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Show 15 13 31 A It K S lit ELDER BRIGHAM YOUNG, At (As Tu'jcrnncte, Salt lj.de Of, Sunday, Match I2fA, 1S03. UirottLU or AfiTimn Miarts. Brethren rind titter, Latter-day !Bltit, for ihlsopiottunlly of standing Ufotu you I feel grateful lo my 1'atbtr and my God. It Itan opportunity that I have longed to come to me. Although Island hero In tlio fiar of man, to iom extent, and urcatly In the fiar of Clod, I rejoice In have the opportunity oppor-tunity of beholding tno facus of my frlendt once mote. A stranger In a ttrauK land, Ihtitijli lis le preaching the Gospel, learns tn nppreclstu thti liomo where Ills friends dwell. Al-thiuih Al-thiuih many choiijun hata occurred wllhliiltio lait two and a half aoara , that I hato beeu absent and you may iy within tho lut eight aiars- yet It It my home, It It tho home of the Latter-day Balnls, and I rijalce tu mltiRle with them once more In Ihli life. Happliisia doea net lornei lo me from external circumstances, circum-stances, tut It cunea from wltblii. Within my briaat la tho liapplm as that 0(.d hat plauti-J there. Man did hot give It, neither hat Ills labor taken It from mr. 1 rijolce today In thu plenitude of Clod's mercies that have brought ut lo tie the fulfilment of prophecy and Ilia handiwork among thlt people and among the Italians of llieeartb. Kldert aru not tent out Into llatiylon today wllh the very gnat liopuof converting; the world. I did not leave my homo with the ixirrUtlon of heme ablo to convert thu eolo of Kurope, nor In America, but with an lutentu dielro In my heart to trll the people the glad tidings, declare unto them the Imowl-tdgn Imowl-tdgn which (lod had given me, and clear ray skirls of the icipuiitiblllly that I knew to te letting upon me. Not many convert! were made In lonipnrlaou with what hat been done by the LUira lu aeara that are tail; but a fuw clioli-o splills havu been added tn the people uf Uod, and tho rlnclUt of the Uotel lu lialniiite have beeu aud am lulng placed la-turu tho people for them to ricilT.ior tonlett. llut I havu found, somewhat to my turprlie, tliat a kind. Jit r fielliig sums tu ptrvade the hiarlaof all honest men toward tho Latter-day Haliits. A kindlier leellng haa bent manlfeited lu mo petioually by gentlemen whom 1 havu met In tho world, for they believed that the linpurltlet" of my religion wele eliminated. Ae nnu keiillemau laid to me, "What rtliglou will you adort now, at I iiudrttlund that your re-Union re-Union It wiped out entirely by law;'1 I tried to eullgbteu hit mind In relation rela-tion to Ihieu matteir, and he was very much aaloiiMiod lo find that tho Laltir-day Halnts bellevid In anything . excel t plural marriage. Hut the UjijcI uf the Hun of Uod, 1 know, ilrcumicrlbtt llieuulvrrte aud all tho creations of (led. That which wo pee, that wo hear, that we behold, In thu heavens and lu the earth, la clrcum. icribtd by the religion that Uod lut levtaled, and that thla people have received. I do not ftel thai tno Lirl haa removed from me, nor from thlt peole. Ilia arm la not aborleued, ntlllitr It lluatleei; but lie la mindful, watohlul, a preterit help to thoao who frtea nun taftiiaiij, 1 have nut a few Individual! lu thlt I city who have txpretsed tome aorruw at in situation lu which the Latter- 1 duyrialnta aru plared. I am anew comer among you, lo tome extent. It It saldlheru Is a i-liaugn lu tliotool.il, the religious, thu tolltlcal and the I lliiauclal cuuultloii ot this people since I I mlugkd wllli you. Hut I Uud no change lu tho htartof thu I-utter-day dalnt who I ticking lilt or her Uod wllh nu tarmalneiaborn of tbetcsll-luony tbetcsll-luony of Ihu Hplrlt of the Almighty. I have seen nu diminution or labor atnoug the l.ldeit acatltrrd throughout through-out i:uroHi In promulgating tho prlnclIie of Urn uaerlattlng Uospol, flu no oliniizin have not allecled, to far at I koow, the work at hoiueornurond. 1 or I tttltiy tu J oil thlt da that I kuow that the kingdom of (Jon la roll-lug roll-lug foruuru; the Church of Christ la Increasing, uud thu kingdom of Uod la nlgu ll mo ua. I'lie purports of the Almighty will bo fulfilled, uud no powir (but it arrayed agalnat tlioiu pruvldencta Khali prevail. Thin com-lorn com-lorn my heart, for I know It by the tiillmouyof thu Hplrlt of Uod, lthat Uiu remaiked by the l'real-dent l'real-dent of tbo Jhuri.li, i I underataiid, that In the t arly daj a a hen tho Elders were proailt Hug In J.uroje, onu good termou uu Hie rluctplea of the (lotpcl would convert huudrodt. Today It tukit hundred of good eennont to ali.it one period lo luvitllgate Iho prlucl-I prlucl-I lei uf the Uotpil. I have kuuwn ul IlOO) Invitations lelng given cut tolthe liopleof uolly toalloiiJ a J.ulter-day Halut meeting, lu a retiei.tablo hall, aud only one ttrangirhaaapiarej Not viry encouruglinl And unless u nun la wcaliny a Ihu JJldira bear their own exiuie hu ImJ better ooullne hlmttlf tu tlieet corners, or to lutilloiqilutte, lo rr.aili theUjtil, tliun atlcuipt to hire halla to preach In. Hut wu get enthutlattio once lu 1 awhllt, and wu SJeud eomu muniy, thinking that we can ration lllllu tx clttmeut. It la noute trying, liorf-ever; liorf-ever; wu cannot du It, If It wire not lor our nn-iulii, tlio world would forget for-get thla people, llime, euimlia aru uiiiaary. lilt weienot fnrmtii who at detirmltiul tu dtalroy ut, If wu were let alom, ivo uoulJ not be trained aufUclunlly to bu erfcclly atiauy lu the u.urau that we aru pur-tulng. pur-tulng. Like the unci nit that dwell upon thlt continent, thu euuiilge mutt Low I lied uccatlonally, or wu would deviate from Ibeilght. Wen havu organized or-ganized wllh a determination In hnuk up our meetlnga in Ureal llrlialu, lattlcularly In tho north uud south, aud they havo aucicciluj lu la ting txclteiuent whloh haa l.ioiulit ut convert, I have looked upon theae proceedings and comsred them wllh the executions thai the piople wero enduring at home, I havetaldln m heait, Uod be thankee; we never could havu reachidlhie)olnta without we had upjotlllou. Ho far at pioiclyllng in Ihu world la contented, ea I under-Hand under-Hand It, lloU several thoutmd dol-lait dol-lait to oouvcrl cue Individual. Hut I lie otlict la r.tid hat biiu (or Ihu l.ldera tn apie I abroad tho knowledge of theUoaielamoig thu people, that the) sua) be leltwuuout exiuic; for calamines wilt conic and thla r'o aru rwpuiialidof irlim daitm y wme i haatuliu noriiu tilinukind. 1 do u it dttpnlr; I havu not lu the ni, timl l d not In the pueeiil; hut I havu prayed earuellr thai o -night In unlitd together auflli lenlly thai Uod would accent thu tacrlllte we hivo made and not iermlt i.ur enemies to tiled our bluod. Tho Latter-day HMntt today litvuonly to lead up tho hlitory of tho trriccullont of early dayr, and then liok Into their comfortable homea, their pleaiutt tin-roundlugr, tin-roundlugr, thu bvaulllul vnlle), clliea and lowna, aud thu ubundanue that mt ton nd a them, to bo icftclljr eatla-fled eatla-fled lint thu kingdom Isgriwlu;, There la a fact connected wllh sending send-ing KUert forth tu the uilloat r tin, rarlli that hat alriRk im at Vury tlrange. I have met liuu Jrcda of men who have been sent from 7a hi to ttreuglheu our hands In the ul i emu. Iry, and 1 would ipiu-tlou ihemwhni they arrived lu thlt lie U "llreihien, are there any pretunl whu liau r formed n inlttlou bcfori?" I'lie Invariable atitwtr has leen, " wo have novir buau on trending trend-ing mllont lefoiu." I wi llvuyearaln the mliilairy In the old woild, from lS'l.'tolSU?, aud thee mil try wat filled nlth uur mhalmiailia, Nut onu uf thoae men haa on enroll In thoyeart that 1 havu been there lln lott time; and very rarely have I found a miu who hat ever been Utiou n mlatlon lifura or had any experience In thomlulalry. Vouiigm n in slly tomuold: lut nevir been on mlpthuiN before, litis la very tlugulnr, and I cannr.taccuuiitfor It. Hill I will any Ihlt: the spirit, thu Kiwer, Ihu ability maulfeited by Ihu you in- men who luvu been teut out to Ihu llallnuaof the earth It not Inferior tu that eno)ed liv any that weru sent Ironi lb J J to 1607, when I wat tin re. They havu ireachid thu Uotcl wllh n (kiwi! itillotiual many ul the l.hlert that I havu ever heuid teak. Voting moo who had neer reachid the Uuaiiel havu prepared themaelvea so that within I wo or three montlilthry were moro than a match fur tho mliiltlera who havu h en trained to punch n gospel. Uu uno occatlon a young man came Into the country whohal nuver vi ii attendu J meetlnga at home, aa far at I could Irani; I ut he had thn (lam. tua touccuft thu a mlnlment dud to come to Kcgland uu a miMlon. Ho waa there about a yuir, or a lille more, wbeiihowaa challouged by Iho miat Intelligent nf the mliilttcra that were lu that ait of thu country (near (Jambrldge)tua lubllodleitiiaion. He accepted, and thtlr clin uplon was aiMtalueJ by a tcore or more uf minis-ten, minis-ten, who camu In to wllneas lilt lrluiuli over Ihlt "Mormon" I'.l lor. I will say, toinyturprltunndatloulah-meut, toinyturprltunndatloulah-meut, the )OUug man delivered nu aigumoutln favor of baptNm which Utlnaopioncnteullrily i ll.llt. Hu did not udvanie one Idea that could bu compared wllh thu light. Intelligence Intelli-gence and strong argument nf this Inexperienced In-experienced young man. Thu mliilt-tert mliilt-tert claimed thauhey had not beeu fairly repreaentid. Thoy ohotu another an-other champion, and atkod that the) might havu another evening to tut thlt (jueailuu, "Is baptltm ettentlal to talvallon?" Thtlr eucoud champion w at woraltd llko tho other. Tin to joung mcu that have hid no exierleiict, tiutllug in the H lilt uf Uud, liatojilaci.nl Iho Uoil beioro thu IopIe In u minnir thai has pleated lltoia who aru experienced. It haa bien attunlihlng tu me. Hut I can tsy that the klngJom It grovlnf, and thehtarttof llmiwoploaie i-ularglng. 1 teu nltu that thu training uf more than sixty yeara In thu princlplta uf Ihu Uoael haa brought ua lu auoh a coudltlonof ultalrithut wu aio to bu educated In thl ngt tottalnlng to thu kingdom of Uod aa wellaa Ihu Church of Uhrltt. I look upon It that If u young man can lay a foundation of lallh lu Jeaua (Jllllat, fallli In the principles of the Uotpel and lu Iho invitations, hu la In tho irojer way, having received thu Church of Chrlit, tn prepare hltmtlf for tho kingdom king-dom of Uid which will be uihercd In upon thn earth. Drethreu ami tltlerf, I rejolcn to mt with you. I hopul havu been able tu make myaelf hoard lu tile few re ruirki whloh 1 havu made, nud I fee' In my heait to say,Qod blest Ihu Latter" day daluli; Uod bleat thoae who aru friendly to them and aio honest enough tu accord them thu pralie which Is their due. J-very thing that I it earn! hear en-couraget.ine en-couraget.ine lu the ciutu In which I sin engugod. I have not beeu disheartened dis-heartened for a moment, nor ha I nnu shadow cast upon my mind In relation to thla glorious work which Uoi has Instituted. I pray that Hu may glvu us faith and union aulllclent that our euemlra may not I revull uvcr ua tu anyixtenl only liillli lent lu kteput lu thn Hue of our duty; and that trl. umphand tucctts may come unto lit III the duu llmjiof the Lord, la my prayer, lu the name ul Jetui. Amau. |
