| Show SERMON by elder hider orsia hyde llyde Taberna tabernacle cles cleg Novem november Ver i REPORTED E UY G D W WATT A ar arises artres in in the minds of some few and perhaps in the minds of a great many how will our plesent difficulties terminate terminal I 1 would j le ha to to know the sequel we have been kept in su pense for a length of or tene tune and I 1 would like eko to know the fical filial issue issue 51 jo in my opinion there is 13 no person that can know tile the finai filial ae ailt allt of the present movements until it is is seen Vve have faith in fh relation to it and the assurance as urance of the he almi almighty that all will be weli well but the exact how and aila manner in which it will bf be brought abou aboul we cannot tell for fon forat fordt at is i by lith mith ft iiii that we move inove and not lysight by sight s but bat in the course of some same remarks rem irks wh calmay ch fmay 1 may make you on may perhaps be led to a satisfactory conclusion as to what the ih final issue may ray betard be and not no only tile ilia final assur iskui for we are ate already satisfied about that hat but with regard to the progress progressive ogress iye ire stages leading to it I 1 it is said gaid in in the good book bool that not many WISP wise not many mighty no not many learned are called catl call id bit b it god bath cho a lie lle lip poor of this world and rich in faith falth to be the hnis of his kiugo 7 ir we are furthermore fd that he fhe hac has cl loe iop n the weak things of t is v rid id i d thines things eliat tf it nr r not to bi buns ing to thlu thiu s that arp are that no fl fifth sh alt all should ouid luid glory in his presence now I 1 will quote rom irom a modem modern writer sav st t rf of god above then m min mm in below I 1 JI iv v co cpa we reason but from whal we knowl kli Lii ow awill will po go inck I ir k to the d ys of fhe hp co ment of this church when a yonn young mal mai of no particular literary qualifications was called billed upon to bring to liblit truths that have been heen hid for ages aes truths it in themselves grand and aud sub subi tine fine me yet I 1 phen then bright bro orth forth they were clothed ii n I 1 in ve al gt not to so eloquent a q might please i i ase the P rs s of ri kny iny f th lear learner aed avd tb thy y whre were loot not dreg eres w fi l up in ill ne r tyle tye of modern oratory and because of thi thir I 1 they ey were rejected b by the fashionable foshion ibie ible and reli gios m s the religious nel Fel lwis wo world rid had been taught and wid compit tely n elded after tt th fashin fushi ft hi n awl ari arl I 1 tear I 1 i of f tha so that a man mun could euld lol loi viol iol hp he c n n id 6 ed a d ol 01 orho ox r illos illes lle lie ba been through college and acquired the learning of the ace age lueie H lethen then an illiterate youth rise rises g UD un with a s tim sti lim li m of true religion til tha thu t lays idys tp vp axe aye ax e a at the root look laok at the tha odds that were apparently against this thu man even joserh joseph smith the martyr the prophet of the Mos alos V tHigh ailigh wil wll without ilon lion learning without resources or friends to back him up wit with the vt whale ille hiie tide of popular sentiment arrayed against hun him backed up by all the learning of the world if we look at hip through a worldly eye the odds were materially against him you are acquainted with the history of tile the church and well wel know how matters mailers went 0 on n you know the many trials to which joseph the prophet and his hia friends were subjected and trie difficulties with which they had llad to 0 o contend but was there everan instance when the tile enemy gained an advantage over oven tite life truth of heaven or thwarted the purposes of this illiterate young man map no D d they not call to their aid all ice ige the learning and craftiness of the worlden worl din proportion as the cause he lie adv advocated increased and did they succeed suei succeed emd eed any better when tire tile cause became more extensive among men did opposition succeed any better than at the commence commencement not at all in of time nie hie elders went forth preaching this gospel and remember there thre were not many learned no not t many in mighty that bat wera were called and I 1 may say none at all with the flie limited abilities they possessed they went forth to proclaim a system of truth that all ali ail the axe axe at the root of the false religions and false faise philosophy philp sophy of the world while the learning popularity and ressa resources u of the world were arrayed against us which W we e had to meeta meet leaor and limited in abilities in learning and worldly qualifications we were despised and b set of outcast outcasts with wiil all the powerful powei powel fui fob odds us the truth greatly really gained ground aund lehme let ma appel appe to the exper experience I 1 of all ali present pl esert besent while lak lask you if you have ever known an insi instance dall Call oe where a faithful elder who has kept his garments gai gal ments clean and unspotted from the world has ever every been con coa co founded while i hile administering the word of life as V a through that illiterate young man joseph smith sinith to be sure sureka eureka a few who may have got tile hie ible bie ble bis beador bead he ador been puffed up in their own imaginations imai nations have been foiled or those who have bebenin been in transgression god despises a victory gained guined by such characters lie ile will lege or own a victory gained in this cause by a corrupt and wicked member of Us 11 s church I 1 do not know positively positive lV how that is however and I 1 will not stop to investigate it suffice it to say it hibe pure in heart god delights tto into worl work with I 1 just like any good mechanic when lie hs wishes to make a nice pie piece teof edof toof of work he wants tools that are shat shar clean to 10 do it with cewill not work with dull and rusty to execute a nice job of i i so it is with will vir our pir heave heavenly father altho aitho ile he mav may may use seemingly awk wirl wah in instruments yet they are polished after his liis mind and ana will and lie he being the master builder knows knovs what pleases him best has the greatest champion altimon moi mol monism everbee i confident enough in his own olvo success tind and triumph in any debate with tile the elders eiders of this church to publish iIi ill ins his own arguments wit with those of his opponent I 1 do not know but there have hive kieen such instances but not 0 ie now occurs to mv my mind while on the tile other hand our faithful elders have riot not ben afraid or ahamed ashamed ito to publish both sides of the que qua tion lion for all eyes to io look upon often wel lare iare seen pieces in public journals asa aliso also books pub published lilied ilc tiC adint Kinst us in ill zeal zea and flaming with vengeance us mid wid to vv arthrow as us x vos ios 09 i 1 g 9 what they called the of the tile mot mor mons beguiling mid and duping their thair hearers with cunningly devised fals fais falsehoods hoods very miny m iny tny cases of this kind we have seen and ila ha e also seen the their n end en diThe tile almighty has put his hand over them tin m and they thin have so low that the strongest prejudiced hand hawl against us will not now reach doi dot down n to td up their power has become weakness and their influence is blasted forever by the breath of the almighty does the tho everlasting gospel lose its influence with the good an and d pure of m elkind ulkind upon those who are not als ais disposed posed to work i alone is its influence lost upon those who wh 0 shout great grea lrea fr is diana dinna of the but with biti th li gionest lio ilo onest nest simple simpie hearted sons of men it I 1 is just as tweet Vs ekl epi ever it was aid to them its charms increase mc rare rase notwithstanding all the trial and difficulties they thoy endure for its sake this aipel of the kingdom shall be preached for a witness unto all nations and then shall tile the end come was it the gospel of the kindom kingdom fr that was preached in ancient diss in the das dds of the apostles that th at went i 0 io o all and their words unto the end ends s of tiie the it was wis the tile I 1 gospel but I 1 conclude th it it was not bot lip the eppel I 1 of the kingdom kirg dom for atiat vas was to be revealed at the time when the kins king kingdom d orn of gid gad cid d i hould be ea established tabi I 1 on the earth to 0 o bawl taud forever and land chiz thi gosei gosi pei hei ei qi of the king hing kingdom jorn shall be preached pre as a witness unto all nations and then shall the end coln coin conio 1 I 1 where lias has tins this gospel been preached preach th khonh onh I 1 the united uit uri bled state i of abrica am rica in en Fu 0 oe P ai ali A ii land and afric I 1 do not say eay that it lav jav las 1 s uz u rd di lizcth in tl tl erf err ol 01 h iiii illi it bu ba 11 I 1 do SAV that tbt le oie soi so pd id hd ha 7 t 11 wt a al i lle ile the lie earan I 1 i and their words to the ends of the I 1 I 1 reco leei a cel eel certain tain sa saying mg in in a revelation that was given to the saints in in the early days of this I 1 church the urd url said thio tiro joseph oat that it became every mara mio min after beag afi bf i w rued to 1 1 wt ann ia his bis ni tie that all ail may b lont lout excuse e if mii mil like tike r pole role pi oie ole wo liva live liva ilva hedd head tue flue word had bad been as faithful in warning thair neighbors as the tile few elders who are ire now under the s w a of mv voie vole hav been in warning warn in to toe toa e wi wib wih h whom ahr y hi bien bihn bieu ind to whom khom th thi y ani UP a P it a and aud among wl ii ta thiv thi v have vo id d no to t ie ae P world hut but haebich e bi ou 1 I 1 ully eliy fully at ut anis time timo yes in another revelation to the first elders of this church alo who h id been heen forth preaching in io their w wi a aae ade up s boing being c iid lid llod lied in at kirtland Ki ohio the r lord told mem to wash their feet in testimony dy 1 t that they were wera clean from the blood of ibis ath ge hl h l oration and goes on lo 10 say dle lle iel lel those who are not ol 01 0 the first elderd eiders of m my chii ch chil ich remain in in the tha vineyard vinyard for their garni garments ints are ae not tet yet jet ailean clean 2 those hirst first eders llad lied labored but a short shoil ilire time in in ili the vineyard perhaps one ong or two years when it was said your garments are clean 5 there are elders who have bave labored from sea to sea from island to island f from r orn gour itry to country and have spent fhe the he vior vi or and strength of their days da y s in the work i ork the gospel may we not say upon tile tiia same 1 principle ciple that their garments are clean flom from the th blood blo bio bilof of this generation if so what does it imply that we shall not dot be held bild under condemnation it we never preach preace to io them again a 1 aln ain and there is another tb thing I 1 no implied an fn ia this filis 1 if this thi generation shall lise jise against you 0 o slay elay you vou fory for your our religion and because you are righteous 3 your our garments being clear of their blood arid and rl kou vou iou I ou slay stay them their blo bio blood odi h upon their own heads beads this is what I 1 understand by being clear from tha the blood of this genei genel general gilon ion lon jt IH llis ail an important saying in my rn apinton api n I 1 on it means more than a casual observer would attach to it it is a deep saying if you have warned them have blied c upon them to repent offered them the blessing of eternal lif through the i gs aspel pel pei and they thrust it from them let jet what will happen to them your garments are clean from their blood i now we see that the gospel has gone into all pat rations ons countries coun irles kries and kingdoms for the man that bas has been juned should have warnel warned his neighbor and tho nation that has been bli warned should have warned its neighboring nation bation etc et c so they are without elcue before god whatever excuse they may plead beffre man mail we can see the uri uti abating success of the gospel from the time joseph got tile the plates s until u lla ila tit fit now and the defeat and downfall of every opponent that has risen up to oppose its it progress pro gresi if t there had bad been an any p purpose in god that tha work should ha be overthrown would lie he noti no have suffered it tobe done before this for all thralls means that could possibly be invented by the rowels ot of earth and hell bell have been brought to bear against it and every man who has risen up against it has gone down and his published works have hake become a stink in the nostrils of even this wicked generation ati att onto 0 o say nothing notting of bf the saint the wicked them eles are even ahamed of their trieb sayings arl ari and of their whitin writings 9 a against ill dinst the cause af pf aa ther their ix expositions positions of dior Alor monism asahe is J 1 ay iy y call them are hardly cold froin from the press until they are dead their i hilled killed and there is no sa lefor their books the words of the apocalypse very vary appropriately apply to their case no man blyeth thain thair merchandize merchandise dize any more I 1 will venture to say that no publication has ever been against this work only for the tha purpose of getting gattung gain men alen have not bean been in ili sched to oppose it for the sake of tile the souls of men butto but to save their craft their salary their party their honor b onor and their credit in in the sight of men the system of truth revealed through alir 0 uh u h joseph smith is not clothed in language so eloquent as this literary generation would desire des irel irei As a general thing you know a real teal polished scoundrel wears the finest cloth tile the most fashionable garb that he may be looked upon as an li honest otiest man ioan by those who judge from outward appearances and riot not righteous judgment the truth is not a always ways clothed in tile the nicest style or according to the ideas of this thia world but the lord send sends s it forth it in the shape of a stone of stumbling bing and rock of of fence he if 13 not pleased to conform to the views of this generation they have got to take salvation just as lie offers it to them or else elgi take dem damnation nation they call can have their choice it is not dot for them to serve up lip the di dish dili li they shall eat but it is for the he almighty to dress jt it as suits himsel himself ft and if the sinner take it it will heal him the patient does not n ot prescribe no nor tell the doctor what lie he wants of him that is supposing the doctor to be what aliat he ought to be he he examines the pat pal patient lent kno knows 1 ws the nia ria nature turia of tiie the disease and prescribes tho patient takes the nie medicine dicine and asks iho fio no questions fer for conscience sake so it ai 13 with our heavenly father fattier the world is is diseased and arul he has prepared a remedy and wad served it up hs as suits himself not consulting the vitiated appetites of af this consumptive generation to 0 o whom lie he administers it it is like a root out of dry ground it is without form or campli nessi ness without beauty that men should riot not desire 1 it awkward Awk vard ward and unclothed as it is with will worldly J wis wisdom I 1 dom behold the uie illiterate elders of israel are jaent sent wih it and they have marched parched through the colleges and literary institutions bf the learned varned world and have defeated those thosa who mho dared come coma out to oppose and put them to the flight and all their learning leay lear 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