Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-17
PRESIDENT ELlOTS
ia Spoke 10 a Large and AppT'clallYe
Audience
At THE TABERNAClE LAST NIGHT
The Latter.day saints and TIE Ne"
England Puriians Acina'ed by
similar Motives.
Ar the TABERNACLE LAST NIGHT.

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20 President Eliot, Of Harvard UniVof-
.,,v. AT the Tabernacle, last night
On the stand were the following
,,,.pJs and promoters Of education IN
rnb. Presidents wnford Woodruff
and JOSEPH r. smith, Apostle IT, d.
p,cbatds, President Angue NJ. Can
nom Counselor &. w. Penfosc. DR..
K.d q. Masser. Captain willard
young, Dr.,J. Il. Talmage. D"John X.
park, II. II. Roberts, Lieutenant Rich
Arl W. Young, Il. John Nuttall Rev.
Dr. Utter aud Others.
The following gentlemen were In
yl,ed to the stand by President Angus
NJ. Cannon: Ellsworth Dnggett, Henry
Mccartney, Colonel Nelson, tfoi.
NulIsraugh, Dr. flil, Mr.. smythe,
Col. stevenson, T.. q. CONN, Frank
KimbalI, Judge Il. A. Smith and Prof
sauborn.
The exercises then commenced by
an organ solo, "rhe Pugtim's Song Of
Hope" 10y Prot. }. J. Dayn,s. II was
aHlstically executed and was re-
wardcl with hearty round OF ap-
plau.e. The "Schilisr March" was
playei with fine effect 10y Prof Rat
clinc. The tabernacle choir then
ang the "lIallelujah Chorus" In iis
usual efficient style. Invocation wa
nnerrd by the Rev. MI ulttr'
ot.t which PRECEDENT Woodruff said:
w,sh Ia ,ay 10 this large assembly Of
iedi,s and Gentlemen that | take great
pleasure In introducing to you Presi,
,i.nt Isliot. Of Harvard university. That
Jisiinruished educator was warmly
,,,rr,.d M he arpse aud commenced 10
srrat. Fullowinr Is the full trxtOf
rhhsiDhNi E''ol'S Ap''''@'''
IaAtrs and orutlemeu-I hive been
ming The is,t fofly.,lght hour. In
~. v-iidetu,.. of N. Rocky Noun.
toius. par, OF the time uuavoiiabiy de-
,ain,.d Nv mind invumntarily went
,'ack IN I'D nrst Journey across the
,yti.l,rness by civilized men anu W..
men. 10 ,he plants,ian OF this superb
,nln,y la a Christian Church. IL re.
NnlnHNN1
80 hundred and gfty..lx yehtH ago,
anlaniiup " another Christian church
IN he Puritaus aud pilgrims in New
England. They, too, crossed n wilder
nrss--a " lldernc,s Of water; they, too,
.onght freedom 10 wofnhip God; they,
,nn fought 10 subdue the wilderness.
They wnited much longer than you
have done for Tuition. rheir soil was
uoor,r. their lahor less promptly re-
w,rIrd, their sunerinl.h grester.
Did Ii ever Occnr 10 you what Il the
most heroic Part Of planting u colony
ii any people which moves Into u
WILDERNESS H. establish civilized COM
munity? You think, perhaps, 10 IN
ihe soldier, the armed man OF the
4boflng man. Not 20. II is the
women who are the most heroic part %
any new colony. Applause Their
l,6ors are the less because
their strength IN les. Their
snXletlea are greater, their dangers
greater, the risks they run are heavier.
We read that story ia the history OF
the Pilgrim aud Puritan colonies OF
Massachusetts,. The women died faster
lhau the men; they suffered more.
PERHAPS their reward was greater, too.
They 6orp children 10 the colony. Let
u. bear In urhenrts vencratiOn for the
women of ANY Christian folk going out
in the wildVrnpss 10 plant u new com.
muniiy.
AND then again IN New England IN
1895, the same great Interest wa. borne
In mind which / lind l. at heart hero
among this population-the interest ol
the Using generation Ia education. The
uutv.r.tf,s trt,g.b 4 have thu, hnunr "a,