Graham guardian., 1908-08-07
COLUMBUS BRIGHAM

When In deepest sorrow and trIbu
latiou, when hope had almost fled
the skies were dark and the only
music to their ears was the war.
whoop of the painted savage and
the dismal howl of the wolf, when
thunders rolled and lightning
flashed, mid all this despair, Brig.
ham Young would shout: "Come
onl Come on !" And would sing:
Come, come, ye Saints, no toll nor labor fear
But wend your way;
Though hard to you this journey may appear
Grace shall be as your day.
'Iis better far for us to thrive,
Our useless cares from Us to drive.
All Is well All'is well 90
Why should we mourn, or think our lot is
hard?
'Tis not so; all is right.
Why should we think to earn a great reward,
II now we shun the fight ~
Gird up your loins, fresh courage take,
Our God viii neyet US fofsake
And soon Well have this tale 10 ,eli,
All is well All is we'll
Well find the place which God for us pre-
pared,
Far away in the West;
Where none shall come TO hurt or make
afraid;
There the Saints will be blessed
Wei make the air with music ring.
Shout praises to ou- God and King,
Above the rest these words we'll tell
All is well All is well
And should we die before our journeys
HAPPY Cdha'f daayf All is well.
We then are free from toll and sorrow, too.
With the Just We shall dwell,
But If our lives are spared again,
To see the Saints their rest obtain,
o. how We'll make their chorus swell
All is well All is well.
Columbus said, NSail onI Sail
on" Brigham Young said: "Come
on! Come onw
CANE FROM ALL NATIONS
In this great western arid world
we have all nationalitles, people
from the four quarters of the globe,
this in fulfllment of the words of
the old Prophet Isaiah, wherein
he said: "Get ye up in the tops
of the mountains exalted above the
hllls where all Nations shall flow
unto you"
The mormon" religion is a
practical one, and irrespective of
beliefs, it has been . BLESSING to
tH%S .a"S oI thousands. Houses, school.
houses and chvrehas have been
bUilt ali over the land, the people
have been educated and brought
up right, lifting with them all who
would be lifted to higher plane.
"Mormonism" believes in building
here on earth, not in the clouds.
1t helps men to help themselves.
Eighty per cent. own their homes,
and the educational status of this
people throughout the West ranks
second in the United States of
America,
OF course person or people
possessing such characteristics,
who have won such victories be.
come the target Of criticism and
who are as Byron says:
Shall find their loftiest peaks
Most wrapped IN clouds and snow:
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Shall look down upon the hate of them be-
blow"
What but the strong conviction
of right, a profound belief in Di-
vine aid could have induced this
little handful of people to face
the horrors of an unknown wilder
ness2
This God-given belief, this one,
ness of. thought and purpose en-.
abled the "Mormons", to open up
the great West, to place u Mecca
in the wilderness, where upwards
Of half million sturdy, honest
citizens live mid Towering vines,
waving grasses, bending trees and
singing brooks with majestic
rivers and bHbbling brooks.
WE Will CELEBRATE TOGETHER
Let us celebrate and rejoice to.
gether in the blessings of today.
Let us do honor to the Pioneer,
he rests beneath the sod. Let us
pay the debt of gratitude we owe
and by so duing follow the udmo,
ntions Of the faithful aud do as
those who we honor today, build
for the future
SLEEP, OLD PIONEERS
Will Carlton, the farmers poet,
has given us these words:
When the Springtime Is lighteSt,
When the summer eyes are brightest
Or the autum sings most drear
When tho winters hair Is whitest--
Sleep, old Pioneer