Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15


ne such record OF himself IN his own
autobiography, that the kind Of man ne was
stands easily conspicuous and prominent
An Incident OF his youth illustrates tue
dominant note in hts character, when was
a complete absorption Of himself IN any en-
| terprlse he undertook, and complete CIV
| Ing up Of himself TO any cause he chose 10
| champion The Incident has to 90 win
! meeting his brother william In ONO Par-
lev heard his brother was living 10 miles
| distant from his forest home, and dropping
| his TOOLS ran nearly The whole distance
| forgetful OF hlmeeH ana tne ~
! fjguo entirely I'll he had his brother by inc
! hand within two hours. In another noun
! ne was talking earnestly 10 him OF the SOS
pcl and making convert or nm Wnlle 10
| entertained him at his own home IN we
forest ~ 81,
| Another incident having to do with MS
! lack Of restraint In launching into a snp,,
ject IN which ne was Interested lie neaIu
conversion TO the gospel Illustrated the sans
| of the Book OF Mormon from a baptiSt MN
I ister He read It, was overcome win us
| spirit and Immediately set out for Palnlyra
| q find the Prophet Joseph.
When he got TO the house, he met Hyrum
| Smith and the two Of them sat up all night
| Ia talk over the wonders of the now gospel
! I'm which Farley was acquiring so over
| whelming an interest, Next day ne sldIteu
| ID walk 30 miles TO n pItRtHlHs HpPpiiiN
| ment and when too tired 10 walk, ne
| stopped to read the Book OF Mormon re
| preached his sermon, after his 80 mlle Walk
| and then finding he was not baptsed, ana
| that there was now authority ON eaItn W
| commission elders To preach the gospel ne
| about faced and walked back 80 miles 10
| demand his baptism at the hands VI fiyrum'
| As soon as the baptism was Oyer, n NlBor-
Gus preaching campaign was started tlaO
| kept the new convert busy for many weeks
There was something OF the same SELF
| effacing devotion again In the trying era
following the death of President Joseph
Smith. Farley was on steamer plylng pc
tween Buffalo and Chicago, when news OF
tho Prophet's death came 10 him. Known
as Mormon he was asked the effect on me
religion, and he replied at once that the
Mormons would continue their work ana
guread their gospel he had restored In all
the world declaring to the passengers that
the Prophets martyrdom was on par with
the killing Of all the other prophets OF an
cient days
next leader OF the Church, Farley replied
I'm manner to show that self seeking was
not a trait In his character, declaring IN a
way 10 silence his questioners, that ne was
a man and that a man never exulted ana fl-
umphed In the murder of the innocents
Landing at Chicago, he did another typical
thing II was To throw every ounce of his
energy into an attempt to get to Nauvoo
From Peoria there was l05 miles 10 go, and
he started out on foot thinking OF every
thing first. before his own comfort ano
pleasure. This was long, lonely. and soil
tary Journey he made over the illinois plains
10 the sorrowful city, and he spent th'
weary miles thinking Of the devastated
Church and the sorrowful women 10 whom
he was coming home, finally working gu
in his mind the plan by which he woul'
act on arriving, to preserve the Church or
ganization, and keep the work going ahea'
10 fulhll It's mission In three days n
walked the distance, announced the ieel
, ing he had TO conference OF people an ~,
then found himself with fight on nj
, hands Sidney Rlgdon so impersonal ]
his loyalty, was aspiring to be presden,
and had called meeting TO have himsei
A meeting with Elder Rigdon, and ordere
, him TO wait tho arrival of the other apostle,
before they finally arrived another al
tempt by Rigdon had to be thwartea' an
, the issue was met with the same ulsseKa u
(, fo, personal consequences to himself an
= I'm the same spirit of considering the gOod {
I the whole church Instead OF ms own tutur
Even against arguments that great proper
losses would occur through delay, ne argue
n that property losses We're nothlng 10 "
a oospei whose principles must he Kept sacre
despite every material advantage or Inate
q tal loss When the other apostles nnal
:, arrived the meeting was held az whic
" ur,gbau Young was chosen leader, ar
a there was no murmur from Parley VINO hs
u hold the key 70 the difficult situation II
l. 80 long. -. ,...,,,,,
y fsoer daily Mllando Pratt, n nephew r
~ calls him as man who was very FOND
y chudren. ''He used to come TO our hou
~ whom 7 was a boy" he says, "and we q
~ ,yavs ran TO meet him. He was sure
w. col no all on his back, or as many as
VI Could carry, and pack us into the hou
IN There were many Incidents / recall abo
~ bis private life, such as his work IN {
no CANYONS. when he cut trees enough TO Zen
-. his farm, some OF them even being belt
, the size OF six-iuches which was the lel
m limit for cutting trees.
-" "When disciplined for this. he made
Oh Grafton To the court that was thrill
om thing and IN Il ne said he had cut I
Ia frees because he wanted 10 see II anybo
10 mad the ginger to stand up and bring
''N orostIe 10 nm accounting He thanked 10
"a Nebeser. who made the complaint, for hi
,ts Ing the sand" to DO IT, and won his n
vi dnn, with a severe reprlmand. lie j
ns heen one OF the legislators who had pass
in, the law on cutting young trees.
49, "As a Young boy remember his talks
80 tho oid tabernacle He was great oral
{INi ,nd the words seemed to roll of HIS toni
10 quentlv and with never n pause TO in'
, ,,,nrd He would walk back and forth
~ ths pulult when he talked, holding
ju, ior,els OF his coat with his hands. He
.atr ,vavs held his audiences spellhound u
w" bt, career In the Mormon Church grew
~ ~ giving himself UP wholly TO It's w'
nm ard then letting It's necessities shape
out fu,uro He was never too poor 20 SO o
.o,, ,9,ssiou. or too involved TO leave his hC
,niv "a perfsrm a public duty. Most, II not
- ~ hls life was a sacrifice Of personal
tires for the general good OF the Churci