The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-19

: oeiSVlcg IN Ieltn anu baptism Tor TIT
remission Of sins. Then it was queel
3 that the Christisn world should try Il
crush out ths truth as established
upon the earth BY God. Some said
that the SANTA we're ell right in theil
practices and teachings. except in thC
Jewish order OF marriage. The
speaker said that be was one who
had to guard the temple in NAuVoo,
and protect the perons and pro.
party Of the saints from mobs, long
before tbs revelation in regard to
marfiage had been recsived. Elder
Aodrus related briefly the story Of the
early prosecutions of the sAiuts ia
lOhio. Missouri and Illinois, saying it
was not polygamy or any wrong
doing that brought persecution upon
Mormons. 1t was because they we're
engaged IN the work of spreading
Gods gospel over the earth, and
thereby combating TIE evil one, aud
his teachings. Those who we're fight
ing the truth we're inspired by Satan.
But 1t made no difference what the
deposition was. The gospel work
would rel on. Il would be better for
this generation il il refused to fight
against ths go-psl; but the opposition
could not stay the progress that was
being made IN extending the truth
over the earth. Elder AndIus vas
not much in sympathy with the love
that the Christian world expressed
for the ssiots He preferred works.
The time would come when God
would make ali listen to his gospel,
and when the world would know that
Joseph Smith Was q prophet Of the
Lord. 1t hsd been predicted many
centuries ago, by Daniel, that this
kingdom should be set up; and that
it should grow uutil it filled The whole
yearth, and crushed out other king
doms. No hand could STOP its growth.
or staV its progress.
President GEORGE Q. CANNON sa,d
il wEs most cheering TO listen 10 the
testimony OF one like Elder Andrus,
who had been for mary years en-
gagged in the gospel work. The life
OF a saint who had been true to his
faith from the beginning OF the work
vas rich in experiences. He had
been tested 10 the core. The saints
bad had trials, prosecutions, suhsr-
ings, poverty, and laIterly they had
been blessed with prosperity. IL was
right that shsy should DO tested as no
other people had been tesssd. They
were struggling 10 stain q higher
degree OF exallation and glory than
any othor people we're EtriVingfor. They
could not obtain what they sought
without persecution. Ifthsy Wers not
the peopls Of God they would not be
persecuted. Any people that moved
along smoothly without difficulty,
were not he people o! God. There
we're two snt4gonistic principles in
operation Cd the earth-GTuth and
error, light and salkuets. These an
tAgoniEtio principles have always been
upon the Earth When error had
ruled. and swept truth from the field,
then there has bseH q season Of
Quiet, and apparent peace. At such
times il seemed &c il the antsEonism
bad ceased. But when truth has a.
serted itself and proclaimed its rights
then the autsgonisn haI been revived
with all lis bitterness and hatred. 1t
wss remarkable thing that . youth,
by proclaiminG shst God bad spoken
from the heavens, and proclaimed
that his gospel should be restored,
should have aroused the antagonism
that arose over tbs declarations Of
joseph Smith. 1t might have been
thought that the world wAs wide
enough for all, without one persecut-
ing another, without townships, cOun.
ties, and states AEmiBg against little
sect, and driving the latter from their
borders. All the crime of the victims
TO the early prosecutions, consisted in
saying God bad restored his gospel to
the earth, the rame gospel that Was
taught in the Bibie, The book in
which ell the Christ an world pro-
Iessed TO believe. The prosecutions
had gone on with more Cr lees vim
diotiveness up to the present time.
How different it vas With the saints.
They made no raids upon otherp;
they welcomed, protected and fed
strangers. One was as safe in any
part of the territory as in any city Of
the country. While crime had pre-
vailed in the surrounding territories,
and robbery Was rampant, there Wss
absolute safety here. A psople who
had done all this, st least ought to
have the respect accorded to law
abiding citizens anywhere. Elder
iOsnnon referred to the recent assault
by the Rev. Talmage upon the Nor
monr, and said il was not because the
Mormons had done anything to Tai
mage, but because they had offended
him 10 their belief. His was the oppo-
sition OF error to truth, the Antsgon-
ism between wrong and right. The
speaker thought that inssmuch 81
, the Normons had come here, bad
built up and redeemed the territory,
aud accomplished what Was seen IN
. the way Improvement and develop
] ment from one end of Utah to The
other, they should be left 70 them
selves, to work out their salvation OF
: damnaliou. so long ss they do no
] encroach upon the rights OF tbeil
? fellow men. BE claimed the hight 4
} worship and do as be pleased, so Ions
as be did rot interfere with the rights
2 of bis neighbour, and he granted Ihs
4 right TO all men, OF whatever faith
{ practice or belief. Referring agsiI
: to the antssoDism between truth ans
. error, FL Ter Cannon eaid eventual,
} truth would prevail over error, ant
e lcrush the later. The saints Bsr'
J engaged 10 the work that SouiC
] lhasten the triumph OF truth. TIL
: word would 90 flrtb unpopular a. i
, is to-day, and would spreAd. Preiu
|. Idics Eould be Gvronn. AID tn
. gospel would b. !olked upou and 10
I Vestigated il . diHicreEt spirit from
L that which -o~ prevails il The world
u The choir sang su anthem, anI
}. Counselor D. r. Wells pronounced
} henediction.