The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24
EAGLE GATE. photo by J. H Crockwell)

Lord and the standard OF Zion unfurled for the
gathering OF nations
President Young expressed his entire salts
faction at the appearance OF the valley as a
resting place for the Saints. and felt amply re-
paid for his Journey While lying upon his bed
in my carriage. gazing upon the scene before
us. many things OF the future concerning the
valley were shown 10 him in vision.
After gazing awhile upon this scenery, we
moved four miles across the table land into
the valley, to the encamDment of our bre tn
r. n who mad arrived two days before.
''As soon as our encamDment was formed,
before taking my dinner having half a bushel
of potatoes. 1 went TO the plowed field and
planted them. hoping, with the blessing OF God,
to save at least the seed for another year.
THE brethren had damned up one of the
creeks and dug a trench, and by night nearly
the whole ground which was found very dry,
was irrigated.
Towards evening. Frothers Kimbal, Smith,
Benson and myself rode several miles up the
creek Getty creek into The mountains to look
for timber and see the country
There was q thunder shower ana 1t ralned
over nearly the whole valley; it also rained a
little in the fore part of the night. We felt
thankful for this, as it was the generally con
ceived opinion that il did not rain in the valley
during the summer season.
Sunday, July 25.-The morning was
fine and pleasant. At 10 O'Clock a. m &.
the pioneers met for public worship
in the circle of the encamp-
ment, and were addressed successfully by
Apostles George a. Smith, Heber C.. Kim
ball and Ezra I. Benson. The speakers
all expressed their feelings OF qualification
at the prospects before them, and were
well satisfied with the country to which
they had come. Elder Kimball referred
specially to the manifold blessings with
which the brethren had been favored dur
ing their travels. Not man, woman or
child had died on the journey. In the
afternoon the whole congregation partook
of the sacrament CT the Lords supper for
the first time in the valley, and the peo-
pie were addressed by MILFORD Woodruff,
Orson Pratt, and Willard Richards. Re-
marks were also made by Lorenzo d.
Young, John Pack and others. Elder
Pratt spoke from the text:
allow beautiful upon the mountains are the
feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that
puOltsheth peace: that bringeth good tidings of
good that publisheth salvation; that saith
unto Zion, thy God reigneth Thy watchmen
Shall lift up the voice; with the voice together
shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye,
when the Lord shall bring again Zion" isaiah
So; Z 81.
This text was very appropriate for the
occasion.
Though still feeble with the most Ian
gushing of diseases, the mountain fever,
and scarcely able to stand upon his feet,
President Young was still the lawgiver
on the first Sabbath in the valley. If be
had not strength to preach great SER
mon like that of Apostle Pratt, he
could in few words give some timely
advice ''Be told the brethren, -
says President MILFORD Woodruff,
''that they must not work on Sunday
that they would lose five times as much
as they would gain by it. None were to
hunt on that day; and there should not
any man dwell among us who would not
observe these rules. They might go and
dwell where they pleased, but should not
dwell with US He also said that no man