The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-29

| Nation as though they did It In reality. I
| am a martyr In tho sight OF Cod and so Is
| Brother Brigham. and other OF God
| whose lives they have hunted. God Will
| chnstisc them ond all those who had hand
| In seeking our destruction. There Is great
| blessing 20 be placed upon faithful men in
| the latter days-thcy are TO be scaled UP unto
| eternal life and against oil sins and blssphe-
| mics, except the shedding ot innocent blood
| or conGentlng thcrounto. which is the
the Wicked. and tho North calculates 70 use
| up the South in few days. In this they
arc mistaken; they VIII whip each other nrst
| one, then the other. Let the Saints acknowl-
| edge the hand OF God in 1t all War and
| bloodshcd Will follow the gospel OF the Son
| OF God until II has spread over every nation,
| tongue md people who reject the gospel after
| IL is proncred To them and have spilled inno-
| cent blood or consented To II.
Wllford Woodruff. OF the Twelve. in a
sermon July y, 1862, as recorded on page
Is OF volume 10. Journal of Discourses
after speaking of the Mormon people
being delivered" from the army which
the United States had sent into Utah in
! the fifties. said,
! Who frustrated that army in their design?
! The Lord our God. And now the judgments
| that have come upon the Nation in cOnFs-
oucnca OF their treatment OF thls people are
! dealing OF the Almighty and We cannot help IT,
| Every elder In this church who lives his
| ligion knows that this which is transpir-
| Ing Is according TO tho mind and forcehodow-
| lnSs OF the holy spirit. and those out OF the
Who stay this that Is devastating tho
whole Nation. both North and South1 No
human hand, 1t is out OF the powor OF man
excepting by the repentance OF tn" whole
Nation. FOR they have shed Tho blood OF tho
prophets driven this church ond people from
their midst yes, the very people that hold
the keys OF salvation rcr the world they have
/ bnnlshcd Irom their midst; thoy have turned
ind for this the Lord our God has taken
pence out OF their midst. VIII thCrc over bc
any more peace among theme No. not unJn
| -. AZ -H.4I,g Ns1Vh Tha loo -
| Inhabitants thereof.
And on page 16. same sermon, in speak
Ing Of the church. he said:
When this Kingdom commenced It WAS likc
a mustard seed, very smell: but the Lord has
sustained II and he VIII continue to control
II TO the end OF time. Although peace Is be
ing taken from the earth. yet this kingdom
WIN thrive and prosper until every kingdom
and government shall be broken TO pieces and
every power shall be subject to the God Of
We know that this work IS OF God ana
that n win roll forth and prosper though all
thc world oppose. War is only one OF tho
receive. and l can further testify that there
Is nation that viii escape the judgments
Of the Almighty.
What brought on the war Of 1862, I'm the
minds of the Mormon people. is indi-
Gated very plainly by the following
extract from sermon by Brigham
Young in October, 1863, Journal Of Dis
courses, Npluflle ~, page ID
The waste OF lilo In the rulnous war now
raging Is truly lomcntablc. Joseph the Proph-
ct said that the report Of II would sckcn the
heart And what IS all this torY II Is a yIsl-
Iation from heaven. because they hnyo killed
the prophet Of God, Joseph Smith Jr Has
not the Nation consented To his death and
to the utter destruction OF the Iattcr-dny
Saints. II il could he accomplished But they
found that they could not accomplish that
In a sermon by Brigham Young March
s, 1853. reported in the Journal of Dis
courses, volume 10, page lO7, there was
language used which does not speak well
for the standard of loyalty OF the Nor
mon leaders, speaking OF II as charitnbly
as We can. He said:
We have done everything that has been re-
quircd OF Can there anything reasonable
and constitutional be asked that we would
not perform No. But II the Government OF
the United States should now ask Tor q bat
talon Of men TO hsht In the present battle
fields Of the Nation. while ther" is camp OF
soldiers from abroad located within the corpo-
rate limits OF ms city, would not 9sk one
man 10 go; l would see them in hell nrst
Wonderful loyalty to the Government,
! that,
On page 80 of the same volume, Prcs-
dent Young IS reported TO have said, In
a sermon delivered october 6, 1865:
What Is the cause OF all this waste Of llrc
and treasurer To tell II In plain, truthful
way one portion OF the country wish 20 raise
their negroes or black slnves. and IN" other
portion wish to free them and. apparently.
almost 10 worship them. Well. raise and
| worship them; who cares? should never
light moment about IL, Tor tho Of
human Improvement IL not in the least al
Vanced by the dreadful war which con
vulses our unhappy country
Ham win continue TO be tho servant Of ser.
| wants. the Lord has dcCrced. until the
| curse Is removed. Will the present struggle
| free the slavc7 No. but they now vast
| ing away tho black by thousands Many
| OF the blncks treated worse than We trcut
| our dumb brutcn; and men will be called TO
| Judgment for the way they hayo treated tho
| negro, and they VIII receive tho Condcmno-
| ton OF II guilty conscience. by the just Judge
] whose attributes are Justice and truth Treat
| the slaves kindly and let them live for Ham
| must bc the servant OF servants until tho
| curse ls removed. Can you destroy the de-
| crccs OF the Almighty? You cannot Yet our
| Christian brethren think that they arc going
! Ia overthrow tho sentence OF the Almighty
| upon tho seed of Ham. They cannot do thai
| though they may XIII them by Thousands an
| tens OF thousands.
According TO accounts. In oil probability not
| less than million men. from ~ to 40
| years of age, have gone TO the silent grave
| In this useless war. In "a llttlc over two wears.
| and oil TO crafty the caprice OF IL fowl do
not think hnve a suitable name for thom
Shall we call them aboltiouists. slave holders