in the wilderness of the West, called the whole world's attention to them.
Many honest people began to see what a mistake it had been to send armed
soldiers against an innocent people.

When the army was withdrawn, peace once more prevailed, and the Church was
again busy preaching the Gospel to the world and gathering the honest from
the nations. Many missionaries were sent out and new fields were opened.

From Europe the Saints came by the thousands. Sometimes a whole ship would
be engaged to take a company of Saints across the ocean, in charge of one
of the Apostles or some leading elder. From the sea, they would travel in
train loads to the end of the railroad, where companies of teams and wagons
would take them the remainder of the journey to Utah.

Now came the telegraph line westward. October 17, 1861, it was completed
to Salt Lake City, and the next day President Young sent the first message
east. At this time the war between the north and the south was beginning,
and in this first telegram President Young said that Utah had not seceded,
but was firm for the Union.

[Illustration: SALT LAKE TABERNACLE (INTERIOR.)]

Following the telegraph came the railroads. The Union Pacific was being
built from the east, while the Central Pacific came from the west. May 10,
1869, the two roads met in Northern Utah near the Promontory, and the last
spike was driven with much ceremony. Thus was completed the first iron road
across the continent.

But true to the past history of the Latter-day Saints, peace was not a
blessing they were permitted to enjoy for many years at a time.