| Show written for this pawn paper ONE MORE VIEW we d do not want to inflict a homily ona on a topic tople which while serious and important may be considered by sonie threadbare thread bare or even worn out but there are many phases to every question and a commonplace subject la Is not specialty specially injured by an understanding ot of all its aspects home industries dus tries have not been so stran strenuously and persistently advocated in other territories or states slates as here bore in utah colonization rooted rested irom from we the beginning upon a different basis the spirit of the people was more belp helpful ful common defense made interest less selfish and more general persecution bad almost compelled unity and as a people they bad covenanted to never cease their labors until the last of their ex patria ted cc elltion ell gion lets had bad been as slated to these valleys it was a natural and an easy step to 10 extend ex benu this sentiment tins this action to the brethren and sisters in other lande and so came the establishment of the perpetual Perpetu ai emigration fund which reliance and relief for w war the basis ot of the faithful from every lation under heaven be aveo 0 o this was strictly in line with that mat strange movement of ins inspirational origin called the gathering as u to the world as an auy other OL 01 us its mysteries yet philosophical reasonable natural albeit as cunovic oJe as the tides this impulse rested upon the honest universally uni verbally aheu they received the gospel and no sacrifice was deemed great in sight eight ol of this achievement no matter how baw e the surroundings how alluring the prospects prospect now how tenacious the love of country or how bow peri the arguments of fathers mot bers family associates friendship or business for the purpose intended of that inspirational force all other influences influence or circumstances seemed to be in comparison but as the dust in the balan balance balanced ceI thew the world orld uttered its protest religion iota claimed that ehst bod god could be served worshipped Wor shipped pleased in old england scandinavia in all nations or on abe islands of the sea just he as devoutly as successfully at borne bome amid the old 2014 groupings grouping so and in the pleasant ways of life without the sacrifice already V clears clear without the stain own of travel the risks by sea and land or the estimated struggle th ih the for a foothold or for lilet hie lo in aroff ar off utah tile the terra thain of even the united states futile to a peddle thus assessed possessed was all influence and appon opposition in D nay day the movement even gathered strength from recorded hardship and death the a spirit of destruction riding upon the AS was western jern wa waters teral was humbly of course but in the L lame ame of the living god and on the great bald hostile indians indiana st at times with sparse supplies the same indomitable patience and perseverance marked the pilgrim hosts though many slept by the wayside irom from sheer exhaustion and apparent defeat 1 the graphic story of this strange this wonderful migration has not yet it been written its sacrifices its its heroisms its A triumphs wo rie 1 active axe are passing abada 0 lus new w operation generation can never enter anderl I 1 info abia ie history inscribed on abe ocean the rivers riven and the prairies rief or the inspiration of hope and bard work which laid the basis of present culture nod and beauty waking making her alike the envy and admiration of the world the heavens and the earth combined to save bless prodder and enlarge so BO true faithful and indefatigable a people all the elements responded in health and increase air water soil labor god transfused into vegetation riu richness liness abundance beauty and life no such posterity has ever graced the earth as those of the libatter ater day saints conditions have been theirs sod and they have come honestly by their physical power their resistless energy their mental grasp their spiritual forc eThey are tree free from disease from tradition and superstition and while yet partly transitional they are divested of much that cumbered cambered cumb ered their father and being more susceptible to the divine Spirit their characteristics have surprised professionals of the world and have been overlooked in a great measure at home but they are adeby by thousands being fitted as their fathers were for that special peculiar destiny and labor 9 which is their heritage and their mission as decreed from a far off kofl past the duty odthe of the fathers was to preach the gospel of the kingdom to all nat nations ione 10 as far as this could be done and to aid in the gathering ot of the obedient to the threshing floor of the lord god almighty the mission of taeyoung the toe young elders is in in no way abridged but is enlarged even while the gleaning of grapes may appear as it if the vintage was done how ever as calamity increases as the prophecies are fulfilled so will the honest of the nations turn toward zion and with an increased power in the priesthood signs and wonders will be multiplied thus demonstrating the authority of tbt this as yet unappreciated element of our mon mountain home here our subject culminates in part Thousand elens of thousands of the elders have traversed the nations made converts gathered the poor and peopled these mountains temporal gal salvation was waa included in their proclamation organized industry was a necessity seen of the authorities and half seen by many others for there has not been the same spirit of sacr sacrifice ilice exhibited in providing this labor that was seen io in the preaching and gather edg but tile the hunie home gat gathering heiing or increase lp is beginning to tell hundreds of ther the audger younger oud ger brethren are out in the mission field heir converts con verta become possessed odthe of the gathering spirit as did those of the their r fathers there fa these elders are contrasting the quietude the peace plenty sod of utah with the COD 0 1 on i prevailing in the world and they will be more ashamed than we have been it if when the fruit of their labor is gar ne no cannot be better taken care of than such product was in years gone by or may it be said at the present time lime moral obligations religious res will rest more heavily on these young shoulders aney will contend and devise in temporal tiling things urging pleading pushing leading out into prolific fields of toil and mayhap perforce inaugurating the new order which Ws was evidently beyond the power of the il lustrous dead a and nd unreachable by the aged living although these theme have all bravely and manfully manfull jr borne the burden and heat of the day now the world world chimes in with the pioneers JB a the cry of home manufactures manufacture 0 O and all our hills and valleys reverberate with the oolie thereof we understood the music of the past so we cannot say that we do understand the accord or discord of the present sure we are that the animating spirit or of the two classes are ess essentially entla fly radically radical lv different the one is ie or should be lofty unselfish dictated by brotherly feeling sustained as a privilege equally as a duty and with a foundation resting on moral and religious responsibility as in fear bf god and for the purposes of salvation salvati oo in unity lor for progress in sympathy for our friends in justice to our missionary effort and as apart a part of our religion which we can neither shirk nor neglect but one to which we are committed one involving thought labors labor means mean sacrifice an and inoes that vigor and determination which knows oo no failure and which must be pushed to unqualified success not for its rewards or emoluments in dollars or cents but as coworkers with the supreme by borits of faith falth and in a labor born of love I 1 now whatever the effort of the outside it to Is not thus sanctified it originates in lower motives it seeks ulterior ends and it is not marked by brothe brotherhood by desire for the gathered poor it Is founded on ex pedie ocy ency on political aspirations on 09 personal aims and benciv it is for wealth for far popularity for self and while some of us may not care how christ is preached whether of love lov N contention or stratagem the latter libatter day saints should begins begin encourage courage eu sustain all good home industries irrespective spec tive of those who at the eleventh hour have taken up a aery cry which carries with it to them a meaning far different to the one in which it was originally conceived or which should mark its prosecution and success at the present time how many mady will enter here leaving in the vestibule the spirit of self of speculation of money making of prospective advantage or popularity working silently and quietly yet persistently for god and religion and for jais his children of ilabe the 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