Show SALT LAKE CITY the notes of an englishman on i capital ciar the following extract is from tho diary of james corlton who passed through this country in august of last year the diary was published n the newcastle weekly chronicle on july ath 1885 the tabernacle is built to last like the temple but is not as fine nor as imposing as the temple which ia built of granite as if to resist an attack and stand defiantly for ever in spite of man and timo and the elements it is feet wide feet long feet high moons and stars arc carved on its exterior and there is still similar work tbt e abne far from completion it is not to be used as a place of worship but is to take the place of the present endowment house in which the secret services of the church are held services which so far as we have any light respecting them appear to resemble the methods and ceremonies of the leading secret societies with vari actions of detail and of ritual the temple is built as of old temples were to god no marble front to show and the less con bous parts of the building of poorer material and meaner detail as if god could be swindled with a front yiew tho mormon temple is good all through and everywhere there ia no slop work the same material and the same careful finish and thorough workmanship exists uni formally in every part it is just as good in the rear ag in the fron in some out of the way corner as in any part most prominent and most exposed to public view it is a dieco of genuine honest work it is real and there is no pretense about it the builders evidently believe in god and that he is not a god of shams and pretense which but few builders of churches in modern days appear to do nearly all these modern builders palm off on heaven fine fronts and mean details elsewhere ns if heaven could be taken in with appearances and mere outside looks We drove named the tithing bouses through the eagle gate entrance to brigham youngs property to heights from whence fine views of the city could be obtained through most attractive streets past comfortable looking and elegant homes of cormons mormons Mor mons at one beautiful mormon home we stopped the owner and his wife were in the front our driver called out to him that I 1 wished to see his hawthorn trees which stood at different points in bis grounds he came forward and courteously invited us in I 1 apologized for intruding upon him and explained that I 1 was an englishman resident in this country the largest half of my life and wished to show my daughter who accompanied me the hawthorn of the hedges of her father s native land 1 I am english too lie said what part of england are you from I 1 answered northumberland but I 1 have not seen it for 27 yearn he added X am from yorkshire and my wife is from london the hawthorn was not the wild hawthorn pathe loaming loa mins bemy native county but that with the double flower the owner bad imported it from england it served me for a text on which to expatiate to the young america by my cideon tho glory and fresh ness of english may and I 1 did not omit to glance incidentally at primi rose dells just to show that after all there are bome things in the mother country our friend made me test his lawn BO perfect eo mossy soft and yielding and alad tic he said played bowls on it you cannot get the deep green of england I 1 said although you come very pear it he assented regretfully the place was loveliness itself with trailing vines flowers peerless lawn and beautiful trees two lines of creepers forming two sides of n triangle stretched from the porch to the street in chinese pattern cross wise but many times lovelier in color than anything made by hand or machinery many if not all of cheso cormons mormons were poor in their native land they are rich here comfortably or well off be yond any dream they could have reasonably dreamed in their early ante mormon days on july 1847 the pioneer cormons mormons Mor mons in number entered salt lako valley the population now exceeds of whom over are cormons mormons Mor mons over acres af land are in cultivation and dollars annum are expended in irrigation salt lake city feet above sea level has a population of about and covers nine equale miles I 1 bad an interview with bishop sharp president george Q cannon and president john taylor bishop john sharp is vice dent and general superintendent of the utah central railway and a director of tho union pacific railway I 1 found him at tho gen eral offices of the utah central railway the busy and intelligent officials of these offices are all cormons mormons Mor mons the bishop is a canny scot with plenty of shrewdness and ability and business capacity affable accessible and pleasant to meet as all church appear to be he told a good story with quiet and striking effect from bishop sharp we went to the lion house to see president john taylor while waiting till president taylor was disengaged if lie can ever be sa d to be disengaged as from what we saw the outer oc co and his reception room seemed to be full of visitors all the time president george Q cannon came and engaged us in conversation he talked pleass angly in a quiet gentlemanly unobtrusive way and almost without appearing to do it imparted a fund of information about interesting points in mormon history As the advance body of cormons mormons came through the canyon into utah brigham young suffering from mountain lay on a bed which had been promised for him in a carriage he directed tho driver to turn the carriage across the road to enable him to see the valley which he at once announced to be their destination he located the city at once and the moment he could rise from his bed he planned the whole city and determined the site of the tabernacle temple endowment house tithing house ac the tabernacle was built on his plan and the temple is being built on his plan when what he did and the success of his doings and tho rapidity with which he thought and planned and executed his plans is considered it is easy to see how his followers could believe in his being inspired president george Q cannon was formerly delegate from utah in the U S congress and would have been still if mormon had counted but the cormons mormons have been disfranchised dis in this country as mr constituents have been dis franchised in eng land president cannon gets nearly all the votes but he is not an lowed to take his seat because he is a polygamist mist president john taylor received three seats stand on a small dais the center seat a little higher and a trifle better than the other two the center seat ia for the president and the other two for his two councillors councilors counci lors I 1 saw a room full of people evidently buiting to see the president and I 1 hesitated to occupy his time but he did not seem disposed to send us away with a merely formal introduction and i at hia request I 1 speedily found myself seated along side of him on the dais wo are cosmopolitan he said and see many who come and are glad to see them 1 do not report all he said aa I 1 might do him injustice by not egiy ing bis exact language and his charming confidence and kindness deserve fair play he ia of english birth and descent and came to this country when very young there appears to have been some cy or something akin to it that the church would pass under the leadership of the english which prediction is supposed to have fulfill fulfil ment iu him ho is affable accessible imposing in appearance with a quiet dignity gentlemanly courteous puts his case briefly and well and strictly to the point and says much in a little and is physically and mentally equipped for his office he stated the position of his church and hs relations to the country and what ho regarded as persecutions and injustice calmly aad gently without a hint of hate or passion as if he were outside of it all and quite disinterested there was no touch of resentment intone in tone manner or look he is ot the highest order of teachers of a new faith in perfect gentleness of speech and manner he resembles what the sacred books of the east tell us of the speech and manner of buddha the blessed one the presidents secretary kindly became our guide to the temple and the tabernacle for a closer inspection spec tion of these buildings in the tabernacle we stood atone end at the other end in front of the organ a gentleman dropped an ordinary pin and we heard it drop he brushed nig hand over the crimson covered beats and wo heard that also A whisper at one end can bo he heard at the other one or two of our party tested that too |