Show sept 12 pm after the opening service eider Hogan froin norway baj call el to tho aland lie had just mi turned from his mission to lis native land where la bad been n inatsu ineal it tho hand of tho ard to lead many into the truth of the latter day gospel the elder referred to thia work of hi in the lords vineyard that it had been a very difficult thing for him at fint ta uio his native idiom as he had been abreut form tho cne of hi birth for 33 beare still under the bl coing of the almighty he had oon been eua bled to familiarise famili arise ly with the language tho speaker then ralpd emeral dent of hi travels while preaching the po aipel in 11 ll of which he could plainly that ho ana hi work ofira auder on lii return biome he had experienced very to and aher ass W TF A aw o ta inn I y joseph and the patriarch byrum hd been BO foully murdered by bloodthirsty scoundrel ho saw the marks niala by the fatal bullets of the on the of june and ho could alo ee the blood stains in aho room where the elders had suffered their martyrdom these stains however often the room might be and re furnished would be indelible in the eyes of the eternal judge after having seen these ead h visited II ancock co III the city of the saints lie saw the spot where the gral temple stood and where all was now ruin and desolation elder referred to the fact thai some of the present occupants of nauvoo had expressed themselves as if they ex the saints to return as they well knew that the latter day people were the rightful owner the speaker delineated the tragic events which took place after joseph liB death in and around nauvoo depicting the horrors which culminated in the expulsion of alie saint from nauvoo elder proceeded to jackson county mo and inspected the place where the corner stone of a temple had been laid in the early days of the church l was now a bleak vacant place of around although its appearance rich returns to the plow share and harrow when he asked some of the residents of the neigh boyhood why such a valuable piece of property was abandoned to weed they could not tell him lie bore his testimony of the divine mission of the prophet joseph to the people of that region and then journeyed onward to richmond to see david K whitmer and ask to seo the manuscript of the book of mormon this was very kindly shown him mr whitmer assurian g him that it had of a certainty been written by divine inspiration the speaker was listened to wilh much interest by the numerous audience iio closed his instructive by invoking the blessings of the lord upon all israel the ter vicea were brought to an end by the singing of the hymn let zion in her beauty ris and benediction by elder joseph parry |