Show two cities san francisco and salt lake like I 1 there aro are two american cities which certainly in their origin aud and sibly in their destiny have no counterparts iu fu any count country rV or any age rge ade ono one ono is san francisco the offspring of the thy lowest of human buman passions blobs tho the love of wealth the other is salt lake the offspring of the tho highest human passion the tho love iove of religion lon ion singularly enough however the first white men who settled perma thet spot where iseo isco cisco now stands were ministers of religion just a century ago in 17 1776 6 two spanish monks monka of the order de r of stu rancis fancis came to this then unknown frontier of the western hemisphere and planted the ensign ofa oa ota faith whose vital force h lying living survived in undiminished vigor all th tue tub revolutions of creeds and civilizations izat lons ions promises to resist the processes of disintegration and decay jay as aalona long iong as the soul of man looks upward toward its maker the old church of the mission dolores built bulit of sun dried bricks still preserves the memory of these spiritual pioneers and the gigantic eros cros cross which from the summit ol 01 lono lione mountain looks down upon a reality that far outstrips their wildest dreams tells the stranger that the cause for which they labored lias has lost nothing by its transfer tp tid i later hands but something more than pious zeal needed to aft ab tuo the lonely mission station from froin obscurity into fame in 1847 1817 the total population of lot san francisco was only in 1818 the in which has since wrought huoh i magical growth left the almost deserted but in IM 1849 the a advance v ince began whose astonishing ie le benow we now se see sec und and whose consummation none may dare daro to measure how row strange strang eF from a purely intellectual point of yiew view that the briding finding of a few bits of yellow metal in capt butte buttery mill w race should have made california the holy landgrof a new crusade should have covered the beach along which bichard richard henry dana then a common sailor in the brig pilgrim carried dry hides on hid bid head with wharves and warehouses should have converted piles of drifting sand the washings up of tho the restle restless Qs into streets whose rush and idar edar roar remind one of the tho heart at should have havo crowned these desolate hilltops hill tops with copies of italian villas and french palaces should have trans formed a wide waste peopled only by roving indians an aud and 0 mexica Mex icari ca t feher ders into a flourishing angio anglo baxon saxon and raised the village of inhabitants to a city of and all in ld twenty seven years what other power save the power of gold could have done so much in so hort short a per peri 1311 i the home homo of the pro oro prophets peets and kingson kings of israel th escene of calvary tremendous tragedy where tho temple tempie of colb solomon mon stood and the bleeding body of christ wits was buried is a mass of mingled ruin and filthy filth the temporary resort of a crowd of dirty pilgrims tha the property t of the meanest race thae thai claims the credit of civilization the mission dolores with no nobler stimulant than that that afforded by the blundering discovery of captain S sutter utter has has bas flowered out into a metropolis tro polis whose present prosperity and future prospects are the worlds wonder suggestive and significant is tho contrast between jerusalem and san francisco between the city where as it is believed the presence of god was specially manifested for thousands of years and the city where only ohly twenty seven years ago mammon set up his throne the one desolate 3 degraa s ed sunk to the lowest depths of poverty ign ignorance craned and oppression the bruised and battered neilo relio of the sacred glories of the past the other standing erect and elate elata in the flush of youth thronged thron ged with eager devotees from every quarter of bf the tho globe filled to over ovel overflowing flowing with that marvellous marcellous marv ellous chergy which is the consequence as well as the cause of vast and successful industrial and financial enterprise draw dirig ving an ah exhaustless wealth of ot j h a broad domain literally paved with precious oro ore T already the ther commercial mistress of half a continent and stretching her hands through the folden gate to ta gras grasp the ithe trade of india china ani ang and t japan A it is curious cn rious to baythe say the least thad t that at those who would mid find in the nineteenth century the religious principle working as 49 actiVe actively lk tand and as effectively aa as the pecuniary prin ciple must turn tera to a sect which popular opinion brands as the least christian of any in christendom the intelligent traveller who climbs to the tho roof of the principal hotel in indale salt balo lake olty city just as the sun is setting will witness ii a sight he never can forget to the west flashing like burnished steel sidel in the rays of odthe the descending orb lies that inland sea which is the puzzle of physical geographers to the north and south ohp re a d out thelong the long Iong narrow valle valie valley vailey thab that a t tempted the band hunts huntz of hunted exiles to pitch their wandering teats here to the east and sweeping round toward the right and left are the wasatch moun mountains tams taWs their tops flecked with snow zi rid their air ragged rugged breasts packed with gold through yonder deep gorge still known as emigration canon cantoni orson pratt fratt and his companions looked for the first time upon the trodden nn territory which was wag to be the refuge of the persecuted church of jesus christ of latter day saints nearer Is the little river ilver on whose banks they camped antl and with whose w water a they dedicated the then sterile soil soll to the service of jehovah and ibe the furtherance of the creed proclaimed by joseph smith and dud con secrates sec rated by his blood beneath the eye is the product of thab that dedication a city of lof thirty thousand souls a city em bosomed id in n trees and fra fragrant with fruits fruit and sand flowers a city whose streets sparkle with the clear cool streams springing from fountains hidden in the adjacent hills a city with all the coni comforts convenience sand luxuries demanded by modern culture and refinement a city with a hous house 0 of worship capable of holding an audience 6 of f thirteen thousand and having in process of construction a temple draple t which will yie vie in size and asplen splendor dor with the cathedrals of europe a city one among whose many stares esl is large enough to contain tad ii any two ia ih st ste louis louls a city evidently prosperous nuch aloye above the average and whose women omen and children inspire in spite to the contrary are are apparently in iff the enjoyment of bf aa much health and happiness as fall td th the 1 diot lot of hu humanity manity thirty years ago I 1 tun place lace was a desert abw ab nb itts itis it is a h gar gari i den thirty years ago tha nearest habitation of civilized man wa was q a thousand miles away now kow it id 19 the centre and distributing depot of a thriving community scattered through the immense region bpi bev be tween the bocky rocky and teo tho sierra nevada mountains thirty witty sears years ago the shores of taah aalt flake inake ke had been visited ex ng parties par ties lies and eind a tew hunters who were willing to risk their scalps in sea search ch of game now no foreigner foreign ef who who comes to it satisfied until he has been here and every steamer that leaves liverpool poo brings reinforcements to its permanent residents laugh as we may of joseph smith and his strange theology con condemn deinas as we may the social system system which the fanaticism or the thel lust of brigham yung has reared zeared upon that theology pity as is we wb may inay the willing victims of t despotism there is no escaping from the invincible logic of facts the mormons have revived J in this most practical and s sceptical cep age the religious enthusiasm which prevailed during the earlier centuries of the christian era they have exhibited a religious faith seldom equalled equal led and never surpassed they have on account of that faith endured ridicule abuse outrage and persecution an and never flinched in all the them ion lon long iong gand gaud and ter terrible ordeal whatever we may think of their principles and practices the moral courage they have displayed is not inferior to that of the puritans who landed at plymouth and the sufferings they have havo undergo into insignificance pi ni fica nce the much vaunted tri als ais of f the new england fathers can continue to grow grm gro w in its present shape and with the tho hostile agencies legal and social brought to bear against itis a question we do not propose to discuss enough to know that the church which fifty years since numbered seven member snow has at the very least and shows no sign of if decreasing vitality enough to eay that under the auspices of this church and arld in the fade face I 1 of vindictive assaults disgraceful to the american name and nat nation loni lonk a society has been formed and a city built bulit which are well worth the careful study of the philosopher the tho illi Noil political economist od the dox clergyman an the th first will huid ouid abundant mate material dial for scientific examination mid and reflection the I 1 second may discover that there isa is a higher and stronger law than the one expounded by adam smith and the third may ascertain to 01 his surprise and possibly to hn hlf disgust iagust that the thing thin he f calls calis a vile and fatal error has achieved victories which if less renowned are certainly not less remarkable than those won on by truth st xouy pe republican sopt 10 |