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

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Payer by Bishop Evans, OF Leh
The choir saEG:
How great thu wisdom AID the love, ct
.posTLE ERAsTUs SNOW addlesse
- congregation. He SAID the scene
IT,, ~ 6in, and tie events of Satul
V ~ rng Twsaiy-!oOrih) carried hi
..J'i mack through the history Of th
NE, day Saints, ana we're ofintens
L.,sst 10 ali members OF the church
T's notices exhibited on SATURDAY.
I anpropriate end that around thr
SS'ttosrnrsrle. God Bless Our Noun
4so Home" va pleasing. Tbi
.a,n the homo of the
Wa When the Pioneers found
s'.D 1aswzll nigh ciean-puriied b.
y u lana OF time, and the destruction
'I - He mad said on looking a.
~. y, % 5s,Jrstions Of the building, and
W TsDreseut4t'on of the desert IN
, ,c tney shou d have had the cage
t IN sorinzled with black crickets,
D.-g5gal.s looking down upon them.
Tsst would have reminded more
1--.hlg OF the early days, when the
I"5ians we're not regarded as enemies
= elmpAri=3n 70 the cricksts and
.-,s,.191yers. The Grst two seasons
Ssear to saints arrived here, when
% crickels seemed TO be sweeping
Nv every green thing, fiocks of
s,rs descended aud devoured the
.aets. thereby saving the crops Of
~ pet Die. The gale had become
mos, as sacred with the people, al
-. the white elephant of the east.
nee then very few gulls had been
.s1o in the country. Their visitation
med to be miraculous, as the ap
,ssrsnce OF the quails ia olden time.
socs the days Of The crickets the
g.,.sboppers mad appeared in various
is.c,iops Of the country and done
inch damage, but owing to the wide
-,,srf of country under cultivation,
,Is DeoIle we're able TO sustain them
.1I,ss The Indians ad learned q
i,son in economy before the coming
Nine Pioneers; when the grasshOp-
~. and crickets ate the food from
~ Tpdians, the latter il turn ate the
;r.ects He remembered that the
~ conference that the Pioneers held
bsrs with the Indians. alter congratu-
tons and some talk, the Indisns
r;rbdrew 8 hort distance for supper. |
ed turued cut bushels Of dried |
tickets. from which to make their |
meal Had it not been for the provi
dsstisl coming OF the gulls. the
colonists wonld have been reduced to
the necessity OF sailing, drying and
eating the crickeIe, as the Indians
did. Elder Snow related The familiar |
story of Jim Bridger meeting the |
Pioneers in 1S47, and telling them |
mai nothing IN ths way OF grain
,opd be grown here. saying he would
I'm. q 600 for the first ear OF corn
H,ol1cgd IN Salt Lske Valley. Presi-
dem Young replied, "Walt, aud we
will show you" 1t was that faith
and confident hope that had carried
the people though, aud sustained
tenn to tue present day. There was
in lbe heart oithe psople an sssuT-
ance. planted by God, that the Lord
would make the Interior desert fruit
mi That faith vas there because
G91 had pointed out the way here.
joseph Smith han predicted that the
,sints would be driven from the |
state. and have to take refuge in the
Rocky Mountains, and be, shortly
before his death, had chosen twelve
men to explore this country, and
i=rcrl its capabilities. he did not
he to LEAD the people here, as be iu-
tldej. bat the work was done by his
Successor, Brigham Young, on whom
BIZ Matte fell. When the Pioneers
lei, for Tie west, they did not know
where they were going. During the
frs. 500 miles OF the journey from the
camp on the Missouri TO Fort Lara
mi5 he country was barren; there
rs nothing for the animals to eat.
Tnare Ras plenty Of wild game. The
bgha.Ces were so numerous that they
bed consumed everything eatable.
hey we're oftenlimes IN the way, and
had to be driven Of, that the train
could pass, and at night guards had
10 be placed over The cattle to prevent
asmpedes by buffalo. The Pioneers
bad been obliged TO feed on the grain
lsy had brought along TO sustain
uGr animals, until they resched the
Black Hills, where they found grass.
4. the Platte they had to construct u
lsTry boat with = hich 10 cross the
liver, aud when they bad gotten over
snd were about to iasten their boat
Tor future use, they received news OF
q large company a short distance
behind en- route Tor Oregon, and that
they wanted tie Pioneers to ferry |
them over the river. They did so,
and collected the toll in ,.Ovisions,
Others allowed and the supplies were |,
thus freely repleDisbed, and they |
Teai ) another interpOsitlOn Of divine |
pr0I.lence in time Of need. They |
had plenty Of fresh meat, and dried
AMI brought much with them TO the
Valley. When President Young wss
questioned concerning the stopping
place, bis reply was, be should know
It when be saw it, and that they were
travelling by divine direction. at
Pacific Springs they met Peg-Leg |
smith, mountsiDeer and trader, |
who described Bear Lake, Cache and |
AaHh Valleys, and advised them ie |
90 nOrthwesierly and enter Cache. |
lhsy agreed to meet him two weeks
afterwards and have him pilot them
10 that valley, but from some unex-
pIsiced reason he failed to inset
them, snd Elder Snow accepted it as
another divine interference to prevent
Them going into Cache Valley. They
afterwards met a man named Good
!esI, who had spent about year
near where Ogden now stands, trying
70 produce grain and vegetables, but
he lad ial Cd. He told them OF the
po0's0ll hard frOsts and bad climate,
Out Toe same answer was given him
Ina' tad been given to Bridger.
4nan the mountain fever afflicted go
h2nY Of the Pioneers that the pre-
gFe': was slow. Tney travelled only
Is the sick we're able to move. At
Eeao Brigham Young Was unable to
proceed, aud be sent Orson Pratt and
Others, with axes, shovels and picks
70 cut their way, and make road
ll'o The Valley. Willard Richards
'uen asked Brigham Young if he had
NJ! idea as to what direction they
slOld take, when the latter said his
IMPRESSION WAS that when they
tlefpe1 iron, Tho r,os,pfafrs fhav