Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-29

The following is clipped from the
Ashtabula, Ohio, Beacon Record. 1t
appears as an editorial under the cap
ton, THE Editor Atour:
1t requires no vivid imag ination TO
conceive how the weary, worn but Ut
hopeful little band of Mormon pio--i
neers. under the leadership of that man
OF indonitable will, Brigham Young,
In 1917, after having been ctr1Xe zen
from pillar to post by relentless persea-
8icsutors, when they had placed wide
stretches of desert plains and tiers OF
formidable mountain obstacles between
themselves and their enemies entel..
tanned the hope that they had at ii as.
come into their promised land and tnhti
they pictured parallels IN the top ,. "a
fnhv she tween features In "Deseret ana
those OF the ancient Canaan Of the He
brews after their escape from Egypt
and long wanderings.
However. they recognized they had
not come into land of milk ana Money.
save as it was possible for them 70
make it such, which they promptly SET
out to do Their enemies who mad a
general idea Of the prevalent conditions,
who thought of the locality as one NJ
only for the coyote and rattle snake anu
then wondered how they couiu survive
therein, we're disposed to think that not
only had the eastern centers of ciyiliza-5
ttiotl gotten free from a pest and curse
hut that the hated had accomplished
their elimination or suicide by planting
stheynselyes where they did on the shore
Of the inland salt sea. The history OF
the development which then began and
which has had to do with the earth 9
surface and underneath with matters
OF government With public utilities,
with character building, etc. Is really
marvellous and often reads like ro-
nance. s!:si
A very graphic, truthful, fair and
htghly suggestive summary OF what has
been accomplished Is given in the
..Breaking of the Wilderness" where 1t
is said: at must be acknowledged
that the Mormons were wilderness
breakers of a high quality They not
only broke it, but they kept 1t broken;
and instead of the gin mill and the
gambling hell. as cornerstonesoft their
progress, and as examples to the ma
tiyes of white mems superiority. they
planted orchards. gardens, farms, school
houses and peaceful homes There Is
TODAY. no part Of the United States
where human life is safer than in the
land Of the Mormons: no place where
there is less lawlessness. A people who
have accomplished so much that Is
good, who have endured danger. priva-
ton and suffering, who have stood 't'
the obloquy OF more powerful sects,
have in them much that is commend
able: they deserve more than abuse,
they deserve admiration. no matter
what may have been their shortcom-
inss In the earlier stages of their ca
reer."
Undonbtedly the success of the Nor
mons in causing the desert literally
to blossom with flowers, fruits and all
manner of products furnished an I'M
pressive example and Impaired incen-
tive, faith and courage to the people of
other localities similarly circumstance
to Utah. as 1t was, and who today dwell
IN aigoodly land of plenty and pros
perity. &,
| The Niornons were never open to the
charge of being lazy. They have had
no patience with the indoient. They
believe with st. Paul that the man who
does not work should not eat. The bee