Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-26

huu ~ WIS Nulat uFtHNllfluHs Ouo Ci
TIE leauiug men ~ the hrauch In San
Francisco said, of you have got thou.
sand dollars, you can start iho pfese
here" l told him had not chou.
nand dollars, tut the Lord had sent mt
aud | vas going to no what / had been
sent to DO. Tue result was the Lord
opened the way wonderfully. Money
Increased In our hands. a twenty
d liar gold piece would go AZ far, /,
stemed 10 me, Hs a hundred
dollars would under o.her circum.
stances. Everything worked ~ the
accomplishment OF that which had
been designed. Two thouaanI copies
OF the Book Of Mormon were tub-
lished, bound aud sent 10 the Sand.
wich lslands-At hast the greater
portion OF them, ami paper was
published, branches were niscd up,
scaitefed sol. IA were organized, and n
great work was done. Tue Lorl
raised up ifierds aud put means into
the hands Of the Elder, aud that
which seemed 40 dark nud impruc.
tfahlc was changed, aud the Llrdis
blessing restcu down upon tho Efforts
that were made. THIS Was all done
without pure and scIip. q course,
money was furnished; but the Lord
did II, men simply being His agents.
SO II has been all through the history
Of GOd's people. Ths lablfs Of the
Elders VI tho Church have been Of
such a character o. 10 intpife them
with the greatest VI faith anu conf.
doncc Ia God. When He wants a
work done, there Is nothing that can
prevent itB accomplishment, 10 tho
men that attempt II will only have
faith. SEQ how this was illustrated tn
the case Of the sons Of Lehi. i4ehi was
Impressed Of tho Lord to send his sons
back 10 Jerusalem for tho brass platts
that were In the possession OF a man
WHO belonged 10 an oluOr branch OF the
family, 'iahan by name. Tho Lord
had ~ own 10 LEM that ~ b were 10
go into the wilderness AMI across the
ocean 10 the land which lie had
promised 10 him anu his children
without some Kind OF record, there
would be danger Of their hll ng into
idoiatfy and forgetting their origin.
Therefore, IL was necessary, In the
mind VI the Lord, that these TecOriH
should be obtained from Labuu. Luhi
went 10 his elder sons anu explained
w NANAN iAN ANhHHAlNl W AAlo ANtt anu
he wanted them 10 10 back to
Jerusalem aud get the plates from
Laban. But they had no faith.
They said Labau wOulJ XIII them.
Hn was a man OF Influence and power,
AMI II WIS no usu Tor them 10 20 back.
They did not want 10 20. Their father
asked too hari a thing Of them, aud
they did not feel inciiLed 10 do that
which he said. Lehitlcn went b the
fourth uon AMI explained to him what
lac wanted, and he replied, al Will 10
and do the things which tho Lord
hath commanded, for know that the
Lord giveth no commandments unto
tbs children Of men, save lie shall
prepare n way or them that they may
accomplish tnu thlny which lie com.
maudeth thom.D That was NephPs
faith. lie knew that God was all.
powerful, ana no imme iiately
acqulosctd In tho wish Of his father.
His next elder brother was Influenced
by him anu he was willing g. go, too.
and the two eldest sons went nlfO, hit
reluctantly and withsnt tho least cont.
dence In the success OF the mission.
The history Of IL In known 90 most OF
you. They went In hTst aud nsked
Laban for the plates. ThOy offered
him all their property; but no would
not Listen TO II, aud IN fact his servants
chased them away, The elder
brothers looked upon this ~ con.
iirmatiOn OF their fears, aud because
their brothers were not VI their opinion
They beAt them with rod. But Nephi
determined ~ do the thing that 9od
required, believing with all his heart
that God would aslg nothing OF him
that He would not assist MIN Ia doing.
lie went forth again anu obtained the
plates, ami they were tho munns u
saving that people nud their descend.
auts from many evils.
This Is striking illustration OF
what can edone. II was tho same,
brethren and sisters, IN coming 10 this
land. There were doubtcrs VINO said,
''YOu cannot go into the wilderness
and live. II you start out 10 the
Rocky Mountains you Will fall" But
the servants OF God dii not have
these fears. President Young was
moved upon by the Spirit uf God 10
lake n certain course, and most OF his
brethren were Ono with him. There
were some Of the Twelve that did not
zee NJ he die. Lyman Wight and
James II. Page did not want to 10, and
iid not so; but the rest OF the Twelve
were one with President Young. Hu
'aid the Lord had pointed out To him
he cOurae 10 be pursued, and he led
he people forth. They were prnniless
,nd destitute Of almost everything |
neceiaaTy TO make such Etupendous |
Quincy. Why, AS We passed through |
Iowa the people had 10 selltheir feather
ieds, and afterwards everything thy
had that could be- sold TO get |
II we had looked vt |
aid, "lhis man Is leading this |
hey got TO sustain th,m, They are
'oing forth into an unknown land,
md who knows when they get 10 any |
lace that they nre going Tor that /
hey can live2" II was easy 10 say |
his, because no one knew Anything
bout this country, comparatively
pgaking. A few men had crossed
ierr, but they knew nothing about tho
Innate, or whether the soil was capa-
Nc OF sustaining human life, Tue fsw
VINO hal lived here had lived like
indians; they had hunted anu trapped
nj lived on meat, aud little corn,
where the lndinns could raise little
long the streams.
How was II In Winter Qlarter?
'hu people suffered great hsrdships.
myself, whom q boy, going
ay alter day for my unols's family 10
bother John Van Cots, ana walung
" my turn az his big coffee mill 10
rind little corn that we could eat.
W bought wheat whole and ate
J, anu ina to send down 10 Missouri