Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-21

work, too, and they hal the blessingl
Outraged, prosecuted, derlded, spoiled
and driven, some became Pioneers,
others followed In their wake, and
then gathering came from ungtudeing
missionary tfTJri. Alb, II cost much to
blanoh the hair and dim the eye and
make the knees tremble with the
weight Of year; but they are proud Of
all the nfsi AMI following recordt; anu
when their gatherings have been hon
ofed Of their leaders, who have grown
old with them, and by their associates
on the stern and trying battlefield,
their eyes have been tufised with
tears and their hearts have boon
ready to Ry, 'Lord, letiest now
Thy servant depart in teacs, for mine
] eyes have surely seen my salvation"
Our governors AM Iuoiio men have
vicd with each other iu loing homage
10 this section % our community snJ
ils Industrial lie, and tue oIIost Of
them all havusympathstlcally, through
the committee, who voiced the genet.
oaily % many irlenJs, Invited without
distinction Of creed OF color, Oh who,
going down the further slope Of lie,
hsve become citizens OF these peace.
iul vsll,y,i
Many who participated 10 these out.
ings In yrars gone by have Joined lhe
great majority; the observer misses
their gntfui5us yatns, their ,nlhuaas.
tic greeting, their childish Joy, their
abandonment to hearty hospitality, and
then their weary looks after day Of
precious toll, VI welcome change, Of
interchanring grip and teani Al,
the Oh Folks In their ouuigs are
rare and gOOdly ofowgi Generations
preceded thCm-5i,on four, msyhap
i've, cling around them when they
20 and when they return; aud II has
always seemed fitting that tue
Presiding Bishop (once the rcverei
and now saiuted Hunter, anon the
stirring, aoIivo Pfeslon) should stand
like father In Israel at the head Of
that indoia,igable committee, who In
catering 10 and caring Tor their preci.
Gus charge have made their names a.
household words.
lie there not something peculiarly
suggestive, too, In the fact that three
days after this unique gathering VI
the Veterans who have partly done
with this probation, there should be- u
vastly greater gathering At the same
place u their multiplied descendants?
The Young Mems aud Young Ladies'
MutuPl Improvement associations Of
this Stake had selected beautiful
sallair as their rallying rendezvous,
and thiihcr, train after train whifled
the budding manhood and womAnhood
Of this locality. They constituted
wonderiul as,omblage, too, the strength,
yigor health, beauty, grace and cul.
tufc Of our own was there; happy,
uubbllng over with lie, radiant with
lie sunshine, luxuriating In ita vitality,
and bound together by common faith
and sympathetic ofganiza,ion-cAn
II be- wondered that they had
program, social, religious, mental and
intellectual Il was a great day for
recreation, for enjoyment, for the com.
mingling Of the seTes, Tor the thoughts
aud aspirations Of fathers, mothers and
observsnl Great also In suggestive.
ness and disposition 10 prophecyi For
was not here much Of the pride ana
hope Of Israel, the element upon
which haugs-subJect 10 an oyerruliny
Providence-lhe destiny Of this Terri.
tory soon 10 be- n State, aud all things
that afe intluenocd-or will be-by that
condition.
Here were thousands unfamiliar
with the outside world, with It, drift
and sin, It's orowding, lostling hosts;
unfamiliar aiso with Ia forces Tor good,
whether religious, educational or
phllauihfoplc, all being trained, too,
on measuTably original lines for a
specific purpose, which they but dimly
comprehend May not an observer
ak, as no sees them 10 forth In
tie dance, listens 70 their s3ngs,
marks them In tho sea, or catches