Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-23
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May ], 1894
Edior Dsserc Nc.pa
We are under many obligations u
you Tor your Kindness 10 sending o.
tho DEsEREr NEWS. which, on &C.
count Of constant travel, reaches u.s.
regret. rather isrcgulari, bat when We
open our budget Of papers, such "'ou
OF news, pouring upon us Of asulden' ''
glorious treat much more eo 90 We
who arc away rom home than per-
hans to any VI your local fuaIcrs.
LEI, my home la Sprugvillcl ulah
county, on the l1,h OF July, 1898 ana
next day, 30 company with i've other
missionaries, aIl sirauges TO ne, t9oE
train for tine southern F.uita, Wrtulh
Ircamu acquainted, and after lolIFh l-
mI Ride uu tho ID. ami r. q, Railroad
over county whUtu scuulo view
defy upHcTilUou iIlm boo
Hte mine, We arrived 900 Denver July
.lft. Ihis hpiag my hut tfip tutHlur
OF Utah. no doubt nature 10 hUt scene
uf rfuuIuur which included the Grand
Canyon OF Colorado, Inspired in me
much more enthusiasm Tor the roman
tic anu Htupsni0uHly impgaiuR iu ma.
tufU than such n scene would tue
ordinary traveller. The Glitch garden
was treat. Many kinds u wild ami.
mails we're ON exhibition thvfr aud
flowers from every tr0plta CLINE. 40
Denver We met Brother u. n, ltlhcfis
who, alter "a hearty htuu.Hnakiug,
tuppcd with us. Elder Roberts alter
wards accompanied ua 90 Chicago
when wct0gk in o. much % ihuWufll's
Far o. few days visii would admit
being shown around by our genial
friend, q. j.. Anderson, % aplingvlilti
who was tholo on business In Tho line
Uf photography. His kinuneiH We
t0nuly cherished In memory,
Perhaps you remember how you ioli
90 the sight OF tue irst stcamuL Moth
log iu OIL the vast collection ui cue
worlds genius and arc excited my Hl'
IMITATION more than ih0HH muFulilcuu.
steamers on the lake. manned with
tnil1ra AttifC1 Tor the occasion. In me
admiration here reached IT, zenith,
niior thiH food Of art had hunt upon
me bnlhrgiug my ideus OF mans ia.
rtnuity lar beyond anything / huI
conceived 70 10 bu possible Tor mind
ever 90 reach; Indeed, the genius OF a
world whH hUfo 10 be- seen; poetry,
prose, painting, sculpture, architecture,
mnchinefy,all thzt the fancy OF thup0ut
or n0vellft ever dreamed uf-huavrn
ana beauty aud even moTv-nll lay 90
sight % boy whose scope Uf
Vision had never before reached
tue outside boundary line OF Utah.
have heard % said that We shnll yut
excel the world Ia science and aft, ana
u ~ surely the young Idea OF Utah
must shoot forth with greater force,
must strike down deeper and reach
higher than conjecture Itself has ever
embodied Ia ~ ilighis Of fancy. no.
nance with III airy winged fiEhis, it,
Arabian nightHaud wOndvriulA laddiu'a
lamp mover yet Hinged iancy's dream
with such n vision ~ that which was
enclosed Ia that vast nmphithcatfe Of
glass aud iron tn Chicago. hut, on u
second reflection, u flashes upon me
that even this magniilCence shall yet
be dwaritd before another and vasiur
compendium u art ever brought
within tho walls OF any earthly build
ing. but can this bep The
auswer L. IL can; u must be. Tho
brightest inlollects ever yelled 10 flesh,
the prophets u tho mighty past. the
builders Of Eno0h's city, tue Rcyrlator
John with his vast Imagery, the
prophets Of the present aud future,
every afilhcor In gold, ivory aud pro.
cious stones, tho art Of the lapldafy,
the sculptor and painter, shall vel
combine their talents ia the c1nstfuc.
ton Of city whose streets shall shiue
with the glitter OF radiant gold, aud
whose gigantic walls studded with
precious stones shall sparkle 20 tho
hmhEcmont Of the ptOudust nnd bright.
Get % earthly kings and 90 the humiI.
lutiou OF tho greatest GENTLE minds
SHAT ever conceived "a thought VI great.
nuss or Of gtanIeur and maguihccucu.
but l must return % mission talk.
We Ten Chicago after a stay OF four
days taking train for Chaitano1ra
where l arrived tired out from thr
Journey Tor 10 one who has lived au
active outdoor life Blttlbg boz the car.
night nud day was extremely ifif0mr.
was assigned By the president VI the
mission ~ West Virginia, in which
ttalu my lab1u have been directed
since my arrival Ia tho Southern
States.
To Put u mildly, this IL hard couu.
Try Tor foot travel, our only means of
transit Clay rocks AMI woods and a
rolling country are found everywhere
Imagine yourself iu the Utah Nav
beds and you have an Idea OF mo
tilck-to'ltivouUss VI tho soil here
Shoes hud clothing ara In con.
stpnl demand. There iB one
thing, however, which 10 worse than
lho clay hui rocks aud the physic4I
SIDE OF our labor, 10 iH tHs
prejudice formed against our pooule
ana principles 900 some places, thuugb
mot Ia nlli 4 am happy o. state. Id
one c1uuiy IN which We Ab0ruI hard
90 gain preaching access We found fl.
people BIZ thoroughly imuuti wit,
prejudice ns 90 preclude tho possibility
OF our stay there. Tho old turefular,.
tl0r'rs, exploded again and hgnIu b.
our EIduH, were sun mu.uuI, auf tIl,.
lpoliu refused Go Boo corrected in tHr.r
Ideas, The masses are uuIuf8fm.I
concerning our mission 1I urgru nr
'hflhi ana ate TOO willing 90 accent tur
worn OF hrelarlaa m.u.a,ugs DO.
preference o. cure Sgu No
haVo been successful iu aIIav.
lNR yaat amount ~ pfpIutl.g
auu in paving thu way for tho pfgaeb,
lnE ui the Gospel, iu many plluss tbr
people have listened 90 us With marked