Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-23
AT THE TABERNACLE.


htilEl0ud htINilea OF Nut NuuINu Oh
Jesus Christ u Lattor.day Saints were
held at the Tabernacle on sunday
July 22nd, Elder Joseph T.. Taylor, Of
the stake Presidency presiding.
The choir sang!
Author Of faith. Etornal Word.
whose opirt 1rcaths hg ae.N0 lame
Prayer was offered by Elder Hamil.
ton q. Park.
The choir sang tho anthem.
Jcsus. ] my cross have taken.
Elder Brigham Young was the fret
speaker. HotaiI he had been absent
from this city 'or long time, and
reioiced greatly at having the oppot.
tunity u saying lev words 10 the
Saints this afternoon.
IL was now eight months since he
left Salt Lako CITY on visit to the
Saints IN Ola Mexico. Ia these dbys u
steam car'. OF rapid transit FROM one
place 10 ululhuL it ia NOT mu1h TO
travel from uyra 10 Canada, Mexico or
other distant places, hut tD undertake
the journey with horses aud buggy
or u wagon DO amounts 90 q great zeal.
Had the privilege OF driving iu this
msunor fr Im this valley 10 Ola Mexico,
and enjoyed tue out very muon. 10 D.
a long distance 10 travel with two
hOuus anu q buggy, bui by going boo
ihia manner he was enabled 10 visit
many Of the settlements OF S4inH
which be- could not have done only by
this mode OF travel.
Found the Lattcf-iay Saints feeling
well spiritually everywhere except iu
one OF Two instarCuH in Arizona aud
Mexico, caused by thu breaking
OF dams, dfourht ami miBtfsltmeut b.
SOME people VINO uid not hcsitatb 10
wrong our pooIlr. f. IN up hill work
with tue LAuot-tuy Saints ga found.
ing now colonies and making them
suitable Tor habiinuuns. a failure IN
crops this season, on account OF the
drought iu tho southern part Of Utah
aud parts Of ArzJna, Now Mexico
and Colorado, ha6 discouraged some OF
our people. These think " moving TO
some other place where they think
they can better themselves.
Tue people located In those distant
settlements have about the same 0b.
st.clrs 10 overcome aud hariships 20
endure a. tue Pioneers had in making
these valleys hAbltnblo. Those who
may picture In their minds an uasy
manner Of obtaining u livelihood had
buttcr not 10 ~ tue frontier settlements.
Those w10 would succeed must
work win detorm nation on
all occasiOns, d trust Ia God. There
IL no place like UWh after uIl, anu ~
tho climate has entirely changed here
from what 10 WIS Boa early lhyf,and tile
desert become au q rlsu, In like manner,
the valleys or C1ultry the Laitsf-i lay
Saints occupy will iu time buuomu 4
ffuiuul held by tho blessings OF tho
Lord, perseverance, u lis people aud
righteousness OF thulr liyuu.
In tho "jOsv there WAS heavy frost
every month OF the year in CaCau va.
Icy, tut now 10 ~ tue grAnaIy OF Utah.
saupote used 20 DO tho grsnary. 50
great has been the change mere that
this county has become place o. do.
light
Ihe speaker related conversa.
ton had with his father, the late
President Brigham Youug, sub,tau-
tally ~ ioiloWt; 1 REMEMBER asking
my father once upon time n
question his idea Of MOVING into a
place. He directed me where 20 go. /
asked about making improvements
and said shall build permanently
HIS answer wat: "AiaFu u juut us
permanent aud secure ns you eau make
b.. Make u ~ II you were ever going
10 move again. 40 you should not
live, OF you should nave 10 move away
from there those who succeed you
will hnd tbs place you lott the better
for your presence. La building he
designed that everything be- substau.
tlal, and that everything donu be done
well aud not need TO be- taken uOWu OF
destroyed because OF flaws or poor
W JTkmanship. lie was ~ concerned
about the foundation walls Of tpc
Temple not being built right that he
he'd the huge stones lifted one 10y one,
anu az the bottom ho found wooden
rollers. Thu speaker advocated the
doing Of all thinEs Ia a right anu
proper way.
Elder George a. Smith, lately re-
turned from tue southern states mis-.
sion, reported chat mission ~ being In
u fiOurlshing condition, The prejudice
that formerly existed against tho srT-
wants OF GOD sent among them aud
towards the Lattel-lay Saints located
here has almost died out Our Elders
arc treated we'll wherever they 20. In
former times We had only access to the
people In tho rural districts, but W.
now have the privilege OF visiting
those Ia tho cities aud ARE received ty
many " them kindly. lnetB are 1850
Elders laboriug In the Southern States
mission at the present time anu good
work 10 being done % them 10 spread.
ing the principles Of tho Gospel u lIfe
and salvation.
The speaker reioioed at being home
again aud "a, having the privilege OF
miugllug with the Saints here. lie
enjoyed his lAh0fs greatly while on his
mission aud uttered words Of praise Tor
the people Of tho South, VINO he said
were among the most hospiaUlo 10 be
found anywhere, A the missionaries
IN that field were laUOriug zeal0usiy
tor the spread OF truth worthy the
cause.
The choir and congregation sang.
Now let us rejoice 800 tho day OF salvation,
No longer 40 suauHoh ou earth need we
roam.
Beneliotion by President George q
Cannon.