The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-10

upon the earth. The gospel did no
. originate with man no more thai
the world originated by man. Non
of the dispensations of God to mai
ever originated with the latter
After the fall the opening of every
diSpensatlon required the interposi
ton of God. In the antediluvial
age, when on account of the wicked
ness OF mankind the world had tt
| be destroyed, the warning was sen
to all nations to repent. But Goo
provided means for the perpetuity
Eof the human family; man did mol
could not. The Isrdelites in Egyp-
tian bondage did not create theil
own deliYerance. Moses was raised
up and Instructed by God, and the
children of Israel had nothing to
do with it. God, in the meridian
1of time, had spoken by his son who
came to do the will of his Father
who sent him. He selected men
who were apparently the most in
efficient to accomplish the great
WoI X u the nations, and took no
notice Ut The learned nor wise and
totally disregarded the great Jewish
Sanhedrim. AS in all other dispense
| tionS Goo. was the originator of all
our knowledge. To whom were the
saints indebted for the Book of
Mormon? To God, by whose spirit
it was written Only as it has been
made manifest by the spirit had the
saints been able to understand. We
are told that there is a spirit in man
and it is God who giYeth it under
standing. God having restored the
gospel has bestowed upon the human
family the priesthood with the
powers and blessings that were en-
joyed anciently, and principles
which pertain both to the living and
to the dead. Where the truth was
revealed a great amount of idolatry
and wickednesS were made mani
fest. We say sometimes that we
are not treated just right by our
fell0wmen, but the reason for this
was quite plain. Our mission to all
nations is to preach the gospel,
which is the same that was given
to the ancient apostles, but we are
not required as the Mahommedans
were to compel all men to ack-
nOwledge that there was one God
and Mohammed was his prophet.
Who among the saints ever at
tempted to compel any person to
receive the gospel, or to stir up any
rebellion or to call people from the
paths of rectitude to the service of
mammon? No sooner do men re-
ceive the gospel than they are
anxious to gather with this people.
But was it because predictions had
been made by the prophets that such
would be the case? No, it was
through the operation of the
same spirit by which those
predictions had been made. Our
nation which complained of
British oppression had called
the English nation through Secre-
tary Evarts, TO assist them to regu-
late the morals of this nation. Mr..
Eyarts was the grandson Of Rod
eric Shermen, one Of the signerS of
Declaration of independence. Who
would have supposed the grandson
would have so soon forgotten the
predicament in which his grand
father was placed. Zion was said
to be the pure in heart. It was a
common saying with the sectarian
world that we are born in sin, and
Graded in iniquity. Some of US
have been rocked in those cradles.
In conversation with some Protes-
ants berating the Catholic Church
they termed the Catholic Church
the mother of harlots. He thought
on hearing this that she had a
scurvey offspring. America was
said to be the land of the free and
the home of the brave. NotWith-
standing the prosecutions heaped
upon us there was not a nation on
earth where the saints could enjoy
as much liberty as we do. The
voice of the people formerly bore
rule, but who bears rule now? We
have a governor, judges and other
officers appointed by the President
of the United States. We also have
a nominal legislature whose laborS
may DE annalled by the veto of one
man. The Declaration of indie
tendance spoke of certain inalien
| able rights one of which was life,
another liberty anC another the
pursuit of happiness. No man IL
| America is indebted to the United
| States for any of these rights, they
came from God. BENZ ORGANIZED
in governmental capacity thest
| rights are said to be guaranteed Il
us. But such was not The case a
it should DE. We ind no fault Will
other people for their religion; the.
may worship as they please. Blu
; when they interfere with our re
ligion or our rights guaranteed to u
by the Constitution of the United
States it is time for US to speak
Referring to the empanneiing o
tine grand jury recently, the speake
said he was informed tina
two of them were Latter-da
saints, While the remaing thirteel
were of the opposing party. TIL
! Governor had appointed persons t
many offices in the Territor.
whether vacant or not. While az
gressions are made upon US God ex
. poets US to maintain the principle
of human rights. The speaker ha'
felt sorry for the action congress:
men had taken, not for himself c
the saints, but for themselves, fo
they had done much to bring th