Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-30

exaitation which be desires, and that nc
cannot attain 10 II without me shenuins on
hts blood. and also Knows tnat
IN andbe saved and exalted with the Gods.
l. there a man or woman IN TINS house mi
What would saw, shed my blood, that NAV
lie saved and exalted VITA the gods All
msnktud Lore Themselves, and let these
~ ufiples be known b. an individual, and
he would be glad % have his blood she'd
That would be loving themselves even unto
an eternal eNaltatiOn- Will you love your
brothersa and sisters likewise when theyhave
committed a sin that cannot be AtOned for
without the Shedding of their blood WI
you love that man ur woman well enough
10 she'd their bloods That Is what Jesus
CHRIST meant lie never t1ld 4 man or
woman 70 love their enemies IN their WICK
edness. He never intended any such thing
1 could refer you To plenty OF Instances
where men have been righteously slain IN
order To atone for their sins have -een
scores aud hundreds OF people for whom
there would have been chance IN the
last resurrection, ifthcir lives had been
taken and their blood spilled upon the
ground as a smoking incense 10 the Al
mighty, but who are nov angels 70 the
devil, rntiI our elder brother Jesus Christ
| raises them up. ccnqucrs death. he'll and
the grave I have known q great many i
ihen who have left the Church for whom
l there l. no chance whatever for eNnlfa- I
| ton, but tftheir blood had been spilled II 4
would have been better Tor them. The \
wickedness and ignorance OF the nations
tnrbids this principle being IN iaii inIce, I
buf the tima Will come when the law OF /
Z GOi VIII be in fall force. This Is loving !
| our nclrhbors rs ourselves II he needs ]
I help. help him; and u he needs salvation, |
! and II j. necessary To spin his blood /
upon the ground In order that /
/ he may be saved, spill g. Any |
OF ycu who understand the primer |
| pies OF eternity. n You haze slnned sin |
/ the sin unto death, wouli no; be satisfied
/ nor rest until your blood should be
/ spilled, that you might gain that saliva
/ ton you desire. That Is the way 10 love
mankind"
President Jedediah NJ. Grant de-
Iivered n discourse March 18th,
1854, ON the subject OF what he calls
covenant breakers, 4" that is, those
| " 70 leave the Mormon Church, I'm
which he used the following lan-
guage:
Then what ought this meek people, vino
keep the commandments Of God, TO do un-
| 10 thcms NAY says one. they ought 10
pray 10 the lord to klll them. ! want 20
| know n you wish the Lord In come down
and DO al your dirty work. Many Of the
Latter day saints willpray and petition and
supplicatc the Lord q DO n thousand things
theT themselves would be ashamed TO do,
When a man prays for thing. he ought 10
be willing TO perform It himself. but u the
| Iatter-day SAINTS should put to death the
covenant breakers. il would try the
faith Of the very meek, tust and
pious ones among them II would
cause a great deaf OF whining
IN Israel. Then there was another old com
mandment The Lord God commanded
them not 10 pity the person whom they
! killed. but 70 execute the law OF God upon
persons worthy Of death. THIS should be
done by the entire congregation. showing
no pity. have thought there would have
20 be quite a revolution among the MorrOns
! before such a commandment could lie
oJcycd completely by them. The Mormons
have a great deal OF sympathy. For in
I stance II they can get man before tribu-
nal administering the law Of the Land, and
| succeed IN getting n rope around hrs neck
| and having him hung up Ike cc1d dog, u
| Is an right; but II the Church and Kingdom
OF God should step forth and execute the
law OF God. oh. what 4 burst Of Mormon
| sympathy IL would cause / wish we were
IN a situation favorable 10 our doing that
| which Is iustihabie before God without any
uoniamInatinE influence Of Gentle amiga.
mLti0n, laws and traditions. that the pcO-
pie OF God might lay the axe 70 the root OF
the tree, and every tree that bringeth
| not forth good fruit Right be hcwn down
What, Do you believe that people would
do right and keep the law % Col BY actu
ally putting 20 death the transErcss0rsf
! Putting W death the covenant BREAKER
Z would cNliibit the law OF God, no matter ~
. whom IL was done. That Is ny opinion.
/ You talk Of the doInEs % different govern
I
What do they do with traitorss What mode
DO they adopt 10 punish trgItJrss DO trait
! 0rs to that Government forfeit their lIve-s
, Examine also the dOinEs Of other earthly
gOtgTnments on THIS point ard yoc Will
hud the same practice universal. am not
aware that there arc any exceptions, but
% people will look IN the books % theology
aud argue that the people Of God have .
b right 10 try people for fellowship, but they
/ have no right n Try them on property or
life. That makes the devil laugh, saying.
II have got them on q hoOklnow. They can
cut them on, and I viii pat eight or tea
spirIt- worse than they are into their taber-
nacies. ami send them hack % mob them g"
,''Dcseret News July 9Th, ls5i.)
Referring to the right Of the
Church to shed the blood of those
T who apOStatize1l, Brigham Young,
in an address delivered i'm the Tab
ernacle March 27th, 1855, and found
In vol. /, Journal Of DiscOlHscs, rage
81, used the following language:
u will tell you a dream that had last
night. ] dreamed that was IN the midst OF
people who we're dressed m rags and tat
ter. They had iuTbaus upon their heads.
. and they were also hanging In tafters. The
rags were OF many cOlors. and when the
people moved they were all m motion.
: Their object appeared TO be % attract At
tention. said they % me, we are MOrmon-,
, Brother Brigham NO. you arc not re
piled But We have BEEN said they: and
they began 10 jump and caper about and
: dance, and their rags OF many eoiors w We.
all in notion. TO attract the sttenpo'y1-, -
gcaagglc ,.. aid ,. Nez-s SAID 'li. .W~
along came some mohocrats. and they
greeted them with How DO you DO, sire /
am very happy 20 see you They kept on
that way for an hour. I fc;. ashamed Of
them. Tor they we're. IN my eyes, 2 disgrace
! 70 "MOrmOuisui.' Then | saw two rufiians
whom knew tn be mohbcrs and murder
crs; and they crcpt into bed where one OF
/ my wives aud children were. I said. You
that call yourselves brethren, tell me, :
I this the fashion among yous They said
[ But they are good men. They are gentle
men, With that took my large bowie
knife. that ! used 70 wear A. a bosom pin NJ
NauyOo. and cut one % their thrOats from
I ear. 20 ear. slJ in. 90 O. hell across lots
The other one said, You dare not serve are
So ] Instantly sprang al him. seized HIM
by the hair Of the head. and. bringing him
down, cut his throat and cent him after his
| CUmrHdc. Then told them both " thev
/ would behave themselves they should vet
live, bgt II they did not. / would unjOiul
I their necks. AZ this ! awoke- l say rather
l than that apOstlfcs should flourish
! here. VIII unsheathi my bowie knife
and conquer or die lGrcat Commotiou In
the congregation. and a simultaneous burst
| % feeling asserting 10 the declaration
l Now. You nasty apu-tatcs. clear cut. or
! Judgment will be put 20 the line and rigat-
I cousness 10 the piummet- Voices gcncr-
I raise your hands. CAn hand. up.5 lei rs
/ call upon the Lord 70 assist n IN this and
/ every good work
An effort was made to show that
/ the blood atOnement, as preached
I 10y Brigham Young, and Jede,liah
Grant IS not now the doctrine Of the
Church, and pamphlet containing
an address on this subject 10y Elder
Charles w PenrOse in October,
1851, was offered in evidence, but !
in this pamphlet Mr.. Penrose sus-
tains the doctrine Of blood atone |
ment as preached by Brigham !
Young aud President Grant. On /
rage IL Of the pamphlet, containing
the address Of Mr.. Penruse, refer /
ring to the blood atOnement, he uses
the following language:
wow. according TO the doctrine Of Presi-
dent brigham Young, The blood OF Jesus
Christ as have shown you. atoncd FOR the
original sin, and for sins that men commit,
and yet there are SINS which men commit /
for which they cannot receive any benefit
through the shedding Of Christ'S blood. i
that a true doctrincs II Is true, II the
B.blc u true. That Is Bible doctrine, 81
Again on page IS he says:
"Now. Brothers Jedidiah NJ Grant and
Brigham Young, because % the transgrss-
sion Of the people, spoke as have quoted.
This was the time OF the reformation. and
the fears Of evildoers were worked upon 10
induce reform. and hence the strong Ian Z
guage used at that time. 10 we need the 4
zane language now I hope not: but n
there was any need for IT, II would be Just
as applicable now as then"
And again, on page AZ he uses the
following language:
These arc some % the ideas entertained
ny the Latter daT Saints on the subject OF
blood atoneIncnt- After baptized persons
have made sacred covenants with God aad ,
then commit deadly sins, the only atone |
mcnt they can make Is the shedding OF
their blood. st the same time. because OF
the laws Of the land and the prejudice %
the nation, and the ignorance ~ the world
this law cannot be carried out. and when
the time comes that the law % God shall De /
IN full force upon the earth, then this pen ,
atty will be inflicted for tn sc crimes CON- i
mffted ly persons under covenant not 10 ! ;