Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-09

condition which row suriUun them;
desert lend, n land that. wss unln'
vltiug. haa heeu mAJe.to literally bios
tom M the rose, until 4. has become the
nIifnIretion OF every visitor. And
ala has been done by the MoTmOus
and Ay Moimonlsm! Thousands OF
uoople blesa the Jay that they ever
heard the Gospel, because OF the free
JON II mas brought to them and their
children. ...-..-.
The aim Of the leaders has always
beun that every man should have
Rome OF his own, cultivate his own
land, and not be taxed out Of II. We
carried out this policy for years, ana
surcs.siuily, Too. There was no COM
muuity anywhere in the land where
muuy persons owned their own
nomeh, In proportion 10 the population,
psin Utah, and no people that were
more lightly taxed, And the
people prospered. They were Thrift
ty. They were taught lessons which
" they had been carried out,
would have relieved them from tho
bondage o. debt ana heavy taxation
they are now in. But the people are
blind to many things; at leset, they
do not open their eyes to see. II you
Latter.day Saints would take 10 heart
the counsels that you have received
this afternoon, and live so that the
| Spirit o GID would rest upon you In
power, you would see great many
| .hing8 lhlt you DO not see now, AMI
you would not be carried about by
| every wind of doctrine and by every
| story, 10 matter what II lie. l do not
| feel to reproach you, because l believe
you are the best people on the esrth.
| feel to Ieproach myself as much as l
d. any Il you. But this is our con-
| dition.
Now, the Lord has done wonders In
| our lanu, and we do not appreciate
| that which de has done as much as
| others who come and look ut us. We
| have been maiignel to such an extent
! that many teople supposed we were
the most monstrous people on the
lace Of The earth; out when they
| come anU see us, and are tOlJ
what has been done, and they have the
| Opportunity of examining these things,
many are filled with admiration, and
| they wonder why II Is our people are
| not more appreCiatlve than they np-
! pear to be. We allow ourselves 20 be
| carried away by everything that
/ NTirth. III Ntlllt IeelGCtN VIC Hiu ihS
most guliiole and easily deluded OF
| any people. Yet there Is spirit Of
| diecernment resting upon the people,
aud when they hear the voice OF the
true Shepherd they know 1t.
1 am proud and thankful that am
| q Lstter-day Saint, and that 1 have
| place and name among you and
with you in this land. | have wit
messed its growth from the beginning.
| have seen the changes that have
taken place; 1 have seen how much
! God has done for W, and L cannot be
too thankful, try and impress these
things, too, upon those who are around
| me, anu vino have not seen Thorn. /
think We ought t. be thelmost thankful
Of any people upon the face Of the
earth; Tor the hand OF God has been
visible oil the day long in that which
has taken place. When think OF the
plots and tho deviceB that have been
framed to destroy us, L marvel at our
preservation. For ten years while |
WAS Ia Congress had a constant fight
to prevent tho enactment OF legisla-
ton that would have swept away every
liberty that we enjoyed, and It re-
quired the power Of God to preserve
this people. Scores OF measures were
famed here ana cent down'to Con
Eress, almost any one OF which, II