After overtaking brother Joseph at Jacksonville, we travelled together to Caldwell county, Missouri, and arrived there with our families in March, 1838. Brother Lorenzo, by the counsel of Joseph, went to Daviess county and purchased a farm of a Missourian, where he put in his summer crop, built a new house, purchased stock, planted an orchard and prepared himself for a permanent home. He remained there in peace until the fall, when he was warned to leave the county on peril of his life, being threatened that his house and property would be burned and his

family in it, in case he did not leave at a stated date. He thus was obliged to leave his farm with more than 1,000 bushels of corn standing in the field, and was driven away in such haste that he only took his family and what effects he could take in one small carriage, and was never permitted to return or get his property. He proceeded to Far West, a distance of twenty-two miles, and joined his brethren, standing guard one-half of each night for three weeks. At this time he was engaged, under brother David W. Patten, in the Crooked River battle.

(To be continued.)

THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS' MILLENNIAL STAR.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1863.

CONSEQUENCES OF UNDERVALUING THE SERVANTS OF GOD.

Ir has been a common mistake with the world in every age, when God has sought, by the restoration of the holy Priesthood, to bring his purposes to pass, to undervalue the men and means he has employed, and to attach but little or no importance to them. The men and the means the Lord has chosen for the accomplishment of his plans have been so different in every respect from those which the world would expect to see used for such a purpose, that they have treated them contemptuously and affected to despise them without scarcely an exception. The deluge predicted by Noah, and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, of which their inhabitants were warned by Lot, came upon people who were quite unprepared to meet them, not because they had never heard about these calamities, but because they were unwilling to believe that the men who proclaimed their near approach would be the ones selected as the only receptacles of a knowledge so important to the existence and welfare of so large a portion of the family of man. These were the feelings, also, which animated the Jews in their rejection of Jesus and his disciples. In their estimation he was most unlikely to be the Oracle sent from the Father, having the authority and knowledge to pronounce their fate. His reputed origin, his education and his associations were so utterly at variance with all they would have supposed to be necessary in a man possessing the knowledge which he professed to have respecting the future of their nation, that they felt themselves perfectly safe in saying, after they had clamored for him to be lifted up to die the horrible death of crucifixion, "his blood be upon us, and on our children." They undervalued his importance and power, never suffering themselves to think that every word.

of the so-called impostor would be fulfilled, and that his death would bring down upon them and their nation the dreadful anger and indignation of an offended God. The result of this conduct of theirs was but a repetition of those scenes (except that the horrors were greatly aggravated) which had invariably attended such obstinate folly and devilish deeds in other generations.

It might be thought that the lessons of the past on these points would not be wholly lost upon this generation, and that men would be more careful in investigating and considerate in rejecting now than they were in former ages. But, in this respect, they have not learned anything. The same besotted fatuity has influenced and still influences and possesses them as prompted men of previous generations to undervalue and reject, as unworthy of their consideration, the men and means chosen by the Almighty for the accomplishment of his purposes. We see the unhappy results of all this being brought about before our eyes, and yet who will believe it? They who coolly persecuted and murdered Joseph Smith and other servants of God, will not. Though his predictions are being fulfilled word for word as he uttered them, both he and the means which God revealed through him for the accomplishment of his purposes are undervalued and despised. A great nation is undergoing the throes of dissolution, (corresponding in every particular to the description which he gave of the steps by which such an end would be brought about,) and this, too, in the sight of all nations, and yet the nation itself which is suffering, and they who are spectators of the sight, see not the hand of God in it all. They will not suffer themselves to think that the shedding of the blood of so humble, and apparantly unimportant a man as Joseph Smith, Prophet of God though he professed to be, has any effect upon the nation who consented to his murder by suffering his murderers to go unwhipt of justice. They deride, as preposterous, the idea that the terrible occurrences of the past two years and a half have been influenced in the least degree by the treatment extended to him and his co-religionists. The latter are and have been too insignificant in numbers and importance, in their estimation, for such an admission as this to be made respecting them. As well might the Jews within the walls of Jerusalem, when defending themselves against the cohorts of Rome and suffering every conceivable misery which human nature could endure, be expected to admit that the crucifixion of the despised Nazarene and the persecution of his disciples were the causes of the unutterable horrors of the seige which they were enduring!

There is no evil that has yet befallen the nation of the United States that has not been predicted by the servants of God years ago, and there is no evil which they have sought to bring upon the people of God but what they have experienced or will hereafter experience to an extent of which they had but little conception at the time they sought to enforce upon us the obnoxious measures. They have already begun to taste the bitterness of military rule and the oppression which results from martial law and the trial of civilians by military courts. This mode of disposing of troublesome citizens who may not altogether agree with the Administration in its policy has been adopted, and the trial and condemnation of a prominent citizen of the State of Ohio-Mr. Vallandigham-who has been a Judge and a Representative in Congress, before a tribunal of this description has produced profound agitation in the Northern States. Yet this was a policy which was freely discussed and, by many, advocated as being the proper one to adopt towards the people of God in Zion. Not being able to accomplish their wicked designs towards them by legal and constitutional means, they were

anxious to have martial law put in force and military rule substituted in the stead of civil. Little did the nation think when this policy was urged in the first place, that the measure they were seeking to deal out to the people of Utah would, within so very short a space of time, be measured out to them again, and martial law be declared and enforced, in their own midst, by their own army officers in a manner to set aside and override all civil law. At the time they were so anxious to dragoon the Latter-day Saints, and at other times also, it was freely predicted that they should yet experience all the terrors and horrors of military rule in their own midst and have enough to do to defend themselves, without improperly and unjustly interfering with the servants and people of God. Though these predictions have been publicly made and widely circulated, and are being so plainly fulfilled, they scarcely excite any comment, except of a derisive character, from those respecting whom they were uttered. They can see nothing in the despised Latter-day Saints to cause them to think that they know anything about such matters; and, least of all, will they admit that their treatment of the Latter-day Saints has had anything to do with the sufferings which they themselves have begun to experience. They have fallen into the same mistake which other generations before them have made-undervaluing and viewing with contempt the men and means selected by the Almighty for the fulfilment of his designs. Yet there is not a mail sent from the other side of the Atlantic which does not bring additional evidences of the truth and confirmations of the fulfilment of the predictions which the Lord has inspired his servants to make. How long must the Lord plead with nations and men before they can be brought to acknowledge His authority and recognize His hand in all things? For very many years now he has been entreating the inhabitants of the earth to turn unto him and be saved, but with comparatively little effect. They barden their hearts more and more, and despite every evidence which He gives them that He is at work in their midst, they persistently resist his offers of mercy and salvation. Will the people and nations of Europe, particularly this people and nation to whom the message of salvation has been proclaimed so long, be warned by the events now occurring in the once-happy land of America and adopt a wiser course?

ARRIVALS.-On Thursday morning, June 18th, we had the pleasure of welcoming to the shores of Europe, Elders Charles S. Kimball-son of President Heber C. Kimball--Finley C. Free, James A. Cunningham, Samuel L. Sprague, jun., and Matthew Lyon, who arrived in this port, from New York, on the steamship Great Eastern. These brethren are the first instalments of the Elders appointed on missions to Europe at the General Conference of the Church held in Great Salt Lake City on the 6th of April last. They are young men, as are nearly all who were appointed at the same time, and were all born in the Church and reared to manhood in the mountains without an opportunity of obtaining any knowledge of, or experience in outside civilization. They feel their weakness in going forth to the world; but, if they retain this feeling, it will prove a source o strength to them; for, in their humility, they will seek unto the Lord. We trust that their labors will be productive of good both to themselves and the people among whom they may be thrown, that when the time shall come for them to be released, they may return to their fathers and friends in Zion realizing that they have the favor of Heaven and the confidence and love of their brethren and the Saints.

ABSTRACT OF CORRESPONDENCE.

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Elders Finley C. Free, Charles S. Kimball and Samuel L. Sprague, jun., are appointed to labor in the ministry in the Birmingham District, under the Presidency of Elder John M. Kay.

Elder Matthew Lyon is appointed to labor in the ministry in the Scottish District, under the Presidency of Elder George Peacock.

Elder James A. Cunningham is appointed to labor in the ministry in the Newcastle-onTyne District, under the Presidency of Elder M. F. Farnsworth.

GEORGE Q. CANNON,

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TO CORRESPONDENTS.-We are always glad to hear from our friends in any part of the world, and solicit a continuance of their contributions; but we are compelled to call their attention, once more, to the oft-repeated rules necessary to be observed in writing for publication. In the first place the writing should be at least legible: we have received several communications so closely, minutely and carelessly written, that it is almost impossible to distinguish the lines or the letters unless aided by a microscopic glass of considerable power. In addition to the unpleasant effect upon the eye, the time occupied in the perusal of such articles is no inconsiderable item; several have been put in the "drawer" without examination on this account. If our correspondents will bear in mind and practice the following simple rules, they will save us considerable trouble and themselves, probably, much annoyance and mortification in the mistakes which sometimes occur in the publication of their articles :-Write plainly, and on every other line only; also on only one side of the paper where postage will not be rendered too serious an item, and be sure to write all proper and foreign names correctly and very distinctly. We do not wish our friends to be discouraged from writing because their communications do not appear at once; all that are calculated to advance the cause of truth and enhance the happiness of the Saints will appear in due time.

ABSTRACT OF CORRESPONDENCE.

AMERICA. Since the letter from Elder Staines, of May 28, was in type, we have been favored by the receipt of another, dated the 4th instant, from which we make the following interesting extracts :

"The J. J. Boyd arrived on Saturday, 30th ult., having had a prosperous voyage. The Saints were well and in good spirits; had four deaths on board-two old persons and two small children. One sister died on Saturday, after they arrived; she had recently been confined with a still-born child. They all speak well of the brethren who had charge of them. They left for Florence at twelve midnight; I accompanied them as far as Albany, and returned yesterday. They left Albany on Tuesday, at seven, p.m., all in good spirits. The two ships have arrived with the African Saints, all well. They went on with the companies. I was sorry to see so much luggage; 597 adult passengers in all, had 90,330lbs. of baggage! This was not weighed until we arrived at Albany. They did not land at the Gardens until twelve a. m. on Monday and they were all at the depôt at seven p.m., and had it not been for two luggage cars getting off the track we should have started at half-past seven. The vessels came three days sooner than we expected, but all went off very satisfactory to all parties

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"Business is dull in New York, but more steady than it has been, on account of gold being firmer than it has been heretofore. Vicksburg is a hard nut to crack, and

it will cost almost a river of blood, but blood is cheap; the old paper and rags can be made up into paper, and that paper stamped, and 300 nominal dollars of this kind will purchase all that a man has in his veins. So long as the Government can issue to its people $2,000,000 a day at its present value, so long can they keep on the war. Thousands are coming into the country; three or four ship-loads of passengers arrived here last week.

"Remember me and brothers Eldredge and Young to the brethren in the office and all friends. That you may all continue to be prospered in your labors, is the prayer of your brother."

From late files of the Deseret News we glean the following interesting items:

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THE WEATHER.-A heavy storm of rain was experienced on April 21st, which continued at intervals until the 23rd, when it changed to snow, soon completely covering the earth and all surrounding objects with a wintry mantle of white. Fortunately, but little injury was supposed to be done to fruit trees by the storm. Since then the weather had been delightful.

A BOLD ATTEMPT AT KIDNAPPING.-A most revolting and outrageous attempt to kidnap a young woman and forcibly convey her to Camp Douglas, for the purpose of initiating her into one of those institutions of civilization which invariably accompany a misnamed Christian army, was made on the 27th of April, by eight or ten mounted ruffians from the camp, who were partly disguised in citizens' dress, and accompanied by one or two female denizens of the Camp. The diabolical intentions of the party were, however, frustrated by the brave and timely interference of two or three gentlemen who happened to be in the vicinity, and who, perceiving the danger the young lady was in, hastened to her relief, and, despite the threats and display of revolvers on the part of the ruffians, succeeded in rescuing her from their clutches.

DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT.-A telegram was received in Salt Lake City from Los Angeles, California, on May 2nd, stating that the small steamer Ada Hancock, had burst her boilers while conveying passengers from San Pedro to the Senator, which was anchored some five miles from the landing, and that among the victims of the explosion were Elders Hiram Kimball and Thomas Atkinson, who were killed immediately. The deceased were on their way to the Sandwich Islands, whither they had, at their own request, been appointed a mission to proclaim the Gospel. They both left a wife and family to mourn their untimely death. These are the first Elders who have, in this dispensation, lost their lives by any casualty, either on land or water, while going to or returning from the various fields of labor to which they had been appointed.

RETURN OF PRESIDENT YOUNG.-On yesterday afternoon, (May 19th) at halfpast four o'clock, President Young and company arrived, on their return from the South, all in good health and excellent spirits, having travelled from Goshen, a distance of sixty-eight miles, in about ten hours.

SPURIOUS COIN.-It is reported that some of the emigrants from Denver, en route for the northern mines, recently attempted to pass counterfeit gold coin (quarter eagles) in one of the towns north, but were caught before they had disposed of much of that kind of funds. The offenders were not dealt with rigorously, and were suffered to go on their way after making all things right by way of exchange and payment of costs.

PUBLIC OPINION IN CALIFORNIA.-We have been favored by a friend with the perusal of a letter from a gentleman in San Francisco, bearing date March 27th, from which we make the following extract:-"The present aspect of affairs in Utah has attracted much attention in this city, The public sentiment, as far as I am able to judge, is quite opposed to the course pursued by Governor Harding