Show SUXDAV SERVICES Full Text of Elder B I JlolicrU Discourse Yesterday Ilellglous servIces Were held in thu Tabernacle Salt Lake City Sunday Jan 5 1S9J commencing at ii p m President Angus 31 Cannon presiding The choir and congrogatlpn og Coce le ct ancF oar loorntj rcrtac Boll round with the year And BcitriUnl till till the Matter arrear Prayer by Elder William C Dun barThe I The choir tang ng how fleet ths i > rteloc < mgmenti roll How toon tbe hartct will be oer The Priesthood of the Second Ward olllciatcd la thu administration adminis-tration of thc Saoratuehi 1 ELUKR I I ROBERTS addressed the congregation He commenced by remarking that his experience had been tu 111 dent to convince him most thoroughly that Use Elders who cccupltd tile posh ton which he had been called upon to fill that aftirndou certainly imwl thesustainlngpowerofGod Without With-out It they would b altogether unequal un-equal to the task of teaching the Saints these things In t which it was necessary that they should be Instructed When In answer to the united faith and prayers of tho J ec pie continued Elder unbent the tl rfnlrlt oftueJrtinl dl cuud5 plrl > II tl elu upon a congregation iiiU the speaker who address that assembly then the people are taught indeed for tlirv arataughtofGod < Since coming to tins stand and looking upotm the decoration of this building I havethouglitthereitoue point connected with I that might 0 regarded by strangers assome thing very peculiar owing to the reputation which the latterday lot have abroad nod lhat is you are tilting and worshiping tltug Gonn der the American Hay which con Mutes t i art of tlute decorations Because through misrepresentation mlr ntton aol nuVtatenient I is supposed that the LatterdaySalnts have little I or no rpt for Una national cm blem I ocr t me that this fact was one of nianybuth in theory and practice that would go very tir toward dl pIng misrepresentations which have gone abroad iu relation guo rltou t our views concerning the American Ameri-can flag and the principles which it represents It is the common belief among us as a people list our destiny is Inseparably In-separably united with thai of our country and with the principles which underlie that underle government j The Book of M rnJou > cmUent1 gard Cs equally sacrvd with the wih Jewish BcnpturiS gives ui to uu derstand that the land iu which we I live I a choice land that the provi dences of Gad havo been over ltthat He will guide its destiny aud workout i work-out His purposes upon It I ought not be amics t call your attention to some of the passages which touch I this idea When the Prophet Lout who left Jerusalem with a colony of I people tt finally reached tlilskind was about to pass away lie called 1 I sons about him and blessed them as was the manner of thennclent patriarchs I patri-archs In blessing two of his sons who had been born to him during turing his travels in the wilderness after ater leaving Jerusalem he said Xothwithstanding our afjlktlons we have obtained a land of promise a proll land which I choice above all other abo al lands a land w hich the Lord God hath covenanted with me should ho a land fortbelnhi1trn < inheritance of my seed Yea I the Lord hath covenanted this land cennll thi lnd unto me and to children t my clldrn forever and also all those who should b wer Iu I out or other countries hr thc hand of the Lori I would appear from tills that Lchi had no exclusive claim U > un it but that clo cnl UII I tnt It wasdedlcated to dim and his seed and t all other peoples whom this laud the Lord should pplC unt Whcrcfor < reontmues the Prophet I Lehl prophecy according to the workings of the Spirit which is in me that there shall none come into this land save they shall b brought by the hand of the Lord brugh Wherefore this land is coa ccrated unto bun whom he shall hi bring And hal if it so be that they shall servo him accordingtotbeconimandmenu I I ho hath given It shall lie n land of liberty unto them t wherefore they I I shall never bo bl b brought down Imo cap I j tivity I e it nliall b Ixretra of I I iniquity for if ly I iniquity hall abound cursed shall be the land for tllclf sake be but unto the righteous shall j I b blessed for ever Another Prophet of au earlier day I said irords of similar lurler Irt He was a Prophet among the JaretiiteJ arle a people w ho originally I came from the tower of Jtabel and preceded the Xepliitcs in the occupation of tills land of America by a number of centuries Moroni iu numb count of the words of tills Prophet e one Ether mid rpeaktig 0 < hlt tJklcg travels of tills first colony t Ame1 J de says I The Lord would not OVrtuat they should llortht IhOild Mop beyond the sea i the wilderness but he wonld that they should of come forth even unto the land promise which was choice above all other lands which tho Lord abve preserveI for a righmeous Lr hl the And brothe he ha of astern In ui3 wrath Into h Ff010 Jarcd that whose hould possess this land of promts from that time henceforth forever tme benctorh and forever should serve him the true and only God orthey should bo swept off when ldnes i the nl0 his wrath should cots Upon them And now we can behold the decrees of Cod concerning this land that ills a land of promise and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall I serve G or they shall b swept off when 01 the fulness of his wrath shall como upon tem And the cal of his wrath comcth upon them when they Upn areripened in iniquity J For behold this is a land which is i JIJ choice above whic I choic abto all other lands whcre fore he thmatdoth hcr t possess It shall acme God Jin i ta swept Ofl for ft sre the everlasting decree r God And it Is not until the flnessof inlquitv among iqut the children e cidr 01 of the land that they a And this cometh Unto vou Oh unt ve Gentiles that ye may know the decrees of God that ye may relent and not continue In kJgS uMiuft fT8 your InIquities until the unU fume come that rme yo may not bring dow the fumes s of my wrath of sled upon you a5 the Inhabi taois of the land bath hItherto done Dholdth I a choice lnd and wh1ter nation shall peess It shall be free from bondage and cap i tivity and from all other Cp nnder heaven If nton i hern I they will but servo the God of the land Irto te Go lnd who is Jesus Christ who bath been manifested el by the thing which we have written There are oilier passages In the I book referring to this same subject i i but I take I that this I sufficient to I t prove to us that this land of America Efhi of which these things are said is a I choice land I reserved for a right j I eous people amid is avjicafcd to liberty and the people who inhabit 1 1 I it nave the assurance from God that they shall b free Go one more passage however t which I wish t call your attention and that anl tat bell It comes down to the age of the Gentiles Uie first that Inhabited time land having colony been I I I f I 1 led by ito Lord from the Tower of I Babel l until they reached America Increased and Ucarne n I multiplied I n ms 1 mighty t prosperous nation so long as they lived in harmony with hony n tey Jt I truth with those principles wnlcJi heaven Uiey God had revealed from llCTeO tuy were prospered they were blessed wer they wer prJr high favor wih thu IAN nnd thulr government instl tutions and liberties were prererved unto them But when they forgot the decrees of God concerning the land and forsook tlio principles of i righteousness which had been their bulwark Inlliurto Ihen deslrucUon suddenly came upon lhcmlhey were eifrom Uiuuartliand only Ofll man was left to represent that I might nation The colony which I uton cln t was Jetl aw of Jcricm by Jehl t ansi finally reached this landthai nnt became rcILllhl1 and It H I the 1 11c Utou nnj ruins of their either temples mansions thai are strewn UtCII the ficc of the bull to this day But so LUII r1t tte Ihl God devoted true 10 Ie long as they were Go voted t His service and sought to establish rlghtiouenrrt uwjf rlhlu nr t clll and I nourished and pro cred ane 1 lourMIL Inllt great had inanr periods rt Impplnew liberty and from hlPllne lberl harvest the they wero Uutrameled hant I of righteous men iras Indeed abundant abund-ant rghttUS a tim however they follovred la the footetenS ct the Jarcdltes they forget God they reJected Jarlc lecled the Gospel they trampled the JLle GOpl of rlgliteousntis under principles their feet they were forsaken of God anil then came Uieir Hidden destruction They iatidcred Into darkness and time retnuautaof that nation nn llll kucwu niul seem I warning J all othef lit ions that shall inhabit this sacred land exclalniing aloud Uii not nl the footsteps of our fathers avoid the errors that they made clenve nut the principles of riglilcousnifi tnte ceTt If you would retain your xaIIed l civilization 11 I the liberty which you lwa > t That I is f the message whIch the Lniuanile degraded uncivilized proclaims unto un-to the proiU mtions that now occupy occu-py the land America Q IY Tho discovery of this continent the coming rWte Genlilcsniul their flml occujiatlou of I were all ore laiown and predicted with fu < h great cleaniws lhat we who now live after the celt hive transpired cannot can-not coiupnlieiultlicm mure clearly than did the ancient pn > iilieba ihejr foresaw them uudrr the iufplratlon ofhuavcu rheJUiovery of America Ameri-ca by the OeutiltM was revealed un CenU c to Xephi turIn his vision liesij And T looked and lxli Ul a man mioni tho Gentiles who tvaiScmrUc J from the sod or IV broUiern or the many watr nml 1 beheld the Spirit of lath that it came down and wrought upon tIe man and ho went forth upon the many waters even unto lIst MW of my brethren who I were In the iirotHtasJ ttndi L1d And it came to piss that I lehsl 1 fU the Spirit of God tnat it wrought upon other Jennies and they went forth out of eaplix Ity upon the waters And it mine upn vs that I beheld many multitudes of Gentiles upon the land of promise nnd I beheld the wrath of God that it use upon the upn seed of toy brethren and they were I Item the GcuUles and store KUiIlten Ali f lel the ritot Ihe Ln 1 that it was upon the Gentiles that wa they did upn and obtain the Iflld fur their InbeiLiice peal lebeld tyt theV weto irke and exceodinft fiir and beautiful like unto my people before be-fore they were slam And It came to pass that I rcplji beheld tlut the Gentiles w ho had gone forth out of captivity did humbc themselves beforo the Lord anti tho I power ot the Lord was with them And beheld that their inothorGcn lllcs sere gathered together upon the water and upon tbe land also to bat tie against them And I beheld that tho powerof God was whim them and also that I the wrath of God was upon all the that battle v ere caihereil totretber against them to battleAlid I Xcpbi beheld that tho Gentiles Gen-tiles that had pora out of captivity i svenr delivered by the power of God nut of th ° lini of ui otltcr nations I na-tions tionsXow Xow Ilia I 1 little hUtory that was revealed t the Prophet Xephl before taut events transpired Hu saw all this nuil xnmlu I record of it wo hae now that reconl amid we anl know of 1U fuIOIniuit It is t a singular thing mentioned belfe Ubr II believe by nil the IUfit rapiiers of I Columbus that the Incentlvewhlch prompted him in lila efforts reach I a Ian itertward from Kuiojie grew out of the fact that he Ivhcvul I helinl been commbsioned by high I heaven to open uI lint wtrteni land wbatever I might be through I the inlluenccs of tint CbrMIcu ro ligionlhnt was what enabled him to j I bear up under the discouragements with which he met and to go from court to cur throughout Europe I Eu-rope ubtil thin Lord touched the heart of the Queen of 81oln nut led lier to itelrt herself that J lie I I tl i7 should have au outfit to prosecute I hij enteri > risu even if she had to sacrifice her jewels to provide it toj him I was the Inspiration of Almighty Al-mighty God resting upou this man julncli I urged him onward Uiat j I same spirit rested upou other Gentiles Gen-tiles who filled with a love uf adventure ad-venture ilared to trust their lives and fortunes in the interprfecof discovery dis-covery upon this continent There is I another fact reconled In this hut paage I hue reid that the Gentiles were gathered together to-gether against thoMjwiio had lied I outof captivity to this land The hand of tod was ngainH them but I i lie Spirit was with those who were I trying to maintain their liberty I Therefore we do not believe that thh government uf ours was fdtab lisliexl orstltalued hy the wisdom and 11Ulr of man alone but that the haml nfOod Was oMt it There an very jolpable fvhlcnet of Gods overruling I dIti tlit great American revolution J Is n singular thing fhnt In rnierto assIst them in obtaining their Hbtri ties colonies succeeded iu gnln tug the support of two rurowfn Inl tuIpr rurofon defpolisms of which countries France aud had Sjnln Urse colon both cou ial possessions In America Surely it would h naturally thought that they would have hun Uie last to leach colonIsts to rebel ngalnsl the parent government > otliiti but ti lower of Got could have tullWl tlinri id a work or this charatltr Xot 101 only do we believe In con onanc I with the teachings of the Book ol Monaon that God was with the I latriols of this Lush f n their struggle I for Independence but It Is I f to speak an artkle of our crewl t the Constitution seas drafted and perfected by he fathers < me Jle < publlcuuderdlvluelnijimtlon lu the Book of iochrlneanl Covenant is fond n positive declaration in relation t this matter The Lord In speutng tt this Church through the rrophet Joseph Smith In the year 1S > 35 shortly nflerthe Saints 13 horty ner Ile Sint had been driven from Jackson County 3fo aid And agate I say unto you those who have been scattered by their rncmies it i < TOy will that they should continue to Importune forre Impruue r Llresj and redemption by the hands ll shinto who are U acetl as mice I and ace In anthorit v over you According 10 the laws anti constllu lon of the people which I havo suffer c to b established and should be nn maintained for lho rights and b holy lion of principle all tlesh according t just and That every man may act in iloctrlno and principle pertaining to futurity according to the moral agency which I agncy whic have given unto them that every min gven may be evcr I accnnntible for his own sins in the day of Judgment s Therefore it h Tertor not right that any man should b in bondage ono to bnd an other < I Amid for this purpose havo I estate I lished the consuintion of ht1 eab the hands of wIse I men whom I raised up unto this very purpose and r Ter re I deemed blood the land by the shedding l j Here we have tIme direct word of the Lord that He established thc Constitution of this land through wise men ivhem tIeL raised upjbr tint very purpose ThlsJs In hInny h-Inny with the declarations con tained In 1e Bookor rnl hat this land had been consecrated I as a land of liberty unto a righteous rhts people who should I keep the law ef God With this as kac article of our faith It fa not surprising that we arc today fuund worshipping under WI the American lag which is the emblem as I understand it of our Constitution Safllcient weight has never been given to tills part of our 1 o belfef b IbosewhTrnrc called upon to Judge a ti > whether we are friiiillj dkjioscd or otherwise tow frtnlis < lj1 w rJathcaonrnmcl t The l late Pnaiifeul pS Once Vou might as well accuse u said IOU JI 1 IJ of bclDR Vnfriendly disposed town our religion to jay that we an our rlslon nto Ule unfrrenaiy illlSisi thwart ° Koverutnent of our land because UieroJs BO Itemthat is regarded as more directly resulting from the In splraUon of bravcn than the tb lisbmeat of the covernmcRt of the United States Our practice has always I al-ways bein la J Imfmony wHIt this WJS pn aloajr tbe pith thai h been trodden by the itlerday RInbotfu eUJciictJ Of their loyalty nnufriendliness to the United States gyvcrnmcnt When weCsystk hnveTifc cver eoughl to oppress anyone or acted unfriendly toward Ihose principles which underlie un-derlie this government Had the i II ray Salute been disposed t manifest any nntagonisni toward I the government a number of crises have occurred in their experience which would have alTorded hens a wry excellent opportunity Then are those among us who remeznbei very clearly when they r driven I from Hid Still of MissourI and IlllnuK Somoof the most prominent promi-nent wnor 7f that day called upon thi Clinrtii leader amid tukcd them to ICe Our fathers cotiiFlled tutU that retUet t unjust though I nas thty left theIr beautiful city on the bunks of the JIlKsIssIppi JUror and sought for thal > caco and liberty among Magt3 which had been denied them among thin t cilllU Christ an ieopjuof I the Wwt eru Stat f After 1f expulsion I from t hide hoimutsfttr it call be called nothing else and while ci rout furthlsreglouthalgovernment which had treated thorn to unkInd iy even iWusing tlienl that protec torr Mlifetf wits theIrs byrght tentariiirtfcntntlve to our fathers who were then enrarnped with theIr tents anti trneotis upon I the trutk < B of i Hid l = JI and bait the atttlagly to ask them to furnWi t IttetiiinJreU f 6f tLcIr able bin lll b 10 Calironai to engage In the war with Mexico Wluit did our father do at thai junclure lId they say You per milled jiV I lo 1 driven from Missouri MIs-souri to tn Jtct l ullourearUiIy poisvioa otr homes given to the IIntrd oar wives and tlidren sep IJr rLt m th rL adrift over the frosted ground until their tracks cuM b followed by tIme Mwd Inlhelr footprints 11 fol prnt you lnrniitteil us Id l T bnrnuied and perplexed byrncta iu I Illiuolf even While under file pledged honor of lint tiuile you permitted our leaders lead-ers tol lemnrdcred in cold blooJ aud mobs b luurtran < burn until we were corn pulled to bay the confines of yournttion Did they bring nil Ihefe horrible witnesses against theinjuUictipf ourggverunientanJ sty We can furnish it battalion to such a government a that o on the contrary Tlie Church leaders lead-ers rejoiced tnat they now had an opiorluiilty to dlplay their friendliness friendli-ness to the government utid to give them nil unmistakable testimony of their loyalty and fealty t the laud of their birth or choice President Youngs reply thertforu was You shall haveryour battalion even if I is 16 bo furnUhed from the Elders of our Char Aft A I was The nnn enlitej in Ito service of I lie United States and marched t thc Pacific coast Had I been the purpose of the latterday SaluU to establish an ind i > endfnt kingdom In the Lind them opportunity was when Uiey Jlr > l entered this valley They wero removed a thousand milft front tbe frontiers of the Unltisl Stales rIte cc was no prospect pros-pect ttt i that time of there wry soon being n means of I raiiid communication between this vMley and the east The people peo-ple liml beet IeJ litre by a man whom they learned t encore and I levi n man who possessed preeminently preemi-nently tInt qualities of n kW had thu Saints Ortlrtl rr when theyf titledn this place isolated from thc rest of thc world from tbe vast and the west from thc north and the south did they tabs that course < No as toon tut practicable they np > plied for n < nlf lot Into this Union They could iiotfjrgettiotwUbstand lug nil tho oipcrtuntics by which they were surrounded that their destiny was linked with thc destiny ff that lihtroriMhose Constitution God bad Inpnlretl Tlicru was nnother time when a crisis nroe wliich gave tho latter stay iilnU a Tery exctllcnt upper tunity ofjIMnlfrStimj any feeling of unfrwudllAev unfniemdhimlcsstttey might have en temttiwtl l agaiuU the government gtcmncnt Theru came a period when the Union r severed when powerful 8ttn otic after another seceded front it and their represnlatlveg let tha halls Congress I won a UitIon ns t whither the wreders oM nut 1 < v fmccessful ler ther cnterpri I If thief had bwntin rd lt tel fdendjiut In he hearts of the lat terday flut airaimt the irovern ment then Has their opportunity to I sliow I t have not only I north anil a foutb but 1 a west as well I Just bout the time thu war was breaking out the telegraph limit con wcllns us with the east was Utn wih et completed com-pleted and the nrl me snge thai I weul over the wires was ole from Brigham Young saying Utah ctnntis firm in her allegiance nnd does not secede < < Prwident George Q Cannon heJe leaned overnnd whUjwred to Elder nobert whothereurou remnrkcd I am Informed by BroUier Cannon that them were overtures made to our represenlalivo in ConKS Con-KS by thu seceding Slates of the South arking us to unite with them Ui Uiat movement but these rii ntunitits Werudisrigntded And < e < thy UwauiHj wo knew who the Miitepbuilutr of Ibis ship of State s ansiflint our destluy HUB dttuy 8 liiihedKiiuil Of Utureji veciven furtherev eucoOf urloynHy t the country in which we live I do not believe tbe pagmof hMory can reveal a quieter submission on Uie tart of n l eople to whit have been regarded n1Nen unjust laws 510 have bore that whlcIIptNercommuulUcs would not have tolfmtttl The oilier day in resting a little of cur hl try I came upon I IliuirftUsbf amaii who cDt is highly esletnlOd In the nildsl of Israel a man who Joined bits fortunes wllh the CJiurch when to all human 11 prnr that Church would crum < ble andBLtojltcay man who has been ivtb and honorably known Jt US J ro wo revere and who lodayoccupie9 a high station In the Church I mean our venerable vener-able Brlbcr > Daniel I Wells When thin Saints hal been MIll In thus land four years when they were celebratIng the anniversary of the entrance of the pioneers into this valley ho made these remarks whirb I will read It bis been UioOgtit by some thai 1 this people auedmnshttrmci In sniteiJrolc plundered murdered and tInalIylLfranchlseh I anuiexpatria I ted wpn I rutnranyf reluctaut r American again tmito rennbllp their destiny t with a tho n wonder thtt It anu thought by some that wo would Do again submit our selves ovmwhila we were yet scorn ed and rIdiculed ree return to our allogianiM to our country Remember runtz Rememlr that It was by the c 0 our nUt country not ours that we were caps UiaUxi and then consider the opportu nity f ladof forming other ties Let this paM while we lift thc writ and how the which le policy whih dictated lP That country thai Constitution those cnnry Contuton thoR inttltutionH were all ours they arc still ours Oar fathers Itlour tathen we heroes of the devolution Under the miuter spIrit of an Adams a Jefferson and a Washington theydeclared and main laiccxl their inclerencence an under the enldncoof spirit of truth they fulfilled their uilraon whereunto they were sent from toe presence of lie Tatter l = ilcmagogues have arisen should and retard the reins of lower we relinquish our Itf I tcrei nJhat country inadedear to ns e byct rUe of association nbC con sangnfmtyl ton Tlioe who liave IndulgeO such sentimenta concerning usr ham not mad Mormon Isui aright for never no never will wod ortourcoantry cause never wlUIwe io found arrayed by tho side ret ihe enemios allhoush she mar cherish them in her own bosom Al though she may launch both r Ihnntrerbolts of r which may return and spnd their fury upon her in < tlel fc up blr owii head iertf no never will we permit the wmkiient of human nature to triumph over love uf country our devotion to 1 her institutions handed down to us l > v lir honored lan made dear to us by 1 thousand recollections Those were tie seutlmenU of the latterday Saints In that day and I blieVo they arc sentiments t day It I fur us In the future therefore there-fore D In the pt t b guided by sentiments I Uieso patnloticaentirnenta It frequently happens when a l member of n family in the east or In foreign land Joins Ihe Church that tbe rest of the family In tlelr spirits turn against him and become I unfriendly Jesus himself understood under-stood that principle when He said thatHis goopcl would set father against jon and son against father nvothcr against dauchtcr and < daugbb against mother nnd I motherinlaw adsinst < dnugbterln t law that a mans enenJIJ ioolJ be the members of his own hoUKhoId i Sot that tbe Gopel which Ho pro1 mulgacd engcuuered bitterness and strife in those Who iKJcrcted it but the blltemcss the rnncotr the unto I I were eugetidettd In thOe tfiea reI I jeeletl It aims It tM because uf isis 1 that the breaking up of that sentiment S senti-ment which should unite and gen I emIly dot unite Jauillits and kindred i kin-dred logeUicr occtimd frequently frequent-ly happens lhat the one who nccepls lie Gosivl Is regarded as thu black sheep of tho flock and Is I driven out from hit fathers I household But lie gathers to Zion when he finds a nmllltudol I I offuihcrsand mothers of brolhere I and sisters and friends who arc dearer to hint than those from whom he has been separated When he comes here what dots he do Tho Spirit which attends that part of Ute I Gospel which Elijah Introduced our dispensation which turns the hearts of thc children to the fathers I rests upon him aud ho goes forth In righteousness unto the templcfl of our Uod and becomes a savior unto i his fathers household So let it If with usln regard to our Though 5I0Ied0tta30b I untr country legislation though for special usc jects unloved null untruetcd let It be our part tiif ohf to national become household a savior for In I whatever the conduct of those In laws lho who this land admicWef may be however unjust howcrer oppref si vu hovoverpartI1lhoWeeropprenU hard thowj it Is for us to hug which are entwined liberty y princlpics o twined with thu lu Utullon of our country though nil tlie and rest to of mnlntiln thc w orld hem should i j prove this fJiall untrue bo our to them court ° Inasmuch rest assured as 1 I LallerdaySalnb that bondage will i not be ours for God has decreed thatthbrlantfshould n ln1 l of freedom to those who inhabit If they persist in iniquity tbeu those who no conduct themselves will be dealt with by hue hand of Almighty God but tbuku who arc righteous those who live in harmony with Ihu decrees of Oar concerning our glorious land Iiill dwell In peace and feed richly I tbo feast of liberty which kid has promted to lilt cbil I drefs I siren I pray that our spIrIts may tw j tol 0I7 rh strong > that our hearts may bv moved that our hands may cot I drop that our knees may not shrike I but lout wr may bo friends to God i friends to oar country and to our countrymen and lust flnayunder I guidance and direction of that Spirit which actuated the fathers f Jbll c a i of our republic We may rescue from destruction the principles of liberty I whkh are Irwcurably I connecter I with the Constitution of our land The choir sang the anthem I I O Iw jojful u Jim Lord Itunedictiou by Elder O 1 B P Well |