The Present Number

It will be seen that this number of the Times and Season, is mainly occupied with letters from the South Pacific Ocean, and conference minutes, which, if nothing else must cheer the hearts of the saints. Never, since this last dispensation was opened for the salvation of man, have we had so much cause for rejoicing. The everlasting gospel is being carried by the elders of Israel, to the islands of the sea, and to the remnants of Jacob, or to Ephraim, mixed up among the nations, with that obedience to the mandates of heaven, that have ever characterized servants of God.

Another thing is plainly discernable [discernible]; people do not have to gaze long to ascertain where the power is, to guide and manage the affairs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.-He that runs may read.

The Temple goes on; union and harmony prevail, and every thing indicates love and good feeling.

The letters from the islands of the sea, are enough to cause the reapers to exclaim: we will thrust in the sickle as soon as we receive our endowment, and reap while the day lasts.

The conference minutes are cheering, showing the onward progress of the great cause of God, and a determination among the saints to uphold and support the present constituted and legal authorities of the church, according to the revelations of God, and the manifested intentions of the martyred prophet and patriarch, Joseph and Hyrum Smith. We will only add, "blessed is the name of the Lord, and he that keepeth his commandments."

Union, virtue and perseverance, will prepare the way for the millennium.

Lee county, Territory of Iowa.

Elder Arnold Potter, President of the Sand Prairie Branch, Represents the same in good standing, containing forty nine members.

DAVID McKEE, Clerk.

BR. J. TAYLOR:

By publishing the following in the Times and Seasons, you much oblige the branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in La Harp

Elder David Kushner has been cut off from the church by said branch.

Elder Daniel B. Hurlbut and his wife have been cut off from the church by the same branch.

G. COULSON, Presiding Elder.

J. CLARKE, Clerk.

La Harp, March 1845.