| Show anew THE OLDEST no PIONEER j relt the incident of crowning tho the oldest occurred tn in the tabernacle it jo boneer neer so aa on thursday to la worthy of a place in ia fonlk rod and story atory among we the of this intermountain country itself was waa divinely the scene to fo the vast baat au auditorium dit orium was waa crowd healthy lovely ed with intelligent happy children in ID the midst midat of we the siad and visible to all oat eat throng throne wilford woodruff the oldest president deng pioneer over ninety yours yeara of 0 age AL A little girl nine years yeara of ages age of another pioneer who bad achieved the distinction diati nonon of being called to the presidency preal dency of the charob rod and who has baa passed to the spirit parit world president john jobo taylor esing ame forwards forward and on behalf of the children of utah crowned the venerable pioneer with laurel wreath amid acclamations of the be the 00 joyous audience aDdie as aa president Preal dent woodruff took dp the child and kissed her bar it Is was waa lio indeed deed a touching scene what a panoramic 10 view must have passed before the eyes of the pioneers witnessing the incident Bl I 1 what thoughts must have come to te the mind of president woodruff whose memory times la is so ao strong of f events of pioneer and easell fifty years yeara ago at the same hothir door bg be was waa telling onward with a small mall bond band of pioneers eera into east canyon with him in wei the or rike was waa president Pre brigham young ill III with mountain lover lever around him bim were a few wagons of those PiO Beera who had bad boon baen detained a couple of days daya behind the main company because of sickness all were vere footsore weary but all were hopeful for that day there reached them word from the exploring party son eat to in advance that the valley of the great son salt lake had bad been reached fifty years yeara later and prest tiesa woodruff was waa surrounded fey by thousands of natives native of these val leys leya of his bia own people in the largest auditorium of its ita kind to in thew the world orid while all through these valleys there here were joy and peace and plenty this thia same pioneer fifty years yeara ago was waa belov beloved eds honored and trusted by his people as a man and as ae a divine ly commissioned apostle of the lord IQ in the fifty years yeara that have passed the love and respect for and confidence in him have grown and increased and fill the heart of those of the same generation as s the pioneers and their children and childrens le child children roo down to the tiniest tot that can lisp his name wherever the latter day saints dwell and with very many not numbered with the solute saints as a religious corn com hence the joy when he was crowned in the tabernacle yesterday by the children a beautiful example he is to the youth of 0 these thes valea evales in his undeviating integrity his bis untiring industry inda itry the simplicity and humility of his bis life aud and his steadfast love leve for the right that have earned tor for him the she deserved title of wilford the faithful |
