Show conference JL A anro 9 a number meet aenon in bornn tin I 1 sonic tj nf tho iho 4 apostles anil and kotlier T authorities present A kra babio 1 able epistle from froin tile girat I 1 I 1 P re Is Ita cail I 1 I 1 An anal fl I 1 in nell to t will J attention itt lention bynn by tin I 1 L congregation ll 11 I 1 thit the smi annual con cc fen net 0 the church ot of jesus christ of lat I 1 ter berday Day ay iy bauit S U AA convened cont ened in thi the logan 10 0 tabernacle on oct ath nt at 10 t fam there av arr I 1 prent of tile the quorine u bt bf apostles P F D j liell aali mows ila F M lyman byman john glenry henry smith reber J grant and joba W taylor and a number of strike stake and councillors coun cilloni Inter estill g nud and point ea cd instructions were given in tile the b by 1 F D idich card ardi ajo john I 1 JV W taylor mylor r arid and hy by elder elde r john T caine in the afternoon trie file familiar of apo s ale erestus snow bonow was ken on t lie kund the speakers eaker eak cr were apos anoa ties lifeber J grant john 11 II smith rini erastus snow on account of publishing the of the first fint residency we ITO are unable to ditc to a synopsis of tile tho remarks enado as durina danue the day they were boweter lio hO weTer 0 of a nature calculated to inspire a 1 new determination in fit alie C ie hearts of file saints sainta to live their religion and be faithful to their god C car r this borni ni orning rig an ini immense mense congregation gre gregat gation ican filled tile tabernacle the meeting we eting nas ivas called to order by br erastus erasing snow choir jiing alin an A our redeeming lord lori arid and prayer wila offered iq by apostle 11 ile ler wr J grout choir taug 1 oh say what is truth after which apostle mows mons thatcher arose and read tile the following epistle front from the first of gnp atiq 5 church of jesus jesu 4 ch christ rist of of tatter latter lay day sainta to the A officers cerf antt of the charch of desus chrisc of latter day BRET 1111 AD As A the iho time lime for holding our eciel bonnal con oct cato has again conic collie around nuil anti vae ie still are arc from roni the saints to la public N wo a item decatu it ic proper to talo this oil of u m till lilt I 1 TOM ell i that you may know tile counsel wo we eve ve me are ara not i I 1 the duties Ic upon on us its k all the flitt first presidency of the ho G gl lurch As malt all the mints them has been nu no cessation since we lt wrote in the work ot of persecution t verte tn a if anything more fiercely than fore trader cover ot of TN hit fiat it called the law tho ilia most outrageous nets lien ot of oppression are being perpetrated against the latter day sa sal lutfi UK the eve at hit has been openly made that this ibis lw law VM nas expressly designed tor for the destruction it a principle of 0 our religion ml land tit in spirit nil tile prosecutions hire bite bern been conducted condart cd thus tar far no criminal however guilty who has ba riot not been it a mormon has bis been pun lilied tic der it acts a 0 the most al fly bare been committed by lion N cas cr reach of its grill anil ant haat creccy cr ecly anu n putting passing notice while it gilso v northy orthy of note that up to the writing writ lu antof ont ol 01 all the bile been accused and nd li rought wom belon the court one mormon iun the man acquitted 1 we understand wt ivas c lair ged with wl CIS being ilia husband ol at a woman ou oil the ground that he had crimped in his hi waton bazon in ili a I 1 it ten micro nt ro lot lo in her residence I 1 tood stood nuil and luil had carried soine chickens I 1 for her to mai dial let ono of file most ilic features feature connected lilt lite lio of till ebli lw law Is the extraordinary ailing I 1 which lire are mide lit li its enforcement the judge who mho pit sides in fit ibo elio mccond judi clef disia cf in liao recent trial alil of it S casc ise of t un laiful cohabitation alve instructions to tb elury nt the it ol of the defence ace m cutch 1 1 sed lins lT sons ns I 1 would have been blared in 1 I 1 tile third judicial district had LL I 1 jurica whish rendered verdict in their cases been in inkey are as a tot lol lom 5 instructions by judge J S braman to lollio ilia jury for the defense in the at 0 the iho VS V S vs J U 1 Tn twitchell itchell antall ration 1 prior lo 10 the octal mirah arch tm lic habitation with lah more inore that than one on wait not 1 it if you dad from froin ilia evidence that hit tile lie ile dx luc the lb pale atre of oc lh lite nond art n lew still nl ora ilia MAI dates la ills lie ax nol kalil out to htiu world dured or more titan one 0 ibe v omen la alio llio as lir wife you acquit the hie dc fondant 3 it 14 no th tha partle 0 to lo a tn arriAge or who haro ila lived in f n tile of with vo two or i more divorce la in them theiu to lo the of innocence of after the of the low 4 4 of marriages b larch ad lei ire I 1 fand T no before dato no TA ua oil lawful so caa beraun ly by the jury f roan the defendable later basi bl Al croly of such fuel chal toren by tile the women tn in the lai indictment hor froni from uter recognition of ft uch such worrier as and nd ake a woolen shola he be hail ballas etre paid dote daie aalen title In tollie the re rc latiola with will mill L 9 time lair innocence lana renco band there fore that ihal lilt pero ir ronk nim to io were cohabiting watfa ahe act took efrece contrary to ilia of that ace fact then ceased to to go 0 o 6 I 1 ila lair are alnes ulnes all 11 II with a eni ninal onofro to la be butil the be is i lit brool ir ot there tore it i hat all 1 persons moi who were livido with snore inara than one bonman a irell I la utrell ald aso flora I 1 t dite adz to so ti live sod cob cobalis aLit you man the ibo that del d fondant children by the tha women in hie prior la manti 1 eil I ly then the bt defendant hl had a bigit to latt ills studios and foppert ri pitt nod and urke to ij thel lliter r lla hail alit 10 lo to fin their no ere n and nil lor for fuels a liar 1100 oie 0 could vi allt it I 1 luc a boube where they soil adl I 1 live jio ire could at haino ho he rould could visit the MM the amo silt JIA it at they halt hail been or as it tie uch relations had existed between tile m I 1 I 1 at ile should not lah it h ler her as a haj hu s be baud aid macl alf with fit hlf wife do we stay my too much if etc e tto state chat I 1 there are ro those now undergoing punish client in ili ilia ihu in bu be society ociel oci cl ol of title as and nd m who he would lie be as B tree live ii as the officers bliem ahern the law bee actu ct as trued liv I 1 the legal canons applied to othir other lawn anti abil acco to 0 o the lost 1 give lvin 2401 a I 1 the eIn oln these attack upon os its lii not been to presume tile the innocent until proved guilty trial but to view viem liui as undoubted Z guilly because nr clied rai anil the of 0 the courts IQ ID taral it ve been mado to secure conviction eliere the lie was open to vie 11 oldin out I 1 IS ii one tn in point notwithstanding the E blac cilles tint tile flue fur for lllian fill cohabitation hall not bo be more 1 I 1 than six rix months nuil nud clan 1 I 1 build rc d dollars fine the he ewt ibling croul the same mine lift IJ 1 r clug I 1 tin 0 us kit 11 imi haru h it L i famal 1 n it f un all I 1 lawful states state that he riot not in only can be indicted once for or the whole N hole de P a T axi fil atthe of bul II 11 I I a an a cm can bo be found tut for er 1 time 0 to so that bit it if foll A guilty ili laell this latiner a mans min pu dustall stall client would bould agae gato ALI aa tin else a lilt ill III of 02 years and lines to IN le a fur lint of 83 still more inore extraordinary it Is tho the ruling of 0 another judge vi who barim larim not to bo be outdone it ib his hi test teal says my that hat in an indictment can be found for the charge alm sc a for or every day or other distinct inter interval valmi of time since this enactment of cl the be liw law As about t 21 1292 d days aa have p passed staged a I 1 ace I 1 beta ben a nn man found rocity can be incarcerated la in prison tor for me years year find nl nde made to 10 py pay lines floes to the amount of COO ou bvm in meat upon tilla till is 1 before the bill became a 1 and on its 1 it 1 it l claimed that its ll 11 provisions were of application ind and in the Interest of morality anil and riot not as vt a e a measure directly stated aimed at AC religion liberty the arty xii tor for exposes of persecution but time drue ba lir F biilly illy its iff truo true character stripped of 0 nil all dai filble it out now dow lc in all its it hideousness the most sho shocking cling lin ian mor alliy flourishes lo in its it presence and thrives under ilie elie acry cry eyes ol of its adain admin It inton AR all forms dormi ot of vice it not directly encouraged by those who are ro charred arith the duty of 0 tire the edmunds liw are at least viewed ly by them with indifference they appear to hare DO fire cin as 3 to tile most mod fla flagrant graut sexual cr caimite imite it they are only committed by nod tr or outside be atle ot of matrimony cormons mormons also alio noler the ile of c the taw lw may do what they please with woin warn rn h n be cuilty of alio foulest to ilesi e of ind and their offspring it they will only disown them alieni cis t atres iv 8 the woj openly abil a until tit tacitly upon our rell religion gi to induce men to repudiate that hint to violate its iti precepts and to lo break its ll 11 colein covenants tn eaf coura gement Is given laju miu fula who agrees to discard fit lilt nod knit to trample upon tile ilie inuit sacred cid t bliga ubach ISLIC laiman 1291 itla 8 can call enter cuter into and I 1 map p plau ded maille ilia titan ho I 1 11 not cot malake taha compact vl tot alls bavor who will not that his hi past pit lite lilo has hag bren been it ft fraud abil ad a lie ile who will ill not lint say my to the world 41 I 1 intended to deceive my illy god my brethren arid and nay my racking covenants I 1 did riot not ex expect cf to keep la Is besides being to tho the full extent ol of tile the uw illy COPel compelled led to endure the reproaches pro aches taints and insults of I a brutal judge N all these cruelties cruel tle ties are arc practiced against us we do not feel that a as latter day saints saint vos no bould mourn cause of them lye c should bould mourn beb cause of our I 1 tollies follies roll sins nd of them diitto bo ed cd lobe to be discriminated against to bo be sel from the he rest of the war world to be imprisoned and abused tire nrc not causes of sorrow to crave saints they are causes of rejoicing it if in ill tile the great hereafter r wo expect to be admitted to tho society ly ot at the son of ad od our redeemer to t ho society of prophets and apostles sod and holy men anti and momen ought we a not to be willing to endure tho the tribulations which hicl they rec received elved so joyfully auy fully where ro Is the bo prophet or apostle who tic did riot not elli c aure persecution it choso hose liberty and ife were not lu in almost constant jeopardy they ney did riot not hare lavo an aa Edrun law poi pan haps enforced against them but they had laws m IS ich emanated frow from the game sent cc with few exceptions they were wit all pun punished depril deprived ed of liberty M and ad life lit in the traine nama of I 1 law AW even the holiest hollest bell that ever trod theearta the earth the great of mankind himself it was as cf between two tivo thieves to lu satisfy alen jewish ish LIT there has la probably never been a thoc in I 1 u tile history ol at mankind when those choin u 0 now revere as giai ayrs and ullyse sacrifices adorn and glorify our immunity nod and lit lilt t it nearer to god could nobby dot by being to tile truth co cla to thern hern have escaped the late into match so go admi to the g ollow eJ thein the saylor had bid it lit in ilu ilia power to niah fill ills enemies aud escape the cruel anil ignominious death inflicted tupou him abraham might light hal liao e bowed to elio gods goda of 0 ills father land needed no nuel to him bini front roin ills allag ilomin daniel and his bis three brethren also tift nilba lit have submitted to the decree arid law of 0 the ruling powers under tinder nelch alch they I lived cd anil nil escaped tile ilea and the den del of lions their refusals to obey thede the ducree and ami law doubtless appeared to choke who had bid not the kroledge knowledge ot of god ll I 1 they y as ai acts of kicked bt i that bat should be summarily punished lint laid had they to cape tile threatened penalty these luego posterity would have loit iho bencile or of their example and aid the rent real god would not it have been billed their contemporaries tell as lie ile was by their acts instead of e their names WD being as noil BOW rid laut with light mal d with lic they mould Moi ill lial had they le beached leached us been routed com vival with odium and been beef ane n illtred in the same c lucsy the jews whom ahorn the prophet Jere jeremiah nilah said I ahry bend their tongues on like their bows bowls for or lier lien but they tacy are arc u lot alic truth tipon the earth ur ibay proceed rum ell to uil ol 01 mind they know not tile me balte the lord ixil wel eli uk aun friends of ours have said I 1 hat at our refusal to renounce the lue principle of celestial manlas invites destruct destruction loti they waru warn us laud implore loro us its to yield they appeal to every aucian ii ioian interest aud and adjure nj its to how bow to a liw on nil all have been franked for or tile tho destruction st of 0 tile ho principle we aro are called upon to reject they say it 16 to resist mitt tile the ill vf u eo 60 or orar er n helming 1 a I majority they ay they tte the g ather lug clows that they hear bear the of it tile regist less id about 16 to break in de thiry upon our heads headd nod and ell ahry a y call upon lis to avert livirt its wrath by timely submission but they perc perceive elve riot not the lite land of 0 that being alio ito Cou tools all storms vt hose bulc e ilia tic tempest obeys at liow flat bui thrones anil and empires are cut cast c ut dom deitt 11 1 I the alle god lord of hearell land barth nho ito has bus made broin bics ics to its n arid and lio ito ami never failed to fuini ull till ills ilia we lye did riot not reveal celestial marriage marr lac we vc cannot withdraw or renounce it it god revealed it arid lie ling promised to 10 alti iland it and to bless boie n hobbey lio bey it fate then may thi caten us ii there ibero Is lint but one course for or local of goil goal to take that list is to leep inviolate the holy covell lots ther ahry have made lade la in tile the of t god and angels for the it be lite IU or death freed freedkin pin or or adversity we trust in ili got god we lye uny liny say ho however if illy any manor expects to niter enter into tho ilia ce lemial klic iloni dow of our god inthout miklos making tested tented to the be cry they ekno not nude matood the gospel if I 1 there Is ii a weal weak 1 pot la in our ur nature or it if there Is a fabre fibre that can call be made to quiver or t lir luL reft mt assured that hint lc it will bit b tested our own weiko emet will be dirouht Iro fully to light anti anil in seeking for or help the of 0 our god n ill also bo be made maut iest to us 03 rho latter r oay saints have bean taught till tall ironi from the begeal ix ein ping alo such stich scenes us re we now with at to lu these suit anil licar about to ID the lands v here the ibe elders ciders are preach laX like gospel ought not to be a 1 surprise to 0 o iii diio probart pro brt naj and elders elder of this dispensation would n be file false prophets and apostles stud elders elder it there erects dill did nut not tako place lor for they have bad wincil the people theta fieni SPeLl ng liw the lord lit ill at a tile 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