Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-24

country would TALL into the hands n
tlie British government or whethe
the United states would succeed Il
establishing theirclaim upon it. s
that We had 10 territorial organiz,
ton for number Of years after on
fathers came herr; but We did hav,
society, and we began the creation
OF q State. We had a few Of III,
simple regulations that writers on
evil government tell US about
ana those regulations were yer,
wise ones. For example, il wa
agreed by this society that no mal
should have more land than "a,
could cultivate. lie was not alloweI
10 hold a monopoly Of the land, bul
was 10 take that only which he coull
properly cultivate, leaving the rest
Tor those who were to come aftel
him. Then, again. water was quite
essential TO success in the tilling Of
these arid wastes. IL was decided
that 10 man should be permitted to
monOpolize these mountain streams,
and then dole cut the water at a
high price 10 his neighb0rs; but the
water was 10 be free, like the airand
like the soil. To all these wise
regulations Utah owes her prosperity
today.
Now, there were no courts TO
luforce those regulations; there were
no marshals TO arrest those who at
tempted TO violate them. We lived
here in peace aud in harmony with
out government, and from this
society, regulated by those simple
rules, eventually began the evolve
ment OF a government. We petit
toned for stltehoOia and they gave us
Territory. Perhaps the Lord
though: we were not sufficiently
schO0led, that our experience was
not sufficiently great to justify Him
in inspiring the hearts Of the leaders
VI this nation 10 give US a sovereign
state. No, il was necessary that
We should be trained, that we should
feel the hand Of oppression, that we
should know and understand how
great the boon Of freedom and lib
erty il 10y having TO endure for n
time persecution and injustice. We
are being schooled in those things
which are necessary for our eA-
perience. 1t shall yet re-
JOuud to our good, and when
the time comes that tine Saints pos
SEES the kingdom under the whole
heavens, l think they will be in
cliDed to remember the days when
they were under the iron heel of OPP
preston, be morcifIl and insist that
every man and every woman shall
enjoy the blessings Of life, liberty,
anu the pursuit OF happiness, with
out let or hindrance, from the powers
that be. These are the experiences
that we are gsiaing now.
Sometimes, like a dream, the his
tory OF the past rises before me.
Isee this work when those who
were attached to il could be held
in 4 log room not more than four
teen feet by sixteen feet in size.
see the leaders branching out into
surrounding neigh CThOOds, preach
ing the Gospel; | see them coming
over the seas and from beyond the
mountains with the glad message Of
the Gospel restored; / see the sue
cess which attends them on every
hand. likewise see the sufIerings
and s0rrOws Of the Saints. / see
them prosecuted by YET blinded Mis-
souri, until they are robbed Of all
their possessions and driven out
in the Indictment season OF the
year, their pathway made brilliant
by the light Of their burning homes.
See their Prophets ami men IN
Justly condemned 70 a felon's
cell-nay, more, a. last shot
down in cold blood while
under the protection Of the sover-
eisn State Of Illinois. | see them
crU>s the mighty Missouri upon the
ice in the winter season, launch cut
into the wilderness, and finally into
the desert. Their wearied MARCHES
across the plains have come up be-
fore US hundreds If times, and their
arrival in this Gesoiate land, where
no gardens, no orchards, no pleas
ant pastures, 10 fields relieved the
ifeary waste; nag, not so much
as n hunters or q Tauchman's
cabin TO break the mOnOiODy Of the
desert. l see them beginning 10
till the soil; then q period of
scarcity, Of hunger and famine ia
their midst: and while famine is
at them from within, their
enemies are mOcEing them from
without. | see ali this, and then !
sec the prosperity that attends tie
iabors OF the people. Honest toll
gains the mastery over the elements,
brings them a livelihood for them
selves and their offspring after them.
| see them building these cities,
these towns aud villages. see
again, the clouds Of darkness and
settle upon them
mothers with their children going
hither and thither, fleeing from
the ungOdly prosecutions that have
been Ierpetratod against them. |
see all this in the past with it, blood,
with its tears aud with its s0TrOws.
But rs that dream fades away, the
future, the glory that shall yet at
tend this marvellous work Of God,
like q vision bursts upon the mimi,
and | see the frontiers Of this
people extending; / see them en-
largiug their villages into towns,
their towns into cities where are TO |
be found the temples Of our God, |
the work for the living and |
for the dead Is being performed. | |
see their Elders travelling abroad |
among the nations faithful witnesses
for God, Notwithstanding the hatred |
and prejudice that exist among !
them.
1 sec more than that. With in
from the writings Of the |
ancient Prophets, / under
stand that the north Is yet |
10 give up tie mOunIins
Of ice shall melt away, and the tribes |
that have been hidden from the |
children Of men shall come ike |
doves to the windows in the midst |
u the Saints 10 receive their bless
ing al the hands of the children Of |
Enhraim; I see them vending their |
way across the ocean TO the promised
land in Palestine, where, doubtless,
Stakes Of Zion will be organized,
10 which they may come. see this; |
and then side by side with il is the in |
crease Of crime and wickedness. |
men are waxing worse and
worse, deceiving and being de-
ceived. ] zee societies crumbling |
and States falling TO pieces under
the reign OF anarchy, injustice, fam
inc and blOOdshed. ! see all this |
until those who will not take up the |
sword against their neighbOIs must |
needs flee to Zion for safety. Then |
when nations shall be weakened |
and their pride humbled through |
wars and calamities which |
shall overtake them, and they be-
hold the nations Of Zion increasing,
| see their ambassadors coming to |
the inspired servants Of God, asking |
the secrets by which they hold to-
gether their society, how they gov
-rn and control men and have peace |