The Voice of the Shepherd

PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG' S EXCURSION PARTY. 201 bowery, which had just been erected for the occasion. On the s*and sat the great "Mormon" leader, President Brigham Young, surrounded on three sides by the following intellectual giants and mighty men of God: Apostles Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, Amasa M. Lyman, Ezra T. Benson, Lorenzo Snow and Franklin D. Richards. Six meetings were held during a two days' conference, and a sweet and peaceful spirit permeated the large assemblage. Everyone present felt the solemnity of the occasion, as they listened in earnest silence to their great leaders, whom they sincerely revered and regarded with love and admiration. Tears trickled down the cheeks of the faithful Saints, many of whom, without a murmur, had turned their backs on comfortable homes in the northern counties, and, in obedience to God's servants, settled in this far-off, desert land. The almost insurmountable difficulties which they overcame, the trials through which they passed, and the sacrifices which they made for the cause of Zion, will never be known nor understood this side of the Millennium. God bless their posterity forever! (to be continued.) The Voice of the Shepherd. (For the Improvement Era.) Lean on mine ample arm, oh thou deprest! And I will bid the storm cease in thy breast. Whate'er thy lot may be, On life's complaining sea, If thou wilt come to me, thou shalt have rest. Lift up thy tearful eyes, sad heart, to me; I am the sacrifice offered for thee. In me thy pain shall cease, In me is thy release, In me thou shalt have peace eternally. Theodore E. Curtis.