| Show TEMPERING THE ELEMENTS The manner maDDer in I which the climatic and other condition Conditions in these e valleys have bave been changed and Dd modified to tb the advantage and comfort of 01 these th e Who are re t ing up this thia hl reg region of country Y is frequently 13 a subject et of eom eat J the part of the tho t d Lr days Leiter-days Saints ta 0 cannot fall fail to recognise In those th f iW 1 fI KII S U J t 2 11 V he be patent fact tot that tile the Lord h has bai WeD been and is II operating by tb that means meaD m aai to 0 tomake tomake make this land choice above all other lands ls for the dwelling place of His Hla people To the early arly settlers n of these mountain vales the intense cold the tb late Jar and Dd early arly frosts the fierce winds and the long loni and severe veru winters winter that were the rule in years year agone how ar arbut are but a memory with the hardships of the days day that are past pait Ana accompanying accompanying this tempering of the ele- ele elements ele ments there has bas been II a con con- constant stant staat fot an and J marvelous increase In inthe Inthe the supply of water whose whole agency wasa wala was wai a necessity in transforming an n erst- erst erstwhile r t while desert region fruitful field and nd from all sources have come aug- aug augmented augmented aug contributions of ot those things which are conducive to toe tue material welfare of ot the tb pe pie These being the facts it is 18 well to keep the object lesson leSion before belore the Saints teat through an understanding of ot the operations of cause caule and effect in the pal past they may have bare its if light in io direct direct- directIng directing directing ing their future conduct oon In the earlier history of Utah there was wai an outpour outpour- outpouring outpouring ing of ot inspiration in guiding the peo peo- people people vie toward permanent success la in their temporal affairs so o o that the earth erth should bould yield in abu dance for tor the comfort nd Dd sustenance of man Ai As a ac ao o c precedent nd tion to attaining the desired end nd in material matters ther there was wae kept prominently before belore the Saints the tae salty of 01 observing ob erTi Ka a Ire great religious truth trum a pria- pria of bf sacrifice it may my be said said-a a rule of ot wise wre investment rD rate principle found It if its practical a- a ap- ap ap In the law Iw of ef tithing and 8 so closely was waa it associated ted with temp temporal that the SIte burden borden of 01 the i 1 is- is referred to 0 was aa wa by bythe bythe the be late ate Bishop Edward Hunter lak m the axiom Pay Ie Pay your tithing and be bebless bless eJ l One of the 1 many any Illustrations of ot tile the correctness of r this principle la Is recall recalled a aIn In the proceedings of a a district ence ende ence Qt Saints in tb the Bear Bt-ar Lake Stake tal e ot of Zob Z oh ob held at Rich Blob It Is current corrent knowledge that h as 81 late ai as a score acore core of ot years year ago afu th the cl cli- cli climatic matlo matic conditions condition in the county e were e eso I so eo unfavorable that the people people had bad crest creat reat difficulty in maintaining them It Ive In that section of the Ibe Territory and at times were vert reri moon muon W di a- a l Bader ader t e beb vry or orthe ChUrch lea leaders leaden ell and ani the tbd nt necea r assistance afforded however tb tbd r r confident eDt In the divine In- In In or of f toe the promises made by the servants of the Lord One of ot the these that tbt ma may be referred to was wai ft a predl prediction tion In by the late fate t te President Pf Pr John ra Tay- Tay Taylor Tay Taylor lor woo who boat the time referred to stated fated to 0 the Saints there that if they would observe the law of tithing the action cdon of the elements element would be so 80 o con con- controlled oon trolled rolled by the Almighty that potato potatoes and aDd other ether vegetables which at h that date could not be successfully grown there would yet ue tie produced in abundance ance anoe f r r the people peoples peopled support do So im- im impossible iu possible of ot fulfilment did this thia promise appear appear apper to lome some that these expressed the opinion that a mIstake bad had beet beeb made lint Bur Bu the bulk bilk of the Saints ob- ob observed ob served erred the condition stated an and the tb result can b be read react In their own record ot of the be cent renge b tb e toot lo lu one of toe toes the s r rA here t re ere ira l to Q 91 A Aih cPM ih who j fj d th 1 A s A JI ft i S Si i-Si CI lj I i J- J 1 l I 11 r f r of a member of ot the Church who t brought In la a load of grain crain Insisting that the Bi hop must au t take it for tithing as the mau maps manc own granaries were fulland full lull f and nd be bad no place pine pI aCt to put it Another of the speakers was waa Bishop Wm Wro West Welt Westone W tone f One of the thirteen persons penona called as 88 f missionaries to settle the Bear River Biver valley VaHey He recounted h b w w the severe evere l frosts Irose destroyed their grain and vege- vege vegetables tables table In ID the years yean from 1870 to l and bow how in toe the latter year in to the month ot of June the frost fro t was waa so o sharp I and heavy beavy that it killed the leaves leavel I t the he hardy cottonwood trees tree But he be adds c timing ming down to the under under the tae tt e of God this 3 ear we have bave raised raiN iJ over sixty thou anu bushels of grain we w have baVe potatoes a d doth dother dother oth other r vegetables vegetable in 10 abundance and these facts he be points point out as that t that the Saints 0 ot or Randolph are a Who tithe tithe paying paying people that thai they have kept kepi the conditions condition and the pr mi ed bless bless- blessings ings angs have bave accrued to the tbt th m The Saints Int will recognize that this hi is I but tout one on of ot a multitude ot of instances et 91 similar character many of them o 0 va vastly uy greater importance in their general than the Incident related But it will serve ti t i illustrate ill nitrate a principle and perhaps to impress it II anew upon uvon the minds mind of the lobe people Certainly the th Saints of ot Bear ear Lake Lase Stake need n d no urging to learn leara the lesson lee lee- leeon son on they have bave the Ue lamp o 0 otheir otheir their own experience oo so freshly lighted F and nd so 80 o newly n flied filled with oil that thai its Ib lt rays ray must shine bin brightly to guide their bell future operation operations under a principle which brings bring them riou reward And Anda Amia a record ot of s mUar im to liar ilar ex ri nc through through- throughout throughout out all aU this Ibis region wn where re the elements nh have undergone by the control 0 oan an Aimi Almighty ban hand changes or ur modifications lu in their action to tu better suit euit uit the conditions condition and needs of the tbt- people people should bring to Saints a tion ion of ot their duty duly In the present pre bout bou bow how that their tithes and l their ofte t- t tIngo Jogs Ingo should bould be made malle in 10 due mea measure urt- urt and ar season that the voice ot of the pout and ted afflicted may m y not be heard in vain and aDd the law Jaw of ot the L rd rd way tJay bl be ob observed in Its if letter Jelter MU-I MU spirit It 11 this requirement Is la conformed d to by the Saints the future M more than the tb past pint wire w hi beer bear tw r wit u M to the tbt- th fulfilment of the Divine promise that thatto to those who observe the law of titling Ing in ing toli this shall ball be a lao land of ot plenty 0 of peace i of ot hap truly happiness tl a land o oZion Zion |
