| 166 But we hope and wish that none of those who have truth and righteousness may have turned away from their true love and constancy, for whatever has disheartened and discouraged for the time being in the way of personal trial or in the way of fears about situation of the work, as a whole or in part, will find by patient continuance, a great reward, a fullness of comfort, a crown of rejoicing that they did not fall out of the way because of this one's or that one's words or deeds. Be of good cheer, brethren, the day will come in the splendor and glory of God, in his own time. The Saints' Herald, vol. 24, p. 8.
The Messenger's greeting was as follows:
We wish it [the New Year] may be a happy one to all, especially to the readers of The Messenger. The opening year is full of prophecy and much of it will receive a fulfillment ere it closes, among which may be reckoned the erection of a house of worship in this city by the true Latter Day Saints so necessary to give life to the faith in Utah. It will write the epitaph of the schemer, loosen the bonds, reinstate human agency, and rekindle the smothered light of gospel breath upon many an hearthstone in priest-ridden Utah. There are prophetic omens in the air,-of bartering schemes, of scribes and Pharisees, to bind heavy burdens upon the souls of men;-merchandise of priestcraft;-of rumbling in the distance of discontent, at empty promises, and feeding upon husks. The teachers whose office is to ferret out the condition of the mind, and enforce obedience to counsel, report a large per cent of malcontents in the valleys waiting for something to "turn up," to clean the streams that have been fouled by the fat cattle, and to renew the pastures which they have "eaten up." All these are buds of promise; prophetic of a healthful change. Yet it is said that Jesus is coming soon to their closet. If so it will be to use the "scourge of small cords" upon the unclean desecrators of the human sanctuary-society.-The Messenger, vol. 3, p. 2.
Beginning with the issue for January 1, 1877, the Herald was greatly enlarged, which was a necessary change, as the demands on the church organ were yearly becoming greater.
In the Herald for January 15, 1877, the editor, President Joseph Smith, gave his views in regard to Saints settling in Missouri:
We are now sometimes asked whether we advise the Saints to move into the state of Missouri. We now state that we are decidedly of the opinion that those who may so desire, can move into that State in safety if they will take special pains to pay strict heed to a popular maxim of the old prosperous days, "mind your own business," observing the rule laid down, "talk not of judgment, boast not of mighty faith."
We have so repeatedly recommended those desiring to locate in permanent homes to move "into the regions round about," that it seems almost useless to state anything about it. We have not materially changed in
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