The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-15

fore the birth, of Jesus Christ could re-
cognlze IN Him to come the Savior OF
men, the Shiloh, the Messiah of God,
put the Mighty upon the earth in His
oay ala not recognize in Him Il
fountain OF light and intelligence that
he was, that He indeed was "God with
man." One of the most truthful
sources OF error is human ignor-
ance another is human passion. Herein
we nave a great many of the causes
that make themselves manifest in the
fruits that are born of the follies of
men.
The Scriptures in the days of Christ S
NATIVITY were recognized as the standard
OF truth, the centurion o. rights; so the
SCRIPTURES to-day are our standard or
| appeal IN all matters of doctrine,
whereby we are willing to fest every
! principle OF our creed and practice, and
II they Will not stand this test we are
wiling to throw them aside. As Pres :
dent Brigham Young used TO say, ave
Will swap ten errors for one truth.
| We preach the doctrine OF faith IN the
Lord'Jesus Christ, repentance from sin,
! baptism for the reuTss on of sin, and
the laylu on u. hands by the author
lied servants o. COD, for the reception
OF the holy Ghost. We preach an or
ganiza1on OF Apostles and Prophets
Jesus Christ himself being the chief
corner stone. We preach the neces
sity for administration of angels, of the
actual nantes alton of the word of
| GOd III prophecy and revelation; We
preach the doctrine of the healing of
the sick, and the restoration of ali the
divine blessings enjoyed BY the primi-
| { We church.
Do the Christian word hail the pro-
claniatlon of these glorious principles
as the Jews should have done the coni-
ilg of the Messiah, with 10Y and re-
jOlcing? How did UIey accept Joseph
! smith, AS the founder of the Dispen-
satlOn of the Fullness of Tines
| Did they receive these men as
"esseDgers of peace, as harbin-
ge OF god tidings of great JOY
all the world? No, no; they did not.
hey gave them the same salutatiOn
ana received them in the same hostile
attitude that the Jews received Jesus
christ. They have since treated the
Latter-day Saints IN the same manner.
fhe same cause produced the same OPP
| % ition eight hundred years ago.
Whenever these principles are pro-
claimed IN the name of Jesus, in any
| age of the world they will be met by OL-
position until the world shall become
evangelical, until the spirit of pesce
,nall be bestowed upon universal hu-
| manity, and every man in every place
snail meet brother and friend, when
n will not have to say unto his fellow
know We the Lord, for all shall know
him from the least to the greatest"
Such as l before described is the con-
dition of the world to-day. We know
that the doctrines that we profess are
true, and our bltterest enemies dare not
challenge US to an exposition OF our en-
rOrs of our doctrinal impurities, of our
social egredation- they dare not
do it and take the Bible as a standard.
They used to try it, but they have long
ago given it up. as IN the days of
Peter, they will lot reason from the
prophets. Then they raised the hue
and cry. This man is stirrer of sedi-
ton this man is friend of publicans
and sinners; we have law, and accord
ing to this law this man should die. F"
WHAT is the accusation to-day They
say, These people are immoral; they
are hostile to the government; they are
hostile to our law, 10 our American in
situations" My friends, this is a base
and uueSta5lishable accusation. There
is no people who cherish more the in
stitutonS of freedom and liberty than
the Latter-day saints.
The speaker concluded his address
with celebrations TO uprightness and
obedienle, aud ~ a deep and full appre-
citation of the glorious principles of
moral and diVInelV revealed truth.
rhe choir rendered in a beautiful
m amer the anthem. Daughter of
u m" and the beued.ctiOn was pro
u )unced by Elder John y. Caine.