Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-19

forward the through emigration o Sain S
10 Utah. The Quitting points we're
Iowa CITY. Iowa and Florence, Nebraska
from whence / arrived home in Salt
Lake City, October Aih, 1850. to resume
the duties OF my calling a. President Of
the Stake
81 have served as member Of the
Legislature oil Uiah,in the House 1857,
1907; aud In the Council, iS1f-2 1905
and 1898
On reply 10 the OF repeated question
Of what were NV uttves or expectations
In coming 10 Umf, eau only answer
they were about th. same as those VI my
pilgrim loreiathcrs. to found a COMMON
wealth where could worship God I'M
molesied, and 10 aid In the iulhlment
OF prophecy made by Joseph Smith
before his death that the Saints should
become a numerous people w TIE RocIy
Mountains.
I'VE QUILTED Tor this great Journey
with oxen, COWS and a wagon IN which
we had hard tack. bacon, bean potato
chips, potato starch, dried pumpkins.
all IN small amount, crossing over the
Mississippi river on the ice IN the winter
OF 1876. Al that ! had from then
I'LL landing IN Utah, September, 1917, |
had 10 haul ON wagons-iood, bedding,
tools, goods, al Kinds OF hardware,
seed grain, seed chickens and seed cats,
everything save our clothing which we
carried easily on cur persons and were
not heavy weighted: and when We came
to live six months on ration OF two
ounces OF Hour a day from which TO
draw physical strength to carry the
burdcns incident 10 carving out a
home In the desert, we found lack Of
weight on our bodies a blessing rather
than otherwise.
III wish at the close Of this memoir to
bear record Of a most interesting INCL
dent. When our first sowing Of wheat
helded out, herds OF crickets assailed u
with such dcstructivcnuss that forty
eight hours would have seen the entire
settlement left without vestige OF grain
sustenance. Wnat would have been our
tate here, LEFT wholly destitute, over 500
miles from any supplies, IN the fall OF
the year, can easily be coniectufed,
especially as we had no faster Transport
tation than oX teams. Under these
conditions thousands Of guls came to
our rescue. Sarcastic, inhdcllc state.
ments have been made that The gull,
were here before We cane, aud that they
came to the destruction VI the efickets
by instinct. | ask how that instinct
brought them In just the ior,y.i ight
hours tina, saved the settlement AID I
wall venture ihc ass, ruOn that an hoil 81
person cannot be found who vfr,ssed
that occurrence. and has lived T. ,he
present, but what vil. testify uat =. eis
was a rato u thousand gulis tl.nio
one hundred that were ever seen ncie
by US before, or have been seen here
since.
II iofesee future when the con.
diuons Of this people will be largely
chang 7, wlcl Ia culture OF the world
wall sees 20 measure arms with the sim.
plieity and Inspiration OF the Gospel. II
these voicngs OF the pen should ever
reach the SAINTS Of the Salt Lake Stake.
over which God honored me to preside
ior some nineteen years, It wiu be years
after my natural voice will be hushed.
hut | desire to emphasize great truth,
once uttered by an ancient worthy:
God revealeth His secrets TO His ser
wants and Prophets, and there is safety
Tor the individual and the people IA
the channels they pilot"