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Show 1 ; 1 i RESULTS OF ATI-"iI0n3I0 '" JUTOIIT. KH It eeems as though tlio time forc- p-' toM is hastening on and that the jiaijwi words of ancient mid modern pro- pS ' x plats concerning Zioa will receive JjSJlt a speedy fulfilment. Tlio seers of 'S?' - old declared that all nations would fcjjp, jook upon Zlon and Eay: "Let her f r be defiled." Joseph Smith the rev- $ elator predicted that every nation gES-l ; ' would be arrayed against tao work i f j of God wlileh he inaugurated. Pi A new effort seems to have been Nit- ' i P"' forth by tlio pow trs of evil to NSf4 haras-", annoy and persecute tho P- ' Saints and to oppress and plunder 9 ' Zlon, and the attitude newly as- Rf- fumed by the Catholic Church Is Hjf! highly significant or a general at- II J tack upon "Monnoaism" and tlie $'4 "Mormon?.-' Ontil quite recently J" that Tagt eccleuatlcal organization V has lemained passive to a ', great extent in relation to ' ? the Church of Josui Christ of )J , Latter-day Saint. At any rate it I - has given no official utterance to A . anything hostile in that direction, jl Ila present attitude is a new dejart- it ure, and if it shall be maintained it fi ' j will go a long way ton ards bring! us 5 : about the gcueral antagonism which N has been foreshadowed by the f i !- prophets. - ,j j Teople who do att under-tand df-C )" , wonder why It is that the "Mor- iji " 3 monp" make co endeavors to please fjsbj $ the majority of mankind, to placu fgfl ,B themselves in ha.niony with the & E world, and thus to avoid the conflict 5? ."t Jj that seems inevitable The truth is WF' A the Saints ha veocpectcd opposition- ' 3 They have anticipated tlie liatreil, " fii tne u'temes!'J 'he B3" and worni- j ?j wood of those who rise up against - W - ,J litem. It is all in fulfilment of '-- Wi rrophecy loth ancient and modern. iffrS" -"'1 But this Is not to say they desire JT r i " or tnat li fa I'toasatit to tliem, or F t'-l : tnat " "of tl,eir ekiug. They Ss 3" have truths to promulgate and work J ? Vj- ; r out. They have a ml-sioii to jr- iip " form. Tiiey expect to go on with , j their work as opportunity shall be ; ' " .'i gained and CioJ shall oiwu their 0 Z "l way. And they do no; fear what J $ : men may do against them. & J The great majority of the Latter- , t -3 day Saints live in this spirit and look ' iJ W for U"'8 general opposition. When 5 S " J " is dcve'l,l ia new and furtlier St h t directions thei" are not at all dis- J J Xl' mayed. It does not weaken, but It A" J rather strengthens tlieir faith. . ' 3 Naturally iieaking, it is strange "5 j,, ji that suth great hostility should be j .j, aroused with such snnll excuse. ij Jt But spirituaily, it I, the realization - jj of exiected events, and it traojs 1 ? them up and gives them increasing i. ii confidence. - fcl 3 Thoso who tliink that the despoil- ', 7 lug of their" good-, the deprivai ot t J their rights, the iieri;traUon of all ' . mannerof injustice, will disjourago '. ,2 the Saints ami crush out "Mormon- J y t T ism' are entirely mistaken. To be t J.1-' "nail fellows well met with the -V' ; wjrld would be to the --Monnous" X V the beginning of the end of their " 5 system. It lias thriven on persecu- A '-' Hon from the beginning and will ' 1 flourish upon It until its triumph Ji comes. Xo truo "Mormon"' doubts &K H that It will prevail' over every foe, "t ?' -"S r t!jat itS ta,iaS ',fl will " , fl Trove eventually to l victories. 1 V, c "Mormonism" has demonstrated - ' Its independence of strong men. ' k The taking away of its successive i Cj leaders either by violence or the ft , 2 actof nature has made no diirerence tf ' to it. Mob violence, murder and ""'" J expatriation Iiave not stopped its " 1 'S growth or decreased its iulluence. " -. The good will of the world is not 4 jSj- necessary to its pn-p.nty. The I ""! ' hatred of the world has not pre-gic pre-gic JB . vented its onuard march. - f' Mi Inlikemanner itwill beproven ' '3e that "Mormonism"does nut de-ieud Jv- e "-B 1'or " it3l"l'ty or Its propagation pit '" upon material wealth. Kobbedand ? -5 de'rauued of eviry dollar of ib 9-jf' ; possessions it will go on just the I V B name, perhais with greater rapidity and mijhlier spiritual force. Fallli, I1!? V devotion, seif-saenfice and unfalter- "." J; ingleal aud determination are not ' , k dependent upon money or w orldly - . J goods. Tmse rolled on "Mormon- If ism" at the start; they will do the C t Jj name again and again. So also it will be seen that "Mor- manlsm" does not depend upon I political influence. Ifeery"Mor- 1 mon" is denied tlie common rights of citizenship and prevented from taking any part in that government . which is called retKibllcan, It will t t; make no dlllerence to the work which they live to build up nor to ! their love for it and its truths and I - spirit. ' ' Let the world wage its warfare, then. Let sects and nations and powers and men combine, and, as 1 l the Lord lives this work he has stt ( s up iH grow and spread forth, aud nothing can destroy 1U Rapiueaud , 't riot, fire an J fury, chains and dun- J geons, fines and forfeitures, robbery r JI and death will mike no change in 3 the faith of the Saints or dam-cn 4 the a.-dor of the living and resolute ," 4 "Mormon"." Time will show the ",' A truthof what faj. The triutnpli of ".Mormom-m" Is decreed on J high. There is no lower on earth " ' fl that can prevent the grand con'-tim- S . matlon. |
