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Show DISCOURSE PRESIDENT GEORGE 0. CAHHQK XT THE Scmt-Jnnual Conference, Salt Laic O'v, Sunday .Wjrnln; Oc- CokrM, 1S91. I trust thit.lt rIio.nrlc here to speak to thla Urge CJt'Bfegation will havetlio tilth and the prayers of tliolb trVtlci nir. aJseniblod: for H Isawe-in-pirlngiosec such a Vast bady of lopIc Jiitvalng to th worJlli.ll arc spYirtiui alii I would notittetilj.lto fprnk unless I was sure that I would be agisted by the Spirit cf Gou. Tfiese gallieriturs ui ours iu Ocn-eral Ocn-eral ConfifJuce are fllled x'UIi interest in-terest to the efilcet's ami members of tbe Church, who naturally expect to receive counsel aud iuslnictioa couccruiug their duties and to obtain ob-tain information respecting the progrcs-i of the work. We conic together to-gether and we receive renewed strength by meeting our friends auJ our brethren aud being Inspired with tlie lioiW-s that the Spirit of God girts. Ou thes3 accounts thee conferences aie looked for- anl to niUi great interest by all the ivople, and I am sure that this conference L as full of Interest as any that ha preceded it, In many hicU. WeareliVfiig in ircculiar times. Tlie work of Ojl Is being assailed in various direction. Thl, Iiow-cver, Iiow-cver, is not a new thlug. It ha3 Iwcuourlot from the beginning to liavedlfliculties to contend with, to ha ve obstacles to overcome, aud (o have scenes to pass through w hich i have tested the faith, the iutegrity and the fidelity of Uk: Litter-day Saluts. Tlie lllders, in preach-! lug the GosieI, liavc not neglected to tell the people uuti M'h-m they I preaclied, and whom they hap'.it.nJ, the character of the diflicultles that ! ihey wo aid have ta niett when Ihcy espoutetl the work of (JiM. Tlicv warned IhCra liidl they might ex- t pect the fate of the ancient disciples of Jesus Chrit. They quoted to them the scriptures, which toki them how j they would be up-aiicd, how their names would be ca-jt out as evil, and that men would think they uete doing God' service In killing them: that if they eiiibracctl the Gvql they should liepreiaredtoeucouuter i all thr.-o thing.', aud perhaiis it might be nectsaary, In the prfivl-l deuce of Got), fcr them to lay don n I their lives fcr the truth. I d J irot j think there b n faltliful rider that 1143 cvlt- solic lorth to prcadi the Gospel who has not told thb to those who manifested an interest in the truth and a desire to espouse It. I Slauy of them knew by experience how much the jienple would have to contend with, and they felt it to be their duty lo prepare them for the-c-things, so that their baptisms, their couflrmallous ami tUcl? i-utrauce. into' the Church would not be use-1 Icsj. The P.lders have not desired , to draw people luto the Church fori the sake of number:; but every time I thev havo bantlzed a soul thov have ' hoped tliat he or she would lie faithful faith-ful while life should last; and they wauled all person?, Iu entt-riug luto the Church, to enter into It under-standingly, under-standingly, and with as full a realization reali-zation of all tliat they woulJ- have (o nieet w itlt i5 It . add 1,0 poIbIe fcr person In their condition to com preliend. Thoe warnings have not eeii iu vaiu. Tlicy have rjvt b unnvtres;a--j. I-ornolalliisUndlng the ytars. that have pa-ttil since the orgaulzatiou of the Church tlie trials of the faith of the (-eoplu have not lesMiiieil. Tliere are as many causttj to test their faith today as there ever were? net eiaclly In the ap'e form, t-erhape, as Uto;e w-hlcll tile "ainls had to meet in earlier I'nys; but f still they have beeti ol a suillcicutly try i ag chariltlr to test the Jhi tli of th e people. Trie VoFde of 0d will Iwtui-nlled Iwtui-nlled concerning us. thateerythiug that can besbakenwill bcshaken.We shall ha veto pass th rough thc-furnace of affliction aud be tried aa gal J tliat Is seven times purified, until all the ' dross of our nature Is cleansed, and J nothing but pure rolu remains. ( Why should It not be ," Other ; eoplo may be cdulf a',. -Kli a ''cr-i ''cr-i tain Jccrt.c it happtnxM and glory, and with a certain anloJiitof salva- Itlou. But there Is no people upon the face of the earth who have , higher conceptions au J loftier views concerning their futurv than the J Lattcdiy EilnU eulerUIn; Iu fact, j our conceptions aud our anticl-ia-J tlons are incumiiarably greater than , tlio-e of any ottier people who uaw live, of whom we know anything. 1 That which would sa'Jjfy ordinary I people would not vitil ollr views, uthfy its. ItlJeed, ouf aspItaUons, to the ordinary mind, sexm almost , to be racrcllf-loiis. t'tirvicwsoftlie i equality of .nlsii. odr belief con-ern-. Inghls relatirfniillii tb ileity nhd rc-I rc-I sjiecUng our future, are o "imuieas-J "imuieas-J urably lyond the views of mau-jklnd mau-jklnd geiierally that v, lieu thci-at-; teuipt to rcllo lis thej- Vacvmc iojt, they canufit coacdve of lbat trJiit.li Iwe picture to ourselves, aud that which the revclatlous of Uod sustain sus-tain U3 Incntcrtaliilu-rand belitv-Ing. belitv-Ing. Therefore. It Is quite proper ?acd coujfctcnl, having rudiaulici-laticus rudiaulici-laticus ! wc liidlllst lt, HlSt We I shculd have all Ihtsc llilllp lo cvu-j cvu-j tend Willi thai nfc tiecess-Uy tj lest , us and bu'lotc lis If tlie ti'r utter" jm--!. We -aotJM not tv.en tlie : (jualificatioue ilect-iury fur the i career pfglori liia! le brUcciiUrr-d upon, if wo Vcle uot tried lo tli-j vctj' Uttermost, H oui- iuUgrily were , not completely provej, or if there was anythlilg lefl in lis likfc doUbt or unuclltf or n walil of cohrage lo ' mtet nilu ami utcrruiue a!! Uicl persecutions that could be urought to lea?; upon us. OUiermen may court ease; other nieu piay , for worldly profit other men may constantly con-stantly t looxlnc ot fr cjf'lnter-est. cjf'lnter-est. ut not so with us. We can-j uot turn aside from the path that ; God has marked out for us to pursue, to promote nuy worldly interest or ' to gratify any worldly ambition. ' We must irar.ic that pnlh limlcvl-1 atingly, followlnff , the iiarrjple uf i our r-crU at!!l Tlfastcf. He llaxl pointed out the path that' we should walk iu; and lu I asking us to tread In Ills footsteps, todoasHcdid, He has given unto! us the samcpromUaa- lhat lie Himself Him-self has received. J le has promK-d us that we that! be co-heirs with Him, aud Joint lieiM in vhitevcr gloty He fetclves. Whales cf exaltation ex-altation He attains uuto we shall in like manner receive. If we follnu-1 Hlsprecepts and His example. Can any people on the earth desire more than this? Is tliere anything that Is left out? 1 1 comprehend ell; it embrace all glory, all exaltation, all power, all dominion. The proaitscs are IIIimllaMe a? boundless bound-less as etrrnlly itself. And these are made to ou who arc here today. They af c made lo everyone who lias enteral Into covenant wllil tLc Lord in the way that He has appointed. ap-pointed. Shall we Hut then bear patiently all that wc Hive to Contend Con-tend with' Shall wc grc tired aud weary, and after going so far, give up and say wc camiol tirocecd any farther? Or shall wc, Iry putting put-ting or trust In God nad relying upon Him who has always been at ourright haud.and'atour left,rursuc 1 uncomplainingly the path tlia our Saviorlias trod, bearing wilH meekness, meek-ness, with humility anl with patience all the trial, the persecutions persecu-tions and the evils that we have to meet? I UiiDklcananswerforthis congregation this morning. We do not walk iu the dark. We do not rely upon that which men tell us, I thank God this miming, as I do nil the time, lhat He has not left His servants without a witness. AH who have joined this Church and been sincere in their espousal of the truth have a livins testimony lu their hearts concerolu: all that the Elders say to them nad alltbecouq-1 sel that is given. It is this that conatltiitcK the great ft rung th of tile work of Ood. Fieri faithful mem. lr of Ihfi f liiirrh Is a widths f the ttutli ol Ihe w Jti. If it worn loXior this,ue- tljauld be a "i.ry. aeTfl-HvvpvpvammnanavanvdtmmaeBeS weak people and could easily bo broken up. It is not tho President of the Church, or his Counselors; it is not tbe Twelve Apostles; It is not tlie Presidents of Stakes, nor any other otllcer in tlie Church, upon whom tho leul - depend, or unto whom they look solely for the word of Uod nnd the testimony of Jesus. They have tlie privilege given unto them by the Lord to kuo w for tlicmsel vea concerning all these nutter?; and there Is no counsel given by the Ittsidcucy if the Church, nu Hep taken, npr no policy pursued that tlicy haVe lodlpeUd UpOu lhclr-r-t-onal Iullueiice T have the peCJ,!e lifliVT ' vratiM lir m'-li-iiii"ntn Cod jtiicjiwivcs," TrTtieV'iTifj doubts ujoa any isjiiit, -tjfj fall upon Him, in tbe name of Jesus, to reveal to tllem whether that which is done or taught K fruiU Hlmor not, Thei -Jets! uct In doilut-Thtr nd not ruu around asking uc5tionJ about matters which may appear n-ysterious to them; but they can go to the lord 111 tlielri-ecret places, and He will remove their c'ctlbts and answer their jutsUou; and He will throw light upon their minds respecting the malten-nlwit which the' may be disturbed. There have been many lliinjs Iu this Church which have come lu contact Willi tile tf.uilllous auJ the pre conccUed Ideas of mfrc. There arc many tlillij-! 'ixMy wnicti. jr-Ivii-s, como In contact illlvlev which wc have entertained. There is scarcely auy thinking man or woman iu the Chunh who has uot indulged in views and Ideas con-cerning con-cerning the future of this work the manner In which 11 would go foith, etc, aud some or these views have been rudely opptocd lir cent. We have Ih-cii shown tint (Jada.Trays are Del our' Wait, rtiid tliat our thoughts are not God's thoughts. We have been inadu lo see that He is the author or this wcrk, aud tliat Me will conduct it to suit His pur-1 tor, and not the Jirjsj-e of man, j I lisveno doubt that all cf us who j have had any experience lu the I Church have seen tlil'.Wc have seen many of our antlciiatlous disap-pointed disap-pointed in the maiiueri u which the work has gone forth. It basreirulrcd thoriplrit of t?a-J poured out upon us lu reconcile a: to many thins". ; pc-rhats, lhal have been taught aud : djtie In tills Church from the Li-gln-' niug. Hut this is oat refilie, tin is our totter of Mreiigtli, that we can go unto the 1-ord, without the Me-, Me-, illumship or intircw-slon of man, and in secret we can ask Him I for, and obtain from Him, the light, the intelligence and the knon ledge iieccs.iry b) cuible us to jurme our course as latter-day latter-day Saints. Think ir how many doctrlues have Iieen taught thst have be-eu new to the world, but that God has revealed In our daj! I How oo'tlil we understand them ! unless the Hplrlt of God bore lesli-j mony W thecl? Who du (lie earth believed UieaT 'I Itey -iere nut sanctioned by tradition. Tlicy were not upheld by the common belief of j ms.u. They u ere new to this gene-1 ration. Vet, though they shocked I the pn-judlcrs of mankind, and per-1 lia;isstart!etlusas Iitter-dayStlnts, j when we sought Goilfora testimony ! concernlni; them, He never failed to give unto us His Holy Spirit, which witnessed unto our spirits tliat they were from God, aud not of man. -o It will be to the end. The Presidency of the Church have to walk just as you walk. Thev i have to take steps just as you take s-teps. They hive to de-rud uiuii the revelations of Uod a Hicy Come to them. They cannot see the end from the bvglmilm-;, as tin. fjord I does. Iher bare their faith tested I as fou l'a- B vdii faitH tsetwl. Go i with the rwelveAjiostless A II lhat i ne can do is to sett the mind aud ' will of C'wj and wljeu (b-i. voaies ' to 'i, though it may come in con-1 con-1 tact w Hit every feeling that we have previously entertained, we have no i opti-'n but to take the step that God J point out, and to tru't to Him, as we Vere often told Ii? l'rctldcnt 1 VoUUtJ. lot life reS-tlL. That Is Ihe war this f'h'-l ii lyl. Thcfe is I no being. Ktfe ttto Lotd- liirifeelf, i ! ho knqws the eud from fife l-e-jiu-, ulng, .Who.of UJ w ot-Jd l tested If wc were i tltnt cncdltlcn? Ill Just as iieccirr Jl fho r-ci-, deacy and the Apostles should be ! ! tricil as It Is that you should be tried. ' 1 It is as necesary that cur faith ! hould becalli! iutocxerciseasthat your faith should be called Into ex- j ercisc. We can see n certain dls-tancu dls-tancu In thu lij-hl cf Ihe Spirit of Cxl !U.li fttrals te t!5 His I i 'iud rid His ill, aud ije Can isSL these Hef lyiUl, -.rfcct ieciirity, i knowing tint tluy sre tfie rjglit steps to be. tike-:.: Hut ;y to what the result yvjll be. that ii for the God of tsreel to coulroi. That is tlie way in which the Church of God has always been Us!, aud it will rdways be led In tliat way until He comes who Is our King, oar Liwglsvrandour President, Presi-dent, even Jtsiu Christ. Itisyour prllllcgo, my brethren athl sisten, In sit these Matter, to know ai-o whether thf slew that yot take are accfptaliltf u'Uto Uodl rind when you receive tills tcstiirfouf yctl will kdow for yuUr-Tclvntyou i will Wttyp It -ill ovi-. f hoif -H yoif r mortal eyes and your nfofttJ ttift1 i may neither have seen :nr heard, you will r.tiow.it by, the tistfmouy thai corn's fro-a God. THs con-viucLigtwAcrof con-viucLigtwAcrof the Spirit of OjJ U gnater than the evideiKT of the j outer senses. Gad is with His people, aud He j will i-outinuc lo bn witli them: and If wc will do lhat which Ho lell us, ' He will never dc-crt il, unr (uru His face from u.J Ho will never! close His cars to ctfr ctlc?, but He; wlIIU'JiIIckt.1 hear our supplies-' llous and l-j ry-Mir-i to t'jcni Iu I I'lessllusS iffiufi lix Utifcfe are -? wife have olned ' tuls Church -Hilt the ci.c-dal'on of I havlu, ea-e, worldly profit mrl advantage ad-vantage from their wpauvtl of flit-1 f,;v'Ii;l..lrobaIily they will learn, if 0 iTd-fr no, already, that this i, a ! wrong mothe, and lluti fhvy liave Iwcn mistaken in their Idea. Tet I want to say to the Litter-day Saint that I do not believe there is another people ifpoif thy face of the earth wnoauLle&ctii-iwV rfre, notwithstanding notwith-standing our trial?. I belitv Kiid t do n i: say this with auy disposition disposi-tion to eiaggtrate that a happier or a more pmsperous people does" uot live upon theiarth than the Latter-1 dai Saints. For God ha blcfwl us in the inlit ef our trial and has given us pro-iVfli, Von look at thoM.- w ho liavc- lieen f.iituf ell and comiure the results. f their Iivrs w Itb the results of tile lives of lhoe who have left the Church, and I nins.ire tin' In making the com-liarison com-liarison you will be perfectly satisfied satis-fied that the course of the former clasj li-H been tin: nut', profitable in every eiinfc' cf the word. So It w ill 1 til till! pud. i'nrl-.. standing our allllcUons, our Ini- prioumcnls. and everything of I this character, f. said on one occasion, and probably .more than once.to the brethren who we re I n the penitentiary, that I was willing to prophesy tlmt they would be more blessed aid i-ropcresl lu that which ! they put their hands to do than If thryhai not gone there; and I am sure it will be so. God does not forget for-get the sacrifices of His copIe, aud I am llisukful this day for the integrity in-tegrity ol the littler-day Saiubj. When I think of the hundreds who hsvu gone In prison willingly, so .that the world wight know that I they Were conscientious and nol cowards ,cr covefisnt-bruaker, I I thank God that I Hiu ninoug a ! eopc who can do such things as I these without slinking of the knees ( or of the arm, nnd without being afraid to fare nil the cuusequeucei' of tli.it which they havn done. I am thankful for It. not ouly because we are JiattetMlay Saints, but because be-cause wc belong to humanity. It Is I a glorious thing, hon'ever mistaken ; men may lie lu U estimation of ! others, to see them valorous and courageous aud not afraid to meet all Iho coortquences of their conduct. con-duct. When my children do wrong, I say to them, "Tell me of It; show me tliat you base courage, and that ycu are not afraid to meet the cousequence of what you havo done" When they do thib Jiid are n-ady to terrlvr whatt vrr Hid tunltbmenl may I?, should"! !ill.rnif Inflict any rfrrl like mhrai-ica litem. There I Ilia' in ii bUV inakf, us ad --BHMnaaHtaessaiaaTa9fastMaavaefta-n-' mire courage, even if It be In a mistaken mis-taken cause. So It Is with the Latter-day Saints. However much tlie world may think we have been mistaken mis-taken In our viewy, the lime will couiowhe-nthi-conduct cf tho Latter-day Saint during tbe last live years will stand out as tho brightest pigcltj tho history of Iiumanits , In modem time, at least. aud men ..eFT-11 "I"1 1'-'au'J "T that such exhibitions of tou rage and Integrity are a credit to our race. 1 am looking look-ing for Uut-l lielteve most firmly It will cumf, We hato glvetl the best evidence or our sludrily lhat it is n-'i-lblo for nieu atld wouien to glie, and whether the world ac-oe-;b.tlieK.tetim?1iit- l CVidvtl ceS ot act,- -re ara eiifc tbsl OoJ and au(el! rtfll accept tl.'t'-ri. deJ that thy vtlil .'e.iccnrJed Irio-irfaVur. It m-y lie UeccS-'ry for cs to do other things that couiu tit coutait with cur feelings. But l bslieve 1 tljat Ibis people arc caiolile of any I Micrlflcu tiiat !L"V a'hall bo called ujion to make; aud the? -- Iww iu submission, irlieu it is jiecesclry and right, as easily as they can stauei oVct an-l rejlst that whidi they esteem to be v fun-f- We will show mtuklud wc have shown tllc-Cl, auduc will show them more nbuiidaully that the Latter-day .'alutsrtfc'ni"-op!cof trutlijU people of integrity, U j-sroplo Who are loyal to GtU, bval to the aniutry nf which they ara "citii9 of Cf whili they ough! to fff eitlien-'. Wyal to thfe lu-htitution lu-htitution vtiyi Ceil has iiermltted, iu His providence, tol.c craThcd, I and loyal In all the rplatloif of life; a iMpIe strong In fidelity, and, above nil things, pure-and virtuous. I tell you I would loe3ll hurra mj-sclf mj-sclf for humanity If It were uot for ourtoph.'. It has been my lot to travel sua nilU'flS with turn, and, w'tbout prying into alfalrs. things have cocio W rrfr kUStt-Jeef e that have fllk-il itlc with-'well I Cafiiiot dc-crlbc the fe-vllngs tliat I have haJ. When I stc fU c-iUim HiM l men and women are taking' oj.t-.idt of till Church, and wililcs the fate that Is colltlu; u-x-ti the peorile, I feci tiian'sful to liA thrt lit kit established tills Church, and that the standard of jstrity is raised among the Litter-Jay Saints, aud that nil irupUtl'y 1' dcoouucnl aud dealt with) that thtfc is a ltrjple upon tile fat e of Uiq catth who my that the vltfJC" of mctl rHd the virtue of wortletl -ftrglit td becmal to,tlle-lugc'. If yotl ivcre to see I the face cf tact, "i.X-fiave e-en them when Hit? Live Levu.tolJ that welook u(ou the .sill t'f adultery adulte-ry as the greatest crime next to Ihcshc-Jdlugof blood, it would bo a picture to you; for I tell you that virtue among men Is almost uu-kuuw uu-kuuw n outside of thb Church; nnd, lof course, when men's lrtue has f fallen o lowj Jou Hit depend uiwu It Hie virtue of the oilier sex Is not beyond 'juestilfu. Tile testimony that wc bear is tii-ll tlie I ialr day Saint who indulges ill sexual sin ' will be- d-f mfieil, If he do uot re-ll'ut. re-ll'ut. Therfc lias been i-o greater ; cau-e of apostao IS this Church 1 than Uie want of virtue. 1 J can predict the future of a man who is guilty pf sins of this kind, tiule-s he repents, as sure as ycu can predict Hint darker will tollpw thesettiug of IbO SUn. 01 trill haven vlrtt'ou Icople, and tli&'e of you who are j not virtuous will go the way that others havo gone, unless you repent; you w ill Iosa the faith: for the Spirit of God will not dwell in an unholy tabernacle. Tbe man or the woman I that is uuvlrtuous cannot retain the Spirit nf God. Tlicy may be mem-bcra mem-bcra of thfl Church today, iu full fellowship, UnsUi"ect(-d by their fel-jlows; fel-jlows; but If they do uot repent, their wlc-kednesl will product! Its ftulti r.uS tho. Mut wJiich God has said v.ol'M altera) 't. Ttlnt cf what the word of G xl i. In tw rovcla-tioas rovcla-tioas that He has given to the Church, He has said that "he that Ijokcth upon a woman to luat after her, shall deny the faith. . . unless un-less he repent'." lie lhat "lookcth'" upon a woman, remember not Lay hi lauds upon her but "he that loketh upon a woman to lust after her, shall deny the faith." Therefore, There-fore, we rcust nut only be turc in ' deed, but be ptirs lu thought, iu onler J to retain the Spirit cf Uatl an I to ! have it dwell in our tabernacle, i It will EC? iXfeU In tlroie who are I&f-J. This is the slaaddrd tlnit Uxl has I r.!ed for iils tisoplc He Wauts us j to come up to 'this ttaudard-to be pure as angels arc jHife'i Aim ""hy I should not wc be? If we a giiltl" to dwell with GtJ aud Christ and I with the IHv acre!5. why should , cot tic lojuialc .t Ihe earth the putity tliat tlk-y iw-eesJ, tthlch niake-ri heiveii L'lt blest abode tbttt it t-it -:tui.ih-;uj:ful that this I sLatWatrfims iiee: raMd riirjoug us. 'It gives hope fof the future nf' humanity. Otherwise, tlie fate of ! this generation is sure. They are going the downwanl road, and i uot'jing can save them except ' thorough ret-ntanct'. The Klders woudr why It Is that they do not , gather out marc from the nations of I the earth thin ihcy did formerly, j The reasou Is obvious. The pmple j arc corrupt. They are full of lust Irlutl -jLtrailnaMo evils. Abortion and fcoticrde attl !indreI sins are pnfctlctsl rflrriost uuivefrall. An intelligent ru-tu wftl! whonl was , traveftug n f-w;k, acf told me thatwiicti he re-vblted his hirnio in' biscuits-fits about fttlve years ag-j, to see lib, mother, he I wetit to life rchool. houcs where he , had gone to school In his boy'iood. j In the first school that he isltcd, I out of all tho se-holars that were I i there he found only four wh'i were , of native American families, aud j twijof them were colored lsyi.The ; rest (if llui children were all nf foreign for-eign extraction. In the other school i that he vHtrd tliere were ten out of i the entire school that were ot native I AiTfricau Ciniliiea. He went back I to fib irwiberV lh.'ir. and then-was then-was n lot cf u!d maldWhtrc. Jlo said to them: "Tne Vank-a are dying ouL Vou wotrreii are nat . hirvrng clfH-'ren you are old maids; aud tbo-c Who ntr married do not i have children. What is to become of ts7" That was his comment Aulyow ran mingle among the better clat of this nation I mean UiOMf who are ia good circumstance-, aud of nd American Um-'Hfes Um-'Hfes aud you will find that very few cf the young men marry. Luxury Lux-ury prevail-' 1 such an extent tlxat they think tlfc caunut marry. They do not want tw nmrry and take their wives into a Jywer condition con-dition than they have occupied iu their parent- houses; and as young ir-n they have the i ntree to society, and flt- KO wherever theyjilease and are fr1is)nie; therefore, tbey do not inirry. Tno result is. the best blood in A merle i; not bring perietuated. The old families arc not being kept up, aud their places are being filled with foreigner. When titer do marry, thev do not have children; or, if they do, they IraT-fonly one or two. What will God idyarKh a jr-jple of this kind? He will IcT. them lie blotted out, if they do not rvls-nt. They will bring upon themselves, '"j their sin, the very condemnation Ibn' (io-l has said would follow. bcaucthey destroy des-troy the life that God gives to then). anJ they do not perpetuate their race. The result is, an inferior cLasa of people is growing up, because be-cause tho foreigner, when they comu here, arc not contaminated willi that dreadful siu tbe murder of the iouorenU, the murder of unborn un-born children, as well as thosf that are born and Uiey are n: likely tube for one generation, at lea-t. These are sad truths, Lut they are truo nevertheless. I have becu told, though it seem incredible tome, tliat anion; tbsss who call J themselves Latter-day Saints the Kime evils are growing up. I tell you. In Uie namtiof the Ixird Jesus Christ, that any woman who commits this horrible siu will be damned, just as sure as God lives; and any husband who will sutler his wife lo lake means to prevent the natural Increa-e of tlie race as God has designed H, lhat man will becutieelofGod. I want to lift my voice against these dreadful evils that exist In the world; and If they are coming Into our midst, I say to you, Woe uta tboie who practice them; for they will stand before the liarnf God bh miinlerer., and they will I damned. Hear It, all jo people' Thl,! the enrso that Is ccmliiK uin f-ur race "P0" Mhls toiulm.li, csis-clally through th.. Northern Slate-. It Is not sola lhn th. It will creep in there, howevef siiit awhile, If care be not take?! B t tntf Wheru jvepph haveuot yiel Jed to this &" extent that thoe have, In H'4 God' has chMcaus to iumt new condlli-aof linns', ou the earth, toarre-st the Hue of "f" has selected men and "?;" '"J tlloitdlld r-l-l!aVetievllr-lgoto carry out whaU-Vef Jl.i '.elb ll.em. And we have tried tod" H; W thenaUoifha'intirpiteesI a-id W-J, "Stop'-fn'-t '.vei-hall bow 'u mh-inloft-Si, caij H1 contuente-j with C, A. Wc sliall do th bwt tin: but when It conie Incoi.clj lth couslittiUsl aiithoriliws and the hUlital ttiuunab in H' la"1' jy eun-' there is no other course for LalfCT isr "dtn!, In nccorJince iwllb the rtTMtrous thai. ''"Jha I glvcu to im tcllitr? ik I" re-, vet cou-'sttlu".l cou-'sttlu".l authority, than to bow tn FUbmisaioii theroO) nod reSve the conse-oUences with fiie lnl. N ever I thelew, we call fctand so rf living proa agam the evils ot !lage-, . auJ cry out j)C3.iiist them, am. ' , our lives proclifm lb-it we are determined, de-termined, with the hefpffGod. to do all .Iu our imcr to redeBn the . race. 11 ii I-,- tIble to di hi. Gad Ml cHiT-" irs exiiressli for tills ui!-sion. It resjulreel iieoplc of courage uf integrity aril pf virtue, nut! I I He l I grat bulk of the Latter-day Saiuts an; a ieplc of tins cliaracter. die-1 I caue of lt-1 virtue tlwy were prepared pre-pared to' receive th- fr'ilh when it 1 was rrwlai-neil to UltfH. The-y were fieri corniriled. and fhe fr-!". of God liad arf al-"lio. place in them. It is a renm;kbaci th-rt Ut-jst) who are uuvlrtuous etj frc-lyjoin frc-lyjoin Uie Church. 'I hey seem :6"j have bet-jine corrupted se that the Spirit of GoJ has left them, and , they intrehultbos'jcugth necesary to enable them to emture. lret.'fTca and Islcti, let u rc-member rc-member ft'- fi-'n that God has glveu uulo lifjajjl Jet im put our trust iu llhn. lie Ha ftour! savlir and our deiiveieT wit vt the . natiy trials Uiat we have had to nas tUrouuli, --rt'vil!itaudjfl-t c Lave gone thtottK c-asJeicraWe during the jmit six jcufr" "--."ruu I i look at the condition of the litsftc , as I trove! through the settlement, j I feel to Uiauk God for the prc-pcrJIy prc-pcrJIy that he hn given to us. I go into the !luae of Hip brelliren . lu .Uf vUlem-nts', ud I ffTcat coHifoif. I erotltro-ft Jt wKIi Uie thue- of oW, Vhcn We ff-fd scarcely au 'jod, no habitation., and Very little clo'lflrt-, a'ml t th-ink l.od that the trLaU we Slit lrave 16 contend wllh have asurusl a ffr fcm, j aud lhat tr.lin his pr-yiilenr, , has permlttou IK to dwell in die latrl to wiiJch He hi led us. I trtlst he till twitluue toeloM. J! hoi He lil jie Of mtlencc t a bear I all things uucom-lnl;iiigly. and to j ga to vflUt our faith iftMlrtufbel. knowing IHat tie colifl.rehnd oil Uilug, and tliat riKer the frhb there ronieth the ble5.'rf-f. ttj haic never yet passed tlirodE-h I evcrc "IcMoiii it itlipei't their be ! Ing coiniien-otiou !S H'e iapeof j great blesMiiijs bestowed UiAf 'Jt. And so it w III lie. Trial will follow . trial; but biev-siilg will follow trial afco. 1'Ie-alDgWillfpHowbIeeoing;' and the cause of biiUl vill spread. the lionet III heart will be gaUicred out, and the great work of God will ( g- firth, notwithslrnding every j effort to opiiote It awl to thwart it. ' Aud you may notice this: Those who lUht against this cause may be prominent forawhile. Sometimes prominence is given them becauMsof their c-ppoeitlou to this work, and their nauieg l-eiisi linked with ours is all that gives them prominence frequently. Hut aflef rt while,wln'ii they have ceaeed to fill the tnaltlous occupie-1 Vi" them, aud which gsve their vo.e-wwantc ut-i-rht, they will drop out of sight -ro'd l:'5 forgotten, as hundreds have been -i'tohave tie-urcdmore tie-urcdmore or less coniplcuuiy In their v) position against u. We need not be disturlu I, therefor?, at the utterance of tills mm or the oilier who iccupi official iw-ition, and who fra while iiitlnles himself w iUi the idea that he is an important fcr:jnagc and that he is going to do some great thing against the latter-day latter-day Saiuts. I Inve mcu so many of these men tet.B away rtud sluk into oblivion. They stop on the stage aud figure for a WIriJc but soon they I rS-J c way. Therefore, do uot let us be worrte! over them; but let us -urtue the colr. tlruf God has rolf.tc-i out. and puftinztfur 'nrst In Hini, huow IW. all thing will bv overmleJ for' cu gnoJ. Ilefore I --it dowTI Uicr ;J "Ue subject tliat I have felt I waidea v speak about. I think it of some Ini-twrtanee Ini-twrtanee In us a InlVr day S lints. It was referred to yestefday by two ortbrtV cf tj'u brsthren. It Is iu relation to the e"Je?4-Jof Ivl, and connected with the c-'tflliju si the Ionl. It was Intimated li lfr-t'ier Holert that some jieople thought thatsuth an event might perhaps happen, aud lie was anxious that Uie Saints should not bedkappoiutc-d if nothing did occur during that your tliat wouli fulfll e-xiecUtiou, bvcauca grcst ruauyant'cipitioii liave been indulged In cvunvcteil with tliat year, aud I bclh-vf there has been altogether bw luuelt SgiU-tlotl SgiU-tlotl Upon this suliject, I liave sec-u a great mttny times in our hi'tory wlreu saugnlne men have attache-it a great deal of i-aportauce to certain dates. I rercembvr when 1"-S was comiug itf, 1 hinrd on all sides tint there Was something remarkable conne-Cte.! with that year. I fully endor-e w'hat Elder Thatcher -.ld yestcrd-iy if;jn tnis jniut-that !" haslieetiasiC2iortautavr as we have e cr ivitnv---h-il. -fud I believe it will b S3 with every year. I do not think if iswpefir us to xnur ralndst'iomu--h ilium any yearns bringing topa-s some very woudcr-fultbius-s. rerhajM it will be ft. I do no, question that; for evnry year comes to us freightexl with great and wonderful chau-jes.. It lo uot one year alone: liut all the year, between be-tween us and tho comlug of our Lord will be big with event!-. , They wHI be crowded with stupendous occurrences God has thus sisken. Judgments will be -toured out upon tho inhabitant, ot the enrtii, and will iucrcn-e until the Urd Him-c-lf shall come. I took occasion to have the sermon ser-mon that Umther Joseph preached hunteel up. and I will read si little from it to show you what he said upiu til's very f urjeet. and to show ynu also Uiat we need not expect tliat 1 VI 1 will bnngany siu-h thing an the ccnilngof the Lord. It was K-dd yestenlay that iu niau kuow-etli kuow-etli the uay nor tlus hour. This is true. Hut I will tell you w hat men can know. They can know that such and eticli a time ia not tlie time. Men eran prophesy that 1I is not the year. Although they cannot tell you the c!ay nor the hour. ii,-,. can tell you Uiat He will not come this year o next year, accordlug to the wonls of God. already given. Tliere arc several revelations which speak plainly uuon thU iwint, allusion allu-sion to nome of which was made yotcnlay by the brethren who spoke. There are n great many events to taku place tliat have not yet occurred; and the Savior will not come until they do take place He assured of this, and Iks not cou-cerucd cou-cerucd lu your minds and agitated on Uiesc- mattery, oceans.- It is c-av to understand that there are rmnv thlnpyct to be fulfilled beroru that graud and glorious event will cotne Vet, ab he has toid u, He wllil come as. a thief iu the night, lie will come when Ihe inhabitants or I the earth are unprepared for him i Joseph said: I "I was once praying caniesU v uwin I this subject tnat i, eoncornliig th- ' coming of tlio 5on of Manl ant a volco I said unto ini.'Mymn, if Uioulivcst' until thou art Sj yean, of ag-. Uiou ahalt tee tho face ot tho Son of Jinn.' " This was what Uie voice said to ' Joseph: ' "If thou livest until thou art 55 years ( of age thou shall aeo the face o"f the ' Son of Man.'' Ue continues: "I was left to draw ray own conclusions conclu-sions concerning thia. and I took tun liberty of concluding thai if I did live to that time He would make Ills an pcarance. lint I do not say whether Ha will make. IIU appearance, or I lull go wl on Ifo . I propluxv iu the luuno ,r tho I jr.t Owl, and let n bawriuii inns,,, fif Man will not comolntlii lends ' dav-ji nil i ni " 1 " vcirs JJ , s-- l the thno Joseph made obi! iSphecy. MilU-r, of U.o Miller. 8STOW I'IcUnA?abnUt Ihe' coming of the Son of Man-about Man-about the ycira lH2-Sl. inuiesc vear W vou who hare lcu kept fVmSfl mil eloubtle-a kno-vr Uiere SS ;entU.rou5hout U wasgic-k - , .je coming of SSsSS ofMln"atad Jcph VJ ,tal inat Jfe would not come for the next forty years. lie goes on and S3yi: ..-I, coming of the m f ..,.rTi!! Iv. neverca.a lie, H" '"" .i? 1'x.-S. Judah must return, jr.ii.leiiirr.'- I -ehuni.an-l th" & SSe! " n.Vwater ...o o-.tfromnn-der tho Temple, mul - "' ll SLd;I''l'eall. infill Ukj-flnif ilTimlo build Hi- "of threity-taJ rVmish- ete. and .. HLs miiO hj !ijr-'."'lriimor of wars, "-jr hMievaieDs atme and outlm earth liUrtirWsV. and the n to Wood .M..,nai.-. ... divers r'?' wiiiYr thrrrelv beyond their loamlC Theil will appear the grand ISo' tlio boil t-Jiu-u-m hern en. PiitivX-t will the -Tornl--ay? They I will y it s a i-ianet. comet, el". , Itut ti S.r: erf Un w ill eonw Ht the I -fanr.' tlreeornlugof thoi-oo'1' " w bi. h -Jill be rrs tne fight of thi inorn-in-rrninli:- oMtof the eal." I Now, the Propfret explain tlif-s In I .-oniieetiou with hi-statement ato wbnt thf voice had -crfd tonlra. lie did notaswrt tnat Jes-w roulii corne In tlie cloud. of htaveaeveu Iff Iu llsvrJ to be eighty-five; but he S sa told tlrat he nhuuld tee Him, land cfuulifie-d it. so that there I need (v fAr CTrsipprehc-nsiou upon this iul Jecf. I might read tojouinauy rcvela-tious rcvela-tious in this Hook at Jsctrineand Covenants (having tho bouk In his handl uixju the same subject, In 1 u Inch I he I -o rd p W nly says that or-,izZS or-,izZS tliliurn 411111 ijcliiace. Al-lurlfU Al-lurlfU made ycsteref-iy to -some j of tl.enl. I "And again verilv ( a' unto jou i 'h-t tlo -on of itaneoniotfi ne in the form of nomiu, neither of 1 man i traflTas 0:1 the earth. Wherefore lo uot devniCf, but eontinuo in ataui-fastnev, ataui-fastnev, looSm- forth lor the heavens to be shaken ami lb? e-irlh to tremble aihi reel to and fro as lrjt.en man. andfortheiallevsto l eaKed, and for Ihe nsoiiiitalns to be mad- low, I ami fur tbe rough piaes to becorno uo--n!h; and all this when the angel I Msatl ir-iiril bis trutni-cl. lint before Ihe great ettr ef the Lord shall i-ome, ! Jj.'on shall rfofifWi In tlw wilderness, I -lid tbe Lamanites rtall Wossotu as tiis'ose; Zionsball ifonrfsh upon the I hills affil nverfeo mon the mountains, I aud shall WafTMcd unto the place I wbkh I havcaprtrtWesl." j These are the won!-' of f toil ron-cerniug ron-cerniug the coming of the SOU of I fau. "Therje revelations give uuto j us with great clearuesH the signs iJiat -hall precede His coming. 1 niifpiin-, '10 not let ui get un-etfleil un-etfleil c-ur mind, i fed it im-p)rt.-mt that llii-c Conference ehotild ' xfct s'rnefrati- Without bavin; it rleafly4fyted to ycu that you need n6t Iiwk lor the cooing of the Son of Mau either IhW year or next, Though we cannot prophesy the ' d- or the hoar, we can prophesy some (hlussccTjcerniu-r His coming, that Is. tliat . Ill fate oilacij before lit coming. God has no. iefl us iu 1 doubt upon these: Dints', if you I have-time, read the -t'tli section of the ISook uf .Poc'trine and Covenants, Cove-nants, and the liUi section, and the I sstli section. Therefore, Iiatter-day r"a!ut, go ahead and ierform your j limit carefully, conitenUy, and j with a determination to tlo that I whidi God ruiuirea at your hand. t'o not lueis fortanue great cataclysm 1 to oc'-ur, -rhlch will fbow all the world tnat this is Uie Kiugdoru of I God. PcriiaiH sfdi a thin1 will , ocjr. but I will tell you what I have oliserveii during mv life that God 1oY9- hi natural ways. Ills I pun-ose' ceffle" fouud seemtugly perfe-ctSy n.iturai--o' natural that .the- w oriel cannot see- Ihcliandof I :eniiu tuetu. It reiiuires failh and I the Spirit of God to show these thincs. I i-ememlKr my thoughts aud j ideas when lu my boyhood. Ueiug 1 familiar with the revelation which j ctyd had given eou.-erulng the Civil War, J thought, to myself, now ' when that occurs this nation will . be c lUflnseil that Jeveph is a lv;il:et, becaue the revelaUou w as , -tain. It slatctf s.l-re the war ' -I'-nf'u rvunrjieuce auJ oilier jiar-l jiar-l ti.-uls'-i C"-etmug it, ud at the , ti ",c the WicJ- nation ri' cou- gr'tula!iug itsrlf fpoti it pcacr. auil Iho prolubility of iir was en-' en-' teriained by Uo one. The Mea that ! there wira W I-c a w ar was ridiculed. i How wonderfully that revelation , wbs fulMlled! Uut how many j.ct- -cti Is-iv ieeii convertcil by the 1 strlrt '-irtlmeut ot that prophecy I d not "hrs of one. My con-1 con-1 id iiou 1 Hint trl works ill this ' way nniotig the rlif.V'en of men, oii-l they will continue t? harden 1 Ureir Le-art af-iiit nil the evi- dc-tico of the divinity ef thh wcr!r. Iiit7ilb(andiug the con-1 con-1 tinned fulfilment of the prorhecles .f the KlJers of this Church, rt- inbubltatits of U10 earth" ate 1 nit cofl-mteal by the fulfilment cf 1 the pnihecl-. l:cau.-o they comu j along so naturally. Here wro have e'yclones, and all thrw- things that areevideartsof the lost Uny.sand I who trouble- themselves- about it? I Why tlu-y tell us that it iaby means I of tlie telegraph and the facility , itlr which news travel-, that wc jl-nni l-sore of these things. They I always were and always will be, they say. and this is no evidence j that Uieear; the List days; furwheu was Uiere a time when there were no rar-, or accident, or w hen we did uot havewhirlwiniis. and tcru-j tcru-j pests, and earUiiiuakev.' ThI is the I way In which ttie r.lden are met I wheu Uiey siwak about these things. I Therefore. latter-day SalnL", let us put our trust in G01I and. waiting Uie fulfilment of His promises, look forward with the eye of faith to their ft-llllxent, that we may re-jiilce re-jiilce in theoi w hen they are fulfilled. ful-filled. Allien. |