Strive for godliness, manifest humility, exercise charity, and overcome evil with good.

Let no man deceive you, the prize of Eternal Life awaits the enduring faith of the righteous.

Would you be loved, then bestow love upon others; would you have mercy extended unto you, then be merciful; would you receive the forgiveness of another, then see to it that you are willing to forgive.

Pluck, push, perseverance, these three are necessary in the affairs of life. Take. hold, stick to and don't let go, for by thus doing you can shape your own fate, and master your own destiny.

Scatter seeds of truth in the stream of time that when launched upon the bosom of eternity you may reap the peaceable and everlasting fruits of right

eousness.

We are here for a purpose, and our stay is brief. The end is not far distant, and the day of final accounts is near. Will we procrastinate the day of our redemption, and woefully neglect the salvation so graciously offered us by our Lord?

Our three worst enemies are, idleness, superstition and vice. The first wastes, the second frightens, and the third poisons. These are enemies to our tranquility here, and will prove detrimental to us hereafter.

Let us step aboard the ship of Zion as she stems the tide of persecution, and braves the tempests of false accusation. Her destiny is the harbor of life everlasting, and the shores of Eternal Bliss. No matter how the waves may dash, the winds howl, and the storms beat, the ship of Zion will suffer no harm, and all who keep aboard shall land in safety and security.

Do we fear the foe, then are we cowards; do we fear God, then are we His chosen sons. Never fear the puny arm of flesh, but trust in God and do the right, for to him that doeth good and loveth God there is a glorious crown in store.

afflicted comfort.

THE SOUTHERN STAR.

OUR CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS.

tended the public school for a few months

in the winter, and during the summer worked upon the farm.

After locating

A mighty and just Ruler is our God, whose ways are love, mercy and truth. To the murmurer He gives faith, to the at Hinckley he was imbued with a strong weak strength, to the mourner joy, to the determined desire to obtain a higher ederring children, He has love and abund-day Saints College, and afterwards the For all His wayward "cation, and so he attended the Latterant mercy. To all who will come unto Brigham Young Academy at Provo, Him in spirit and in truth He has promUtah. ised to bless, and not turn aside emptyhanded, or cast them out forlorn and disappointed. Serve ye the Lord, and sing ye of His goodness, for He doeth all things well

After leaving the academy he taught school for two winters, and it was while teaching at Leamington, Utah, in the spring of 1899 that he received a call to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Southern States.

Salt Lake City for the South, and four It was June 15th, 1899, when he left days later he arrived, with the company, in Chattanooga, from which place he was assigned to labor as a canvassing Elder in Davidson county, Tenn., of the Middle Tennessee Conference. When the Middle Tennessee Conference was held in Nashville, Dec. 9th Brother Reeve was called to act as a and 10th, 1899, counsellor to President J. U. Allred, and upon the release of the President June, he was selected to succeed him in in the Presidency, choosing for his coun

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sellors Elders Emery Barrus and John Kingdom.

has two sweet little boys and a loving wife in his cozy domicile at Hinckley, who anxiously and longingly await the time when he shall return with honor and Brother Reeve will be 28 years old on the blessings of the Holy Priesthood. the 13th day of the first month of the less and bold, being an intrepid defender new year. He is energetic, zealous, fearof the faith and a stalwart supporter and advocate of righteousness and truth. His testimony to all the world is this. "The message delivered in these last is the Gospel of Jesus Christ-the power days through the Prophet Joseph Smith, of God unto salvation."

President Reeve is a married man, and

IN HONOR BOUND.
(Inscribed to W. S. Stratton.)
In honor bound to serve the state-
Humanity. Alone the great

Are they who nobly strive with fate
And love their fellow men;

Who bravely share the lot of those
Who by their manly toil uprose
To well-earned competence, and chose
To help their brothers then.

In honor bound to seek the right
Of public questions-hail the light-
With brain and brawn urge on the flight

For justice and "The Stars;"
To follow where our heroes led,
To trust our leader who has shed
New glory on our valiant dead,
And won in righteous wars.

In honor bound to meet a debt
With honest dollars. Never yet
Knew freedom shame, or base regret,
Or greed of place and power.

On in the march of progress! Yield
No foot to treason! Ours to shield
Savage from savagery! Our field
Is earth's God-given dower.
--Helen Hinsdale Rich, in Chicago Inter
Ocean, Oct. 9, 1900.

THE DEAD.

Brother R. J. Ridgway, of Clarendon county, S. C., has been called to mourn the loss of one of his sweet little girls, who departed this life about Oct. 7th, 1900. Brother Ridgway is a faithful Latter-day Saint, and has been called to suffer much affliction for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is heart-broken over the loss of his sweet little girl, and we trust the Lord will bless him in the hour of his bereavement, and comfort him by the sweet consoling life-giving influence of His Holy Spirit.

J.

Opportunity.

Ingalls will give new interest to the widely printed and much admired: poem, entitled "Opportunity," which he wrote many years ago. It has been

The recent death of ex-Senator John

Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait. Deserts and seas remote, and, passing by Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! Mortals desire, and conquer every foe If sleeping, wake-if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, Save death; but those who doubt or hesiAnd they who follow me reach every state

tate,

Seek me in vain and uselessly implore.
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
I answer not, and I return no more.

A Chicago professor predicts that in 1,500 years Chicago will be inundated by the rate of nine inches every 100 years. Lake Michigan. The city is sinking at

"His truth shall be thy shield buckler."

and

be that find it."

Near two thousand years ago the Captain of Salvation uttered the above in connection with many beautiful truths. After His resurrection, when all power was given unto Him both in Heaven and in earth, He gave a commission unto His Apostles (eleven of them), saying, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained you." "Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost."

Upon the strength of the above commission, men of all nations, creeds and

colors have taken it upon themselves to go forth in the pomp of their own doctrines, rites and ceremonies and preach their system of religion, calling it Christianity. The result is that upwards of 500,000,000 of the inhabitants of this world profess a belief in Jesus of Nazareth and accept Him as Divine, "the Son of God," the way, the truth and the life," and apparently Christianity has been a success in bringing humanity to a knowledge of its faith.

In this age of the world man has adopted a system of manufacturing parsons, and seminaries of learning have been provided so that men whose ambitions and aspirations are of the clerical order might be educated in the profes sion of a preacher, and a line of argument adopted so that each particular sect might, with apparent authority, have the conscience to proselyte its particular faith.

We thus have multitudes of uninspired

Snares are

elling in the dark, and unless they repented they likewise would perish. All the world stood opposed to the Gospel of Christ and the principles of righteousness. ne theology of Jesus was therefore exclusive, it was not a system of many lords, many faiths and many baptisms, but only acknowledging "one Lord, ways, the one broad and the other narone raith and one baptism"-but two Lord, Lord, that enter Heaven, but it is row, and it is not everyone that saith the one who doeth the will of the Father.

Just before the ascension from Beth

any, Jesus imparted his final instructions to the Apostles, which was that In order to attain perfection, it is ab- they bear His Gospel and deliver His message unto all the world, and "He solutely essential to secure an entrance into "the strait and narrow way" and saved, otherwise they should be damned." that believed and were baptized should be become citizens of Christ's government, These men who had been duly chosen and then to walk uprightly, not swerving by the Savior, filled their mission acceptto the right or to the left. laid by the adversary, and man, unless ably, judging from the record of "the acts of the Apostles." They preached he is thoroughly clad in the armor of righteousness, is apt to stumble and fall. and exhorted all men to accept Jesus as Perfection is apparently unattainable inercise faith in Him, repent of their sins, the Christ, and called upon them to exthis life, and although we may strive our utmost to overcome the weaknesses of the flesh, we fall and are compelled to recognize the fallibility of man.

We need a guide that we might get on that "strait and narrow way," and the "law and the testimony," the "Word of God," should be studied, which is the plan of salvation. "Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me." If we will do this, taking the advice of Jesus, and study the acts and doings of the Apostles, who walked and talked with the Captain of Salvation for upwards of three and a half years, we will find that faith was one of the essential requisites, and that "without faith it is impossible to please God," that whosoever would come unto Him must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them who diligently seek Him. the order of salvation is (Heb. 11:6.) Another essential gift in repentance, which is a godly sorrow for sins

com

mitted, which would work a repentance unto salvation not to be repented of, whereas the sorrow of the world worketh death. (II Cor. 7:10.). The next requisite

was to obtain a remission of sins, and,

and receive the Holy Ghost. These were be baptized for a remission of the same. the initiatory principles, to adopt aliens into the Kingdom of God, and to fully attest the divinity of this message, certain signs should follow believers.

Pentecost,

different lan

Upwards of six weeks elapsed after the departure of Jesus, and these Apostles were met together in an upper chamber conversing of past events, and the miraculous work of the Messiah. It was in Jerusalem, at the feast of when the Jews were gathered from all nations, understanding guages, when lo! the Holy Ghost, the promised Comforter, came to testify to the divinity of the mission of the Nazarene. The Apostles spake in strange tongues, declaring to each nation represented the glad tidings of great joy. Apparently the message spread consternation among the Jews, and they thought such actions was the result of drunkenness, but Peter boldly told them it was the operation of the Spirit, spoken of by Joel, the Prophet, which should eventu. ally be poured out upon all people. These foreign Jews listened, became convinced and converted to the fact that the Son

come to the knowledge of the truth, men

of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith, in every nation under the sun, preaching dogmas contrary to the in

be obtained only through baptism by immersion, which was ordained by God, for to remit sin. (Mark 1:4.) The tabernacle now being pure, is a

to the slaughter. Many of them had not consented to His death, and others again taken active part in the crucifixion, nor had actually taken part in that sad

tend to follow.

Such is the general condition of Christianity, and with its multitude of creeds, rites and ceremonies, it is sneered at by the Pagan and held up in derision as a system of discord and disunion, a "house divided against itself," stigmatized and branded "confusion."

"God is not the author of confusion,"

and sent His Son Jesus in the meridian of time to introduce a system of pure theology. He came from the Father, with due authority, and presented His "Everlasting Gospel," which was a code of laws, suitable for mankind, to purify and sanctify them and make them perfect. Jesus was "the perfect man" and practiced what He preached, designing that His Kingdom should be an everlasting Kingdom and that His Father's

will should be done on earth as in Heaven; also that He should reign on the earth, as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. In fact, He laid the foundation for a theocratic government, whose pure and equitable laws should abound, from the east to the west and from the north

man must be born of the Spirit. Anciently this was conferred by the laying

on of hands. (Acts 19:6.)

All the above gifts could not be bestowed by the devout Pharisee or Sadducee, much less by the magician or sorcerer, and the keys of the Kingdom were only held by one man, at one time, who was recognized as the mouthpiece revelator." of God upon earth, "a Prophet, seer and In the primitive church Christ chose His Apostles and delegated Peter to be the head, bestowing the keys of the Priesthood of Melchisedec upon him, that whatsoever he should loose on earth should be loosed in Heaven, and whatsoever he should bind on earth should be bound in Heaven. (Matt. 16:19.)

This authority upon the earth did not grant to others the right to officiate in the name of Jesus Christ. The epicurians and gnostics, likewise academics and platonics and all the Pagan faiths, were equally obnexious to Christianity. The devout Pharisee, Essenee and Sadducee were equally gone astray and grov

shouted

filled

with the rabble, "Crucify Him, crucify and perhaps they had spat upon their Him, away with Him, the blasphemer," Redeemer; however, they were with remorse, and believed, crying “Men and brethren, what shall we do?" Peter, in the majesty of his Priesthood, said unto them, "Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. children, and to all that are afar off, even For the promise is unto you, and to your

as many as the Lord our God shall call." (Acts 2:38.)

The above is but a very brief account of the establishment of the Kingdom of God upon the earth in the primitive days. That particular event was remarkable and attested by great power, about three thousand being added to the Church and were baptized. The labors of those ministers of salvation, who, by the way, were not college-bred, seminary-learned parsons, but were chiefly composed of poor, illiterate fishermen, were confined for many years to the land of Judea,

among the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As the Church grew they obeyed the law of consecration and had all things in common. In order that the temporal affairs of the Church could be better attended to, seven men were ordained by the laying on of hands, to the lesser Priesthood, which held the authority to preach and baptize, but not the authority to confer the Holy Ghost. (Acts 6:6.) Philip was one of the seven, a man who performed a remarkable mission among the Samaritans. He baptized many into the Church and worked many mighty miracles, but in order that they might be endowed with the Holy Ghost, it was necessary for Peter and John to travel from Jerusalem to Samaria, a distance of seventy miles, and lay their hands upon the heads of those baptized converts, that they might be filled with the Holy Ghost, and the record says: "Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." (Acts 8:17.)

In the latter part of this same chapter we also read of another convert, who desired to get into "the narrow way," a man in authority, being a treasurer to Candace, Queen of the Ethiopians. This man evidently was a Jew and a student of the Prophets, being deeply interested in the prophecies of Isaiah. Philip rode in his chariot and interpreted the fiftythird chapter of Isaiah to him, giving the eunuch such evidence that convinced him that Jesus was the Christ.

When he was converted, like the Jews at Pentecost, and the people of Samaria,

he desired membership into Christ's Church through the door of baptism, say

ing: "What doth hinder me to be baptized?" And Philip said, "If thou be

lievest with all thine heart, thou may

est." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." And he commanded the chariot to stand still; and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him." (Acts 8:38.)

Contemporaneous with these events, and an active mobocrat against the Christians, was one Saul, a young man born in Tarsus, in the province of Silicia. His father, a Jew of the Pharisee order, having aided the empire in conquests, was granted his citizenship and made a Roman. Saul was educated in the hellenic schools, and learned the trade of tentmaker, but in order to give him more faith in the religion of his fathers, he was sent to Jerusalem and instructed in theology by the great teacher, Gamaliel. In this school he was taught to believe Jesus an impostor, and he labored faithfully, as an honest mobocrat, to expunge this new religion from off the earth. He was in league and union with the Sanhe

drin and Priesthood of the Jews and was

remarkably active in driving the Chris

tians from Jerusalem.

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nias had been duly notified in a vision of Saul's conversion and was instructed to go to the house of Judas, in Straight street, and he would find the repentant Saul, who had fasted three days and nights and was fully prepared for the message of Ananias. Saul was commanded to be baptized and wash away his sins, and Ananias laid his hands upon his head, thus bestowing the Holy Ghost and restoring his sight. Saul was born again, and started in that strait and "narrow way," putting off the old man with his sins and putting on the new man in Christ Jesus. He was afterwards generally known by the Greek appelation, Paulus, or Paul, and was the most intrepid and valiant disciple that As a soldier the primitive Church had. of Christ, he was clothed with the armor of righteousness, being always in the van in contesting with the powers of darkness. He was persecuted and finally martyred in Rome. A short time before he was beheaded, he made use of the grand expression, "I am now ready to he offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but to all them also that love His appearing." (II Tim. 4:6.)

Another notable convert in those days was Cornelius, a Gentile. Being a Rohad been made a man in authority, a man citizen and a soldier of renown, he centurian, or Captain over one hundred

soldiers. The record states that he was

just, prayerful and hospitable, and that his supplications before the throne of grace had come up as a sweet memorial, visit him, to give him instructions and so much so that God sent an angel to set him on the "narrow way," that he might obtain salvation. Cornelius, who resided in Caesarea, was told to send for Simon Peter, who at that time was lodging with a man named Simon, a tanner, at Joppa, and he would tell him what he should do, in order to get into the Kingdom of God. The instructions were obeyed, and Peter traveled that thirty-three miles to Caesarea, in order to tell Cornelius and his household words whereby he and all his house could be saved.

Peter was not convinced that the Genties were fit subjects of the Kingdom, and it was necessary for the Lord to send him a vision, of a variety of beasts let down in a net, when he was commanded to kill and eat. Peter being a Jew, was very particular about what flesh he partook of, and he said: "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." The answer was: "What God has cleansed, that call not thou common." Immediately after this vision the messengers of Cornelius were admitted, and Peter accompanied them At the head of a band of mobocrats, to Caesarea, saying, "Of a truth I perwith due authority from the High Priest, ceive that God is no respecter of perhe started on a long journey to Damas- sons; but in every nation he that feareth cus for the purpose of persecuting a Him, and worketh righteousness, is acfew Christians organized there. En cepted with Him." Afterwards Peter route, when near his destination, this astaught this household the doctrines of a siduous worker of wickedness was called resurrected Savior, and the Holy Ghost upon to halt in his career, and hencecame upon them, as upon the Jews at forth we find him transformed into Pentecost, and this Gentile family spake worker of righteousness. It required a in tongues and glorified God. Until this, remarkable manifestation and a verbal Peter appeared reluctant about allowing conversation with the slain Messiah to the Gentiles in the strait and narrow convert this young man. The brilliancy way, but upon seeing that the Holy of the light from Heaven affects his Ghost operated among them, he said. sight, and we find him a blind, helpless, "Can any man forbid water, that these penitent sinner, searching for Ananias, should not be baptized, which have rea devout Christian of Damascus. Ana-ceived the Holy Ghost as well as we?

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And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord." Thus the Gentiles were started in the "narrow way" and made heirs of salvation. (Acts 10.)

I will recount one more instance of the Gospel being taken to tne Gentiles, also a oman, a native of Philippi, then I will close this article. Paul and Silas had been preaching and organizing a branch of the Church in the city of Philippi, had started Lydia and her household in the "narrow path," baptized them, and were meeting with some success, when they were taken and whipped by the authorities and cast into prison. During the night an earthquake shook the prison, liberated the captives and opened the doors. The jailor, in terror, believing his prisoners had gone, drew his sword and attempted suicide. He had been asleep on duty and it was a capital offense, under the Roman laws, to allow a prisoner to escape. Paul said, "Do thyself no harm; for we are all here." The jailor appeared filled with gratitude and thanksgiving at this joyful news, and he washed their stripes. Undoubtedly the backs of Paul and Silas were raw and sore with the beating they had received, and the grateful jailor administered comfort to them and washed and anointed their backs. Paul meanwhile preached the plan of redemption to this man and his family, converted them, took them out in the night and baptized them, starting them also in the "narrow way." (Acts 16.)

What more need we add? Is not the way made clear, so that a man, though a fool, need not err therein? Does not the Gospel of Jesus, as taught by Him and His Apostles, show clearly that the fundamental laws requisite to get into repentance, third, baptism by immersion the "narrow way" are, first, faith, second, for the remission of sin, and fourthly, a conferred by the laying on of baptism of the Holy Ghost, which is hands? These ordinances being duly administered by one holding authority. (Heb. 6:1.)

Reader, examine the several hundred sects in Christendom and see if they resemble the primitive Church of Christ, as described in this article. This Church was built upon the foundation of Apostles and Prophets, High Priests, Seventies, Elders, Priests, teachers and Deacons. See if their rites and ceremonies are identical with those enumerated above. Ask them if signs follow believers as they did anciently, when the sick were healed, devils cast out and men spake in tongues and prophesied.

Thus you can prove all things and hold fast to that which is good, and be a follower of Jesus Christ, a "Latter-day Saint," and you will go on unto perfection, growing in grace and a knowledge of the truth, learning line upon line and precept upon precept, until you become perfect, having walked in the "narrow way" and earned the crown of righteousness laid up for the faithful. (The end.)

The battle is not to the strong,

The race not always to the fleet; And he who seeks to pluck the stars Will lose the jewels at his feet.

The profit of books is according to the The profoundest sensibility of the reader. thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.-Emerson.

Modern education too often covers the fingers with rings, and at the same time cuts the sinews at the wrist.-Earl of Sterling.

Men are as much blinded by the extremes of misery as by the extremes of prosperity. -Burke.

History of the Southern States Mission.

(Continued from Page 392.) April, 1900.-President Rich visited the Ohio Conference during the latter part of the month. The conference was divided, and Elder H. Z. Lund was called to preside over the North Ohio Conference, with headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio, while Elder L. M. Nebeker was appointed to take charge of the South Ohio Conference, with headquarters in Cincinnati. President Maycock was called home on account of the death of his father.

The city of Jackson, Tenn., was opened during this month, and a good work was performed in that place. Some opposition, led by a sanctified preacher, was encountered, and a few eggs were thrown, but no serious damage was done.

On the 18th inst. an armed mob of forty-four went to Brother Gray's house in Hardeman county, Tenn., in search of Elders Fisher and Brown. The Elders had not been there for several days. The mob intended to drive the Elders out of the county, and made many threats.

In Georgia a mobocratic spirit was Elders M. Smith and G. H. manifest. Mower were compelled to leave McWhorter and vicinity, Douglass county, because of the orders of an "Organized Elders R. D. Mob" of about fifty men. Green and E. T. Mayhew had a meeting broken up in Forsyth county, Ga., by a gang of about thirty hoodlums, while a few nights later they were pelted with rocks and eggs.

(See Star, page 238.)

In the East Tennessee Conference Elders J. H. Woolsey and W. A. Adams received some rough treatment at the hands of a masked mob, who molested them at

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GLEANINGS.

Trenton, Fla., Oct. 11, 1900. To the Southern Star.

With pleasure I herewith write to the valuable little Star-the welcome visitor to the homes of the Saints--and tell of the good and pleasant meetings we had together with the Saints and Elders in the Branch Conference over at Moroni school house, near Old Town, Fla., on the 30th day of September. Elders Pe ter Vanorden, Andrew J. Reese, Charles H. White and Wiliam L. Eldridge, the tified by President Bankhead that he and Elders that were present, who, being nohis companion, Elder Nelson, would meet with them on the occasion. But on account of the sickness of the President, the Elders had learned he would not be present. The Elders present proceeded with the organization of the Branch Conference. Meeting was called to order by Elder Vanorden at 3:30 o'clock in

month were:

that they would be visited in the night. The threats were made by cowards, and nothing came of it outside of the above. All was peace! The arrivals for this Silas S. Smith, A. G. Haskell, W. Sowards, John Banks, R. E. Skinner, L. Dunn, F. Childs, Ira D. Massey, J. S. Brown, J. R. Poulson, Geo. Davis, Geo. R. Lyman, W. R. Bybee, W. W. Selck, D. A. Brinton, J. E. Follett, A. N. Allred, J. W. Lewis, Theo. Martineau and J. D. Frankland.

May-The Elders met with some little opposition during this month. On the 9th President Rich made a remarkable

and somewhat hazardous trip to Yazoo county, Miss. The purpose and intent of his visit to that place was to see that the Saints were not despoiled of their rights. The trip was entirely satisfactory, and President Rich was able to hold meeting, bless two children, and return unmolest

ed.

The arrivals for May: E. T. Mayhew, W. A. Lindsay, Hyrum Brinkerhoff, W. A. Adams, H. Randall, Isaac Clegg, E. R. Wooley and F. L. Hickman.

June-In Buchanan county, Va., on the 4th Elders Lewis Bastian and K. R. Sowards were in the woods reading, when they were attacked by some demons in the form of men, who amused themselves by throwing rocks at the Elders. Some shots were also fired, but the Elders escaped unharmed. Elders Hugh Roberts and W. G. Miles, Jr., were egged in the town of Corbin, while preaching on the streets, but instead of being a detriment to the cause, it made many friends for the Elders.

At Middleton, Tenn., a crowd of unruly fellows gathered for the purpose of breaking up meeting, but failed in their

N. C. (See Star, page 228.)

The June company of Elders were: Geo. Miner, A. C. Jensen, C. R. Sullivan, V. Bean, B. J. Bean, M. O. Cooley, R. J. Evans, J. W. Prince, W. R. Johnson, Ezra Bunker, Jas. Smith, C. E. Napper and Jens J. Jensen.

(To be Continued.)

Cows Wearing Glasses. Cattle with spectacles are to be seen The steppes on the Russian steppes. are covered with snow more than six months of the year. The cows subsist the snow, and the rays of the sun on the on the tufts of grass which crop above snow are so dazzling as to cause blindness. To obviate this calamity. it occurred to a kind-hearted man to protect the cows' eyes in the same way as those of human beings, and he manufactured smoke-colored spectacles which could be safely worn by cattle. These spectaclts were a great success, and are now worn by upwards of 40,000 head of cattle, who no longer suffer from the snowblindness which once caused such suffering among them.-Exchange.

Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. -Pope.

was sugested by Brother John L. Hogan to be the name of Zarahemla, which was adopted, and Brother John L. Hogan and D. H. Arline were ordained Elders. But Brother Hogan was sustained to be the Presiding Elder over the Branch. Harvey Arline was sustained as clerk and Sister Annie Hogan as assistant clerk. Brother D. H. Arline was sustained as treasurer, this being the offi. cers elected in the Zarahemla Branch, and enrolling thirteen of the names of the other members of the Latter-day Saints gives to the Zarahemla Branch vineyard. forty-three members in this part of the Fourteen able, instructive sermons were delivered by the Elders on the true and pure Gospel of Christ,

A good spirit prevailed throughout the whole entire meeting, and much good is being done in the Sunday School also, which is bringing about much good in the cause of truth.

J. R. Smith.

The Eternal Remedies.

There is usually but a single remedy for every evil, great or small. Sophistry, temporizing, experimenting or dodging are alike futile, says the Toledo Bee. One remedy for each ill is law.

The remedy for slavery is liberty. The remedy for doubt is faith. The remedy for transgression is repentance.

The remedy for trouble is hope. The remedy for indolence is industry. The remedy for sin is renunciation. The remedy for want is prudence. The remedy for unhappiness is content. "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."