The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-21

tically unlearned youth, the church was
organized; since then it has grown till
nov It spreads over the whole earth.
Paul said, in the second chapter of the
! Second Thessalonians, Let no man de
ceiye you by any means; for that day
shall not come, except there come
falling away first, and that man Of sin
be revealed, the son Of perditiOn." Had
that falling away" taken place when
Joseph Smith stood up IN New York
State and declared the revelations of
God and the restoration OF the
! gospel2 Yes. There were no peO-
pie then on the earth ENJOYING
the blessings and benefits of the gospel.
In the days of Noah the people rejected
! the words OF the son of Lamech, and he
labOred diligently to warn them of their
pending calamity, If they repented not.
! What was the intention Of the Christian
world regarding the MOrmons2 1t was
their aVowed purpose to prosecute them
to the end. Was it because they were
separated from the WOrld2 The proc
lamation of Joseph Smith was: Come
| out or here, We my people, that ye be
not partakers OF her sins, and that we
receive not of her plaques" He also
declared that this gospel should be
| preached as witness to every nation,
and then should the end come" The
| exclamation, WHAT God again spoken
from the heaYens2" was a common
one; yet he testified that such was a
I fact. Calamities were coming upon
mankind, and President Cannon urged
| on all the necessity of repentance in
order to escape them, cOunseling them
to sin no more. Those who had come to
Utah from the nations of the earth
could testify that God had manifested
himself in their behalf and proved the
truth OF the gospel In the days OF
Joseph Smith MODS had tarred and
feathered the prophet, killed many OF
his followers and prosecuted others IN
various ways. Why? Was the principle
OF celestial marriage revealed then2 No.
The Saints were driven out of one
State into another, IN inClement
weather; their fathers and mothers,
sisters and brothers, were consigned to
early gYayes for their belief Of the
gospel How was il IN Illinois, The
people Of that State were jealous Of the
Saints, because at one time they turned
the scales in an election, and they we're
not satisfied with mobbing, violating
and prosecuting them, but killed their
leaders and banished them from
their homes. Subsequently, the Bat
TALON was called for; they went, over
trackless wastes, subjected 70 priYatiOns
of hunger, thirst and sickness, and while
absent, their wives and families we're
driven at the point of the bayOnet, in
Hancock county. into the open air,
with nothing but the blue canopy Of
heaven to shelter them. Then there
was the visitation OF the cTickets. which
threatened the destruction of al the
crops IN Utah, and which greatly pleased
the enemies of the Saints, who thought
that il their crops failed, nothing but
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the guils were sent By the Almighty and
the prospective desOlatiOn was aYeTtsd-
Since then the Saints had labOred dill
gently TO reclaim the western wildS, and
had secured to the United States.
through the treaty of Guadalupe Hi
dalgo, the most prosperous OF all the
Territories. In the course OF time, the
revelation OF plural marriage 8aS
promulgated. and following that,
number OF years, law was
enacted, declaring it crime.
unions illegitimate. Many OF those
children had grown to manhood and
womanhOOd before the passage Of the
law, and was it reasonable 10 demand,
he submitted, that they be baStardiZed
and left homeless and their mothers
least OFF, The practice of this doctrine
was q great Oflense to-day, and vas
used IS preteXt TO persecute and har
rass the Saints. Had the people Of
Utah followed the rule of the world,
and nut TO death their offspring the cru
SADIE against them would not
have been begun. 1t was because
of their increasing numbers they
were feared; their influence in the sur
rounding Territories was felt. and their
outlines of being united was a terror
TO their foes. All these things were II
fulfilment of the prOphesieS OF Joseph
Smith. II those who wish the destrUc-
ton of the Saints would sap the fOunda-
ton OF MormOHism, they should mingie
with and introduce the young people
into their society. II the Saints were let
alone they might forget their God. 10
seph Smith advocated the principles Of
the gospel, and particularly revelation;
out OF this spiritualIsm had sprung; the
true source of communication with the
heavens had been followed by many
icounterfeits ii the Latter-day Saint
departed from the faith, where WOuld
they gO2 II they went east, could they
obtain information regarding life and
salvation No. The people there DO not
tIieve in revelations. Neither do they in the
/ west. They were told that il they WOuiG
abandon pOlygamy they would be let
alone; but that was out OF the question
] The Saints never felt the power of the
adversary only when faithIess Pres
ident Cannon exhorted all to be faithful.
to never be ashamed of the gospel o.
| salvation, to be obedient to the Lord
Jesus and his commands. The
world might succeed III uproOting Mo-
monism If they directed their shafts o.
the fOundation-the oneness of its az
herents He feared nothing if the
Saints would 10 right; love one another
and God; be yirtuOuS, pure and inCC--
ruptible 50 would they be Gods people,
/ and He their preserYer.
/ The choir sang the chorus, Thanks
Z be TO God, " preceded by the solo, "Ress
( III the Lord sung By Mrs Thomas.
! President G. W. Penrose pronounce
! the benedictiOn.
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