Show 46 DREAMS AND realization the advent 0 of the pioneers ioto into valleys will be crystallized cryst alizad lb id story stary and sung 1 io 10 songs for many a year to so come the center of these memories will be in utah but the sound thereof will be beird in that gordon cordon of tales states which will surround her ju in we the not far distant future the keynote keyne of that great movement included the exodus from nou nau TOO and the colonization of this ibis territory way may have lost its original sharp now nes it may liay have softened with the elming away of the father its eab coo way may be hardly audible in the ut gor terao auces cec of their successor each anniversary may make more mythical that record of rapine and sorrow of suffering and death and the growth of liberal sentiment may que uon the alleged excesses of riot audibe compulsory forces of which drove tweety twi ty thousand people from their hard earned homes amid the severities les of winter but the facts are inscribed on the paces or of history al missouri illinois and we the nation at t lak jorge may y with wish wat that the wilo choto could be obliterated or forgotten as ai a fever leh dream as this unexampled moe ont dt it Is 1 yet evident that abat were pr disposing gauges for again the mornion mormon people la Is ago b very y presentation of their views there was an indirect assumption of which became intoner in toler ignorant frontier population we w lo in proximity to show hem for it called in question by Info inference renoe their traditions institutions and this is productive of in intelligent centers in crowded cities and has led to alfil buny where thought and liberty of are claimed an aa beyond all que att and while there here way may a tro of this tha thought in sparsely settled or rural districts the uninformed aree Berlly impatient of now new I 1 leas grewo of customs different from their own as exhibited by now new comers into ingo jeci fodal amy Hy the rho incoming of at a labog gotfred addition to such a population to be a menace andt vidus might have been tolerated but moving stassen weeping sweeping up counties mud growing by sympathetic score tion D wom wac unfamiliar they gould could oot eat comprehend banco loo loll misrepresentation and buoni arose early and it to Is probably tal fair r that many an intemperate oz ex mission mude made by the legitimate invaders fanned the flow flame 0 of popular fir norance until it became a fire fifo at this thia tar far off oate ate it Is probably difficult to analyze lully fully the fact or spirit of those early days the counted on opposition on persecution and weak human nature may have half courted that which it expected their were conscious gel too of legalized injustice in their liast la in the form of avery slavery and the essential liberty of the gospel goepel as held bold by the eastern colonists was so BO suggestive of possible pos aible temporizing with the subject element th at shakes pea dearee sentiment found renewed on en cormen dormen dor men for trifles light as air coffe ad th be jealous eon as proof of holy boly writ it Is profit profitable profitably abl aay anyway way for the majority 6 of futaba etab s population to familiarize themselves vesi with this post past and no DO way in more effectual than that ot of celebrating the arrival of the pioneers jib ia these haw valle yr it if many of the details are hidden by the be wings of time the great salient it f of mormon character and profession which made it obnoxious half a century ago should yet be in the ascendant never tubeless most are bonfe ous of modifications in IB both theory and practice while isolation prevailed there was more or lesa lea color to the idea of being and continuing I a peculiar people J for society moiety individualism was cultivated and all the predominating features of the people testified to the success of the manipulating authority efforts were strenuous aud and UD unremitting remit for the creation of a new dow people by theory by faith by practice by in this was waa io in part accomplished shed obedience unity 1 authority from these came methods mot cods hods uch such as colonization with its if t eral forces of missionary devotion and d a gathering by continued sacrifice from this oame came be abe suggestion of the deseret Alph alphabet abot R which was waa intended an auxiliary in lavor favor of the tb denationalization of converts from fromi eVery levery clime beneath the bun it wai wag to go make homogeneous theae incongruous begotten begot teo of tradition cradled mind add under Islo inimical leal 1 a eions emu so 0 o loo dmd by native forces as aa to need education for the creation of it nobler sud higher life to a by sy nothing of other which are ar suggested by the way hence came the inevitable preach I 1 in apace J of the order of enoch the 00 promulgation mul gation of temporal equality so ao that the people might be one as aft christ and ana the father are one As A a matter of fact the lla intent tent was to lay jay the dounda tion for ia a now new life alfe on an advanced order a grander than human statesmanship or governments bad yet conceived but which bad been foreseen by the me prophets prophet an tiel by holy men of god in every age pointed out by christ in leuon and parable to in saying and figure aa abe he coming of the kingdom the founding of end and the promised reign of righteousness and peace now tats implies a great change it work and a wonder it means the turning of life alfea a current an aa urging surging today in the hearts of the be great majority and it means the he infusion of a now new spirit cirit new motives now new de desires alres aspirations and truly a being born again s today with the songs of pioneer Plon eerON celebration still ringing rini ging in our ears f are it to is pertinent to ask how have we succeeded bow tar far have our anticipations been realized our dreams and prophecies fulfilled from some points of observation there to ie room for regret circumstances have somewhat changed the gather ing is conducted in silence few know what the success of the elders is today the conditions for or further sustenance of our increase here are small indeed systematic colonization is about obsolete ob oba aolele olete the order of enoch is ia more and more impracticable ca as riches increase social and sexual redemption are deferred in part consecration bas baa been supersede b by oo co and the be latter is discounted in very every town own and vil tillage loge temporal equality la is buried under tinder the blight ot of accumulating wealth fashion ha bat fostered olau class distinction ditl notion religion faith churchgoing feel the undermining influences of business money and pleasure plea aure and firm one standpoint or many the la ID divi duality of the community called latter day saint Is 1 obscured obe cured while babylon rules rulea in the social world and man mans mana s bond band and heart almost la not bet on OD the acquisition of personal pera onal wealth for the enjoyment and aggrandizement of him rod and hit hie the pioneers Pion eera sire are not to blame principles are not at fault truth la Is in way shorn horn of its ita value only moment arlly of its ita power there is ia a drifting with the tide I 1 increased Bor eased objection to things which require thought thou ghr energy and push go home industries langsieb lan guieb independence by tai tall to la difficult to reach and increase inore aee in suspense BUBp enee victim after victim goes bound hand and foot to a destiny from which there benn noway no way of escape this thia la Is probably not a rosy picture it appears to be true though yet it in no go way militates atee against the ultimate triumph of truth the fulfillment of things revealed or the restoration of all mw haw which the welfare and salvat alvatoon alv atlon toD of the people of god among whom were numbered the prophets Prop beta and pioneer it if for the moment their ideas are in practical ate abeyance yance |