The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-08

AC SAtO'A lAlO
YeGenIile nation. cease your rtrife
And stem 10 TIE words Of fe.
Prayer by Elder John t. Caine.
Come, follow Ge, the Saw Tor said;
Then let Us in bic footsteps tread.
APOSTLE MOSES THATCHER ad-
dressed the congregation. He felt
thankful for the peaceful circum-
stances surrounding this people to-
day, and in comparing them with
the pressure brought to bear upon
us year ago q great difference was
manifest. When oppression is
sought to be brought against us we
seek unto God who thwarts the
purposes of the wicked, who in
figh ing against this work. do not
know the consequence of 1t. The
speaker was reminded of a circum-
stance which occurred shortly after
the commissioners came to Utah to
administer the Edmunds law. A
brother who was acquainted with
the force which had been used TO
have that meas ure adopted, feh
exercised and wanted to make
a compromise so that the
people might maintain their
liberty. My reflections on listening
to this mans views were that we
came here to maintain the prin
ciples of the Constitution, and if we
were to rely upon the wisdom Of
man, and undertook to effect a COM
promise with our oppressors that in
tWenty-four months we would find
ourselves in most deplorable ciIcum-
stances. God had stilled the waves
of opposition. During the passage
of the Edmunds bill year ago the
author of it ruled as IN absolute
master in the Senate, on account of
his influence and forcible language.
But what power and influence had
he a year later in endeavOring to
pass a similar bill. Confusion and
| shame reigned. Senator Edmunds
said in the Senate that it was impos-
sIble to carry the measure 50 he
moved an adjournment. We ac-
knowledge the haud of God in thus
/ dealing with man who presumed
to measure'arms with the Almighty
When the speaker was in Washing.
ton in March 1892, congress men re-
marked that they could see that the
bill was unconstitutional but we
have no other business but this, and
if we refuse to accede to the many
demands for special legislation SEM
us by resolution then our constitu
ent will not return us to this house
| Those very senators and members
who were willing to sacrifice the
labor of this people, have been to a
| great extent rejected az the polls
but the valiant forty-tw0 who stood
up for the maintenance of right
have been to a very great majority
returned by the people. The
speaker had never feared a govern
ment Of wicked men. Religious
convictions could not be prosecuted
out of man. The nearest instance
of it's accomplishments was when the
10000 Hugenots were burned to
death in the streets of Paris. When
King Phillip heard of the outrage
he laughed for the first time in his
life. King Phillip was an emissary
of the son of the morning through
whose instigation a third of the
hosts of heaven were cast out
The saints had been called out from
the nations to serve the Lord. In
temperance was a source of great
deal of trouble. In Great BrltiaI
there were 100000 persons in the
insane asylums; sevepty-6ve PEI
cent of which number had beer
sent there by King Alcohol. Thu
R175,O00 which England receiye
yearly for the licensing of liquors
would not half defray the expense
, of taking care of these people. Il
the United States intemperance wa
equally as destructive and as uni
versal. There was more money ex
+ pended for liquor than for the edU
, cation OF the young. Houses O
infamy go hand in hand the worl
! over. When men seek the beS
abilities of their fellows for certain
purposes, liquor Is not used, as it
! well known not to be a real sourc
, of strength. When young pee
! pie have done great wrongs
, in a great majority of in
stances it had been in con
! sequence of the use of liquor:
Do men not know that like beget
like! a man whose mind is de
! spoiled by liquor is not worthy t
propagate his species. Men VIII
advocate that it is wrong to increas
and multiply, as we are doing, ar
murderers in advancing such doc
trines, which cause men and Womel
to put to death their offspring be
fore they are born. The law o
propogating our species is the high
est law of nature. Satan, that re
bellious spirit, is working sgains
this end. We will increase an
, spread abroad until the kingdom G
+ God shall bear supremacy in all til
, earth.
PRESIDENT GEORGE @. CANNo
f read the following names of mis-
sionaries who have been called sine
r the October conference of 1882:
: GREAT BRITAIN.
:. John Henry Smith, 18th Ward
d Samuel r Western, Deseret
William Groesbeck, Sth Ward
Q UNITED STATES.
> Soren Jacobsen. Mount Pleasant