Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-01
PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG.

The early dawn Of the present CEN
tury witnessed the birth Of many
noble spirits. endowed with superior
intellect and destined 10 give per-
rctual form to the events oi the age, ig
accordance with their own genius.
Whatever changes anu catsclysms may
fall to the experience " the human
race, the traces OF such men will never
be entirely efiacod from history.
Like the footprints Of beings
inhnblting the earth In the morning
Of creation, still plainly seen In the
strata and telling the world today
something about their lie, their
struggles-so the deeds Of such great
men will for ever and ever DO tracoabc
in the annals Of men. They lived for
mankind aud their memory - i'm.
mortal.
Among such great men Of the cen.
tury, the LAttor.day Saints will today
revsrently and afiecllonatoly remem.
Der President Brigham Young, who
was born June J., 1901. In Whiting.
ham, Windham county, Vermont
His was not work OF leading
armies or nayies Ia victorious
battles; nor was no called upon
70 interpret n nAtlou's policy among
tho subtle diplomats Of ths earth.
His sphere was not drawn among the
scientists, nor properly speaking among
the explorers. And yet he was all
this, and more. AS the leader Of the
oppressed latlor-day Israel to the valleys
OF the mountains he successfully com.
ple,od n task, comparable only to that
OF the great law iver OF old. His mis-
sion was one Of peace, but like
David no erected an empire, al.
though without bloodshod; "a solo.
mon, famous TOT his wihdom, he
was entrusted with the building
or laying the foundation Of one VI the
most magnificent temples ever erected;
IA his zeal for the Almighty aud the
care bestowed upon His people, he was
another Ezra; he was, briefly,
Prophet Of the LORD, endowed with
gifts and graoes and entrusted with
mission second to mono Of tho greatest
men that ever lived.
Ohe of the Divine attributes IL power
to comprehend everything. 70 the
Divine mind nothing Ii small, Gays a
theological writer, because nothing il
great In the same sonss as men
view things. And II ever mans
mind was endowed with some
ofthisdivlne quality, Brigham Youug's
was. lie was equally at home when
discsufsing upon tho formation Of
worlds aud the laws governing the
heavenly orbs above,as when Instruct.
lug the people about sowing and plant.
ing and beauIilying their homes, the
mysteries OF creation, life and tho tes.
direction were ialhomedhy his master
mind to wonderful depths; lac knew
how 10 command the respect Of all and
yet was tonderly loved as few; he was
the "Lion Of the Lotd," terrible as
thunder when aroused IN defense OF
truth, and yet the friend and father OF
sac Innocent child aud "Iho brain, the
eye, the ear, the mouth and hand for
tho entire people Of tho Church"
IL cannot DO expected that the world
at large will be able Us yet TO view tho
work Of Brigham Young Ia l,s true
light Like all the great men Ia every
century, he well be- better understood
ana better appreciated by coming
generations And yet, II we mistake
not the signs Of the time, the indlca.
lions prove that before long the fruits
VI the life Of that man viii be-
tho salvation Of many. In the present
Time Of unrest, when COnyulslOus shake
the foundations u society, foreshuI.
lowing tho formation OF new order
Of things, tho great question viii dc.
mand an answer, how the social
problems arc to be- solved, aud by
whom2 The solution cannot be- Ioft to
chance. The old statue seems made.
quate 10 the new developments, AMI
tue modern ideas Of socialism, nation.
allsm, otc., seem to Offer no guarantee
OF letter SUCCESS than tho reign.
ing system OF indiyidualism. In
the struggle for new social
structure the doctrines laid down by
the "Mormon Prophet" viii ultimately
be tested and found to offer the only
practical and sufficient remedy for all
evils. In the Inauguration Of uni
VersAl brotherhood, directed by men
Influenced by the Divine Spirit, Is