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Show : ZSIiil YOUNG'S CLM1 TO ; GREA1NESS - 1 1 ! II The 'object ion which lias been raised In the Eat 'to jto: Go'tlon of placing plac-ing a bust of nrigliam Young in the rrof. seJ Hall rf Fa-mous Americans, was a part of the t utject bf Bishop Or-eo:Yj?". Or-eo:Yj?". Whitney's discourse in the Tab-err Tab-err icle yesterday afternoon. - I Shop TiTiItney railed at the com-merHal com-merHal fpirit of the Gentiles.' He paid: "IHie Gentiles have a mission. Their mission Is to build railroads and steamboats. steam-boats. In respect to them I will say they are fulfilling their mission in civilizing: civ-ilizing: and beautifying; the earth. But they forget their part Just as the- Mormons Mor-mons 3io and go meddling with the affairs af-fairs of their neighbors. "I have nothir.gr against the banker and the financier and the railroad man. God expects them to make j?ood use f theif wealth. But my patience is exhausted ex-hausted when Latter-day Saints- Imagine Imag-ine that God's only grift to them was to make money.' Thi is the Gentile way of looking at it" He said that one day he remarked to a Gentile that Brigham Young was the architect of the Salt Lake Theater. Thi man said: ' "What a mark he might have made for himself had he been educated and had remained) In th Eas-t. He might have died many times a millionaire." Think of that!" cried Bishop Whitney. Whit-ney. "The Etatue of Brlgham Young should be placed among the greatest in the Hall of Fame, or It Ehoul3 not bs placed . there at all. Jfe is worthy of a place among the beBt or none t all. It is true he redeemed a deert; he was the greatest pioneer, and colonizer this country has even seen; he made it po8 sible for people to come here and amass great fortunes; he made it possible for the poor to come here and become rich; he founded 200 cities and many temples; he built a mighty Bute, and yet he is to be ranked as one of the lesser great men. They expect me to fall down and worship men who have amassed millions mil-lions for their children to quarrel over, and I tell you that I will not do it. They suggest placing the -etatue of Brlgham Young In the temple of fame among the lesser of our great men. I repeat that he should be among the greatest of the Nation or not at alL" . |