The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-08

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God had established His church to re.
main until the coming of the Son OF
Man; then none should have fear in
regard to the outcome Of the work
in which the saints are engaged. God
will hold the nation responsible for
its conduct. If the leaders OF the
nation shall violate the constitution
and laws, they will be punished BY
the Lord. The judgments will come
upon the wicked. President Woodruff
exhorted the saints to be fearless in
LOBBYING the Lord in allHis teachings.
mo matter what they may have to|
suffer in the flesh.
PRESIDENT GEORGE Q. CANNON next
addressed the congregation. He said
the testimonies that were 30 often
borne in this stand ought to make
deep impressions upon the minds of
those who heard them. They should
at leas! inspire people to investigate
and withhold their condemnation,
they can only be fairly condemned by
proving their falsity. whenever GOD
has had work to do on earth. certain
ones have testified that God has
spoken and given revelation
of which they are witnesses.
They exhort their fellow
men to seek for certain knowledge
in the manner that they obtained it.
Instead of doing this, and without
being able to disprove these testi-
monies, men declare them to be
false and imposterOus. This is not
fair. 1t is not proper method
of dealing with such matters. The
whole of Christendom processes be-
lief in God and In Jesus, and de-
clares that those who not believe
will go to hell and stay there etern-
ally. When men thus condemn
people, they ought to have COM
municatien with the Being for
whom they claim to speak
but they do not have.
communication. The saints bear
testimony to this knOwledg of God.
but the ministers Of christeDdom
say they do not believe them, and
urge that they be killed rather than
the alleged believers should be pro-
muIgated. God has not told the
ministers that this is not the church
of the Lord on the contrary, they
say that God has ceased to commu-
nicate His will to the children of
men. On the side of the saints are
men who declare solemnly that they
have received revelations from God !;
as a test of their sincerity they
promise that if others will take a
certain course they also shall re-
ceive the testimony, Nothing can
be fairer than this. The Church of
Jesus Christ shall be built
up in this same name.
Those who had embraced it had
taken the course pointed out by the
servants Of God, some had received
the evidence for themselves, of the
great truths that were revealed by
the Lord. 1t is in the possession of
thi- knowledge and testimony that
tho saints GRO strong. They know
they have the truth, that the gospel
has made them better men and
women; that it is elevating and
ennobling. It seems a large labor
to perform Gods work it seems al
most impossible Of accomplishment,
yet it will be done, for God is with
it and will not let it fail. He has
prepared the way for it, and men
and women will be raised up to carry !
it on. The contest is with the adyer-
sary, but he is being steadily driven
back. 1t will cost the best efforts |
of Gods children to firmly lay the |
foundations and prepare for the
coming of the Son of Man, but those
efforts will be- put forth, and pure
people be raised up, despite the
great opposition that Satan will
array against the building up of
Zion. Were it not for Gods power
the saints would be overwhelmed by
the opposition. Gods angels are
surrounding and with them. and it
was through the power of these
heavenly messengers that the many
miraculous escapes of the saints
from their enemies were brought
about Prest Cannon declared that
the only way in which Gods work
could be stopped would be by kill
ing all the saints, and that God will |
never permit.
The choir sang an anthem, and
Elder II. s. Beattie, jr., pronounced
the benediction.