The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-11

driven again! / don't say we VIII,
but what has been done may be
done again! Supposing it does come
to pass, what Is our conclusion;
Judging the future by the past |!
! If we are driven from here we Will
come 10 somewhere else more num-
erous and more powerful than we
are now. My childhood and my
youth were spent in wandering ana
suffering with the people OF GOd,
and by the help of God my life Shall
be spent to the end with them. L
have no other place to go, 1 want no
other people to go with. There Is
no switching, no side-tracklng foT
this church, il is to go right ahead
on the straight and narrow track,
and every man and woman must
make up their minds for this; take
a firm stand in the cause. L am
thankful that everything is as wei!
as 1t is with US, and everything VIII
be right if we keep the command
mentS of God and listen to the cOun-
sci of his servants.
PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR said
there is one thing I wish TO make a
remark or two upon. / want for us
all to lie liberal and deal with peO-
pie ON liberal and just principles,
but when any man or set Of men
manifest hostile spirit against US
it is wise and proper for us to
take care of ourselves a little
We have talked about the 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
on their own hook. Ny idea is that
if people will 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 TO
use the means we pay them to in
jure US. Self preservation is the
first law Of nature. Our cooperative
institutions have done very well !;
aud II there are institutions that can
be introduced by our brethren. let
them be sustained. But we want
them to be honest, to put away
chicaneTy and evil dOings; sustain
ing the church and its principles,
paying their tithing and upholding
the hands of good men. If they
will not do this we win 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 Canaanites or other ties they can
do no more than the Lord will let
them. [ feel all the time ike say
ing. Hallelujah. hallelujah. hallelu
jah! the Lord God omnipotant
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. " |
Lyman. i
Adjourned until , p. m.
The meeting was opened bv 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 his works invite
To make this duty our delight.
Prayer by EraStus Snow.
The choir sang the hymn on page
4O3:
While of these emblems We psrtEke,
II Inst1sf for
Let Us remem Der. and be sure
Our bearts and hands are elan and pure /
PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR spoke:
In attempting 10 address this CON
he wished all 10 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 am sur
rounded by large number of intel
ligent men and women. While |
address you also address the world.
for the remarks | make will be pub
liShed. Therefore | feel DESTROYS to
advance such sentiments as will be
in accord with the enlighten-
ment of the Latter-day Saints,
with the intelligence of the nine
tenth century, and with the princi-
pies which eInanated from God. We
stand as a peculiar people in the
midst Of the earth. We are here TO
principles which have
from God. Anything we
may have, any intelligence we may
be enabled to impart, is not of our
selves; it originated not with US: it
did not originate with Joseph |
Smith, Brigham Young, the Twelve,
nor was it received from any insti-
tuition of learning, OF science, or
from any religious, political body
or otherwise. a message was an
to US by Joseph Smith,
the prophet, as ii revelation from |
God, wherein he stated that holy |
angels had appeared to him and re-
vealed the everlasting gospel as it
IN former ages; and God the !
Father. and God the Son, both ap-
peared 10 him and the Father. point
ing. said, this is my beloved son.
In whom 1 am well pleased, hear We
him. Moroni, a prophet who lived