Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-05

fA ,,ar have one of my own pos
DAY "" Nd 10 this office-a privilege
"i all my predecessors. presidents
,,d eounselors. who are IN 'he spur
A'l' va have had. Their sons are SIT
WIZ ,ore me here. ] need not mem
uns ,,em. YOU know them yourselves
wv had this desire in my. heart
,he Lord has granted 1t unto me.
am very thankful for 1t. am
".,,.eaa that these two young men we
sa a..s oa,led will magnify their callins.
nav. .a,,saed that It is in their hearts
10 do IT. s,o,.
w.s thinking Of it while the broth
.,r we're taiking-between the POSI-
=, my son and our brother here
and my position when was called TO
A.. .rostleship. while in the worst
,,,,sv we ever had in this Church.
~ Anostles and leading men were
a.h,lre the Prophet of God, the Lord
is 'S We IN rise up, choose companion,
WV 90 IN Fox Islands. A great deal
~. uv have done, and in my missions,
ma nave been led by inspiration of AL
.,i"htv cod TO do. ! knew no more
,.hst was on Fox Islands than l
,,sa, what was on Kolob. l chose
nro,ber Jonathan IL. Hale as part
ner We went through Canada, ana
there met John Z. Page, who was Ia
boring there. We administered to one
woman that wns possessed or the
Sevll which was cast out. We healed
Nc s,ck and the blessings of God
were with us. We crossed on Lake
ontario and from there down to AL
Many. and Pennington. my native
uloce / there met my father and my
mother. 1t was the first time / had
seen them since ] had been n Latter
dav saint held Il meeting among
them | baptized my father, my step
mother. my sister. several uncles and
hunts, and organized small branch
81 the Church. composed of all my
relatives except one-a Methodist
preacher. who was boarding at my
fathers house. Old father Smith told
me when he blessed me. that should
bring all my fathers house into the
Church. certainly baptized every
bodv that was In the house at the
time was there. then went on my
way to Fox Islands. When i got there
found two congregations-a Baptist
minister meeting house. a Baptist
congregation. on the north island; a
Methodist minister a Methodist con-
gregaton, without any meeting house.
on the south island. ! commenced
preaching there, and very soon saw
why the Lord had sent me there.
There was people there wi>binE Cor
the ancient order OF things. 1 hap
tizei mast Of those congregations
Without dwelling upon 1t. will say 1
baptized over 100 while there.
While " tia. ministry there. I. re-
ceived letter from JosepfI Smith, the
Prophet Of God, In which he told me
that the Lord had given him revela-
ton, and named to me the persons
tha, were called to fill the places of
those who had fallen. My name was
among them. He said that he wanted
ile TO gather up the Saints / had bap-
,lred and bring them to Zion. What
were the circumstances? I was on an
island Of the sen. There was not n
horse or an OK on the island. There
was not man or woman that knew
how TO harness horse. told one Of
the brethren. who had some money,
that We must furnish a train of
J horses, wagons. harness. etc, and he
proposed TO advance the money for
that purpose. He went with me ana
We bought about fifty horses: ana
then had to match these horses, and
gst harness to fit them. ! went to
Wagon-maker and engaged twenty or
twenty-five wagons. / did this in
order to prepare the people to go with
ne according to the words of the
Prophet, arranged everything, agreed
WIN ms brother to furnish the money,
ana lett In advance with the under
4 sAnuihs That they were to leave the
nrst day Of September. The letter to
me was dated the first of August. i
WY 70 Maine, as my wife was there
WIN her first child. waited for this
mpshy 70 come to me, but they did
10y 10y come TIL the first Of October. We
. eau, men to travel from Maine to Mis-
wgull through snow, rain, and mud.
however, We passed through IT ali.
~ got up there. according to the COM
niahdment Of the Lord to me.
mat was the way was called to
he Apostleship. and what / had to go
ough. ! have felt from that day To
i Luz uhat y has been good to serve the
NJ , sood TO honor God and to obey
ra eoniihandments. No matter what
we may be called to do. or what office
"a may be called TO fll. If we trust in
VA VA ana do our duty, we will be car
NV, through. OF course, / am here
~ g you now. But / have been on
l1,s sS ist good while. Still the
bart J., Jay blessed me, and / have got
Of hssi,t y former state, in a measure,
Lord r,i,, uhd strength. How long the
nv, VIII permit me to live I do not
scS Sw anything about. but 1 have 70
ali ,SSedge the hand OF the Lord in
bs.r I W. AFFAIRS with myself. baye
bsen s.'neu at the teachings that have
W., sven US at this Conferarca
P,psiasn, siGtht smith has said. whar
T.v u cannon has said. is true
,hat Ma nave spoken upon principles
NV should lay to heart.
Ga you, brethren and s,st.rs ,,,o
brIIa VI N, heaven has set His hand to
revea,ip,nal oh. In fulfillment OF ali the
dan N VI hod to man from the
day Th rather Adam down to this
given hsre counsels that have been
and W. ono, To-Day are Just and true
not sin. So' 70 observe them. / can,
VI n s, nom the commandma,t. cannon
Nm Awise but we are The io y, goa
tlsn scslh' ! viii say TO this coner "
Latter Su Almighty will nG,,ct ,ss
sue tbs .uoy Saints If thew do NO, 'nese
pursue rLse they are called unon r.,
and carr me Lord viii build mn o H,o 10
| will be g., out His purposes. bnt r,n
NE counse aIs', IS unless we listen To
u these Latte the servants OF God
flgh, or the i lar, Saints turn to the
OF on othsni', on political ouestions
,,hhemselyes one principles, to separate
ne eommansrraro rom another and from
and they v wv hold them res .ne Lprd
know M Sili be chastised for sS So,ss
alive. am as Wen as know i ~,
o. the Lattsannx anxious for the salyation
politics, but r. about what yon arc ' ~
ggether and la Sse should be united to-
ih,@i 10. Of the ea been called from the
Alr we do not do urn !, to do that; and