The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-04

But God made those laws. No man
of this day and age could make any
thing like the law controlling the
solar system; no man could make the
vitality to be found in himself. We
could know nothing only az God re-
vealed it. The philosophers and wise
men could not make a blade OF graas
God It was WHO caused the blood &c
flow through the veins apd gave
vitality TO man. When men discov-
cred any OF the laws in the mineral,
animal or vegetable kingdoms, they
simply found something that God had
established and which had existed
always and was unchanged. Though
man had discovered much there were
ten thousand principles which be had
not yet learned. but which Were
known TO God, and had existed sinct
the world was formed. All things
were governed by law. whether in the
material or spiritual world Man
was singularly compounded OF ma
terial and spirit. He knew some
Thing of the past, bat what did be
know of the futurr? Nothing except
what G5d revealed. Tbs saints
themselves did not know all
these things. God had given
them sons knowledge, but be had
commanded them to obey certain
laws. just as those who operated thu
telegrsphic instruments were obliged
to obey laws in order to make cleo
tricity ussiul. Among the ls9s tha'
God had ordained were repentance,
baptism, the laying on OF hands, etc.,
for the reception of the holy ghost, all
of which must be obeyed. They
could not be disregsTdeG in any par
ticular if we wanted the spirit OF the
Lord. God had said how these things
should be performed, at least the
saints said he had, and if be bad not
60 revealed them, then the santa we're
impostoFs, Joseph Smith and the
apostles, with the others, and all that
they we're doing, their temples. etc,
amounted to nothing. Bat if the
revelations were true, then they were
of vast moment TO mankind. The
priesthood and power bal actually
been restored to man. foe saints
knew it. They went forth to preach
the gospel to the world, and suffer
and be spurned as the elders have
been, because they knew it was true.
They trust in God because they know
be has revealed himself, that his gos-
pei is true, and that he will sustain
them because he hes commanded
them to do SIS they are doing. They
had received the spirit of the holy
gnost which told them on the truth OF
the gospel. II they had not this
knowledge they would net labor and
suffer As they sometimes do because
of the gospel. Some people found
fault with the saints. but the latter
ouid not help their faith. It was
impossible for them to unlea.u what
they had learned through God, unless
they grieved the epirit OF the
Lord. This knowledge had taught
them how to carrg cut
the commands of the Lord
Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery
and the others did not originate the
gospel. God revealed it, and confer
red the authority upon them to give
the spirit which carried with it know
ledge OF the truth to others. Having
In this time received the spirit the
SAINTS were here to save Themselves
and their fellow men, and to gain a
place by the side of God in the worlds
10 come. Being here they have their
religious duties to perform-the build
ing OF temples, administering in
them for the living and the dead
And they proposed to go ahead with
those duties, notwithstanding wha,
the world said to the contrary. They
were living in the United States, and
should they obey the laws of the
land? Yes. Pay the taxes? Yes
Be loyal? Yes Sustain the officers?
Yes. Fight them? No. Say hard
things about the oficiaIs? No. The
saints should do right; obey the laws
and they would be blessed. They
wanted to be let alone in their beliei.
They wanted to believe and worship
as they pleased, and would do SO, God
being their helper, TO which declara.
ton the audience shouted loud Az
This was Gods work, and he would
sustain it against whatever Opposition
the wicked might bring. If the
saints were faithful, God would stand
by them. Their enemies could 60 no
further than the Lord permitted
them. President Taylor ss d the
saints should humble themselves be.
fore the Lord, and perform their du.
ties, then God would protect and pre-
serve them.
The choir sang the hymn coma
mencing:
Come, let US anew our journey pursue.
The benediction was pronounced.