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Show SUNDAY SKIIVIIES. Jlliconrwa lit Jtriottl X. If. Cannon toil l'rdWtnt (trorge (J. Cannon. lltllelou aervlce werti lieM al Hie Tabernacle, Hull Uke C'ltjr, Hutiila, MaylTlli, 1301, coniiiii-iicliigat2p.ui., 1'iMldcnt Angua M. Cannon in-alillng, Tlie choir tang the hymn beKlnnlnsi a mttt la In work, my Oad, mr 108. T r-ralle Tkf aame, lti lliaala n4 ,1,,, I'rsjrcr KM olleraj ly l'.liler Ilotlney C. IlvJi;cr. Tlit choir neattang tba hjuiui 01rr in ui on hi,hi Lai atatea aad eattb realr, Trail jt lilt aane. Th 1'rl.Tll.ooJ of lliu Bevcrttli VnI cfflclntc.l In llieaduiliilttrallou tl tin Hacrament. Ai-wm.f: auiuiiah li. cannon wattlie flrtt aicakcr. In thecouraeof lili remark ho eal, It had Uccme a outturn In the world for t0la to oil Jtee.li Hmltli an lmr,alor. Itut what. ever mllil U the view entertained concerning lilui, aud llio ltlori which h aaaurucd among the children of turn, the fact h atlll admitted I hit liowullieurgaulurof work which hMl attracted the ete uf all levt.te Mid wm wonder to the human fam-Hy. fam-Hy. However rauchlt might heltiouirut thit lh Prophet Joeer-li wa Vie. niter. It mutt illll be acknowledged that llio work which h wa. Inilru mental In founding had ln a Ihenoniuoii a niliecle wrought among the t-c.e. Had lioleii ado-reiver, ado-reiver, aa in xi.iw-U by many Ivimiii, II teemed ttraugo that lit should have the audacity u make the nunrou iiredlcllone which ha lid regarding hit uwn divine call. mis win. mn luiurw oi mi work. II would liidrt.l I- ttrattg.. If a nun, knowing he wu i-rwtlrlng d rei-llon, ahould altemtil to tm nir Un mankind a record audi at that which h gave tia, and which bad locn lMMieil and pprel troadm-t throughout tlj world, namely, Ilia llook of Monnon. It wat wonderful that, avail lfire founding llila t 'hutch, ha thculd have Itanil.iUl that woik and found eli-een tuau whom ha could alM di reive l audi an talent lo Indue In-due them tillaili their nauita to a rr announcing to the world that ilier alao had nan I he plalee lrt-in which Iba record au taken, and that the wera cobTlnctd Uiat It wu tranalalrd by Iba lower cf (lod. HIIII mora atrange wu tlila fa.-t which could cully l verified that Ihoimh alterwarda talllng from the Church and ronalderlng that Jtaei h Hmllh lilmaelf had alno-d and waea fallen I'ilul, three inen'a Iratlmotiy In regard to the translation III! re. inalmd In force, wblla lu all I Mr wandcrlngn among the oi.la In thla land, and lu their aiaodallon with Ihoaa who avuglil Inlerilawa with them, they nataronrv denied the t-Itmonr t-Itmonr wdlrli waa written In tha ha. glnuliigoflhlawoik. Tha eaker went on to lay that a Jar or two ago ho wu nmvenlag with a gentleman who Inbrnml him that ha Wat iircernl at tha Iwdihln of IhtlJ Whllnirr, tha laal of tha threa wllnoiea, Jult u lui wu about to a away from thla Ilia and heard hlru wlUi hla lateat hrrath tlala that ha knew that tha tranalatlon of tha llook of Mormon wu roirect, and lhat Jc.h Hiulth had acconidlhel tho walk hy tha aid of (lod. D.tll Whllmer did not relolu IbuChurclitvfjrahladrath.liutOllaar Cowdrry and Mattln 1 1 aula, afltr yrara of aejairallon from Ilia latter-day latter-day Halula, reiientpd of their alna and wera iniltled to re-enter It hy Up. Ham and recrlta tha Holy (llioat hy tha lajlng uu of handa. Vet tfcelr tiallmony waa almllar lo that of tha man who had tut rnanlly dlel. It would a'iarlo tha natural mind lhat audi tnllmonlra a theM would at Unit lead men lo liiTettlgate tha rlalma mad hy Jie4i Hnillti. Hut It wu not Ihla which had courlaml thoaa who had gathered to thfa mountaliia ef thadlelully af hlamlolon, or of Ilia lower which 01 wu inuring out up on Ilia children In IIiim latter doya. It would ri-ijiilra far mora thau In llrldualleetunonyu to tha rll'ecl of Jcneidi Hmlth'a calling to retain Ihla Kul.lo In a united caclly anl to LeeiallTalhtlr faith In tha (luapel of Ilia Bon of (lod; and It waa ilenug to know that there waa greater eel. Unco within tha reach of everyone relative to the origin of Ihla work and tba lower which acwninlcd It and r. milled It to turvlva through every trial and trltuUllou which wu thruit Ulll It. Our luhalouarlca had gone Into foreign lauda. Into every place where a door had Wen opened, Ihey had leen tent out, iniliialruclnl lu a meuturr, and told to hear tha toll-nionywlilrli toll-nionywlilrli the Blrll within them ahould tuggral. They warn not to go for the purpoae of dlaplaylng their wla. doni or their uratory. but oa nieewngera 0fJluaChrl.t to call the eopl ton-pentanca, ton-pentanca, and reruln limit were In follow the Iwllevrr. In tha name of Chrlitlhey were to cutout devlla, to aw-ak with new tonguca; and If they ilraak any deadly thing II ahould not hurt them. Thiy were not In go forth nvMngreuiuneratlonor wealth lor their ervlcrf.liut aa Ihey had freely re. relveil ao ahould they aNi give. Did inlraclea follow thilr inlnlilralloliO Were the alck heahtl, Ilia dead ralaed to life, Iheeartof the deaf uualopped, and tha tongue of the dumb utilooe eilt The leallinonlea which hundred! hund-red! and thoutamtj of l:i.ltia lu Ihla Church lane proved that (lod had lu deed been wllb tbcm lu their work. In the larlli today, u had over Icen the rate, then- were two owere unn of Uod, tho other of rlatanj and wu were toldlnthuHcrlplurea that lu audi a wondirful maimer ahould the power of H.tAii ha ixerclavd In tha latter lat-ter data, that II would even I a capable uf biltiglng down lira from ' heaven, and that many thlnga ahould bedone lo deceive tlm children of men. Hut Hum wu una thlug which rlalan had never yet heeu able lo no hla lower waa limited lu Ibla-lhucon-ferrlngoflhalloly(lboatiiiintheaon and daughter of (lod. Jle niltlit Ue-i-elve their alght or their liearluir, bo night woik wondera jound aloutj Uithe could never give Ihviu tbnte.lt-monyofthe tbnte.lt-monyofthe Holy" Hflrlt. And Ihla wu wheio Iba Halnla were aui-rlpr to IhalKjMtra of datknma, In that they had received tho teatlmony of Jeatia, the light uf thoHlitll. Thlt waa the accret of Ilia lower which MUted mong tho ltUrrday Haluta. Thla aanio aplllt had flllod llie-lr hearla and made them atrong and mighty In tho faith of the everlut ng goTpcrand If Ihey woul I follow the feaihlngairlvou In the world by Joaeph Hmllh, anil the Inalmctloii. fuiltod through thoao whom (lod, had aulbor. lied lo jdocWiu Ilia word, they would !!' ImlUr teallmony-a tmll. of man to lake from thtm. (lod waa wot'.lng among Ilia wrle. He had Mtabllabed Hla work on the earth; but u aoon u tba truth waa reveale.1 It met with cpiw. alllon. Thoaa who wera InrplreJ ff Halan atarle.1 a- coi.nlcl I, tweeu daikueaa and light. Tbey weru not content to permit a boy lo go forth nd announce that (lod hlmaelf had loken from heaven, to allow him lo woik hy la-aceful meana for ilie aaka of that wlifch he liellovol waa (rum bote. They aet -all their machinery hi operation In order lo opinte him and bring to nauglit tba nieMane which he gave to the wolld. Hut truth, Ilka the tun, waa la-glnnlng lo abed lit rave upon the earth, and would gradually ipread until all the children ol men would rejoice In Ilia knowledge of (lod, which ahoul J cover tha wholo earth aa Ibe wall la cover tho mighty deep. The object of eurcllitetirealiil call. Ing here below waa not to allow our. Klvea to lonvercomo hy the world, or our mlnda to become engrcwed by the accumulation of thlnga which a away, but liy our precept and eiample In teach men I he way of life and aalva-Hon. aalva-Hon. .Many of ua became blinded through the Iradlllona of men and Ihelramrlathn. On the other hand, our atrength ahould lneni dally through the eiercha of faith mid that humility which might to ehararterliu the latter-day Halnt. Tlioee whu have the 1'rlnihou.l of Almighty (l,l rhould go aa mlnlelerlng angela among the people, vl.ll the liomea o( the ahk, cliitbeil with audi it lower thai the deatnyer woul I vaulih from their prerence and the alck bu rali-d unit Hie. Couaolallon ahuuld lw tptex I abrow In thla way lu our tlllta, vllUreaand hamleta; and when Ihey aaw lu.Ully growing Ihey ahould not bealtate, m watchmen alaudllig Uoll the luwen of ZIod, lo proclaim agMnat Wo were h(I,J to lnelll tho world In which wn lived, and audi ahould t our roudltlon that weruuld iwtoclttt with Hand atlll not lAitako of Ita evil.. It waa aild Joeeph Hmltli mado the announcement that "though we ware tent to hell wa would turn tho devlla out and make a heaven of II." Thla h-uld lw the a) lilt if the Halnla all Hie way through. They ahould be clad wllfi audi fower, through tho prartlcnor virtue and oi Ihioe gllU which (lud had plated within their reach, lhat tbey could trot l contaminated by the woild; they ahould lai able to mingle among .men and tharelu every thlpg wlilrrf tende.1 lo the advancenienlof the human family, an I yet not I tout had with the evllt with which Habylon la laden. Ifthlt waa not their poalllon tbey had not lived uplo tho prluclplea llrli had leen ao often Wight Ihem by thoaa who bad lived and died In Ibe wont of (lod. If we would eierclae Will (lod would aualalu ua, make cur Influence fell among the ua. Ilooa of tho earth, and eopl would reaiectufor our virtue aa they iiowdldforourlndutlryand thiirr, for we could ahow them a uohlctiample tf teiruciHIce. Thua would our trail-minylncrraw. trail-minylncrraw. Tho world would tome day mccgiilie the fact that Joeaph Hmllh wu no lin-toalor, lin-toalor, but a man of (lod filled with Ilia Holy Hplrlt, who died n martyr lo the rauee of truth, and wluwo every Ue-alia Ue-alia during hla lifetime Horn the moment mo-ment he wu railed to the tulidatry wu to benefit hla brethren andtltlerr, rvo-gnlalug all aa children of the tame 1'ather. May Uod (help ua to endure uuto the end, ao that wa could eland rlrm In the fare of temptation and finally be found worthy to Inherit celeatlal glory, I'KKIIIiC.NT (IKOKUK O. CANNON aaldthetubjectof tho dlvlnlly of the nil-.lon of Joaeph Hmllh wu ouo of deep Intrrcat to hlmaelf, u ha had nu doubt It waa lo all Latltr-day Halnla. Itought, Indeed, to lei one of Inleuaa Intereat In mankind; liecauaejf JoJi Hmllh wu what ha pmfeawil lo be, and what tha Halnla tialltled he was the world ahould kuow II. If he wera not what he profeaaeil to be, than It wu equally Important, at leut, that the l.all.May Haliitt ahould knowlt. The evldencea which weia at baud, and wllhln reach. Ucn thla tubject were ao numeroua that It would rnjulre tuurh longer time than they hat at their dltoaal that afternoon to IllogtbemforwarJ; but time wera a few that might bo now enumerated at worthy of their coualderatlon. Allualon had been made lo tho I rlnglug forth cf the Hook of Monnon, which wu puhllaheU In the year IIO, and auioog other prediction which It contained waa one that wu vrry itmarkable, con-aldcrlng con-aldcrlng the clrcumtlaucva which aurrouuded Ihla nation. 11 waa predicted pre-dicted that Ihla Church woull bo organlrrd-for al Iba time Ibe Hook of Mormon waa luued It waa uol lu ex. latere and that It ahould be iae. cuted and m through a great tailtty of dhlicaaliut condltloua. At lhat lime, toil, audi a thing a nllgloua raecu-Hon raecu-Hon waa unknown and unheard of lu thlalaiid of freedom. The corner-atone of the Iteidbllc, It might lo aald, wu rellgloua HUrly. Ytt no anoner wu Ilia Church of Jraua Chrlat of latter-day Halnu nrganlteil than (leraecullou tuiiimeiicedaii eveut that would havo been unlookial for unllu arlly and Hilt rcnllnuol until, m foreahaloweil In that hook, the Haluta were compelled to leave civil-Itttlou civil-Itttlou and come nut Into till wilier nea to aeek a home In Ihrao remote valley a from the rtccutloutof civil, licit men. Ho well remembered, hla own feeling at lhat lime, Thouiih iiulle a youth, yet.he felt that II when they ri acbe.1 here Ihey could only have bread and water and llvu lu ace, It would lo the happleat coil-llllloll coil-llllloll of ealalelica lliio.lntlile, He. iwute, Iffore Journeying In Ihla region their principal uw nliad been alalu for no ollenee eicept that they worh!pil (ioddiltoreolly from Ihelr neighbor, and the Uvea of othera among their Iradeia had lieeu tough! for m con Hnually,KiieraUteullt,Hiid o iinro-lenllugly iinro-lenllugly Uiat for uioiilba nnd yenr lforelhcy left allVootuelr lioua.- had to be guarded. In ordtr to keep them out ol the baud, of men who would have treated them a Ihey did Joaeph and Hyruru Hmltli and thae who werouwrlalfd with them. That prediction w at lllrrally fulDlleil, nnd In conncctlcn With It there a another an-other concerning the eal baring together togeth-er of the lieoplo who ahoul I Join Ihla Church, having la-anno mnvrrt to lhelloalu pn ached In It purity. There waa on record, among tba revelation reve-lation given lo Joaejh Hmltli, one dated Heptember, 1W, five muDtha alter the orgaiilutlon of Ihla Church. In which It wu plainly aet forth that Ibe meiutr the mil would bo tatberwl from overy nation under heaven and hec, " ( 'hur h which ahould lie called .luii-a laud reacrved especially by the Al mighty for thla purtoee a land which had been hidden from the eye ot tho world Icat It ahould l ovetrunbythe nation that would become a land of refuge. Whoever taw the Ilka of thlt remarkable prediction? What could have it It Into Joaeph Hmlth'a mind? L'nleaa Ood dl I, who could think that the nun whom Ho ordained and tent forth lo preach the Uoapel ahould have had tho owcr to convince tho ople and gather llieui together from the fiut (uaneta of tha earth? Dili rovelallou, again, had been perfectly fulfilled. Thetplrlt of githetlugltlll letted lioll Ihla iople. and they had today lo ue Ihilrliilliiencotnrealralu the Inhabitant Inhabi-tant of Now Ztatland, of the Hand wlcli lalande, tho Navigator lalatidt, and all the land however remote here the (loejiel had bet n proclaimed by the Kldera of the Cli'ildl. The ductrliin of gathering togither might uotbe'ioMtothemnorauythlnghcenld concerning II, yet the eplilt thereof reeled down upon them and Ihey wanted to cuinu lo thla countiy and be anoclaled with Hit Ir brethren and titter. One of the meat extraordinary feature connected with thla preaching of the llo-pel waa thai wherever the Kldera weut thla Hplrlt accompanied them. Hete we had a ople from every laud, with Ulirerent tiwllllona, a dlilrr-entiducalloii, dlilrr-entiducalloii, brought up ludltleiei t creed, and yet when they received the (Joe pel i be tame H Irll wa with them, and they gathered eventually with Ibe Halnla of Uod. There wa atlll another remarkable liillitlou the value nf which had never lieen I roiauly eatlmalnl and nil-derabii-d. (In Hie Bird uf December, IMS, Joaeph Hmllh recrlveil ntevela-lion ntevela-lion from the 1jM concerning the great civil war which (roko nut In thlt nation. Thtt revv. latlouwu written an J aloud for up-wardaof up-wardaof tweuly-elght Jeara before!! wu fuinileil. Among the letter-lay hamuli w will uniliralood. They looktd fotear I lo Hi cunauinmatluii of that prediction Juat aa much aa they did lo the aettliig ol the ami. Th very tt at which the war would commence lu Houth Carolina, uu draltnated twenty-eight yea ra lieforelt cerutred. I'oil Hummer waa kttacke-l In l'd. It looktd for a while a If Hie war would not break out Iheie; but cltcuiu.taucva wera u thtd that II did, and the avelila coilliected with II had been pithily t nillct-l, alto Ita ntUM-a and what ahwild follow. Ho knew lhat a great many In the early days while dreading It fullllin.nl, woiidrnd at the delay which had oc-cmrvd, oc-cmrvd, I-ooojih) they anlMjalcd Ibat the war would come uulrker than It ltd. Hut everything l.retnld hy the l'n4iet Joae)h In Una regard had come hi p- logeth.r with other thing lhat were not written In tlml revelation. N'olwlth.tandlnglhiaenndlhcmany oilier n-dlctlona Ibat had t-eeu glteu, however, the I-Alter-dny Halntt had not been dlalurbed, though othera had been by apptuliemloui aa to tho future, audi, for IniUace, aa tha labor trouble capital arrayed agalnat libor and ItUr agalmt capital and tall, on" dlaturbanoea Ittuitll the dlflerent tcctloiia cf our country. coun-try. Though the l.alUr-day Halnl were eite to ell tliete Intlu-t Intlu-t lice, yet thele letall-rl emui.g Ibeni a feeling of aen nlly and routldencc, a freedom from npprehcntlon and fear that wu very delightful. Thla hail Ita origin In the fact that they firmly believed be-lieved (lod had revealed Ilia mind and will u to the future; that there weia praphelt to-lay a In auch-ut day. Thla rontldence ran through Iheentlrupeo. lie and had been In thalrmldatalwaye. It hal given them .'aio of nilud In all Ihelr trouble. Jotepli Hmllh predicted that the time would come when Hie let-ter-day Halnu would go to the llocky Mountain, which waa then an unknown land toaluimt everyone. Hut lor year lfore Imvlug -Nauvmi Ihey looknl forward lo the time when they would go Into Ihnweateru wild, where the Prophet had decland they ahuuld become a mighty l -tuple. Whan tha Halnla ttarlcd on their Journey weatward tbey had very llttl knowledge aa lo where they were going. T heir Iduta on thla wlnt were very confuted. The aprakcr gave a graihlc account of Hi Journey of tho pioneer aud the compauWa which fulluwvJ Ihem. The plouecre, he talJ, had no Idea whether they would go acrutt the 1'ocky Mounlalna and tho Hlerra Navadat, or on which aide they would halt Hut thty welu li-l heie by Iheaplrltofliiaplratlou. Thatume aulilt which Implied Juee h Hmltli to ifcK-lareberrro hla death that the Ut-tcrslay Ut-tcrslay Haluta would lruiue u mlglily l-tople lu tha llotky Mountaliia In-aplred In-aplred llllghain Vouiig and hla com-1-anlona iluilng Ihelr Jounieylnga. I'm l lent Cannon neat fiitert-etlngly related how l'realdent Hrlghaw Voung upon Hie company reaching thu moulh or r.niUrallun canyon, and while he Uy lu the wagon altk with mountain feter, t-oliili-d lowarda Ijulgn jaali and aild, In eirocl, "Al lira luau of thoto mountaliia wu will build our city, "Here again the aplrlt of Iniplm-HoiiwumanHeat. Iniplm-HoiiwumanHeat. Alter tracing the courHt of uluent event In the hlttory of thla oido tho a-aker weut on to remark (hat tome ptraona teemed to think that proplit I w era dlf. fervut (rum other men that there mutt ! aomelhlng tu-rnatural about thtin, that wmo great owtr muataci-ompany lluni In ordtr to convlmii uverybudy that they wire really what Ihey pro. f.id to Ve. What u rldlculoua iiotloul Did they Ihluk IhaHonof liod would havo Utn cluilllr-l It twit n two Ihlevealf there had been any thing ao eatranrdlnary In Hla perton aa to make 1 lliil known u the Hon of Uod lo ever; one? Tha A-tlrtof old, lu thu eye of their (iiteniiorarh, were or. illiuiry men Imioatora, lu fact and mankind thought Ihey wcreilolug Uod hrvliti by tlty lug llieui, Jom-i h Hmllh UU great Prophet luaplitjof Uod, apiolutid to lay tha foundation t-f one of the grvatctt work ovir wit. lietMd; ytt be movtd among hla ftl-lowa ftl-lowa at uu onllnaiy man, and waa munlend In cold blotxl, Holt had Ui-ii with all the Hropheui. Neverlheleet, Ihla aplrlt of llltplllttloil reeled ll-on u, aud tlila Itorle hail U-en uuliUil l.v ll from the vi ry day the Church waa or gumml until uow. They had aull'ered and gone through all eotixor illlllmil. lie, but had aiaayacome out upier-moat. upier-moat. Thoto who had foucht agalmt Ihla work aud aought to Jtttroy It (n in tli-t hlgheat lu thu land down hid not proapernl In Ihelr alma. Thla had leforu beon noted and commented upnu by thoee who wirenoiuf thilr utimbcr. Tlu-rt-tttmod to Ue-he would not nay a curae, but a oiudrmiiatlon rcatlng iiiou all who fought agalnat till ieo-pie. ieo-pie. The iJitttr-day Halnla had been bleated of (11. They had In tome re tied beeu tinner full of fault and aliortcnmlnga, and on-atluually icerltuu aaoverepuiilthiuenUtUodMiaiidtibut when tiny repeuled and lurued unto Him, Ho had mercy upou tlieru, bu- caute Ho knew that they had Wen willing lo doevcrylhlng Hi Ihelr fower lo aerve Him, to leave all on earth for the aako ot the Ooel, even to tho laying down ol Ihelr Uvea. He look grral 1 Irani re In bearing hla Irathnony to theee Ihlnra, aa a living wlmtM of their truth. Ha had roved them throUHh- tit hla life. Oh, tint Hie ltilialilte.nl ol the earth would lltlen to Ilia true Uorpcl and rtcelvn Ihegn-it Joy, and , and heavenly knowledge knowl-edge which Utel tltended lo them. Uod help all who bad emhracedthe truth to cling to It and to valiant for II II the daya of their life. The choir tang the anthem, -UtUadoK. The lienedlctlon wu prutioubced by KlderHrymour II. Voung. |
