The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-08

- NhNiA SuiiS VIC HfHIil--
f Though ieep'ning trials throng you
Press on, r-e.< or, ye saints of God
Prayer by Elder Horace :, Fl
dredge. - Il
The choir sang the hymn
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They sound Sor volunteer.
PRESIDENT GEoHGN q CANNON
read The statistical report of tha
various stakes of Zion forthe hall
year Guiding September Is 1855
The statistical and financial report
of the female relief societies was also
Tread. - - '''''O
| PRESIDENT JOSEPH. SMITH mr..
cupied the remainder of the time
| He trusted that during the. time he
addressed the congregation he Womb
be favored with the faith and
prayers of the people, that thron1h,
their efforts he might speak by t6e.
spirit of God Jesus said we shoUids
pray for those who despitefully5asS
US, and that good should be returned
1or evil. 1t was an easy task to re-
turn good for good; but to obey the,
command to do good for evil was a
higher law, and Therefore not so
easy a task. The mission of the
saints on earth is to establish peace
anu good vii! among men. Ifsmen
Cresspass against US how often shall
we forgive them Jesus said We
should forgive them as often as they
repent and ask forgiveness. Is is
TOT us TO obtain the spirit of forgive
ness towards those who hate and ill
use us, even though they repanted
not nor wished to acknowledge their
wrong. We have quietly listened
to the slandering of MANY men and
no person has called them to cues
ZION, Tor the reason that if we QUAR-
relied and contended with them We
would soon become like them, But
the question might be asked: DC
you love these. liars, these. persecut
Tors, these defamers? 1t was the
command of God that we should
love them. The speaker, if he had
power to annihilate such persons
would not harm one hair of their
heads. But he detested their actions
lie did not love them so well that
ne would take them into his family
circle or share with them the inner
ltanee God had given him in Zion
with them. He would do them
good and would prevent them. TO
his uttermOsst, from dong wrong
There was a difference in. the love
we are TO bear toward our enemies
and the love we bear for our friends
and relations. The speaker did not
believe that we should love our
enemies so well that we were to as
socIate with them, but we should
keep ourselves aloof from their
denominations. Lest this class Of.
persons named should think it I'M.
warranted by scripture in us to
keep aloof from them, the speaker
read the following passage of Scrip
ture: "Be ye not unequally yoked
together with the .unbelievers. for
what fellowship hath righteousness
with unTighteousness; and what
concord hath light with darkness or
Christ with Belial, or what part
hath the believer with the infidel, or
what agreement hath the temples
of God with the idols, for YOU are
temples of the living God; and God
hath said | will dwell in them and I
will walk in them and I will be
their God, and they shall be my peo-
pie. Therefore, come out from,
among them and be We separate
saith the Lord, and touch not the
unclean thing, and l will receive
you and I will be a father unto YOU
and you shall be my sons andimy
daughters, saith the Lord AL
mighty.
1t was written in the scriptures
that the kingdom and the greatness
thereof should be given into the
hands of the saints. When will this
be? When the saints know enough
not to deliver it over to the adyer-
sary, when it it is given to them.
There were several things neces-
saay to constitute kingdom. a
kingdom was comprised of q king
or ruler, subjects, territory, laws, etc.
Some people among US would sell
what little territory they now pos
sessed and would do almost any
thing for money We say when a
man has sold his interests in this
work, that he has apOstatized. But
what will some of our brethren do
with their inhabitances. They viii
sell them out for few paltry dol
lars, BIO this the speaker was OPP
posed. If God would assist him,
bis enemies should never obtain his
inheritance for love nor money. The
Lord had entrusted it to him. No
man should deceive himself by
thinking that it is he who will build
up Zion. God has said he would do
it; having cut the stone from the
mountain with his own hand. He
will, however, make man his agent
to act by the power given of GOD.
May the Lord aid US to overcome
good with evil.
The choir sang an anthem.
Benediction by President A, O.
Smoot.