Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-13
DIR. ILlrls ANlI.MonMONIss.

DIX, lLlft'N ANil'huhhVNANs's
Row T. G. INA Of the Methodist
church BE- going east on an anti
Mormon preaching tour; ut least that 10
tho effect u bis announcement Ia the
NJ. L.. church WREN no stated that be
would leave ou Monday 10 speak Ia q
number VI large clti,s with reference
10 the outlook iu Utah. uo prJiguoi
that he did not want TO say anything
thui would initiate sgaiust the new
state, aud Intended 10 De guhrIrd lu
his t2pres-louH, but irlt that uo shOulu
speak plainly before hu went 60 that
hu could get "crudit Tor speaking here
tho sumo ~ there" Al the same time
he made speech which We ore Fivtn
10 uudurslRni o. an iuumatlOn Of what
lac will do In the Ett. And THE
speech CanuOt be construed otherwise
than no direct assault upon tne Moi.
mon people.
Dr. lIn is good taIkOL Tut many
times bis talking Is not good, as the
NEws aud No readers have fuuuru ~
found out We 90 not kuow whether
ho Will be less careful In h,s oAprussl1ns
before eastern audiences tnan no was
noTo-he Will hardly ioel II necessary {
be more w, But bic statements here
uto sufficient 10 give aa idea OF the
lines he L. operating on. Ana while
We sro sorry no lult bic speech until
tho day Immediately preceding ME
departure, Tor we would like TO have
SAID some platn thlugs tnnt might have
been profitable 10 hun by way Of eau.
lion, 6Iill We may MAKO few mild sug-
gesliouu that may lead MIN to trim bis
IisOourses Ia public 70 at least some
where near tho liuo OF apparent
veraolly.
La his Sunday evening speech MT.
INA greeted his audience with the
statement that no spoke scout OF heart
OF charItyn hut as charity "lhiuEslu
no wrong, "duetu no evil, " "1ptaEotn
tue TRUTH" aud Is the "pura love of
Christ" It IA not difficult TO discover
lust now "UhautablUy hu We. luul.
most his opening sentence ho asserted
1--WE take the report OF bis address a.
given 10 this morniug's rrlbuuoG
Tho Mormon p,unocr, found horo ono
Of thH most beautiful aud fcrIiIo SECTIONS
Oi our glorious country, rich iu gold,
silver, copper, lead and other precious
metals, Auu with % soil sb productive
TINT all they had Go do was GO thrust Boo
tho plough aud SOW thu seed, aud u tow
months latOr reap ~ louulf. harvest
lt is not surprising tua whvn lhoy
reached ihv hiEuls of thU mountains and
looked over tupsu valleys aud tho Grutt
salt Lake, ,hoy said, This 10 our prom.
isud land
ghis "enaumb.," tlgtvmon. 10
wholly untrue, aul Mt lin ought 10
know H. The Mormon pioueors "Iouug
here" on their arrival nothing Of
beauty, Of fertility Of sall, or OF rich.
ness iu mineral wgBl.h; il vas not bli
hey haI 60 do to plough aud SOW aud b
few m0utha later reap blunuu. har.
vest. The scene WAS one et the ul.
uOst dts0Iauon; everywhere in the
valley there appUarol baked aud
barron soil. 30 dissoufaglug was the
outlook that from natural STANDPOINT
tho Pioneers would nave turned away
10 despaitj and some " them diI er.
press tueir hgpuIgsslgsa OF being able
even Go skr out an existence here Tor
amy great length ul ,lmt. ly wa, Uuly
By % supreme eNuTgIse of faith boz Coo.
awakened by the pu, hguo uticmucgr
Of a leader Known 90 bo iusplreu, ami
who declared Uun. nbu been
shown 10 him iu heavenly
vision, that the Mormon Puu. uu
umb,u,d iu the valley OF ,hp GIoau
sol. L,a, They p.oughed ana ,.a.u
and wn,uroi, but failure and gauug
famine stared them Ma the face foe
years before u.uuuful haryests came,
and 1t was only tine mercy and uuwpg
of tho Almighty that sustained thum
ul tnuy ul. achieve success. Aud ln
tho valley whore they frs, ret foot
there sull be large area OF the section
OF the state which they gazoI upon
which has not yet teen reduced to
fertility because Of It, saline character.
II gold, silver, copper lead or other
precious mutals exist In quantities ia
the Salt Lake valley, Ehs Pioneers
found them not; neither did they know
oipTecious metals IN the surrounding
mounnlns for years after their settle,
wsHI was permanently Fixed here,