The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-07-27

Cal on the olu pioneer D1-74S N
in crossing the plains. The Ia0erna-
Gle choir then rendered the fine an
them, 80 praise God, all We ma
tons
Elder George Q. Cannon then Of
fered the following
PRAYER:
O God, our Eternal Father, we
thv children have assembled our
selves together this day TO cOnmem-
crate the entrance of the pioneers
Of thy people into this Valley OF the
Great Salt Lake, and we come unto
thee. our Father in heaven, upon
this occasion with our hearts mica
with thanksgiving and praise Iof Uhe
roarries and kindnesseS which thou
hast bestowed upon US, thy peo-
pIe, since thy servants entered into
this valley. We feel upon this Oc-
caSion 10 bow ourselves down in the
denths of humility before thee, in
view Of thy great and manifold kind
nesses unto US, thy servants and
people. Thou hast led thy people
forth. Thou hast planted them in
these mountains. Thou hast pre-
served them from the hands of their
enemies. Thou hast caused those
who We're scattered, those who were
stripped of their property, those
who were driven by MODS, those
who fed from cruel persecution
thou hast caused that they should
become a great and numerous PEG
Die in fulflment of the prophecies
which thou didst inspire thy ser
wants 70 make, both before they
came hereand when thou didsJ lead
them here. When we look back,
our Father, to the years that are
past, when we contrast the past with
the present, we feel that our lang
uagc is utterly inadequate to express
unto thee the thoughts and the emo
tons Of our hearts. But thou know
est our feelings, thou knOwest the
secret thoughts that dwell within
Us, and thou canst look down
from heaven, thy holy dwelling
Uiace. and behold US and accept OF
our worship this day. Thou hast
spared the lives of many Of thy ser
wants to behold this great and gleri-
Gus day. We pray that thou wilt
continue to preserve them, even
those fathers and mothers in Israel
who were engaged in the early days
OF thy Church in laying the fOunda-
ton Of thy work in the earth; thy
servants and handmaidens who
lived in Kirkland, thy servants and
handmaidens who lived'in Missouri;
thy servants and thy handmaidens
who live III illinois, my servants who
went forth in lions Camp, thy
servants who went forth in the
Battalion, thy servants who com
D.ized the Pioneer Camp, which
led the way across the deserts and
the plains to this mountain home
which thou Aadst prepared for thy
people. Spare their lives, y Father,
and bless them and their children
after them, and cause that thy ser
wants who nave been faithful to the
truth in days that are past may
never, so long as time shall last and
the earth shall stand, lack men OF
their lineage to stand up before thee
bearing the holy priesthood ami
magnitying the same IL the midst o.
the people. Our Father, we thank
thee that thou didst lead US here. Ne
thank thee that thou didsJ cause that
all things should be so propltious
for usas Jhey have been in the past,
that, Notwithstanding the efforts Of
the wicked to tyrannize over thy
Saints and 10 impose burdens upon
them, thou hast preserved us aud
kept US as a free people, enjoying a
liberty that we can appreciate in
contrast with the persecution anu
oppression Of the past. We re
jOIce this day, Our Father, in the
freedom and liberty which we have
in assembling ourselves together in
this parade and in this procession
that thy people have organized in
cOmmemOration of this day, and to
express their gladness and their Joy
and their delight unto thee, Our
Father in Heaven, for what thou
hast done in their behalf. We pray
thee, Our Father, that from this
day forward The liberty of thy PEG
pie may continue to increase. that
0 preston shall cease, tbatevery yoke
thatOur enemies seek 10 iasJen upon
Us shall be broken, that every fey ter
shall be stricken Oil, and that this
land which thou hast blessed to so
wonderful an extent, and made So
fruitful and 50 pleasant a habitation
for man and beasJ-that this land
shall become a land of perie t Eber.
ty Tor all those who desire to live
according to the principles OF true
freeIOm that righteousness shall tie
permitted, that Wickedness and in
EQUITY shall be repre5-ed, and that
those who are meek and lOYly and
are poor may have their rights
and enjoy them, whatever
their belief and faith may
be, alongside Of the rich, of the
proud, of the naughty and of those
who would, if they had the power,
Cypress their fellows. Grant, our
Ia her, that these blessings may be
given unto Us, and that this lanu
may in the future be more favOra lie
to the development Of every princi-
pie Of good government and OF
righ teOusness than it has been in
the pasE, and that thy people may
grow and increase in numUers anu
spread abroad on the right hand and
on the left until all these valleys
of the mountains shall be filled
with the seed of the righteous
men and wymen who shall prize
truth and virtue and uprigh luess
and integrity and patriotism more
than they do their own lives, ana
who shall maintain those principles
ut all hazards for themselves, for
their children, for their pos oerity
and for mankind universally. Our
Father who art in heaven, we fee
to glorify thy great and holy name
this day in this vast congrega-
ton Of people. We desire, Oul
Father, that thou wilt accept
Of the thanksgiving Of our hearts for
permitting Us TO behold this day
this day so glorious in memories for |
thy people. And we ask that thou |
viii bless the exercises OF this day in |
this Tabernacle; that thou will lie
Thy Holy Spirit rest down upon
those who shall speak, those whD
shall sing, those VINO lall make
music, and those who snail do any
thing TO contribute tOour enjoyment
this day. We dedicate t IS Assem-
blage unto thee. We dedicate, our Fa-
Their in Heaven, all that we nave
unto thee, with n knowledge that
we are thy people, that thou art oui
God. our Father, our Protector, and
our Creator. We dedicate our wives,
we dedicate our children, we deb-
ri, 80, ,-.r. lar,ll fho=a w flavE thnsE.