Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19
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this city appeared In The Common.
wealth, published at Fond Du Lac Wis
cousin. and gives the Views OF a minis
Ter well known In that State. II was o..
Illustrated by an excellent cut ~ the
Temple and tabernacle While the wri-
ter has made "a fow mistakes his in-
tention was evidently 10 speak " things
and people here os he found them With
out regard 10 what any one might think
81 his cnndor:
am sitting on top Of Rcd Butte
mountain. many thousand feet above
the level OF q valley stretching twenty
miles to the north, sixty miles TO the
south. and sixty 10 the west Al the
base Of this mountain the portals of
Emigration canyon. standing widely
apart. furnish mn escape Tor the cool
breath ~ the Wnusnca range OF noun
tains. na u pourr itself like o. mild Hna
breeze over all the valley. Surely this
II historic ground no fun n living hiH-
tory that the past and present live Zoe
gcthcr. and do not seem separated by
time events or persons. All that has
ever been here seems now o. living part
OF what IL.
Under the magic Influence ~ "Mor.
monism" aH you Gee Il from the top VI
this great old mountain. brigham
Young ard the pioneers. rpolr Htlll 60 b.
active personalities In the daily events
Of this old renowned valley The ah1d-
ow Of my uplifted rIFht hand n8 ~
on Rcdhuttc's cruuninT summit covers
the very spot where Brigham Young
ana the pioneers emerged from the
faatnesa Of the mountains. and came 20
the end Of their tedious journey from
Nauyoo TO the valley of Great Salt
Lake, There they stand, upon d gentle
emincncc. one hundred and forty-throe
Of them, In July u isii Beneath them
q the valley upon which they are 20
settle and make FOR themselves homes.
which are destined 10 multiply into
numbers 30 great as 60 constitute one
Of the largest and most aggressive re-
iigiouH bodies NJ America. AMI ~ be able
60 absolutely control. politically social.
~. nnnnclallyrcllglouHly and education
ally the whole machinery of ono OF our
richest western states
II n difficult 10 believe nH true, that
which my eyes now rest upon But "a
little more than nifty years nro this val.
ley contained nothing but wilderness
OF sage. brush. swamp ana nlknli dcppu-
its. Wild animals " every description
found IN this valley nm uncouEouial ha-
hltation. because ~ IT, absolute barren
ness, hut now, no. l write, the setting
sun throws IT, light upon the famous
sheet u water known aa Great Salt
Lake, and streaming over the valley 10
the eastward. bathos the temple court
Of "MormoniHm," and nushoH the golden
form Of the angel OF Mnruul, until his
statue on the highest mlnurct ~ the
Mormon temple looks more like an
angel Of fire descended from the hou-
vens above. than the cryatalllzud gem
ius OF religious fnnntlClHm.
This Mormon temple Or more curl
Gus, uniqu" and beautiful ln urchutcc-
tural structure. perhaps. than any other
building IN America, Nor iH this all.
" " at the same time tho Holy "
HOLES ~ the most peculiar. most dearly
loved, most thoroughly hated religious
body that has ever asked for CuuHiucra.
tion under the Stars and Stripes with
In the sacred precincts ~ this myHtpri.
Gus temple no GENTLE has over. or ever
can, enter. and no Mormon" ever has
or ever can, step upon No. sacred floor.
unless his outward life Corresponds 10
the highest mark on the Euugc OF Nor
mon faith ana practices.
Forty long years were required 60
construct %, out of the grey granite
bosom " Utah. and by Mormon"
hands. No man has ever known tho
cost uf this remarkable building The
nearest approach that IL Gentle can
make w That which may easily b. uh-
tined Within the Temple court. which
consists ~ q near approach Co ltB outer
walls, shall not attempt tn describe
Il us SEQ it and think uf o.. but refer
you TO the many written accounts and
the cuts, seen in am Mormon aud
railway literature relating to this see.
ZION uf tho State of Utah. some Of
which ACCOMPANIES this article
hchlnt the Temple 90 the west but
TOW feet stands, nH you see, tho n.
muuu Mormon" Tabernacle. lt was my
privilege 90 attend services In this
Tabernacle duriuUxathr Rpmi- Annual
Conference sabbatNit which time /
saw 'MfumonlHm" aggregated and cone
Ffcgntud, ! had also the privilege ~
listening TO the greatest living men OF
"Mormoulsm" Franklin Richards. tho
historian ~ the Church. Geo O.
Cannon, president, Joseph y. Smith. "a
nephew of the founder M tho church.
President l.urungo Snow, the present
head Of "Murmunlsm," and brigham
Young jr. The limits OF this article
VIII not admit N u character sketch "
either OF these men, but there lH room
enough Tor M" tu say, that Cor culture,
breadth Of intellect and eminent suc-
cess, few men, perhaps none living
among tho "Mormons" now. can be-
found their equals
! met these officers of the church IN
the ancient throne room Of Mormon
ISM small building connecting tho
Beehive and tho Lion houses. which
houses constituted the home ~ Brig
ham Young, with his many wives and
children, There lH always a feeling uf
disgust In the heart OF the average
Gentle, uH he comes In close contact
with the living person " Mormon
for the nrHt time. ! had met "Murmons'
before, but now I was about tu meet
the great mouthplrge uf "MurmuulHm, "
the Prophet Seer and Rcvplator OF the
Church President Lorenzo SNOW
Bearing a letter OF Introduction 10
him from "a friendly Mormon" Elder
my courage was stimulated. and I agt-
ually endured the ordeal OF crossing
the threshold between tho outer hail
and the inner sunctUrum of the general
officer OF the Mormon church wlth-
out faint / was taken into hls august
presence by his courteous and expert
encrd secretary ana found myself
Shaking hands with one uf the most
congeninl and luyublp men I ever mot
IA man who has the peculiar ability
10 diHpoHscss one at once OF pll unplsl-
ness IN his pr seneca master In the
mt OF conversation, with rare genius,
enabling him 60 make you feel d rest
ful welcome o. Mo society
President Snow ~ % cultured man,
In mind and .uul and body Ills lau-
guaTc IN Chu.tv. diplomatic, friendly
scholarly, His m0unyrisms show the
studied grace Of schools The tenor
OF his spirit d. nH gentle ua child.
You are introduced 90 him. You