Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-04
VOL. XXvI.

wv nesilnte iOI QUE moment to declare
IL 70 this congregation, nor would 1
hesitate TO declare IT anywhere in the
world, Tor II II true-between those
who are honest In heart In the midst
OF the world and those people who
nave received the Gospel and who
nave hnen gathered into one commu-
my, having come out from Babylon
that they might not piriake of her sins
nor receive OF her plaques. While
there are thousands and ruilllOns OF the
children OF God who are scattered
among tbs nations Of tho earth and
are still IN darkness In relation TO tho
principles OF life aud salvation, you
nave received light, you have been
endowed with Wisdom from on high;
OF IL You have not, then there Is some.
Thing the matter With you. Certainly
II was your privilege TO be endowed
| win wisdom from on high. II was
your privilege to receive Intelligence
hhu knowledge from God which no
people on Garth can possibly receive
! oN'eW Inty repent u their sins, arc
'Aptl1 lor tbs remission OF their Ains,
anu receive the Holy Ghoat by the
laying on Of hands, as you have done.
Ihefeiofei " we are not tho people
OF 90 !, and n this lnnd 4. not the land
ot Zion, tell uie, n you can, where [
may go upon the face Of the earth 10
find the people of God snd the land Of
ZION; for II Ia the people OF
! God that am looking for, and IL 10 the
land Of Zion that | have desired 10
search out. Aud It IL for these Oh.
Jects that you have gathered to these
valleys IN the midst OF these noun.
tains. We have come here TO serve
the Lord, and the Lord has said:
Behold, blessed arc they who have
come mp unto this land with an owe SIN.
Gle TO my glory, according TO my COM
mandmonis;
For them that live shall inherit the
earth, and them that die shall rest from
| !ll their labors, and their work shall
follow them, and they shall receive
crown In the mansions of my Father.
which have prepared Tor them;
Yea, blessed are they whose feet stand
upon the land Of Zion. who have oheved
my 6ospcl,for thoy shall reroiyo for iholi
reward the good things ~ tho earth; and
II shall bring forth Ia ITS strength.
Need ask the Latler.day saIntslN
They have received tho goOi things OF
the carth since they cams TO thes,
valley? Need 1 nsk them II tho
1 y
them? Ia there Latter.day Saint
anywhere who will say that the earth
has refused to yield IN her strength I,
this people, or that this people have
not received the blessings OF the earth?
| remember very distinctly whom
first came to this valley how IL ap.
peared 10 M, II there was barren
place anywhere on the earth, surely IL
was here. Tho very grass was dry aud
apparently dead, and there were no
green trees aud no shfubbury 10 give 10y
| totho eye or gladness to the heart: there
was no appearance 10 this lhud calcu.
lated 70 make II place 10 he desired.
The sol was dry and apparently bar.
ren, The earth was bare. Whatever
had grown Upon itA surface had
wlthefei or been destroyed by the
vast hories Of criekeis aud grass.
hoppers which Infested the valley
nc that time, and everything was for.
bidding. | remember large field
which was plowed and planted about
six miles from this place on the bench
between Mil creek and Canyon creek.
IL had been plOwed BY combination
Of labor IN order that the soil might DO
tested, and that they might get as near
ms possible TO the waters which flowed
from the canyons, that none OF 1t
should waste before II could be brought
upon the spil. Wheat was planted
upon that soil, and II was irrigated ac-
cording 10 the best knowledge that was
had At that time by the people. But
after the seasons toll OF plowing,
planting and irrlgating, II was found
that the labor was thrown away. Not
aspesr OF wheat grew above six inches
high. The wheat sprouted wherever
there was sufficient moisture In the
soil to cause It to spring up; but because
OF the drouth and the barreDness Of the
soil, 1t withered and died. Not grain
Of wheat was harvested from that great
field. What now? Why, any OF you
that want TO see the change that has
been wrought In this valley, no now
upon that very same soil. II was
abandoned then us worthless, value
less. Ii was thought that nothing
could be- produced upon 1t, and we
went more toward the lower ia OF
the valley ana began to cultivate the
soil there. For years this land that
speak Of produced nothing but sun.
flowers and weeds, which seemed to
flourish very we'll. But after a while
we became little more numerous, ami
we began TO spread out. This land
was then re.ocoupied little by little,
and this people began TO cultivate IL
again. Now go and see 1t for your.
selves. There are hundreds OF pros
porous, happy homes, anu hundreds OF
happy people living upon that once
barren soil aud duri wing their support
from II.
can remember that for years the
land lying between here and
B1untiful and that In Bountiful,
particularly the south end OF II, no
one attempted TO cultivate, because
IL was considered worthless, and man
was thought to be throwing away his
time to have anything to 10 with 1t.
The cholcer little spots Of ground lower
down In the valley, where there was
little moisture, we're thought TO DO the
most valuable In the valley, and there
tho people sought to obtain their in-
herilances. What In the result? ithas
been proven beyond any doubt that
those lands that were once 30 barren
and forhidding have become today the
most valuable, the most fruitful, and
the strongest and best soil OF all tho
lands Of our valley, ana tho men that
now occupy these bench lands possess
more wealth 10 the acre than those
who occupy the lower grounds, when
II comes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES food for
animals. | remember also at Eaysville,
where now you see comfortable homes
aud prosperous people, that you could
not get straw of wheat, OF barley, nor
OF oats sufficient 10 feed a team NJ you
passed through the country; and the
| people that occupied that barren bench