. Ralph's scrap book . efuture, but an actual home in the present —promised cheajitrans]X)rtation to Utah, with free land and church aid whenit was reached. The Mormon church has not lieen built ondoctrinal assertion ; it has grown through the material im-provement and protection it has offered to its at the religion of l^righam Young may profitabl)ponder this ]ioint. But if the new Mormon settlements lacked for books,they did not lack for brains. The diversity of skilledartisans included in the jiioneers of Salt Lake Cit) was itsbest assurance of success. A traveler in 1856 s
. Ralph's scrap book . efuture, but an actual home in the present —promised cheajitrans]X)rtation to Utah, with free land and church aid whenit was reached. The Mormon church has not lieen built ondoctrinal assertion ; it has grown through the material im-provement and protection it has offered to its at the religion of l^righam Young may profitabl)ponder this ]ioint. But if the new Mormon settlements lacked for books,they did not lack for brains. The diversity of skilledartisans included in the jiioneers of Salt Lake Cit) was itsbest assurance of success. A traveler in 1856 said thatfrom the shoeing of a horse to the most delicate watch re- 278 ixiirin,^-. ;- can he dcmc in Salt Lake City. It wasjust stall c()n\cits that the chuirh wanted. Over thisstran-cly j;atheied ixiinilatinii Young ohtained anaseendancy unparalleled. He hekl their respect as tempciralruler and their reverence as a tiod-given leader, and hisirenius, backed bv his authoritx in crganizatiDn, accuni-. THE MAIN STREET OF SALT LAKE CITY plished wimderful things. Hrigham dnuhtless was a very\v(irldl)- i.)r()phet, but he was an extraordinar)- man, whnsecareer will jirnbably never be duijlicated. It is a far cry fri)m a Ing tnrt in the midst <if a sage brush desert to the Salt Lake Cit_\ of today, the mcxlern Zi^n, set in one of the worlds most heautitui \alle\s, with the Jordan flowing by its side, with the snow-eaiiijeil Wahsatch a barrier 279
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