The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-20

his brother Hyrum and Apostle
Tay lor We're arrested on charge Of
treason; the two former were slain
in cold blood, and the latter ma :
rOwIy escaped death at the hands Of
the Carthage mob. The speaker
here referred to the Masonic Fl a.
ternity and TO the boasts its mem
bers made of its usefulness and
WORKS in ministaring to the wants
of the Distressed and afflicted; manv
of the leaders of the church be-
longed to it ut that time, and when
Joseph and Hymn ere msrt5red
tn y were killed in spite of the
secret signal In wn TO that boly,
and Joseph went to hi death as he
previously said he would, "calm.
leaving his work to his Immediate
successor No withstandiDg their
death and the predictions that the
work would fall 10 the GROUND, it
continued TO grow; but it became
evident that the Mormons could not
continue much longer in Nauvoo.
The Governors Of all the States were
addrtfssd for locations in which
they could enjoy the pursuit of lie,
liberty and happiness, but they
we're unheedsd. Finally, they
found their, way to The far west-to
Utah; he:e they organized and
petitioned for State gov
eminent, They asked for bread
and were given a stone; they
asked for fish and were offered
a serpent; they were held in a Ter
ritorial capacity from then till now
Brigham Young was Utah's, first
Governor, and among the many
who have acted in that capacity he
vas the only one who did not de-
clare, himself inimical to the PEG
pie al The Territory; the majority
Of The Governors of Utah had
shown themselves to be enemies of
the people, who worked night and
day for their, overthrow. And not
the Governors alone, but other
officials, might be clsssed as oppon
ents Of the people; the judges even,
who were suppoi ed to be above polit-
ical influence, were swayed by preju-
dice and worked against those whom
they should deal out justice to.
Mormonism has been, unwittiDgly,
the touchstone of all it has come 10
contact. Whst favor has any party
shown it? The Republican party
had been on trial, and it may be
that it will not live much longer in
consequence of the constant fight it
has maintained against The religious
liberty of the Mormons. He thought
the Democratic party was coming to
the trout, aud he entertained hope
that it would prove the peoples
party. He lfkened the church to
the "stoue which the builders re-
fused and which would become the
beau stnne of the corner" Nor
he said, took III all that
Jesus and bis apostles preached and
taught, andi would continue to in
crease and spresd until all people
should acknowledge that it was
what It's advocates claimed for it.
PRESIDENT ANGUS M. CANNON
next addressed the congregation.
he began by reading the following
verses of tn vi Revelations:
And when he hal opened the fifth seal,
saw under the altar the soul, of them
hat were slain for the word of q od, aud
Tor the testimony which they held: 1
And they cried with a loud voice. saw
ng, How long. o Lord, holy and true,
1ost thou not Judge and avenge our blood |
IN them that dwell on the earth?
And white robes were given unto every |
one of them; and it was said unto them,
hat they should rest yet fof lite sea |
SON. until their fellow servants md their |
brethren. that should be killed "a hey |
we're, should be fulfilled. 80
He then briefly referreiito the ex
oulsion of the Mormons from Mis- |
souri, and Illinois; the marty rdom |
If Joseph and Hyrum; the cries of |
,he widows and orphans of those
who were slain in the early days CT
he church; the fall of the year 1916,
when the Battalion was being mus
tered to go to the defense of the
country against the Mexicans in the
ar west; and spoke of the recent
outrage In the State Of Tennessee.
Within few months, several young
men had gone east to proclaim the
gospel, and by the ruthless hand OF
. mob four of them had been muir
1ered while holding meeting. The
mother of one of them had lost two
SONS in the early settlement Of the
Territory, and her grief was heavy
and her sorrow great in consequence
Of this last tragedy. The clrcum-
stance caused him exelaim, In the
words of the text: Elbow long, OIL
Lord, holy and true, dost thou not
Judge and ayenge our blood on them
hat dwell on the eartb?" He grew
warm while referring to the recent
tragical event in Tennessee, and ex-
norted all the young to grow up in
5he cause OF the gospel OF freedom,
,onsecrate themselves to that cause,
and live until tyranny and oppres.
lion sh1uld be no more. slo 30
+ The choir sang an anthem, and
President Daniel III. Wells pro-
1ounced the benedictl0n. bl 60