Show WALKED ACROSS THE PLAINS Almost every day the papers contain p 11 t report of ot the death of at some aged man manor manor manor or woman here in Utah and almost the first statement after atter the fact of ot demise is that he walked across the plains or she was one of the band of pio plo pioneers pioneers who helped with the handcart brigade from the Missouri river to Utah in Inand and then follows the year The record will not be he continued much longer Those old men and old women are passing away And with them will go 0 something absolutely unique unique in American history Those Immigrants must have had a sublime purpose a n mighty hope a most alluring picture of ot the life awaiting them In the distant wilderness They expect to find it a flowering garden of at Eden by any means They knew that labor and t hardship would be their portion even when they reached the Promised Land But they mingled their religious aspirations aspi aspirations rations with early earh hopes and knew absolutely no limit to sacrifice or exer Zion And no matter what Is the motive for forn tn n Ii devotion of that sort charac character character character ter It makes strong the purpose tenacious the will wUl resolute the spirit it builds for fortitude fortitude fortitude and enriches courage People who pass through such experiences as those of the aged men and women whose dy dying dying dying ing full of years and of honors is now liow EO so frequently recorded in the papers are fit lit for the battle of ot life lite no matter how hard bard that conflict may be They certainly certainly certainly lay deep and broad the foundations foundations foundations of the commonwealth commo wealth And the children who come after atter thein have a splendId Inspiration for all nIl the loftier Impulses of their own generation Let us give the tribute of at reverent honor Donor lonor to the veterans who have done their work who have left lett their example of tasks tusks accomplished under tremendous difficulties Let Lot us honor bonor them as they remain with us and bow the head in solemn sorrow as they fare to the Great Beyond |