Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-11

soon followed by J. !. Strang, a Cut.
Ter, Lyman Wight. GLADDEN. Bishop, the
Laws, Hedrick. Bickertouites aud many
other ltts-but brigham was the pre- ST.
dent OF the original twelve apostles,
the quorum who were endowed and
charged by the prophet OF God, who
took his coat saying, 81 stake from my
shoulders the responsibility Oi the Cos
pei message upon you my fellow twelve
apostles" When Sidney Rigdon set up
his claims in the grove. under the great
elm tree lust east oi the temple. amid
the cOngregatcd Saints, Brigham Young
was the one upon whom was the mantle
OF the greatest prophet that ever graccd
the world. The voice, the very prophet
was there. the lion roared. al hands
went up, Sidney vanished, went up with
his theories as Il In smoke. So have or
will all the fathers, while L ion shall rise,
temples be built, the dead be cared for,
the gathering 20 on-a continuation OF
the prophets work where he lei d. until
he shall again come IN the flesh, aud
fulfill all that was placed upon him.
Dear Bfo,her Richards, fully realizing
these facts, and the responsibility tni
care resting upon the First Presidency,
aud the Twelve Apostles, who, looking
over the missionary icld.cast tie watch
lul eve over the Northern Pacific states,
where no missionafy's voice was heard,
and many lost sheep were comparatively
without a shepherd. Your aged servant
OF God, was chosen with much young
cr companion, Elder VI. T. LuNlcy
favored Il the Lord. And proudly can
We say We felt 10 heartily respond to
the voice OF the Lord and the i6.h OF
June found US In Lima, Montaua. After
attending the conferences OF hammock
stake ard hi lgham s Iky, anltakng the
pairing hand and blessings Of yourself
and our loved ones win whom We
parted at the glorious conference at
Bingham stake.
Oacc IN our field OF labor We lacked
no friends to take US iu and provide
amply for our wants, and on the first
evening we called a meeting aud fifteen
met In the house OF Elder William L.
Hopkins. On the following evening We
held a public meeting In q two story
brick district school house, the best the
town affords. About fifty attended.
The town OF Lima is mostly a railroad
town with a population Of about 500.
We have continued our meetings In
public and private, with good success,
and now much prejudice which at first
we had 10 contend with, has gwen way.
We visited the only minister IN the
place, a Methodist, spending two hours
with MIN and his vile. the latter has at
tended two Of our public meetings..
President Ricks Of Banudck stake
organized a branch OF the Church at
this place last tall. But the presiding
Elder Daniel Clark had lett Lima, 50 we
tculganizcd the branch with Elder
b. iil.am +. Hopkins presiding T. Jer
and with John Bur, and Austin ~.
Child as assistants. Both OF the latter
are seventies. We opened baptismal
lont % the ranch VI Brother ChiId's
three miles OUT, and offered the uppJr-
tunlty Tor baptism aud fof the renewal
vi covenants o; aome who h1ye been
away from the Church oye sixteen
years
The spirit OF the LORD has attended
our hbofs, and many Of the lost sheep
have been made TO rejoice, as cyinccd
by eight souls claiming baptism ON the
goth Of June aud on the s5,h Of June
the date OF the martyrdom oi our loved
prophet,wc baptized fourteen more, on
the following Tuesday, 5othlwe baptized
four more. twenty.siN m all, ana thir-
teen OF those baptized, are hts, bapt'
isms.
There is one peculiar circumstance