Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-19

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went out from NalvUD. and ~ was hs'u
that travellers were not safe. These sloiles
were told 10 justly the terrible WtohEs
that were practlcci upon u.s. we NY
to be driven out, and what excuse coulu
men have for driving an innocent pco.
pie? Lies had to 10 told, Just as they
wnro about the early Christians Iheir
names and their charac.ers we've hlhuv
~ odiou- ~ possible, In order wa, WI
men wou,d hate them, and that thefe
would be no sympathy for them. ~
has required generations To vlndichte
their memories aud 10 clear away the
mists Of Misrepresentation and false
hood which surrounded them. We
proved when We came here that We
were not thieves, and that we c0nlh
live without stealing. Then somuthing
clae had 10 be told about ", In order TO
excite the prejudices " the people anu
10 maintain that opposition which was
thought proper to wage against VA
As | have said, Joseph Smith bore
testimony 10 these things. Aud there
Is this that must be said; The same
gifts and blessings that attended ine
exercise OF the authority OF the
Apostleship IN early days again hp-
peared among men. When thcy were
promised the remission Of their sins,
they received the remission OF their
sins. Hundreds that were baptized
by Joseph Smith and the men whom
n. had ordained testified to this. They
said they knew their slns were re-
United, for God had given them tes'
tlmony TO that effect. They knew
they mad received the Holy Ghost, aud
they bore testimony 10 II wherever they
went. Tho old union aud love that
characterized the Church Of Christ re-
appeared. Men loved each other with
q new love--a love that exceeded the
love OF woman, a love that exceeded
every love known to nian.Thia bucame
feature that was hated, because a
people who loved each other,w who dwelt
together Ia union. as the Lattcr-iay
Saints did, were considered n dan
gerous people. One Of the great charges
thati II made against us Il Tint We love
one another and that we cling to each
ether; We are not divided. Men tcsti-
fled that the gifts were rcstoro1. Tho
sick were healed. The blind had their
sight restored. The deaf had their enrs
uns,opped. The old gitta that Jesus
sxhortci the people 10 exercise fnitli 10
obtain rcappeared.; not with tue power
that they ought 20 have appeared In,
because there was uDbrliet 20 be CON
tended against, as there IL now.
Faith n not obtained In a
moment. II Is a gin, II is true; but
faith grows and increAage. IL has
grown aud increased In the earth. The
lattcr.day Saints bore testimony that
they had received these gifts. This
excited the animosity Of those who
bntcd them.
1t n remarkable fact that among
the chief prosecutors u the Lattef-day
Saints were men who pr0iessed u bs
| ministers OF religion. There ARE many
Instances In our history OF this class
| heading iDobs, with weapons In their
hands, 10 destroy the people and 10
| drive them from their homes, because
they had an unpopular religion aud
did not worship ns they did. They
cried rs nercoly for our destruction as
did the same class for the destruction
OF our Lord aud Master. PLATE would
/ have released the Son OF God II they
| had let him, instead Of Barrabb1e; hut
| they wanted Jesus 10 he the victim,
not the robbcr and murderer. They
wanted that pure and holy being 10 be
sacrificed TO their rage, aud they cried
out for the release OF Barrabbas, and
not tho Son of God. Tue same class
have melted thc people Ia our day TO
cry out for the destruction of the Lat.
ter.day Saints. Not all; but this has
been the characteristic OF many Of
that class. Instead OF rejoicing In
the news that God had spoken, Il has
only caused them 10 be ombitlered
agains, tho man who made the declsr.
alton. They never stopped TO examine
or 10 enquire, like the people OF Nine.
veh did when Jonah went into their
midst, TO see whether there was any
truth In the message or not. But they
fought It perslstently, and melted
/ others 20 do the same, until Joseph
Smith was murdered in cold blood
slain rs other Prophets have been. The
law could not reach him, II was said,
but powder aud lead could; aud he wa.
cruelty mariyred, with his brother
Hyrum, aud Tell "a Victim 10 this spirit
that destroyed Jesus aud the Apostles.
II seems n strange thing that thi,
should be the case. II seems ne though
men were not willing 10 leave II to God
TO punish what they alleg- IL heresy.
They are not willing that God should
send bad men to hell, rs they say VT
are, aud punish them In eternity.
They are afraid 10 trust God TO punish
NJ, II we are wicked. They want "a
take the punishment In their own
own hands. That is not right feel
ing. flour doctrine IL not OF God, II
will fall. There ~ no need to destroy
us, because God Ia able to take care OF
His own work aud 10 defend the truth.
want TO say 20 the Latter-dRy
Saints, never give way In the le1nt "a
this spirit OF persecuting people. They
may teach false doctrine; they may
say things that you know are not true,
they may pursue course that you
know IL entirely OF positc TO the will
Of God; but never you he guilty Of
persecution In nny form. | have
heard " boys In this city making sport
OF the Salvation Army and rldlculina
II. hope they are not children OF
Lstter.dny Saints. | would lust al
soon defend and fight for them, n
necessary,Rs would for anyone else. Il
have their rights aud libertien secured
to them, This Is a land OF liberty
Every man has the right to believe a,
he pleAses, and TO do ~ he pleases, st
long rs his acts do not interfere with
the rights Of his fellow men and h,
does not infringe upon their liberties
We as "a people have suffered from
these things, aud We ought To be the
first and foremost 10 defend human
liberty. IL men ARE IN error, they ar,
10 he pitied, not punished. unless they
carry their error beyond proper limit,
and infringe upon the liberties of 9th
ers. So long ~ their vicwA aud practice,
do not Infringe upon the law, they