Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-24

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a new land and the subsequent set
tlement thereof is the belief on that
peoples part OF an existing league
between themselves and the powers
Of Heaven. The inspiring hopes OF
the children of Jacob during their
years OF wandering rested on the
confidence that their leader was I'M
der the immediate direction of the
God of their fathers. Hneas, as we
read in ancient lore, escaping the
flames Of burning Troy, endured the
hardships OF a journey over troubled
seas and through strange lands,
strong in his reliance on the goddess
Venus help and the promise that
he should at last settle in peace with
his followers on the Hesperian shore.
Dido fed from the usurping muir
derer OF her husband and under the
befriending guardianship OF Juno
founded the Punic city of Carthage,
soon to become the queen of the
Mediterranean. In later times the
Saracens, believing that Allah had
enlisted them in his cause, rose from
scattered bands of petty robbers to a
great nation and in a mighty wave
surged from their far eastern home
even to the pillars of Her
cules and having overcome the
warlike Goths, settled down
in the rich land Of Spain. The
Pilgrims, Incorporating in their
devotion to what they believed the
truth and animated by an unquench-
able faith in their Maker, left homes
and country to voyage over strange
waters to stranger land, inhabited
only by creatures, as they honestly
believed OF the devil, and with no
other inducements than the liberty
OF worshiping God in their own
way. And this nineteenth century
can furnish a parallel to all this-a
case wherein implicit faith, un-
tagging zeal and magnitude OF ac-
complishment we're equalled ii not
surpassed 1t is the march OF our
Pioneers over half continent of
trackless plains to a desert home,
the changing of desolate wastes to
fruitful fields, and the building up OF
a great commonwealth.
In celebrating, then, today the
fiilieth anniversary OF the arrival OF
the Pioneers in these valleys, it is
appropriate not only that we should
recall some of their early exper-
fences, but also that we should keep
in mind the prime motive OF
their coming and the prevailing
spirit OF their plan OF coloni-
cation, for these it has been
which have proved the most potent
forces in shaping the course Of their
history. The settlers Of Utah were
bound together by the ties of a
sacred brotherhood. Ii was a com.
mon belief that led them so far be-
yond the western borders of civiliza-
ton. 1t was the hope that here
they could build homes and live in
peace that caused them to erect
houses and take possession Of the
land. 1t was through perseverlng
zeal, wise leadership, and boundless
faith IN the outcome OF it all that
their efforts have been so successful,
The victory they have won is never
the reward Of the cowardly, the
faint hearted and the faithless.
Fifty-years ago today their adj
vance guard little band of one
hundred and forty-eight souls-founc
themselves at the end OF their weari
some journey. Almost their frs
act, after the dedication OF the spot
was to plant crop from which they
hoped TO gather harvest that woulC
support them and the others whom
they expected soon to arrive durin.
the coming winter. Exploring partie
were also formed and journeys wer
taken to the lake, to the canyons
and to other parts OF the region 70
the purpose OF learning what the re
sources of the country were, Presi
dent Brigham Young, the dauntles
leader enieebled in body by sick
ness, though retaining all his ment.
vigor, Joined in the work, and hi
wholesome advice and wise direCtio
were TO his followers what goo
fathers words are to child. Hi
first command 10 them on reachin!
the valley was that they should kee
the Sabbath day holy and be indus
trious, He soon chose the sight {
the Temple and planned the city, an
under his direction the broad rcguIa
streets and square blocks were lai
out, and the plan Of apportioning tn
land instituted. Each should hav
his plot to cultivate, and the leade
laid down with drmness the law thu
no person should be i5ie. Wor'
and work alone would reclaim ia
land and bring prosperity, and b
SAW. as other leaders OF men hly
scen that indu Try in Il people, d
well as in AN individual, is
fundamental PIT of character.
By his energy, wig lance, an'
keen comprehension, Brigham