The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-03
HISTORY OF MORM0NrsM AS IT Is,
Choice Extracts from Brigham YouuR's
Sermons.

Sermons.
The file Of the Salt Lake news brought by the
last mail from Utah, contains number of sermons
delivered in the Tabernacle at Salt Lake by Go
vernon Brigham Young, from which we have taken
the eubjoned extracts
LAWYERS AND THE IGN0RACE OF JURORS.
Mr.. Hovey has referred to several incidents in his
experience. ! will refer to what l witnessed no
longer ago than yesterday, in the court room. A
lawyer rose to make hls plea before the jury; he
took up the Laws OF Utah, which are strict and
pointed in reference TO lawyers making pleas,
binding them to fairly array the facts in the case,
whether they are for or against their clients, and
he was 30 serious, so religious, so pions and 80
honest that he appealed to high heaven to witness
his honesty before the jury. When he had in
duced the jury to believe that he was honest,
stood there and misrepresented the merits OF tn
case for half an hour at stretch, in regular law
when they talk freely, and they cannot keep from
it. This is the way In which the Lord will exhibit
the hearts of the children Of men. Win he take
out their hearts and show them to the people!
hearts but he will draw them into circumstances
which will compel them to manifest what is in
them. Let man rise up here and talk, and freely
spirit he is. We have just heard the words which
give manifestation OF the spirit OF one OF our mis-
sonaries, and say now, as ! have said before,
wish we had hundreds Of such missionaries
and firing " their hearts with the spirit Of homes
ty, so that they would entirely quit pifering, ly-
ing and de:eiving, and deal honestly with one
another, with themselves and with their God
and be industrious and prudent and pay atten.
ton to their business instead of loafug about,
the streets. wish we had one hundred such mis-
sionaries in this city to get ND prayer meetings.
preaching meetings, and evening meetings in every
ward What tori To draw away that filthy, nasty
mass which assemblies at the corners of this public
square. For week or two past that court house
has been thronged with men, and it is darker than
the bowels Of hell. II you ask me how l know, I
answer, have bsen there and seen for myself; have
understood how they felt and tried the spirits, and
found Ioafng about In such places where there is
contention, and quarrelling, and every stratagem
that can be used to deceive juries and witnesses,
and lying before them with all the grace and
sanety Of saint, pretending to be one. Such
place is darker to me than midnight darkness.
There is not jury which has occupied seat,
in that court house that eomprehends the full
their minds are beclouded dust is thrown into their
eyes, and they do not fully know truth from error,
light from darkness, what is Of God from what is not
of God. AS l have already said, lawyer COM
heaven to witness his honesty before the jury and
this he did to decoy their feelings to throw them off
their guard, and in all this he true to his client
tiles. He has been gentle lawyer for many years
before he entered this church, and therefore do not
think that he really merits such severe censure as
he otherwise would for taking the gentle shoot 50
still enfods him. Instead of setting before the jury
the merits of the case, and nothing else, he never
touched upon them, but avoided them at every turn
and threw dust in their eyes, that they might give
an unrighteous decision.
THE DIREFUL EXPECTS OF LAW.
Elders OF Israel also throng sUce place, and that
too when no spirit regns there but the devils spirit
and unless enough righteous elders 60 in to purify
the atmosphere and overbalance the power OF evil,
you get nothing from that den but the principles
Of hell There is not righteous person in this COM
tied by arbitrators, the Bishops court, the high
council, or by the twelve referees, Gas provided in
resolution No. page 800 of Utah Laws) far better
and more satisfactorily than to contend with each
the best interests of the community, and to lead
scores of away from their duties as good and in
dustrious citizens Take from one to two hundree
men and detain them in a court room week after
week, just look at it! How many men have been
detained at that court house during the past week.
Will hundred fill the number7 No Will the
time Of one hundred and fifty men for the past six
days indemnify this community for the wasted time
that has been spent there in trying to decide one
case, that any boy fifteen years old, possessed of
good common sense, and having the spirit Of truth
you that the time of one hundred and fifty men for
six days will notsupply the loss to this community
which has been incurred to satisfy the lustful,
wicked cursed, helish appetes Of professed breth-
ing lawyers TO deceive or lie for them, which are
SYNONYMOUS terms in the eyes Of Justice and by
bringing in witnesses to screen the guilt and deceive
q jury, whereby they are liable to give wrong
verdict. am making these few remarks for your
beneft,f you will he benefttee by them. I tell you
that cricket war, grasshopper war, or an Indian
war, would not begin to be 80 direful as what you
would have to pass through, were it not for your
ignorance. If you are wilfully ignorant you will
have to feel the LASH but if you innocenty igno
rant, and do the best you know how, you may be
you drag each other before the un moody? When you
run after difficulties, contentious, br0is and strifes?
Do you think he has fellowship with your conduct in
such things: No. you do not Do you suppose that
and good men can fellowship your conduct? You
do not, for one moment There is not man or
woman in this house, whether saint or sinner Jew
Gentle, bond free, black or white thut can SO
sciences can be clear in the day Of retrpution if you
spend your time for naught, and run after the filth
ness Of the wicked! Do you believe that in 80 doing
clear conscience! You cannot. Then why in the
name Of common sense, do you tag after the devil
and his imps?
ADVICE TO THOSE WHO SET ON JURIEs.
Old gray headed men, WHO ought to be fathers in
Israel, were impanneed as jury on the case have
alluded to, and what they after? The fog the
froth and spawn Of hell-andt they feast upon it.
left with regard to the influences Of the spirit Of
God. Might they not have known better2 Yes, if
they had taken the course which Joseph Hovey has
taken. If they would walk humbly before God and
hHoW LIS WIZ, tHCt WOuu ~ W WOlh dHu Bct bCOAc
and timber. and weak at repairing their fences pre-
paratory to raising grain potatoes and other articles
Of food instead of following otter courts and the
nonsense, wickedness and lying associated with
them. Dol say that lying is practised in those
places? Yes, often from beginning TO end. Men will
take solemn oath that they will tell the truth in the
name of Israel's God, and nothing but the truth
and then, if they have prejudice against Mr.. A or
B, they will their story to suit themselves, and If
possible crush an innocent person. The jures are
liable to be deceived. where there is mush darkness
and the whole posse will 60 to hell and will say It
In the name Of Jesus Christ. You men who follow
after such course Of things as refer to, would
not give the ashes Of rye straw for the whole of
you, jurymen, witnesses, and every other person
who countenanccs such place. 1t is o cage Of I'M
clean birds den and kitchen Of the devil prepared
pou wondered why sent Thomas Bullock to take
your rames; wanted to know the men who were
coaxing hell into our midst, for l wish to
send them to China. to the East Indies or To