| Show ELDER ORSON voday today september 19 is the edah eighty ty third anniversary of the batth cofone of one of the be greatest mon men of modern timi time a whose difed life d work Is ie inseparably linked wath with utah i history we speak of orson arso U pratt he was waa one of the first two men the other being the late elder of the mem orle band of utah mah pioneers to enter UW the valley or of the urea t bait lake as h he hail pushed un three days anad d vance of ahe main com company As a mattar ot of record he be was wae the very 0 first rat who set foot on the site of salt bait laa his companion elder 8 altow babir g lost his hie cost coat ou on boson elder piatt came aim on joaq oo on toot trav traversed raed the site eite of 61 the conre acty and then we t back to emigration canyon from the motelas tie be a arrived in the tarl toxy until hip death be was a fe fearless arkos 0 gesk and aed able worker for the ac advancement her interests As aa ber bei Vance van cement Mint of favored representative he be was a member of every legislative assembly which neld bold its session was I 1 ID a utah aud and seven times he be was elected speaker of the house honee of representatives As ae a member of the pioneer company 1214 retook betook took scientific observations on the journey across the plains determining ug we latitude a and nd longitude of grolni abent places the eleya elevation tion above sea level javel etc etca to io anticipation ot the great pacific railway which even at that time aime the saints expected would span ahe continent and followed a almost abe identical route ta indicated by the Pi pioneers onders in their journey to lo utah elder pratt was a member of the fiat 1144 cou council ucil of twelve apostles Q oran aced by 07 davjd e authority in 14 chis dp dis he was waa a us native of arta ar ard washington county new york he be was wa 6 born sept I 1 19 1811 ats W were ere poor people and NB I 1 be worked it at i larmi Dg KB iOUP and tb iiii searce for or knowledge fam under mapy rolt great d 1 by y perseverance nee and aej energy 11 he acquired scy acy distinction as aa a profound scholar though of a oe de vot iongi nature us as a youth be id not dot unite himself with any religious denomination until on hir hie nineteenth birthday when he be become became a member of the church of jesus coriat of latter day saints less than three months after this he be was sent eat out upon hie bis first mission mie ion sion in his bis labors as a teacher of the gospel he proved an eloquent speaker a powerful minister and a logical and convincing writer his mind was well stored with knowl knowledge edice of scripture ancient and modern he performed several missions sione in the united fiM fimby A Bd ali teen times he 4 ocean in his hie calling as a m mongor nf salvation bis H Is lost last public dis die course ym van delivered deller dd tit in the insult in sail lako lake city on sept IS 18 1881 the day dav before his seventieth birthday arren he delivered a clear and forcible iLd address dress oar the ard of bf october following be breathed his last ih abe life of this eman eminent n t phobea is 8 ii a valuable leuon lesson to the youth of utah there are few who have less opportunity for an aduca than had orson oreon pratt yet by the intelligent application of indomitable energy his he placed himself very moss close to the top round of abe ladder in the department of mathematics far surpassing aing the men of his time asa As a statesman in directing the affairs of a youir commonwealth he be held a place in the front rant rank As a teather and exemplar in religion he left a record of undying hondr hobor in his integrity to his bis convictions conviction his honesty nesty of purpose his readiness to grasp inspirational spi rational power and his bin steady determined ter mined progress progressiveness in acquiring knowledge and aboor absorbing bing the 9 great r Os t truths of the universe his career stands stand sam a a shining example to sons and daugh daughters tem to lead them to a similar development |
