Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-28

President lohn Taylor was moutU
t,,bua in many re pecis. lie took the
&C. of President Young, even as
Joshua took the place Of Moses ancient
The fret we hear Of him on this
,snh was that be was born in England.
M, received a common education at
srbool. the high scholarship he at
aimed to afterwards was acquired in
everyday life. Alta young age he was
,,prentiecd to the wood.iurncfs tradei
Al ibe age OF twenty his father moved
tg Toronto. Canada where be worked
stbis trade. He had joined the Meiho'
d.Is In England and became an exc
borer which means, when the preacher
il absent the cxhoficr takes bis place,
and in ordinary times do as some Of The
hard praying and singing.
lohn Taylor with a number Of Dis
Young friends were not satisfied with
ihe.r religion. They prayed TO The Lord
TO show them the truth About that
time came Farley p. Pratt 10 Toronto
with a letter Of introduction that "a mcr.
chant had given him to Taylor who,not
knowing anything Of pmtts mission
until later. was told how Hgber C.. Kim
61ll and others came to bis house leo
Kirkland. Ohio. after he aud Dos w.l.
had retired. Heber requested him 70
get up as he had a prophecy 90 deliver
TO him. "Arisc aud 30 forth. take no
thought for the ncccssld,s VI lite. Tor
the Lord will supply you ali things; thou
shalt go to Upper Canada even 10 the
city oi TofOnt0 then thou shalt find %
uelpie prepared for thg Gospel, and
they shall receive thee. and thou shalt
organize the church among them, aud
dc Gospel shall sptcJd, aud from the
iHings growing out OF this mission shall
thc mlluuss of the Gospel spread into
England" Alter putts preaching
several sermons, John Taylor with others
received the good udih'sr and Joined
the church. ami from that day until the
day OF his death Doe was "a Jealous
worker
The other part OF Heber c. Kimball's
prophecy was also literally fulfilled as
be- gave 70 To Farley 4 Pratt, for on the
.h day u August, 1850, De lcit Mon-
tfUsc TO 900 bis mission. loo NauyOo
Elder Taylor Joined MILFORD Woodruff,
Wuu was scarcely able 90 drag himself
along, and vino remarked that he lult
and looked more like a subject Tor the
dis.ggtiur table than missionary,
(Lool, at President Woodruff now SIS
years altcuyafds.I These two were
among the first 20 take the glad tIdiuEs
Co England. The thousands that heard
them there will remember with what
pleasure they were received in that land,
TO speak aud TO write was John Iaylur's
pleasure; u his children. grandchildren,
and the young OF Utah had heard him,
a8 / have heard him, aud read bis Cdi.
torals ON the duty OF the Saints they
would be proud Of him. ] will here adj
wise his children and grandchildren and
all the young people oil Utah tofead bis
"Lile, by Is. n, Roberts, but even that
book can give YOU but a faint idea of
the great, good and brave man, lie
was a server Of the Lord, and O. cham.
p'on Of human rights. lie was shot
with five bullets at Carthage Jail when
Joseph and Hyrum Smith were killed.
Hear what he says: when reflect
that our noble chicitain, the Prophet OF
the living God, had fallen. and that
had seen his brother 100 the cold cm-
brace Of death, II seemed as though
these was a void or a vacuum Ia the
great field Of human existence 10 me,
and a dark, gloomy chasm ia the king
dom, and that we were LEFT alone. Oh,
how lonely was that icclingl How cold.
barren and desolatc was that thought
The bullet that was aimed 90 John
Iaylors heart buried itself IN his watch;
he suffered aud fingered many months
between lite aud death On getting
we'll hear what he says; ~ shall never
forget the feeling OF gratitude that
then experienced towards my Heavenly
Father when he found how his ils was
saved. lclt that the Lord had pre-
served me by a special agt of mercy.
that my Time had not yet come, aud that
i had still work to perform upon the
earth" The hands OF the watch stood
40 1--WE o'clock, sixteen minutes and
twenty-five seconds, thus marking the
moment when its posscssor stood be.
tween time and eternity That be was
preserved for a great work, aud that be-
did that work and did II well, all those
that knew him can testify. Ia organ.
NHi'h Wv lNhHlN NNAh COMPANIES 70 ]
move from Nauyoo 10 Council B.u0s,
and getting them quanered away from
the mobs, to prepare a large company |
TO live, and afterwards to prepare them |
10 follow the Pioneers, was no small Job. !
lie had no sooner landed them at the /
Bluffs before he was again called 10 20 |
10 England ON important business. /
When he returned President Young with /
Elder Woodruff aud others were ready /
TO start West; no one knew where they /
were going-they were led by faith. !
Elder Taylor was Lett Ia charge, il was |
he that sent men out into Iowa and Mis-. !
souri, TO trade horses for cattle, buy
lom and -four. When company vi /
one hundred wagons was ready they
started out. His company consisted Of /
! 800 souls, more than half were women
and children, some Of the men having
gone with the Pioneers, and five hun-
bred men with the Mormon Battalion.
II was a brave undertaking TO start
with this train through hostile Indians.
Farley T.. Pratt took the lead with so
wagons, then Elder Taylor with So;
Charles {, Rich between them with a
mall cannon. These trains kept as
,lose together as grass and water would
permit.
On, on, these pilgrims travelled, and
What faith they must have hadl Think |