The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-25
SUNDAY SERVICES.

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day afternoon, the choir sang the
hymn on page 1872:
Sweet is the work, my God, my king,
10 praise thy name, give thanks, and
sing
To show thy love by morning light,
And talk Of ali thy truth at night.
Prayer by Elder P. P. Pratt.
The choir sang the hymn on page
Spirit Of faith come down,
Reveal the things Of God,
And make to Us the Godhead known,
And witness with the blood.
ELDER JOHN NICHOLSON adj
dressed the congregation. He read
! passage in the Book of Mormon
page 80, latest edition. embodying
what an angel had shown Nephi in
regard to the situation that would
exist in this day in reference to
churches, one being the mother of
denominations, and the other the
church of the Lamb of God. He
said he did not know where more
sweeping statement than this had
been made, which divided the hui
man family in two great religious
divisions. There had always been
two influences upon the earth, one
good, the other bad. That which led
to good was of God. and the oppo-
site was of the devil. The gospel
was the plan of salvation concocted
before the foundations of the earth
were laid. There was war in
heaven-the result of rebellion,
and the devil and his followers
were cast out of heaven. In the
"Pearl of Great Price" greater de-
tails of the event were given. The
world had been under the evil infu-
ence that operated upon the enemy
of mankind. Whenever an attempt
had been made by God to have
chosen agents through whom he
could speak his mind upon earth,
great opposition had existed, and
the power of the evil one had been
so great that God had been repudi-
ated by the children of men, so far
as revelation is concerned. The
Lord had instituted the mission of
those who had been cast out of
heaven, which was to tempt men
and try to lead them from God.
Now, there were but two churches,
and if the Saints had not the church
of Christ then they belonged to the
other great church, the mother of
denominations. Jesus came in the
meridian of time, and organized his
church with all its powers, func-
tions and blessings. IL had not its
prototype on the earth. It's
organization involves a medium
through which God could COM
municate with its members. 1t had
apostles, high priests, elders, ETC.,
contained special gifts, and provides
conditions upon its members. Now,
the Roman church repudiated i'm
mediate revelation, and the organi-
Zation that Christ had established.
In fact the church as established by
Jesus, did not exist on the earth,
except in the organization believed
in by the 1atter-day Saints. The
latter claimed that their work was
established by the Lord, and it was
opposed by all other denominations
Each of the latter says the other is
wrong, and without the light and
knowledge of salvation hence, ac-
cording TO their own statements,
they are all wrong. They were not
united except for one purpose, and
that was the opposition to the
Church of Christ. 1t was stated
that in this community only, did a
union of church and state exist, but
recent events proved that such a
union existed elsewhere in the
republic more than here. The
present crusade against the
Saints was inaugurated and con-
Quoted by those who claimed to
be followers Of the meek and lowly
Jesus. a circular, signed by the
resident ministers in Utah, had
recently been sent out asking the
clergy to use their influence to help
curry on the war against the Nor
mons. This circular was doing it's
work, and Congress was asked to
form laws to cOerce the people whom
they dare not approach through
the medium of argument. Even
violence was asked 10 be used
against the Saints. The result Of
the circular was that Congressman
had been forced to admit that pop
ular clamor melted by the clerl y
had forced them into the adoption
Of unconstitutional measures for
the coercion of an innocent people.
This did not look like a separation of
church and state, for the church
had driven the state into doing
something that il was ashamed of.
But this opposition was against
God, who had established his
church for the benefit Of mankind.
No one with intelligence or educa-
ton would assert that the measures
adopted against the Mormons were
in keeping with the Constitution of
the country. The people knew
what were their rights under the
Constitution, and they proposed to
stand by those rights. not by force,
but by every legal means. They
did not propose to submit tamely to
the loss of their rights, but having
used all lawful means to preserve
their rights they would be held
blameless by the Lord. Any tame
surrender Of rights was an act of
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