The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-24
SUNDAY SERVICES.

N~J oAIClhOOh '0ot "CAO OoS I'LL W
the choir singing the hymn com
mencing:
O'er tie gloomy hills OF darkness
Look, my soul. be still ard gsz;
And the promises do travail
With glorious day of grace:
Blessed Jubileel
Let thy glorious morning dawn.
Prayer by Elder w. L. n. Allen
The choir sang the hymn;
o God, TIL Eternal Father,
Who dwells amid the sky
In Jesus name we ask Thee
To bless and ssnctity,
II we ale pure before Thee,
This bread and cup of wine,
That we may all remember
That offering so divine.
APOSTLE BRIGHAM YOUNG ad
dressed the congregation. He said
he was thankful for another oppor>
tunity of meeting with the San is
in the Tabernacle; he had been alb
sent for ehort time, on a journey
through Arizona and New Mexico,
having LETT on the Sd OF May, In
company with Apostle Lyman; he
had accomplished the object of his
mission and was glad to be at home
sgain; he had met many friends,
and, he might say, some enemies;
but he had been particularly favored
in his meeting with the Saints in
the settlements visited, and had left
in friendship those who we've recog.
niZed as MS enemies And this was
right, fer, as he understood the mis-
sion of the elders OF the church, it
was their duty to extend the olive
branch to all mankind. He did not
consider it his duty or privilege to
make war on anyone anywhere !;
from his earliest recollection his ex-
perience had been to know persecu-
ton, and he thought he had had
enough OF il; at the same time he
felt to stane up for ris rights,
though he WCu d rot t. ka the Dusi-
ness Of lighting for those gnts out
Of the hands of God Almighty, Who
can manage it better than any
mortal on earth. He had found the
enemies OF the Saints ia AIiZopa in
the same position as those in Utah
beating the sir and com Eating
imaginary fees. During his absence
he had visited some forty or fifty
settlements, had found the people
enjoying themselves, and bearing
evidences Of being well blessed; they
were engaged in planting, sowing,
putting up fences, erecting build
ings, meki0g bitches and opening
up new farms in the timber, where
water and fuel were plentiful; but
in the valleys reservoirs were neces
sary to keep water in the summer
time 20 irrigate with. These formed
the occupations of The majority dur
Ing the week, and Sunday found
them attending divine Worship AID
the Sabbath sonool. A large proper
ton Of the population of the SETTLE
ments was children under years of
age, and in the matter of offspring
ne thought the people were greatly
blessed, though he did not know
how soon this increase would be
Iegislated against. The Lstter-day
Saints were bringing into the world
a bright generation, and we're edu>
eating them in all that was good and
ennobing; in this he saw nothing
wrong. Some Of the speakers
friends had advocated the abandon~
ment of the doctrine Of plural mar.
riage in Arizona, and advised him,
as the majority Of polygamists were
in Utah, to make the fight On that
question here. In replying to this
gentlemen, Elder Young Informed
him that so far as the doc 5rines OF
the Church of Jesus Christ OF Lat.
ter Day Saints were concerned, they
were esteemed as revelations OF the
mind and will Of God, aed Were so
believed in; and to satisfy the de.
sire Of majority Of the people who
thought some Of ihem obnoxious,
they were asked TO be given up; ii
one we're given up, why not
more? The Republican government
would give power to the majority,
but his experience had shown him
that that rule had not worked guce
cessfully that the majority had not
always won, because the minority
had been led and guided by the
hand Of God. &c was willing, Ia
political matters, to let the msjority
rule under present circumstances, at
least, and let the minority say
"Amen" TO what the majority might
do; but in the things which pertain
TO conscience, no man CT body
Of men were capable Of control
ing him; he must con rol himself;
he Wss free mau, and not in the
habit of bowling TO any individual or
party. But" gays one, "you are
breaking the laws" He considered
that Tad law was no law at all:
it Won d last for a while, but would
fail. Good men would
be raised up in the nations to ad-
minister good laws. On his southern
tour he hal remarked that an excel
lent feeling predominated among
the Saints; the good were growing
bet er and labOripg more lndustris
Ously ID promote the interests OF
Zion, and III working again
them were becoming weaker and
worse. II, as the Saints believe
and testify, they are mem beis of
the Church and Kingdom Of God,
the wheat and tares may grow to-