Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-07

either Obedience on Tie right hand o
ianinntion on the len. Yet, nUtwiih
standing this, | obcyeJ the law; an,
hence II IL, ! say, we need the Spin
Of God 10 he with w, because all thes,
things come In conflict with all oul
pre-conceived iileas and that which
we have frane1 In Our own minds.
We have 10 trust 10 our tiOJ for the
rc.tilte. He has laid the foundation Of
this work, lie has carfied u forward b.
the present time, and lie will take care
Of II IN the future.
say now publicly that II Il
the Intention VI the ilatter.,iay saints
TO obcy the law mud leave the results
With the N0d " heaven. Hut some II
our brethren have asked ulis question;
"lfOw cnn you reconcile II with con-
/ sirtency that our brethren who 40 in-
] 10 court now aud say, We will LOBBY the
law whereas before all felt
this 10 be wr1ng?H rhe conditions
are entirely different, A. you will see.
IL needs no deep penetration 10 per.
cclve how differently VIZ are situated
now from what we were then.
our position l. not at ali
what II was. We now say, ave
low IN submission 10 the iRw.n II
would have been almost betrayal for
zolne o. Us TO have done this before.
suppose that a number Of men were
holding y citadel aud the enemy ON
the outside demanded n surrender, ths
/ great bulk OF those within would per.
haps say, "No, we shall not surrender;
we will maintain this citadel, "where-
as the few would esclslm eyes, we
will surrender II, - aud hoist thc Nag.
Now the rect would feel that 10 be n
betrayal on their part. Hut suppose,
ON the other hand, that the whole body
inside had been beleagured for some
time, aud, nnding " Of no Use 10 stand
longer on the defensive, agseed oJoin
in the surrender, then Il would lie no
dlscrcdlt 10 hoist the lag. This cx.
ample may not exactly illustrate
our position, but 20 my mind II has
sonic features bearing upon u. Every
one eau now Join In tho surrender
hUnornbly. We have made covenants
II Il true; but each man must arrange
his a1aits NJ that hc would no, violate
those covenants, thereby bringing
down the displrasire Of God. But he
must honor the law of the land. do
not know whether Il Il wise 10 talk too
much upon thif question, but | think
we had better deal with It plainly and
meet II squarely ~ II presents itself 10
Us rather than Dodge Il. That Il my
view.
want to save this people II possible
from distress, from sorfow-to save
ourselves from tho evils that
the enemy would heap upon Us
II they could TAKE the ndvant
age. This they are trying 10 do by
asserting that we arc not honest, aud 20
seeking 10 get az Ia continual trouble.
This Il not nj all necessary. This people
hav. suffered for several Year, now ne
no people ever have before within the
confines Of the United Slates. We
have suffered quietly, and our grief has
not been much known. Il haa been
concealed from the world 10 a very
great extent. Tho anguish and misery
that have been INFLICTED upon families
have been born silently. We have
passed through very serious trials,
bat believe with all my heart that
there Is brighter day dawning upon
Zion.
/ would like 70 refer 10 tho remarks
made by President Woodruff this
morning. He said that short
time ago there were no Apostles upon
this stand. do not know how you
felt nj that timr-I had not the privi.
iege OF being aud meeting with you;
but know how and the brethren felt
who were deprived Of that opportunity.
Thi. Il changed; glory be 10 God
every day! We have freedom and We
eau meet with you and speak 10 you,
and give you cOunsels as the Lord
requires Of IL. We ran entreat you ~
u live n 10 have testimony In your
hearts concerning this.
wish 10 allude 10 another point;
mentioned II ycsterdny. Some have
said 10 US they believed that II We had
taken tho course Daniel did when he
was put la the Hons den, and the
three Hebrew children when put
In the fiery furnace, perhaps
II would have been more heroic and
more consistent with our profession ~
Lattcr-dhy Saints. a person looking
at this superiicinlly might think there
WINS something In the spirit ~ u. |
have no earthly doubt that II President
Woodruff had been required 10 10 into
the lions den or into the fiery furnace,
or 10 do anything else In tho way Of
sacrificing his life In order 10 save this
people. he would have done II. | have
not II shadow " n doubt that President
Taylor would have done the same. All
Of US knew hls courage md ilrnnoss.
will not speak OF myself, but DO not
believe there IN one OF these men hold.
ing the apostleship who would not
gladly, had II been Gods will and
the sacrifice would have niilccd,
have given up his life % save
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