Show ha ABSTRACT OF 1 hc alaras marls aade ly by B elder der heber C li 1 ajmal at the ike Tabei tabernacle nacle sunday noon august 7 1859 A preacher ought to speak to the hearts we of the people and will do so if lie he is truly 1446 aln lied t to dispense the word the principles 0 fine liis creation are akin to those upon ulon which I 1 luct our representative to Con congress confess ress II 11 plum him is delegated the power to speak for ts Is the people his electors m who ho elect alei t him for that bat purpose upon this same principle so il I 1 a servant of god I 1 represent god bod f ate apon earth in my m calling the same as i your Delegate represents you in washing too do I 1 know my RUtho lity is geneine 1 hii do it is is this tao go thou and teach all nations I 1 speak as an organ of god it is is re boulle fiddle that dictates the player but nit lit player layer that dictates the fiddle I 1 am as day a i in a t the he hands of the potter here the I 1 rider elder re related 1 abed the circumstance circumstance of jeremiah irethe athe potter in which he took occasion to amark that the gentiles would soon have ligo divri to hell and be ground to pow ai i after which the following expression ss made use of but there was so much DB that we lost the connection christ intern born in a stable arid and cradled in a manni af pf well now in missouri they make lingers an es out of hollow logs and hollow logs make good cradles 1 lonce once joined myself to the close comma 11 oa baptists that was three or 01 four iv weeks beeks lefore before I 1 heard mormonism not because they had bad the fullness or of the gospel but because they were neater nearer right than others the he in minister inister who baptized me said in thy profession prore slon of thet faith I 1 baptize thee in the same name of the father of the son arid and of oe the 0 loly boly ghosto ghost ll 11 after winch ilitch I 1 was received in 1 the church in full fellowship I 1 was v as bap lt sized by a mormon elder some 28 years ago but under quite cuile different influences bro geo watt there was the te first man inan who was ever baptized in a foreign country and ilia his mother the first woman when I 1 baptize I 1 do it in this way taking brother watt for example ample ei I 1 go ith him to the water and kneel down dow n and pray for him and myself f too then I 1 ask brother watt do you feel to forsake forsa kethe the world and all its then the 11 Il I 1 baptize him with A ith the vor words ds by authority of 0 jesus christ I 1 baptize yon yati in the name of ct the father 1 of the son and of the holy ghost amen As there may be some 1 strangers rangers tt here who do not know the mean ling ing ot baptism I 1 would remark that it sig to niheam in the water vate to cover livila vater andev and then en ire 1155 1 laying or 0 of f hands for the gift of the holy ghost I 1 first hapli zed in fennessee Genn essee county N Y I 1 went win over there with a methodist minister he ha said to me brother lifeber do you lay onla on lands nils I 1 dont believe in the gitt gift of the pa f ghost I 1 dont believe in laying on ion lands I 1 S I 1 baptized on this occasion eighteen I 1 know what wolds I 1 should ise in in tile the laying la ing on of hands hanas and trusted to the spirit of tle te lord for manner of utterance I 1 laid in my hands upon their heads and said in in the name of jesus receive the th 0 gift of 0 the holy ghost immediately upon he ending of tile the ceremony twelve tw ell e out of 1 I tile the eighteen began speaking in in tongues esin I I 1 different tongues citing aid ar d shout shou til ing m in the fullness of happiness my meth kaist friend though an eyewitness eye witness of it all sill disbelieved or appeared to disbelieve when I 1 went to JeC jefferson erson city mo to petition for the removal of joseph smith fi aiom om the prison in liberty to a place where his son would be secure fiam violen violence ceo I 1 ml ifa th this a min liter on the road lie ile wept V isly when he saw me and said lori ism is is a truth and I 1 know it but I 1 never can an live libit it uli ft hen en I 1 was baptized I 1 at first feel anything pec peculiar liliar a sort of calm serenity tine time over my cay spirits which was the only unusual sensation sensa tion but shortly after the spirit pint of 0 the lord came t to 0 me and it seemed as if ray my body and soul would be consumed people said I 1 was crazy I 1 got the gift of tongues and of prophecy I 1 prophesied that I 1 this work would stand forever that the church of god would continue to increase in i ingah until it would overshadow ver halow and fill I 1 the whole horld my brother solomon a strict baptist in religion told me cie when hen I 1 fai tined the church that it would stand ws few mouths months where will I 1 find you ou aft lie he asked I 1 told him he would find ae ea as close to the baptist church as possible jle ile afterwards extended the time and J me that two years would use rise it up that was nas about twenty years 3 ears ago the prophets of old prophesied concerning this people and their prosperity and I 1 myself bear mr witness it ness in the face ot of men and angels the day is close at liand hand when all the genuine religion of the world will be at the abrine rine of oe mormonism in 1837 1 went to ingland england and was instrumental in in bringing into the church many blany of them are row pow scattered abroad throughout the world without purse or scrip 7 making converts to mormonism since that aime 1 aine the book if mormon has been printed in seven beien different tongues and is 13 in in circulation in every starter quarter of the globe and the isles of the tea wt they broke us up in in kirtland I 1 went to rn england gland then they told me that mor coniam had received its deathblow death blow still I 1 ent to england and in in about two months I 1 baptized 2000 birther watt walt then led d that we would begal be gathered herd to together eaber in america that this was a the 1 land nd of prom 1 w I 1 lave worked and nd toil toiled eil through i hard hardships ard ships and persecutions of all kinds and atell B broken up fire times in kirtland ohio I 1 still own property I 1 own a house bouse and 1 I chard there they drove me away from that property arid and im glad of it I 1 dont want it anyhow then we went anent to missouri and were driven from there but not until we had laid the foundation of the temple in far west in doing this we were carrying out a revelation which instructed us to lay the lie foundation of f the temple at that place and then preach the gospel 1 afo to the nations of the earth the re revelation ei ti 0 was fulfilled and as true as I 1 have a living soul the time is close at hand band when her we will have a temple in par far west and in independence pen dence missouri and in kirtland ohio and 11 d all the devils of hell combined cannot prevent us if ever I 1 spoke the truth I 1 speak it now amen resounding from every quarter send on your arm armies ies they can do no harm god will lookatzer loo katter kafter the welfare of this people and shield them from all injury let your armies do their best their burti est they cant effect anything 1 I respect officials who will perform their 0 official duties as they should and leave the mormon beyle people alone but how can I 1 respect my enemies how can I 1 respect a judge who des daes his best to injure innocent people I 1 know what they want they want to nab brigham young and then they want me and others they will nab him too vi kihen hen god wants them to but god wont let them nab him and they nant cant nab me laughter t r I 1 fear them about as much as a pis an ant not quite so much either for a pis arit ant will bite my leg once in a while I 1 am the son of a revolutionary sire who vibo struggled for the liberty of this country and am going I 1 ng to have religious freedom I 1 have always observed the jaws and mean to be protected by them in my religious belief the sanie same as the people of new england are As they treat us they will be treated the bated states will see something worse than we ever saw before fifteen years see it from the head of the government down famine upon po it famine mob after mob civil discord from oneena of the country to the other terrible swift destruction will be their certain doom this country has done some big fighting but it cant beat mormonism there are elders in foreign lands preaching mor ino ism nisin nearly all foreigners ners there are 4 40 0 or 50 or 60 organized quorums of seventies suppose alii they y kil kilt all the members of this church but an elder from that small seed our principles would again be given to the ild and oer cause prosper like the canada thistle tb istle when they persecute us iti like breaking brecki a mustard stalk the stroke only causes an increase by more thoroughly scattering the seeds speaking of thistles whistles es reminds me oi of a bright idea of Gre cleys lie he thought it would be a wise notion to sow canada this ales 1 3 all along the plains between here heie and the states to feed stock upon why that w would oil id kill all the cattle with the bloody mur murrain rals and prick us to death so much for for Grce leys judgment what a fruitful imagination he must have bavel 1 he is the greatest liar on the face of the earth why wh Y bless your souls he is the father of all liars hars lie ile will go to hell bell and be the father of liars there amen A amen merill sounding throughout bout the congregation |