Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-07

wheels under full head of water, and
! suppose ought to have been killed
IN either of them, but was not hurt.
That preserving power has followed
me all the way through my life. II
has been with me upon my missions
abroad as well as at home. 1t has
followed me until the present day, and
/ have been placed In great many
strange places.
was ordained to dedicate this Salt
Lake Temple fifty years before 1t was
dedicated. l knew ! should live to
dedicate that Temple. ! did live to do
II. l had n great desire In my boyhood
to receive the Gospel OF Christ, to see
prophet or somebody that could
teach me the Gospel of Christ as
taught by the ancient Apostles and AZ
] read of in the New Testament. l
desired this with every sentiment of
my heart, and on the first Gospel
sermon l ever heard ] was baptized.
with my Oldest brother. / Immediate
~ went to Kirkland. was in Zlon's
Camp with the Prophet of God. l saw
the dealings of God with him. / saw
the power OF God with him. / saw thar
he was a Prophet. What was mani
fest to him by the power of God upon
that mission was of great value to
me and to all who received his instruc-
tions. / will refer to one instance.
A short time before we landed in
Missouri Joseph called the camp to-
gether. He there prophesied unto us.
and told us what lay before u.s. He
gave us the reason why chastisement
was before us. He says: you con-
slider me a boy with, the rest, of you.
You have not realized my position be-
fore the Lord. But there is a chas-
tlsement before this camp" He told us
that this would come upon us because
h..1 ,oI mot haAt al, L. !. lie.
In one hour after we landed In Mis-
souri, and pitched our tents at Mr..
Burkett's. one man began to fall here,
another there, and In q few moments
we had dozen of our camp stretched
upon blankets with the cholera. The
Prophet of God, when he saw this,
felt to smypathize with them, and he
and Hyrum laid their hands upon
Brother Carter. the first man that
was taken sick. but as soon as they
did II they were seized themselves,
and they both had to leave the camp.
He said afterwards; II told you what
was coming to pass, and when afflic-
ton came ] stretched out my hand to
stay 1t, and l came very near falling
by 1t myself" That mission was very
interesting to me.
want to say here that in all my
life since Joining this Church and
kingdom, Notwithstanding these pow
ers that have been with me to Kill
me, / have always had the revelations
OF God with me. That Is something
/ want to talk about to Israel before
get through. The power OF God has
told me what to do and what not to
do. While the devil has had power
to affiict my body very seriously. there
has been a power with me that has
saved me through IT all. And, when
ever I have had the Holy Spirit with
me to tell me what to do. have had
to do that. BY that / have been
saved. BY listening to that still small
voice / am here today with you. There
are two reasons why am here today.
When i went back after the pioneer
Journey, President Young said he
wanted me to take my family and go
to Boston. and stay there till ! could
gather all the Saints of God in New
and Canada and bring them
to Zion. That was the mission he
gave me on my return from the pio-