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Show Tabernacle Meetiug. The conRrfgalion tb:it afaembletl io the tabernacle on Sunday Rfler-oon, Rfler-oon, was addreaaed by Eldeu Okson Pratt, who commenced bia diacourae by Baying that he had 00 special tubject presented lo hia iniml, but he would aiinnpt lo speak m he mi;!it be led by tho eyirit ol truth. Tnia waa ihe order in wliich tho Lord had sent forth hie servants in ancient tiiure, to take no thought befrre lian-l whi they ehculd By. for it would bo "given ihcra iu the vtry mortiont whut I bey should hpet-ir.'' ll w.13 not possible that au eider sl'.culJ be ab e, without tbo a.d b( tiio holy epiril, to tieterru'na pro iely wlntt wusneded by the people; but it required re-quired faith, aa it waa not ut all times that the spirit rested wi ll Ihe siimo power upon tbem. He therefore, I asked tho congregation lo exercise iheir faith in his behalf Ibid afternoon. E der Prti tiieu comuieuccd n relation rela-tion of the early esperieuce of the chuich in Kirtland, giving the d.itei of cerlnin driviniju to which the saints were aubj-cu d l y the civil othci'rs : wLo nern controlled by the e. e;u!'ri' ul "Moroioui-m." They btattd, in printed circular, that they cuiild i net permit the eaiule (0 remain ! there, becauae they muintaintd that i the eame fnith in Christ would I produce the en me mtm testation1 11 nd gifta that attended tbe ancient church. Not for polyyany, as at the time meutiontd tbm priuciple was j ot revealed as necessary lor the j acceptance and obedience of tbe ' saints. This ilrivinpj tooli place on ; the night that certain thootiog tt-irs I nd meteors Were seen iu the' heavena. Some of Ihe mints were caught, titd up and whipped till their ; hrwela gushed out, and othera wpto : maltreated iu various ways, iome lime alter ttiie, several of t!:e eklira were imprisoned and ordered to lc 1 shut on the morning, 'itm co incii j that piiBstd this decrea conipris d J seventeen priests and miitir-tera 1 of various uenomi nation. Tut-so ministers wpre ttio moet bitter in ihe r denunciutionrj, and the moat , severe iD haviny this drendful mur-; der prrpetrated. This wns not lor p'jlyy.iiny, but was a reliKioui perecu-tioi'. perecu-tioi'. In 1M3 the saints croaked tbe Mm-iitisippi on tbo ice iu tbe mouth . ol February, being again driven under already ttiat tuey must o beyond! the confines of civilization. Juet about tn is lime a demand was made on the "Moiruonsj" lor oUO men to help fight 1 Mexico. On receiving thia requisition, 520 yt'unH und mii!dle-agtd men were tCLt, Hnd in conyr-quence ol I povei ly, bickbeaa and helplessueas I nouie (tf the people were not able lo aiuve at once, aud they Were left till ti arus cculd be sant b ick alter them. B1 t the pet pie cuu:d nC't w .'it. They were too anx oiie to purify themselves of the "Mormona," and they drove me poor, help'eaa retuoaota of tbe peoplo iicrote the river, B;.o..ting Ihem down, burning burn-ing aome of their property, aud taeu tcok posseaion of taeir hjmea and Iwiida. Tbe saints erased too plains and carne to ibis spot; laid ou". Hie city of Salt Lake. Ttiey wero II. 00 a ainal! handful of people, bo: ihy be-liuved be-liuved ia the prophtciea in the- Bjok of MoriiHUi, that this would become a great peiple. S:nce that lime iht-y cuutinueu 10 ecua furib ihtir colonies iu v, rioos paita t f t!ie li riiu.ry. In thf se tL-tl:eciLi.tii U at u.tt fi-iviiud lli.it but b-w f.imil:ej could bo BJo'.aiiK-d, but tuey sOJn louud that lumetiu-.iS aJ rusny t.s ten limea iho 1. umber of peoi le were eustaiued in these placess, lor the water Beemod t incrrae. I bis was not caused by t'le planting ol trees, lor the number pUntea would scarcely replace tho umber? used from iha mountains for fuel and dumeaiic purpceea, but Uxl lia.i fulfilled ful-filled bia proaneea. Kefcrtfd to toe l'ddlma of David and other passages ot scripture relating to the bull, tug up of Una country by the people ol Ood 1'be speaker aiao related man) of the trials endured by t'.e early settlors, and the miraculous manner in which they weiu de.iyertd and bletstd. He tnen alluded al-luded to the second ndvent of tbo (Savior, fahowing that ihe preparatory work tiad to tome txleut been performed. per-formed. Ibe trauB continental railway rail-way was a part of the great programme. pro-gramme. Every jot and little of trie ancient prophecies would yet be fulfilled. ful-filled. The object of thia great preparatory pre-paratory work was that the people might be instructed and receive lho.-n otinciple9 which pertained to the house ot GoJ. Baptism lor tbe deaa 13 one of tbose principles, as latilit by the. Apoetia Paul. Toe genera-uous genera-uous of tne dead wuti had died without with-out the privilege of receiving ttiei-e bleasing wbile in the ileu. Jems went and litibt the bpirila m prison; tho aLtLdiluviaos who bad not received re-ceived the gospel iu the tune of Noah weie taught in ihe epint that they might be judged according to men in tlebh. The orOmauces were to oe administered on the earth tor tboe wl.o accepttd ihe goaptl in Hie spirit world. Uod'w larta were un-changah;e, un-changah;e, and nouo would be lelt witueiil excuse. Every tottl of man would hear tho gospel either in thia hie or in the hie to come, and God had tonunai.dtd tbo Lalter day s.titilH, wuli his own voice, to officiate for ihoio who are dead, Tbe IVopbet Klj ih had rtBlortd the keys in ac cnidanee witn the prophecy of Mata-tjiii, Mata-tjiii, "Behold the day comelb" &c. and t ie living would bo united with the. de.vl who believed, 11, al all might he u nde perfect in Christ Jesus, de unij.1'3 was already built, and three oiiiers wen in process ut erecliou for this purpi.ee. Tho marriage covenant coven-ant must I 0 eutcrcd into I'or eternity, and it was necea-jnry to be attcnvled Ut lor the oWj as w,-!l aa for the living, that the man might not "bo without the woman, or Iho woman without the man iu the Lord." The law of plurality of wives w.is given by rev tlalion," and pertained not only to tuts lifn bui nlbo to the future exaltation exalta-tion of tbe sous and daughters ot God, |
