Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-05-04
TABERNACLE TALK.
A Windy Day for Elder Nicholson and
Apostle Grant.
Some Vigorous "PrOtesting" Against
the POlygamy ''PersecutiOns."
Mr.. Grant Mixes Up Protest, AnecdOte,
Inspiration and Bob IngersOll.

ELDER JOHN NICHOLSON
Proceeded to deliver the opening sermon.
WITHOUT the formality of a text, he at
once commanded the closest attention by
abiding to the persecution the Mormons
were now suffering. 1t was the same in
the days of the early Church, and Joseph
Smith had prophesed this crusade against
the Latter-day Saints. 1t is said that
celestial marriage is the obnoxious fea-
ture of the Mormon religion; it is prin-
ciple revealed from heaven and is as
much part of the religion of every good
Latter-day Saint as is baptism by INNER
sion. The Constitution of the United
States, a most sacred and inspired docu-
ment, guaranteed the right of religious
freedom; Congress could not take it
away If the Supreme Court of the
United States were to tell him that a
/ black horse was white, he would still be-
lieve it was black. All earth and hell
could not prevail against this work, and
woe unto the pervertors OF the Constitu
! ton.
Il
| the MOrmOns being in opposition to fifty,
millions of people. The Mormons did
not interfere with the rights and prvi-
leges of these fifty millions of people
The Latter-day Saints believed in po-
covenants in the houses of God in regard
to that principle.
COULD THEY GIVE 1T UP?
If they did, the strength of the Church
would depart and the Lord would cast
them off as unworthy the name of Latter
day Saints. If they gave up one princi-
pie they might as well give up al Speak
ing for himself, he had decided upon his |
course. Judge Zane might be
1.-THE CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF FIFTY
MILLIONS
OF people, but the Latter-day Saint who
would bend his knee and crawl in the
dust before him and deny his religion was
a coward, traitor and miscreant, and
unworthy of a part or lot with this
people.
During Elder Nicholson's remarks
there was loud applause and clapping of
hands. Mr.. Nicholson desired the con-
gregation to refrain from any manifesto
tons of this kind, saying that he was not
speaking for effect.
APOSTLE HEBER GRANT
Desired the prayers of the people. He
had been an interested listener TO the
previous remarks. Brother Nicholson
might be excused for getting warmed up;
it made him little hot in the collar'
when he heard men accused and branded .
rs criminals whom he had known from
his childhood to be pnre, honest and up q
right men; when women as good, true
and virtuous as ever lived were stigma c
TIED as criminals he thought it was ex- 7
cusable. The principle of celestial mar c
rage had been revealed from the heavens. s
ana was as true as any other principle of t
MormOnism. He knew. so far as his in @
diligence went, that it was a divine !
that its effects were good. He @
lad never smoked cigar, meyer taken a
new OF tobacco, and never drank glass
ot liquor; his mother had taught him the
OF truth and virtue There
vas nothing IN the Bible to condemn b
Dolygamy, in fact in some instances d
sod had expressly commanded it; and |
ne defied any one to show law of ami n
nal nature which was against it. What s
the Bible and nature did not h
erlere with If a woman chose to have
| portion of his affections, to be called
by his name, and to raise children bv 7
lim, rather than to have the entire al
ectlons of some other man, he thought L.
he had a perfect right to exercise her r.
;hoice. Infidels, even the ilIustrious W
Bob lngersoll, admitted that the Bible T
polygamy. Il
While Bob Ingersoll does admit what d
dr. Grant states, that gentleman failed d
o mention what Ingersoll really does Il
ay about polygamy. An extract from a
ngersoll, bearing upon this point and q,
howlng the illustrious infidel's opinion W
as follows: " Civilization rests upon s.
he family. The good family is the good in
mt OF good government. The virtues it
row about the holy hearth of home fe
hey cluster, bloom, and shed their per I'll
INES round the fireside, where the
ONE MAN LOVES THE ONE WOMAN.
over = husband-wife-m other-father
without these sacred
'ords the world is but liar and men
nd women merely beasts. "-REP.l 1
The speaker felt rather glad that the
dmqnds law had been passed; there
al always been a number of Latter i,
ny SAINTS who were ready to cry Good 1 pl
ord! Good Devilp He had 81
rPREME CONTEMPT FOR "FENcE srRAD- VI
DLERs;" tb,
liked man that showed his colors ma
ID stood 10y them. At the meeting ON orc
.turday his heart had swelled with for
lde when he heard the Young men Of hit
tab stand forth and make the speeches {
at they did. 1t was said that the to.
iders OF the Mormon people held them
bondage. What kind of serfs were the
Itter-day Saints, anyway. Had not
any OF them left homes of afluence 7
rents, and all that made life dear. for Nc
sake OF embracing the principles of chr
life? and We're they not now ele,
poverty and toiling for their living? II in
leaders of the Mormon people were arr.
lemers, they were smart enough to win of
esteem and confidence of the people. and
lich was more than the Governor of Mr.
all could do. If he were that official he and
uld hide his head with shame when the
Knew In what estimation the people
ID him. He, like Mr. Nicholson. had T
ara very much about these "fifty mil Con
ms OF people" A gentleman had said lot ,
III hl ulat the Mormons were something tho,
the same position that the iurvman ot o.
VINO declared that the eleven other
ors were all obstinate fellows, or the
would have been decided the other
7; only in the case of the Mormons A
re were 100000 to 100000 mer
JURY OF 249 To ONE just
1 yet the one declares the 249 to he
ing IN their judgment of polygamy.
answer was that so far az his intelii- Ft
ce could go, so far as his prayers had anyi
II answered and CO 10, =, n, l.: :. mos