Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-12


rnnind.r OF the ting, and that
may Dc assisted by its presence.
We have boon greatly favored of the
Lord In very many ways. Tho greatest
fnvors. however ORE not nltlFnther Nisi-
bic 90 tho temporal prosperity N the
people. although ln that ws can plainly
see the favor and blessing uf God upon
u- / look back Co the time whom nrat
entered the Salt Lake valley ] lld not
come IN with tho dst Pioneers. hut ih'
following year tst, and was ola
enough Co appreciate the privilege w'
were afforded in entering the valley m
the Grrit Salt Lake, whcfn $500 mIEht
have o. place 10 rest fYr little season.
My memory went back FOO the Gays NJ
Nauvoo. and Co the expulsion 0f the
I.att,r.iay Saints from that cts at the
mouth of che cannon and 0f murkeu
In the LniJf Of au lnfurIui"i m1h th.n
10 our irI ueylnFa through what was
at that time The Territory OF Town TO
our resting place. for % season on the
banks of tho Missouri dyvr and finale
~ our Journey across the mighty plains
and deserts t1 Salt Lake. which l'ur-
ncy OF; thnl time seemed 10 me o. Doe n
long drrsty. UreHume unrHcuNrrlug "a
period which tried the hearts ni Tho
strongest mon. Tho w.1kncaac4 NJ
men vcrt brought 90 lght hy The trials
and hardshipa u that journey across
the plains. The people were in poverty
They had been driven from their h1moH,
ana could not carry with thrm th1t
which wnH necessary Tor the Journey
they had On make. They were depend.
cnt upon the Lord from day 10 day Tor
food aud other means with which 10
continue the lnhurilua journey before
theta tndcr those ClrcuWtiuucra IN"
people were HorUly trlcd-tflod to tho
core--nt the imprrfDUtiuuH uf one nm
other. with their own woakneHasn. With
poverty sickness, fatigue, toll und
Watching until mons hearts were
wfung with anguish. The people ala
not know then, as they ana nftor-
wards. whore they were going. There
were no people established In the vail
ieys Of these mountains who would re-
celve them with open arms ur who wlNl
from year 10 year send back hundreds
Of teams with provisions aud OUTFITS
necessary 20 bring tho people from the
frontiers. Those Of ua who crossed the
plains first know not whore We were
going, only 20 far ne the Lord guided
His servants from day 10 day. The
trials ana difficulties OF those who made
the journey afterwards could not BE-
compared with the trials and dlnlcul-
ties OF those early Pioneers Then when
we landed In Salt Lake valley and
looked around NJ, there were no trees,
no verdufe. nothing to gladden. tho
heart. All was barren. deaulntn ana for
bidding The face OF the earth was 49,
" had lain for hgos-dend. unpruduc-
tive na much a desert a. this country
n around here, which has never been
touched by the hand Of man. Look at
tho valley OF the Great salt Lake today.
and see Il filled with trees with shrubs.
with flowers, with orchards, with fruit
ful fields ana beautiful homcs-ull
wrought by the people since We nrat
came Into the valley, ! once heard q
GENTLE oxclaim, "liow IN the world ana
you ever IND such beautiful placer
! thought to myself, N he had seen u
when saw u nratwhcn President Snow
nrut Jaw n, when tho Pioneers FIRST
saw n. he would not then have thought
there was 20 very much beauty about
H. I have taken some pleasure In toll-
ing our young people that when I first
came TO the valley Of the Great SALT
Lake there was not "a house IN g. There
were fnw old log and adobe hutH built
by the Pioneers Of 1877 around block
Of ground, for "a fertilization ana FOR
winter quarters; but that was an
there was IN salt Lake valley when
first saw It. I have had the pleasure
OF witnessing the growth and de-
grown Tor the use NJ man ana 90 glad
den tho eye ana the heart In ull Those
valleys, IN the short space uf little
over NIFTY years, When ! look nt what
has been accomplished through the
blessings % God and the llburH uf His
people, during the lnHt hfty years with
but few people TO take hold OF the ator-
lie elements and develop them. 1 AK
myself. what may not bc accomplished
IN the next nfty ycnH3 From tho
foundation that has been laid who can
tell today what the next nfty years VIII
bring forth In these vullcyH'uf the
mountains7 II We should be taken from
here now, ana be permitted 60 como
back again In nfty years, what would
we hsh0ldf | am uf tho opinion that
there II not one OF uH with imagination
sufficiently strong 90 take lu tho
growth. the Increase ana the develop
ment " this barren desert that Will uc-
cur within tho next fftv years proc
vided always that the people continue
faithful and Htcndfnst In keeping the
commandments of the Almighty,
| desire 60 read ID little FROM the 2Nth
chapter Of Deuteronomy
"And Il shalt come 10 pass, n thou
shalt honrken diligently unto the voice
Of the Lord Thy God, Ia observe and 90
do an his commandment which ! CONF
maud thee this day, that tho Lord thy
God win set thee un high above all ma
lions of the earth.
"Aud all these blessings shall come
on thee and OvcrtBkp thee. M thou shalt
hoarken unto the voice of tho Lord thy
God"
My brethren ana slFt0r1 let us take
into consideration tho fact that God
was leading the children on Israel, tho
seed " Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Gu
the promised land They Uud their
fathers had been Boz captivity 900 Egypi
for 400 years, and had been mluQcuIUua.
~ delivered by the power on cod
through Moses ana Aaron. They wnrJ
forty years WunlurluT iu the Wilder