Show 1847 TO 1896 forty eight years ago last july the utah Plon pioneer under the guidance ot of president brigham youna entered the valley of the great alt like through emigration cadion Canyon the defile which cleaves the mountain range to the east of salt lake city just fust south of fort douglas this vast area area was then hen mexican territory and the pio beere took possession in the name of the united states of america ica unfolding unfold log for the first time in this balmy atmosphere abe be glorious state stare and stripes stripe emblem of freedom among men few white men had bad seen this valley none had veo van turid to make it thir their home borne its if appearance pe arance was extremely forbidding forbid dinga si dread broad and barr barren D plain hemmed in by m blit blistering ering to in the dideum ln mer sual eun a narrow winding cleaving it in twain and finding its if goal to in a briny lake where no animal life could be seen been the pall of death 80 e t d to hang over all as aa if to pro pre serve it from mana as paradise of the lizard the cricket and the be rattlesnake yet here the abe leader af f that noble band declared wu was vay place piece for their home and theirs the destiny to awaken the arid waste to life by an touch the spirit of those pioneers and their c may be discerned in ID a manifesto issued to them in 10 camp or the missouri river january 14 1847 just previous to the commencement 01 01 the long and ardai us journey into at ai unknown country this word and will of the lord concerning the camp 0 of israel in to the west bad chope paragraphs raphe among a long listoe too ios let all the people of the church of jesus christ of latter day Saint sand those who journey wi i h them be organized luto companies with a colenan and a promise to keep all the commandments and statutes of the lord our god 0 and this shall be our covenant that we will walk in all the ordinances of the lord seek ye and keep all your pledges one with aenoi another an oiher her and covet not that which is thy bro bers keep yourselves from evil to take the name of the lord in vain lor for I 1 am the lord your god even the god of your lathers fathers the god of abraham and of isaac and of jacob I 1 am he who led the children of israel out of the land of egypt and my arm is stretched out in the last days to save my people israel icrael these pioneers were mormont mormon exiles from the beautiful city of nau TOO where their prophet tand and patriarch had been martyred marty red and themselves despoiled of their in the light of the past half century who cao can fall to see isoe that they were truly the aana camp of israel the arm of whose go j was stretched out in the last days daya to save ave his the darkened boure fourr of that thai time the sublime faith mani tested and the salvation id bis prom toed land rich above all other jande which we now behold bear a witness wat that is beyond refutation the tolls toils and trials of alile this vanguard of progress and those who augmented their ranks have been told there is no space lo 10 recount thin bare further than to suggest a lew few calel feature tut tat they should be inscribed on the hearts heart of every son abd tod daughter ot or utah that the sacr mao may be comprehended and the blessings which abic foil followed owed be app rectaL eds ed the pioneers struggled and suffered and in the hour of their necessity there brought forth the great scheme of irrigation to render the be parched soil capable of yielding yield log food f for mau m a 0 in id the first five years after 1847 the science of irrigate on had become a part of tile itself in these val beyt settlements stretched out north and south hundreds of malook emilw the state slate of deseret bad been organized and served its ite purpose pur pott post statehood had bad beer asked aked and refused and the territory oi 01 utah had bad been created the ibe savage lo in habitants of the ibe laud land bad been met in iii fierce battles and baid bad been ove reome a the DESERET NEWS bad beo been instituted the university of 0 JD deveret aseret ilow utah had bad been obar municipal anu bunty c wedis meola had been recurt ay establish eo a thorough system of g desirable been adopted a perfect mbewe of colonization was in ID vogue 10 brief in those five years of priva and comparative weakness wea knees there ao laid in this bla regon the foundation for the greatest empire of civilization which the world has ever known within the same period the hand that brought the camp of israel to safety bad been performing a mighty work throughout all the wet and towns cities anti ana states came ioto into existence almost as ii if ly magic mil lions were added to the i wealth A r the world and the dt d main of the united states had bad been extended from cean cceal t tu ocean so that at the op dim ot of the second naif balt decade fr m tb pioneers Pione erB 1 entrance into salt linke lake valley those same people prepared and uld apply to the government for the construction of the great paci no fic railway that should bind th oceans ocean together with a commercial and they also began the erection of the greatest temple ti tu the most moat high yet built in this age in this same second bait balf decade they struggled against and overcame grasshopper visits visitations tiong famines indian outbreaks ut breake and other direful calmi tiec declared against human slavery made another appeal lor for statehood and were brou brought glit face to face with a bos bog tile expedition sent out by the govern ment dent 1 under ander a misapprehension ot of the true state slate of affairs afla irl 1 iut but there was no faltering in their fealty tu god and their belt cuu country or in the great mission of redeeming the desert and building up a giori glor luus commonwealth which they a and a d begun begu to for the succeeding four decades there was the same indomitable spirit of progress macii sat est there were difficulties to be met wi kiich iab no DO other lern tury or state stale has had bad to cope witt with religious persecution was rift rife and struggle gle was long aud and debei mined but thearlo abe arm ot of abu the jaurd was out in the jett days to save his people lerse israe and in the face ot of every cit their material pro gresa greFe was of a obar acter that bouhl have been war mar under favorable railways railway and telegraphs came 0 t the vople ut ul utah the farms and gardens yielded in abundance under a system that is now DOW the admiration of the world the mountains gave of the precious and other metals and commercial and industrial prosperity the face of all this western land as au a outcome lUico aie of the inspired labors of pioneers of utah the wonderful contrast of today cannot be comprehended save by those who saw the valley in 1847 and have beheld the progress over ever and even these cannot fully realize the change because of the pains and tribulations that have become abrou ded in memory but there is one thing they no not tali fail to recognize and which may be easily learned by mose of u a later generation who study history and that la Is that the hanki bana of god has been manifest in the dealings with utah slid and her people BE clearly as it was in ill establishing the oh children hureu of mirael it rael in the promised lano jadi ages agea ago our state slate has entered anuw upon a new era ful of brigit and glorious gler loua promise prom iee we may kaow we ice future by the pasi that jnue allt bah 13 people keep beep the be covenant with ibe die lord made by the pioneers Pione ere why wb secured thil big land as a heritage tor for we tiie of god his power will be with them to eternal triumph their acm alon shall hot be taken away noi given to another people lor for tu their kingdom and their increase there aboin be no BO end and 4 |