The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-29

w IOoO 4ippttiIS Laughter 10 our
sweetest music, whose toddHng feet
are but a feeble echo or promise of
their sturdy footsteps as they shall
keep time to the progressive move
ments Of the future amidst these
klngly mountain states.
We bid you welcome, brothers
we bid you welcome, sisters; we bid
you welcome, friends; we bid you
welcome grandfathers and grand
NC theirs, gre2t-grandfathers and
great-grandmotherS. May you en-
joy the visit; may our united hospi-
Cality be test mony of our appre.
citation for your friendship, of cur
regards. Of our reverence for we'll
spent lives, of our homage to de-
voted, earnest labor Nav you re-
turn with pleasant memories OF
this OCCASION; may you enjoy relat-
| ing this experience in your quiet
homes ana may your last days be
the best days you have had upon
the earth 10 Y your children follow
in all your good examples, and sur
rounded by them, receiving their
devotion and respect when your
labOrS are finished, may you lay
down to hOnored and peaceful rest.
With waving banners and with
strains Of inspiring music we salute
you, and had we the artillery of a
nation that should thunder for
| your reception. The towering bull
warkS before us should reYerDerate.
and echo again and still again; the
| CnIlnH thnrnnf ChnnlH hQ hn0r6 in
the little valleys and towns from
whence you come; and If 1T were
possible your old homes, your native
lands, the lOng-lett places Of child
hood, should know that in Utah, in
this every-where-talked of land, we
have sympathy and respect for
those who have long borne the
burdeR and heat Of the day. Wei
come, then. l say again,tO our beau
tiful and leading city; welcome to
this assembly; welcome to our The
atre, to our Park, to oar homes, to
our hearts; let the people with
united voices give three cheers for
the Old Folks, and a hearty and
united amen. Applause.
The Ogden Brass Band played
Fairies Moonlight Revels," which
was received with applause by the
congregation.
President Taylor said he felt
happy 10 take part in the festivi-
ties 10 make welcome the sold folks
at home" | see before me white
haired men and women who have
struggled manfully for the truth
from their youth to the present
time, until their hairs are silvered
with old age, and who will continue
TO live for those principles all their
days in spite of enactmentS which
say Thus for shalt thou go and no
further" and these veterans will
teach these principles of liberty and
equality to their children until lib
erty shall prevail in all the earth.
We desire not to interfere with any,
| bOdy'S ideas, religion or liberty, and
we do not want anybody to inter
fere with ours. God believes in the
free agency OF man, but the devil is
opposed TO it and always was.
Many of these hoary headed breth-
rem have been forced to leave their
homes some forty years ago, in Mis-
souri, and Illinois, because they
were not living in land Of liberty
and could not be pro-
tected in their rights. We will
maintain all constitutional laws
and dodge the other kind just as
long as we can. The speaker saw a
bell in Independence Hall, Philadel-
phia. on which was engraved: PRO
claim liberty throughout all the
land" but the bell was cracRed. [
wish it was soldered up, and that
it could make the motto be heard
all over the land. We ale glad to
see you. We bid you welcome to
our midst; we want to enjoy your
society long on the earth, and then
have an eternity of liberty and hap
piness in the kingdom of our God.
President Taylor said he would give
a little OF his time to George @
Cannon.
President Cannon called it de-
lightful occasion. No land, no peO-
pie can be blessed and prospered
where old age is not h0nOred. The
history of nations show that every
race or people that does not honor
and reverence their sires soon be-
come annihilated. The command
ment through Moses was: "Honor
thy father and thy mother, that thy
days may be long in the land which
fhe Lord thy God giveth thee" Old
age for the children who honor old
age; old age for the nation which
hOnors old age; durability for the
institutions which preserve and
reverence the aged among them.
We may expect jur institute to
be perpetuated. to be enduring, as
we preserve virtue and render 1t
sacred in our land, and respect Old
age-the virtue of women first; next
to that, reverence for the gray hairs.
for the aged form, for those who
have fought the battle of life, who
are verging on the grave. Every
young man and young woman in our
community and every child,
should be taught this principle; it
should be imbedded deep in their
hearts that it. may influence their
lives that as they may desire when
they grow in years to be honored
and respected, so they should ex' end
honor and rocnnpt IN their seniors