The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-01

come not unto you hat was
this comforter TO do? To"reprove
the world of sin, and of righteous
ness, and OF judgment. . He
will guide you into all truth" The
! Scriptures said: "Thy watchmen
shall lift up the voice; with the
voice together shall they sing; for
! they shall see eye TO eye when the
i Lord shall bring again Zion" There
would be no difference of opinion
with them, they would be Cne with
the great Eloheim. How are people
TO understand those things without
the Holy Spirit? He related an in
client of q conversation he held
with minister some time ago in
which the reverend gentleman
could talk OF politics and other mat
ters, but of the gospel ne was ignor-
ant. He cited this to illustrate
there were two kinds of intelligence,
one gained in the school and the
other obtained from GID. Speaking
of education he said Joseph Smith
was brought up in the green hills Of
Vermont; had no advantages OF
education; he was taught in the
school OF God, which teaches OF
heaven, Of God and his righteous
ness, and he poss essed more intel>
ligence than ninety-nine ont of
every hundred who live to-day. He
referred, in this connection, also. to
the discussion between the Rev.
Newman and the late Apostle Or
son Pratt, on the subject of the
Bible ssnctioning plural marriage;
the first had received IAN education
as doctor of divinity end took the
original Hebrew to fight with, but
found that his opponent was
better posted in the ancient
Jewish language than himself; the
latter had obtained bis learning in
the temple at Kirkland. President
Taylor had seldom met with a man
hefter posted than was Apostle
Pratt in mathematics aud the Sci
ence of astronomy. The religion of
God is not religion of ignorance.
Who was Moses, and who taught
him? God taught him by the prin>
eiple of revelation; he ha been
educated in the school of Egypt;
Abraham taught the Egyptians in
the first place, and he got his infor-
matiJn by being follower after
righteousness 1T was recorded that
he had a Urim and Thummim,
which made plain those things con-
corning which the world at large
were at sea; and with which man
would know more in a brief space
of time than the combined intelli-
gence Of the world. The world pos
sessed q certain amount of knows
| edge and had progressed greatly in
the past few years; railroads, gas
light and electricity had been
brought forward in various stages
Of perfection, but the principles of
them had always existed, and only
needed power to bring them out.
The intelligence of the world is not
so profound when compared with
the intelligence Of the peoI le of
| God. The speaker next referred to
the recent action of the United
States Senate, and said that when
the government tore down the cafe
guards of society it was preparing
for lis own downfall, and if the
Saints did right, living according to
the principles OF Righteousness,
: observing the laws and injunctions
Of jesus, to do good to all, and
operate with and for Him, they
need not be afraid. The Saints
would try by every legal and Consti-
tuticnal means TO uphold the rights
and privileges of themselves and
numbers OF others; they could
afford to live by the Constitution
and the Bible, treat all men well
and live in peace and harmony,
Man is dual being, having bouy
and a spirit, and it is for him to un-
derstand his organism and his con-
nection in the present with the
future. Re exhorted all to be honest
upright and virtuous, and said that
{ Christ was killed because the
Jews thought he was an imposter
He knew that God lived, that the
Gospel was true, and that the Saints
would gain everlasting life if they
were faithful. Christ said: "Noi
, every one that saith unto me, Lord
| Lord, shall enter into the kingdom OF
heaven but he that doeth the will
OF my Father which is in heaven.
In conclusion, President Taylor said
God would be for Israel, and hi
I with the Saints would shout "Halle
= lujsh!' The Lord God Omnipotent
: would reign; and If the Saints
would do rio bit ne would care for n,
power. The Lord would say, "Thu:
{ far shalt thou go and no farther.
/ The Mormons would do all in theil
power for the nation if they wert
g only permitted.
The choir Gang the anthem
r "Awske, awake. put on Thy
i strength, o Zion," and Elder sey
G mour B. Young pronounced tn
z benediction.