The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-12

cruelty him. what evll neo Sesue
donei None could tell. They were
not ignorant people. bat the learned
and leading men OF the day. The
reason Why they persecuted Jesus and
bis disciples Was that they were not
OF the world, and the world hated
them. II is the same to dsy the
saints were not OF the
world, and the world hates them.
The carnal mind knows not the things
of God. and is OF subject to the lave
|! OF God nor can it comprehend that
law. Some said the saints we're
gethered through an immigration
scheme out Of which men made
money some say they came from
licentious motives, yet the saints
morality stood from 20 to 40 times
ahead of that of those who lived
among them. And it ought to be,
for the saints profess to be better
people than any other, and they
should live up to their professions.
The saints profess to be the follow
ers of Christ, to possess the ever
lasting gospel, to have gathered here
for keeping the laws of God and
building up his kingdom on earth;
they are not as good as they might
be, but they are better than the
world, and are striving to keep the
commandments of the Lord.
The powers of darkness have
always been in antagonism to
the light and intelligence that pro-
ceedS from God, and until satan is
bound this will continue; instead of
this condition of things growing
better it will grow worse. Some
times there ia complaint about the
injustice of men, of unconstitutional
by Congress etc, but
they should expect such things, for
It had been foretold. Christendom
professed to believe In the Bible, but
1t did not practice what it taught.
God established his church on earth
after certain order, and with Ger
tain officers, but to-day no two OF
the Christian sects agi ee upon the
order or organization. In reference
to the doctrine of plural marriage
he had talked with President
Pierce, who asked him concerning
the practice, when he referred him
to the practice of the principle by
the ancient men of God, AID said
that perhaps God knew fully Is
much about marital relations a.
men. Men make evil of things that
God has ordained. Christians of
today are striving for a place in
bosom, and yet Abra-
ham was a poIygamist. Jesus was
the descendant of race
Of polygamists, but he was
not prosecuted on that account.
President Taylor said that when he
first heard the gospel he almost
hoped it wasn't true. for if it were
rue he would have to obey it; aud
when he investigated it and found 1t |
rue, he did obey, and he has ever
since been leady to accept truth |
rom any source. The saints pro-
Tess belief in all truth, and to be |
governed by it. He remembered |
she time when the gospel was not |
preached in England; also when the |
first elders went there to preach. A
commanded the apostles |
% lay the foundation Of temple in |
Missouri, and they then should go |
% England to preach the gospel, |
They laid the foundation as COM
and then took leave of their |
friends, starting on their mission. |
Just before that there was furore
over the MormonS, and some Of the |
elders were seized by mob and
thrown into prison; the saints were
driven from Missouri, not because
hey were polygamists, for that doc
,rlne was not then pract'sed; the |
saints were despoiled of their prop
srty, and robbed and persecuted,
when the Legislature, in its generos-
ty, appropriated $4,000 for the relief
IF the Mormons, paying q
part of the amount in the
hogs stolen from the saints.
He was not surprised when he saw
these things. When he came into |
the church he expected persecu-
lion; he didn't know but it would
cost him his life; but he knew that |
God had spoken, and he delighted in |
His words President Taylor here re-
lated some of the familiar partieus
lars of the assassination of Joseph
and Hyrum Smith In Carthage Jail,
Illinois. Since then there had been
periodical assaults on the Mofmons
by the Christian world. These he |
for they had been pre-.
dicted. Now there was another
furore concerning the Saints.
Threats were made, and come
thought a great deal would be done,
but no more would be done than
God would permit. The Republi> |
cans had declared a long time ago
that they were twin relics Of bar
barism that must be gotten out. of
the way; we'll, slavery, one of the
twins, had been disposed of, but
seemed q hard nut for
them to crack. The Saints need
not look for friendship from the
either political party, for neither
Democrats nor Republicans were
their friends However, neither party
could go any further than God
would allow. The Saints are en-.
gagged in certain work, and they
will be protected in that work so
long as they are faithful. The Lord
had gathered them that He might |
have a De0Dle who would "a