Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-01
Roberts on The
PtesbylenanS.
DeiUesS Good Naured and Sitting Sermon in Winch He
Fails 10 See How Mormontsm 10 be Crushed, as a
Speaker at the Los angeles CoHcave Said Must Be
WW Force BE Used, He c>4sbS.

recall tho fact that about the year 1898,
certain gentleman (hlmselD was
elected to Congress They said that
was the time To strike the octopus;
that TO fail to do so would be to be
lost (Laughter) And 10 they struck
IN response 10 sentiment that
they had worked up against the gen
tleman and against the Church; and
they were successful IN that they pre-
vailed upon Congress to deny that gem
teman his seat. But | have no knoWl-
edge OF II haying seriously impaired the
health or well.beng Of that gentleman.
uaughter) ! have no knowledge OF his
form diminishing or his shadow grow
ing less. Qaughter) Nor have | any
knowledge OF the Church or so-called
octopus being particularly hurt, or
hurt at all. What effect may we ask.
did that act have on "Mormonism? .
About as much as that Of mosquito
lighting on the moon. Uaughter)
'Mormonism' survived that awful
blow Uaughter)
MUST NOT RETALIATE.
But 1t Is not for the Latter-day
Saints to reply to these resolutions IN
the spirit Of retaliation. not to answer
| railing with railing, not to smite when
! smitten, but Il Is their duty to over
| come abuse with patience to meet evil
| With good But naught should be
! do e In bitterness. | thank God that
| toe Church of Jesus Christ now occu-
! pies position so exalted that II may
| smile az the efforts Of men 10 crush IT,.
| Therefore their resolutions their fulml-
| nations and abuses, their shafts OF as
sault and offense fail harmless at the
! feet OF the people OF God If | could
| gather and crystaliZe your thoughts
| and give expression 10 them | think
| they would be unanimous on the one
! point OF telling them that their labor
| Is In vain. II ! could express your faith
| TO them | would account myself happy
| indeed,
THE THREATENED WARFARE.
Now when you are dealing with an
| institution that cannot be educated,
! that cannot be civilized that cannot be
| reformed-when these agencies all fail,
| what follows then? II we are not to be
educated according to their notions,
| not to be civilized as they would
have us civilized. not 20 be reformed
| after their code Of morals. what agency
! viii they then invoke? They say they
| must crush us. What does that mean
| Mobs, violence, plumber armies. Can
| II be that ministers living IN the en-
! lightcned period Of the Christian era,
| that comes after 1900 years Of proclaim
/ ing His name, can stand for and adyO-
| cate such merclless methods? Can il be
I f.F la.fa
| whose mission was peace 10 all the
! world, can urge before the nation
whose eyes are upon them. such war
fare? Can ii be that these Christian
ministers viii throw away all means
save that Of brute force to stamp out a
| religious institution that has not been
constructed out Of theological material
| not of their making2 II is a fact worth
| remembering that the man who voiced
| that sentiment was the man, according
to the dispatches, Who received the
greatest applause,
SOMETHING OF THE PAST.
From the earliest times to the pres
ent that has been tried. They said when
the Book Of Mormon was being given 10
| the world that II they could only pre-
| vent It's publication. the movement
| would fail. They succeeded in stopping
| work upon Il FOR a time. The Prophet
Joseph had 10 go from Pennsylvania "a
| New York 10 get the matter straight
ened out. They didn't prevent
the publication Of IL and the
work didn't fail. Finally they
did destroy the Prophet Joseph but
but the work went on II was the same
| spirit that did It that passed these res
outions. They said n we cannot reach
their Prophet, powder and bail can,
and powder and ban did IL didn hurt
| "MOrmOnism," though Il ala nothing
more than cause sorrow and teIpOrlry
| confusion among the Saints But the
! Prophet lived for "A years and during
/ that time he, under God. gave TO m,
1 world endless and lndestructible truth
| He piled principle upon principle OF
/ truth until II lowered 70 the heavens
| When his death came "Mormonism'
went on as It VIII Away go II was not
broken up as predicted. The blood of
the martyrs, indeed. became the seed
Of the Church Their love for the
Prophet and for the truth he taught
was cemented into a holy recollection
| "Moimonism' survived that awful and
| wicked blow that deprived 10 ~ rs
| earthly head Then came Brigham
Young. The Church thrived under hi.
leadership. and they said II was the
! genius OF this wonderful man that held
II together. When he died. they de.
clared, Il would certainly 20 to pieces
| haven't heard Il said since his daS
that It was the genius OF any man that
holds II together Nov. Il Is spoken OF
as remarkable institution better or.
ganized than anything else In the world
except the German army. daughter
We win tell them that this work W,
have In hand Is greater than any man
greater than any set Of men.
WAR DECLARATIONS.
Il see by the headlines and reports
IN the papers that they are going {,
maze war upon US ] wonder what
kind Of a Rip Van Wrinkle sleep they
have been INDUCING IN all these years
Q-aughter). The Lord gave us oui
= nlqrsaae nlnre than 70 vears aqo Hs