The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-13


~, '" no somewhere else more num-
GUS prs and more powerful than we
-o now. My childhood and my
81 outh were spent in wandering and
!U,Fering with the people of God,
sd bv the help of God my life shall
az as snent to the end with them. l
love no other place to go, I want no
n The people to go with. There is
w switching, no side-tracking for
This hi church, iT is to go right ahead
On the straight and narrow track,
and every man and woman must
raaIle up their minds for this; take
Z FTm stand in the cause. [ am
thankful that everything is as well
eft is with us, and everything will
10 right if we keep the command
Inents of God and listen to the cOun-
eeIIof his servants.
PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR said
there is one thing l wish to make a
Temark or two upon. | want for US
al to be liberal and deal with peo-
ME on liberal and just principles,
Int when any man or set OF men
manifest hostile spirit "~0inst US
II is wise and proper is to
take care of ourselves a little.
We have talked about tn uni
ted order and about cooperation,
as being something preparatory TO a
better and higher state of things.
There has been a feeling among
many of our brethren to branch out
INTO mercantile affairs and 60 off
m their own hook. My idea is that
# npople viii deal honestly, justly
and conscientiously, one with the
other. it IS better for our brethren
to do this than our enemies. 1t is
better to put means into the hands
of our friends than our enemies, for
some of the latter are not slow 10
use the means we pay them to in
lure us. Self preservation is the
first law of nature. Our cooperative
institutions have done very well
and if there are institutions that can
be introduced by our brethren. let
them be sustained. But we want
them to be honest, to put away
chicanery and evil doings; sustain
ing the church and its principles,
paying their tithipg and unfolding
the hands of good men. If they
will not do this we will find some
body that will We want to sustain
no hypOcritical men, either Mormon
or Gentle. We want to 60 right
along in the path of duty and fear
no Canaanltes or other ties they can
do no more than the Lord will let
them. feel all the time ike say
ing. Hallelujah! hallelujah! hallelu
iah! the Lord God omnipotemt
reigneth. and he will reign until he
hath put his enemies under his feet.
The choir sang an anthem:
'Promised Land"
BenedictiOn by Apostle F. III
Lyman.
Adjourned until p, IN.
? pm.
The meeting was opened b. the
choir singing the hymn on page 81:
Praise ye the Lord, Ills good 10 raise.
Your hearts and voices IN his praise,
His nature and h works invite
To make this duly our delight.
Prayer by Erastus Snow.
The choir sang the hymn on page |
403:
While of these embl-ns wa DArtake,
In Jesus name ard FL n, AXE,
Let US rememn-r, and ~ u.
Our hearts and hands sre clean and pure,
PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR spoke: |
In attempting to address this con-
he wished all to be as
quiet as possible. l desire to speak
such words as shall be instructive,
and ask an interest in the prayers Of |
the faithful, that we may be the
better for our coming together.
am aware of the position that we
occupy to-day. l feel that l am sur
rounded by a large number of intel
ligent men and women. While l
address you l also address the world,
for the remarks l make will be pub
lished. Therefore [ feel DESTROYS to
such sentiments as will be
N accord with the enlighten-
ment Of the Latter-day Saints,
with the intelligence of the nine
teenth century, and with the princi-
pies which emanated from God. We
stand as a peculiar people in the
midst of the earth. We are here to
represent principles which have
from God. Anything we
nay have, any intelligence we may
De enabled to impart, is not Of our
elves; it originated not with US: it
lid not originate with Joseph {
smith, Brigham Young, the Twelve.
Ter was it received from any insti-
utiOn of learning, of science, or
rom any religious, political BODY
r otherwise. A message was an
Ounced to us by Joseph Smith,
he prophet. as a revelation from
rOd, wherein he stated that holy
ngels had appeared to him and re-
called the everlasting gospel as it
xisted in former ages and God the
'ather. and God the Son, both ap-
cared to him and the Father, point
lg, said, this is my beloved son,
I whom | am well pleased, hear ye /
i'm. MOrOni, a prophet who lived !
n this continent centuries ago, re-
ealed to Joseph the plates contain ,
ig the Book of Mormon, and
OSeph was enabled to translate
lem into the Book of Mormon.
hat book contains a record of the !
lclent inhabitants who dwelt upon |
us continent, part of whom came
ON the rOWnr of Roba1 on1 mort | =