Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-23

Dressed Win nehNu hnu ttTengtD,
vlgor OF mind anu body and were iul
Of activity seldom found Ia peOpl
who had rescsed such advanced ages.
rhe great m, iriiy = tn sc partlci-
pating IN the old folks' eIjJyment
were people who had learned . serve
the Lord ai d keep Ii comm ndmsn g.
rney obeyeI ths laws lni
Jown for heir gui anco and had
longevity, TO tue extern that come o.
,asm mad . on wen heir niue 10th
anniversaries, AMI ons or Two ma.
hsen Up I'D TO see the century mark.
They had yielded Obedience TO the H.
FUNCTIONS oi tue Father aud their
lsys hal accordingly been long upJn
tae earth.
REMINISCENT OF ByooNE DAYS.
Hsid's Band rendered IN pIsasin
style mvdiey OF patriotic ana sent-
mental uire, sumo OF wnion seemad tn
awaken In the mi nds OF the veiefAne,
thoughts OF by, one dAye ~nsn they
were y u z aid full OF II ca d yougl-
ul vigor. Inc piece eu-ed With AL
Obi tIme dance June, illustrating tho
firing Of guns by Indians during the
progress Of the uauce.
PRESIDENT wooDRUFF's ADDRESS.
President MILFORD wocdruff, one o
the lew VINO has parsed the nintietn
milestons OF LIE, was on the progrA N
lor an sudress, bu. being the sufferer
rJm bau cold, mis- sJdress was u
prepared ono VIII Gu WAS read by Elder
David Mcken2ie. 1t was as follows:
My Dear Friends-I thank God that /
have lived 10 see this day. rejoice to
behold the faces OF so many OF my friends
gathered together in this great Taber-
nacle. We who have been upon lhis
earth from seventy to ninety years and
upwards have passed through one OF the
mos. Interesting generations OF the chill
dren OF men. What marvellous changes
haye occurred in our lifetime! We see
things today and look upon them with
out wonder ihat In our early days would
have been considered miraculous. When
was small boy we had just emerged
from under the blue laws OF Connecticut
to greater freedom Of thought and ac-
ton. The ducking- stool auu other forms
OF punishment akin TO 1t had been laid
aside. Women were no longer hanged
or burned at the stake AS witches.
Greater religious liberty was enjoyed.
Women were allowed to kiss their oh il
dren, husbands their wives. on the sab
bath day, without being punished for It.
II boy took an ear of corn from the
neld, aithoug even then he Int be pun
ished Tor 1t, he was not IN danger OF be-
ing sold as slave, as IN former
days. The improved condition Of
things had just been brought about
when / came in o the world. But greater
and more wonderful changes have been
accomplished since that ume. In my
boyhood every acre OF grain was cut
with sickle in New England. The
first advance made IN that direction WAS
when the hand cradle came into use.
Tho reaper and the binder were never
dreamed oil in those day. II such things
had been brough. into the wheatfields
then, the people OF the land would nave
almost thought the millennium had come.
And there has been rapid ADVANCEMENT
in almost every depar, ment Of life.
i need not take up your Time in deail-
ing The many changes and improv yemen. $
that have been made. We live today
amid ,he wondrous powers Of steam and
electricity, by which such marvellous
things are being accomplished, All these
things have been brought about in our
day, and feel to thank God for what ne
has done for the children Of men in bless.
ing them Us he has done. Mankind have
great cause for. thankfulness 20 oul
Father lii heaven because Of the many
blessings he has bestowed upon them ii
this day aud generation.
We who live In Uah have especia
oause 10 thank ana praise His hoy name
for che blessings We enjoy. i have spon
dry years In these valleys Of the Rocky
mountains, and have passed through nj
the phases OF a territorial government
until We have arrived al iuli statehood
and feel IT great privilege TO NEE
with 30 many OF my friends and citizen.
OF the STATE Of U,sh, and consider i
proper here to make some reference e
our arrival as pioneers, and the com
mencement of our labors in this grea
American desert And should be recre
an, in my duty and justly place mysel
| under strong reproof did / not give tn,
honor and glory TO our great prophet
seer, revelator and pioneer, Presiden
| Brigham Young, who, under God, lait
tho foundn ion Of redeeming this grea
barren American desert from its sterilitJ
into the fruitful and noble State OF UIal
as we find 1t today. President Y0uni
was inspired to come here, and he wa
| inspired to work alter he got here, ant
when Samuel Brannau, who took tn,
ship Brooklyn from New York to Sal
Francisco, loaded, with Latter-day Saints
came 10 this barren country and me
! with the pioneers, he looked upon tn
desolation and barrenness, aud tried will
all the power no had to persuade Presi
dent Young not to sop here, but to q
on to California. i heard Presiden
Young give his answer to Samuel Bran
nan In the following language. striking
his cane into the soil: mo, sir;, an
| going to stop right here. / am going /
build a city here. | am going to build
temple hero, and am going 10 build vi
a country here.n And by tho help OF c.,
he lived TO sec all this fulfilled, He dedi
Gated tho cornerstone of the Salt LAX,
Temple, and dictated the building OF th
| Temple up to the time of his death. III,
| directed The building OF the ST. Georg,
Temple, and he moved a great mountain
10 get place TO suit him upon which /,
erect the Manti Temple. He pointed on
the place on which to build the Loga
Temple, and he did great deal towar
It's erection. He built The big Tabernacl
In Salt Lake City, and he dictated to tn
architects nearly all that is upon tn
Temple block. There is hardly city o
town in Uiah that was not laid out unde
his direction.
| / brought President Young into tn
valley in my carriage. This was TIE frs
time he had ever seen the place, excep
in vision, and as we came round the ben,