Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-09
CHRONICLES
or tho 5iethoiiIt Episcopal Church in Tucson - 4 Pkper Read by Its Author at the Church Festival on Thursday Evening, Sept. 29th.

Now it came to pass in the broad and
 fertile country Of America, iu the realm
 of the United Provinces and Territories,
 that the ancient and most honorable
 pueblo of Tucson was uL.ded Tn A. D.
 lJS0, or more than three hundred years
 ago, inlthe wilds of AriZbua. And be-
 hold this was a go0dly land, for since
 the foundations of the earth have been
 laid did the Lord form great mountains
 and deep valleys and therein did store
 much gold, silver, copper and coal.
 Moreover, the sun did shine upon this
 land continually, and the people did
 build them houses of earth-thick walls
 that should shield them from the heat
 thereof. Also the Lord did give rain
 upon the land for the space of two
 months-twice every year did the ram
 fall and cause the hills to be clothed
 with floral beauty and the plains with
 "0ving grain, and oftentimes within the
 TWO mopths Of rain it did fall. for the
 space ol t"~ days and nights together
 upon the land, SO tAaf the people thought
 the clouds of heaven dl1 burst above
 their heads, and many oi tine hC,l,es did
 fall down and the roofs Cid melt away by
 the water thereof. Moreover, the streams
 caused great washnuts which destroyed
 the streets, and highways over the noun
 tains where the people must go when
 they passed over Co the towns and plains
 of the surrounding county. But for all
 this the people were as sleep having no
 shepherd, and they did depart from the
 way of the Lord continually. So 1t came
 to pass in their sore need that a man
 whose surname was keeler was sent
 unto them whose good works were made
 manifest in the purchase of a wind in-
 strument, which should accompany the
 voices of the people when they praised
 the Lord in the g5,tes, but SO few were
 there to tell of all that God hath done that they were greatly discouraged, and hanging their harps on the willows, la-
 mented bitterly, saying How can We sing the Lords song Iu a strange laud2' And with one accord they all consented to the removal of the Wind instrument to the wayside town oI Tombstone, a days journey from IucsOu, on the other side of the San Pedro, which by inter- prctatlOn k St. Peter, and the place was full of sepulchers and dead mems bones. l Now for the space Of times and time did the man Rceder go IE and out be- fore the people, but he dId not accom- l plish the work wh reuntO he was sent, ! and in his place did come a man of the | tribe of Mills, who preached unto the ! people the words of life, and he did call | the children together, saying that unto l the parents who kept the covenant of l faith and to their title ones forever were ! the promises to be fulfilled. and 1t be- | cOmeth us to worthily instruct them in | the way they should go-for in heaven l the angels do always behold the face of l the Father Now while this man con ! tinued in all the ia0ors of the Lords | house behold one Adams cometh that | way, for he was High Priest that year | over all the country where the | heathen ragged ani the wild Apa- | che sought for game. Moreover, 1 he was a lneal descendant of our first | sought to do the work of the Lord in | crooked and perverse generation, and as he journeyed from Yuma, place in the | desert, to Prescott, n the land of the | Yayapais. he cOmmUned with his own | heart how he should search out and | bring back to their fathers house the lost | sheep of the house oi Israel He knew | that when he reached this chief city | where were gathered together the Gov ernOr and all the rulers who did execute | the laws of the province, that they would help him tO the accomplishment of his V Orl1, for they were observing men, and | they saw that wherever the name Of the Lord was honored that there the people did prosper and flourish nightly. Now, in the tenth month of the third year of the reign of Rutherford, surnamed Hayes, for ne was chief ruler of all that land, having been refreshed and strengthened for what Lay before him, this high priest Adams iJUrneyed from Prescott, passing through Phenix and Globe, cities like unto Sodom and GO- mora; but even here his righteous soul was rejoiced ta find syuagogues erected to the most high God, and leav- ing words of cheer and encouragement, be went on his way tO Tucson and find ing the man Mills still faithful to the trust committed t0 bis care, he saith unto him, ''iet us call together into the halls of justice all of those. both rich md poor, both great and small, who de- gre to form themselves into an assem- ply called NethOdists for the worship md service os God And 1t was all done t0 hI5 words thas the law night toe fulfilled. and that justice and owe toward all men should show forth .heir wonderful works through the up- fitting influences ot the sanctuary.
 And now leaving the shepherd Mills .O further administer the ordinances of fods house to those who should remain aithful unto the end. the High Priest departed for a season, for he must needs % into the land of sepulchers, but soon lgaln returning, the people of Tucson, 'alled Methodists, received him gladly, or though the spirit was willing, the iesh was weak, and on few had fallen he burden and heat of the day, until hey greatly lOnged for sympathy and from the man of God yhO came to strengthen the feeble .nees and the weary hands that hung luvn.
 And he said unto the people, 'let us ,Uild unto our God a tabernacle that hall ever stand before Him as a memo ial of our faith" and to this they all greed. but first must they buy a piece