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Show SII.MIAV hEUVKEi. Istrrtsllng Illirotirie tir Aiioille Abraham Abra-ham II. (annon ItellKimi cerelcee were heM al the Tabernacle, Halt Ulw Ulljr, Sunday, Norember 1, 1881, commencing at 2 n, fit , I'mliUnt Anftut M. Cannon rerUHne. The choir and, coii;rreir,allijn itugttie lijrniiicenitnrticlnit: llwret l lit nork, ear clod, 017 Klotf. Tn r-rais Thj am ! thank kaJalair 1'ias-er h ofTeied 17 llldiop l.llu Morris. The choir ttext MtiK llio hymns Ja.it, cdc ol limbic Unit, Now la alorreomeslo sarin, Th I'tirtihowi or Hi rmii ra oftlclale.1 lu the Jmliilttllon of lite LorJ'c Hun-r, AltntTLIS AIIItAltAM II.OAHKUH was llmieaktr. Ilentlj lie rtallxtd tint hit cOoiti to Initruct Ihe Htlnta that afternoon would lio In tain unltee he wa guided and iroiurted Ly Hie Hi tilt ol Uotl. The word o( mi Klder might I iiliMlng to the rr ami hit Idra brilliant, bulunleai eccomjianled by tliatBrilrll llioee wordi would fall to loucli Hi" Itearta of Ilia ix-oj.tf. While thry might Rle comfort and pcrliaci Imlruct, they wnulj not carry Willi thernltiat conelttlon which the aim-Jilrel aim-Jilrel word I ttsenleU by the humblbat j.lter would If In) Ireti or llud. AmoiiKOtbrllilnftliey prayed lliat the Ijonl would olien the way whereby tlio-f ol Ihelr failli who were still scattered atuoUK the na. tlolia ol Ihoa allli In I lift I e lialbcind lu three mountain valuta ami become with Uieui a united troile. Other sect, did not reach the gathering of Ihelr csnTrrtslo any ajclil locality, lelne; callsrlrd to convert Jwoile U llielr larllcular doctrine and leave litem In the j lace where they round them, turroiimlnl by their friend, en-Kagltiir en-Kagltiir In the aauie mrfulta which they fullowrj wlieu the word ur Mod, at It waa tailed, waa preached to them, Intlili, however, at In many other thlnga, the Latter-day Halula differed Iroui Ihe net of Ibuwotld. They he-lleeed he-lleeed that Clint would III the latter daya Kather 111 choceu ) le rrom all Ihe natlona or Ihe earth, Thoie who rewired the truth wonlJ need no argument to convince them or the ne. rettlty for thla KaUirrlng'. fur with the rTilon or the (lusi! the i Irlt of leathering Would take poceeaeloll or them, aud lioweeer Ulatanl they might ha rrom the land which they knew Mod hal apinlnled aa Ihe dwelling, tilare ol Ilia oiile, they would allll be tuiloue to furaeke Inefr native home ami come to Ion TheU0e.l brought to Ihe children or men not only trltual salvation that salvation which belonged to the other aide nf the veil-but It would alao help them timiorally; an I they Mired that till gatlieiliig waa tic aliened by Uod aa ameanscf jreervliig them or protecting litem rrom the coMirgr,from the Judgment of various klnda which were to I (toured out ujsin the earth lu great meiaure. How necessary It waathat mankind, wherever they were, ahould make thenteclvca ramlllar with the l Ian of calratlou which Hod hid eaUbtlslied Uju Ihe earth. The Latter-day ftitute who lived In three mountain valltye claimed that Hod had riven unto them the truth; they claimed that Joaoih Hinllh waa tbe humble liilriimrnt In the handa of Uol lu restoring title (Icepel to the chllJren of men.an I that It would yet be preached In every land that all ihould bear It and havu the prlvllrgu of acce t InK or rrjrcllitfr It, a eeineil beet Unto litem. Thoae who received It would have the knowledge or Itadlvln Ityj Ihe truth would be made plain1 to them, aud the H Irlt of (lod wouM bear teatlmouy lu them that thai which they had ricelved waa ludeed Ihe (loi-l (loi-l of Ufa ami ealvatlon. What waa Ihetloap!? 'I hat w hlch Jraua Him-eeir Him-eeir taught while on the earth It wa f.lllt In Ihe l.orJ Jcu. ChrUI, Wilt that Ju died for Ibealmof the world, faith that throughlllailialh alonarae lit waa mado for the orUlual alii, and that through Ihat atonement all iikii were rtllevrUfromlbeelle.biorthe fall or Adam, rhroiighllla death and recur rrctlon life ha I len reatoml to the chlldreu of men. Thoau who had lived rlglttrouallveaaiid ket Ihe com. uundineiiKorUo'l wojld live never again to die, while tliece who hal re Jerted the truth, theaaiiaor irdltlou. would receive the aclilonce of a aecond tlretlt. Having aKkeu of thoae havlug the authority to admlnliter lu Uod' holy ordinance, Alwatle Cauunii remirkiht Ibat It we were baptized n Ihouaand time by men otaliiir. mi aiuli authority rrom (lod, who had receled no calling i ice 1 1 that wltKli camo from within, all would be In vain, and their work woul I bo unauejUble In the eight of the Lord. We mint havo a ronataut teatlmony of the Hiltlt wltblu na to euable u to wlthiUnd the tilal and tribulation to which wu were aiibjecled here In the lleah, or In the day we looked not for It tem tatlon Vtoulduvrri-oineuaand we would fall again Into dark lie aud unbelief. The itiily way lu which weciuld retain Ihe a, Irlt of the (lottpel and the tc-HI. ntony of 1H divinity waa by doing Ihe work which ('Inlet commanded ill Ulaclple lo do when ou earth, A moat Important work devolving upon Ihe l.etltr-day Halnta waa the building of tetu plea, for theialvatloti of llioae who hail died without Ihe truth. They believed that u til cm thty performed per-formed n certain work within tlioio triuilm, they wilh Ihelr dead would be rejected of (lol. The living mud work for Ihvanlvatloiiof llioae who had piaaed avtayt the latter mut work for their own redemption. They lu llteaplrlt world could hi ar Ilia truth, their apirlt could repent; but lltey uillldllitbe hptlxtd fur tnerembciou of thelrown eltte. Their bwlltaUy Inmotherearlb, tbey had utoul lered and turned to dun; but their oili ring, the thllJren whom tlol gave them, were ixecttil to reinetuber their parent. The lit arte of tiioae who lived tmlay ahould be In clliied toward thoie who hadej away by tlfvlr aeeklng out the aene-nlogy aene-nlogy it II e dead aa far aa itoaalble, ami within llioae aarre.1 bull Huge dedicated to (Ind, and which He by ilia prreenre and favor ha I at ct ted ut their liunila, they tnuat iierform the work or ealvatlon for llio.n who hal dledwIthoulakliOHltKlge of Ihutluth, Thla, llten, waa Ihe work which greatly devolved upon tlio eoiile In Iheae latlt; da none mote luier. tnnt for the Halut to oonaliler an I arty int. Wax thla a new dortrlnenr theory; No; It woatbo aotel which had eiMtd from Ihe beginning u lliui', and which would wve every win ami daujbttr of AUotu, whether they hau ,' " ili In the IV hornet I I.VcPiM . A louljenmo within lliepaluoftu rircxlwulc sltJ been rettorrd u t-3 .r 'ijra. lleery aoulwouM ' hellh. m i tlilalllctfl v -hi & it, tva the moat glo, ,vt, i n. ' e-1 to ua, aa f(a i l h could graap t!. , !ce, f at. mercy or our h I ' In ..ear ti 'l totdu through the itvrUtlona . hi 'l Ho had given u In the latter day that 'a man la (lod onto was, and n He la man may be." Hit iromlaea had lieen atalej Uion our iteaifa, and It they ralleil II would only be became we had failed on our part. HIlOilll we, then, be dMltarleOfd wheu trouble came upju ua, and when It teemed that we were about to tx uverwhelmed? ho', rather ahould our In art rHolceln lilbulatlon, when thai tabulation wa not the rvtullof our own follltc, liut Ucauaeof our virtue, vir-tue, gtwl Intention aud diligence lu the work or Ud. We llleve.l that (lod In J a hand In thla work lor Ihe dead In theaelaat day. II was a thing formerly unknown. un-known. Why about 1 men dealre to Itaru of Ihelr anroalrr? from a worldly tandpoltit It would lie the gratification of acurlom reeling. II Jt there hid lieen a arlrlt rrallng iijkjii lliem that they could not account for. urging them on lu thla work, and Ibey had not reeled until tbey halea-hauiletl halea-hauiletl all vllloli of the dominion where Ihelr relation llvtd and died year aul yean ago. In view of all that (lod had promlteJ lo the I,alter.Jay Halnta, If Ibey re. malued Irue am 1 atrtvdlatt to Ihelr covruant they could alDM to auircr otpreaalon ami tndlfolty, to live ani die In liondagn It ueceaaary; thay cotill airord, ir nerd It, to let their blood l tbed avj Ibat the truth might be established, estab-lished, In view or all that waa In atoro tor the faithful; though they mlgbl be tailed to undergo ierrcutlou,y el woul I they know that UoJ'a work would go on, aud iulure gentrallona would raise Ihe people who had had llio fjllllu lo lo go forth among the natlona and ej dure i-rraetiitlon an I death In the cause of the (Josiet, Tin Latter-day rtilnt wrro not understood un-derstood today, n.elr raollvn were tiilsiiuderslood, their action were nil-Judgni; nil-Judgni; but (I I would bring all thluga to as In 111 own good lime and cause Ihelr trials In cease, fhrlr fault ware magnified by the wollJ and tbey had enough already without that. They knew they were iIuujI and corrupt, full or weeklies and lu-flrmlty; lu-flrmlty; lait Ihey were, iteverthiless, seeking with the help of (lod to uvtr-come uvtr-come all evil. They wire alrlvlue to lut tlirmaelve liuder ubJectton uuto the iMrd, ret king loeatablbh HI pur-KMe pur-KMe not that they might rule among reu,or act In o pitiltlou lo any humin' government, but arrklug lo proclaim goodwill .towards all mm. rheydll not strk for iwwer except to I rrath Ihe (losjelnud administer the blessing of life and salvation to the children of men. Thryhad no detlre toeiclude from their nil 1st llioae who w ere not of tltelrfalth. They exiaxtwi that In the latttr days kln aud tpirtni woult tome hi Xlon, aud tbat to thla land of Amwlcalheeycaor all natlona would turn with fond detlrw. Hiry tipectrd that tho govrrnmeut un Irr which thry lived woulJ r roier and grow. They believed It waa from (11 au I that the men who prepare 1 the sacred luitru-nitntof luitru-nitntof Ihe Constitution wetu Inspired lie Mint. Ihey behoved that Hod waa directing the attain of men In all part of lite car Hi, and that He would overrule over-rule all Ihe ecta of wicked men for tho salvation of the honest In heart everywhere. every-where. (lod hiving gathered the HaloU lo these mountains, what bad He not done for them In the way or temporal bleating.? Tho ipeaker rrferrrd bilbo advent of Hie plourer toiheso valley and to tbesutrerlng of tho early Kt. tier In till then foibld ling region. The vallej were attflat time, hv said, a Itarren a the mountain kurround-lor; kurround-lor; them were mw, aud II reemed Imiatsalble to the human lilluj that any uumber ol eople could lougtxltt, much Iras prosper, lu eutli a place. Hut what did they find It bxlay? A country uton whkli the btrcsiug of (lod ba.1 rested In rich abundance, aud field yielding crot unexcelled In auy I art of thl great Ian I. Aoetle Can nun cite I vailous Inttiuce In iruof of httaaaettlon, ;ioke of the Immense uuantlty uf grain harvested lu the Territory, Ihe ample water iiply where onty email stream ouco rau.and the marvelous growth of thisethlvkly lojMileteO aeltlemenU where at one time only a family or two resided. Clod ha! Indetn fulfilled Illairomttr mid theireJIclloit wlilth hd leenmade concerning HI Ion of Hi litter day. He had cauatd the desert pltce to Lie. coino a fruitful garden; He had causisl streams of living water toppling from the earth aud the watte pine had be. tout the lintillalloo or men, and Hr told tie lutlieatrougeat language that we ahould trust in Him unduolbe afraid af what man could do. 1'eoi le rrom ull part or the eortli vt ould yet coino to IClon, and we muat make room for them and welcome the rood and honorable to oureoltlitucul, Lidding them (lod-)aed aolonga they livid righteous Uvea and iiughl lo do lint which wa pleasing In (loj's tight. 1 hough thty might uot boot our lallh, aodaaw not aa we did, yet we must show goodwill toward them; for the lloa el taught us t III goodwill toward all man and women on earth. It waa their duty lo reed the hungry, clothe thu naked, and welcome the ttrangtr within our gatii. riiltwa our duty toward the whole human family; and by our action lu thl rriprttwo woul I win manyeoula to tlielJospelof Jesut Christ. ICIndncee ahould lie one of the tlrongeil cbarao-IrrlttlraoMhti cbarao-IrrlttlraoMhti Latter-day Haint. Our emlgraiila whru they llrat arrlvrd here ehoul I be I loke I aftt r and rared for, o that they till uot want or become die. hnurlenrd until employment could bo founJ. Tbeiptakcr, lit coniluilou. bore hi teatlmony lothliwork In wlilch the Latter-day Halnta are t u gaged a being the wotk or Clod, and predicted that Ihnday would come when the tioblvil men of the earth woul I mule and live In Ion, an I the brightest Inlcllict woul I rind luilreaOdrdlo their lutein-genre lutein-genre byojmlug to dwell auioug the leooleofUod. The choir stnitlia anthem Uttt Btllralti The beneillctlou wi nroniuncedby Counselor Cberloi W. I'eurote. |
