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Show Imimia m:iiui..h. Irt.lilmls Jof!i I', smith anil llforno (J. Cinniin Mirak l I lie Tatirniacle. ItcltKlaim rlc were lid J nt Hie Talwriiaclr, Ball lake Oily, Hutidaji Hrlmbrr57,lbSI, coratnuiclug t 2 f, in , I'nMut Annul II. Camion rri-sWImr. Tli choir MDir liars, llilsa 10 lit Irumrtttrl, 1a7 souaa (r sutual.ars. l"ra)tra oQUt-il by 1'atrlarcli A, JI. llaM.li. Tlmcliolrsantt lit il .il,ttia t.issllle,lsmriliil, Aatl lnaalailiihl.rawr.lsJoil H Tlil'ilthoJoftlieTwent)r ntconil H wart ofllclattJ In llio ailuilutitrallon H cf Hik Hacramttil. LfJ i iirauir.1T jusmt . biiitii H AJJrrM.llli'iiil.Us. Huakllii H lu th outlet Willi liT miotloii, lw H aalil tm hit tictilln,ly liuiutilr Just al H that moment In slanillnir-p Ufoto such a tut coiigrsgatlon lociprrs lilmsrlf u Ills Ionl mlRlit sl hlni nttirauro. 11 rvtulnljf lilt tlio men allynftlie a.lUnce and rirajrur of tlm Hal nl an that occasion whllo liu Irlillr oJJiimcJ thrm It hul len omlliliJg OTtrn vrart slno lin last hail tlm pilTllrge ul slamlliiK lifurk n wnnri iitlon of the I Ml Initial rubcllmrlr, anil lm iimiJ arartfly aay that ho Ml omwliat ll a juunjt taiiluiwr In otlnnj Unit to lilrn llii-m that aflar-liuoil. aflar-liuoil. He as, Iiowotw, ilsr ly thankful U Ills I liureiily I'athrr nul to lilafrlinda fur (ho citwtlunlly lio now vnj if iil of Uln nii-iit nuj talc lug part In ttiu armcra of tint ilay. Il knew not hat lm should sty, awl waaentlrel) ikmiiltnl upon tlm liot-l fit ulti ranrr. lie frit llku a (hill III ttiu ire.-iicu of thw- who wtiai-iiarl inctiland Utkr vusnl than hluixlf ItiltioclfLUiiistaiicwof tliotltiira, In tlienialtrn whkh at tntnturrnuiiJ-nl tntnturrnuiiJ-nl Hum. Hi-wa a stranger. Tlit-re rruirliari thousand of lain Hurt) which lm haJ iTf r mii In fori-, thousand thou-sand ot iwraon who hal imrrr si en hint until thla time. Ill futllld that ai-n Jt-atu inwo a tli at dlUVrriiM In tlm an araucu of thlnga, an.1 loalna annum uiirini: uia last few da) alio had oUcrtcd n unit many now facia. A largo iiuiiH.tr of I ho children hail urown unto almost manhood and womanhood, riiofowho we ro tulJdlo-ajrJ, or a lltlla brjonl, liad lomo gray, Ilka himself, and acol to wmo rilent. rim city had K row u, thlima had chanitcd, and a iltfTrrent apiaranc united him on ivrry hanl. Jvrlhelis, It was a Knot lraaur to hlni to lo rrnltlnt omw mora In nnx-t and mlnirla Willi tlm Haluui. for lila heart wm alwaya Willi Ilium; hla drain had tutu for Iha-lr Kooil, hla lahora ao far aa liu had tin rmlttid to Klmr had lfn In tlm lutvriat of tlm KliiEdoni of (Jod. H.halaoujIitallhU llfc,aofar aa It lull In hit power, to talahlhll rarrrrt vlcwaand prlmlphaln lilm-i-lf. anlao faraa pracllrotlo toralrnd hU lulluince lo othrra lln had licoli laiwrlna all llio Hum lu llmraua of Zlon lln did not Ullcvo that h had llaEinl or falltrrd. Ho had aoughl to ralabllali lilnimlf In llio truth, to Irarn tlm truth, lo orow in tlm kuowlwlso limn of, lu faith, In hoi", ami lu char; Ity, and ho lilt that tlm Ird had lleed him largely In niandlos hla mind, lu cnlarKlinc hla thouKhta. and Itinralnir lila challtv for tlm clllldtail of mill. II" waa iry Kratiful for lhl. Ono coul t not Hkathrounh autinrl-mc autinrl-mc audi aa that of tlm latter-day Halula during tlm laat faw jeara wllhout ealoluit tenia know)-ede, know)-ede, without ItounaaloK aoum. what, uiilna ho autlerrd him. elf to take a retrogrado atep. Tho woik In which they wero en-railed en-railed waa onward an I upward, an I waadeatllicdto continue, to urow, lie-muw lie-muw It waa not tho work of man. If, then, they dealred to keep pace with Hod'a work they would have, to crow and advance, to go onward and Ui ward with It; for IU waa nut atandluif till, neither waa la going backward. Thla waa hla tiallinony In relation to lint tioil which they had rrctlved. He njokeil lu the (Jorjl today aa firvciitly aud aa thoroughly aa be ovi r illd In tlm cuurno of lila lfo. He felt aa arniibly and aa kieuly In hla aplllt that 111" loil waa true to. ilay aa he over did, he felt aa much lu rami at, aa much Uetiruilned aa iver to conllnuo faithful III that (loaptl wliloli they lial ricilved. (JoJ helping lilm he Intended to conllnuo In thla work and endeavor lo the tot of hla nullity lo advance with It while he riiualneil In tho dealt. Lveralniehelngau toundiratand tho irlmlpliaof llila work, and lila mind liegau to develop Iherilu, lie had known lhat Joaeih Hniltli waa an In-ailred In-ailred man, thai lie waa and la a I rot hit of thellvlngOod. '1 he work whliliho waa the liiitriimiuit In the lianda of (Jod of NUbllililUg lu the earth waa not of him nor of any other man, but of tlod, an I It would conllnuo to l of Hlni until It coiiaunuuated tho imrpi o whuli He had In view. Ho waa Jualaa lonlllentof Hilt today aa at any former inrlod of hla life, lln thanked tlod for It. 11 la hope and aal-r aal-r alien u ue founded on that k now luho. riieawurauculieliadln hla aoul that he would i.aln tlerual life In tho world to come wna hawed llion the know Jmlpo wlili h he had rwilvel that Joaei li Muillli waa a ro hit of (loil nil I that the tlotnl wlili h ho rratored lo tho tartliwaaof (lod, Man might err and do ninny thing whlih wire not altogitlur liailini In the alghl of tlm Lord, l.veli men who welo endowed with Hie I'rluat-liooJ, I'rluat-liooJ, with authorlt), Willi holy cull, luge from tlod our lleavinl) lather, thoao who ha I faith, who had nt Ik irt the Intirrat an I welfare if I'm Lhlldren of men wire, only human when loft to Ihtuiaelvel, and IliUht make mtitnkek; but (Jod erred not, iiellhrr would Hla purpoeea or IIli wotlt fall In aicomtllahliig that whlili He had dralgnul. Lit him who had not the faith that ho hai III relation rela-tion to thla mattir laco ,hlui elf for n mouiiut In hla oal-Hon, oal-Hon, an I eeo If he coul I tako any ollu r view than he lilmielf ill I He-lloving, He-lloving, aal.o did, that Joitli Smith waa a 1 rul bet of Clod, that he waa Ju-I Ju-I I red of the Almighty, that tin reveal-. reveal-. il tlm Uoaprl of the Hon I (lod to tlm ihlldrinofmeti, that thla waa flod'a work aud not niuu'a, It mut of neccaalty accomidiah the end that He had In view. Ho thankeU O.kI Hie 1 leriial 1'alhnr lliat he ha I had thla li.tlmoiij pullnlu hla heart uud aoul, for It gavu III in liilit, how, oy nul itiiiaolatlon that no man oould give or tako away riiat waa tho (Joiinl. It waa leacoonoartli and goodwill to men. It wui rlghtoouintai, truth. jiurlt;, lioliueea, uprlglitniaa of llfo and podllncaa. lu man The (klpvl which the 1-atter-diy Halula ha 1 nctlved waa reveale.1 lu ordir that men m'glitbecumallketuolr file leader, (he H)li of (Jod blmaelf. II waiieveateil anciently for that pur-ie. pur-ie. It waa again revealed III the age In which we lived that men might become llku Hod, like atiela, llku tho mrtherof Jraup, iure and undented, that women might become mothera In laratl and daughter of (lod, lhat men might ticconm the ajna and helra of (loil and Joint helra with Jcaua ( hrlat. brother tu each other, brolhera to all mankind, aeektng toitrtnglhen other In that which wai rlfhleoua and acceptable ac-ceptable to (Jod, not aeeklng to tear down, ilealroy, Injure, deaioll, rub, (hinder, coiilitnlnale, iligradv, dla. tenor, debauch, dellli, hut to t-ltabllah rlgtileouiiieaa.teace, love, gooil will and good worka. I hla waa tlm tloaia-l that Joiei h Hmltli ruvealeil In thla ill-lill- aatlon, It waa the aalne ttiatwaa re-vealeii re-vealeii by our Iird and Maater Jeaua Clirlat. "If any man amlto thee on one cheek, turn to hlni the ollur nlao," "Ho that would do evil unto you, do pood unto him;" htom htui that would borrow turn not thou away," "lie merciful, hoiharltabti, be forgiving, forgiv-ing, I, kin I lo thoihll lien of nun" Thla Wat the (Jil Uught by our Havlor and which he (the Breaker) ha I rtleltnl; thla waa Hie lilt that dwell In the heart of every l,atler-Uy Halnt win had recilveii the trailmony of Jreua CbrM and the aplrlt of Ilia work. Hhowhlm a Idlttr-da) Hilnt and he would ahow them an lion eat man, a vlrtuoua man, a man of Inlegilty, a man who would do right to lila noli-hl r, to hla frleiila,aud to tho world, and who wont I not ilirlnk from anirlflc-lug anirlflc-lug lihnw:lf for hi m lirla tiora' good. He hoivd Ida Inlhreiiaud ilalira would elcilao lilm If he ilhllUi-l aome wiakneaa In hlaKillnii on that occaalon. Ho felt aoinetliing llko n ihlld who had beiu away from homo along while and Jiial relurntd Ilia heart waa full. Ifo waa thankful lo our Heavenly l-alhrrfor Hla ginpal, for Hi priwrvlng care over hlni an t hla and the aoplo of (loil hllhirlo-grateful hllhirlo-grateful for every eipnalon nl Hla mercy, for every klndniaathal Ho had aluwn lo them a a eople. He thanked lilm with all lila limit, an I Irltloglvi. Hlni all cl-e, honor, and glory. Ho waa thankful that llio Halm had honored their calling aa well aalhey hai. (tod hrlpua,ildtheailir In con-clutou, con-clutou, to le faithful In the illachargo of allourilullea. help u. to lite our n llglon, haln in to kien Hla command-invnta, command-invnta, hilp ua to Jlo that which U right aul rlghteoii', ant lionorable tfore llio Lord, It fore mankind, ami tieforetlmlaw. Wehavelolllolil the mllatof the wotllaaweare; we have to takolhlnga na we find Ihtni, wo hate lo make the Ut.1 of Ihoilriuni. atam ea In w hlcli we aro lai i-l. That la what Hie Im I nUlna at the handa ol Hie Latter-day Halula. May caco ut Ide with you, aud iray the bleaalng of (loil our lleuv. ruly 1 atheratnund In our ml lul; may tlm earth be bleated fur Jour eakta', may J oil I roaperoua In Hie labor ol your banda and in the iltalnauf your hearla In rlghl-ouanea Uforo the Ixird Thl la my I rarer In the name orJrauath'hd. Alntn. lIllHIUtNTIIIUllUI U.CAN.NUV al apoke. lleaald be ft It lhat thla waa a happy day for lou. Thu Lord had Indeed bveu very kind to them, and he knew that there waa a feeling of thanksgiving and rejoicing In the biaru of the Latler-day Halula at having the ptlvlli je of again wring In their nil J, land hearlug llio voice or rrnldint Jom h 1'. Hmltli. It waa an occaalou that Ihey had all long Utalro towllmra, aul tiny could Hiirrfore Uliderataud by their leillliga what were thoao of I'rtaldent Hmltli, ami Ida emotion at ouro more haling Hie oiportunltyof meillnt in that later-nailo later-nailo lu miiloni with the ;ieolo uf (Jod. llaeemot alnioxl llku a dream when they remembered that upwarda ot auven yeara had etapaiil alnco llrolhrrHiullli met with Hum before, everthela, aiven )ear had gone by, ami during that tlmu great and eventful iliauge had taken lace. Tho Church of Chrlat had paued througli aneicifil-lugly aneicifil-lugly atormy iierloj. ithalaiemed, lieiliai, al tliiiee, that It woull l ovelwhelmiHl, aud that they would never emerge, a a (imple, Irom Hie dllllcultieawliliheniirumllheni. Hut Iheiromlieaof (lod bad Ihua far laeli fulllllid, aul would be fulfilled aa faithfully liillmlulurea In the tat. Ho bellevid lhat ho only ei hoiil tho feeling of all the leading brethren, an I of Hie brethren generally ciilaln lyof Ilia faithful oma when he aald that III Hilt darkeat hour of Ihelr allllo. Hon- If they might Le ao tinned when everything apjaared to be tu-MlopiHt tu-MlopiHt In gloom nul there waa no light, n paroiillj , l cry far nhiad there iilatid but one filling lu Hulr hiarla, namel), that a tiller day wa about to dawu ujani Zlou, when they woull rmirgo from all their trout lea alronger, un r, tetter under-etood under-etood and more Inllueiillalapoaklng llinlallou lo thettiunu lUelf Ihan lind fler luen the caao before. He hliuaelf had nevi r ha 1 any othi r feel-lug, feel-lug, not for one eecond. lo him the foturo had npiarcd ra Haul w Ith hope. 1 1 lm 1 aetuiej a long Ho I f ir llrollicr Hmilh loluabaent from thiiu; it bad lm u aiomtautaoutceof rogrittutliem that heiould not halo the liberty which thoy dcalrul hlni to hh-hi. Hut he (Hie rpeaker) had Mt much ihcourBRcd by the thought that the day would noon eonio when Ihey woul I again eijoy lila aocleiy In utlloniiJ hiar hla Vulco llftlil Mp In dtfenau of theprlnilpleauf truth nnJ rlghtioiia-tier rlghtioiia-tier lleivull tear hlaown lietlniony to that uhicli llrolher Hmltli ha I laid concerning hi own unawervlng devotion to lhoo rluclplea. No man coul 1 have ahown more di lotion than he In llil rcgir I Noons who knew hlni would iuitlon his Integrity, hla valor, or hla rlrmneea for a moment, Hla t reaeiuo would again ad 1 atrengtli tn Inn I If et 1'lealdelicy and to tho aulhollIlM of the Church. Hevm jeara wiKnling tlmemaily half aa lougaathe 1'rophel Jownli llveil after tho (.huriili waa iirgaiilmil, an I the I Int I'real lincy had not u peared lu lublloaa n 1'irtt I'ltaldeucy ilurlug that iirlod. fliirefore, ho rejieAlid, tlila w aa a hapi y day for .Ion, and ono III which to rrjoleo olieedlngly befon, (lod, who hai ao bleaaed thrill, liu regrittedgrioilythodtathof I'lialdint John Taylor, became he hai dealred de-alred very much that liu might live taregalulhat friedom which he hai beelioonllleltoliek elaiwhere than hen. It woul I hava bneu a Joyom day lo the lalu I'retldent lalor lo have had tho rlvllegu of mi rllngagalu with the Halula 111 that tahernacli , tut (Jod In Hla irovldence ordend It otliirwNe. He naaglal that llrolher Jo.it h 1'. HmltU waa left, and with the rcat ofllltm halllveJ to lieholil llile I day and to njnlce at the lllierty which they now "t "taied. Ilie Latter-day Halnlahad learned much by the " larlence Ihrmigh which they hai I aseed, nn I he Hunted that thl would I rove not only i rentable lo them individually but aa the eoilo of (loit II waa a cause for great Hianke-klvlng Hianke-klvlng that tho liord atlll pouted out Hla Holy Hplrlt In lower tiiu them, that the voice of Inspiration anJ reveta Hon hai not iia-ed, that lliere waa still communication hetwietidod ami man. When he looked I aik uiion hi own lUe and thought of what (Jod had oun for lilm through revilatlou, communicating com-municating to hlni III mind and will, hla heart milled wlili great gratitude How long would tlila ( hutch endure ainlea (Jod bcetoweil tliewt I leasing li)ll tlii-ao who guide 1 thu I IKI le" It would tumble to ilccee iiulckly Altlnugli tlmintli might not to ou to them to tho full mi nl if their desire, though Ihey might not be al le lo seu any great illataiue ahea I, and loiuslhlngs might a pear vi rystraugo to Hum In the course of their dally lift, yit tbore had not teen a moment klticulhe orgaulrallon or thl t hurch until Hits peaent when (Jod hail lilt 111 people without Ilia H lilt or revelation revel-ation aul Inspiration to guide Hum. They ba.1 never bein required lo lake n single alep In their laatiaretr, and would not In the future, without having tho voice and will of (lod nt band to ill net them He heard their i rayera, and led Hum lu thaialliofaafely nul ot act. llio mlu I and will ol (lod wcro more an I more ilalnly inanireated untotbtni The fours wlilili Ihey ehoull lake waa made ill ar, ao that they might not stumble or Ucomo a pny to uncertainly uncer-tainly and doubt. Did liny auiose that Wllford VVomlrullor hi counselora In mi I of themselvca coul I gul letlil Church or bold thla ta) In tugilher for one wirk. Ilu will knew that they coul I not. How then were they lull Igithei7lly tho Hplrlt nml wer ( f (lod, mid that aloue. rimy woull bo broken Into Iragmeuta In a very abort time tat for this. Thu unfaltirlng trust and ininfldenre or the Halula lu (Jod III all the Irlala aud sorrows which liny had endured from the lime w hell III dudltulloll they trod their weary wa) acres tho almost llllmltablo rlalns with luaunieltiit ralmentaiilsrtrcely enough lood to tat waan wonder to many. And It waa Indeed a wonderrul thingone of Hie wondi ra of the iilm teiiith renlur. Aa an tiulmnt literary man once wild to him. the grandest book of tho ago inli'lit be written upon wnai hau neeu iloi e by the Latter-day Halula ou coming com-ing to Hilt Lake Valley, No man that ever lived, linliaa llilrmj of (lod, could havu leil a volu broken luto fragments and alrl) d and destitute aa were the Latter-day "alula when Ihey ruteteil thl valley In early times, ami especially lu the year 1817. The aaker reterred to Hie gnat In-dm In-dm elm Ills olleled to tlm peu lo at thai Hum togoaudatek their forluma In llmgoll diggings of California, but diliu tlulr invert) stricken mull-Hon, mull-Hon, tlm bright rospects hold out had iioatlraclloiisfortheni.nnl they trr-rerrtd trr-rerrtd Ion main here and aerve (lod. Would any other community, he asked, rellgl ma or othcrwW, on the faieofthla broad tarlh, have done llil undirtbe same circumstances, with auiliunluvlllngproapicta before them7 lleanewereil, not ll It the lllllu. enceof I'nsldrut llrlgham Young aa a man that hilt the ote togellm? .Net al all. .No human being could have done Hit Ol hi own iwer alone. 11 wo the lower ol Almighty (lod that did It, the out-louring out-louring of the Hi Irll of (lod; and when Vreil h nt llrlcham Voung kavo counsel coun-sel to the a-oj It, there waa alea)lite lu the heart of every faithful man and woman; for they knew lhat that cuiiuael waa from (Jod. riio Latler-day Halula knew when men were shaking aoutil doctrine and giving oornit couttsil. and alee vera, tMausetliei ha I the testlmouy or Ihu H irll of (lod with tin m. Afltr showing that the same gifts, iromlieaanl blessing aiconipalilotl thla church us thai of rlmlllvo lluiee. tlm spa akcr dwelt ujou Ihu dullr and btllgatlou resting llioii the Hallita aud ei res-id thu tamest hojie thai 'Hie) would alwa) live so close to (loil aalokuowat alltimua HI mind aud will. U t tin in 1 ray unto II lm 'erven, tly and humtl), asking Htm tu give litem kuowledge nuj to guide Hum continually by Hla unerring counsel. coun-sel. The choir sang theantlum Frew afar, rrarloul l.oril,Tlioiihail ratUiea lb fiotk Tho lMiue.llctloti u pronounced by President Jon li l Hmltli. |
