disregard the cries and petitions of her virtuous citizens, as she has done, and is now doing.

"On my way home I did not fail to proclaim the iniquity and insolence of Martin Van Buren, towards myself and injured people, which will have its effect upon the public mind; and may he never be elected again to any office of trust or power, by which he may abuse the innocent and let the guilty go free."

March 17, Horace R. Hotchkiss, of Fair Haven, wrote to "Reverends Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, Jr.," sympathizing with them and with Judge Higbee, and inviting them to take up their quarters at his house if they went so far east.

Judge Higbee said the committee on judiciary reported adversely on the memorial.

April 3, Sidney, wrote, from New Jersey, to Joseph that his health was slowly improving.

In conference at Nauvoo, April 8, Joseph, Sidney and Elias Higbee were thanked by resolution for "the prompt and efficient manner in which they had discharged their duty," and were requested to continue to use their endeavors to obtain redress for a suffering people. At the conference, F. G. Williams was forgiven and received back into fellowship.

Early in April, Richard M. Young had received from Sidney Rigdon a petition for the appointment of Geo. W. Robinson as postmaster at Commerce, and had the name changed to Nauvoo.

At a meeting of the citizens of Nauvoo, July 13, Isaac Galland, Robert B. Thompson, Sidney Rigdon and Daniel H. Wells, as a committee, presented resolutions and a memorial to Governor Carlin, concerning the attempts of Missourians to kidnap and abduct "Mormons" from Illinois.

On the 25th, 27th and 30th, and Aug. 15, John C. Bennett, M. D. and Quarter Master General of the state of Illinois, wrote sympathetically to "Reverends Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, Jr:"

Early in September, Governor Boggs, of Missouri, having made a demand upon Governor Carlin, of Illinois, for Joseph Smith, Jr., Sidney Rigdon, Lyman Wight, P. P. Pratt, Caleb Baldwin and Alanson Brown, as fugitives from justice, Governor Carlin issued an order for their apprehension, but the sheriff could not find them.

On the 15th, President Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon and Hyrum Smith issued a "proclamation to the Saints scattered abroad," stating the condition of the Church and urging emigration to Nauvoo and vicinity and assisting in building the city and temple.

Probably Sidney Rigdon had become tired of the mobocratic spirit of the Western states and entertained a desire to live in the Eastern states, for, on the 19th of January, 1841, Joseph received a revelation, in which the following occurs:

And again, verily I say unto you, if my servant Sidney will serve me, and be counselor unto my servant Joseph, let him rise and come up, and stand in the office of his calling, and humble himself before me; and if he will offer unto me an acceptable offering, and acknowledgments,and remain with my people, behold, I the Lord your God will heal him that he shall be healed; and he shall lift up his voice again on the mountains, and be a spokesman before my face. Let him come and locate his family in the neighborhood in which my servant Joseph resides, and in all his journeyings let him lift up his voice as with the sound of a trump, and warn the inhabitants of the earth to flee the wrath to come; let him assist my servant Joseph.

If my servant Sidney will do my will, let him not remove his family unto the eastern lands, but let him change their habitation, even as I have said. Behold, it is not my will that he shall seek to find safety and refuge out of the city which I have appointed unto you, even the city of Nauvoo. Verily I say unto you, even now, if he hearken to my voice, it shall be well with him. Even so.

Amen.

I give unto him, Joseph, for! counselors, my servant Sidney Rigdon, and my servant William Law, that these may constitute a quorum and First Presidency, to receive the oracles for the whole Church.

Sidney Rigdon was elected a member of the Nauvoo city council, February 1.

By an ordinance of the city council, dated February 3, Sidney was made a member of the board of trustees of the "University of the City of Nauvoo."

By an act of the Illinois legislature, approved February 27, Sidney was appointed one of the incorporators of "the Nauvoo Agricultural and Manufacturing Association."

President Sidney Rigdon delivered an address at the laying of the corner-stones of the Nauvoo Temple, April 6.

At the conference next day, in consequence of his weakness, resulting from his labors of the day before, he called on John C. Bennett to officiate in his place. Consequently, on the 8th, John C. Bennett was presented, with the First Presidency, as Assistant President until President Rigdon's health should be restored. President Rigdon delivered a discourse, in the afternoon of the same day, on "Baptism for the Dead," followed by President Joseph Smith on the same subject.

On Sunday, 11th, President Rigdon spoke on "Baptism for the Remission of Sins."

On Sunday, June 1, President Joseph Smith says, “Elder Sidney Rigdon has been ordained a prophet, seer and revelator."

Early this month Joseph said, "The newspapers of the United States are teeming with all manner of lies, abusing the Saints of the Most High, and striving to call down the wrath of the people upon his servants." How much like the condition of things now, at the junction of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries!

BE HAPPY, MY BOY.

At all this world's crosses, and all this world's crowns,
Look up and be happy, my boy;

Nor heed its sad sorrows, nor all its dark frowns,
Look up and be happy, my boy.

Whenever the cares of your day shall oppress,
Look up and be happy, my boy;

Let faith in the future your soul still possess,
Look up and be happy, my boy.

Then God will protect you, and all will be well,
Look up and be happy, my boy;

His spirit shall weave round about you its spell,
Look up and be happy, my boy.

THE FRIENDLY HANDCLASP.

BY A. WOOTTON.

If the good that has been done in the world by the fervent handclasp of sincere friendship could be written, its study would be profitable to the world as a reformatory agent, and its power would be made to do service in the cause of human happiness more than it is at present. It is one of the cheapest forms of friendly expression, and always seems more sincere than mere words.

When the heart is too full for words, the warm clasp of the hand will speak volumes, and its memory will linger to give joy to the weary wanderer from home and friends; and will draw the heart irresistibly back to the loved ones far away. When the heart is crushed with sorrow for departed loved ones, and words of comfort would have but empty sound, a warm, sincere grasp of the hand, prompted by heartfelt sympathy, will do much to ease the pain of a wound which only time with divine aid can heal.

The cold handshake will often reveal the shallowness of the fawning, flattering words of the hypocrite, while a fervent handshake may reveal a warmth of friendship that, but for this method of communication, must remain unexpressed in the heart of one whose uncultured language is incapable of such expression, or whose stammering tongue is unable to express the warmth of a sympathetic, loving heart hidden under a rough exterior. Language may serve as a medium between intellect and intellect, but there is no avenue of communication like the warm pressure of the hand to bring heart in close and loving communication with heart, and to arouse a joy that bounds and rebounds with increasing

intensity. Like mercy, "it is twice blessed, it blesses him that gives and him that receives."

Words of kindness, love, sympathy or compassion may be given for the effect they may have on others in favor of the speaker, but the warm clasp of the hand can have no such ulterior purpose, being realized only by those immediately interested; besides, it approaches closely to the injunction of the Savior-"Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth."

The more universal practice of friendly and brotherly handshaking among the Latter-day Saints would, no doubt, tend greatly to bring about that union of feeling and purpose referred to by the Savior when he prayed that the disciples might be one with him as he was one with the Father, for hard, indeed, is the heart that is not favorably affected by a hearty shake of the hand.

There are often filmy clouds of estrangement that arise between friends, which, if unchecked, will develop into a density of distrust, when a warm, friendly grasp of the hand, accompanied by a friendly gleam of the eye, might disperse those threatening clouds and let sunshine again into the doubting heart.

In the family, in the social circle and in every department of human association, this potent factor should be made to do its part in bringing about that condition of "peace on earth and good will to men" so much talked of, so much to be desired, and to which every true Christian is looking forward as the final outcome and result of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.