Show BIRTH FROLIC DEATH Born Sept 9th 1850 the Territory of Utah Died January 4 1896 at 8 a m the Territory ritory of Utah The recording of this birth and death was hailed with great joy by every citizen living in the Territory of Utah Now greeting death with joy may sound strange to some people but it does not sound that way to Christians as they arc taught to believe that there is no such thing a death But what is considered con-sidered by some a death is looked upon by them as merely being changed from a lower to a higher sphere and thanks be to Almighty God the giver of all good this is what has happened to the Territory of Utah I is not dead but has been changed from a lower to a higher position A change she well deserved de-served and with this change it became necessary that she should assume a new name and one that would last for all time to come tme This new birth occurred January 4 o 1S93 at three minutes past S a m and the new name given her was the State of Utah This makes her the fortyfifth birth and a offspring of the grandest noblest and mightiest nation on the face of Gods green earth Now through death and then resurrection we are ex meted to become as one and to forgive and forget all differences we may have had prior to this change and to begin life anew Now let us hope that every citizen living in the new state of Utah will forgive and forget any and all differences dif-ferences that may have existed in days pone by Let bygones be bygones for all timo to come and may they never be referred to so long as time shall last We should all b united now and have but one object and that should be to make the State of Utah shine as the brightest star of the nation Now let us all join and act unitedly and then we simply wane the whole earth Wo want It whitewashed overhead over-head fenced in with Utah stone by Utah labor and nothing but home material ma-terial shall be used in doing this work I am A PRODUCT OF UTAH |