The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-22


called This involved a difficult and tedl
Gus journey through 81 trncklcss waste
infested by hostile savagcs, and settle
mrut I'm q barren wilderness az the Jour.
uey's end Ills courage never fultered
nud he impaired 10 to others 40 that the
mdlur part clumorcd to begin the march.
llis ara9sgm'ntS, Tere MI sagnctou lousy
lions 10 his aid when human reason and
persuasion failed
He succeeded Ills people passed over
m appalling desert route, conquered all
obstacles, avoided serious conflicts with the
Indians and reached Salt Lake valley Ia
Utah without serious DISASTER This WAS
accomplished In the three years following
the death OF Joseph Smith.
only those who have seen the site OF
this settlement can pass judgment upon II.
Today Ii IL one OF the garden spots Of the
world Snowcapped mountains rear their
heads above the valleys that are not
equnlod for fertility in any known part
And here, under the guiding hand OF Brig
ham Young there was built up commu-
thenucally recorded IN the annals OF any
other colony known In history salt Lake
city, Its center has no counterpart on
Garth, IL was designed by the successor
0t the original Mormon prophet and must
ever remain Il monument 10 his genius,
Meanwhile the propaganda Of the Nor
mon church has not been neglected, Mis-
sionaries had gone abroad Into foreign
| Theirs was not the ordinary mission OF pro
! claiming now meanings for sacred texts,
the speculative beliefs and formal core
monies OF their converts, They brought a
isncW light on the whole subject, Joseph
Smiths revelation superseded all others,
Revelations preceding II We're not TO be
disregurdcd and were useful but they
could be understood only when subOrdinated
70 his, This was the message that the
Mormon missionaries brought 20 the pious
| Of the world The Mormons were the Lat.
| ter Day Saints OF the Church OF Jesus
| Christ and according 20 their teaching all
| other protested Christians We're in hopeless
SJormonlsm spread ike an infection 1t
| drew within its propaganda men OF tho
| highest scholastic attonmcnts, They were
meaning that had been assigned 10 obscure
sacred texts and among It's udhercntS were
men who could have talked Hebrew face
| TO face with Moses or could have con
yerscd IN Greek With Saint PanL
AZ its head was sturdy parsonage who
can only be rated Ignorant II measured
| BY the standard of schoasticlsm Brigham
I Young was uuqucsiinnohly hotter taught
| IN the schools than Joseph SmitA, hut it Is
/ doubtful II he could parse and analyze a
much involved English sentence But he
had a Keen knowledge OF human disposi-
ton and comprehensive mind
The plural wife system, dimly yelled at
Nauvoo by Joseph Smith, was boldly pro
claimed at Salt Lake city by his sue
cessor. Brigham Young, BY revelation II
became an essential doctrine % the saints.
Geutiles considered tails the main cause
OF the growth OF MoTmonlsm. This theory
| Is rcfuted by the Increased number OF con
lverts since the suppression of p0lygamv
| by the Feiera laws, This increase n
1 the United States Is obvious where Nor
| mon missionaries are active IA an sections
y pullif attention ls called 20 them rnelnly
b. violence indicted on them, or by theL