The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-07

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kingdoms, thrones, princiDalities.
salvation or exaltation can be re-
ceived outside the kingdom of GoS.
Man may Own some of these posses
sions for few days, but at given
time they are all buried in one COM
moB grave. Every prophet and
apostle that has lived upon the
earth has prophecied of this greas
day and dispensatiOn. [ have lived
in this church nearly fifty years an6E
have watched its organiza-
ton and growth from nearly
the first, and have known
from the first, and know to-day, that
Joseph Smith was raised up and
sustained by the Lord to do the
work of opening up this dispensa-
ton. Everyone who expects to OBJ
tain part or parcel in this kingdom
without trials will be greatly mis-
taken. The growth Of this church
has been very similar to the parable
of the mustard seed, in every one OF
its stages. The speaker desired to-
impress one thing upon his hearers,
viz. If this was lot the church and
kingdom of God the world would
not hate you; the world loved its. ,
own, but if the people love right
eousness the world will hate them.-
Jesus and his disciples were not
popular among the Jews; they
thought he had come to take their
place and nation. The speaker could
remember for some sixty-sevem
years, and looking back on the his
tory of that time, he could see q
great change in the feeling of the
people concerning religious matters,
In his younger days he sat for
hours hearing the Presbyterian
ministers picture the torments Of
hell, where the flames rose higher
and higher and higher, with fer
vor that would scare a great many
from committing sin, but the great
ministers have Knocked the bottom
out of he'll and it will hold nobody
now. Some of these ministers and
others who are fighting against this
work will find there is hell and
that it will hold them. The learned
men Of to-day also say they believe
there is no God. congressman
lawmakers, statesmen and Others
laugh at you when you describe the
hand of God in the events Of the
day. The Latter-day Saints believe
in a God, know there is a God, and
intend to follow the instructions re-
vealed through his servants. A
congressman said to one of my
brethren lately: "If that bill passes,
God have mercy on you MOrmonsp p
[ say, if the men in power viii
prosecute US, God have mercy on
them and their families. Shall We
fear and tremble because the world
oppose US? l say no, and l say yea
and amen to the valiant men who
express the sentiment that we can
not yield one principle. l have no
commandment to yield, no steps to
retrace, no principle to fOrswear to
please any man or men, and do not
believe that God will ever ask any
of is to do so, for the church must
be kept intact, and those who cannot
feel the conviction that do will do
so before ten years are past. We
have a future, a high destiny, and
that God who has raised up king
dom OH the earth is not asleep. He
may allow trials to test his people,
but we must not sell our gospel or
any of its principles, and if any are
weakened they are not wanted in
this church. | have seen the banks.
of the Mississippi lined with
thousands of men, women and
children in the mud and in
the rain, driven there by 8
governor, but it will all come
out right. | have never broken any
law of the land, that know of, thai
has been constitutional. The prin-
ciples of the constitution were given
to our fOrefathers by inspiration,
| but their grandSires are diScardlnG
it, and rending it, and if this course
is not stopped the whole of the
props of liberty will be-
lost. I want to say to our eneS
mics orsfriends that 1t costs great
deal to shed the blood of Gods pee
pie; the Jews crucified Jesus, and
since then, thousands, and perhaps
| millions, of Jews have been crueI-
fed or died unnatural deaths. There
were two men killed in Carthage
| Jail, and the country has had to pay
big price in blood for that murder
and the bill is not ell paid yet. a
number of Congressmen expressly
stated in the legislative halls az
| Washington that they could not
| vote for the bill which has been
passed recently because it was so
| gIaringIy unconstitutional, and all
the congressman know it is uneon-
stitutional. This warfare is not be-
tween Congress and the handful OF
people in these mountains; it IS q
warfare between God and man, and
1 God will fight our battles. We have
a cUurtto appeal to above the courts
of this land. and the whole Of the
hundred thousand saints should
seek their private chambers and
petition that court and its judge fOg
! justice.
Hymn on page 2i0 : " How firm a
foundation We Saints Of the Lord. /"
BenedictiOn by Apostle Lorenzo
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