Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-24
IlHN ?. MEAK|N
At IONA TODAY
,.,tor at Joint Pioneer Day Gel
eSratIon in Which Idaho
Falls Joined.
I'll oCY ON THE PATHFINOERS
address by a Non.Mormon on
What Brigham Young ana roll
lovers Accomplished
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special to the News
,,., ida, July Alphabetically the
.o,ulatlon Of this district is as
sa., ,,.s here today to celebrate Pho
SIM M Idaho Falls is Joining with
a''' .be celebration and great day
"l.s r,sllt Aside from the interest
. ~. M Of sports and general fes-
~. ~. ,ss address OF John p. Meakin
~, lake was one Of the features.
.. yeakIns address was well re-
"a and when he concluded he was
"" Congratulated upon his effort
~. address In full was as follows:
,oy.,.ne years ogo today an exiled
i"5,f Mormon pioneers found them
~. IN the valley OF the Great san
~ These people were very poor,
~ M -a lroads or commerce TO aid
NV. slrounded by savage tribes Of
,lsi-rs Ir @ wilderness Of unculuvated
.l,s ~ forests. BY their own self
pee ana unuring energy, they have
r., N the wilderness a blooming
-.5sp which is our home, and this
!. sity.nine years.
Van must remember that these adj
,,-,sre0ls and wonderful achieve
---,s have been accomplished with
ls-o-ous bowling populaoe continually
.,fs,.r heels, barking and swapping at
,r,-r move they made.
lave noticed that AN movements
~ r,od arise out Of opposition, repres-
tvaui rebellion.
A NATIONS STRENGTH.
dancing down the vista Of countless
,rssVe are faced with the incontrovert-
a. fact that the religious principle IS
.ss nucleus OF nations strength ana
.set with the destruction 81 a prevail
me belief comes the destruction Of the
rreyallng power even as the breaking
.uay from the forms and traditions OF
.he past signifies a new birth OF a ma
ion or sect.
Human life is like the tree; It's growth
Is upward toward the light.
In the vista Of ages vanished
ln the tears and groans and strife
m the turbulent pulse Of the cosmos
In the painting toll Of life.
Ir the chaos all but formless
IN the cloud that holds a rod.
Ir the dreary tread OF ages
Z behold the hand Of Cod
To my mind, all the achievements OF
men are but scant fragments OF the
great uupendous whole, for all through
nature there Is a continuous line from
!ense Ignorance up 10 Intelligence and
wisdom.
VAIN SHOW OF POWER.
At the time when Christianity was
rst introduced. the Eplcurian adage,
Let us eat. drink, and be merry, tor
rmorrow We die vas at us height
AM The conquests OF Alexander Juilus
caesar and others were FOR gain only
10 attempt had been made TO better
,bs Individual man. Thus they have
IN rsssed away. leaving behind them
am me memory Of a splendid pomp,
vain show Of power, as hollow and
fs's, AS The ronquests they commem-
crate An conqucsts for conquests
.k, alone end IN defeat
EARLY HISTORY.
Tho Roman empire under Augustus
8ss ne elimination ~ pagan civiliza-
t.r About This time the l0wly Nazar-
rs VAS horn and the Christian era,
tfrr vas 10 royolutionIze the Euro
raar world. hegan. 10 taught morality
instead OF immortality, humoleness IN
stead ~ arrogance. love and forgive
rav instead ~ hate and revenge peace
Instead NJ war, and a belief In ihe one
sa3 only God I'm place ~ the myriad
tars NJ gods. N scorned all pomp and
show .r its religious ceremonies, TO-
ga,ha- 9lih the pride ~ place, and sub
farfs NJ ambitious politicians 10 gave
Go fhe laye the same religious liberty
and -oe0mitlon from his God As the
master to whom be daily bent The sup
r'Hrt knee Small wonder that 10 was
opposed and prosecuted, that It's foun-
Is' aaS a-uclfed. The wonder still re-
mains that DO spread over the whole Of
Europe unll The emperor Of Rome
Constantine found It polite to embrace
OBJ. lfE religion. History repeats itself
AND So we End that as Christianity
Uea Do numbers 20 lost in purity. The
church ~ R0me-the Spanish InQuisi-
N1n--and al The strange array OF
mrrs'rosities that arose 20 crafty per-
HHa. ambition. were IN their turn de-
fefsi hy the great men that necessity
produced to swing aloft The torch OF
reason ,o enllghtcn mankind.
SOME GREAT MEN,
Great men aud great men have aris-
on Dad heir following, lived their day,
and passed along 20 give 10 others their
dtte grain n truth and Justice. All
sr0at me. arl inspired with a great be-
let. ana a'i roat men fail 90 be great
hv departing from The cause % hu-
manty t1r selfish ambition Notable
among modern instances stands Ma
potion. -p.sadld. majestic and IN chains.
iiis memory is living monument o.
power and klngly attain
nanis welded % selfish ambitions and
'ers17l gain. We admire, even a. We
ply 'he lone prisoner az ST. Helena.
WHAT tragedy. and al the same time
F1at trdycsty WAS the end ~ that
lalcrfui man. dying. alone and pris-
''e. dead being brought home in pomp
ana triumph Flowers showercd over
ne unteeliUg clay. that was not blessed
WIN one litue posy during Us last NOR
.a' career.
Yes. truly. an great men sum M the