The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-06

aSiloD, the cher OBSTACLE 10 an
,quisition OF strength by the weak,
an ailment which infallibly sue
lmbs to the action of this peerless
Loss of flesh aud apes
tie, failure to sleep, and growing
violence of premature decay, are
peediIy counteracted by the great
lvigorant, which braces up the ply
lcal energies and foftities the cogszl
es gRPERAg tg Easl ss Glsea%si Who know, as
veil as that they live, that what
they are sending out are lies. He
had been told to be careful of what
he proclaimed in this respect, but
he said he cared not, if a man viii
fully and maliciously lied about
him or the people with whom he
was associated, he would inforn,
them of the fact i 4 plain terms, no
matter whom. He was thankful
that he could testify he was serving
God and trying to live a life of
purify. If the Saints lived as the
world lived, the world would be
friendly. He spoke in terms of
praise Cf those who had lived here
and informed their friends that they
had never lived among a more law
abiding, Eeaceable, good people. In
conclusion, he exhorted all to live
up to the principles of their religion,
saying they would be under greater
condemnation il they cid n 1t; and
hoped all would endure In faithful
ness to the end.
APOSTLE BRIGHAM YcUNa tol-
lowed. He was pleased with the
privilege of saying few words, and
desired the attention of the congre>
cation, az it was difficult to speak
loud euough to be heard. He could
say he was thankful he was a Lat
ter-day Saint, or trying to bs one.
So far as his recollection ex ended,
aud he remembered the Gays of
Nauvoo, the Mormons had had 40
sym pathy For assistance frJm the
outside world, in their distress aud
perils; thsy had always "paddled
their own canoe" He remembers d
when the people were poorer and
less numerous; Whsn they scarcely
had bread to eat, and he'd never
been assisted except by their Father
In Heaven. Their trials and tribu>
lations had taught them to rely on
Him aud not On the arm of flesh.
AT the time when the locusts de
voured all the growing crops, If they
had depended upon outside aid
~ homes runrlA bn-a hoes, <cs-,&
they were then insulated, 900 miles
from the confnes of civilization, and
the people were not disposed to
aseist them. But hs had seen, when
what was termed the grasshopper
war was raging in Kansas and Ne.
braska, train after train, loaded with
provisions, food and clothing, going
60 the relief of the sufferers in those
States; while here in Utah, where
he had many times seen clouds of
locusts so dense as to obscure thesun
at midday, the people had received
no help from outside sources.
Yet, did any perish? No. They
were preserved by the hand of God.
He had known his mother, in those
days, to give the last pound OF -four
in the bin TO those who were
hungry, but had never missed a
meal himself in consequence. He
had often witnessed this. Who fed
this people? God, the Eternal
Father. Who preserved them when
plans were concocted for their de-
struction? God, the Eternal Father.
He had been familiar with the lead
ers of the church all his life, and
knew them to be virtuous, honest
and truthful in their lives. II at
the present time they were pre-
served it would not be because of
their numbers. AS had been said,
there were 40. O00, 900 people who had
raised their voice against them and
condemned them without trial; but
he, individ ally. had not been In,
jured or affected by their actions,
His father, although he lived to be
re years of age, never had the priv
lege Of casting his vote for Presl-
dent of the United States; he wa;
deprived OF his franchise and could
not vote for the commonest official
ia the Territory, because OF his
honorable marriage relations. Hi
sons and daughters conld vote, anG
the list OF voters were not ma
terially depleted, Notwithstanding
$4,000 o. $1,000 had been disfran
chised. If it had been intended tt
injurs him, he could say he had no
been hurt at all, ard this was a cri.
terion to all the acts of the enemie
of the Saints; God was their pro
tector and safeguard; he was at tn
helm, guiding and overruling TO
good. Not by numbers will tn
Saints be saved; they should be up
right and pure in order to gain cal
walton. If the United States de
pended on numbers, they coal'
sweep the Saints from the earth
He rehearsed some experience wit
the army under Johnston, whel
the soldiers were told to go so is
and no farther, or they would b