Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-23
PIONEER DAY


The contemplation n the past is al'
waysa source Of present Joy ami hope
for the future TO those who are
accustomed T. trace In history
the loving care Of the Creator, tn
In the same way as they perceive He
Intelligence and power NJ manifest 10
nature. The great lesson Of such
meditation IL that His word cannot
fail. Like the "Took Of age" d, re-.
mains unm6ved In thu tomprsts that
may rage around, and while the wrects
Of mere human aspirations ARE tossed
to ana fro, breaking, crashing nnd at
last sinking, he who rests on the Rock
has found place Of refuge till the
storm hss pissed aud the sky 10 smiling
again In i,shzure robe with ornaments
OF fiery gold.
Pioneer Day, July -, il again nj
hand, aud to the Lhtter.day Saints
particularly It Ia appropriate on that
DAY to compare the present with the
past and to acknowledge the Divine
providence that has led their steis
aud preserved them wonderfully, until
the record Of their brief history l.
paraileled only % tue pages OF sacred
writ
Fotly.spVon yeArs ago little band Of
pi'nesfs, selected 10 procodu the main
BODY Of fugitive Saints, gaEei for the
..aut time upon the magnificent scenery
OF the SILT Lake valley, ami the voice
OF inspiration pointed the locality
out as tho resting place oI
tho weary wanderera. Tney had
hrAved dangers innumenble, slrug-
Rlsd and suffered day by day
A. they left an uuirlendly world 10
order to find a place where liberty Of
conscience should rule. They had
sacrificed all Tor this precious treasure
At that tins Utah was everything Uut
Canaan nowlng with milk and
honey. IL Isl matter Of record that
the region wRH 10 ualnyiting tia
people who thought they knew II wei
pronounced II impossible TO sustain
population IN this Sahara
The succeeding years' slrug
giles for existence testify {,
the apparent correctness OF that view
at tho time, TOR only through a vlsioI
illuminated by knowledge imparte,
from on high, such nv filled the Draw
pioneer ohieitain's mind, could th
great future Of the region DO dlscofned
Had It no, been for miraculous inter
position nj times, the heroic settler
you'd undoubtedly have perished.
How changed il all this today
After the lapse OF less than half a cen
fury the whole region is terminI
with a prosperous population. Beau
tiiul cities, farms and orchard
have sprung up as by magic
cattle and sheep are enliveninl
the ranches and mountain slope,
the railroads aud electric wires run II
all direotionG the steam whistle 1
heard on the bfiny waves OF the "dead'
lake; the bowels OF the earth ar,
opened and yield the precious metal,
Thousands OF happy children OIL tn
schools and Sunday schools; arts nn,
learning q zurich, the dovotees Of thes
competing successfully with those O
the world, and Ia every res9ec,
civilization has sprung up which
young A. II is, IL u marvel 10 ever
thoughtful visitor to these valleys, IN
deserts are surely maze 70 blossom
as the rose. To the energy anu iu
tslligent efforts VI the people OF which
that little hand were the pioneers thee
results are uue, but only IN the sccln
place. In the hrst place II Ia the wor
u Him, who Is the Supreme Ruler nu
10 whose blessings tho property %
Utah must be 3sorued
Then again, the saints at this tlm
contemplate with plalturu she chang
Of opinion concerning them ami Ihoi
work, which is O marked contrast
what prevailed years ago. The ha
settlers Of Jtah leI on account OF Oh
feelings OF ill.w.ll against them, The
len much that was dear and a.
both tho tuiItrugs hlc,ti %
them and tho injustice
II 600 500 kJeuiy us only pure sou
can ieol such thipps, But under a
their wauderings in the Itack'ess wI
derness aud amid the hardship ol
duGed IN tue new country aui unt'
the varying experiences In after year
they have preserved a near. loyal
the government aud the Institutions
the country. The 5tsrs and Stripes Ia
always been to them as 10 all go.