| Show by elder geprge A SMITH delivered in the bowery G S I 1 L city sunday morning august 5 IM REPORTED BY J V I 1 have listened brethren and sisters to the remarks of elder eider seth M blair with a god goodear go d odeal adeal de al of interest and I 1 can appreciate to a corl cori sidera ble extent the sensation that a man feels delg when he he lie leaves the division corruption and savage dispositions that are arc prevalent among the nations of mankind and comes comis among the saints where there is unity and the blessings of or the spirit of the lord dwelling it in the hearts of the people peace and pro will attend their exertions temporal as well as spiritual for they w will ill iii act in unity and heir their exertions jor tor each others welfare being unanimous and simultaneous on success is bound to be their reward I 1 am very happy to enjoy the privilege of seeing the face and listening to the voices and testimonies of our cur elders when they return from their missions and I 1 do know that the greatest school to which any man in this church ean can be sent is through the world to preach the gospel I 1 used to say when I 1 was A a young man andaas and was traveling to preach the gospel I 1 would forgive the worst enemy I 1 had if he would only travel among the presbyterians rians se ceders and Covenant ers in pennsylvania and prea it the falness of the everlasting gospel faithfully without purse or scrip I 1 would forgive him from the fact that if lie he lived 3 months among them in that way lie he would have been literally starved into a full atonement for iny my injury that he could have in inflicted flirted on me there was from the hat bat hatred redin in the minds of the world at large against this people it is not here as it is in the chri christian stian worlds generally for there tile the baptists methodists presbyterians rians and although bitterly opposed to each other yet they can all unite to Derse persecute cute cule the poor cormons mormons mur Mor mons they are re all in eror error together but they can unite biln whenever the truth comes along and use all til ili ahir ir combined influences to put it down they differ on in a kind of complimentary principles but when they speak odthe of the saints of god there is in the hearts of the whole of them a deep r seated deadly hatred arid and they will do all in their power to put them down I 1 do not know how the people generally feel abi about out but it but it must seem strange to individuals having the spirit of the lord hat that these daft different rent sect sects and to parties arties who despise and hate bate each other and dif fer so m materially teri terl ally aily and yet the very moment thae thai thal an elder comes into a city town or of village they all unite to mob him out odthe of the place he may perhaps allude to some tf of their doctrines and perhaps not but they will all join together to put down the mormons cormons Mor mons the only difficulty is that the baptists presbyterians rians and methodist and the others have bare all got different meeting houses or else we might conclude that their opposition to the saints would unite them into one for somme of them believe that they will all be saved notwithstanding their diff ereline er elice of opinion but the very moment that a mormon cemes and preaches the first principles of the gospel Gospe lyou you will see the utmost confusion among them their preachers all put their heads beads together to form plans by which to overthrow mormonism and even it ii there their is an infidel that they tiey consider or think is a little smarter than they are they will sustain him if they can persuade him to unite with them to put down mormonism and if arguments are likely to fail they start a fresh gresh or more sure method dy by raising a inoh inch at and d ea citing the public feeling end and driving out the cormons mormons Mor mons believing lieving that to allow the mormons cormons to obtain any influence mould would be hurtful apy hk y are fearful it would ii icalla ally injure their cause and what is the reason that such fear and darm should seize them w when lien ilen the elders go amon among them why it is plain and simple simpie tie ile tle lle man of god who goes forth without purse eind tind scrip b he has the truth and I 1 e has bas the spirit of the almighty god and hr h has the nuth as ii was anciently y as it is modernly revealed and bl he lays the at atthe the root of the tree and nd annihilates error ettor he lie finds it all the systems of christendom have got so tip up mith with the world and ard sa sor alid and in ter woven AV wath with tl I 1 the t i ie corruptions cory cori corrupt ions lons that t the t e adversary dver sary h has s herje perfect a d I 1 ove over r them V it and nd henc enc the very moment vinto liia ilia la n man to haeng a v in 1 tile the priesthood comes along and pours ours in a flood of light upon the world the adversary tells them like this il why by we hould should put pot that dewji awn or it will cause us trouble and slid the very spirit s p f ii I 1 t t that fl a i is in them is the spirit ot of the adversary and they go to work vi ith all their might inight and try to put down all who nho dare to advocate such strange doctrines doctrin eF and thereby trammel every thing under their control and arid nothing nothings is more sure than that when the spirit of the lord I 1 is is withdrawn from a people who have previously received the light ot of the gospel or or who have had the opportunity of receiving itt it they bey become violent persecutors persa perga tutors and hence it is that the editors of the newspapers in the united states breathe forth their mott most bitter against this innocent arid and law lavro biding abiding peaple because lecause that spirit of darkness which rules them ii is afraid of the truth it was cowardly fear that the allies to banish napoleon the to st helena and there watch 1 illin ini as they would a wild beast to the tile day of I 1 his hig is death it is a similar fear that causes the ener enemies nies of this people to attempt ter destruction and that armps the great writers and statesmen of the age to cry rry out the mormons cormons Mor mons or christianity is down 1 I and thereby seek to raise the ruthless hand band of unoffending la abiding citizens f a rapidly improving territory every honest man mat that contes into our territory after a short existence in the midst of the saints reasonably concludes we have llave greater respect for the constitution of the united state stale than any other people notwithstanding all that may have been said by h howling ow ling priests about tile the tyranny in the midst of f these mountains circumstances have proven beyond all successful contradict contradiction ien that the elders and authorities 0 of 1 his this church do re respect the great pie ples a of the cons constitution ution and the latter day saints in and of every nation do respect the constitution and laws of their country the principles of their faith make this obligatory dobli atory upon client we have been driven from our comfortable homes in the united states slates into these mountains and it is 0 only 1 ulder udder the kind hand and protecting care odthe of the almighty that we are kept here lie he gave us the privilege of sheltering and of slaying here for the time lime being we are the children of the most high nigh and we have been called upon by him to make mile sacrifices for the building up of his king kingdom doni and it behooves us usta be awake awal e to our duties as ansons sons and daug daughters titers liters or goc and I 1 tell you itis itts for us to depend woon upon him the giver of all good and if we do na rot not so live as to be part vart of the blessings odthe of alie funess juness of the gospel and of or his watchful care we may anticipate that more is destruction will conlie come ua upon our heads for the lord will purify us 4 I 1 we are blessed indeed to be in a position which idof e utin most rost importance to the fulfill fulfil ment bathe of the purposes of god and the accomplishment ment of the latter day work which me shall Ws bethe h e means of bringing about if we dedicate oW selves e ives to the interests of his work we tre perfectly aware of the bloody hatred that exists towards ards us throughout the world and we ar are e ii aware are of the hot persecution that ivell iveli ne have ave to endure because olour reli tuli gion ve we know the people of god always were persecuted and we expect they always will be until the power of file tiie devil is subdued and the kingdom and the greatness thereof shall shail be begia given to the saints odthe of the most alost high to possess for ever and for lor ever although we have met with ep opposition position from all quarters yet thousands and thousand thousands of exertions have been made by by this people for the express purpose of causing the tho inh inhabitants inhabits abita n ts of the world to 0 o abandon their cor eruptions forsake their wicked practices leave off and repent of their foolish doings and our constant exertions have been rebutted with nith con stant slant abuse from those these we were trying to bene belie fit the blood olour prophet and patriarch and hundreds of innocent men women and children ait aad aid the destruction of millions and millions of it i dollars worth of property the long list of ibus abuses to which we have been subjected and the patience forbearance and fortitude with nith hicl 1 these abuses have been borne only prove i in the tile first place the intense hatred with which the th world orld orid hate bate us and in the second the sterlin sterling n legrita of the people called latter day eatn sain and their determination to abide the ja I 1 I 1 their country i then I 1 say let us be ilni tini united ted and letour vc 5 ascend to him as the voice cofone of one mr man ah ahu et every foolish notion depart from 0 our u i r mid midst t we may hv have hase e power with him himfar for I 1 ell eil ellot we depend alone upon the almighty for prat lony and if we depend upon liis his arm and tip lip upa I 1 his power we can work jn in faith believing be lievin t t t will help vs us I 1 do know that if ir this copi wre wire united and would exercise faith ari art and li n to the counsel of the presidency as they 0 ct it and be united as one man that all ail 11 the nib nip I 1 rs onearth of earth anchell and hell heil could not a lem iem and if no power co could uld prevail of ot course couise there these would be but little danger but if feeds buds r discord selfishness and conten contentions tons are ake permitted to break brcak up our unity il then becom re dibe jiBe others v peak weak en k in consequence of olour our d dm iving sory I 1 have listened with pleasure to the je marks mar k olour brother and I 1 can appreciate ius jus s feelings while he lie preached ched fhe everlasting k r jr gospel isper on of texas hgr fir hir the alber Tiber lles lies of or whirr he be had in he the days oghig of his youth peril led hesje ife on many a bloody baule battle field I 1 realize th sensation of bf endearment oena fria f ria tive live e c country that flows in the breast of a man who has been driven fr from in his rights and ind privileges a feeling of ofa s pec pecullar peculiar uliar ullar nature for when a man is abused by those around him it is rather humiliating to have to quietly submit to be de priced ved ot of his rights but we have to seek those rights we cannot get let at the hands of our fellow men at tile the hands of the almighty for wicked men will not extend them to us and therefore we mu must S t depend upon him who is the source of all good and from whom protection must be derived for as the lord lives p pace peace ace ia is taken from the earth and everi every every eveny mans hands is ag against that thal of his big neighbor and death and destruction and all the powers of earth anchell and hell heil seem to be man idest to bring about the consumption deter determined inin for the I 1 list days there is considerable a anxiety arnotis among the elders to go and preach the gospel to distant na lions eions to those who profess to be en enlightened lightened i but brethren and rand sisters let us preach lle ile lie the goa pel at home in our house houses to those natives in the mountains who are sunk in misery and disi dial 0 tress let us onen open good schools for the indians and use the influence that we have got for their redemption d demp emp lion tion and let ui endeavor to bring them back to the light liht bring them back from t heir their long lost and degraded condition bringing them back to the gospel enjoyed by their fathers fot for they prophesied that their children should wander in darkness for many generations and then the dord lord would commence his work amongst them again and let us do it end do doit dolt it with faithfulness and ten tenderness derne with kindness and generosity and act as fathers would act towards their children and let us spend our dreans and labor let us toil and even spend our all for their redemption and preservation and nd let us not take hold hoid of it as a light matter a as a matter that we will ne never er let come near licar our hearts but with willingness V long suffering and continued endeavors to do them good and when we are foiled toiled in our endeavors to benefit those people let us recollect that we e are not to be discouraged cou raged but let us remember that we ive are to keep trying and pray god to give you wisdom to act aright put away from your hearts all desires to shed their blood all ali and put far from you the disposition that causes you to think they are troublesome and we should like lo 10 get gel rid ut of thern them let us consider thit thil they have rights here that they ther the r are the original settlers they have natural rights and all our kindness and generosity and all our faith exercised to benefit them will be acknowledged I 1 know the ree feelings linge of some they think the best test and only method to deal with them would be to kill off and exterminate their race but the lord has placed us here to try us and if we are have suffering lie he will bless us for our labor labors P among that people do not let us be weary but let the hearts of young and old throb with emotions to be missionaries sion aries throb with desires to teach them the aris aria of civilization let lot these be our feelings and desires and may god bless us in our gaith faith and works that we may bring them back to the knowledge of their fathers and the blessings of the gospel according to the promises amen ak |
