Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-11

long enough vet. The nists OF preiu.
dice must be- rolled away by intellectual
development. and then we build monu-
menta o. their memories
The history Oh Utah cannot be WRIT
tUu without thf name uf brigham
YOUNG. the pioneer and fearless leader
OF the carly Motmona
1n 1896 Brigham Young and his as
socistes SET about preparlus for the
Journey of the pioneers to the ROCKY
Mountains. Driven from state 70 state.
they had aed from mob after mob over
w,ll-niRh half the continent These
pioneers started from Winter quarters,
now Florence Nebraska. early I'm sefl.
The main body OF people were left up
on the Missouri. they following later.
The Missouri river was the dividing
line between civilization and desula-
tion can best give you an Idea Of
The indomltablc pluck aud energy of
Brigham YOUNG. by making a comparl-
son between him ana Christopher Coz
umbus Both were pioneers, both
dauntess in their courage both were
successful Brigham Young was
abused and vilined, not understood.
brigham Young tracked the barren
desert knowing very little about the
uncisnized west Behind him was his
old home aud "a few loved ones. Behind
him were the sucers aud curses OF HE
fellow men. but wlthul. De pushed on
into the desert ana the wilderness. In
bis devotion 90 his people he was az
gentle as the flowers In his defense OF
them be was as bold and as fearless
as the lion. That htue band OF exilel
outcasts looked TO him as their Moses
And he was.
When n deepest sorrow and tribu-
nN HnA
when skies were dark. and the only
music 10 their ears was the war-whoop
of the painted savage. and the dismal
howl OF the wolf. when thunders rolled
and ughtuings flashed. mid all this
despair. brigham Young would Sing
and shout
Come. come. ye Saints. no toll nor
labor fear
But with Joy wcud you way.
Though hard o. you this Journey
may appear
Grace shall be ds your day
Grd up your Joins. fresh courage take
our God VIII never us forsake;
And soon wen have this tale to tell
AN Is we'll an is wen"
Brigham Young was a great and
gifted man. a big hearted man. broad
saiudcd and philauthropic. ! knew him
personally and 1 liked him. lie and
his people penetrated the very heart Of
the desert and the mountains, where
they founded salt Lake city the home
Wc love so weil--the parent Of hun
dreGs of cities towns and villages that
nave sprung into existence. as the gin
off Brigham Young and his band Of pio-
n-ers
Note my comparison OF the two men,
Brigham Young and Christopher CO.
Iunhus Think OF the lie of Columbus,
how be suffered. how De was reviled,
ret he gave to the generations Of to-
iay aud those to follow. ufes grand
est lesson. Sail on Sail on" no man
suffered moro indiguitles, nor sur
mounted more gigantic obstacles than
ia Christopher Columbus. RE accom-
piished as much, Of not more. for the
physical ana mental development of
The world. as any other man. He 81
umined for The whole world the At
antic ocean and discovered d land OF
majestic wonders.
We today are reaping the harvest
If his sowing Though be was ignoren.
neglected and left 10 die alone On pow
erty and distress his lessons TO me
world viii permoate an the cc-ning
ages.
II is the way Of the world.
"Canuonade while living.
CunouIze arter death"
The character OF this man. this
splendid ideal H. beautifully portrayed
10 the grand poem by Joaquin Miller
The California poet The poem illt-s-
rates the hardships and vicissitudes
he trials and tribulations during the
voyage of Columbus and his men 70
America. just previous to the discov-
ery OF this continent.
one OF these pioneers was "a Nor
mon." the other a Catholic. one was
on the land; the other on the sea.
Brigham Young said. Come on
Come Oni" ana over five hundred
miles of country was redeemed from
the desert.
Columbus said: "sau on! Sal, on"
He gained a world; he gave that
world
IT'S grandest lesson, con and on"