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[From the “Millennial Star,” Oct. 22, 1853.]

It becomes, almost daily, more and more apparent, that the hearts of the poor Saints are being effectually turned to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company, as their only hope of deliverance from Babylon’s shores. The signal success which has attended the execution of measures adopted by that company, since its organization, and especially the two past years, in what has been done for the British Saints, causes them to rely most implicitly upon its ability, through the blessings of God, to effect the object it has in view.

The many appeals which are being made to us for aid from that source, are certainly calculated to enlist our deepest sympathy, but when we come to the test, we find it requires something more than sympathetic feelings to effect the emigration of the poor. The Saints must know that the extent of our labors in this respect, depends mainly upon their liberality in supplying us with means. Who would not do their utmost to contribute for the glorious work which is being done by the means of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund?

We can now announce to the Saints that the President in Zion has arranged to put into our hands a considerable amount of means, to be applied for the emigration of the poor from this country, the coming season. This we are sure will make the hearts

no. 17.] OCTOBER 22, 1853. [Vol. Vi.

T H E P E R P E T U A L E M I G R A T I N G F U N D .

ZION’S TRUMPET,or

Star of the Saints.

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of the Saints leap for joy, that the Lord is thus increasing the facilities for gathering, and we hope the Saints in Britain will afford us a most liberal assurance, before this year closes, that they appreciate such timely aid from the land of Zion, by contributing their hundreds and thousands to swell the sum. This could easily be done by a united exertion from the many who are so deeply interested.

Several of the adjoining Missions are now contributing to this Fund, where there is no authorized Agent of the Company, to direct their appropriations, and that all such may know what is expected of us, relating to them, we here insert a letter of appointment, received from the President and Secretary of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company.

“Great Salt Lake City, September 30, 1852.

“This certifies that Elder Samuel W. Richards is appointed and authorized to act as Agent of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company, in Great Britain and adjacent countries, to aid the emigration of poor Saints to the valleys of the mountains, to receive donations to the Fund, and disburse the same as he shall deem proper. And the Saints universally, who desire to promote the cause of truth, and roll on the work of the last days, are requested to hearken to his counsel, so shall the blessings of our God rest upon them and him, and the work of the Lord be prospered in his hands.

“Brigham young, President of the P. E. F. Company.“Willard riChards, Secretary.”

We therefore take the liberty to request the Presidents of Missions, to whom this letter is applicable, to furnish us with an account of the means they have in hand, belonging to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company, sufficiently early for us to advise an appropriation of them the coming emigration season. We trust that all Saints in all countries will ever feel a deep interest in promoting the work of gathering, by liberally contributing of their means to aid the Company’s operations.

Any amount of donations which the Presidents of the British Conferences may forward to us by the middle of December next, will be included in the amount appropriated to their respective Conferences at the close of the year.

In looking over the list of donations which have been made to this



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Fund in Britain, we see several private donations amounting from £100 to upwards of £200 each. This manifests the deep interest some have felt for its prosperity, and affords a worthy example for others to follow, which we are assured they will do, and thereby secure to themselves the blessings of God and of his people.

[Let the Welsh Presidents understand, that that which is asked above, from Wales, is to be sent to President W. S. Phillips, so that he may, in behalf of others, send it in time to Liverpool. Do this also with respect to that which appeared in the last Trumpet.—Editor.]

CELESTIAL MARRIAGE.

[Continued from page 239.]

The object of laws is to prohibit every practice which is calculated to injure individuals or society. But in what respect are individuals or society injured by the practice of a plurality of wives? We answer, in no respect whatever. The objector may say that such a practice is calculated in some instances to produce poverty, and bring distress upon the family, and, therefore, should be considered criminal, and prohibited by law. We reply, that there are many practices which bring poverty and distress, and yet those practices are perfectly lawful. For instance, the slaveholder may reduce himself to poverty, by accumulating slaves, and by a mismanagement of them! Would the southern States consider this to be a crime? Would they prohibit by law the purchase of slaves, because, in some instances, it reduced the purchaser to poverty, and brought distress upon himself and family? And again; a man may bring poverty and distress upon himself and family by unwisely employing mechanics, clerks, day laborers, &c. Would any of the States or Territories consider this criminal? Would they enact laws to prohibit the hiring of mechanics and laborers, because, in some instances, it reduces to poverty? Another instance; many persons by marrying one wife reduce themselves from a state of wealth to abject poverty, yet no State would for such a reason, denounce the marriage of one wife as criminal, and prohibit it by



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law. We might multiply any amount of instances where poverty and distress are brought upon families by the practice of things which are perfectly justifiable by the law. Because a plurality of wives may, in some instances, reduce a family to poverty, is no reason, therefore, why it should be prohibited by law, any more than thousands of other practices which may produce the same result. But in the most of cases, the plurality system would have a contrary tendency; instead of diminishing the wealth of a family it would increase it. A large number, bound together by the strong ties of family affection, and taking hold of business in a united capacity, will be able, most frequently, to accomplish more than the same number of individuals acting separately, and covered only by individual interest. A union of interest and action is admitted by all to be more powerful in its results, than disunion. A numerous family of children are calculated to accumulate wealth, or to accomplish any other object, by their united energy, more than a small family. Hence, the Psalmist says, “Children are an heritage of the Lord. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.” Psalm cxxvii. Instead of a large family being a disadvantage in point of wealth of strength, they are of great advantage. Therefore, so far as this cause has any bearing, it would be more just for the States to prohibit the one-wife system, than to prohibit the system of plurality.

Sometimes objections are urged against the plurality system, by saying, that it takes away the rights of women, and, therefore, it should be prohibited by law. But what rights of women does it take away? If several women voluntarily, and from their own choice, and with the consent of their relatives, wish to unite their destinies with one man, what rights have been taken away? what injuries have been sustained, either by themselves, or by society in general? We answer, none at all. On the other hand, the rights of women are destroyed and taken from them in prohibiting them, by law to have the man of their choice, that are compelled, by legislative enactments, to relinquish all hopes of marrying a man upon whom their affections are placed, and obliged, if they marry at all, to go contrary to every feeling of their nature—to be united with one for



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whom they have no love. How many thousands of women there are who would rather remain single all their days, than to accept the offers of many profligate young men for whom they entertain no other feelings but those of disgust. Could these same women have their rights which naturally belong to them, but which our illiberal State governments have deprived them of, they would unite their destinies with good men, and be infinitely more happy under the plurality system, than they would be to remain in a state of celibacy, or to be united with some wicked profligates. Give women their rights; let them marry the man of their choice, Where pure affection exists, there let them consummate that affection by freely uniting themselves in the sacred bonds of matrimony with the man whom they love, and who loves them sufficiently to make them the partners of his bosom for life. Anything short of this is illiberal, and destroys the rights of women.

It is said that plurality destroys the rights of the first wife, and, therefore, should not be tolerated by law. This depends on circumstances. If a man has been foolish enough to make a contract with a woman previous to their marriage, that he will never marry another while she lives, then it would be taking away her rights to violate that contract without her consent. Such a man, under such a contract, should not be permitted by the laws of the States to break his agreement, for in so doing, he would take away the rights which he has guaranteed to her. But if a man marry a woman without binding himself by such a contract, of if he marry her with an understanding that he can marry others when he thinks proper so to do, then there are no rights of the first wife taken away, nor no contracts broken. The first wife, under these circumstances, enjoys all the rights that she had any reason to expect. When she gave herself to her husband, it was not by compulsion; she freely and voluntarily consented to be his, with the full understanding that he might marry others, whenever he chose. A woman, under these circumstances is divested of no rights, only what she has voluntarily surrendered. She prefers rather to be united with such a man, though she may share but a measure of his attention, than to live a life of celibacy, or be obliged to marry one whom she loves less.



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Therefore the objection against plurality upon this ground is wholly without foundation.

Another objection is urged against plurality by pretending that it corrupts the morals of society, and, therefore, it is argued that it should be considered a crime, and be prohibited by law. But we ask what morals of society does it corrupt? Morality is only another name for virtue, goodness, and righteousness. Immorality is its opposite—that is, viciousness, evil, unrighteousness. To be moral is to be innocent of crime; to be immoral is to be guilty of crime. It can neither be shown from reason nor the word of God, that plurality is criminal, and hence it cannot be immoral, and therefore the morals of society are not in the least endangered by its practice. On the contrary, plurality is a great and powerful antidote against immorality. How many hundreds of thousands of women there are, who, in consequence of having no opportunities of marriage, yield themselves up to a life of profligacy, and become notoriously immoral and unvirtuous. If these same females had not been deprived of the rights which all should enjoy under our glorious Constitution, they might have united themselves to some virtuous, good men, and been happy as their second or third wives, and thus been saved from temptations and evils into which they have fallen. Look at the misery and wretchedness of thousands of females in almost every city in America and Europe—inquire into the causes of their shameful and criminal course of life, and it will be found that in nine cases out of ten, they were driven to that state of degradation for the want of a protector—a husband in whom they could center their affections, and on whom they could rely for a support. Would it not have been far better for these females to have been honorably connected in marriage according to the plurality system, than to have plunged themselves into the vortex of irretrievable ruin? What an immense amount of immorality and consequent suffering would have been prevented, had the State governments not been influenced by the corrupt traditions of apostate Christianity in prohibiting plurality, and denouncing it criminal! But this order of things would not only



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prevent females from becoming public prostitutes, but would promote virtue among the males. Because of the vast numbers of unvirtuous females with which the nations are cursed, many young men neglect marriage, and seek to gratify their sexual propensities by unlawful and sinful connections. If no public female prostitutes existed, or if they rarely could be found, the natural consequences would be, that young men, instead of abandoning themselves to prostitution would seek to unite themselves in honorable marriage with the partners of their choice. Plurality, therefore, not only would be a preventative against female prostitution, but would diminish the causes or means of prostitution on the part of males.

(To be continued.)Trans. Robyn ddu.

PRE-EXISTENCE OF MAN.

[Continued from page 258.]

69. That our first parents would have had no mortal children if they had not partaken of the forbidden fruit, is not only reasonable, but it is clearly revealed in the Book of Mormon. The prophet Lehi says, “If Adam had not transgressed, he would not have fallen; but he would have remained in the garden of Eden. And all things which were created must have remained in the same state which they were in, after they were created; and they must have remained forever, and had no end. And they would have had no children; wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin. But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things. Adam fell that men might be; and men are that they might have joy.” (2 Book of Nephi, chap. 1, page 51). The same doctrine is also revealed in the inspired translation of the book of Genesis. “And Adam called upon the name of the Lord, and Eve also, his wife, and they heard the voice of the Lord, from the way towards the garden



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of Eden, speaking unto them, and they saw Him not, for they were shut out from his presence. And he gave unto them commandment, that they should worship the Lord their God, and should offer the firstlings of their flocks, for an offering unto the Lord. And Adam was obedient unto the commandments of the Lord.

“And after many days an angel of the Lord appeared unto Adam, saying, “Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the Lord? And Adam said unto him, I know not, save the Lord commanded me. And then the angel spake, saying, This thing is a similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father, which is full of grace and truth. Wherefore, thou shalt do all that thou doest in the name of the Son, and thou shalt repent, and call upon God in the name of the Son for evermore.

“And in that day the Holy Ghost fell upon Adam, which bore record of the Father and the Son, saying I am Jesus Christ from the beginning, henceforth and forever, that as thou hast fallen, thou mayest be redeemed; and all mankind, even as many as will.

“And in that day Adam blessed God, and was filled, and began to prophesy concerning all the families of the earth: Blessed be the name of God for my transgression, for in this life I shall have joy, and again in my flesh I shall see God.

“And Eve, his wife, heard all these things, and was glad, saying, “Were it not for our transgression, we should never have had seed, and should never have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient. And Adam and Eve blessed the name of God; and they made all things known unto their sons and their daughters.”

70. The prophet Enoch also reveals the same doctrine in his celebrated discourse on the subject of the Gospel, as revealed to Adam after he was driven out from the garden of Eden. “And Enoch continued his speech, saying, The Lord which spake with me, the same is the God of Heaven, and he is my God and your God, and ye are my brethren; and why counsel ye yourselves, and deny the God of Heaven?

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foundation thereof is his: Behold, he hath laid it; an host of men hath he brought in upon the face thereof. And death hath come upon our fathers: nevertheless we know them, and cannot deny; and even the first of all we know, even Adam. For a book of remembrance we have written among us, according to the pattern given by the finger of God; and it is given in our own language.

“And as Enoch spake forth the words of God, the people trembled, and could not stand before his presence: and he said unto them, Because that Adam fell we are; and by his fall came death; and we are made partakers of misery and woe. Behold, Satan hath come among the children of men, and tempteth them to worship him: and men have become carnal, sensual, and devilish, and are shut out from the presence of God. But God hath made known unto my fathers, that all men must repent.

“And he called upon our father Adam by his own voice, saying, I am God: I made the world and men before they were. And He also said unto him, If thou wilt turn unto me, and hearken unto my voice, and believe, and repent of all thy transgressions, and be baptized even by water, in the name of mine Only Begotten Son, which is full of grace and truth, which is Jesus Christ, the only name which shall be given under Heaven, whereby salvation shall come unto the children of men; ye shall ask all things in His name, and whatever ye shall ask it shall be given.

“And our father Adam spake unto the Lord, and said, Why is it that men must repent and be baptized by water? And the Lord said unto Adam, Behold, I have forgiven thee thy transgressions in the garden of Eden. Thence came the saying abroad among the people, That Christ hath atoned for original guilt, wherein the sins of the parents cannot be answered upon the heads of the children, for they are whole from the foundation of the world.

“And the Lord spake unto Adam, saying, Inasmuch as thy children are conceived in sin, even so when they begin to grow up, sin conceiveth in their hearts, and they taste the bitter, that they may know to prize the good. And it is given unto them to know good from evil; wherefore, they are agents unto themselves, and I have given



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unto you another law and commandment; wherefore teach it unto your children, that all men, everywhere, must repent, or they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God; for no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in His presence; for in the language of Adam, Man of Holiness is His name; and the name of his Only Begotten, is the Son of Man, even Jesus Christ, a righteous Judge which shall come.

“I give unto you a commandment to teach these things freely unto your children, saying, that, Inasmuch as they were born into the world by the fall which bringeth death, by Water and Blood, and the Spirit which I have made, and so become of dust a living soul, even so ye must be born again of Water, and the Spirit, and cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only Begotten, into the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven; that ye may be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words of eternal life in this world, and eternal life in the world to come, even immortal glory; for by the water ye keep the commandment; by the Spirit ye are justified; and by the blood ye are sanctified, that in you is given the record of heaven;—the Comforter;—the peaceable things of immortal glory; the Truth of all things;—that which quickeneth all things, which maketh alive all things;—that which knoweth all things, and hath all power according to wisdom, mercy, truth, justice, and judgment.

“And now, behold, I say unto you, this is the plan of salvation unto all men: the Blood of mine Only Begotten which shall come in the meridian of time. And behold, all things have their likeness, and all things are created and made to bear record of me, both things which are temporal, and things which are spiritual; things which are in the heavens above, and things which are in the earth, and things which are under the earth both above and beneath; all things bear record of me.

“And it came to pass, when the Lord had spoken with Adam, our father, that Adam cried unto the Lord, and he was caught away by the Spirit of the Lord, and was carried down into the water, and was laid under the water, and was brought forth out of the water: And thus he was baptized, and the Spirit of God descended upon him: and thus he was born of the Spirit, and he became quickened in the



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inner man: And he heard a voice out of Heaven, saying, Thou art baptized with fire, and with the Holy Ghost. This is the record of the Father, and the Son, from henceforth and forever. And thou art after the order of Him who was without beginning of days or end of years, from all eternity. Behold, thou art one in me, a son of God; and thus may all become my sons, Amen.”*

71. From all these quotations we learn, that if it had not been for the fall of our first parents, they never could have had mortal children. Eve said, “Were it not for our transgression, we should never have had seed.” Enoch said, “Because that Adam fell we are.” Lehi said, “Adam fell that men might be.” The Lord said to Adam:—“Inasmuch as thy children are conceived in sin, even so, when they begin to grow up, sin conceiveth in their hearts.” And again, the Lord said in relation to these children, “They were born into the world by the fall which bringeth death, by Water, and Blood, and the Spirit which I have made, and so become of dust a living soul.” The “Water and Blood,” properly united, form the flesh and bones of an infant; the spirit from Heaven, uniting with the “Water and Blood,” animates the body, and thus it becomes “of dust a living soul.”

72. Adam said, “Blessed be the name of God for my transgression, for in this life I shall have joy, and again in my flesh I shall see God. And Eve, his wife, heard all these things, and was glad, saying, Were it not for our transgression, we should never have had seed, and should never have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient.” How great reason had our first parents to bless and praise God that he had made and placed the tree of knowledge in a position where they could eat of it; for though they brought upon themselves the penalty of their disobedience, and were placed, with their posterity, in a state of suffering, yet is was far better for them to endure the suffering, and even to die, than to have remained in the state that they were in before the fall. Indeed, it would have been better for them to have suffered a hundredfold more than

* Revealed to Joseph Smith, the Seer, Dec. 1830, as part of the Inspired Translation of the Book of Genesis.



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what they did, than to have always remained in a state of profound ignorance of good and evil—than to have forever been in a state incapable of knowing or appreciating joy or happiness—a state wherein the idea of justice and mercy could never have entered into their hearts. It was not the design of the Lord that man should remain in such depths of ignorance. Well might Adam and Eve bless God for their transgression; for all the sufferings that they endured in consequence of it were not worthy to be compared with the infinitely important knowledge gained, and the joys which flowed through that knowledge. Christ was considered as a “Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,” to atone for the original sin of Adam. Therefore, by his transgression, he obtained knowledge indispensably necessary to his exaltation and happiness; and by the atonement his sin was forgiven, and he restored to the favor of God, possessing the requisite qualifications to enjoy his redemption, and the society of beings who knew good and evil. “The Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil” (Gen. iii, 22). God and the heavenly host had attained to the knowledge of good and evil, and therefore they were capable of enjoying happiness, and judging righteously according to the principles of right and wrong, justice and mercy. Adam, by his transgression, had become like one of the Gods to know good and evil. Now can it be supposed, for a moment, that the Lord did not wish Adam to become like himself ? Was He not desirous that he should learn how to distinguish between that which was good, and that which was evil? Or did he design that man should forever be deprived of that information which alone could give him joy? Was not the Only Begotten Son willing, even before the world was made, to be sent forth in the meridian of time to suffer and die, in order to atone for a transgression which would place Adam in the same condition as the Gods in respect to good and evil? The Son did not consider death to be too great a sacrifice, in order that man might be raised from the very depths of ignorance, and be placed on an equal footing with the Gods, as far as it regards good and evil, and all their accompanying consequences.



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73. It is true, if the Savior had not proposed to die to atone for Adam’s sin, then there would have been no way of forgiveness; and justice would have consigned Adam to endless misery and banishment from the presence of his Father, without any hopes of the resurrection of his body, or a redemption of his spirit from the power of the Devil: hence, if God had not contrived a plan of redemption, it would have been better for Adam not to have fallen; it would have been better for him to have remained in profound ignorance of good and evil, happiness and misery, than to have been miserable forever like the fallen angels. But God having devised a plan of redemption, it was far better for Adam to transgress, and suffer the penalties of that transgression for a season, than to remain in a state wherein he could never know good and evil, like the Gods—wherein he could never appreciate the happiness of heaven, or know the joys of eternal life—wherein he could not understand the nature of justice and mercy, of right and wrong—wherein he could never be entrusted with any authority, or power, or rule over beings who were in possession of this superior knowledge—and wherein he could never have had children, and therefore the great family of spirits in Heaven would have been disappointed in their anxious longing expectations to receive bodies. Therefore, I lift up my heart in praise and thanksgiving before the Lord; yea, I bless God with all my soul, that our first parents did transgress, and bring suffering, and misery, and death, upon the world; for, because of this transgression my spirit has been permitted to come from Heaven, and enter a tabernacle of flesh and bones—because of this transgression, I am permitted to know, in this life, good and evil, joy and misery, justice and mercy, love and hatred—because of this transgression, I learn by experience things which I never could have learned in any other way—because of this transgression, I shall enjoy the words of eternal life in this world, and the fullness of eternal life in the world to come.

74. There was another tree in the garden of Eden, whose fruit possessed qualities of an opposite nature to that of the tree of knowledge. It was called “the Tree of Life.” This tree was calculated



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to produce endless life; it would change mortality into immortality, as may be seen from the following passages:—“And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever, therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden, cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life” (Gen. iii., 22—24). If our first parents, after having transgressed, and become subject to death, had been permitted to eat of that, the consequences would have been of the most fearful nature, and they would have been ruined forever. The act would not only have affected man, but it would have affected God; His word would have been void, for the sentence of death had already passed, and they were told that they should “surely die.” The fruit of the Tree of Life would have caused them to live forever, and God’s word would have failed: not only so, but they would have lived forever in misery; for the plan of salvation which was to be brought about by the shedding of blood or by the death of the Savior, would have been frustrated. If Adam had placed himself in a condition that he could not die, his children would have been placed in the same condition also; (that is, provided that it was possible for him to have begotten children of flesh and bones under such circumstances;) hence, the Messiah, according to the flesh, could not have died: forasmuch as all the children would have been immortal, His fleshly body would have been immortal also, and without blood; thus there could have been no atonement by the shedding of blood. Therefore, man would have remained in his fallen state forever, being subject to the Devil who had overcome him, being dead spiritually, without any possibility or hopes of recovery, being miserable forever like the fallen angels. It is very doubtful, whether our first parents, if they had partaken of the tree of life, after the fall, could have brought forth children of flesh and bones; for blood which is essential to the organization of fleshly bodies, would have been eradicated from their systems. Therefore, the Lord, knowing the evil consequences



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which would follow if they partook of the Tree of Life, carefully guarded the same by Cherubims and a flaming sword.

(To be continued.)Llanelli. Trans. D. E. Jones.

COMPARISON.

A small boy went to the field one day, and he saw some sheep and little lambs, which attracted his love greatly; but he felt sorry for them because there was a thorn bush there that pulled away bits of their wool; and he returned home determined to cut down the thorn bush. The next day, he went out with his axe in hand, directly to the thorn bush; but on a twig of it, he saw a fair-colored bird pulling wool away, and then flying with it to its nest. At that time, he saw the wisdom of the Creator in placing the thorn bush to snag the wool of the sheep, for the little birds to build their nests, and consequently he left the thorn bush alone.

There are many in the church of Christ, that see different things as harmful, much like the little boy saw the thorn bush, things that also serve some good purpose or other. They wish at one time for things in the church to be the complete opposite to the way they are; but at another time, they rejoice that they are as they are, like the man who said that pumpkins ought to grow on the strong oak tree, and acorns on the weak stems of the pumpkins: but one day he went to sleep under an oak tree; and an acorn fell on his head, at which time he gave sincere thanks to the Creator that it was not pumpkins, rather acorns, that grew on the oak tree. This teaches us not to judge the things of God by our own limited wisdom, and to believe that all things work together for the good of those who love God.

W. Lewis.

EPITAPHThe grave possesses fine eloquence,

It teaches in its lessons,More effectively than a wise

Theologian can preach; Hark what it says, O foolish men,

Who live in total impiety;It is speaking to you,

Listen carefully to its call. (1842).



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MERTHYR TYDFIL:PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. DAVIS, GEORGETOWN.

Contents. page.The Perpetual Emigrating Fund .............................................................. 261Celestial Marriage .................................................................................. 263Pre-existence of Man ............................................................................. 267Comparison ........................................................................................... 275Epitaph .................................................................................................. 275Miscellaneous, &c................................................................................... 276

Coal.—We are informed by a letter from Elias Morris, of Iron County, Utah Territory, to his brother Richard Morris of Merthyr, that brothers Eliezer Edwards and Thomas Rowlands, as they went to one of the canyons, discovered a vein of coal eight feet wide, and that a good road to it eight miles long is now finished.

Distributing pamphlets.—Now, while the season for preaching out-of-doors has ended (as President Samuel W. Richards, in the “Star,” Oct. 29, 1853, observes), is the best time for distributing pamphlets, going from house to house, and using every opportunity to converse about the divine religion we profess. We hope our brothers and sisters will take the suggestion, and distribute many pamphlets during this season, taking into consideration that they do not know when they will have an invitation to leave this Babylon, and start to Zion. As we go there, there will be nothing more lovely for our thoughts, than that we have done our duty toward our fellowmen.

Prayers for the return of England to Papism have been printed in several languages on the continent, and they are being distributed among the people.

A test of a man’s good nature would be to wake him in the middle of the night, and ask him for the loan of a pound.

Keeping a seCret.—A man went in great haste to his neighbor, and revealed to him an important secret, and as he left he put him under strict orders not to tell anyone on earth,—And the neighbor replied, “You may rest easy, you can count on me to keep it as well as you have.”

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