mmedans; there were
Japanese, Chinese, and negroes--but, among them all there was one religion
and one church lacking, and that was the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. It had not been invited, and when Elder B.H. Roberts was
sent to Chicago to get a hearing for the Church of Christ, he was treated
in an ungentlemanly manner and was not allowed to properly present the
claims and doctrines of the Church. The Savior once said: "Blessed are ye,
when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their
company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the
Son of Man's sake." May we not draw a great lesson from all this?

On January 4, 1896, President Grover Cleveland signed the paper which
admitted Utah into the Union as a state. Celebrations in honor of the
event were held in all the towns and cities of the State.

Fifty years from the time the pioneers entered Salt Lake Valley, July 24th,
1897, a grand celebration was held in Salt Lake City to honor the event.

[Illustration: THE PIONEER MONUMENT.]

This celebration began Tuesday, July 20, 1897, and closed on the night of
Saturday 24th. On the 20th the Pioneer Monument, which is surmounted by a
bronze statue of President Brigham Young, and situated near the Southeast
corner of the Temple block, Salt Lake City, was dedicated by President
Wilford Woodruff. The same day, at a reception held in the Tabernacle, all
surviving pioneers of 1847, were presented with a golden badge. Memorial
services in honor of the deceased pioneers were held in the Tabernacle on
Sunday 25th.

When the war with Spain broke out the next year, a call was made on Utah
for five hundred volunteers. Utah's young men, many of them sons of the
pioneers and old settlers, heeded the call, and the men were promptly
raised and sent to the seat of war.

President Wilford Woodruff while on a visit to the Pacific coast, took
suddenly ill and died in San Francisco, September 2, 1898.

Topics.--1. Wilford Woodruff. 2. George Q. Cannon. 3. Joseph F. Smith. 4.
The "Manifesto." 5. The Parliament of Religions. 6. Death of President
Woodruff.

Questions and Review.--1. Who constituted the fourth First Presidency of
the Church? 2. Tell something of President Woodruff. 3. Name some positions
President Cannon has held. 4. Tell about President Smith's boyhood. 5. What
further laws did the enemies of the "Mormons" wish passed against them? 6.
What is the "manifesto?" 7. How