Show JOHN TAYLOR forty three years ago an attempt was made to assassinate john taylor with bullet bullets that effort providentially failed A little more mor than two yeara years since the attack his life was renewed this time tim e ba b more insidious means the later assault mado made after two score yeast had bad pressed their eight upon hit hi shattered frame haa has met with ith iu itt cruel success Buc cese prom from all the vales tales end and from the mountain heights where dwell th the saints a cry of borrow sorrow ascends tc heaven thia this day for the champion Cham of liberty IA berty ie is dead A servant of israels god has gone to render an account of his earthly trust faithful ic in every trial bold in every peril ho bae has eo so manfully fulfilled the divine requirement that each remaining soul v while bile mourning the loss ot of hie his presence may leap leal with admiration for his great deeds john taylor was a man min without fear and without reproach his ills cliar acter ter had bad the strength of granite and the unsullied whiteness of the pure t snowdrift snow enow drift future ages will know him as he was in humility in power in grandeur at once the meek fol lower of christ and the staunch leader of a great people zion weeps at her bereavement but she weeps not as a one bereft of eternal hope she sor rows the ead hour and the cruelty of bis his taking off but she knows that at h has entered the realms of the infinite where glory is unc unceasing eael and wheres where justice holds unbroken sway the reunion of the open heavens with the purified earth to come in the creators Crea tork fixed hour will restore to zion her beloved ones with the life of tho the latter daa da saints S eints john Tayl tirs life for more than fifty aft y years a waa inseparably woven he ile nas was the material from which sef devoted f disciples are made and when mIlen lie entered the churchin the strength and beauty of hie life perfect manhood its trials became his patiently borne burdens and its triumphs his thank ful pride he ile was born anthe first day no vember 1803 in england at win t h ro p westmoreland county and the days of his youth were passed in hia his ily fly emigrated to canada but john remained in england yet another two years during this time his mind was drawn pov to religion and ho he became a member and a local preacher of tho the Neth methodist odist church in 1832 he sailed to canada there after marriage with leonora cannon canning Can daughter of captain cannon of the isle of man blau he settled in the city of toronto for prea ebin troth truth in the methodia Meth Ileth odit odist church Chu in contradiction of erroneous tenets tenet avowed by that body ho he was tried for heresy before a tribunal of convened for that purpose in toronto he ile refused to recant because lie knew knevi that the profession to which his judge sought to coerce him was false and he and his hi high minded god fearins fearing wito wife became associated with several other independent searchers archers ador after the purs GOSP 1 of chaiet during the spring of 1838 parley P pratt visited toronto the young youn methodist heard the mormon apostle and accepted the truth john knevi not of his destiny but labored diligently in toronto and vicinity until the latter part of 1833 when lie received a ho informed him that god had bad called him to bo be an apostle Apoe tle in an he journeyed into missouri and on the day of december 1838 at a far west he was ordained to the holy calling decreed in the revelation fron from that time ills his history is a necessary part pirt of the history of the church bis his words of truth are of its voice hi his coeds are of its achievements hi his bero heroism ism is among ita its glories after the mormon people viere cre dair en from missouri Mie Blis and were a ere settle st t nauvoo john tailor taylor wilton wilford fand others departed for or en gland to proclaim the ever EverUe astin tini word on the way apostles taylor ind and woodruff were stricken by dis ease cue but their faith restored them they tailed sailed from new now york decem ber 19 1830 he ile labored with w ith all 4 the vigor of f bis his soul in the ministry among amon the british ikles opening tho the field ir in ireland and the isle of man ilan and sowing everywhere along hie ills path the th seeds of truth during this grand mission ho he traveled boand to and froin fro ic those landa lands more than mile without puree purse or scrip K ap neer never in all the tribulations of hie blo labor askin delfing I 1 any ny man for fl a farthing at tho the flow close of I 1 hie his stupendous oric ork he lett left tha if testimony to britain 1 I have pro proved ve the lord and found him ulm according to hie ills word he lie bailed homeward with u young woodruff and others in the spring of mil 1811 18 11 soon after reaching lie became the editor of the ames and seasons Sea ions and nas was clos clond Lil identified with with tho the prophet in the labor labors of josephs closing days I 1 edit editorial dit on orial il and other dutie duties A poo ta ua ray lors 1 time was as fully occupied during the three eventful yeara years following follo following winn ids ills return from england on the day of june 1844 2844 he etith others accompanied joseph smith to carthage when m hen the prophet went to tho the sacrifice under sworn pro lection ot governor ford after the mockery of trial they NN were ere ast bast into carthage jail june on oil the second day of their imprisonment being june 1844 at a fen te minutes ni after five in the afternoon a mob with blackened facet attacked tacked it the upstairs up stairs room in oseph and smith john taylor and willard richards ichards It were con dried rushing up the stairs like a corde of demons the mob assailed with a it shower of bullets the frail unlocked door which alone separated pepa rated them from the men of god through gli the open window too the assault wat made first tell fell dead pierced by bullets sent through h both door and window As the door could not be securely fastened the remaining prie mere mers attempted to guard it the prophet Iro phet as tho tile door was vas forced partly parth pen by the wild murderers fired bi hit pistol at them while john taylor boldly to shield joseph with his tits own body if possible As A fist fast of fans uns and bayonets were thrust in lohn fohn supported by wallard parried them with his lis walking stick while the prophet fought like a fearless lion to drive the mob from the landing was there ever a more heroic scene aan han this think of those undaunted d souls picture johns calm courage in doing battle against the cincar aate devils with pa ith only his weak stick for tor w m capon and shield I 1 when the door was forced and the attack could no longer be resisted john rushed to the window through which bullets were raining As he leaned over the ledge a ball fired irom crom the door pierced his leg and a an aher missile ml asile from without truck hit BOSOM but was pre prevented vente d from doin its fatal work by his watch wh ich it that watch s i showed ed that the bullet stopped it at 18 16 minutes and 26 2 seconds after E the force of this ball threw john t tc the floor and bis his body rolled under th the bed indirect in direct range of tho the door A constant on stant stream of hissing lead wa pouring in but willard diverted mud much f it from john by striking up the ans uns with ith his cane as fast as the were aimed at the prostrate apostle but some at af the missiles found hodg ment in johns body and from his left hip they tore away the flesh is ho he reached them the w ind aindow ow three bul lets eta entered his body ho ile fell out crying in the supreme moment C lord my god I 1 lie ile was dead the mob flad fled down the stair to get at the prophets body leaving the way clear wilard lie heroically carried the wounded john int i A distant dungeon of the jail and secreted him under a bed from thia this place john was subsequently rescued aud and taken t to on the 2nd byth by the lirett interposition of the almi almighty lity lie was restored to strength and was wab ible able to take part in the mournful exo ius of the saints from the city he lie wag was appointed in july 1840 1846 to go t to england aud and reengage re engage in the ministry there he ile reached new orleans orlean n his return from that mission in the spring of 1847 and rejoined his amily at winter quarters his ills wife leonora during this abse ence was as in n all the other experiences of their lives a courageous and patient helpmeet in the month of september 1847 a few ew months after the pioneers he cached reached the valley of the great salt lake at the election for officers 0 of ho the PrOvis provisional lonal government in lie ie was chosen to be an art associate Asio clate juaice justice of the supreme court in 1850 he wae was again in europe luring laring this mission he be published the book of mormon in the he french and german languages two yer year ater later he be returned home but itter after less than three years in tile t falley valley he went to new york to pre ido over the branches of tile church in the states on the hy day 0 of february 1855 1955 lib he issued the first number of the tire journal 27 alu 1 formon at new yorla ills bold and exalted utterances through ilk thy paper added to ils his subsequent fier appeals to tho the civilized world at the time of the threatened utah war von ron for him the he nalof THE PION 10 or LIBERTY ill 1 ile was all bis his lifetime a man 0 ol 01 reat dignity from which ft inch he bendici dove but his its dignity rathe added to than degrac detracted fr from M the he te t borce orce of his ills Im impassioned zeal 1 l an and d at t iho tile time when he be was withstand mith stand n bo he tremendous bebock of on ton at new york hie his character show sho din its irue loftiness after his tork work in in the states mar m ar closed he hastened to utah and beame immersed in a multiplicity of business bue inces incident to tho the situation 0 of the people ife ile wae was a teacher legislator writer and educator and m n addition was ae an organizer of bariou enterpriser a in october 1869 he had an im open with vice vicc president Pre eident colfax growing out of 0 t speech delivered by colfax in salt lake city cily theirs letter lette rs f john taylor were are masterly ju logic nn and lupero in diction ar are a part 0 f the history of that period I 1 filled with the labon labors of ft a buby man his life moved quietly with the progress of the people daring during the ensuing eight beavo yea the death of aa president resident brigham young on ath day of august 1877 found J t balor lor president of the quorum of I 1 apostles upon the quorum de alved directly the leadership of tho the church hurch until october 1880 when hen tylor taylor became president ot of the tile church C of jesus christ of latter day faints lie ile chose george Q cannon and joseph F smith as hie his coun urr V 5 elors and the birst presidency thu grouped remained tied unbroken until the hour of the great leaders adera le death when the E edmanda ds bill of 1882 be f ame law john taylor was the head lica at A a large and interesting family unit id to him by the tice of the celestial covenant ove nant ho ile had formed the rela a ions with hie his wives long years be before ind of his ills children many mere berema maturo maure and all were out of young child rood lie ile knew of the command con cori arning plural marriage that it aou true and he lie had lived and cherished tits wives and reared hie its cb children illren un ler ter it his own life being spotless ep otless he be was as of most uncompromising charac er where a matter of conscience wa i i involved and therefore his conduct it this time was of tho the exalted nature which comes only from a union of a leat mat faithful poul soul with mith a greit great crisis cri a ile could not yield one lota iota of hie his be lief not a shadow of renunciation bould bo be permitted to fall across the pathway of hia his wives and children though the penalty to him should be leath or lifelong life long imprisonment As A the leader of the people too kllc mouthpiece of the almighty he ile not councel u any recantation tat ion of the sublime truth but as an indi bidual and as the president of the church bought sought to bo crushed by cruel proscription h he e could for the sake if A his people and for the bake sake of their Ili history story put the law and its enforce reent to a test of justice and sincerity his household was regulated according rd to t the le letter of the enactment recognizing still all the holy marital nd and parental relations which had come to him through obedience to the revelation and which no allum human n law could break he be removed Irim from the society of thoe those who bo were learer to him than his own life he e maintained the honor of his hi covenants but withdrew from the companio comp companionship anlo biship I 1 af wives s and children tho the purpose of cf thie this testing sacrifice not of clear its pain can scarcely bo be stood a for three years ho lie had voluntarily taril 1 lep deprived rived himself of the dear society which grows dearer as men grow old ir r when the tile raid began the political conspirators of utah foiled oc otheir their hope to gain office plunder attacked stacked the people under tire punitive tiona of the law all the hate born of defeated ambition and barice tho the chief object ot their vindictive effort was president john traylor jr taylor aylor true lie had conformed his conduct to the law and fact awaa was well known in salt luke lake but jling its persecutors were determined innocent or guilty ho he must be immo to their rage it became a mat ter of common report that hie his arrest j meant his death in fit prison bemuse the vengeful feelings clinge fe of the beings who pursued him could not be satisfied fatis fied without hia ills murder upon their boil eoula lie ile went into retirement and then began a scene long sustained of cru aty almost without parallel john taylor 1 was an old man pact the three i equart quarter mark of tho the century lie its body was broken by wounds car ried tor for two score years ho be had lieen been une ne of the founders of df this great territory ilia his intellectual strength had I 1 lone tone much to advance the vi vigorous or 0 loyalty of the commonwealth his ills alifi was without a etain stain and he could not be j justly charged cli arged with violation of law and yet a horde of P petty et ty rants with promise of I 1 blood lood money moncy themselves hunted him and inspired wry ivery assassin wretch in tho the country coun to seek hia ills deroon and his ills life thank god be he was able to avoid theirl their lutchies nut lut clie clies I 1 they were deprived lep rived of their unholy gratification though their sin is as great as if they bad trad held ilia body with triumphant 5 liate upon their black souli 1 forever fore will eleam gleam tho scarlet stain of lis martyr blood I 1 these cruel petty gretchea chea had not wen n cn the poor 1 excuse of encourage nent from the national government object thinly veiled wai was murler and ion the object of oathes the government was to ento co taa he hw law with merciful justice without t their inhuman doings the government might havo arrived at an unde understand and 1 ing of the here wre there hae ilan been no doubt be the tion intended that nl all offender offenders should 1 be punished but not that innocence should be driven to a cruel death but john taylor line has gone bayon d their reach alrey they murdered lafin ind yet lie them ills death wae was a cruel one but it wae waa blissful j compared om pared etith ith that which they dob geed to inflict upon him iiii ills su eab limo soul hae has found ite its 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