Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-16
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orcH GRE to be the limitations !, o1s
C. chile article that 1t can
written In head lines
~ w. purpose win require a
Inc conditions prevailing
fi.'n ,,.,.rsa to the Church Of Jesus
f.D ,.tr.,ter.day Saints on the 10Th
,a1 ,.,o 81 $50 and the conditions pre-
yur' ,oe In order that the progress
1l''.ns Ms. afty years may be to some
q 70, hast observed and under
r''l. o-.,ss TO temporal conditions:
An' cs,-.f was then pioneering
~, res than three years before
'I Liant Brigham Young's company
i ,o,.rssrs had entered Salt Lake val
o. VI u.rs these advance agents OF the
...iIor .a follow pitched their tents,
cpltlyatIng the parched and ster-
. .,,- and sent back the Joyous word
-. fellow exlles en- route for the
NV. and 90 their co-rellgionlsts in the
o" .,,Sota resting place had been found
m. expatrIated Church.
", or,lrr the three years which had
',,sB from the advent Of the pioneers
... commencement OF the period to
Dy ,si4sraf settlements had been
.{s hi paws and Weber counties TO
Z, ,orth. Do Utah and Sanpete coun-
M me- south, and in Tooele to me
N tber 8rst tncampment. salt
,.s. INV though laid out on Its pres
s,scI6rs plan was not yet an incor-
,.-,s3 clty and its population was
nm fva thousand. Utah had not
Sssn 0rganized under her subse-
~, territorial form Of government;
,..s svIsfef only the provisional gov
..-~sBt Of the State Of Deseret and
.,,, WAS NOT recognized by the govern.
-.-, al washington; It subsisted and
(, i,ws Var. OF force because volun-
..,'y bon0raI by the people
-ss Church members outside OF the
o.. .sttlements IN Utah above men
..,s5 were scattered chiefly between
A.ss and N1uvOO Thousands were
wing westward and other thou
r-ls along the route were
waiting the opportunity 10 do 50. BY
y, emulsion Of the Saints from
y.rvo0 very many Of them had been
..lg.ad % poverty. and those who had
cached fTa settlements iu Crll Lar.
IA adjacent valleys were enduring the
,,-lsblps Incident 20 pioneer life so far
.-sys1 from the centers ~ civlllza-
H- Nauy00 founded by the Saints,
ria resting place for them through a
lr troubled years. was IN the hands
trrangars n not enemies The Tenn
rat Nauvo0. erected by the Saints In
N DAYS OF their poverty and az much
u-iaee was a mass ~ ruins. n lorna
d only twenty days before the open
-rdour period. having completed the
Mn begun two years before by the
n-i n an 'ncendlarv; 50 that there
us no place where the work pertain
-gt0 me dead and the endowment of
d. living could he performed. Schools.
ensras and auxiliary associations
Asy had practically none and but little
respect Of having these adiuncts ~
~gr6ss and refinement for many years
come They were doomed 10 n hard
r~rge f0r existence IN n sterile land.
rh a hundred chances 10 one. 10 all
r-an Appearances. against their sue
av
MS was me condition Of the Church
Nto temporal concerns. And now as
things spiritual:
4 was doubtless appointed unto Jo-
s-h Smith the Prophet, 10 complete In
' lifetime me introduction Of all the
fundamental doctrines pertaining 10 the
l'1srsati0n NJ the Fullness ~ Times;
''i 90 lay the complete foundation for
DO holy Church Of God so that all en-
a'gsment NJ church organization and
e doctrine since HIS death Is 10 be re-
rrial as but the development OF that
Which he began, the more extensive
reclamation and application OF the
Hteples ha taught 10 an ever widen
he circle Of nations and peoples, and
deepening NJ the conviction of thelt
.-'h In tha hearts OF those who ac-
'e1 them
The latter part Of the year preceding
Ply opening NJ our period had witnessed
revival o' the missionary spirit and
lt1N o. the Church. Several OF the
Twelve Apostles had been sent abroad
open The door Of the Gospel 20 for
20 nations Elder John Taylor was
ON 70 France and Germany; Lorenzo
snow 90 switzerland and Italy; and
.a''us Snow 10 Scandinavia. But as
.'a Elder ana not reach their fields
. ab0r and open their missions until
''s- 'ha u ne Of June. 1850. the be-
,'h.ng and success of the work IN
''f and many other lands belong 10
No tfore NJ the last fifty years.
PREVIOUS 90 hts the Gospel had been
reclaimed .n most OF the states Of the
american Union. some parts Of Cana
4. 10 The British Islands. and IN the
N'ey Islands Of the South Pacific. As
NE Book ~ Mormon and other
.al-1h literature had been published
me ENGLISH language only. With
expulsion ~ the Saints from Maui
' ne several periodicals. published
me Church. both those IN Illinois
pm N the were discontinued; but