The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-07-27

sPOt. 10ey went then
ana discovering that it was sEampy
remembered the Injunction of Pre-.
iuent Young. and turned to to
, noitoWard to City Creek, which the,
ieit was the place they had beer
searching for. They then returned
20 the camp at the foot OF the Littl,
Mountain. Next day the party tray
eled down to the canon. and on toe
23d they camped in this valley, on
Oity Greek, where they praised God
Ihey appointed committees for The
several duties, and we're soon blowing
ana planting. The ground was so
hard that it broke their plOws, and
they had to dig bitches and flood the
soil before they could successfully
pow 1t. On the next day, the
18th. President Brigham Young az
rived. That was on Saturday. On
Sunday work was suspended. Presi-
Dent Young was able to get out of
his wagon and sit in his rocking
CHAIR. de tod them 70 organize ex-
plorlng parties, that they could re-
port to those behind concerning the
country. After these parties had
been organized, one each for the
north, south and west, President
1oung told Them they would find
Goa places for towns ard cities, but
they would return and say this WAS
the place, and then they would begin
their city When Brigham first
looked over the valley be said this
vas the place that he had often seen
In vision. The same faith and conf !
dence that actGated Brigham Young
had sustained the saints ever since,
The covenant that they bad made in
Nauyoo that they would never cease
their efforts TO gather the poor and
bring them t. the place established
for their gathering came up.
and after they mad gathered the first
crop, they begsn the work, taking
contributions of the little that tbs
people had, and Csing teams to bring
the poor who had been let behind
Bishop Hunter went from here in the
autumn OF 184e, and in 1850 brought
back the first company of poor, with /
the Perpetual Emigrating Fund, the l
operations OF which had been going {
On ever since. Toe association was |
as a perpetual fund for
gathering the poor, and 1t bad {
thousands here, fret from S
he United States and then from the T
I'D world. Elder Snow regretted 4
hat some who had been assisted by I
he fund did not seem to appreciate q
I. Elder Snow here referred to the A
marked contrast between then and A
low, and said the people I
houid be thankful for the G
hanges that had taken place G
q the past generation. There was A
le change. however, which was MOI N
leasant 10 contemplate. Some had Is
one astrsy, become negligent in j
heir duties, and given Themselves B
yer to the pursuit of riches or pleas Sc
re, and had made it possible for A
lass OF people to get foothold here 8,
nat he did not like. He regretted G
nat any number OF the people had F
eoone 30 blinded by the love for F
honey that they were willing to A
nike hands with anyone who could NJ
lcrease their wealth or crafty their K
esires or ambition. But even in h
MS there was TO be seen the land OF r
a overriding Providence. 1t was II
OF without good effect All must j
e txposed to temptation, and thus O
rove what vas In them. All must m
'Ork ont their own salvation. a
Elder Shows discourse was long, 4,
all of the afternoon. At B
8 close the choir sang an anthert NJ
I'D Bishop Taylor pronounced E
ep5diction. In