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I,n l rath-, of si .mi real I It..- of (.rival Inn a. id tl a r.Uh 1 1V lm ),, tu -f irn v. hal i our.uo: I-.? j I, , ,,i yuii "am In know the iiiraiitnr, i i,r Iwn.ii ion '.' 1"' you want the d.-l - Imlion of I allh. If yU do, I -ail til.-l,,r til.-l,,r ,,r I h.-M... I. rave and d-Vole,l in'"' ' ami w.iMi-n or .: -iday. Heed the hh.ry th-y hav l-tt 'or you., gunl-,. gunl-,. It ri n R de,-i i ii I o your h.-ai i.i. uiiil do tnt toi let to loll it Id your i h.ldreu. No. pen fan write II. and no toiiKUU can lull it in It entirely. en-tirely. . TWe men and women had their fauliH, th'-y had their tailing, their 1mierfei-iioiri, hut tlod knows they tiled in do their du:y. They muv ha '.- faded :n many ways, but they e,e I in inakliiK the "v. ilderiie.n hloia.ui u h the rose." and of laylm; the fiHimlaiion for one ir the greatest, nmu-i In Hie I'nion. tio.l l.le.s their inwiioniM and work, and may it never die. This 1 1. in pari, Ihe s Dry of Yestor-dav. Yestor-dav. I h 'l"' .von have lived :t witn h I h ur id ! hly trlod to depict It In tile Mhort iinie and the inade-i inade-i nay 1 iiave endeavored to re-, lalo It. ' , . i ut now tarn for a inoinent anil Inquire whi wis the reason anil motive mo-tive I hat hroiutht them here to thi-J iiiilnvilliii; and sage brush desert. Only twelve yean hefore their coming com-ing hud Hie d'st pioneers landed in Halt Lake Valley, it was the policy of Hrlhii.iri Voting to huIUl up towns and cities in order ror -the people to ohtaln land and homes. In obedience to that null these inlre;iid ami cotti-utfeous cotti-utfeous men and women o.itiio inl a Satiipelo and het-an a battle with Ihe eltMiieiila and Indians to make their ihotucH. Many or them ihtid been driven from their homes :n Missouri; they had become inured t a the vicis-BHudes vicis-BHudes oi' I ravel actons Hhe plains, land Ibey htid suffered much Tor their religious beliel'. They (rune here, full flf i tgo, and with fa'lh tint win eiidutiln.s; and wllh I'hat fai.fi anil courii';e Ihev knew they could conquer ill all that they tin lertonk You and 1 are here, many of us. because be-cause of the faiVh they hurl etiotfjed In tho various lands and climes of the ea th. We love the ol.l htitiM town, we !vc our slate, we love our country find its governtueu't. We Jovo Utah and her people. , "The home-town skies see-'i uiiuer. Than skies t.hat stretch away. The home-town friends seem truer And kinder through the dav; And whoiher K'liirn or ch,i ry, I.I -lit hearted or depressed, Or strtf le-ll . c- weary, 1 hike the home-town host." I I love (he old town where I wai tiorn and raised 1 love the peo;! f who have made It what it is. 1 love the old nainee's who struRpied and toiled and battled their way to suc-ce.'.s suc-ce.'.s I The Yesterday has passed, as they. ion, have jiatteil to that Unknown Land from whence no traveler has ever returned. We are now living in Today. The old order has changed. Th? Bible is no lon",tr hold with that reverence that it was in the days of our parents. Tho divinity of Jesus Christ is assailed as-sailed by the Modernists of today. The air is ri"e 1 with unbelief as to His birth and fis divin'fv. Today the human voioe is wafted from wean to oeetn in the twinkiin- nf second. Th- radio gives us the utterances ut-terances of the creat, and near great, ones of our land, and their voices! wre catried upon the wips of the; wind to th.t uttenno.-t parts of the earth. The wireless catries ihe di-: treyy of ships u;hhi the mean, and Rives ..is the ue ; of world in a few minutes after anything of importance us power end light, aud the auto goes ia a few minutes, or hours whwe -t used to take days or v. e-ks The cotr.int-nt has been cros.s-d from oi-.-an lo o--.in in a dawn to das'; f;ixt.t l,y of- f our own L'tah boys. ! W.t.ii sui'ti inh'y i:iiuiin'i-J he.u' wrought in our day and time, we may marvi-l wl.a' will be di seov.-red and it no -a n by ttiot-- who may be liviiig I i;r .-:t: troui in,w. I h-ave thai tor si, tie- on- w:io is more callable ol pri l t.'to .; a a ' 1UK tiian 1 am. Let us thank (Jod thai our lot s t.ot what cur par-iils hail to en r'uii'-r. I.-l us be grateful that limy a 'lie litre, .and tbat we are the off !,tiiij; of th-te worthy men aud women. wo-men. l.i-t ,n have the courage to defend heir I.!.-!, and the religion that warn- ,in,.- motive of their coming to ii.s ws tv.iiUt land. Let ti.s wiml i-hi-:r virtues, and forget not the vi 1 situd.-; they had to endure. I.-1 ,. i Kiri'et their faults and sing the''-rais.-s !l4 the dtyi and years loll on. n. it in i l; lit be a.ii opt ia' e for us to , . - r J - -1- a I 1 1 le iti.i'e s-rv;ce ;o eac1-! eac1-! other as W- journey on lo Ihe end oi he ttfiil. And now le; an; close with th. words of the Hymn or Fi iendship: "Id rather have your friend.shi;; while I'm living, You.,- I'lovrrs will not help me when I'm gone; The things you think of doing or ol giving, ' May ;a'l, and not be needed later on. Your kindly words today, your love forgiving, I'vouli! oi a'.' the cloudy skies o'ei head; So I'd rather have your friendship white I'm living, Than you.r roses after J am dead." . I thank yo.tt, for your patience an-': tour kind indulgence and attention. May Cod bless and kee.p us all. |
