Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-01

the second council OF authority in the
Church. Though compelled to leave
Missouri, he, In the absence of the
imprisoned first presidency--Jos eph
Smith. Sidney Rigdon and Hyrunl
Smith-directed the winter exodus OF
The plundered and homeless people.
OUTWITI1NG THE MOB.
Az early as July, 1888. the prophet
mad instructed the twelve apostles 10
take Il mission TO Europe, ana the reve-
lation commanding il gave the date
upon which they should depart from
the temple lot IN Far West. This was
before the mob troubles began. before
the saints We're driven, and before there
was any prospect OF such a calamity.
But now all was changed: the eXprl-
sion was an accomplished fact, and it
was as much as Mormon's life was
worth TO be seen in Missouri. How
was the word OF the Lord to be full
filled7 The mob leaders. aware OF the
prediction had sworn that it should
never be fulfilled. Before daybreal,
however, on the morning of the day
appointed-April &c, iSS9-Brighaiu
Young and others of the twelve rode
into Far West, held meeting on the
temple lot. ordained two apostles ana
started thence upon their mission; the
enemy meanwhile wrapped In slumber.
obliYious to what was taking place.
Delayed by the founding of their new
city, Nauvoo. in Illinois, and by an
epidemic of fever and ague which
swept over that newly settled section,
the apostles did not cross the Atlantic
until nearly a year later, and even
then this intrepid man and his no less
intrepid companions arose from sick
beds, leaving their families ailing and
almost destitute, to begin their jour
ney-
ON BRITISH SOIL.
Landing at Liverpool pennlless, on
the 9th of April, 1870, Brigham Young
and his brethren remained i'll Great
Britain little more than a year, dur
ing which time they broadened and
strengthened the foundations of that
important mission. previously laid by
two of their number-Heber G. KIM
ball and Orson Hyde--with their assoc
ciates. Seven or eight thousand souls
were now added to the Church, and
branches raised up in nearly every not
ed city and town throughout the Unit
ed Kingdom. The Book of Mormon
was republished, the Millennial Star
founded, gospel tracts and hymn books
printed and distributed, II thousand
emigrants sent 70 Nauyoo. and "A per-
manent emigration agency established,
which sent annually across the ocean
hundreds and thousands of souls to
help build up the Church in America
1t was during this mission that Brig
ham Young gave the first great proof
of his rare ability as an organizer and
an executive.
He had returned from Europe, and
with the majority of his quorum was
on n mission In the Eastern states,
when the prophet and the patriarch
Joseph. and Hyrum Smith, were muir
la 4 ,rtl Nae dat
10 Nauvoo, President Young and his
confreres were Just I'm time to defeat
certain ambitious designs upon the
leadership of the Church, and to main
tain the right OF the twelve apostles to
succeed the lirst presidency, now no
more.
ANOTHER MOSES.
A veritable Moses to a modern Israel.
Brigham Young led his people in their
historic flight into the western wilder
ness. and commanded in person the
pioneer band. which entered salt Lake
valley on the 2ith Of July, 1877. They
had penetrated to the heart OF the
"Great American DESERT" a region de-
scribed by Daniel Webster az "a vast
worthless area" UNIT for civilized oc-
cupancy and impossible to reclaim.
Here they founded Salt Lake city. the
parent of hundreds Of cities, towns and
the barren bosom OF the waste, as Nor
monlsms gift 10 civilization.
Flinging TO the breeze the Stars and
Stripes, these pioneers took possession
OF a country just conquered from Mexi-
co; a portion of the invading army be-
ing the Mormon Battalion, furnished TO
the government by The migrating
Church, at Council BUNS, In the SUM
lner OF 1886. At the close OF the AeSi-
can war, pending action by Congress
upon THAR petition FOR a state govern
mant, our people organized the proYls-
ional government OF the state OF Des-
eret. with Brigham Young as the unani-
mously elected governor, Congress de-
nied tbs prayer for statehood, but or
ganlzed. on ths 9TH ~ shptam-
her, 1850, ihe territory Of Utah,
with brigham YOUNG az governor
by appointment of the president OF the
United states, He served eight years,
on two full tsrins. being reappointed up-
on a memorial signed by Mormons and
non MoFmOnH, and was suceaded by
Hon, Alfred Cumming, utah's FIRST non
Mormon executive
DECLARED MARTIAL. LAW
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