Show SERMON by A SMITH mahe argument of christian ejects against the latter utter day saints saints delivered in ja the tabernacle sunday bunday morning iune june I 1 24 1 A reported REPORTERS BY J T V LONG iong I 1 must say brethren and sisters that it is is with a degree decree of pleasure p leasure that I 1 enjoy enjoy the privilege this mornine morning 0 of rising rising for the tile purpose of addressing you however er probable it may be that there here are those present who might do so more to your satisfaction vet tet if the spirit of prayer prater and faith is is exercised exercised in in the assembly I 1 may be able abie to present to your bour consideration some items which magnot max may not be altogether uninteresting chave ave taken a good deal of pleasure in in preaching in the different settlements of this territory wherever revel I 1 have ibave had the opportunity of meeting with the saints but it is is seldom I 1 arise arise in in this hi stand for that purpose tor for it requires A voice rather it if anything beyond the strength of my lun iun lungs to speak peak in in thi s large congregation any I 1 length bengt hof hot of time me and consequently I 1 do not appear in in this stand as often as I 1 otherwise would there are bare many subjects which w inch I 1 take plea pleasure sute in discussing in in the pre presence serce of the saints taints I 1 have felt ever nitice I 1 received my ordination a great sat eat des desire re to preach upon t tl e girst first principles r nc es 0 of I 1 the e gospel of jesus christ to the world a and to spend my time in in proclaiming to the th saints those doctrines doctrin ps of obedience faith and charity which wh ich are so generally understood and which by a great many many persons are neglected to their own injury there theire is is not a person of common intelligence among the saints who has resided in in this i alley valley for the past three years who has not heard beard enough of the principles of salvation salvat ionas lonas as t to know perfectly what to 0 do o to be saved if they had given that attention to the subject which they ought to ha hae have e dorle done if such desire to carry carry out the he views and anti sentiments which have been from time to time proclaims proc procla procia laime imeA from bilili ams stand I 1 to be sure we frequently hear inferences drawn which do not comport altogether with our former sentiments sentiment sentiments and opinions which wh ch we have formed by oi oli olt or which have been he result of circumstances by which we have been surrounded I 1 no person will take exceptions if I 1 should in iii he the continuation of my remarks take a text which will be found recorded reo dad in in the ath chapter tf of the gospel coipel according to st mark 1 and hp be said so is the kingdom of god as if a man should cast seed into tile the gro oun tun and should steep sleep and ne rise night and day and the need seed eed should spring and grow up he not how for the earth I 1 forth fruit of herself first the blade theu then 11 en the ear after that bat tile the full fuli fi 11 corn in in the ear bit B it when the fruit fru frn t is is brembt forth fob fo foh b im im hf he h in the sickle because the harvest is come 32 if 11 such a pi pay pas braze se as is this does not occur in in the ah chapter cf f maj mai maik k then I 1 will acknowledge manelf my df wi mistaken uns staken liken but whether there is ib or not the sul sui subject lc t that pe cuts itself to my nand is is illustrated ty by the words of this text I 1 remember twenty four ver ye rs gi g when the doctrines boef rines of the church church of jesus chist chi of latter dav saints were first baing proclaimed to the ants of the eai eaith th we wel wei e told that we were to particia parti cir ite m n the same blessings blessing and would ie be to the he same saihe ard k nd of persecution as was the common lot of all folmer day dy sainta saint that the same gifts alf gif a that shat atwele were en ei enjoyed oved loyed in ibe the days of om otil saviour and hi apostles ap ties were and should be in in the I 1 he lt last days day alid slid hat that if these tad taj ij not faed 1 l cw it i as for tor w ii wt t of obedi encee nce nee ne net to the will vf 0 r lord w and S iv our jens jeus sens 0 in iret t it was lbs lb s pint rf cf ev evi elation lation that poin pom ed d out the oily n ly way and beca becal e the differ e et t churches did not have in tile the i midst the same t offices atts e f ai i bv b i in y and the ame same eriv le the deaun rea un assigned wag was pla plainly aly and s niely that hi hv not been faithful in in their obedi obed epe ere pre ppe lo 10 n the tb principles wisch wl ich had been revealed and hod had thereby lot the spit dpn it of cevela lioi lol loi had slid f rm m the odaina platform a aie ail 1 hao fallen bpck to es of folly fily teaching r g for doerine dac methe the arp cepis of men the christian ando as we si i dl 1 l denominate it being then composed compos pd of se sev ral hi hundred andied different denominations f ions fons who all prof eVed to form por lons ions ion irn of the church of ot chesl chi vo and anti separate separately lv tc to live 1 dve ave he the only tie t ie chuch chu cl 11 ch rh and the lip only true 1 lct let lne ine that wre w re upon ahe the earh earth each eich one of hem almed aimed toh fob b ahe only orly true pan of salvation inah was upon gods ghi footstool foots forts ool ard to dici ducI di claim aim alm all f bery hers as bein being heri beri h i t cal cil r and corrupt z A d yet bax each I 1 al were daffe ring on some T th anc dision lon ion of principle ciple had nn un q to fo ana anav y centuries rent une unc been the he cause ff rf eel fel blody oddwar war 4 ne n lioni of people had bad beer si a in PP re the q lantiny of f blood plit apt nd wid amount of buman suffern sum suf menn fenn erine erinT produced prod tic d wre yere sere these same christian divisions inions which ridi bid hid been so 0 o v for linman human blood blom so 0 o tenacious to lobe lohe aber r peculiar doctrines and that h it had hid been so f a ful in tn creeds c eeds and sv bys sterns ems which iv maintained by bv ite lip lie vie ale palaie of the 1 almost avan hl BS as tf y would ise every evelt indans hat bal carre caire within ther their power ower to build up ther viem nelves neives elves rives ami nod the more inore ta t v ad 0 i ft 4 abdi si siris ins ris t the more new nev schism sch seh sm m n w bebau b c hiie iule a ii w divis div s n had bad eel ept epi eel p v dp de the w wap IP may be considered a lustra tio tit n af f tue tle sentiment of the irist irah art P fet let 1 ho can ran lillieve tip lip lieve ii t tiie tilee cause is rather odd hr h hate ont oni Rot ril aitner iier iler nur fur the love of god 11 tae lae 1 ie loid serit en set v 1 jr joseph jospph eph smith to pro in an to the world the oc mcinal inai inal principles of the tipi tip 1 and the very moment they heard juro him c chiz g upon them to come back to tite i n li and partake of the blessings of the eppl rf of jesus christ a they were originally ong maity malty PP pre kc r ic by those whom jesus himself sent to preach peach all those dlf dif frent grent feets and denominations tir ng began to call for authority 0 on being told that awas revealed from lihaven Ji li eaven and that the foundation was revelation from our lord and savior jesus christ authority given by him prid and tha tta the tle lad iad I 1 ad camu aided we lue ic i e estal ashment of his church or of laying he fau foundation auch of his church upon its ils primitive erp crp 0 original i a foundation llly illy vali wall exclaimed 11 there is ta be no 0 jr inor oril orti bev revelation elifis there is to be no mare prophesying no more mo revisions visions no more ministering of angels hard ag as it is to believe aril and stra strange ge as jt it may appear these religionists who had read and professed to believe the new testament and knew that john did declare more than sixty years after christ that he saw another ange fly in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach to 10 them that dwell on the earth to every nation kindred tongue and beope see rev 14 ch 6 v these lye iye same samp men would rise up and declare that such a tb thing ing never was to take place and although jo john im plainly declares that what he be saw was to come tp pass hereafter vet they tey believed it not pot and arid said all A such rc madfes ta eions had hail an end eni when the apostles 1 I es or fat fathers heri herk fell feil ell asleep thus thug they chev commence fl a persecution an untiring crusade against the latter day saints and oy by every means in their power endeavored to stop slop the progress of the work why sajid they we have authority direct from arbin jesus christ I 1 remember a circumstance of a certain learned baptist preacher rising in a congregation gre gation where I 1 had bad been preach and stating that the ba baptists had all the authority auTo authority rity of the gospel priesthood that was required in the baptist church and that it had cone conie to them from the apostle apostles pure and unadulterated by the way of the and that he was prepared to prove tile the chancel chandel through which it had come I 1 do not know but his congregation believed what lie he said but at any rate the ih gentleman declined to produce his evidence when I 1 called upon him to dof dol doso boso s 6 and all the evidence that be h could have adduced was that about the year 1160 in lyons a map named peter W waldo aido aldo hired a catlin catholic lic priest to tian translate slate the gospels of matthew mark luke and john and they formed a church ahia which tobit took the name of its mercantile founder and this thi as far ag a the authority can be raced traced by the baptists this method of tracing authority auth brity is of 0 no no use 9 unless they adopt the authority of the pope pone and it if tb the e catholic church be taken as authority I 1 then thin when the Cath catholic otic church brings out the edict edlet of expulsion it certainly deprives those whom it expels of all their authority for it is i impossible for a stream to rise higher than its fountain if the pope and his big church be corrupt the tho authority of no other church can be bil of any value that has des en led from it and fa Is built urn upon the validity of its pi lest iest hood the Presby presbyter tei tel ians lans lans ians consider that gey can an trace the matter a little further back they consider that their authority originated somewhere else eise but bilt after spending their time and only get back to the catholic ebur churchmen chlor they renounced its principles and came out oat fr from it set up p a new set of doctrine doctrines part of them borrowed arld and part of their own manufacture they chey denied deded the spirit of revelation and consequently llad no knowledge knowledg efrom from the eternal world end and with the exception of those doctrines which athey had i picked up they had no priesthood but that which they bad hid borrowed from the mother church and the mother church having pronounced ah at edict of expulsion against them bilich roast most have been valid if she bhe had possessed apy authority to confer I 1 f 3 1 perhaps a wesleyan might tell us that in their cli church they had anthonyv anthon rv froni from god then we ark ask where did it come f fromm rom from prom mr john I 1 wesley they will reply and where did he get it why he fie vas a minister of the church of england Englan rt and where did the of en england get the HIP mit wit authority hority from from henry th the p eighth who is designated among en english h kirms kings ap as I 1 i the wife killer and where did he gu it why when the church refused to the divorce of his lawful wife without willio wit hont bont pt any just juit canse cause and refused to grant him iiii lie he I 1 put away his big wife rebelled against a hinst the burch hurch I 1 i which he had ric acknowledged and I 1 f nv which hichi he i 1 vi bpi received the title n f defender d e f e n L ref ft the faith mth I 1 i from the tile roman pon pontiff but yet be came out auty i 1 excommunicated the tip pope and declared the ca cat cai i I 1 I 1 theolic church to be heretical and abominable declared hims if to be the head bead of the church he enforced his title h by ty military paw power er seized the revenues of all ali religious establishments used them for his own neb neU create newt neww I 1 0 ones nes upon his big own authority and established tuii the church of england priesthood and this i las i as far fir as the maiter mailer can be traced and there is the extent 0 of f their authority the he idol of their hearts and the bad had of the church of england fr ann m the church of rome for his own corruption is is a 4 pretty seat some person persons will tell IR us that god has never intended anymore revelations withstanding noth tf vy read tha tha god I 1 I 1 set in in his church apostles and prophets pastors and teachers aid add and that they had bad gifts prophecies and revelations ad and that they were placed in the church for the express purpose of the work of the ministry for the edif vin Z of the body of christ and that they might b be e to iso more children tossed lo 10 and fro by every vind of doctrine by tile tife slight cf of men and the cunning craft cratt craftiness ness they hey lie in wait walt to dec deceive eite eive this ibis i ill ilk plainly and cl aaa before any persons who believe beli hell teve the new test kneat and yet vet th principles and doctrines doctrine when seaforth set sef forth in boldness and simplicity have been beed rejected by them when the church of ot jems jews christ rf ef laer ter day saints wag was first founded yon could see persons sons rise riso up and ask wha tsien willylu wil lyou show ys us that WP we may be made to believe I 1 recollect a I 1 preacher who came to joseph smith I 1 think his name was hayden he came in and aind made himself known to joseph and ani said that lie he had come a considerable distance to be convinced of the truth why ald aid d he mr smith I 1 want to know the ruth truth and when I 1 am convinced I 1 will spend all my talents and time in defend defending inz and spread spreading inc inT the doctrines of your religion and I 1 will give youl you to understand that to to con cor convince vince am MIS is is equivalent to convincing all my soc i mo antin jo several hund bund hundred bundred reat redi 1 well jose joseph c commenced mm nce laying la ying ving before him the coming forth of th e work ork anzilie an and dilie tile first principles pW of ih the e gospel ospel aspel when mr dir hayden exclaimed 11 0 this tins is not dt the evi evl evidence defice awant the evidence that I 1 wish to have is is a notable miracle I 1 want to see some powerful manifestation of the power of gody god I 1 want to see a notable miracle performed and if you pier perform form such bucl h a one then 1 I wa will 11 believe with all my heart and soul boul so uland and will exert all my power and all my extensive influence to convince convince others and it if you will not perform a miracle of j this kind then I 1 am oun our worst and bitterest enemy 14 well said joseph 11 what whai wll wil you youl have done will you be struck lill blind ind or br du guiab it b will you ou be paralysed paralyzed or will you have one hand withered take our choice choose which you i elease please lease and in the name of the lord jesus christ it t shall be done 11 that is not the kind of miracle I 1 want said the preacher 1 11 then sir replied joseph I 1 can perfo perform inY none I 1 am not going to bring any trouble upon any aly body else sir to convince you I 1 will tell you what yon you ou make me think of the very first person who asked a sig sign n of the savior for it is is written in in the new |