Show DISCOURSE sj elder gnp A saith in the Bovre bowerm ry ci G L lity sity city pity sept 3 ibos on the history of 4 I 1 I 1 ir REPORTED BY ny G r D WATT i 1 I 1 arise before you this morning unexpectedly unexpected ij but as I 1 always feel willing to make an ati attempt I 1 0 offer some reflections for the cm consideration of f my ray brethren and sisters I 1 feel a degreeff degree of pleasure I 1 while looking at the improved appearance appear arc e of our benches today to day I 1 see quite number of comfortable seats seals have been brought here bere which will in in a great degree dispense with the occasional breaking of temporary seats disturbing oe the con gre cation I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 the lord has said in in a revelation riven given throb through gh joseph smith that it is is his purpose to tak care of his saints he alo aiso aio promised his deop people li in th the 4 1 of the foundation of this thi clarce church 1 a to td sift them as with a sieve some of the old prophets in n re fering to the work oft of th last days speak of the sieve sieve of vanity the history of this deop people le since the chuich chin ch was has pas been one continued scene erle tile of change changes in the elal eaffy jears years of the murch march there was wai cra ira a great grent among the bret brer brei to 6 travel an nd preach the tho gopel gospel among ehfe but the ohp rigid laws of RE the she united tt sates states at that time pre re tented vented any intercourse inter course courte wilh them the brethren b r e tier n used lo 10 agel animated gie yie 0 sub gub jec they world would speak peak in tongues and and an rejoice exceedingly in in the things that thai voe ivere a ut to van bah pire pite r e or that they lievert bt beli uell eveet evett mould would transpire tran ire lre when thiv they hou shou be p na ilat riat ted go and preach tat gosp I 1 to tiie tile leef lehs 1 A serie series of 11 ard rd of events hav hai las yai lai at lena leng len ien h brought about an opportunity on our part to 10 i v ritt rio rt riot t ulee tilee r of the house bouse or of israel in ahe the bem best bert hio bio kio wedge it t is 13 possible for us to lai lal ort t tj them we haye hate now been for tor ele pie M t vai val v ai s r rt c f n midst whee WP we could lave llave an 0 opp 11 i 1 1 t y V ct ot them thenn i i i d if we brio f ted tea ti 11 inifi berm bemm ibern to f r at anything else we may take lne the he tinie finie labor aim ai f expel e to teach them wb are now new row now familiar w th til ill hi ir r hans habits character char chai acter aud and c i items to i coos cou ta IP le t stent when the i f he cemes upon a popie it certainly crr tamly a P work of to remove it wb 0 ca 0 h aghta cure curie upon hig big own head bead and that offis of his household his tits after generations bear hear the ss annc ardc rne rde cu cin cini i i the theau co cusp cuse SP hat came cani iii til non on cann camon can n 0 er e of ham has las exten exter ard ird fl to a arfat i i f 1 he lae hunan buran bun hun an itce ind and has c u hed u td j e i egeit eav lor tor the iv i A t landred andred fc teays years ph lan ian an hyu bru hrop hyop ats pho gho were ignorant r ant of the 0 rient of 6 the likeable live notable able gio decrees c rees of odthe ril 0 h ve deex ex ar id ofed the themselves ms elves vigorously to th thwart rait raft tl it e puri oses of the tile almighty ty ia ia tra try erting trying ing to iem remt ve 4 t the urse of servitude from descendants dant of ca nann but their endeavors are vain an and ind us useless lus ius it is is labor lost and answers no end only so fa far as it serves to multiply the difficulties arid per levities lexi ties which are arising arbing in in this generation to iring ering ring about the great destruction of corruption and wickedness from the earth in this way it all indirectly serves a pur par purpose pose when god has decreed a chaam ifor we men n to be in servitude and has haa designed they shall hold bold that position if it is worse worie han than useless for any man or set of undertake to put them in a position to rule ruie the lord conferred po portions of the priesthood upon certain races of men and through gli promises made to their fathers they were entitled to the rights and blessings blessing and privileges of that priesthood aher races in in consequence of their their cor corruptions corrupt ions lons their murders their wickedness Aness or the wickedness of their bathers Ya fathers the priesthood was taken from them theta and the curse that v was as upon bem them hem tras iras was decreed should descend upon their posterity Post rity after them the m it t was decreed that they should not rot ot bear rule ruie ruiey ruley in looking abroad on abe earli ear lhand arld arid seeing the ejects effects produced ed upon different races of men wiil will 4 be plainly discovered that here are rac es who iho haye have neav never r been p permitted ermit teg teA to bear rule to auy any adv great extent I 1 L the tile god of heaven is the creat creator of and alid p boprie i f tor ton of the earth cewill we will admit how bow however v that his ca claim im has been cons considered J ider ed by men inn very weak for any many liis his title has been I 1 would not say dispi disputed lied but it had has pem heen been absolutely denied for foi a gr great eat while 16 96 so so that eliat when the jhb son of goda god dafne i a aw grf the e earth he had no where to 6 lay his head bead he said the foxes have holes and the birds of til ali the tho air have nests but the son of man hath bath not where to lav lay 3 I 1 1 11 his head bead we also read that when the savior tas as taken by the tempter tem er ono ohto an exceeding high motin tain lain he be chewed him i the kingdoms ct of the world and tind the he glory of bf theril them sav aag all these willi give unto thee if thou wilt fall down dow n and ard worship me altho althou although u 6 poor Devil 1 did dot riot own a single tingle I 1 foot 0 of f it I 1 this proves teat tibt satan considered himself so much in possession of the earth as to actually exclude the e saviors supremacy entirely and lilied to I 1 place him in a position that it might anover naver be a acknowledged blit but the saviour said arget get thee b behind me satan thou than worship serve the be lord thy god and him only bialt shail shall thou the dominion of portions of lof the earth arth has changed bands frequently and sometimes in a very unexpected and miraculous manner the romans overpowered it to a 1 I ery cry great extent im and all that was considered habit habitable le or that thai was the then known was wa either oither reduced to submission to the roman sway compelled to pay tribute or at least to acknowledge roman supremacy with a very v hia few exceptions this is aa asfar far as profane history tory extends hence says saya luke ch 2 v if 1 i and it came to pass pasy in those days there went out a decree from cesar caesar augustus that all the world should be taxed and all went weilt to be taxed ayery one into his hit own city this circumstance shows the existence of several emperors possessed i st lot sulli sufficient tient domains and power bower in the roman empire to demand taxation of tit all the world that nation has been compared toa nation cation of iron in the vision visions of he the prophet daniel it has been considered by most commentator tile the word of Godt god that bat the prophet danel danei considered ibe the roman empire to be typified by the be dream of in it is is represented ep resented as hs being of iron it in tile the great image which he saw I 1 beleve it t caine came nearer exercising ex erel sing universal dominion than any other empire tb that at has ever existed ly pt the plesent time have obtained dominion over a greater extent cf of the faiths surface than he be romac empire did dd yet it t appeal appeals t be inhabited cultivated improved and ana dis discovered coverd to a far gi eat eater er exten tiiA tion j I 1 I 1 it hag has hren bren by some geographers bat that the empire of russia is the most extensive on that ever eer existed odys atiat the empire est set oharles charles tha the he fifth of germany which included germany t the li e motherlands mst Mot herlands and mexico exico guatemala aud and near ail ali all odath 6 ith as the greatest others say he present dominions dp minions I 1 of queen VA victoria actoria aap are ae ihu most extensive of any jany oiher other be that as it pay inay it is but a mere inere matter of speculation rime at Us time was the only government that wag was as cod coe ered a all ali I 1 powerful that ihli power iriven wa i given by the tho thi mi lafy no man who laho ile lie believed belie belle lieres ves 13 the chewings eWings th of if god with men will di dip dipti dispute ii though inary idary apo who are sceptical 1 11 on this ti ns subject ma mav produce ice different idl ideas c p and views from froal ibi igi he time lime I 1 was f courted four foud ted ded arism a small smail 11 city upon the seven even hills of the q t tile tiie T 4 hial figal eth b its dominion was eight hundred tin died yeara when heh hen it to crul crumbie crumble ibl and ca continued inked so doin doln doing until it ii nit ae h inces abbat A deals feats aten ater christ a prophet aroe arose in in arabia by the name nama or 0 mahomet who I 1 was bom in he wag was N as an orphan boy his bis t fa Abdal abda iati lati havn g ded d ed he lie was left in in 6 chil amu mui noi d and alid was raised ulli uin r the care rare of his big i ile fie nee nce le V w 0 ce c e m acie duie me was abu asu tai tal 1 lab nab 1 eb and filially fili fiti ally aily rm ire lre aie an i apie appl ei itce t ce to io n t tae ie merba merta itile business he was sert sent by la bis master maiter severa several times llimet on trading expeditions as hs bs agent to tahe take charge of TS bs train of merci and ap ile he subsequently marr lii lil iii K dp J p 5 wi ow of I 1 I 1 9 wp yei who had aft ift if f I 1 c at h b 3 cath eath con cont 1 sli B fa a ie le avem ir at omet ca terl led on c p i 1 tw loter iter left profitably shtil b nut rut professed wv proclaimed to the world to hate have received a mission nisson from braver li gaver caver hr ill was five win fin ns 11 a 1 ip rs first I 1 i ir e f i us iq ra r tr r aw li w r t and nd that ov w i i v i f eleven yi a of v adzi a wak wai i f e sun nf f alu abu teb it trl thi will f be e collected recollected e tedi liia tiia itse me climate of arabia b brings ings ain bo bd byrand mind much ch earlier than thad ir c ol 01 d e r chin fe es mahomet mahomot ad andali andall ali all C commenced 0 lo 10 p and rid fin finally ily lly succeeded r in gathering aro aso around 1 46 idem benl beni A considerable number adherents of oV I 1 y mahomet descended from one of the most noble DOW families of the Koreis li lie came direct in descent jerom bonx ishmael the son of abraham hem he hew m asset aglet set ret upon by that powerful and popular tribe the who were determined to destroy roy iiii him as he proclaimed that their doi dol gods a humbug and setting getting forth but one true and living god for them to worship the persecution continued to indrea increase e until he was obliged t to leayo leave mecca a and flee ff fey his life to medina mediha 36 on ath jul tul july which is the ahe great hajra or mahometano Maho era on od leaving bis bis his native city al abbas his uncle one of the he most powerful chiefs of lle ile the lie Xo horeish reish made the adars is as his hiis friends ill iii in medina were called promise and swear that th they would nsf deceive but bat would protect his nee nep hevy heyy at the expense of their lives ilves though al abbas himself did inot knot not then believe in his a divine ivine mission I 1 dia Bla mahomet homet con continued linued preaching there wak wai was nothing in ia ps re I 1 ig a to lo license iriqui iniquity y 0 or corruption he preached the moral doctrines which the savior aught vt vit id do as they tiley would be done by baand and not hot to io do violence to any iny man nor to ta render evil fon for evil ad and to worship on one god he ire continued contin jed rot c to preach until be was driven from his home affet gehad cormen commenced ced preaching 1 his big doctrine extensively in different parts of arabia and many hai llad had belleve believed believe dit it his persecutors at mecca gathered a large larga force and followed him with a determination to exterminate him bird and his hii friends they followed him up with heir their persecutions until he be imbt got so mad that he tie could not stand it any longer hi his religion caved in lie he drew his sword gathered his hid followers and gave his big enemies such a drubbing that they went off ashamed this was the battle battie of bedr they raised a superior force fored of men and had bad a second fight with the prophet in m gig who could scarcely muster 1200 men his orders not being obeyed hi follo followers wets left the fieldy field but the prophet was determined notto not to be beat from the track trick and concluded to fight the battle alone his intrepidity and boldness on the occasion converted a leader leade of the infidel army army named khaled and subsequently made him hi his general and arid gur sur named hinr hint the sword of god this ia u called the battle of chud one hundred years extended the mahometano Maho power over more I 1 territory territory errit orv ory t than ban tb the e romans gained in eight hundred years y in a very short time all arabia bowed to his sceptre tre and he was confirmed in his kingly power and assumed the ensigns siris sirls si ris of royalty in le he then sends bis big ambassadors to visit the neighboring nations toh tot he was now the monarch ofA ota of arabia rabla and asked them to receive his religion they visited Khos roes the great king of the Per persians bermans mans eans one of the most moat warlike sovereigns of his time homets mahometa Ma ministers presented prevented preen ted his letters but the persian king haughtily tore them in pieces ordered the ambassadors to be scourged urged and sent them home in disgrace they returned to medina aladina and found mahomet mending his big shoes and their treatment with teai tear 9 he replied you need not bej be alarmed boys fox for many of you will live to riot in ithe the white palace of Kho Khos froes ardes res it was thought that mahometa Ma homets death would put a final stop to the progress othis of hig his religion some persons gave him poison to see whether he was a prop hetor Lor noi not no and arid it wa was his belief thal bai poison was the cause of his big df deith debth ith he died at the age of sixty three in and was succeeded by his father il in law abu bakker who was very faithful in in sustaining the prophet during his bis life lite arld and who was acknowledged as asane ane ginst first chalif after the prophets death this man continued the wars warp which dla Ala mahomet homet had communed for tor when the prophet had found that he be people would not leae leave their idols by being preached to he concluded C the sword was wai the tire beu beat argument be therefore decided be would take up uli the line tine of march to his native city sustained by a powerful army he destroyed itie lile idols in the baaba the temple of mecca and ane dedicated it to be the great I 1 pm pie vie cf of mahomet and nd the centre of mahometano Maho which position posit loa ioa it has held up present time tuce mahomet sit bit set bet his exam egami pies give gave out la vis laws in legation to pil pilgrimage ri maP mae pra pray er and matrimony and ond adopted many r rigid ij ru rules les ies which he kept i strictly himself and prid which his big followers have observed ton tor man many generations and in ill his lal ial last t pilgrimage ih in mus convert converts marched under his banner now this inan |