Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 73: June 15, 1911

N 0 man has spent his life in vain whose aim and ambition has been the betterment of himself. No fountain is so small but that heaven may be imaged in its bosom.

Some years ago we met an old gentlemen who had been active in newspaper work in Salt Lake City during the early sixties, and who was well acquainted with President Brigham Young.

After our introduction had been graciously acknowledged by the old gentleman, we began asking about the great man, who, under the guiding hand of Omnipotence, was so instrumental in directing the destinies of what was to become a mighty people, whose religion was to be heralded to all the nations of the world. He told us of his knowledge of the Mormons during those early days, of his intercourse with Brigham Young and of his impres sions of the residents of the territory of Utah.

He was unstinted in his praise of the hardy pioneers and their fearlessness in overcoming the natural conditions which seemed to be against them. He said the language of many of them would have been a barrier, under any other circumstances, for it was with difficulty they were able to make themselves understood, for they came from several foreign countries. Without the leader they would all have perished, but with a boldness that, to many would have appeared terrifying, their dauntless leader wrested victory from the very jaws of death and under the guiding hand of Almighty God planted those people in the desert; and their fruit has been of the choicest variety and has done honor to the world and will yet be chosen from among men to standardize the mode of living.

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