| Show r T SERMON M BT E eider elder ider lder john alir ta taylor yio ylo y r jo w er y su ada y iian morn ingi insi i 1 kero iero REPORTED EY r J V nongi jt it is rather a strange anomaly particularly in the estimation of the world that a people so numerous berous as the latter day saints should be gathered toi tol together ether in one place having the one faith aud and believing in the same doctrines it is the Inor estrange because there have been various social and political Inove movements ments aided by philosophy established among mell men in various ages of the world and almost if not all of these have BI signally 5 failed among tile tha number of social movements in our day there is that of robert hobert dale owen who thought he could ameliorate the condition of m mankind by a sort soft of communism com having havin g a fellowship of good goods among them a sort of common m on stock principle everything to tins this speculation however lias ilas halted salted out and in ail nil his bis schemes and movements whether in eng lug C i land br fir in this country county thaylia thoy they havo have y e signally ailed failed it is BO so also with yourl Youri eri erl m a species of french philosophy established hy by one fourier a frenchman and advocated by greeley of the new nav york tribune they had tried itin france and aid then thia came over to this country and arid not far from newyork new york a society of this kind was established they had a good deal of property and I 1 am informed they established something of the nature of called the free lovo principle but hut within 12 months back while I 1 wis was residing in new york everything they had was sold under in the hammer Mr Cabet commenced lecturing j jn frando franco and had lied very iery extensive gocie socie societies ties there about theotime the thet time we wo left nauvoo to come to this land mr air cabei caber with a company of ills his men came there this is a species of communism t hey they are called communists 1 believing with mr air owen overl in in a community of goods they pub dished a newspaper in bauco and one or more mort in france I 1 baptized one of their editors while in paris on my mission a man who is now in this valle vaile valley vailey yby by the name of bertrand mr krolikoski Kro lokoski who vho was also an pan editor of the sam same epper paper with mr bertrand came to ma me to have leave a conversation about the biret first principles of f the gospel after a along long iong conversation ho hoseid said sard dir nir mr air taylor doyon do yon you propose no other plan pian to ameliorate the condition of mankind than that of baffi beffi baptism sinfor for the remission of dinst sins gins I 1 replied this is all I 1 propose about the matter well weli 1 he said 1 I wish apu every success but I 1 lam iam am afraid you will not succeed said I 1 mr krolikoski Krolo Kro koki lokoski you sew sei sent nt edine some time ago ego mr cabot to nauvoo he was con considered considene d your leader the most talented man you had ile he went to nauvoo when it was deserted when houses bouses and lands were ware at a mere nominal value alua alue lie he went there with his community at the time W we I 1 left rich farms were deserted and thousands ds of us had left our houses and ila iid furniture in them and there was everything that was calculated to promote the happiness of human beings there ever never n could a person go to a place under more happy circumstances mr cabel IQ to try his exper experiment im ent had also the select selection ioni loni in france franca of whom he pleased he and hi company went to nauvoo ald ard ald what is the result you have caen seen the published account in the papers we were banished f from r oni civilized society into the valleys of the rocky mountains to seek for thai that protection among savages which cb christian ristian civilization denied us among among the peau rouges or red skins ikins as you call them hese there here our people haye baye built houses enclosed lands land cultivated gardens built bulit schoolhouses opened farms and awa have bavi organized a government and are prospering in all the blessings and immunities of ite not only this but they have hilve sent thousands and thousands of dallai s over to europe to assist the suffering poor to go to Ame america nica Fica where they might find an asylum you oil on the tha other liand hand that ilia went to our empty houses bouses and farms you I 1 say went thero there under most favorable circumstances now chatis what is til the result tread 1 I read in all of your reports from there p published ab in your own paper in paris a continued cry pry for help the cry ato is to you for money money swe twe we want money to help us to carry out our design aias alas ai ag tha ilia society that 1 represent comes c with he the fear ot goj god the tile worship of the great El they offer the tha simple simpie plan pan ordal ordained ned y of god viz repentance baptism foi for lle ile the lie remission of sing sins and the ther laying on h of hands for fat the gift of tile tha holy ghost our people have not influence of odthe the world nor the power of advern government iut pat iut they have obtained both whilst you yuu wih yau your r philosophy independent of god have been beef seeking lo 10 build up a system of or comman coinman larn laen and a government goi got eminent cibich is is accordi according nito to your own accounts accounts the he vay tway lay to introduce reign I 1 I 1 mow now ngy which aleli i is s the best our religious iou lou or your philosophy ca well taij taid haij baij lie he 1 I cannons canno tsay ay an anything y he could jim not because these were facts that he L e was faini familiar liar ilar with I 1 w what has bs corne corna of that tha sopiel society yz 7 there thera are vp very fe few V of them left l ift ft they have haie had dissen disten mons nods bicke bicko rivas 1 rouble trouble and desertions until tiley they P are are near neary y d dwindled diberto 1 to nothing 1 n g I 1 might enumerate many societies of a similar nature commenced lil ill differ different eni parts paita of the tho world and aud at vailous various times the ithe results result however would be proved to be e the same they commenced in aly th wisdom of man mail and ended ras jas speculative bubbles truth t based tase d on ef eternal ernal nanci 1 1 ies les alone can ai stand the test lest j u if 0 oell fourier cabet and other pil loso boso pher shwe kev shye id i i alithe aalthe all ail the varied sch res nes of liaro balled railed if human is 19 found round abbat and all ail 11 its plais incompetent and end tad we haye have riot failes failed it shows ua thero is some li i i kt y thing associated with this people and with mor monism mo cism that there is not with them bowtho Now the tho question is what is this principle why is there a di difference Terence r 1 the first account I 1 ever heard of his this gospel wils was simply preach preaching lile ilig what are termed the ahe first principles of the gospel of carst there was nothing very ostentatious about it nothing very grand no great pomp or parade the elders were in ill many instances uneducated they had bad no particular advant advantages a among men but they had received certain principles certain doctrines that were plain and easy to comprehend tiling that were chil and simple and that recommended themselves to every intelligent unbiased mind what was wag it we ferst first learned in relation to this gospel was it something very profound and philosophical lo that some sege sage either in ia this or some other country had bad discovered the plan of some soma politician or stat slat emani emart 1 1 I 1 verily no it was ryas no such ahing abing what a s it it was a proclamation made thade de declaring wat eliat a holy angel orom from heaven had appealed that he had revealed himself unto a young man that was born in the backwoods of america a farmers son ron without any particular edhe educational advantages that this angel having appeared unto b him m had revealed unto him bim an ancient record tha tave lin account of the tile aboriginal inhabitants of or this coun 1 try fry that in this record there wab was an account of prophets having existed on this continent in former berday days of jesus having appeared and of angels having administered unto them an account of their having been in possession of the gospel having the same doc doe doctrines tho the dame iame same blessing the same privileges and powers that were asso coated with the gospel on the asiatic continent and that sr ecord record agreed with tile the bible iti in doctrines c ordinances teachings and blessings and ard furthermore these men referred us tp 0 the bible and showed allowed us that this ibis book was sp spoken of that it was to come forth that etwas it was the stick of joseph and aliat hat it was to he be one with the stick stick of judah one in prophesy one in re revelation elat iori lori one in unfolding the purposes of god and one in ill bringing to pass the great events events that were wera to transpire in llie ilia last daya days we heard beard of these things and to many of us they seemed foolish we heard the cry of false prophet and de deceiver i celver tile the first thing that I 1 beard heard from a priest after hearing till this gospel prea pred preached ched by parley P pratt some som twenty years 5 ears ago was the cry of delusion I 1 was immell immediately informed that joo joe joo smith was a money di digger that ha he tried to deceive people by walking on planks laid under the water and that lie he was a wicked and corrupt ma man D a deceiver and one of the bi blest biest biggest est fools in creation n and so forth I 1 heard everzine ever every rind kind klud of 0 story and an tha the e priests have kept up the same things pretty much ch to the pr present besent day I 1 remember when I 1 firsthand firs first thad had bad an elder intro to noe roe mey I 1 said to him I 1 do not know what to think about you mannona Mon nona 1 I I 1 do not believe any kind kindol of fanaticism I 1 profess to be acquainted with the bible bibla and sir said 1 I in any ally conversation we may have I 1 wish you to confine yourself to the bible for I 1 tell you I 1 shall not listen to anything thin in opposition to that word from the report which I 1 had heard of mor monis ro 1 I though thought tit it was as anything but a religious system I 1 was told about the french prophets I 1 was told about matthias johanna jobanna mouthed and of all the follies that had existed for centuries and then they put mormonism at tile tiie end of them all in my researches I 1 examined things very carefully and critically I 1 wrote v rote down six sir of the first sermons I 1 heard beard preached by parley P pratt in order that I 1 might compare them with mth the bible and I 1 could P not pt t find any difference I 1 could easily controvert any other doctrine but I 1 could not overturn one principle of mormon isra isra I 1 ahava have traveled to preach these doctrines in most of 0 the united states and und in the canadas I 1 have preached them in england in a scotland in wales in the isles wes of man mail and arld the jerseys Jers pys ja in france germany in tile the principal catl cities I 1 es of america and europe and to many prominent men in the world and I 1 have not yet found a mail man that could cout controvert rovert one principle of mormonism upon scriptural grounds if there is a mail man I 1 have yet to find him I 1 the first proclamation by the elders was that the ancient gospel had been stored restored Te we had had methodism presbyterianism Dunker ism Shaken sm catholicism quakerism and every other ism that voil von could i think of bu but t there was I 1 none that had bad the ancient gospel gos no nat one I 1 v sas vas as however howe er well weli acquainted with theology I 1 consider that if ever I 1 lost jost any time in in my y ilfe life it was while studying the chri christian silan theology sectarian theology U is the tile greatest torm torn foolery in in the world there are certain principles in reason which are e unalterable two and two made four 1800 years ago and add they hey still make mahe the same two parallel pa parallel lines never would meet they will not now A A gospel gopel that was true 1600 years ago could not pot be false liow luon if they then have llave the same bible and arid profess to have the same spirit and to be educated mag map why do they not see alike if there are any of whom m we i have spoken possessed of good common sense sensa it would lead them to union and not to discord for the scriptures tell us there cohere is one ode lord one faith one baat baptism isep and one god who is above all in inyce bu all ally and ind through you ale alp reused we used to quarrel guarrel with one another when w we were anlo anio among ajr the sectarians sect arians about our peculiar doctrines one was a brother methodist and another wai wal was at brother presbyterian and lind we reused usei to fallout fall fail out ont about which was right whether the doctrine of df fi flee ee wll will or of late w was s right for we ve did not know which was r n ht though both bolh were right if we had understood them there was also much ii wrangling I 1 I 1 ng as to whet whether or infants that died heli holl or not some se sent rit them to heaven and some sore some to heu cherb thay wire were to be ji forks and stung pion plon n dwa wasted 8 toa there H t u i this is li the doctrine of the catholic church bl reh reb I 1 have got a book at home that I 1 obtained in france that represents sinners falling into arrenie ndoc fire arid there are drago dragons na scorpions ons serpents and every kind of reptile le searching like fiends I 1 for their prey naked sinners are depicted falling into devouring flames and a great dragon with open mouth forked tongue and boivid teeth realy ready to receive the theli i it they should miss it there are scorpions and serpents and devils with three propped pitchforks waiting g a little below that they may uly get et the tha sinners and gle gic gli c th tl ema eta a good roasting you kie kle aie are here bere a conglomeration from all tho different diffee nt churches thedac the day hen when ben you fou you came in into this tins church was th the time when yai showed you your honesty what ate ae there ther ghon hon eit hearted methodists alid arid Presbyterian st yes end and honest baptists yes persons ilava been brought int into 0 this church of or all those different kinds of faith and you are actually etu ally aily all one I 1 4 i FP prest frest rest B young that at scares yes rez 1 as ai president young says that sa spares reis t the h world why are they thoy not bonev one becan bacad se they have bare not the mhd gospel goppel as it existed in its purity peter preached ita it jesus and james john joh u and d paul preached it iti and iii ili ehg apostles and elders preached it oil on ai this contin doati n mot rot for the gospel in the book of mormon and arul the his gospel in the bible both agree the doctrin doctrines ep jn lii iii both books are ara one the tha historical part differs ol 01 the oba one gives be h hist asti ory D f arr arl Asiatic the other of an Americ american hn people stephens t phe pho sand and catherwood after examining the abe r ruins m that were found at guatemala Gua tamala in central america Ai and gazing upon lent ruins temples stately edifices rich ture elegant statuary and abol all the traca races of a illg highly cultivated and civilized people said here are ata a re the works of a great and mighty might y people that bat hat have inhabited these ruins rains but now they are areno no more history is silent oa on the he subject and n no 0 ean aan man can unravel this profound my mystery giery eions nations have planted and reaped and built and lived and died |
