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Show - 26 - at the advanced age of seventy seven, I calmly and hopefully waiting for the change that shall re-un i t the broken bonds. I have had my faults with other men but at the same time I have tried to serve the Lord and my record has never been stained by crime or dishonor and I trust and pray thAt the blood of the Redeemer will wash me white and that God will save and exalt me in the end. Notes I organized the S1mday School here in May 1881. september 4, 1887 we had a Sunday School Jubilee and a general fair where we brought out produceo This was in honor of my fortieth year birthday into the church. It is said even to-day that it was the most enjoyable affair ever had in the valley. I had purchased some large beautiful cards or chromes which I presented to everyone present old and young. This was but the last time I danced and did a good deal of dancing that day. ~ I was present at the dedication o f both St. George and Manti temples and at the latter was the only representative of the Cir~eeville ward and I had to give an account of the service on my return, not only here but also in Marysville and City Creek or Junction • •••• c •••••••• pages missing •••••.•••••••• traveled and iB the final the locality of the mission. They found the water of • Muddy was of a milky color and warm and spread over the land forming swamps which produced in this hot southern climate, a rich mass of bulrmshes willows and grass was of a dry, sandy, desert like nature, mixed with saleratu. s very heavy plows and strong teams were required to break the heavy sod for agriculture. Winds which might remind one of the terriw ble simmon of Africa and Southern Asia, swept over the country, filling ditches and canals level faster, by far than they could be dug. Fuel was obtained by digging deep in to large sandy knolls for maskeet which were dried for that purpose. A desert willow was also to be foun~ lueciou~ and preclOUSo but it was scarce. Nature of ten incloses very ~ ~ specially . |
