THE UTAH VOLUNTEERS.

By O. F. Whitney.
Crown the conquerors, homeward coming,
Fresh from freedom's glorious fight;
Vanquishers of vile oppression,
Champions of a nation's right!

Guardians of a great state's honor,
Oft by slanderous tongues assailed!
Who dare brand her as disloyal
Whose brave sons have thus prevailed?
Hear their dreadful batteries roaring!

Hear their shouts above the storm,
Where in vain the flying foeman

Seeks his shattered ranks to form

Shouts that quell the shrieking tempest,
Drown the thunder of the sea:
UTAH NEVER WAS DISLOYAL-
NEVER WAS AND NE'ER SHALL BE!"

Crown her warriors, homeward coming,
Victors from a valiant fight;
Bearers of Columbia's burden,

Heralds of her truth and light!

Not with boastful ostentation,
Not with bombast's empty din,
Not with fulsome adulation,

Welcome these, our heroes, in.

Simple truth for them suffices;
Tell the ever thrilling tale,
How the batteries at the trenches
Braved the deluge and the gale;

Backward hurled the Spanish legions,
Battered down their bristling towers,
Routed Aguinaldo's rabble,

Freed the land from tyrant powers;

Pioneering freedom's pathway

Freedom's? Yes, whose meaning clear
Yet shall dawn upon the darkness
Cleft by Utah's Volunteer.

DEATH OF ELDER THOMAS H, BELL.

The first intimation of the sickness of

Elder Thomas H. Bell was a telegram
received about 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20,
from his companion, Elder F. L. Cor-
bett, telling of the sad demise: "Elder
Bell died at noon today; make arrange-
ments for body to be taken home: bring
coffin to Berzelia, Ga." Speedy arrange-
ments were made, and President Rich.
accompanied by an undertaker, left on
the 3 o'clock train Monday morning for
Berzelia. That morning about 8 o'clock

No. 39.

At 3 p.m. Tuesday the following telegram was received from President Rich:

"Elder Bell had malarial fever for about a week, but was not considered dangerous until the day before he died. Immediate cause of death was heart failure. His wife, Josephine, has not yet been notified. You should notify his bishop, and he will then break the news to Sister Bell. The body is about three miles away from Berzelia. Will leave at 11:30 tonight, reach Chattanooga at 1 o'clock tomorrow, Union depot. Notify President Snow."

At 1 o'clock Tuesday the corpse reached Chattanooga and was removed to Sharp's undertaking parlors, and casket prepared for shipment west. on a beautiful plate of silver was inscribed

Miss Eliza J. Prather wrote the following interesting letter:

"Elder Thomas H. Bell was taken ill the 12th of August at the home of my father, Addison C. Prather, but did not make his sickness known to us until the next day. We doctored him to the very best of our knowledge, and he seemed easy until Thursday, when a hard breathing spell came on, which lasted until death. Dr. Phillip, of Harlem, waited on him, but to no avail. His companion, Elder Corbett, was very attentive and stayed with him day and night.

"On Sunday morning, while I was standing by his bed side fanning him. I saw a beautiful light encircling his head and resembled a ray of sunlight. I was not excited nor did I feel afraid, but I felt convinced that he was going to die and was in the straight and narrow way which leads to eternal life. He departed this life at half-past twelve o'clock, Sunday, the 20th of August.

"I wish every person could see the Gospel of Christ as I see it. I believe the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Lay Saints is the only true Church."

The sentiments of the mission are ex

pressed in the words, "he died in the harness." No higher tribute can be paid.

The loved ones at home received the following:

no

Aug. 22, 1899. Mrs. Josephine Bell, Glenwood, Utah. Dear Sister-The sad news of the death of your noble husband was doubt broken to you yesterday, and it now becomes a painful duty to write you concerning the same. Words cannot half express the sympathy we have for you, but the Master, in His infinite wisdom, has seen fit to relieve him of his duties here on earth, and no doubt call him to labor beyond the veil. Everything was done for your husband that could be done. We are very sorry that we had not heard of his sickness, thereby making it impossible for some of us to get to his bedside before he died. He died in the arms of his companion at the home of one of the Saints. Inclosed you will find a statement of his sickness and death written by a member of the family where he was staying. As soon as we heard the sad news the President of the Mission went immediately with an undertaker to Berzelia, Georgia. The body has been embalmed, placed in a metallic casket, and should, on arrival, be in good condition to dress in temple clothes. Brother Mitchell has with him your husband's grip and personal effects. The family of Saints asked if they might have the photograph of yourself and little ones, and thinking there would be no objections their request was granted. We knew nothing of your husband's sickness until notified of his death. Nothing has been spared to get the body to you in as satisfactory manner as possible. The whole Mission mourns with you in your hour of trouble, and we know that many hearts in Zion will go unto you in all tenderness. Your husband was faithful and true, and he died in the harness. The sweet children given to you by God have an example and an ideal in their faithful father. You have much to live for, and although the parting from your dear one is a severe blow, the grand reunion that is to come in the hereafter, will more than repay for the sacrifice of being separated from your husband for a few

short years.
Your husband's name has been inscribed
upon the roll of honor in the Mission
history, and his name will be handed
down to future generations as among
those who gave their lives preaching
the glorious principles of Eternal Life
that his fellows might be made better
and gain for themselves salvation.
We pray God, the Eternal Father, to
bless and comfort you, give you strength
and endurance, and may the peaceful in-
fluence of His Holy Spirit pervade your
being and give unto your dear ones pro-
tection against all evil, and give you
happy lives. God bless you.

Your brethren in the Gospel,
BEN E. RICH.

History of the Southern States Mission.
The month of July, 1888, was very
quiet as for mob violence. Many of the
Elders were sick in the field, some hav-
ing to be released in order to preserve
their lives. Encouraging reports, how-
ceived from different conferences.
ever, of the progress of the work was re-

In August much more sickness was
reported. From Virginia word was re
ceived that Elders Edmund Y. Taylor
and Ririe were sick, but not serious; but
about the 9th or 10th Elder Roundy, of
that Conference, wired the brethren at
the office that the cases of those two El
ders had assumed a critical aspect. They
desired assistance in caring for them, as
already the sick brethren were unable to
move around.

Preparations were immediately made for Elder Stooky, of the office, to go to their aid, when on the 13th word came that Elder Taylor had died that morning. Elder Stooky secured a metallic casket and left immediately for Rockbridge county, Virginia. He arrived there on the 14th and met Lider Roundy, and together they traveled all night and reached the place where the body of Elder Taylor lay. They found that all preparations had been made to bury the remains there, a coffin having been procured and the remains placed therein. This was changed; the body was placed in the cas ket and prepared for shipment. Elder Stooky left for Chattanooga with it. while Elder Roundy remained in charge of Elder Ririe.

Elder Taylor was a young man of

about 28 years. He was married and
had three children. The date of his ar-
rival in the mission field was February,
1887, and although but a short time in
the field, he was known as being ener-

they lashed the body.

As the whipping continued the blood would flow from the ugly wounds being made, and this saturated the clothing thoroughly. They were forced to promise to leave the county by 10 o'clock in the morning. The beating then ceased and they were allowed to go and make preparations :0 leave.

Half-beaten to death, the blood oozing from the wounds on their backs and their garments sticking to the lacerated flesh, they left the country at the agreed time.

Brother Brooks also received brutal treatment from the mob. His head was struck a severe blow, which caused the blood to flow freely. When the matter was heard by the Young Ladies' Improvement Association in Utah, a letter of condolence was written the brethren and friend, in which such ungod-like acts were severely denounced.

Letter From Constantinople. Millenial Star.

The following letter from Elder Mischa Markow, dated Constantinople, July 7. was received by President Schulthess, of Hamburg, with the request that it be translated and sent to President Lyman:

"I received a letter from Brother Lyman saying that if I have no liberty in Hungaria I should go to Constantinople to labor with Elder Hintze, and I followed his advice.

"Now I wish to tell you how I got along in Hungaria. I received those German cards, 'Articles of Faith,' and I wrote the following on the back of the cards: "The true Church of Christ is

with

and

Upon the arrival of the body in Chattanooga it was placed in charge of Elders John C. Harper and Jones and start-upon the earth again, organized ed to the relatives. Some delay was Prophets, Apostles and endowed with caused in starting the remains for their power from on high,' and then I comfinal resting place, but after starting they menced to distribute them. The people were safely conveyed through to Ogden. then commenced to inquire how There a sad concourse of people received the remains and reverently buried when the Church was again restored. I gave them the Voice of Warning, the them in the cemetery. Book of Mormon and the Pearl of Great Price. The Lord then raised up some friends who supported me materially. After I had spread the Gospel some, my enemies went to the city officials, and two of them, accompanied by two poicemen, came to see me and appeared to be very angry. They took all my books, tracts and every piece of paper I had away from me, and took me to the court, where they questioned me in regard to my religion. I explained the doctrines of our Church to them, told them that God speaks again to the people on earth, but they began to get very angry at me and said that I was crazy, others said that I had either lost my senses or that I was a swindler and deceiver. Then they took me and cast me into prison. After forty-eight hours they let me out and asked me again, when I gave them the same answer. Then they forbade me to preach this Gospel, and a policeman came with me and put me on the train, and I left.

him were

getic in his labors, laboring faithfully for
the conversion of those who so needed
the Gospel. The counsels of those over
the us-
implicitly obeyed;
charge of his duty was looked upon by
him as being imperative.
Toward the close of the month Elder
Ririe commenced to improve and after a
time

was removed

to other quarters, where he could receive better aid. President Spry, on the 25th and 26th, held conference with the Maryland Conference at Mr. Champ's place, on the edge of Pendleton county, West Virginia. The meetings held were well attended; all the Elders were present and received instructions needful to their labors.

On the night of the 2d of September Elders Elias S. Wright, president of the West Tennessee Conference: James H. Douglas, Thos. M. Holt and Asabel L. Fuller, traveling Elders in conference Sister Christo Hyldahl sends her love. mentioned, were stopping with Brother

LEWIS R. ANDERSON.
GEORGE A. LYMAN.

The flour mills of this country do some little work. Besides making flour to feed 75,000,000 of people, they last year shipped away 18,000,000 barrels of flour, equal to about 80,000,000 bushels of wheat. The average price for wheat exported this year has been 74.77 cents per bushel. When sent in flour it has been 87.67 cents per bushel, which gives 12.9 cents per bushel for manufacturing.

"I did not get the second letter from President Lyman. Three days after receiving his first letter I was put in jail, after which I left the city."

James T. Brooks, in Crockett county.
Tennessee. Toward the middle of the
"Live so as to be missed," was the mes-
night twenty-five armed men rudely woke sage a great man once sent to some young
them and dragged them into the woods. people. He knew that most lives are not
The brethren were in their night clothes of that sort. Many of us will not leave
and in this shape were made to take fifty a very big gap in the world when we de-
stripes each, from the brutal force of part from it. Our lives have not been
these ruffians. Birch withes, roughly put into other lives. We have not spent
our energies in touching other people in
trimmed, were used and as they struck helpful ways. The best that can be
the backs of the Elders the little knots said over many of our biers will be, “he
would sink into the flesh, while the never harmed anybody." And that is a
branch would raise great whelts wherever poor eulogy.

RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL.

the Prophets since the world began. He
enjoyed the reputation among those who
knew him best in every state in which
he lived throughout life of being an hon-
est, industrious, virtuous, patriotic man.
On trumped up charges by the enemy
of truth, he was arrested and tried in
courts, never conducted by men of his
own faith, and thirty-nine times he was
honorably acquitted. The last time his
enemies said, "If the law cannot reach
him, powder and lead shall." How like
the experience of Jesus before Pilate.
Honorably acquitted by the judge, they
cried out, "Let his bloo be upon us and
upon our children;" and so it has been,
and that is true of those who shed the
blood of the Prophet and Patriarch in
these last days. In view of the unpopu-
larity of believing in angels and revela-
tions in this age, what purpose could a
man have in view to make such a decla-
ration, unless it was true? He gained no
popularity nor honors of men by it; he
made no wealth of a worldly character
by such a course.

"If

respective ministers. When a convert
joined the Baptists the other ministers
"This is the way, walk ye in it." And an-
This is the way, walk ye in it. And an-
other. "This is right; follow this way.'
Yet their spirits and doctrines were in
conflict. He could get no light from
them. In this frame of mind he com-
menced to read the Scriptures. He came
to the first chapter of James, fifth and
sixth verses. It reads as follows:
any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
God, that giveth to all men liberally and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given
him. But let him ask in faith, nothing
wavering, for he that wavereth is like a
wave of the sea driven with the wind and
tossed. ror, let not that man think that
he shall receive anything from the Lord."
He believed the promise. He put it to
the test. He knelt in a grove of timber,
and asked God which denomination was
right. While thus engaged an unseen
power seized him, tied his tongue, as it
were, and apparently would have de-
These are Joseph's

APOSTLE M. F. COWLEY. (Continued From Page 299.) In our preceding article we endeavored to prove from Bible prophecies that a restoration of the Gospel in its fullness, by modern revelation, would take place in the Last Days. We now, under the same heading, desire to show that such a restoration has taken place, and that Joseph Smith, the Prophet, was the man through whom God has established anew His church upon the earth after the ancient pattern, with Apostles, Prophets, gifts and blessings, visions and revelations. Joseph Smith announced to the world that he had received the visitation of Heavenly Messengers, that they conferred upon him authority to speak and officiate in the name of the Lord, with the same power and authority received and exercised by John the Baptist and the Apostle Peter in ancient times. In the first place, the prophecies quoted in our last letter could never be verified unless suffered ignominy, scorn, persecution in words, quoted from the "Pearl of Great

On the other hand, he

stroyed

his life.

Price," page 59: "Just at this moment of great alarm I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me. It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from

the enemy which held me bound. When

almost every form, including hunger, fa-
tigue, exile, imprisonment and death at
the hands of assassins. If it could be
urged with the least propriety that when
he announced his first vision he was so
young, only about 15 years of age, not
much older than Samuel the
when God called him, that he did not
realize the terrible consequences of such
a testimony, he certainly realized in a
air.
Has the very short time, and had every opportu-
nity to correct his assertions had they
been false.

some one should come to the world bear-
ing just such a testimony as that borne
by Joseph Smith. Next, when we ask
of Catholic and Protestant ministers if
an angel has come to any of them with
the everlasting Gospel, they answer in
the negative and deride the idea of new
revelation. Ask them if Elijah the
Prophet has come to them, to plant in the
hearts of the children the promises made
to the fathers. They say no.
Messenger spoken of by Malachi come to
you and taught you how to build a tem-
ple to the Lord, that He may "suddenly
come to His temple?" The very ques-
tion itself is treated with utter astonish-

errors

Prophet

Human nature is not such
to maintain known
as
unwavering
with such
integrity and consistency

the light resteu upon me I saw two personages, whose brightness and glory defy

all description, standing above me in the One of them spoke unto me, can

ing me by name and said (pointing to the other) This is my beloved Son. Hear Him. In answer to my question, which of the sects were right? he answered that none of them were, and was for

ment, and the man who asks it is counted against the bitter opposition of the world bidden of the Lord to join any of them.

erratic. We must therefore turn from sects having forms of godliness, "but denying the power thereof," to other sources to find some one who has or shall receive the revelations of the Almighty in the Last Days. One thing is certain, if the claims of the Latter Day Saints are not true, then some one in the future must come with just such claims, and we ask the question, will the world be any better prepared to receive a message of this character in the future than they are today? Certainly the hearts of the people are not being prepared for such testimonies by the influence and teachings of modern ministers. Let us divest our minds of all prejudice. "Prove all things, hold fast that which is good," and ask the question, what constitutes complete evidence that a man is a prophet of God?

a

from boyhood to the grave. Yet with all
his increasing trials and persecutions,
which rolled upon him all his life like the
angry waves of the oceans clashed by the
winds against the peaceful shore, he
never faltered. His testimony never
modified. He testified that he saw God
the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ and
received the, ministrations of John the
Baptist, Peter, James and John, Elijah
and other Prophets, who lived in by-
gone ages. With these circumstances and
knowledge of his character, the charge of
fraud and dishonesty cannot be laid
against him. If so, every prophet since
the world began can be counted a dis-
honest man.

The next question which naturally follows is: Could he be mistaken? In answer we say: He was not a religious A man to be reliable witness zealot. He was a young man of a pracin a human court must be a man of ve- tical mind. While not a skeptic, he was racity, whose honor cannot be impeached. reasonable, and thought that men proSuch a man was Joseph Smith the fessing to be the servants of the Lord Prophet. His parents were hard-work- should give some proof similar to that ing farmers. They had a standing in the given by the ancient Prophets. At least, community for virtue, honesty, industry if they had the true Gospel, with the gift and sincerity in religious devotion, unex- of the Holy Ghost, they should not be celled by any. His progenitors were full of contradictions on doctrine. He among the early founders of New Eng was of such a disposition, not easily deland, who came from the "mother coun-luded by the unfounded theories of men. try" to enjoy the greater liberty of wor- He belonged to no church, and, like the shipping God without molestation ac- ancient Apostles, was free from preconcording to dictates of conscience. His ceived dogmas and theories. He had no progenitors were soldiers of the Revolu- system to bolster up, not a pet theory tion. They offered their lives freely upon to maintain. His mind was free and of the altar of liberty, for the freedom of the such a nature to be the most likely to be American colonies and their descendants selected for the great work which the for all generations to come. From such Lord assigned him. The circumstances a line of ancestors came the Prophet Jo- which led to his prayer offered in the seph Smith. If they were not popular, grove near Palmyra, New York, in the and great, and affluent in the eyes of the spring of 1820 were these: A great reworld, neither were the immediate an- ligious revival had been in progress. He cestry of Jesus and His Apostles. If attended. It consisted of people who Joseph was poor and earned his bread by were Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, the sweat of his brow, so did most of all etc., represented in the pulpit by their

boy, seeking after truth, unable to get the This prayer was offered by an honest whole truth from men. Would the Lord suffer such a prayer to go unanswered, or suffer this boy to be deceived by Satan? All reason, all Scripture answers, No. "Ask and ye shall receive; knock and it shall be opened unto you." If a son ask his father for bread, "will he give him a stone?" If he ask for a fish "will he give him a serpent?" The Savior answers, No. If it is argued that Joseph was alone, and no one else present to corroporate his testimony, we have two answers, one is that those determined to reject such revelations will deny the veracity of two or three men as readily as the assertion of one, which history proves. (To Be Continued.)

Releases and Appointments.

Releases.

Andrew Sprowl, Jr., North Carolina; John B. Creer, Joseph Hughes and William H. Petty, Chattanooga; Ralph C. Mitchell, East Tennessee; W. R. Damron. North Carolina.

Assignments of New Elders. Virginia Conference-Morgan J. Rich, A. W. Larsen, Erastus Christensen and Harvey J. Harper, Jr.

North Alabama-Frank L. Osborn and Jas. R. Hawkins.

East Tennessee-Jefferson G. Hunt, H. M. Schlappy, and Alfred P. Harper.

Transfers.

J. T. Carruth from South Carolina to office; W. P. Nebeker and Ben L. Rich, Chattanooga, and J. W. Funk, of Georgia, to Ohio conference.

Many a poor man leaves his son the rich man leaves his without the ability ability to acquire wealth, while many a to keep it.

fined as history re-works through the medium of man was

on the history of the world, in the light of rev-Cornelius and Paul, for, instead
elation, we find among man a characteristic heavenly messengers telling them what
that has invaded their souls from a very
to do they were referred to His author-
ized servants. That God will act in
early day, that of rejecting the living
oracles of God. One writer has said, this as in former days is consistent with
"good men become heroes as the lapse the unqualified statement of Amos (3:7).
of time widens," and this is truer of no
"Surely the Lord God will do nothing.
other class of men than the prophets of
but He revealeth His secrets unto His
God.
servants, the prophets." If God has a
work to perform in this day,
of necessity there will be di-
vinely inspired servants, for as it was in
the days of Noah it shall also be in the
days of the coming of the Son of Man.
If a prophet is not raised up to
the people, if the warning does not pre-
cede the coming of Christ, if the inhab-
itants of the earth are not called to be-
lieve in this living oracle of God, the
generation will not be like unto the days
of Noah.

and desiring papers changed, should always give idea heretofore unknown. Moses pleaded

days than Moses, Elijah, Jeremiah or any of the inspired men, and those who do not obey will come under the same condemnation as those of former times. Repent, O, nations, for your hard-heart-cured edness, and do not be condemned for rejecting the living oracles of God.