Show r j SERMON oc of elder orson ihde hide rn I 1 sundy sunday afternoon march ii I 1 I 1 I 1 yie 1 rit lit rit REPORTED BY G D wA WATT Tr afif rif ri ilo ll 11 BELOVED BRETHREN AND ANH frie frue FRIENDS Ds i F r sin since e it has fallen to mylot my ot to address yit you this afternoon I 1 hope you yon vili will noeo nofo j ilie rie your undivided attention but favor me with an interest te in your prayers that I 1 may mav ever e er spi altac ak ac cording to the mind and will of god goi upon ail bit those subjects which may engage my attention I 1 shall take a text according to the mode and ind fashion 0 of f the day yet I 1 will not promise td to confine m myself ysela to it or take any position tha that thal i may be calculated lo 10 forestall the dictate dictates ofell of the spirit of god in me yoh you may bay be e surprised when yon von pro made acquainted with the name of tile tiie author of my text were nvere I 1 to 0 o fro fron joseph smith br tor from er brigham aham young a sentil senti f my g ground aund work you might be gratified i and complimented but the world di out outsiders might think folly blasphemy n nonsense nop apse sense nse ana uric trusting trust ipg in man I 1 shall not therefore borrowa my text from either elther of the forego fore goin inh ini but blit from a distinguished outsider outside rp that thereby I 1 imay may ip pax pay ay iy a proper tribute of respect unto that department of go gods goda s dependant creatures A un jn the tait last genera general echtle of franklin pierce fierce oter ater apostle of the united states of amt ant andrica rica written to lils his br brethren ethreA af pf if the ha Sofi sedi senate ate and house housa i of pf representatives ai in general conference asi as i bem sem em bled first clause clatis eor of the fi first verse ad will wilt find these rem remarkably words recorded I 1 I 1 1 the past pat has been an uil year and ana will be hereafter r beafter be 15 referred to as a marked epoch in tha the history of th the e world AV hi lle mi fieve been hap I 1 pity preserved from calamities the of wart warp war bair our do dof bestic prosperity hadnot has haq not be been 6 N entirely uninterrupted n ter the crops crois in poetto ns of the country have hate been nearly cut ot off disease ilas lias arva prevailed liea ilea io to a greater extent than usual and land the of human li lil lif affo through casualties by sea ani and land 1 I 1 is without parallel lu I 1 when we consi consider far fir that we theauthor ll 11 author words was wag chosen by bk the sovereign dillof the thai american people to pres preside ue ower ofer over the destinies of I 1 our common country was dul dui or that thit and regularly installed wp awer it Is 1 but reasonable to suppose that his va w aret aral prompted bythe conviction and feitli of we utis nai na 4 i lon tion ion and he be can hardly be expected to give uti ut i 1 terance to an incorrect idea if of tie the ie na 1 i I 1 I 1 tion bd erf correct he leing the heid head and eye of theRe the republic discovered that the land declined to produce in its usual strength that disease had marked out its increased number offic of vic 1 ihns lains with kith unerring precision and that I 1 s sek a aana and landL landt had bad conspired against the aves aves oft of ort the he thou than I 1 sands that float on the former formel kind and the millions million si that walk on the laiter laller why this increase of providential manifestations I 1 in the fo form rm of scourges urges and chastisements Is isi i it because the nation has reformed and grawn better belter Is it because the true god is more cor erectly and devoutly worshipped wor shipped oi is the present presen nt is an age not so elii pill enlightened ia abd scientific and hence not so well weli qualified to guarri against the casualties and ills of life as a former and more enlightened ales akes aes or is it because the prophets of god ave sva hate bate been cruelly and treacherously slain and aud brethren and friends banished by b violent lo 10 hands from heir their homes boines into a an n untried u n tried and wilde wilderness rn ess country coutry where it wasi hoped and believed by maby many 1 that savage ferocity would terminate our exi exl existence tence as a people when the latter day dy sa saints nt 9 fled d before the fiery fieri blast of persecutions bitter hate they deft left J it is true their goods and th their eiF elf komes homes as a prize rich with curses to those whose guilty hearts and abd bloody i hands rendered then them I 1 I 1 legitimate e dimate heirs to the their ir ill gotten gain we b brought r agh t but little with us when we fl fled ed yet we took look what the nation can never regain re te gain until they punish those murderers according to their own laws chastise the guilty coadjutors in deeds of cruelty and rapine and compensate the sufferers for the losses which they so unjustly sustained we brought away with us from the nation that summered suffered us to be cast 0 out tit rit the goodwill good glod will and blessi blessing bg of 0 ofir ur god od even tilo tile god of 6 abraham of isaac and of jacub jacob jacub cob that blessing blasing and goodwill good tood will cannot return until we return and ana carry them allow me in uhl place io eive give you a legal opinion none of you entertain a doubt but thai thal your claims and titled to the lands lauds sold under duress iu la missouri Miss duri durl and illinois are areas as good andoval and vai val ed now nov in the eyes ol 01 god as they ever were but 1 I tell you that they aa are just as good and safe to you at thi this very moment in the eye oe of the con laws of the tand land as they ever were no deed of conveyance oe of real estate executed by any of bf you in missouri oc or illinois after you were warned to leave and threatened with violence if you did not leave ia is worth abne red cent no court of chancery in the nation having juris jaris juristic dic r ilone jion lion could ouid lawfully avoid giving you your lauds lands agamy again with interest and dama damage ghe L but would tile the government sustain austa inthe the decision of such a court theres Th ereis the tiie rub rab and hence the guilt guild fiat lu let iet ua see iffe e c can an account ca n for tha tha fearful I 1 of pestilence 1 pre it n de destruction s of huelan ilfe life spoke n orfia oue text god ra 13 sald sau to e wit 4 his hig sera sero ants kincl peopled 1 li 1 sm am with sod you always even f or if or people nast cast the saints sain s an and d servants at god from their them and leabeth that nation and leabeth it under evil influences and afflicting agents to illustrate the foregoing statements I 1 will refer you fo the history of josephs ephs epha being sold into egypt 11 Y ta frais goal af tho the old ois jalot jacot jacob was a visionary man and lind i a great agea atea dreamer i m e 1 r his visions and dreams seriously annoyed ills his elder brethren and greatly aroused their jealous jealousy y at opa one time the lad dreamed that he ho and his ills bretl breth irin ren were ivere binding khe sheaves ghe aveh in iii the field and they sat them up and all their thir sheaves made obeisance bei sance to his sheat sheaf this dream nettled them aud and made them very angry under the cp conviction t ion lon tilt that 61 one dai day the 64 boy might rule over them 1 the I 1 dr baia haq app appeared aie fie afe 1 I t foreshadow for shadow th the fact at another ar amed that the sun sun poon an and d aleyen doer stars tari tarl 4 nol noi to him 4 1 this dream 1 even evel arousa aroused the oid oil t chaps thams mans resent 4 ne meui meni C ad drew draw artil artl grom from him hirn a rebuke upon h hiss I 1 s 3 aar n ro for por r ai he t thought h ought t the dream drean indicated that ho h 1 and ills liis iother and 10 his brethren should bow down doa to hlin him ills his brethren br ethien greatly greally andied him bua but bil his hid oather father r observed the dream oni arii arli rejected not notwithstanding lda ida the rebuke there thero of ot jealousy burning hurning in n thell theli the hearts ear of fhe ahe elder br brethren 41 a 4 1 garist their younger b brother oth ir the hey res rep olvea d fd glay slay him an and conspired to perpetrate e thi fhi this s bloody deed not eliat joseph 11 iad had ad injured injure athern them lor jor aona dona ohp them A any wrong it lt was wag b because a ns thoy they fear fearer qa ile lie I 1 i would do something as his jils dreams evin ced but behold the tho inconsistency inco of his eller elder er brethren J 1 his big dreama were of god it was wa s A sufficient cause use uso of great joy to them that hex hey could have bay a rulen ruler of divine appointment eni aa an 4 hence worsen worse than madness adass iii lil to 0 o oppose kim him nun jf jr hll hil lii ill I 1 id dreams arps were iero not no t 0 of r had bai no nw cause abse ahse t tol toi q fear his elevation eleva tion to thid he rutin rulin ruling power nut cut h hii hit d dreams bearn viere were of 0 god a and hd the P means mean J ani which 4 h they adopted opte I 1 to prevent their ul fillmen pr proved oved u n d tho the h over i rilling ruling hahe ban han of provide nce tot tol be fa pie ver very means eang I 0 o bring about abol t the thing things t foreshadowed foreshadower fore shadowed 6 by y them eni eui 1 it t is na not e tf y the kase dase pase that plans clans and Ineas measures res devised by the grea greatest cu cunning nning I 1 ty ya and ani wisdom of the wicked against adi godat chosen prove to be the most impressive aud and hadj ap py rnea means ns ti to bless blesa and exalt exult those ogain against st w whom jo these plans ia 1 ns are laid instead d of sta sla staying slaying an fn kheiri I 1 brother they agreed to cast him into a pit it W I 1 there valpo was no water that he lylah agh perish there t er areto bua but being heing a little ibn conscience smitten at thit that sp men of br cruelty elt ett towards the their r brother brothen they then verree agreed to beil sell iii him irn into egypt as a sl slave siave ave and thus rid thera theta themselves saves and the ilie pol country of or jah jr troublesome dreer I 1 but buthod 41 got was with joseph jpseph in egypt in the jikuo of and bleser ales ed nour hour tor ja seph s sake gake t pop Po phar r a ifor heaten heafer he aten afen saw that god iva ivd was wag wath with joseph joeph and that thit he hp made all thinus to prosper ifer ipen iper that were in his ills hands and therefore committed ittel lik his house hoase and al 11 he jim ha had into fato the care of joseph josfph lfeo b step did he be g gata gala 1 1 influence and na consideration in la egypt an and d the tha favor a nd blessing of god were manifesting tirl till u upon ubon on I 1 li imand n d upon I 1 all ali 11 that lie he did god godf eyen i bf blessed em the ha w whole hole bole kingdo kingdom pi for his bis sike oake he me him inthe m the fil interpretation of pharaohs Phara dream of or the tile approaching famine and great greatly lyl multiplied the fruits of the eprile earth bat abat hat they might be laid ald aid up in store against the thie time of need the tho country tot tat which the chosen of go god d was banished was ws to feed tie tib tle starving million millions si that fl ald til thither olier flier for seven ig ieng I 1 ng years and joseph wa wab was pr pame im I 1 in minister inister io the ibb crown and general superintendent of all the tho affairs of eg egypt egyet p t I 1 ife ro con control condrod trOd all the kopd aoa that had been laid up in in store the ti cami ap vexed strong in the land fromi which be was spelled ex epel 6 e lied led and they had nothing ald lal aid up in in store for t they ey iad lad had no joseph to warn them theril of t the ie 1 approaching ars drs distress treis thel they had ad d driven ya ataye him away y and god greally bles bless e edtha 1 tl iela land laud tol to 14 which 1 11 ane fled f I 1 soon st it fell Q QU ui that lose jose josephs ha bret brethren limp lad had to go 90 down to tp egypt t to buy bu y corn c i 0 rn f their sheaves si keAves b began evanto I 1 to bow t to I 1 hir lua s she rhe sheaf ar arain again they went being pressed with luiene fal lUi rine pine lna ina lne a bel bei hel rown larid land and joseph maee made hinseth hinse tf t own IQ them prince p a as alias ho wag was prophet 1 and m ini nister tek tei of gogas godas god gog as ho he wa was I 1 cani bani cannot lot t link think 1 that thit th tili c propriety 0 of r A a union unton union I 1 I 1 of church and stata idas ivas was discus discussed sid sia at it ahir heir meen meeting ngat at all i especially especial lv lint not until they bey haf hat taken dinner 9 gether thanks be to the god gad of israe israel they hod had plenty plenty to eai eat eail call I 1 next the tho old hap man map himself c came llie down aown dow A to jo seph and allilu V sun sun suu moon doop and ond stars mail mado their thein obeisance ance toshime to him jinro 1 enough his wis olei bret bre brethren ta gren dren d do at not fael towards hio him no now v as as fhe the they did fyhen they sold sola 0 him oh I 1 nt like tile the magnet that ever attract attracts s its vyva viva own thou dost command and ard draw raw around jhee thee therall nil nii all thy kindred hosts oh se selfishness Jf islin 4 and narrow minded jealousy youage you aro are humbled bumbled rii iii in the dust y pu ar i e prostrated I 1 atthe attha at tha the fat heet feet of him chosa ilbe life and furty liberty w re the sport of ot voun vonn palmy dais days how now changed cleall th scene scene yet god be p praised raised can any one pae acquainted with ater latten latter day Saints faints history see any tiny similarity between their expulsion from the states and the tho causes of that expulsion and the banishment of joseph into egypt and the causes of that banishment neither of them had done any wrong but ut it was ivas feared that ahey would they both would dream and tell heir their dreams they were both su perla lively hated and abd envied by their bre brg brethren thren were both sent away among heathers heat heps to perish and ani an d both have been beon sustained by the favor of god we both have had coats of many colors ours patch cupoli upon patch wel lve haye baye had at least east on one coat different from his probably because such coats were not fashin fashionable nabie in his bis day a coat of tat and feathers neither of u us went away by his own choice but hut woo forced away contrary to aur our wishes and contrary to existing laws into where there is abut but little rain tb h hie e thu I 1 can C see ee Is their s cheaves eavis h the sun moon andT anat star stani stamn rowed to tobia hina when they came lo 10 him for forb urea TRea r fl it t has was not ot ja yet happened so u unto n us but when 1 scarcity tp I 1 in the land from whence wa we came pestilence and plague abound business and trade completely broken up civil war and know nothing within the wheels wheela of diplomacy ili ill the mud without and foreign foes press sorely on our coasts then thie the nation may inay legin begin to ask vad wad vas joseph smith smitha a prophet Is god ang v ith us bebau because so we have lave only winked at ai u 5 treacherous I 1 murder Is he angry because wa we have quietly ret biff chosen be edland X iiii murdered atred and driven drivon like ilke ph aff benoi e elje elja t tui Tuf wina wino w withful t interposing iri lii an any waylo vi 1 I prevent r it Is it be because causero caus ewo ewe we have turned a I 1 deaf ear to t th dir JS livid teris sor for rtresa rt dess desa j f T y T wi with fth all the respect that Is due from an humble num the words of 0 the ruler ol 01 0 great grea t t and ana powerful atiqi mel mil li hh arille wol d sty that diffidence and delicacy delicacy can jaspir I 1 relit feel delit it my duty to say gay in 0 the name namo V of |