I labor in the ministry without purse puree and scrip I 1 never went hungry I 1 never went destitute of clothing I 1 never had bad to go without shellei shel tei when I 1 needed deeded money it was given tome to me and I 1 never yet in my life asked a congregation or an individual for any of these things except to ask aak at a house perhaps if I 1 coul coula j stay atay there over night on one occasion on the sandwich islands elands I 1 went over from the town where I 1 was living jiving to where brother francis A hammond who now presides over the san ban i juan uan stake and his bis wife were living idd and I 1 stayed with them over night we were destitute of garments and we did not know what to ue about it money then in that country was exceedingly cee valuable why they would have litigation over the price of a chicken and it seemed impossible to obtain money to supply our wants we knelt down in the morning and asked be lord to open the way brother hammond and I 1 started to go to a branch about twenty miles distant on our way through the hills we met a man who had been up to afie place where I 1 lived to get a presbyterian prea preacher cherto to comedown come down and perform a marriage ceremony but the min luter was gone aud and he be asked me if I 1 would go with him and marry the couple we went with him it was a aaa canadian halfbreed half breed that desired to tie be mar ried to one of the native dative women and after the ceremony was per performed perforce forme d and we gave them some instruction he gave us five dollars that five dollars was as large an five hundred dollars would be under some circumstances if it had dropped out of the heavens heaven it could not have been more unexpected than it was but it answered the purpose and the lord put it in the way way the rhe presbyterian minister lost the live five dollars by being ab bent tut but I 1 expect tie be could spare it better then than we could this to is only a little incident but I 1 could stand here sod and relate bun hundreds freds of similar incidents incident bow the lord opens the way before his elders I 1 was wag sent un on a mission minion to california I 1 bad translated the blok of mormon in the hawaiian language an aej j we had bud succeeded by borrowing money to in procuring a press dress and type and paper with which to publish this couragent our Ou agent bad bought it and nent dent it to the islands while I 1 returned home but after it had reached the islands brother parley P in call tori fori torja toris ja Is desired to have the press sod and tue type and paper sent over to san francisco bior his hie use and he issued a I 1 prospectus for a paper called the mormon herald berald and wrote home to the presidency desiring that I 1 should be sent to resist assist la in the labor I 1 bad only been home a few weeks after an absence of live five years president young told me that he thought I 1 had bad better get ready w a d go and two printers were selected to go along as elders and help jim in the work we reached san francisco on sunday with our means about exhausted and add to our surprise we learned that brother pratt had started home I 1 followed him to his bis ORION camp and found that everything had bad closed up in san baia Fravole co there had been an 0 attempt made to buy a vessel in norderto order to bring the saints from the sandwich islands to this thia country and a good many Saints Sainte had invested their means meana in this some rogues r ad got posses possession siou of the vessel by giving a bottomry bond for it after which they took it down on the coast of south america and had it wrecked the people lost their money and it die ou outraged raged everyone brother pratt said he scarcely know knew where I 1 could could get a meal of victuals in san francisce tile the people felt so go badly I 1 woo was a comparative youth at the time and it was quite discouraging one of the leading men of the branch in son san francisco said raid isyou if you have got a thou sand dollars you can tart start the press here it I 1 told him I 1 had bad not a thou sand dollars but the lord had sent me and I 1 was going to do what i 1 bad been sent to do the result was the lord opened the way wonderfully money increased in our hands A twenty d liar gold piece would go as far it seemed to me as a hundred dollars would under other circumstances stances everything worked to the accomplishment ot of that which had been designed two thousand copies ot of the book of mormon were published bound and sent to the sandwich lalande islands at least the greater portion of them and a paper was published branches were raised up scattered salute were organized and a great work wais done the lord raised up friends and put means meana into the bands of the elders biden and that which seemed so BO lark dark and impenetrable was waa changed oban ged and the lord lorda a blessing bl easing down upon the efforts that chat were wade made this was wae all done without purse and scrip oi 0 course money was furnished fum lebed but the lord did it men simply being his agents so it has been all through the history of gods godos people the labors of the alders of the church have bennof been of such a character as to inspire them with the greatest of falih faith and confidence in god when he wants a work done there to is nothing that can prevent its accomplishment it if the men that attempt it will only have faith see how this was wag illustrated in the case of the sons of lebi lehl lobigas was impressed of the lord to send his bis sons none back to jerusalem Jeru salen for the brass braes plates that were in the possession of a man who belonged to 10 an older branch of the family laban by name the lord had bad shown to lebi that it if he were to go into the wilderness and across the ocean to the land which he had bad promised to him and his children without some kind of record would be danger of their falling failing into idolatry and forgetting their origin therefore it was necessary in the mind of the lord that these records should be obtained from laban lehl lehi went to his older elder sons and explained bothem to them i he necessity of the case and he wanted them to go back to jerusalem and get the plates from laban but they had no faith they said laban would kill them he was a man of influence and power and it was iao BO use for them to go back they did not want to go their father asked too hard bard a thing of them theao aud they did not feel inclined to do that which be said lehl lehi then went to the fourth son and explained to him what he wanted and he replied 1 I will no go aud do the things which the lord bath commanded for I 1 kaow know that the lord no commandments unto the children of men save he shah prepare a way lor for them that they may accod the thin 4 which he corn com mandeth them 3 that was Nep bephia hilti faith he knew that god was all powerful and he immediately acquiesced in the wish of his big father his H a next bluer brother was influenced b by y him and be was willing t go too and the two t idest ideal song went also but reluctantly and without the least con confidence fi deuncein in the success of the misi iou the history ot itis ac is known to most ot of you they betit in first and asked liban laban for the plates they offered him all their property but he would not listen to it and add in tact fat his servants chased them away the elder brothers looked upon this as a confirmation fir mation of their fears feare and because their brothers were not ot of their opinion they beat baat them with a rod but nephi determined to do the thing that thai bod required believing with all hie big heart that god would ask blo nothing thing of him that he would not assist assiat him in i u doing he went firth again and obtained the plates and they apri the means of 01 saving saving that people and their descend mits acts from many evila this to is a striking illustration of what can be done it was waa the same fame brethren and tt alep in coming to this land boere were doubters who who said you cannot go into the wilderness and live jive if you start out to the rocky Mountain eyou will fail but the servants of god dij not have buve these fears ears president young was move moved dupon upon by the of godio god to take a certain course and most of his brethren wore were one with him there were some of the twelve that thai did dia not see bee as he be did dia lyman wight and james E page did not want to go and did net go but the rest real of the twelve were one with president young he said the lord fjord bad pointed out to him the course to be pursued and he be led the people forth they were penniless and destitute of almost everything ne necessary cegar I 1 to make such a stupendous journey why as we passed through I 1 iowa own tl the p people eople had bad to so sell I 1 lb their air feather beds end and afterwards everything th thy y had bad that could be sold to get provisions if we had bad looked at this naturally men would have egi al chis man to la leading this people to destruction what have they got to sustain them they are going forth into an unknown land and who knows when they got get to any pace that they are going for that they con can live it was easy to say thia because no one know knew aay an thing athing about this country campara comparatively dively speaking A few men had crossed here but they know knew nothing about the cli climate clemat mat or whether the soil was capable of sustaining austa human life ane few who had bad lived here had lived like indians indiana they had hunted and trapped and lived on meat and a little corn where the indians could raise a little along the streams how was waa it in winter quarters the people suffered great hardships I 1 remember myself when a boy going day after day for my family to brother john van COWS colts and waiting for my turn at his big coffee mill to grind a little corn that thai wo coula eat wo we bought wheat whole and aw ate ita andrad to send down to missouri ff IF a imie oora aoa and lived la in the thep plater laimi est and most moat humble bumble manner dot n t enough scarcely to aff but the spirit of god upon the people and they were cheerful they had bad a testimony from the elie lord that that which they were doing was right and that it was the lorda will that thai they should do it then as I 1 have said wf we started across the plairs plains from winter quarters traveling without knowing the point of destination of course it was thought we should go to upper california fori la borall for all this country wasteen was then called callea upper california the treaty of quadalupe guadalupe hidalgo had not been consummated sum mated and mexico owned this country but upper california was a vague term it was wag known we were going to the rocky mountains but where lo in the rocky bocky mountains Mount alne what k kind i u d if a con country it was and whether we should find a suitable place or not was a mere matter of faith there was no knowledge on the subject but the lord led this people forth he led them when they were hungry he furnished them means I 1 never beard of one starving to death we were pinched for hunger and many were laid on the roadside road side worn out by the exposure and hardships that they had to endure but the bulk 01 0 the people were sustained by the power of god their faith was rewarded fur for god blessed them and though they had bad but little to eat and little to wear they could rejoice continually in the blessing and favor of god and the knowledge that he was their friend no happier people ever lived then nor since than those who lived here the first two iwo years that we came into int othis this valley irom 1847 to 1849 when the people were deprived of almost all the comforts of life and suffered indescribable privations and hardships they were happy because the peace of god rested down upon rhems and they were iu stained and buoyed up in the midst of their trials and difficulties i it hasteen has been so throughout the history of this church it was so in the early days day a when the people were driven out of missouri after suffering buffering the that they bad endured there toey they old did not lose their faith they knew that gud had bad laid the foundation of u zin they knew atiat god had bad or organized aniced his church and that he had bad restored the gospel of the SOB oj of god and the overl astl ag priesthood that testimony was waa a living and aad burning testimony in the heart ot of every faithful man and woman persecution trial harda hardship bip could huot extinguish ii nothing but death itself could destroy it in the breasts of the faithful saints so it has been from tuat day until the present asi As I 1 have hav essid said the experience of this people is different |
