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Show • ._. • ... t _ _ - _.... - - . c· .. - , hed' given at- the rise of this church" 'and" 'the pez-secutfons th8t- tae people had 'a people hed passed thi'o_ug' by' re ecting them .' Tliouh we a 'doe',ell-' i we had to contend and obstacles the traditions 'direction, considering this with, "Zion is the pure in heart, and if we could enjoy this spirit we could build up Zion and the Kingdom of God'; and we could 'realize that-we are living We would in it and that we are not looking for it away oft in the distance. wave to overcame the 'evil propensities of our nature and cherish the spirit of the Lord; end just in proportion to ourefforts in this direction we would establish Zion in this land. We have a great mission among the Lemend te s ; and we are exert:1ng an influence among them by our example, end they are watching we are 11 ring would exert eninfluence overthem that the world US; and the way We should not elevate or aggrandize ourselves, but could not bear upon them. - be humble and meek and teach this remnant of the House of Isreel the truth. Ie should be one with them; end he knew of no other way to bringthis about In our livingin the United Order than we are adopting in these settle.ments. we could control ourselves politically in ths territory. The Moquies Ire Hatch was interested in the work among the Lemanites. Had' encour felt well and desired to have the brethren come and visit them. eged th to became more cleanly, which had a good effect upon them. We had Deed to live right, and he .had noticed the good effects upon them of having trading between us and them. We should not forget our misHe was thankful sion in brigging this people to a knowledge of thetruth. with being 8 eo-worker with the brethren, and sisters Of, this place. one men to do the Bishop George Lake had listened with interest to the remarks of the breth He was much surprised in his recent visit to the Lsmanites in finding so ren. 8 feeling toward us, and the industrious way they had with them. Had coun good selled with them and advised themto pick out some of their smartest young men end send them to school with us. ney had considerable corn stored up; and to them of andf'emina had wars that were coming upon the earth, and they spoken the need of 1aying up grain; also had spoken, to them upon cleanliness with good results. He then spoke upon the necessity of our being united and not have a desire to scatter out. Referred to letters of President B. Young that our pros perity would depend upon our being united; end this 'land would naturally fall into the hands of the saints, and the Lord would bless us according to our fai th-· Mness in keeping the comman.dments of God. The principles of the United Order' 1s necessar.y to the perfectness of theGospel. Anyone who would oppose this prin ciple or the pr inc1ple of Celestien Marriage he woul.d say were apostatizing. We should grow up with the spiritof the U. o. , and stay with it, and keep on till it gets to perfection. It made him feel bad to see men dragging their families into the forest and around springs by themselves. We kenw not what the Lord would do for us. Ve had the privilege of schooling our children and educating ourselves in the U. O. We all had a voice in our business matters, and yet we ere not satis tied. We did not pray enough. He hoped the brethren would band together and en If the Lord loves this people, he will chastise eourage the education of the young. them. \?e meet together in these meetings to encourage each other. We had but 11 t tle time be rore the mited together, winding up scene, and had no time the ord would be against us. Brigham City choir sang, "Come All Closing preyer by Hiram Judd. Ye saints Ylho to be idle. If t)Well on Earth". we are not |
