The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-02
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Very Greatest Men.
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An Interesting Estinaate Of tlle Life Work
And Character Of Brigham Young.

evcr IN q ataee Of apprehension. often
hungry. ard never Comfortable; who
| could Il der .incsssan.iy. fight Indians
while eIe5a.ns , fisM world, and love
ard protec. while faeiag q future more
uncertain .th.n usaSity falls to the lot
OF il2aa, gould not fs.ll 20 be followed 81
progeny baSsecd. with Physical and in
telectu2l vig0r. / predict that before
great wh.la abe dramatic and lyric
| stase win toyh draw heavily upon the
artistic talent of Utah.
Grea,ncss of brigham Yoarg.
''Cne cinnos even srena a day in
Zion without forming aaf exalted opin-
lon of the executive ability ana phe-
TCao stamp Of Ills famo der is upon
everything. From th.. =, day IN
1SA7 when the frat detscA 4 of the;
n,igl atr5, Sa.nts wourd dew. the pass
in the M'ah@lteh mountains .irto the
valley ofthe promised lard, and Brig
ham, feeble fTc-n Yi2ess, struck mis-
cane upon the ground ard proclaimed,
Here shall we build cur temple down
TO the day of his death his masterful
activities were ii play, Not only in the
aChite psuIc, but IN the sranllng of the
streets or hts city, hiS originality is
manifest, for WHO can successfully
wre3tle with street nomenclature which
embraces West Third South street,
TO this spot Brigham ibrouGht his host
without!Jhe iloss' OF g. cin4ie person.
led always by his vis!on-and here he
locatoll, despite, the protest Of Old from
tieTsmep such as, Bridger. L will give
You q thousand dollars said Bridger.
'tor the first ear of corn T.peasd in the
valley Droughts had parched the val
ley until It, w9s as arid as llmehiln.
Plesds.g. wexford WC95.uff tod me
how he, ss q youth, anxious TO be 2t
work, planted Il half bushel OF potatoes
which he had brought from missouri
within baif-hour after the leader
named the srot where the new city
shci;ld arise. He managed to save the
seed. 1nc first scanty crop of the col
onists wac attaefed by grasshoppers.
and gulls came from the great lake and
dtvoured tacn.. In this Brigham saw a
miracle. and the. gull Is held in tne
same reverence in Utah that the stock
enjoys In Gern9ly In the Great Salt
lake Brigham s2w the Dead sea, and in
the river which skirts II the Jordan.
To him the journey across the plains
was as-the. exodus of lsraers children.
Everything we5 bent to his Will and
purpose. In creating his systum he
was arbitrary, and &. times almost
as ,Macartay says Of Hastings rule
in india, he was as the baker who,
before lie can bake loaf, must first
till the soil, reap, build mill, and
erect an oven.
"The new teSnY Yle, which was forty
years building ai5l which was recently
dedicated, is q splendid monument to
the genius OF Brigham Young. 1t cost
FIVE million dollars. Before its dedi-
cation invitations were sent to many
GENTLE citizens to visit and inspect
It, but now it is q molly sanctuary into
which only the elect may come. They
who enter enjoy eternal life. The
temple, massive and pervading as it
IL. viii not stand the application of
the strict rules OF architecture. 1t is
unique. 1t Is the creation of Brigham
Young from foundation, of the s.lded
heraldic angel Maroni, on the topnost
spire. So is the Eagle Gate, with it's
twenty-fnlic' street leading up to 1t,
the iBce-Hive, the Lion house, and the
Endowment house. Frcyn tabernacle
TO temple the tlthlng-hcuses, the archi-
lecture IS Brsghar1esque. Salt Lake
City, with its sixty thousand inhabit-
tsnts, It's inviting Foliage, its parks.
It's temples, It's factories, its homes
many OF them not larger in superficial
area than sleeping as the
ro..est example of organic colonial
ton in TIE world. The new temple, to
be appreciated, must be seen from a
plateau Behind the city. 1t then looms
up in maiecsic lines, lacking the Gothic
grace of the Milan cathe dral, but filing
tie whole valley with its porierous
proportional, somber, yet inspiring.
Young n Na;urai Genius.
'iNo one can give Intelligent study to |
the career of Brigham Young without
admira tlon for the genius which d,-
rectcd HIN. He would have been Il
great man and leader in any depart
ment of life. What a soldier he would |
have made! One. sees in the shop WIN
dows Of Salt Lake. City print repre-
scnting Prophet Joseph Smith, mount
ed and in the uniform OF a lieutenant |
general of. the Mormon forces. Turn |
from his sharp profile and peculiar.
protui0erant nose to the stern, strong |
w!lled. massive face ST Brigham Young,
and You have Z contras, in forceful-
ness rs striking as that afforded by n |
cDrn-staH; miltiaman and the Duke of |
wellington. In the carly days Brig |
ham laid down as his policy: 1T is |
cheaper to feed indians than to figh. |
them Yet when nothing but fight |
would answer the savages he. accom-
rncdatcd them. How many lives the |
Young rcgi2y ,wnuld have saved had |
our resen tful froltlersman followed III
ut must have been early apparent TO.
Brigham 'youlg that his system could |
rot stand up against the ercroach-.
ments CO the outer world, else Why aid |
be not assert the dostrlne OF isola-
was his and his pscoles, and yet the
Gentiles came ana carnpod within his
gates in the fft!es. TO. every religious
sect that set Itself up In Salt Lake
city ne gave q building lot. The Cath
1i!cs, open. and eternal foes of Nor
ron,sm. have there today splendid
,harits.Sia institution standing upon
grourd spec.ally donated by Brigham
Young. tie advocated the trsnscontl-
len ntai railway before the people OF the
,sst dreamed of It,, and he lived to see
t ec-npletcd and pouring hostile home
;oekeTs into his capital. We urged the
Of telegraph l!nss, ana 1t
vas through, him thai the first postal
Inc was established between the ter
itory which he created and the AT
antic seaboard..
The n.ason for Po'yGarny. l.
"Hc rrecticod and advocated plural
marriages because ile wanted his col
my to increase. I1lS native WISDOM |
nust havotaiJ him that the institution
loule net rurviye, because. In addi-
ion to the outside hostility 1t invoked
he children OF applySamous marriages
Id not take kindly to the system. 1t
ould not he made .seif-sustaininG. 1t
vas not urtu after the Morpons had
urned Their hacks upon Nauyoo, then
he SECOND, city in size IN Illinois-and
heir tan,ple which stood second only
o the rational capitol as structure,
hot pclysansy was openly proclaimed.