The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04
INDKrENDEEcE DAY.

INDEPENDENCE DAY.
Tellyour children, that no years sg,
uiis day the nobelest patriots the worl,
over saw declared 10 all the world the,
would be free-that they would he il
bondage TO euiu.t England no, longer
When Mosesi EsgSsbbts to- take hi
fhal leave OF the people he had delivere
from Egyptian bondage, and led fol
forty YeaTsin their meandeTiags through
Arabia, he fpjOined upon them to tel
the story off tteir deliverenoe and The
manifestations Of Gods wonderful
powers In the performance Of it to their
sons; and to their sons sons, from
generation 70 generEtion. And in order
that the people might be thoroughly
acquainted with al things which God
had done for their fathers, it was made
the duty O. the priests to read to the
people every seven years. the entire law
OF Moses; andtIiis account of, their de-
hverence from slavery and their
preservation in the wilderness. So
also is il fitting in the sight of heaven
for the American people on the return
OF each anniFetsarYl of tbs day when
American nberty was born, and
around which cluster the hottest mem
cries connected with cur national exs-
tence, 10 tell their sons the story of
English oppressEoni and the final de-
hverence Cd our lathers from cts thrall-
dom.
Those events which fnaI culmi-
ated in the establishment of our
American system Of free government.
begin with the dawn of intelligenc
which broke upon Europe toRard the
close of the fifteenth century. The
commencement Of that century found
the nations q Europe wraptin the sable
mantle of profound ignorance; its close
left Their in possession OF the printing
press, ana consequently with the
knowledge OF the. governments of
former times with a history Of toe
deeds OF yaiorous patriots. which fred
their hearts with hatred of serfdom,
love for freedom, ana inspired them
with emulation of the deeds of ancient
patriots. A desire for learning seized
hold of the people FORMERLY hhe
nobility of England were accns.ohsd
TO saving, ut is enough that noble
mans son should know how to wind
his horn and car his hawk. and /
leave learning and study TO the
children Of hearer people, But a |
change occurred in thespopularD senti-
ment in respect to learning
science and the arts sprang
into active Ill nd people rejoiced
in their new-iound pleasure which
the pursuit OF knekisdke always
brings.
The vail that has so l0ug shrouded the
vast continent Of America from the eyes
Of Europeans had heen drawn aside. I
The ocean had Ilost its Sread for the 4
mariner. It's mystery had been solved; |
new prospects opened befors. mankind
a new world was before them to con-
quer. ~ ~ CTE.TCy
fare arms came into use about the
SANK. per cd; the modes of warfare were
by their hse, and the
people began to be convinced Of the
power they possessed.
Side by side with the unfolding of the
above mentioned events were others.
iitferent in character, yet tending to the
same end-the groRthsand deSelopmeut
Of the spirit of liberty. The opening Of
he sixteenth century looked upon a
lnlted church. The power Of the Pope
vas uniEeral. The doctrine OF his in
alIibiIity WAS dnquestioned. Monarchs
we're his Fassalls; they ,tremEled at his
power, thanked INN for their thrones.
md yielded an abject 'obedience to his Il
mpeTiOus demands. Flattered by the
eady submission OF all meR to his man
Iates, ne thought his power had. no
imH, and he mot only assumed =,
he authority to forgive the sins
id the . past, but bel !
laimed the right to grant indulgence>
DR. the future commission of sins, and
put those indnlgences on
be market for sale. This aroused the
ppoSition OF Martin Luther, and he
eniea that the Pope -possessed SUCH
over AlshoHEh, atssrst he bniS op -
osed The sale of indulgences, Luther's
revealed TO him the7ex.i 4
tenee a many other abuses winch bel
etermined to correct His, conduct! !
e may besure, brought upon b:mthe =
Idig iatioD OF the whole papal power.
hich for many years had .broosed no
,Dositioi1 2But II His OPPONENTS @ere
lmerons and stFo7e, friends, too. we're
Used mp to assist him ia his work.
supported him in Ger ii
any ZaiUgshis -snd Calvin carried ri
e same york on in Switzerland: and r.
II whols void WA -siou<ed ia Tho 4,