Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-20

/ TO SEQ TINT tnc mceth5-llopHe - Kept ~ k'Nt
condition. and 10 look after The poor. Itrii
thus 10 seen what vast and complicated
nachine IL the Mormon hierarchy. and how
the hope Of advancement In II acts a. a con-
slant stlmulous to devotion and faithful
moss. DllIaent performance to duty means
an easy ascent TO the next round OF the
laddcr whose TOP, in tho minds Of the
humber mambars Of The priostheod. rests
| upon the clouds.
Service as q missionary has from the out
set been considered necessary apprentices
| ship for the higher honors Of Mormonisn.
Among tho present leaders Of the church,
woodruff, Cannon. Snow, Richards, Preston.
pcnrose ard the rest, there Il scarcely ono
who has not at ono time Or another boon
jealous and enthusiastic worker Ia the mis-
slonary field. Mormon missionaries have In
tho past penetrated TO every part OF tho
world. finding converts 70 their faith among
score Of peoples. Forty years ago they
thfonead tho towns and cities Of the United
States and Canada. q England, Wales and
Scotland, and OF the European counirlesi
aud tho ceasaless streams OF converts who
locked to Zion bore testimony TO the success.
Of thcir efforts. A permanent fund was
founded to aid poor converts who desired 10
lon their brethren IN Utah, and tho manage
mcnt Of foreign missions, usually allotted TO
one Of the apostles. was for years a POS, eager
| ~ sought after. not only for tho honor q con-
iorrod. but also because Of the opportunities
u afforded Tor personal gain. More recently
Mormon missionary work has been mainly
confined on this eide Of the water to the
Ignorant whites Of the south, and beyond the
| A. -. ..Vn ell mud
/ Sweden. Tho number OF converts has In con
sequence greatly fallen on, hut the occasional
arrival in Salt Lake city Of band o. lmmi-
grants who are puariercd for few days IN
house set apart for the purpose In the
uthlng yard, before being distributed among
the various settlements Of tho territory,
shows that Mormonisn lisa faith that has not
yet lost tho power Of drawing new adherents
to ~ standard although these new adhorents
arc, a. a rule. ignorant, eteduous and simple
minded.
MILFORD Woodruff, fourth president Of the
| Church Of JesuA Christ Of Latter bay Saints,
Ia Sow England Yankee Of Revolutionary
nnccstry He was born In Connecticut In
1871, but he carries bis years 20 wen That ono
not knowing his age would sot him down az
under sixty. His sturdy frame is stlll erect,
hiA voice strong. his stop firm and quick, and
there IA scarcely a wrinkle Ia his square, rc'o-
ute face Ho books like General Grant and
possesses much Of the great captains firm
ness and force Of character.
President Woodruff Joined the Mormon
church at Kirkland and is the last Of the
twelve apostles chosen By Joseph Smith. He
was long missionary Ia England and for
forty years has hcon one Of tho leading men
Of Utah. 1t n the custom, when the presl'
dency OF tho church becomes vacant through
death, TO appoint 70 tho plneo tho oldest o
The apostloa, and II was in this way that, on
tho death Of John W. Taylor. In 1897, wllioH
Woodruff became the recognized head Of the
Mormon church. Inferior to Young In ca
eeutiya capacity and to TAylorin learning ant
scholarship. no Is Htiil n man Of ability anC
force, and were he thirty years younger Nigh
hnyo an abiding influence on tho pocula
people Of whom he II the lcndor But no is
very old man.vhoac raceo n life Il nlmos, run
aud he had hardly hoen induc,od into tn
presidency before ha followers began to can
yass tho claims and merlts o, his posaibl
successor
Public opinion has finally tlxed upo
George l.. Cannon, one ~ President Wood
runs first counsolors, as the coming mar
Cannon. who In personal appearance closet
resembles tho philanthroplc George W. Chlld'
OF Philadelphia. Is an Engishman slNty-si
years of age Ho was almost born In Nor
monlam, his father having become cpnyor
{ 10 tho faith when no was twelve years old
! Brigham Young, who carly r'c9gniypd his rg
. mafkablo qlalltloa, made him ono OF tll
r. twelve apostles when no was only thirty.tw
4 years old, md httlo later placed him 4
charge Of tho European missions OF III
o church. Under his dlrcctinn IN nyo year
b $4,000 converts We're sent from Europe I
o Utah. rrom 1904 90 1872 he was pri,pt
G secretary 10 brigham Young aud editor {
4 the Desaei Naes, From 1871 10 1880 as del,
8 gate In Congress he had charge ot Morno
y interests IN Wellington. In 1880 no BEGAN
o one OF the ilrst oOunsolors 10 President Taylc
u his uncle by marriage, and was continued
a tho same oiioa by President Woodruff. Cai
d non Ia Tar and away tho Ableb man In n
N Mormon church. No ono 10 more thorough
acquainted with ia thousand "details or mol
ls clearly ronllzos tho strength and character
m tho oppositon with witch It has to contun,
OF Contact with NIL classes and conditions
m mon has given him a thorough knowlcdgo
WV NNllht nllh y pNAili
no which strongly and iavorably improsses 4
.. who meet him for tho nrst time. Cannon
CD u born iiplomatist and IN many roapeots q
DO exact opposite OF President Woodruff, NJ
or attor religious cn,husiost who beliov
wv implicitly In his faith. Is dlrpct, staigt
Is, forward and truthful, Cannon, tho man
atiairs. 10 astute, plausible and full OF gul
ns He ia in eSory way iitted by talent aud trd
We Ing Tor tho position he lie to OH. Already,
he President woodruff la eald to DO. guil
"a mainly by his advice, no 10 tho power Bchii
tho throne.
Nv On wopk days outside OF the great bull
'sc insa which cover the rVmplo hlock, tao bus
ca about tho tlthiug yard and tho coming a.
no going q people at the Cerdo House, the OF
wo cial residence Of the head Of the church, o
ler secs in salt lake CITY iew evidences OF I
ne power and numerical strength Of Morno
me ism. But on Sunday an Is chung,
IN, Promptly at thrco O'Clock every sunday ait,
nd noon services are held in the cnormo,
oddy-construeted tabernacle. which "
ne built from pane dovlsod ay Brigham You
on. and ia capable OF seating 1900 people. 10
OF before tho hour named tho outpour col
US unenccs, aud in a short time evcry scat In /
her tho vast elilptlcai shaped. oyai-roofed bull
ere inS is nllcl. In the faces Of tho asscmbl
IN throng tho student OF physlognomy can a
nto material TOR the stndiOs OF { lifOtilae HON,