Show T gospel 1 ini mah Utah J in the S L city on sunday un january the cormor elder ezra benson preached a sermon from which the following extracts are clipped is as published in the deseret news of feb ad 1858 it will be two years the of next april s since nee I 1 started in company with brother or Oraon Pratt and others to take a mission to europe and it seems but as a dream for me to appear in your midst this morning it seems as if it were only a few lays days since I 1 was in the midst of this people lor for the days weeks add months that have passed harp gone swiftly and it seems as though a great deal ot of the time had not been measured to in me I 1 have taken ft a great deal of comfort and satisfaction iu lifting up my voice voice before the people and I 1 have cried aloud and spared not but told thero what was in in rny my heart I 1 felt it was my duty to vindicate the tru tha cf the gospel I 1 have also taken up tip the laws of the te ot of utah and the laws and constitution I 1 ii tion of ortho iho united states pointing g out to them the privileges and rights that art are guaranteed ini unto us its by those instruments I 1 not only say this of or myself but I 1 can sabit of mi my brethren who have been as ted with me lor for we have had power to put down all opposition that has been raised against its us unless it was by au an ungodly mob that was inspired by the devil to get up sticks und and stones and every id kind nd ol of weapon they could pro cure excepting fire arms which aich the law ahw odthe hancl forbids them to carry there iia Is a er certain ertain class of m men n that iba t are are holestin hon estin hd heart art but fear come stapo 11 them when trials arp are presented arid and they do not have not faith nor confidence conti dence to stand up and say iliam a latter day saint and it if you want to mob mob and jib be damned damned there but abut are rew few who stand the trying 11 day A great many of the sa saints apts havano faith to brook the insults east upon them and hence they y hide bide up tip aid keep out of si sight abt ot of their enemies on the sabbath I 1 was in the neighborhood where my friends lived in the state of massachusetts and I 1 told my brother that I 1 levantes lev anted ed to tid go to old milford forato to 06 aie eting whereupon he be got his hi carriage and ad drove pt off to the meeting in house and as soon as the old minis 0 tei eye upon me he mo motioned to me to come into the st stand add lie he called me brollier benson and said si siti down here jle lle suid said do you to preach or to p pray ray VI I 1 sald said yes for I 1 am a praying man inan I 1 offered up as humble a pr ayeras I 1 eor ld I 1 ami then sat down I 1 learned then th athe lie bad a special lecture he wanted to deliver on politics lor itt it was when they were trying truing to elect fremont president of the united stat states es lie he delivered his political ser inoff about and south but baut there was no ho repentance nor gospel goslin abod abou what chat li ho said I 1 when he fie had fiad concluded he gave me jl 0 A talking t ito the lp people eople t which tl did abir about half d an hour 1 1 I knew thail hadbo talk i in n a very pious at flebut yle but arf endeavored the gospel in 1 n bee i and the tiery very mo mant that I 1 came to a testimony or of the ilic gosp gospel el ta dae ihre that Josep gSmith smith was a prophet ral E at and that brigham fi M young is hio Hia asu successor ce good gracious lf abu on could ice see devils dancing in the coien counte tc nanceda nance c enaw dj abe euce r ran n from he art tol beart however they kept alep quiet th ough very uneasy after my rem acma they privilege 0 ol 01 I 1 on LEL e gentleman gent leinan ask edif y witold jI told him n 0 be believe lie v e IA in the goppel I 1 of f je jesus s lis chnat 11 a gospel 1 of n li liberty biAly lor fr 1 A I it 0 dopcus p J U 4 s the thi t aMr door of freedom and throws off the fett ersbo of bondage y Y 1 l well babdj he do alieve i in n f freeing r e c I 1 ng t he p negroes f g E op a qi I 1 0 13 er 1 4 i I 1 ans no the lord will wil d do 0 that toV lovys ait tay ys bithey ii t they cormons mormons do believe to 4 slaves into otheir territory I 1 went went on to show him our views ahe subject but I 1 could see my remarks did nat abe n letio ame 0 0 on n to to abe carpet p e t viat TO td d i aal J al I 1 know i 0 ii hw haw a n 7 w 1 v e s brother brigham had J 1 bac not come biero heia to liy jay before the domestic bor fiby Vp G averno veno r it iau iaukea ea fiodi never self for I 1 took tho inquire X anything about if bu st illIas 71 ama Ya filce I 1 if th atvill doyon Now I 1 nest with Y audo ayour asor t bu me tho freedo if I 1 MM may aj should pre efty or six tycO ft U it wi kf wherever you fedja man in On england gland I 1 ern dinyer aiu benm I 1 ik k who noro takee take the e A periodicals of the lay day ho can sit do down wn and tell vou all about the littler latter day saints lican tell yon what we believe and providing yon could conid converse with him without his knowing you were ft a mormon or a servant of god sent to him with the everlasting gospel he be would sit down and tell you sill all about but you must appear as a stranger and ask do you know adv thing about tho the latter day saints in utah 0 yes be will say and pro ci cm ed to tell fell you what we believe but the moment you let him know who you are and undertake to preach to him he fie will turn round and deny everything he be tt has said what is the reason of this is it is because lie he is dishonest and has par taken of tho the spirit or of the father or of lies who is determined to use his bis influence and power to the in jury injury and destruction of the saints of god government is shipping men round by the isthmus of panama to california and we were informed the next etcar or er was to bring sit hundred men there was a good deal of fault found by the officers of L government because there were only two lit hundred indred and fifty along with us its hut but it WAS wai said they are going to ship ilie them in by thousands to california and then forward Aberia to utah they said they wire were coming to california but when we asked them positively where they were destined lor for they said we are going to utah it is oho aho in kansas they hey have all sworn old harney included that they will not give sleep to their eyes nor nor slumber to their eyelids until the they y have destroyed the 1 cormons mormons Mor mons 11 they design in their hearts ato blot I mormon ism out of existence and they feel like using their money for the accomplishment ar anthi aaa object and even go so far as to say their purses shall be open for their means to be used for the fitting out of men for the territory of utah and they say they will come from the north and from the south and from the east and surround this people by thousands and by tens of thousands until we are wiped out this this is their ma feeling as n a general thing and it seems as arail if all earth and bell are united against atrain st the mormons cormons Mor mons they have baye not got here yet have they catching h q a always before hanging Theli The halters alters are arc already made which they design 0 shall hang V the governor I 1 the members member of the legislative assembly and every faithful E elder idair i an fn n this church for they feel determined to swing you up tip between the heavens and the earth we understand stand their plays and their schemes for we have been in the their r midst e inquiry may arise did you yon ever hear boneman say anything in iii our f filoi fi voi yes we have heard more than out one who dare come out and vindicate the charac people but it would generally bein private circles ji have heard a man in n say eliat he be had been among this p people cople bad been treated well a and nd never saty a better 1 people iu in his life and he be said nid that tha t lie he believed all these reports that gerein circulation pack of damned lies what is the condition of the government of the united states the they y are all alii looking at the president ident just aa a a child would apparently expecting that something would bedona bedo be done nc tavy are and expecting that the govern ment would take mormonism in ih h md and wipe it out ont of gf existence in aview days but uncle sam uncle bill undo tom and i r x i in cousins will find something to labey such a thing the people of the united states seem paralyzed and dowiot do not know what to do they the y are waiting el the government to call callior for volunteers volunteer sand and then 0 LWi toRa people say ray they are all ready to rally but I 1 acl lyo brigil brigham a ca ha has s ey y wi not here the priest in the pulpit is ready anusaya and saya 0 O Y beg A s we w e must go and wipe out the mormons cormons Mor mons but do not ask me to go eo 71 ala i it 1 l W 1 I 1 will tell you abe majority of ahe the pl peo e jp plein I in n not 0 t cai ca inthe 0 tbt ashes of a rye straw for their officers officer and it is just 96 BO in the army in fact the they y nono none of them caro much for each other but they undo sams bonev money atoa fouratt iti whence lidded lari ded in san francisco tho the officers berss so much afraid that tho the troops would v desert th that guarded thein left le ft tha them m p at ro tho decks there the officers aers were weib yankees stiff and starched e d and they said mormonism must bo be ex yes this ihu sibe done i f 11 ll JT ai jq 97 pt r fl |