e finance committee on this subject, authoritatively determined whether said What others can do, so can you. Not referred the preparation of a call for election should properly be held under many years ago the Greely settlement aeeting to vote on the question of the authority of the Board or under that ng bonds to the president and clerk of the Utah Commission. was established in northeastern ColNow, there-orado. Here is what one of the settlers his board, with Attorney P. L. Wil-fore, in order to determine this question, said to me: 3 associated, and be it

hereas, The last named parties witheporting to this board, or receiving der from this board 'so to do, subd said question to the Utah Comion, who thereupon undertook to a call for said meeting, and apsing a day therefor and stated in such what the purposes of said meeting , and have published the same in the papers, and

aereas, serious doubts arise as to the lity of such acts and that serious and arassing questions are likely to arise the legality of any bonds that may thorized and issued, and the probaefusal of capitalists to invest in such is, thereby delaving the procurement e money needed for the construction hool buildings and purchasing sites, and whereas it is our desire to act in nony with the law creating this d and proceed in accordance with its irements, so that no legal question - arise concerning our acts, therefore,

Resolved. That the Finance Committee
be instructed to enjoin the Commission,
in the name of this Board, from exercis-
ing any authority over or performing any
acts in relation to said election.
The Board then adjourned.

PRACTICAL TALK TO FARMERS.

Editor Deseret News:

Spring time is coming and with it comes the question, "What can the farmers plant or produce, that willpay?" The farmers now work harder than any other class of people. Many, it is true, idle their time away and let the summer pass, not having produced enough to keep their families from want, living twenty years on a place with not a rod of fencing around their stacs, or a few trees that they could

cali an orchard:

esolved, That all action taken by this
rd relative to a meeting of the tax-trees. If you have not money enough
The time has now come for planting
ers to vote on the question of issuing
is be and the same is hereby rescind- to purchase trees go to the canyon and
nd made void and that we disavow get them, set them out around your
he responsibility of the meeting called farm, the first year sixty feet apart;
he registered voters, to take place on in a year or two you can purchase three
ch 20th instant, and that all questions to four barbed wires and nail them to
aining thereto be again referred to the the trees; the next year you can set out
nce committee, with instructions to trees between the other trees, and so
>rt at an early date a call for a meet-
of the taxpayers of this district, to be farms to yourselves.
In a few years you will have your
d at such time as the Board, by reso-
on, may authorize, and to further re-
t all proceedings necessary for this
ard to take, under the law, pertaining
he issuance of bonds, and that said
amittee be authorized to procure such
litional advice as their judgment may

m best.

on.

The farmer should use his mind as

"When we came here we planted wheat, corn and oats. We could make no headway, so we went to Utah and purchased lucern seed by the car load, and planted it. Next we went to the east and purchased young hogs, put rings in their noses, divided the fields, or made portable fencing. When a lot was eaten out they were turned then in the other, and so on, until winter, when we put a little corn or wheat into them to finish them, then they made bacon.”

He asks one to come with him and see the county fair which was then on at Fort Collins. Many were the pens of hogs, fat and sleek, that had had nothing but lucern. Said he: "We are now making bacon and getting more for it than the eastern practice will bring." The fair, all through, was finer than our last year's Territorial fair was, and all on account of a ers. frugal, industrious lot of eastern farm

I asked Mr. Beckwith what luck he had in hog raising. He said: "While I could superintend the business myself it made money. The last two hogs we raised weighed over one thousand lbs. each, and were grown on lucern." Our farmers will tell you it does not pay to raise hogs. Of course not when you will take a grist of wheat to the mill and have it chopped, feed the hog one day and starve him the next, fretting his flesh off thinking where the next meal will come from, instead of going to sleep and getting fat.

There is now near on to $700,000 sent east for pork yearly. You do not, nor never have sold wheat out of the Terri

tory to the amount of half of it. See
Three or four hundred
the folly!
thousand dollars sent out, and a dead
loss, say nothing of the chances of
trichina, of which we have never had
Do you know what one dollar
a case.
left in the Territory means? I will
tell you the history of a hundred dollar
bill.

well as his hauds. There are now hundreds of papers in the United States that treat on stock, farming, fruits, hogs, chickens, dairies, and everything else, and many can be had from $1 to $2.50 a year. By reaching n support of the resolution Mr. Pike and getting the study and practice of d three questions were involved in successful men, you will save many a › matter which ought to be legally dollar and make many more. I have d speedily determined; first, the met many a conceited numbsku who cality of the bonds; second, the right would say to me, "What do those eastthe tax payers who are not register-ern farmers know about our country?" voters to vote at the coming school To them I have replied, and say those nd election; third, the authority of experienced farmers know more about le Utah Commission to assume con- farming than all the dough heads will ol of the election. By taking charge ever learn to practice. 'the election, Mr Pike believed that The farmer's own life and that of the e Commission would be usurping community depend on him. Then thority that rightfully belonged to should he not study to make the most e school board. In order, however, out of his business? Almost everyat the matter might be judicially thing will pay if well attended to. ttled he was in favor of carrying it Anything will grow and thrive in this to the courts, if necessary. fat soil and climate, where you can Mr. Young said that heretofore the m ke it rain when other States cannot. tah Commission had not interfered Let the farmer plant out an orchard, with such elections; why they should say pears, peaches and cherries. Whoo so now he was at a loss to know. If ever saw the time that they were had the power to control the election a drug in the market? They can Travel through the Territory, and this district, it had the same be canned and preserved. Thous- stop at many farmers' houses in the hority with regard to every district in ands of dollars that are summer time, you will get eastern now spent he Territory. in importations and freights can be bacon fryed into shoe leather, or bread saved. The grape can be grown on and milk. Most of the farmers do not every farm, and what a nice thing alive; they simply exist. Go east, bunch of grapes is, to say nothing of the wine it makes. The time will come when grape-raising will be a lucrative industry from Cache Valley on the north to St. George on the south. The bench land, where there is Mr. Young then offered the follow-nothing growing now, will be tilled Ing resolution, which was adopted: Whereas, The right of the Utah Com-up to the very rocks, away up into the mission to manage and control the im- "What next?" The hog. Now is

au

Mr. Nelsor was of the opinion that he law had been fully complied with and that it would be folly in the exreme to adopt the resolution. More discussion followed and the motion to adopt failed to carry.

TO ENJOIN THE UTAH COMMISSION.

pending election concerning the issue of

bonds is, under existing laws, involved in some doubt; and

Whereas, the interests of the schools demand that it should be speedily and

canyon.

the time to raise him by raising lu-
cerne. How would you do it? Put in
more lucerne, and now is the time by
breaking more ground and sowing it.

In one day I drew the bill, paid it to a man, he handed it to another, he to another. This excited our curiosity. We took the number of the bill and by three o'clock we traced it back to the bank that we drew it from, it having paid five debts in one day. Think of it! What could it have done next day, providing some merchant had not sent it east for pork?

come in on a farmer when he sits down to eat, he has something on the table. Why is this? It is not but what we have the same chance that they do and five times better, but we send but little out and bring everything in. They raise everything they use, we go east for ours.

There is no better country to raise poultry in than this, and still poultry is imported by the thousands, sending thousands of dollars to Kansas and Nebraska that should go to the Utah farmers. I have tried poultry in a

small way, and that pays well. Chickens will largely feed on grasses, particularly on lucern. Those people that have but small numbers of fowls can join together and purchase an incubator for several families. Bell a dozen eggs, you get 15 to 20 cts. Produce a spring chicken, you get from 25 to 49 cts. Then if you do not want to sell them all, you can have once in a while one to eat. Those that have small flocks of poultry and large families of children will do well to let the children raise the poultry on shares. It induces children to become self-supporting, and makes your table better, and your pockets fatter.

March 19, 1891.

H. J. FAUST.

STAKE CONFERENCES.

SAN JUAN.

The quarterly conference of the San Juan Stake of Zion was held at this place on the 21st and 22nd inst. There were present, of the Stake Presidency Presidents F. A. Hammond and Wm.

Halls; several members of the High Council and the Bishops of Bluff and Mancos wards. Owing to the stormy weather which prevailed for several days previous to and during the conference none of the other wards of the Stake were represented.

The speakers during the conference were Presidents Hammond and Halls; Bishops Jens Nielsen of Bluff and Geo. Halls of Mancos; Elders John Allan, Samuel Wood, James B. Decker, Hanson Bayles, Wm. Adams, Kumeu Jones and A. P. Sorenson. An excellent spirit prevailed and a variety of subjects were dwelt upon by the spakers. The Saints were especially exhorted to cultivate a spirit of love and kindness, and to be honest in their dealings with each other and with all mankind. The importance of properly training and educating the young was also dwelt upon by several of the speakers. All were exhorted to faithfulness in the performance of every duty devolving upon us as Latter-day Saints.

The general and local authorities of the Church were sustained as usual.

The Bishops present reported their wards as being in a progressive condition and the Saints generally alive to their duties.

Conferences of the Y. M. and Y. M. I. A., Relief Society and Primary Association were also held, all of which were well attended by the Saints of Bluff and visiting brethren, and excellent instructions were given. Programmes were creditably rendered by the Y. M. and Y. L. M. I. A. and Primary Association.

PETER ALLAN,

Clerk of Conference pro tem.

MALAD.

Spirit of, the Gospel continually with
us, and encouraged the Saints in the
work of God.

President Seymour B. Young dis-
coursed on the "Resurrection of the
Dead," showing the falsity of the doc-
trine called the "baby resurrection.
He thought the parts of the natural
body will form the actual parts of the
resurrected body; also, that an infant,
when resurrected, will arise just as it
was laid down, and, in a certain time
thereafter, it will reach the state it
would have attained to had it re-
mained on the earth till it had reached
maturity.

Several members of the High Council gave general instructions.

During the second day the statisti-
cal reports of the Wards were read,
and the home missionaries presented
and sustained.

Brother Richard Morse, of Samaria,
dilated on the "Instruction of the
Young" and the "Encouragement of
Church Schools," in a forcible man-

ner.

of the time. He reports some additio to the Church, although, as a gebe rule, much indifference to the prin ples of the Gospel is manifested."

Elder Edward Peay, of Provo, h returned from England, having be honorably released from his missi He left this city on the 9th of Octob 1889, and was, on his arrival in E land, appointed to labor in the Lee Conference, where, he says, he met with fair success, having distribu ed a number of tracts, organized prosperous Sunday school and baptiz a number of converts. He has a obtained some genealogical recor He has enjoyed good health most the time and returns feeling well body and spirit.

Elder William Collard, of Fount Green, Sanpete County, arrived Salt Lake City, from the South States, where he has been tra a missionary. He left ing as his field on the 26th of February, 1 and was appointed to labor in So Prest. O. C. Hoskins, Wm. H. Gibbe Georgia. Elder Collard states that Carolina, and, the last two months and others spoke very interestingly. has enjoyed his labors very much The conference was a complete success, has met with some success. The The attendance, considering the sickness extant among the people, was ex-ple, he says, are, as a general rule, ceedingly large; but no part of the pitable, even if they do not mani much interest in the principles of programme was more beautifully ren-Gospel. He has enjoyed good he dered than the singing, which does during his absence. credit to Prof. Jones, and his stake WM. ANTHONY, choir. Clerk. WEST PORTAGE, March 16, 1891.

CURRENT EVENTS.

Released from Prison.

Brother Thomas Beard, of Coalville, was released from the penitentiary March 18, having served a term thirty days' imprisonment for non-payment of his fine on the charge of unlawful cohabitation. He left for home over the Union Pacific last night. His treatment, he says, at the hands of the prison officials was the very best.

Musical Exercises for Conferen
Following is the list of hymy
anthems to be sung during the com
Church Conference:

2.

3.

Anthem, "How beautiful upon the m tains," Tullidge, choir. Anthem, "Let the mountains shout for (E. Stephens,) choir, the corical Hymn, "Praise to the man," Psalmedy joining in the "Doxology" at the class 278, choir and congregation. Anthem, "Grant us peace, O Lord 6. Hallelujah Chorus, (Handel), choir. Stephens), choir.

5.

Death of Matthew Mansfield.
Father Matthew Mansfield, whose
death occurred in Mill Creek Ward
March 6th, 1891, was born at Rush-4.
wood Cominon, Brambly Parish, Eng-
land, October 25th, 1810. He was the
son of John and Sarah Pinket Mans-
field. He left England in 1831 and
came to Canada, where he embraced
the Gospel. Having removed to Mis-
souri, he went through the persecu-
tions there and subsequently removed
to Nauvoo, where he again shared the
sufferings of the Saints. He arrived
in Salt Lake City in 1847. In 1861 he
went on the southern mission to St.

George, where he lived twenty-four A quarterly conference of the Malad years and then returned to his home Stake of Zion commenced at West Por- in Mill Creek Ward, where he ended tage on Sunday, March 15, 1891, and his days. The cause of his death was continued during that and the follow-la grippe and disease of the kidneys. ing day:

Returned Elders.

During the first day Second Counselor Wm. H. Gibbs reported the Stake Elder David T. Le Baron returned as being in good condition, the organ-to this city Saturday, March 14, from izations being in splendid working or der and the wards being prompt in their tithes and offerings.

Stake President O. C. Hoskins showed the necessity of our having the

a mission to South Carolina and
Georgia, where he has been laboring
for about two years. He left his home
on February 15, 1889, and has, during
his absence, enjoyed good health most

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

No. 161, Psalmody, choir.

Anthem, "Let God Arise," (J. S. Lewis).c

Choir leaders and others of the ter-day Saints attending confere who are familiar with the forego pieces, or who read music readily. requested to occupy seats on the ch platform and take part in the singi We shall greatly appreciate their EVAN STEPHENS, Conductor of the Tabernacle Choir

Hans Christian Bakkeskoug, ab owner of Sem, and a very promine citizen, died at an age of 68 years.

RELIGIOUS.

Sunday Services.

reward openly. It is not a multitude to use it for unholy purposes. It is a of words and repetitions that are pleas- | law that it shall be kept holy, and the ing to the Lord, but the earnest desires Saints are, many of them, under sacred of a humble heart. And this will be obligation to keep this law. It is to answered, no matter how broken or un- be hoped that they do so, and are not grammatical the language may be. On among those who use the profanity the other hand, no matter how flowery heard upon the street. The principle the language of the petition may be, taught in this prayer, not to use the if it does not convey the feelings of the sacred name in vain, nor even repeat it solemnly too often, is illustrated by the fact that the name of the High Priesthood was changed and called the Priesthood after the order of Melchisedek instead of the Priesthood after the order of the Son of God "in order to avoid the too frequent repetition of the name of Deity. Remember, therefore that this name should never be taken in vain.

heart, it is not true prayer.

Religious services were held at the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sunday, March 22, 1891, commencing at 2 p.m, President Angus M. Cannon presiding. The galleries were thrown open and there was a very large congregation. The choir sang the hymn commenc-language in their prayers, formulating them more for the congregation than for God, as was once said of a prayer in the East, that it was "the most elegant prayer ever delivered to a Boston con

ing:

Behold, the mountain of the Lord
In latter days shall rise.

It is a custom among many Christians to strive to use the most eloquent

Prayer was offered by Bishop Wm. gregation." Now, we should notice Thorn.

The choir sang the hymn:

Sweet is the work, my God, my King,
To praise Thy name, give thanks and sing.

The Priesthood of the Sixteenth Ward officiated in the administration of the Lord's Supper.

COUNSELOR CHARLES W. PENROSE

was then called upon to address the congregation. The following is a synop sis of his remarks: It is a great pleasure to me to meet with the Saints in this large assembly today. Having been called upon to address you, I desire to be inspired by the Holy Spirit, in order that I may be directed to say something whereby the congregation may be blessed and

edified.

As a foundation for a few remarks I wish to read a few verses of scriptures, which are familiar to all of us, and are found in the gospel according to Matthew, chapter vi. 9 13.

The prayer contained in this passage is commonly called "The Lord's Prayer." Christ gave it to His dis ciples as a pattern or sample of prayer. It was not given to be repeated at all times, as many Christians hold; nor is the idea conveyed that no prayer is complete without these words being contained therein. The two preceding verses give the reason why our Lord taught His disciples this form of

prayer:

what Christ says on this subject and
pray in secret, that we may be re-
warded openly, and when we pray in
public we should pray for the con-
gregation, expressing their desires and
asking for the blessings which they
need; believing and expecting that the
petition will be answered.

The Lord's prayer contains a great
deal of doctrines and many principles.
The first sentence is: "Our Father
which art in heaven." Two ideas are
prominent here. First, we are taught
to address God as our Father. He is
the Father of us all, the author of our
existence, for we sprang from Him.
He is as Paul puts it, "the Father of
our spirits" (Heb. xii: 9), our great
progenitor, and this not in a mystical
or figurative sense, but in truth and
reality. The spiritual fact of our being
has come from above, while the physi-
cal part has been composed from
the elements of the earth beneath.
Man is a dual being, having
two natures, and as to our
spiritual nature, God is our Father as
He is the Father of Jesus Christ, for
He said: "I ascend to my Father and
your Father, to my God and your
God."

"Thy kingdom come." There is a great deal of meaning in these few words, which many fail to comprehend. The words mean that the Kingdom of heaven is to come here upon this earth. Most "Christian" people expect to go somewhere to enter that Kingdom, but we are taught to pray for its advent here. The same idea is conveyed in the succeeding words: "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." When this is fulfilled, the kingdom will be here. And it is the very design of our being here, that the world shall be prepared and sanctified until this kingdom extends from to pole and from shore pole to shore. The grand object which the servants of the Most High have always had in view was to prepare the earth for this happy event. Our Savior says, in His sermon on the mount, "the meek shall inherit the earth." Johu in his glorious vision saw this consummated, when he beheld the great redeemed multitude who were to be crowned and reign Savior in

with their glory on the earth. He heard the song of the redeemed that Christ had saved them by his If, then, God is our Father, it follows | blood out of every nation and tongue that all mankind are brothers and sis- and that they should reign with Him ters, no matter of what color, race, upon the blood or nationality they may be. The great eternal God being the Father, we are all brethren in the spirit if not in the flesh. This idea ought to be understood by all, so that all may treat each other as brothers, members of the same great family.

Secondly, we learn that the great Be

"But when ye pray, use not vain repe-
titions, as the heathen do; for they, thinking to whom we are to pray, has a lo
that they shall be heard for their much
speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto
them; for your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of before ye ask

Him."

Christ uttered this before He gave the prayer, and at the close. He added: "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your tresspases."

It seems that many who have ac. cepted the Christian religion and profess to believe in Christ have often very far departed from this mode of prayer. They have forgotten the instructions just read, and act as if they expected to be heard because of their many words. They also use what here is called vain repetitions. Now, prayer is not acceptable for its rhetoric. It is that which comes from the heart, the sincere sentiment, the secret feeling,

which ascends to our Father and which He, who sees in the secret, will

cation, a habitation-"heaven." Usual
y, among the Christians, it is supposed
that God is a being that fills up all
space without occupying any room in
it, that "His centre is everywhere and
His circumference nowhere." Here
we learn to say: "Our Father which
art in heaven." It is not said: "Who
fills both heaven, earth and hell," but
who dwells in heaven. So also Christ,
when He returned to God, ascended
up to heaven. There is where our
Father in His personality dwells. He
is a being, with individuality and
form, in the likeness of which we are
made. For this reason Paul says we
are not to cover our heads when we
pray. This idea is different from
that generally entertained by the
"Christian" world, but it is one of the
fundamental doctrines of the Latter-
day Saints.

The next sentence is: "Hallowed be
thy name."

The name of God must be kept in sacred reverence. Men have no right

taught to pray

dom

earth. Therefore we are that the Kingto labor be sanctified.

may come, and that the earth may This prayer will be fully answered when all wickedness has been overcome and Satan is bound; when there shall be no more sorrow, and no more pain, and no more death, but God shall wipe away all tears from the eyes of His once afflicted children and dwell with them and be their God. John saw the earth thus sanctified, and it appeared like a sea of glass, mingled with fire. The same glorious condition of the earth is predicted by the ancient prophets, who said that the lamb and the lion shall lie down together, the enmity between man and beast should depart, the sting be taken from the serpent and there should be nothing to hurt and destroy, but the earth should be full of the knowledge of God and the reign of righteousness would be established. When this is fulfilled, the kingdom will have come, the will of God will be done on the earth indeed, and Christ will stand at the head of the human race, while God will be "all in all.”

Did not all the Prophets of old look forward to such a time, and did not our Savior send his disciples to proclaim that the kingdom was at hand? He gave a great many parables concerning this kingdom. He compared

it, among other things, to a grain of How many of us would really obtain
mustard seed that grew and became full forgiveness, if we were to be dealt
the greatest tree on earth. That is, with according to the spirit of this
commencing with a small beginning, prayer? It is to be feared that there
but, like all God's works, gradually would be a big account on the books
growing and developing until fully de- against many of us. The most fre-
veloped and complete. The Prophet quent difficulties that arise among
Daniel saw it as the "little stone, cut brethren are concerning temporal
out of the mountain without hands," inatters. We become hard and exact-
which smote the great image and shat-ing. Yet, we are taught to forgive
tered its fragments to the four winds, freely, as it is written: "I the Lord
and then became a great mountain forgive whom I will forgive, but I re-
and filled the whole earth. The idea quire you to forgive all men." This is
conveyed in both these prophecies is the lesson conveyed to us in this
the same, the kingdom is not to come prayer. When a man Owes us
instantaneously in its fullness but anything, it is natural to
is to grow from a small beginning feel that it must be collected and we
and is to be upon
the earth, are often ready to press our brother to
which is our birthplace. according to the last cent of interest, to take him by
the flesh and our future home and the throat and say "pay me what theu
heaven. The earth fulfills the law of owest." The Spirit of Christ, however,
its creation and shall therefore be is one of mercy and forgiveness, and
glorified and become a fit dwelling this is what we should cultivate. Let
place for the sanctified, fitted for the us take care that we treat our fellow
presence of God and clothed with. His men as we would be done by, aud as
glory.
we desire to be treated by our heavenly
Father. There are those who will
have to suffer the penalty of their
debts to God in prison and not come out
till they have paid the utmost farthing,
receiving the same measure they have
meted to others.

The Church and the Kingdom are
not identical, although they are close-
ly connected. In the Church is the
Gospel of the Kingdom. It is a prep-
aration for that divine government. It
will not be fully established until
Christ comes who is the King. We I do not intimate that a man should
are living in the days of the coming of not be careful to pay his debts. On the
the Kingdom. As members of the contrary, every one should endeavor
Church we are commanded to be sub- to do that. The poor have no right
ject to the powers that be, to the estab to think that the rich whom they owe
lished governments under which we money, have enough and to spare and
live, as long as they exist, for "the that this justifies them in breaking
powers that be are ordained of their promises and not fulfilling
God," but we are approaching their obligations. If the poor man
a time when all things on earth borrow aught, it is his duty to
must give way for the heavenly king-
dom. The kingdoms of this world are
to become the kingdom of God and His
Christ. Let us prepare ourselves for
the events that are coming, and when
we pray: "Thy kingdom come, thy
will be done on earth as it is in
heaven," do our part in the work to
prepare the way for its advent.

pay it. If we make a promise we
should keep it even to our own hurt.
Truce breaking-covenant breaking,
promise breaking-is one of the sins of
the age and is displeasing to God. But
notwithstanding this, let us not be too
exacting against one another but act
in the spirit of forbearance and mercy
which is the spirit of the Gospel.
"Lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil.”

It is clear that God does not, person

"Give us this day our daily bread." The question might be asked, why should we pray for daily bread when we have all we need? The answer is,ally, lead anybody into temptation, this prayer is not one to be offered in a but He sometimes permits things to selfish spirit. We pray, our Father, occur which He might have prevented not my Father, "give us our daily things that are in the nature of bread." There are many who have not their daily bread and we should pray for them, as well as for ourselves. And as we pray for them, we should, as far as we can, help them to what they need, because there is little good in praying for a blessing which we are not willing ourselves to bestow upon them. That is why James says:

"If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?" James 2, 15, 16.

temptations to us. This is necessary. For
man has a free agency and he
must have full opportunities to
choose between good and evil, in order
that he may be judged according to his
works. Men often go into temptations
themselves and blame it to somebody
else, as Adam laid the blame of the fall
on his wife and she laid it on the
serpent. We are taught to pray that
we be not led into temptation, and at
the same time it is expected that we
will take care not to run into tempta-
tion ourselves. It is safest to keep as
far away as possible from the edge of a
precipice. If we are not on our guard
but rush into danger we may fall, not-
withstanding all our good resolutions.

While we dwell on earth we will be

Do not forget the needs of others, and you who have plenty, see that others also have what they need, no matter what their creed, race or other subject to temptations. Jesus was differences may be. There is on the tempted in various ways, but He overearth enough for all and to spare. The came, and afterwards he was able to lack is in the unequal distribution. say: "The prince of this world cometh When the Kingdom has come and but he hath nothing in me." There God's will is done on earth as in heav- was not a chord, not a string in his en, all shail have plenty and none will, nature which the tempter could tring suffer lack. into vibration. It would be a good "Forgive us our debts as we forgive thing if we could say the same, if we our debtors." by perseverance could overcome all

the influences of the tempter. Let us pray for this deliverance from evil "For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever." Truly, God is to be glorified for al things that are good. The honor o our salvation is to be ascribed to Him By His grace Jesus came and atone for the sins of the world. Withou Him there would be no salvation fo the living and no redemption for the dead. God laid the plan for our deliv erance aud to Him is therefore due all the glory and all the honor. We may labor faithfully for the building up of His Kingdom, but to Him belongs the glory for what we may accomplish The breath we breathe is His air; th soil we till is His earth; the power o vitality in our being is His Spirit all power, all wisdom is His All intelligence flows from Him. We are His creatures, the workmanshi of His hands. Whatever we can do a farmers, mechanics, writers, artists preachers, statesmen, rulers, all is du to Him. The glory to be revealed an the dominion to be established are His and we can therefore truly say: "Thi is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever. Amen."

This prayer is full of inspiration. Every sentence is a text for a sermon We are admonished to "search the Scriptures." I am afraid this is not so fashionable among us as when we fir heard the Gospel. We then starche diligently and the result was that e learned that the Scriptures, the Be the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants harmonized. blended together as so many drops o water, and all led to the same truths We found that "intelligence cleaveth to intelligence, truth to truth." We found unanimous testimony concern ing Christ and His work, and the plan of salvation He came to introduce.

I bear my testimony to you that I know that the ideas conveyed in the Lord's prayer are true, that the Gospel is true; that God is in very deed our Father and that He lives; and this gives me unspeakable joy and satisfac tion. I know that He who died on Calvary, is the Christ; that He rose again and ascended to heaven,and that He will come again to establish H kingdom. I also know that the day of His coming is drawing near. I testify that this Gospel is the Gospel of that kingdom, and that the signs of the times indicate the speedy advent of the happy day.

I testify that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God, raised up as a forerunner of the coming of Jesus Christ in His kingdom, and that this work of God will spread and prevail. May God bless us and help us to be faithful that we may be prepared for the ap proaching kingdom, that when He shall reign in Zion and Jerusalem, we may be counted worthy to reign with Him in glory. Amen.

The choir sang the anthem:

"Let the Mountains Shout for Joy," and the congregation joined the choir in the Doxology.

Benediction was

Patriarch Jqhi Smith.

pronounced by

The emigration to the United States by way of Gothenburg included 26. $64 persons in 1890 as compared with 24,998 in 1889.

CHRONOLOGY FOR 1888. BBREVIATIONS.-Unl. coh., unlawful cohab. ion; Utah Pen., Utah Penitentiary.

JANUARY.

uring the first two weeks of the month weather was extremely cold throughout United States, accompanied in most es by terrific storms. People were frozen leath as far south as Texas, and scores of ople perished in the Northwestern States Territories, the thermometer in some ces registering as low as 58° below zero. Utah the cold was felt very severely and ek in great numbers died. Sun. 1.-Isaac Bullock released from the ah Pen.-The seminary chapel at Quebec, nada, destroyed by fire, with $500,000 rth of original oil-paintings. Ion 2.-Hans Christian Hansen arrested Logan on a charge of unl. coh. and placed der $1,000 bonds.-Six nihilists executed St Petersburg, Russia, for an attempt to the Czar.

Ved. 4.-American Fork, Utah Co, gave entertainment for the amusement of her 1 people.-Elder Lewis Brunson died in llard County, Utah.-Twenty persons led by a railroad digaster near Mephel, ngland.

Thurs. 5.-George Taylor arrested in ovo on a charge of unl. coh.-Eracilo rual, the famous Mexican bandit, killed Mexican troops near Cosala, Sinaloa. Sun. 8-tenry Beal and Peter M. Peter1, of Ephraim, Sanpete Co., were reised from the Utah Pen., having served ree months' imprisonment each for unl.

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Mon. 9.-The 28th session of the Utah gislature opened in Salt Lake City and ornized by electing Elias A. Smith President the Council and W. W. Riter speaker of le House.-The body of James Kenall, frozen to death, was found in Little Cotnwood Canyon, Salt Lake Co.-Elder Carl Fjeld died at Lehi, Utah Co, Utah.-By railway accident on the U. P. Ry., near awlins, Wyo., two persons were killed d 12 wounded.

of unl. coh. and placed under $1,000 bonds. of their own. Gov. West and others favor-
-Caroline Harris, widow of the late Martin ing the fusion movement were grossly in-
Harris (one of the Three Witnesses of the sulted.-John Squires, William II. Tovey,
Book of Mormon) died in Louisville, Bing-Joseph Dover and Alexander Burt, of Salt
ham Co., Idaho. Hans C. Hansen, of Gun
nison, released from the Utah Pen.

Wed. 18.-The Supreme Court of Utah denied an appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court in the case of appointing a Reciever for Church property. Samuel Smith and Hen ry Tingey, of Brigham City, and Gibson A. Condie, of Springville, Utah Co., arrested on charges of unl. coh.

Thurs. 19.-Bishop P. C. Jensen, Jens Keller, Jens Christensen and Bradshaw arrested at Mantua, Box Elder Co., Utah, on charges of unl. coh..

Fri. 20-William C. Hall confirmed secretary of Utah Ter.

Sat. 21-Grandma Eliza Garfield, mother of the late Prest. Garfield, died in Mentor, Ohio.-Walter M. Gibson, once a member of the Church and also ex-Premier of the Hawaiian Islands,died in San Francisco, Cal.

Wed. 25.-David Whitmer, the last sur-
viving witness of the Book of Mormon, died
at his home in Richmond, Mo.

Thurs. 26. The jurisdiction of U. S.
Commissioners in civil cases restricted to
Justice's precincts by Supreme Court of

Utah.

Sat. 28.-George C. Walters arrested on a charge of unl coh.

Sun. 29.-Elder Reuben M. Jolley died in Piute County, Utah.

Mon.30.-John H. Butler, of Spring Lake,
Utah Co., arrested on a charge of unl. coh.
and placed under bonds.-Niels P. Madsen,
of Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete Co., was released
from the Utah Pen., having served three
months for violating the Edmunds
law. Arthur Pratt succeeded O. S. L.
Brown as warden of the Utah Pen.

Tu. 31.-Peter Swenson, of Hyde Park,
Cache. Co., Utah, arrested on a charge of
unl. coh-Nils J. Gyllenscog, of Smithfield,
Cache Co., released from the Utah Pen.

FEBRUARY.

Tu. 10.-J. H. Clinger, of Lake View,
tah Co., was arrested on a charge of unl. Land jumpers attempted to steal lots on
h.-Delegate John T. Caine, in the U. S Arsenal Hill, north of Salt Lake City, but
ongress, presented the constitution of the did not succeed. Attempts were also made
roposed State of Utah, with a memorial to jump the public squares of the City. The
sking for admission into the Union. The South Jordan, Salt Lake Co., post office re-
leasure met with much opposition in the opened under the name of Gale P. O.-A
louse, especially from Senator Edmunds.-alanches in Spain, Italy and Switzerland
y a terrible railway accident on the Boston
Maine Ry., near Haverhill, Mass., nine
ersons were killed and many wounded.
Wed. 11-Bishop James A. Allred, of
Spring City, Sanpete Co., Utah, arrested on
charge of unl. cob. After examination be-
'ore Commissioner Johnson he was dis-
harged on the 12th.-Frederick Yates, of
fillville, Cache Co., Utah, arrested on a
charge of unl. coh.

for

killed two hundred people and many cattle;
whole villages buried-A terrible earth-
quake visited the province of Yunnan, China;
a million people killed. Two million people
destitute in Shanghai, China, through the
Hoang-Ho floods.

Eastern States

Wed. 1.-Earthquake shocks felt ia the Thurs. 2.-Elder Samuel Worthon died in Panguitch, Garfield Co.

Sun. 5.-Ole A. Jensen and Alfred Atkin son, of Clarkston, Cache Co., arrested on charges of unl. coh. Capt. John Douglas, commander of the Guion Line steamship Nevada, died at New York.

Lake City, arrested on charges of unl. coh. When arraigned next day Joseph Dover promised to obey the law. The others pleaded not guilty.

Sat. 11.-At a walking match at New York, Albert Panchot beat the world's record in walking by completing his walk of 621 miles in 142 hours. He had rested 19 hours since the race began the previous Monday.

Sun. 12.-At a special conference held at West Portage, Box Elder Co., the Malad Stake of Zion was organized out of portions, of the Box Elder and Cache Stakes, with O.. C. Hoskins as President. The new Stake, at the time of its organization, consisted of the following named wards: Plymouth, Washakie, Portage, Cherry Creek, Samaria, Malad, St. John, Rockland and Neelyville.

Mon. 13.-At the biennial municipal election in Salt Lake City, the fusion ticket, containing four Liberals, was elected; Francis Armstrong, mayor.-In the First District Court at Ogden, the following brethren were sentenced for breaking the Edmunds law: Alvin Crocket to four months' imprisonment and costs; William William's six months, $100 fine and costs; Mads Christensen eight months; Carl M. Borgstrøm four months, $100 fine and costs; William Griffin three years and six months, $300 fine and costs; M. W. Merrill, jun., five months and eosts; Gehart Jensen $50 fine; James Hansen six months, $100 fine and costs; Charles Anderson two months; Ira Allen six months, $300 fine and costs; Hans Peter Hansen six months, $200 fine and costs, and Ulrich Stauffer six months and costs.-Thomas Henderson released from the Utah Pen.

Tu. 14.-Elder James M. Maugum died at Nutrioso, New Mexico, and Elder John Maycock at Springville, Utah.-Bishop William A. Bringhurst, of Toquerville, arrested on a charge of unl. col.

Wed. 15.-After trial in the Third District Court, Salt Lake City, George Morris, charged with unl. coh., was acquitted. Francis A. Berg, of Logan, arrested on a charge of adultery.

Thurs. 16.-In the Third District Court, Salt Lake City, John Weinel, of Kaysville, 4 years old, was sentenced to pay a fine of 200 and costs for unl. cob.-The land jumpers who, on the previous Monday and following days had attempted to jump and steal the lands belonging to Salt Lake City their pretended claims by the city marshal on Arsenal Hill, were forcibly ejected from and police.-Elder Benjamin Brown died ia Salt Lake City.-By an explosion which occurred in a coal mine near Kaiserstantern, Bavaria, forty persons were killed.

took morphine with suicidal intent, from Sat. 18.-John King, of Salt Lake City, the effects of which he died the following day. Andrew Homer, of Mill Creek, re of Utah's admission into the Union as a leased from the Utah Pen.-The question State was argued before the Senate committee on Territories at Washington, D. C.; John T. Caine and Franklin S. Richards delivered excellent specches in favor of admission.

Sun. 19.-A terrible cyclone destroyed many lives aud much property at Mt. Ver

non, Ill.

Mon. 20. Abraham II. Cannon, of Salt

After examination before Commissioner

Thurs. 12.-After several days' blockade he Utah & Northern Ry. was re-opened for raffic.-Joseph Dover, of the Twenty-first Ward, Salt Lake City, and Lorenzo Argyle, of Lake Shore, Utah Co., arrested on charges of unl. coh. and placed under bonds.-Ed- Mon. C.-The People's Party city convenwin Rushton, of Salt Lake City, releasedtion tendered four places on the municipal from the Utah Pen. ticket to the Liberals, which were accepted Fri. 13.-Speaker R'ter introduced a bill by the more conservative Liberal element. in the Utah Legislature providing a penalty-Hans Sørensen and J. H. Barker, of Newpolygamy.-Many lives were lostton and James Archibald, of Clarkston, in the Northern States and Territories dur-Caché Co., arrested on charges of unl. coh. Lake City, and Chester V. Call, of Bounti ing a very severe blizzard.-Thomas Pier-Jacob Miller released from the Utah Pen. ful, were arrested on charges of unl. coh. pont, of the Fifteenth Ward, Salt Lake City, Tu. 7.-A. D. Rogers, of Ogden, John Lake Co, arrested on charges of unl. cob. Anderson, of Hyrum, Cache Co., arrested released from the Utah Pen. and George B. Bailey, of Mill Creek, Salt Marriotts, of Weber County, and Charles A. Norrell on the 24th, Elder Cannon was discharged.-Alexander Bills, of South Jordan, and placed under bonds. Bailey was dis-on charges of unl, coh. About the same charged after examination before Commis-time Haus P. Hansen was arrested on a sim-known historian, author and lecturer, visitTu. 21.-Prof. J. C. Ridpath, the well sioner Norrell on the 19th. ilar charge.-William Thompson, of Salted Salt Lake City. Sat. 14.-Bishop William II. Hicken-Lake City, committed suicide by hanging. Wed. 22.-The westbound train on the looper, of the Sixth Ward, Salt Lake City, Southern Pacific Ry., was stopped and died.-Fred. Newberger, of Logan, Cache plundered by two robbers at Stein's Pass, Co., and W. Gallup, of Springville, Utah Co., arrested on charges of unl. coh.-A terrible earthquake, in which thousands of people lost their lives, took place in Yunnan, China. Mon. 16-Carl Capson, of Mill Creek, Salt Lake Co., arrested on a charge of unl.

coh.

Tu. 17.-George Davis, of Three Mile Creek, Box Elder Co., arrested on a charge

Wed. 8.-Bishop William II. Warner, of Nephi, Juab Co., arrested on a charge of breaking the Edmunds law.

Thurs. 9.-The operation of tracheotomy was performed on the crown prince of Germany, to help his breathing.

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Fri. 10.-The anti-fusion Gentiles, in disorderly meeting held in Salt Lake City,op; posed the municipal fusion ticket adopted by the People's Party, and the more radical Liberals nominated a full city ticket

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