MISTORY OF BRIGHAM YOUNG. 663 HISTORY OF BRIGHAM (Continued from page 648.) YOUNG. -17 (Sunday.)-I preached in the forenoon, brother Taylor in the afternoon. In the evening I anointed brother Taylor in the house of the Lord. He had previously washed himself in pure water with castile soap; then we all went to the Temple. Brother Kimball opened the meeting by prayer; I then anointed brother Taylor with pure sweet oil, and pronounced such blessings as the Spirit gave utterance. Brother Taylor then arose and prayed for himself. Brother Turley, one of the Seventies, was anointed by D. S. Miles, one of the Presidents of the Seventies, which was sealed by loud shouts of hosannah; then their feet were washed and the meeting closed. Nov. 3 (Sunday.)-Brother Kimball We spent our time in Kirtland in and I attended the Episcopalian visiting the brethren and recruiting church in the forenoon. While we our health. were walking down the street to the hotel, we met Mr. Murray, and learned that the brethren who left us in Terre Haute had just arrived in Cleveland. Mr. Murray was as much astonished to see brother Kimball alive as though he had seen one risen from the dead. We walked down the street with him a short distance and met the brethren, from whom I learned they had stopped at the tavern in Strongsville, where I wished to stop the night before. They had met with brother John Taylor at Dayton, where he was left a few weeks before at a tavern, very sick, by Father Coltrin, who proceeded to Kirtland. Brothers Taylor and Hedlock got into the stage with us early in the afternoon, and rode as far as Willoughby. We proceeded to Kirtland, and arrived that evening, where we found a good many friends and brethren who were glad to see us. I had a York shilling left; and on looking over our expenses I found we had paid out over $87,00 out of the $13,50 we had at Pleasant Garden, which is all the money we had to pay our passages, to my certain knowledge, to start on. We had travelled over 400 miles by stage, for which we paid from 8 to 10 cents a mile, and had eaten three meals a day, for each of which we were charged fifty cents, also fifty cents for our lodgings. In company with my brother, John Young, I visited brother and sister Kent, my brother-in-law and sister, and found them well and in good faith. There was some division of sentiment among the brethren in Kirtland, many of whom lacked the energy to move to Missouri last season, and some lacked the disposition. Some of the brethren thought that our sickness was owing to some great wickedness we had been guilty of. -10 (Sunday.) – Brother Taylor preached in the forenoon, in the Temple, and brother Kimball in the after noon. A Council was held with brothers Kellog, Moreton, and the leading brethren in Kirtland. It was proposed that some of the Elders should remain there and preach a few weeks. Brother John Moreton said that they had had very many talented preachers, and he considered that men of ordinary talents could do no good in that place. We disposed of our wagon, horse and harness, and picked up what money we could gather, which was insufficient to convey us to New York. There was not a healthy man among us, and some more fitted for a hospital than a journey. -18.-I went to Newbury, to brother R. Potters'; returned to Kirtland. -22.-Elders Kimball, Taylor, G. A. Smith, Hedlock, Turley and myself, proceeded to Fairport. The la e was so rough that no boat came into port until the 26th, when we went on board the steamboat Columbus, at one o'clock, and arrived in Buffalo next morning. We had an excellent time on the lake. The wind rose about one o'clock in the morning. I went upon deck and felt impressed in spirit to pray to the Father, in the name of Jesus, for a forgiveness of all my sin3, and then I felt to command the winds to cease, and let us go safe on our journey. The winds abated, and I felt to give the glory and honor and praise to that God who rules all things. The boat stopped at Erie, Pa. She had no freight and but few passengers, and coming out of the harbor she ran against the pier, which was covered with an immense body of ice. She struck it with such force that she ran right up on the ice out of the water, and remained a short time, and then slid backwards into the water without damage. -27.-We took passages on the stage, but found our Ohio money would not pass current, and we had to go to a broker's and exchange for Buffalo money by paying a heavy dis count. On arriving at Batavia, we put up at the Genesee House, dedicated our room to the Lord, and had a prayer meeting, asking the Lord to open up our way. Elder Hedlock left our company here, to visit some Branches of the Church. We took the cars for Rochester. Elder Kimball left us at Byron to visit his friends. Arriving at Rochester, we took the stage and rode all night, and arrived at Auburn at ten a.m. Here, being short of means, Elders Taylor and Turley proceeded to New York, and brother George A. and I concluded to stop and preach until the Lord should open the way. We visited my cousin George Brigham, who listened very attentively to our teachings. He took us to a hotel, where we slept in a damp room and took additional cold. We walked to Moravia, and found brother Isaac C. Haight and a small Branch of the Church, which had recently been built up in that neighborhood. I preached several times. Brother George A.'s lungs were so bad he could not preach. (To be continued.) THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS' MILLENNIAL STAR. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1863. EXAMPLES WHICH THE ELDERS AND SAINTS CAN We have been favored with the perusal of a letter from President H. C. Kimball to his sons, David P. and Charles S. Kimball, now on a mission to this country, and gladly avail ourself of the permission to make extracts therefrom for the columns of the Star. This letter, we feel assured, will be read with great interest by all the Elders and Saints; and we hope that the lessons which it contains will not be lost on those under whose eyes it may come, and that it will be especially valued and treasured up by the Elders. There is scarcely any point in the experience of the servants of God, who have borne the burden and heat of the day from the beginning, that can be dwelt upon more appropriately and profitably than the trials and privations which they submitted to unmurmuringly, and even cheerfully, in first establishing the Work of God on the earth, and also the singleness of purpose, unselfishness, and strict devotion to the principles of truth and righteousness which were the means of bringing down the blessing of God upon them and crowning their labors with such signal success. Their experience is the more valuable from the fact, that out of the great numbers who were associated with them in the beginning, and who appeared to start with equal zeal on the discharge of the labors which were before them, but few have been so faithful as to maintain that association until the present time. Out of the very many who were prominent in the beginning of the Work, there are but few, comparatively, who have endured, unscathed, the ordeal which God, in his Providence, has thus far caused his Church and people to pass through, and who have emerged therefrom with reputations enhanced by every successive trial. Hence, the experience of those few, giving, as it does in plainness, the secret of their success, the means whereby they achieved it, and fully revealing the reasons why they have been able to persevere and endure up to the present time, uninfluenced by the temptations and undeterred by the trials which have proved so seductive and menacing to so many who were once associated with them, must always be highly interesting and instructive to those who are desirous of treading in their footsteps and emulating their faithfulness. Their lengthened experience and faithfulness in the Work of God fully entitle them to be viewed as the fathers of the people, and their counsels and warnings must become more dear and be more highly appreciated the older we become and the farther we are removed from those early trials which were so fruitful in experience to them, and which may be truly described as "the days which tried men's souls." As a people, we are rapidly increasing in wealth, and are gradually emerging from the condition of poverty, which was so common at one time as to be almost universal, into a condition of material prosperity. In the most of cases there is more real danger to our continued faithfulness in this change than there was in our former condition of poverty. For, though poverty may be very trying to all natures, and be almost unbearable to many, yet there is no doubt that very many, in their present state of ignorance, are far more humble and tractable while poor, than they would be if possessed of an abundance of worldly means. By having the experience of the Pioneers in the work of God -the veterans who have been the sharers and the victors in so many conflicts with the Evil One-constantly presented before us, we are reminded of the true source of strength and the only course that we can take to obtain salvation, and are also guarded against the possibility of ignorantly falling into the many traps and snares which have proved the downfall and destruction of so many who have made a like profession with ourselves. The course they have taken is the only one that can be taken with safety by any servant or Saint of God in this or any subsequent generation. The example of those who have taken any other course should be a warning to every one who desires to obtain salvation; for they have failed in every instance to accomplish any good or to gain any commendable success. Though the circumstances of the people of God have changed very much for the better since the Gospel was brought to Europe by the Elders, and they have not the poverty and difficulties to contend with at home, and in many places abroad, now that they had then, yet the same spirit and desires which animated the Elders in their labors situated as they were then, should be cultivated and possessed by the Elders now. We are under as many obligations now to practice self-denial-to be abstemious, economical, humble, prayerful and pure-as the Elders were then. We must, to be successful, labor with an eye single to the glory of God as much now as the faithful servants of God 066 ABSTRACT OF CORRESPONDENCE. found it necessary twenty-five or thirty-three years ago. The change in our worldly circumstances which has made means more abundant, or the change produced by the preaching of the Gospel which has raised us up friends and brethren and sisters on all hands, does not relieve us in the least degree from the obligation we are under to have the love of self and the care of self swallowed up in the love of and care for the Truth. No Elder can be successful now in his ministry, or can continue to progress and overcome, who does not take this course, no more than could their predecessors a quarter of a century ago. If we wish for success, we must follow their example,- -we must possess the Spirit which filled them, and which they still have, and tread in their footsteps; by this means we shall be able to come off conquerors and avoid all the evils which surround us. They carefully kept the commandments of God; they diligently obeyed the counsels of his servants; and the Elders who now labor in the ministry must do the same, if they wish to accomplish the same results which they did, and to increase in the knowledge and power of the Almighty. Sickness, poverty, and the serious difficulties incident to their position, could not influence or daunt them; they went steadily onward to the accomplishment of the duties assigned to them, and by their faith wrought wonders. We should be pleased to see all the Elders-but particularly the young men who are just entering upon their career-ponder upon these things and study carefully the course pursued by the Fathers of Israel. The history of their labors explains the causes of their success and continued progress, just as the details of the actions of those who have fallen by the way show the causes of their failure and downfall. ABSTRACT OF CORRESPONDENCE. MANCHESTER CONFERENCE.-From Elder James Lythgoe, of the 28th ult., we are pleased to learn of the continued prosperity of the Work in that portion of the country. He continues:-"Our meetings are very well attended by both strangers and Saints, who seem watching anxiously the signs of the times. The Saints are preparing for the coming spring, and desire to take their departure for the land God has appointed for the gathering of his people. I have much joy in laboring under the direction of President Taylor, and I trust we may always labor unitedly, and accomplish a good work in these lands, that success may attend our efforts in the spread of truth, and that God's purposes may be more rapidly developed day by day. I ever pray that I may be useful and energetic in the Work of God." SWITZERLAND.-Elder William W. Riter, in a letter of the 12th ult., from Geneva, informs us of his continued labors in the minist y, and of his determination to aid in upbuilding our Father's kingdom. I e represents the brethren as laboring under difficulties in their endeavors to pread the truth, but as cheerful and confident of the accomplishment of od's purposes. He says "Notwithstanding the indifference manifested by the masses of the people towards religion, there are some honest-hearted enough to receive it. Several have been baptized here, and the prospect is still good for more. The Saints here are a kind, warm-hearted people-most o them have honesty stamped upon every lineament of their countenances." CORRESPONDENCE. 667 NEWS FROM HOME. By the Deseret News of the 2nd ult., we learn how things are moving in Utalı. General Connor, of the volunteers, had just returned from a flying visit to his friends in California. Presidents B. Young, H. C. Kimball, D. H. Wells, with Elders John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, Charles C. Rich, Franklin D. Richards, Lorenzo Snow and Joseph Young, sen., together with a party of friends, numbering something over a hundred, had been absent from the city on a visit to the settlements in the northern portions of the State. They left Great Salt Lake City on the 19th of August, visiting the settlements on their way, and those, likewise, in Cache county, giving much good instruction, mostly of a practical nature, fitted for the wants of the people, and showing them how to more rapidly and successfully develope the natural advantages and resources of the country possessed by the Saints. They returned on the 26th in good health and spirits. The Hon. J. F. Kinney left Great Salt Lake City on the 29th of August, for his post at Washington, as Delegate to represent the interests of the people of Utah. With him, most undoubtedly, went the well wishes of all the citizens, as he was their unanimous choice; a boast that few, if any, Delegates to Congress, except from Utah, ever had the pleasure of making. The educational interests of the people are not neglected, as we see a notice to the effect that a meeting will be held on the day after the conclusion of the October Conference, to be participated in by teachers and citizens, for the purpose of devising measures systematizing more generally the modes of instructing the young, and of overcoming the difficulties offered by such varieties in books as are now used in schools. We clip the following items from the News : The first Church Train, Captain Murdock, arrived on Saturday, the 28th of August. The immigrants were mostly Scandinavians. The second Church Train, Captain Sanders, will probably arrive within a week. Several independent companies are also supposed to be near at hand. THE SPANISH FORK ROAD.-Elder O. Hyde, now in this city, reports that a most excellent road has been made from Fairview over the Divide and far down Spanish Fork Creek, and that, with the co-operation of the people of Utah county interested in the enterprise, it is intended to push the work forward to completion at an early day. CORRESPONDENCE. AMERICA. Great Salt Lake City, To David P. and Charles S. Kimball. to my mind scenes that I passed |