The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-14
E M O r. M o N s
Progress and Policy Of the Latter Day
Saints.


bv Elder Orson Hyde, Tabernacle
October 9, 1854, Q Pm. "a
Believed friends and brethren. It !. , lSis tim 70 n anS to sac csn
70 my lot 70 be your speaker ,s y n Was s'p proposed In the
AZ" K ~ pt tim . / ! out the appointmsn. for this even.
NE meeting ;sa 9s, %g eye s Sas i tIs to s 90 the sss subject - good
;r.t;ee ss nv abilities, aided BY the faith Of the saints
s..a the Spirit Of .. GSS' nm, may u snsSIs as %ss 4 aei d SSs I
trust shall also have your prayers, that the Lcra may
inspire me with those srguments and reasons that are
fore him, III may not be my good fortune to acauit my
self 20 amply before you ~ my heart would desire.
III a: ..,a heard sss id !: ssD:sls 3. s ssmsssasi, viz Il our ,a a ssa1ss'
that i they could only Be convinced that polysamy was
true, they Mould t became ps,s n0r% aCs.t 81 STs T do, says the
inquirer. Did father Abraham and the ancient patti
Archs live in this relation, and practise tns dosst,ne
Won are bound to become q Mormon upon. your ovn Ay.
pethssis and reasons. But, gentlemen, II kD,w Shat
~ principsl doctrine that alone Influenced yea I. be.
come hormons, ! should at once say, ,ss p4e lever bsp-
such : person into the church and king aoms Of Cod.
God despises every character WHO wouls enter his
church for no other purpose t than 70 cr1miu.aly indulge
auige the expectation, il you shgu id DO convinced By the
arguments l may adducs In favor Of the doctrine of poly.
sroandxori for your faith. But where Is the ground
upon which to base your faif.h2 Whore shall you go to
ana out Normonism from the foundation to the top
Stone. from the root to the uttsrmost branchin the tree9
Begin at the beginning. If men wish to ACCOM- plish any
not IN the middle ofi, or at the end.
/ know that this doctrine 10 made the xubject of q
great deal Of ridicus. know that the world at large,
who profess to BE- Iious, or, II not pious, morally up
right, look upon il as a damntng sin, asa stain upon
the bright sscutehcon Of their country; here in the very
fountains, they consider il = dark Spot IN the coun,ry's
history. Manyc Of the great politicians of the day view
scrupulous; they regard It as . 6enous, q dsmning sin.
Iaiways consider II mysduty, under proper circum.
.sesnsss and st fear; and IL | h ! s0P 9s. s ! i : a p ms MIa
and am unable to defendi 4. upon the principles OF truth
justice, equity and true philosophy, should consider I
Well now, friends and brethren, win you listen to me
for . short time, and let me cond1ct you, as far as 1
raten that is universally Acknowledged BY ali Christsu-
dom TO be the word Of God, the truth Of heayena Will
Ssok9 And then say whether We possess the same
spirit now that inspired the breasts Of the ancieats,
yourselves whether Il be so or not.
In the FIRST place, then, we win look unto AbrahsE,
Christ's then we age Abraham's seed and heirs accord.
whereby dishonor is laid TO his charge, or let any re-
The loyalty Of a son towards his parents dweils in this
bosom, ! win resist al such reproach. No matter how
father. and unto Sarah as my mother who bore me. How
father Of the faithful apd the great head Of the church
in the days Of the Patharchs, and the head Of those who
the blood Of bis only besotten; fer il we are carists's,
then we are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the
II by the virtue Of the saviour,s blood our sins are
washed away, we are the children of Abraham; we hail
him ~ our father, and Sarah rs our mother; he is the
father OF the faithful; he is the father of many nations.
How was it with Abraham Did I've please God, walk
before him ~uprightly,. and obtain this testimony that
he pleased God, and obtain promises that no other man
has obtained since the days of Abraham, the Son OF
Ged excepted Jehovah promised that in him and in
his seed all the nations Of the earth should be
bksEed, as a pattern OF piety. and Al the
great head of the church. Because of his faith.
a s.'1ss' h IN a sssp fISn the os sGsma and. tents. Of oro Jehovah Won on
has lived since that time who has been thus blessedS
y. .Ii venture V. nos a to IA, sSy wort MOT G 3 G. T Ts;tRfd 4 We as1 are his children I'll rem
the Saviour who ever spoke the truth; who ever declared
the mind and win of his Father in heaven. Are we Abra.
hams seed, or are we tastards and not sonsa That is
Let us see what Abrabam's works were. Abraham %.
What promise has the Christian world obtaine,p aWhy,'
says one, /" the Bible is all full of promises made to the
70 the people Of Goa long ago to do with usS Have we
obtained promises to ourselvesp There is the point. II
onT fathers obtained promises that they should be fed,
my appetite. It satisfied them, but that has nothing to
do with mel want the same kind OF substantial fooi my
promises also. "wbatl A man that has more than
one wife obtain promises from Gods' | tel you there
from God, that had not more than one wife, II the Bible
be true. There was David and there was Solomon; there
that old Bible was for the Jews, and has nothing to 90
With us; that is the Old Testament, and having more
wives was according to their law and aecor ling 20 their
world Is our great pattern he is our great lawgiver.
And how Is it with himi Let us inquire. DID the
all rshtsousnessp You answer, yes. Even the simple
ordinance Of baptism he wonld not pass by, for the Lord
sbsy what the Lord had commanded, and he would fuldl
Al nghteepsneD, Upon this hypothesis will go back
70 The beginning, ana lattice ths gQ@man5ments that
re, rare given 70 our a,st parents 10 the garden or n- sa
earth" ] win digress here for q moment from the
thread OF the subject, and bring an idea that may par
s,.rnns upsn Il. 81, -, .unu
does the term rsplsnish mean This word !: derived
tition, iteration; and "plenus'' signifies full, complete;
then the meaning Of the word replenish is to refill, re.
snd fSs had got a new stock Of goods, / should say you
have Feplenished your stock; that is, allied up your es.
s.ea. ha nsa '0 sn "a , rsnisn a. y ,S S,a a Delg,e' Co.. NOW 60 ior.n,
ed with gloomy clouds OF darkness, excluded hom the
light Of heaven, and tarrness brooaed upon the face OF
ADAM u's a. much 50 Is il was S SsSSsst the se days o. IN So slyS It
VAS said that Noah became the father Of . new world,
but i was the same old world .till, and win continue to
be, though II may pass through many cnxu....
When God said, 60 forth and replenish the the earth,
4 was to replsriish the inhabitants Of the human species
were commanded to multiply and repienish the earth;
snd n the Saviour found Il his duty to be baptized to
ful6l all righteousness, q command Of far less imP 'rtance
sinerence in the commandments Of Jehovah, for they
are all important and all essential,) would he not fnd 1t
his duty 70 join In with the rest OF the faithful ones In
rcplenishing the earth "Mr. Hyde, do you really wish
to imply that the i'm naculate Saviour begat chnlrenS
n ID q blasphemous assertion agairst the purity of the
SAviour's life, to say the least Of t. The holy aspira-
lions that ever assembled from him to his Father would
never allowed him to have any such heshly and carnsl
connections, never, no never This Is the general idea;
but the Saviour never thought II beneath him TO obey
the mandate Of his Father; he never thou ht this stoop-
ing beneath his dignity he never despised what God nai
made; for they are bore Of his bone, AMI Hesh OF his
aesh kindred spirits, that once basked in rays Of inn
Nortalty and eternal life. When he found them clothed
upon and and surrounded with the weaknesses Of m ,rth
ncsh, would he deepise them No. IL Is true | have
seen mem who became poor and miserable all al ouse,
and then those who were their friends in the days OF