Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-27
FOUR STORE AND TEN.


dent MILFORD Woodruff will have at
tained the ninetieth year OF his ogt;
and With the arrival Of this Rnniver-
sAry Of his birth will come tho express
sion OF the heartfelt wishes OF hun
dreds OF thousands OF people, repre-
eentlng every nation, that the beloved
md honored veteran yet may zee
many more birthday Anniversaries, in
the continuance Of his life's labors in
comforting and blessing his follow
beings.
President Woodruff has passed many
years the period OF HE Usually allotted
to men even OF excellent physi-
cal powers, though he Is yet short OF
the aye to which some have attained.
So far as relates to his condition
mentally and physically, In the former
1t ia unimpairsd in vigor, ami in tho
latter it 10 in such excellent form that
II bids fair to continue in bealthiul,
energetic operation for many yehrs.
Brother Woodruff maintains excellent
health, and Ia n monument among tho
people of the brne fetal results Of a
temperate, G)d-iearlug life, 80 full OF
energy aud persistent hard work that
a shadow ofidleneal never has swept
across 1t.
In HE oventiul career, President
Woodruff has been called to pass
through many more prlvations than
liz the lot Of the majority OF this COM
muuiiy nowaday,; he has made many
great sacrifices OF personal comfort al
the call OF duty; has been tho victim
Of severe seclden,a and phyaical suffer
ings at timas. Aud through all these
scenes Of trial ne we'll as those OF com
fort he has experienced, he has been O
humble, patient, determined worker
Few men have labored go hard or sc
persistrntiy in ;hcir physical exer
lions, and fewer still have maintained
the spiritual activity he has displayed
His whole life haa been one OF earnest
Iy seeking to serve God and benefit hi,
feilowman. He pat his hand to the
pillow in early life, and he never h.
fsltered or turned back.
Asoae OF the fret band Of PioneerH
that entered Utah, to redeem 1t from q
savage and desolato condition, Preel-
dent Woodruff is prominently before
the people today. He came Into
this valley with President Brigham
Young, when tho general idea thaI
prevailed concerning 1t was that /
was unfit for habitatloa; hs heard the
prophetic declaration that It was tbs
place for the exiled Saints to makI
their home, and that by the Divine
blessing 1t would become land o.
peace and plenty to them; he has seen
the desert changed into q garden, the
wilderness transformed into delight.
ful place OF habitati0n, and with his
hands aud brains he did his part 10
effect the transformation. All this
and more he has bebeld as following
in the wake OF the Pioneer band whose
coming here was the hatblnger OF q
mighty civilized empire that should
extend Its progress and powera from
the Mississippi to the Pacific ocean.
But II lie as a humble, faithful and
powerful Appetite OF the Lord Jesus
that President Woodruff stands
pre.eminently before his fellow
men; and the power that
has attended him in his holy
calling 80 OF the Lord. From early
youth he had the mlnlstratlons OF the
spiritual forces oil the universe Ia
dreams and vlslone, and IN the admo.
nitionB OF Ttho still small voice" Of
the Spirit. His career in thia regard
is before the people. and is record OF
the miraculous which cannot be
Obliterated or gainsaid. The voice
OF inspiration, the Manifestation o,
angels, the testimony OF Jesus in
the spirit OF prophecy, all have their
part In this record. For the graf It
portion of President Woodruh's life
has been occupied in proclaimlug the
Gospel OF Christ Ia this and foreign
lanOs; ana his experience and testl.
mony IA thls connection, from the
time be Joined the Church until now
when he holds its highest office 10 the
earthly Organization, is al Inc tisceaUle
witness OF the TX stence, omnlpotence,
love and wisdom OF God, and the
revelation Of His Gospel to man 10
this aye Of the world.
The testimony which President
Woodruff beGrs OF the GosIel is direct
ana certain; it is his own knowledge
and experience; It comes from heart
whose sincerity, honesty and truth are
established among and known OF all
his associates in present times De in
iays gone by; in its posltiveness and
'orce 1t sweops away every shadow Of
toubt and denial raised by agnoaiics