Show r t Visions of or Broad Empire The greatness of a man it has hac been said may be measured by bythe bythe bythe the radius of the circle that circumscribes cir clr- his vi vision on Judged by bj this standard Brigham Young was magnificently great both in spiritual outlook and practical statesmanship He visualized his people and the church to which they belonged as the recipients of ill III truth from what whatever ver source be beit it Christian it-ChristIan or Pagan Hence from other denominations denominations were offered the hand of fellowship in this newly founded in the valleys of the mountains The church was considered considered con con- the receptive agency and of that truth and culture culture culture cul cul- ture which would eventually fill the whole earth In the meantime the historic 3 statement This is the Place uttered upon entering Salt Lake Valley was pregnant with meanIng mean- mean Ing Almost immediately committees committees committees commit commit- tees were sent out in different directions to see if they could find finda a g better place as a center for Mormon colonization and expansion sion They all aU came back with the conviction that This is the Place was wise and prophetic Th The journal of Norton Jacob JacoD reports re- re reports reports re re- ports ports that one brother Vance was dissatisfied and wished to go elsewhere but aside from that the vote was unanimous in its ap ap- On the of August a committee committee com com- that had been exploring in the region around Ogden re reported reported reported re- re ported that one Miles Goodyear had a a. farm and ranch there upon which he was raising various grains rains and vegetables Corn was already in tassel August 9 91 Howe Howe dr despite various favorable favorable favor favor- able reports of Cache Valley and other parts Salt Lake Valley remained remained remained re re- the center of the Mormon Empire and the mother of either wid widespread a colonization both north and south and east and west In all aU these movements Brigham Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig ham Young who by common consent consent con con- s sent mt and approval of the Saints at Winter Vint r Quarters December 24 21 1847 became President Brigham Young showed his practical state statesmanship in meeting the trying trying trying try try- ing and intricate problems of making home in iii this undeveloped wilderness The valleys of the mountains prophetically called were rapidly filled with homes and thriving villages from Cache Valley on the North to St. St George Georgeon on the South More over the prescient eye of President Young envisioned an empire that extended its bounds into what are now the States of I Colorado Wyoming Idaho Nevada Neva Neva- N Nevada eva eva- da Arizona and California Wherever settlements were made the admirable church organization tion furnished the basis for both religious and civic discipline and orderly government One distinctly distinct- distinct ly new Saxon Anglo-Saxon frontier activity activity ac ac- was introduced that of ir ir- More of this projected empire and the detailed activities projected therein will be given in ina ina ina a concluding paper I The concluding article by Dr Snow will appear next week I |