The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-07

, the church for fifty years. and ba
i been identified with them in the pe,
!, secutions, and said that the churc
had never been 30 prosperous in ever
Particular ~ It is to-day. We Or
united a. one man, and God is will
Us. He had not preached the word
| OF wisdom for several years, a. b,
had not kept them, and he did no
believe any elder had q right &
preach that which he did not prac
tice. When be came here and hearc
the elders touch upon that subject
the chips few in his face. he be
lieved that the time has come when
the elders should make up thei,
minds to obey the whole law of God,
and it was also his belief that the
only line that would be drawn ia the
church would be between those who
obeyed Gods laws, and those who did
not. Referring to the. remarks oil
elder 81. ]. Grant, he said be was
proud TO know that our young brother
bad followed out ell the doctrines OF
the church bat one, and hoped to see
him embrace that as soon az the
Lord opened up the way. Was
pleased to see these young men fol-
lowing in the footsteps of their
fathers, and predicted glorious re-
wards to all who proved faithful.
Never before have any people been
80 favored as We are, by being al.
lowed to carry out the will OF the
Jrhovah. Fifty years haze rolled
into eternity, and still the work of
God goes on, and it will 60 On until
the will of God is satisfied. Nobody
had ever thwarted the will OF God,
and no one ever could. Advised his
hearers to study the literature of the
church, and become more fully &C.
quainted with the principles therein.
Retiring to polygamy az practiced by
the saints, be believed that the per.
secution through which they had
been was not caused by the practice
OF plural marriage. The world did
not care anything about polygamy,
and never did. Polygamy was simply
3 uar-cry. II We were to do away
With that practice it would have no
effect upon the attitude OF our enc
mics. We are prepared to suffer as
much az the Lord is willing We should
in carry out doctrines which He has
commanded. We have no emnity
towards the government and are will.
ing to obey any constitutional law,
but when any government endeavors
10 leRislate against Q method or r.in-
Diple Of religion, they were doing
wrong. We are willing that every
man should worship God as he
oleases, and BY the help OF Israel's
Tod We will do the same. The
lpeaker prophesied that the work oil
Tod will roll on, and iiit was neces-
AIRY for him to lay down his life for
lie religion be would gladly do 80; it
would simply be what many had
lone before. The nation does not
'xist that can stop the work OF God.
PRESIDENT GEORGE Q. CANNON then
cad the following names OF mission
Iries: r-vT ,.o4-
lee GREAT BRITAIN.
George Barber, Smithfeld.
z s0lG SCANDINAVIA.
Nelse Petersen, Bloomington.
Lars Friedrich Swalborg, Gunnison.
Anton Henry Lund, Ephrsim.
UNITED STATES.
Henry Rudy, Fifteenth ward, city.
Charles Madison Donelson, Thirteenth
1srd, city. -~~ --f ~. 80
Mormon Miner. Fairview.
John George Moroni Barnes, Rays
lille. a1vF TI-tE-
Thomas Steepleford Woodland, Will
Thomas Butler, Richfeld.
Edmond Franklin Durise, Aurora.
David franklin Davis, Seventeenth
John Rsidhead, Woodruff, Arizona.
SOUTHERN. STATES.
Minor Wilcox, Paris. |
James Andrew Ross, Kanosh. |
Sidney Teepies. Holden.
John Alexander Bevan, Tooele.
John James HUMPHREYS, Paris. II
New Samuel Whitney, Parowan.
William Franklin Garner, North
sden.
John Wink, Thirteenth ward, city.
Missionaries for October Confer
ice, 1883. -
-9T4 GREAT BRITAIN. /,
William Corbridge, Esst Bountiful. II
Francis GreenwaIl, Ogden.
O. j. Arthur, Cedar.
John Griffin, Newton. IS
John w. Thornley,, Kaysville. Il
Joasph ID. Armstrong, Johnson's Fort,
IN county. III
Arthur Stsyner, Jr.. Pennington. Y
3eorgeJ. Dant, Twenty frst ward.
Angus Mckay, Huntsville.
Jsmes w. Thomas, Spanish Fork.
Iohn L. Edwards; Willard.
George +. Hunter, West Weber.
Richard Douglas, Ogden.
f - SCANDINAVIA.
obn Mslmstrom, West Jordan.
sdward hansen, Logan.
ions 4onsep, Moroni. l.
IlbiH Q. Anderson, Moroni.
frederick Christisnssn, Fairview.
eter Nicholson, Manti.
rick Christensen, Ephrsim. Is
'ars Larsen. Brighsm.
ugust Valentine Brigham.
Isrtin Caristofersen, Fourth ward.
UNITED STATES.
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