Show THE I 1 left home october in company with my tae interest of the sev v enties and all good goed saints sainta we visited most of the principal settlements south of Miners minersville ville which are located along the toot foot of the wasatch range which stretches southward into the regions of rock and sand where cactus and brickly prickly pears abound and bread which is athe the staff of lifes life iii not very abundant As man should not live by bread alone they are prompted to call upon the lord for the I 1 BREAD OF which when obtained enables the weary soul to bear up under the hardships incident to a hard country we st george the list lag of october where we wd held a seventies 1 stake conference which was ail well attended lt and we had a glorious glor ioas time in fact it was no less than a reunion with our old and well tried friends with whom we had bad labored for years in a most forbidding country while there I 1 visited that sacred edifice the st george temple where re a few men and women dressed ip in white the emblem of purit yare laboring labonog both for the living and dead la in the temple I 1 sat down to a table of refreshments fresh ments 8 prepared for those who labor there after which a few af t us went into an upper room roam witia with the paster master of ceremonies I 1 vaid and spent a short time in plew pleasant saut conversation upon current topics and future prospects THE HALO that the temple is il a beacon of light in fa the midst of an ocean lot of sand and add the spirit that radiates from the place vivifies vilifies vivi fies the people of the south and reminds us of of the parable 0 of ol 01 the olive tree found in inthe ithe book insook oi mormon the branches of V watch were broken off and planted in clif different ferent parts of the lords vineyard that which was placed to anibe the poorest dorest part brought forth the best cruft fruit while absent during the short space of three weeks we traveled six hundred miles organized the quorum of seventies held 18 19 meetings ordained 79 seventies and set apart eight presidents to fill all vacancies in the seve eral quorums qu JACOB GATES |