The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-31

been upon their heads and the heads of
their children from that day TO this.
Jesus Christ returned to His Father.
after visiting and preaching to the
spirits in prison. He enjoyed that mo
blest revenge" of doing good for evil,
and of going back to that power and
glory which enabled Him to bless those
who desplsed and cruelty treated Him.
The gospel which we believe in is the
same gospel taught by Jesus Christ. We
desire that God will helpus to forgive
those who despitefully use us, for they
know not what they do" Our oppres-
ors and slanderers will have their re-
ward. We can afford to pity them and
have compassion for their present and
prospective state, and labor to show
them the folly and the consequences of
their ways before it is too late. If our
enemies knew what they are doing, the
law of self-preservation would cause
them to halt. The traps they are lay
ing for our feet, will ensnare their own,
after proving to God, who gives them
their agency, what is in their hearts.
The times are portentous OF the evils OF
war, riot and strife that are coming.
The Prophet Joseph Smith foretold
that inaSmuch as the world used mob
violence against the Saints they would
realize the evils of mobs to their hearts
content The wicked actions of men
bring their own retribution, and it is
timely for al true American citizens to
rise up and call halt" in the injustice
which is being perpetrated against this
people.
The chaplain of the United States
House of Representatives at Washing
! cd
to the God of Jacob" the ancient
patriarch and -polygamist, as follows:
Give ear, 0, God of Jacob! and
awaken us to see the danger which
threatens the civilized world -revolu-
tons more tremendous than any which
history tells, in which scenes of the
reign of terror may be enacted in every
capital of Europe and America. For
long the few have mastered the many,
because they understood the open
secret-tools to them that can use them !;
but now many have learned the secret
of organization. drill and dynamite.
Arouse the ri b of the world to Under
stand that the time has come for the
grindingof selfish monopoly to cease ;etc.
Teach them, Oh God, that it is Thee
who has given them power to get these
fortunes, that it is to prove them to
know what is in their hearts, whether
they will keep Thy commandments or
no. and that those commandments are:
Thou shalt love the Lord, Thy God.
with all thy heart and thy neighbor as
myself That if the rich men of our
land keep these commandments, the
poor will follow the example. and we,
at least will be saved from the days of
tribulation that are fast coming on all
the world, help us o God, and save u.s."
say amen, ("Amen" was responded
by the congregation and pray that God
may awaken everyone to the sense of
their position, that they may avoid the
destruction that is coming upon the ma
tons. This nation is meaSurably ignor-
ing the evils of secret societies and
organizations of destruction in their
midst. while they are seeking to Cypress
and destroy the "Mormons "a mere
handful of harmless people who are en-
deavoring to carry out the will of God
aad save the country from ruin. The
lawmakers of our nation are certainly
blind TO their own interests. Let us
avoid doing any wrong, never take the
law in our own hands, but govern our
selves in patience, doing good for evil
at all times. Let God work out His own
purposes. and at the eleventh honr, He
Will make bare His mighty arm in the
defense of His people.
The choir sang the anthem. 1.-The
Lord will Comfort Zion,' and Elder
Elias Morris pronounced the benedic.
ton.