The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-11-15
C+iAPTER Viii.
A Revelation from tho Lord.

From his little one.roomed cabin,
dark, smoky, Uttered with hay, old
blankets, and skins, he heard excited
voices outside, one early morning in
January. He opened the door and
found a group of men discussing a
miracle that had been wrought over
night. The Lord had spoken to
Brigham and word had come to Zion
to move toward the west:
He hurried over to Brigham's house
and by that good man was shown the
word of the Lord as it had been writ
ten down from his lips. With emo.
lions of reverential awe he read the
inspired document.
1.-THE Word and Will of the Lord
Concerning the Camp Of Israel in it's
Journeyings to the West" Such was
it's title.
LET all the people," it began, "or
the Church Of Jesus Christ OF Latter
day Saints, be organized into COM
panies with a covenant and a promise
to keep all the statutes of the Lord
our God.
Let the companies be organized
with captains OF hundreds and cap.
tains of fifties and captains of tens,
with q President and Counsellor at
their head under the direction of the
Twelve Apostles.
Let each company provide itself
with all the teams, wagons, provi-
sions, and all other necessaries for
the journey.
Let every man use all his infu-
once and property to remove this peo-
pie to the place where the Lord shall
locate a stake Of Zion, and let them
share equally in taking the poor, the
widows, and the fatherless, so that
their cries come not up into the ears
Of the Lord against His people.
And If ye do this with a pure
heart, with all faithfulness, ye shall
be blessed in your tlocks and in your
herds and in your fields and in your
families. For I am the Lord your
God, even the God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and OF
Jacob. I am He who led the children
Of Israel out of the land of Egypt,
and my arm is stretched out in these
last days to save my people Of Israel.
Fear not thine enemies. for thew
r In my hands, and I will do my
pleasure with them.
my people must be tried in all
things, that they may be worthy to
receive the glory that I have in store
for them, even the glory Of Zion;
and he that will not receive chastise.
ment is not worthy Of my Kingdom.
So no more at present. Amen and
Amen!"
This was what he had longed for
each winter night when he had seen
the sun go down,-the word of the
Lord to follow that sun on over the
rim into the painless wilderness, in.
tested by savage tribes and ravenous
beasts, Astounding in terrors I'M
Known.
EARLY in April the life began to stir
more briskly in the great camp that
sprawled along either side OF the
swollen, muddy river. From dawn to
dark each day the hills echoed with
the noise Of many works, the streets
were alive with men and women go
ing and coming on endless errands,
and with excited children playing at
games inspired by the occasion. Wag-
ons were mended and loaded with
provisions and tools, oxen shod, OK
bows renewed, guns put in order, bull
lets moulded, and the thousand de-
tails perfected Of a migration so
hazardous. They were busy, noisy,
excited. happy days.
At last, In the middle Of April, he
signs were seer to be right. Grass
grew and water an, and their part,
allotted by the Lord. was to brave
the dangers of that forbidding land
that lay under the western sun. Then
came q day of farewells and merry.
making. In the afternoon, the day
being mild and sunny, there was a
dance in the bowery,-a great arpor
made of poles and brush and wat.
Ting. Here, where the ground hao
been troddep nrm. the age n ma