Show DISCOURSE BY ELDER 0 0 HYDE i DEAR deai BRETHREN AND SISTERS W lwin I 1 am highly pleased sed 4 with wilh the j I 1 now ilow eli ell enjoy by of speak speaking ii j 9 1 to 0 you I 1 wih wish to call your attention to a subject which ta tome me is of vast ast imparlance por tance lance and no less last so to you tile the commence commencement m ept of what lias has been termed our reformation was wes more ore lian tian than llan a year sear 3 ear ago and und first arst attended with fhi desina ody oay of correcting ome fame irregularities among anions us zis and of awak euing the saints to righteousness to purity r i of afe to sanctification and holiness afore bedol pot lot the i 1 lord our eur mi ts were attended wilh vilh jesuits results illy highly lily sati tory lory lo 10 the up igat and arid dhe the good we were led on by this spirit of reformation to expose and rebuke the eils evils of those among us who did jid not be loi joi lorg rg to the latter day saints this kind of preaching nade them angry yet jet tw theu arger argen did not cause us to soften c our r speech 1 modi modify the tone of hiah high moral sentiment W which bici we w e wished and determined should be enforced re buke a wise man and lie he will love you but re buke bukea A wicked man and ile he will liate hate you this truth we saw abundantly exemplified their pens werm vere were then set ili in operation against af u and arid many false fale accusations were sent to tb the e states by them over r fictitious names no names at all and ani also I 1 I 1 0 ver their own real reat names but the latter clas class ra not being fortl forli fortified fied with truth and ho bo bogety nety felt ulim to enlace endure en iuie inie late the just frowns of a community so bo belied they to flight and 1 then 11 eil ell told the an awful ful fui and f tale taie in hi th fhe the states that they barely escaped with their thein lives ilves a fin fine hine q cover for their unrighteous rous deed they hoped by this and pretension to excite public te ii in their favor and too loo lo rouse arouse ind nation against til tiie tile e saints jebus Jesus soke pai pal hainly rily of just tuch persons saying ye re lir are they who justify 1 yourselves before men but god know eth your four our hearte far that which is highly esteemed among mim mem an abomination in the sight s of god for this vir very pela plain preaching which they were compelled to hear bear or hear of they threatened us with troops of the united uni ted states and arid hey they left no stone unturned to excite tile the government to send troops this idea was a momentary dampen damper upon aoi roi soine roine e spirits but sober second thought asked the questions shall 1 I through fear of an arm agins serit sent here be guilty glifty of collusion with ith bill siti and afia of fallu faliu failure re to expose and rebuke iv it the noble minded and le arless tearless servants of god said no no S no the work of reformation and purification fi went gloriously oil on and by and bye the word of assurance and comfort came to us tilro our prophet alid and seer be the fearless brigham who dares to do right sanctify yourselves defore before me put iniquity far from you asselt assert our tights and stand up to them and behold Beli bell old oid and 10 a I 1 vil will sli fight your battles and the children of zion shall shail ie victorious and the name of your god shall be magnified ili in the eyes of your enemies trust in me be valiant and fear not and the kingdom is is yours I 1 may not epert tiie the woid word of the lord through albrough ills his servant verbatim but give it according to memory I 1 am noi not however far wrong on the day of july last rumor came cama to us that U S troops were actually being fitted out to come here to chastise us just ten deais ao ago that very day when the pioneers fit faist st entered the val 4 ley yi brother brollier brigham bri aham said in view of the tre injustice and and cruelty inflicted upon us by our enemies if the united states will now let this people alone for leri lerf ten years to 0 o come we will ak no do odds of them or any one else but god the saying saiying passed out outi of his mind and out of the minds of the pioneers who heard beard it until ten years from th chevery the every very time when he and some thousands of others were 1 ii Kaii kail kanyon yon celebrating celebi aling the tenth anniversary of the saints entrance into his this valley this announcement of troops by the express brought the saving saying vividly to mandof the minds of tile the old pioneers no heart appeared sad no countenance gloomy but the lamp of joy was evidently lit in every heart and blazed in every countenance we regarded it as an omen of deliverance by bv the arm of the almighty from that very avery hour the prayers of ibis this entire people old od and young youn youndale maie male and female by day and by night have been and still are offered up unto the god of beaven heaven in the name of his son sop jesus christ that the army sent here by the united states may rie bevere able alia to thir deign for the design of tiie tire government ili in sending them arid and that too upon evi evl evidence derico derice known to be i incorv incorrect bet pet 14 proved to us that iniquity was to be sustained and n suppressed will our prayers be heard beard and answered I 1 believe they will I 1 do believe that god ja about out of his biding place and to vex ven the nation according to liis his word through laough the martyred marty mart red joseph see book of 0 cov enacts second age 15 do I 1 bei belte ie ve that the anted states wil vil mi I 1 be d Ys yes I 1 do and arid the primers of ill all tile tire liuis out the world should be to that effect for they tiley wage war against the tire kingdom of god arid and havo have falle falie i upon that stone nith will all an army arma and let thein be broken b a ken even according to tire hie wolds words of jesus if tile the army now inva i 1 ig g utah should be overthrown eds sas says an unbeliever are you cu not fearful much larger one will be sent to chastise chas liap you no sir I 1 lam iam am not nol if we e honor our oid gid by keeping his law re armyon army nf ibis worl world I 1 can call ever it ti us and the greater its ils numbers the tiie greater and more complete its ow if the tile red sea be not the trap ili in winch which the enemy will be caught cau glit lilt there will be a snow or ciul storm torm a whirlwind an earthquake gird fird from above or horn born beneath or the sword of t lie he lord L rd aid and of Bilg harn A I 1 only fear that we may not live so that god will w ill lil heur hear and all ail answer our kraeis pra els eis if we get any important petition granted by any an agli imide body we i e must have ome some it fluence ei cited in iri iti its lavoi favor and ard if we expect god to grant our petitions we must so jive live before him as u to mue have uve I 1 i fluence wilh with idin I 1 nn to have influence with the tire king is is next beli ben g king ourselves we do not lint desire to hed shed bed tile the blood of ourene our enemies mies we have never desired I 1 i 1 but our pray ets eis ts should be that the tire powe po rand raud strength ana an ayi d against adust us may roay be broken by the of god ol 01 or by the tire arm of ills his power that they mav be smitten with confusion and that the means they tiley may adopt for their success eniy bo be pi evidentially overruled for their oel throw that they tiley may be wasted asted away like the early frosts and be scattered about lik ilk like ilke e chaff before uie hie wind until as ane martyred marty red joeph joseph scid just beffie beffi e he was murdered red by gov fords mob rab there shull not bea be a pots ard rd of them then left this prayer should confined to our enemies at on our immediate borders for they are only fhe the blind tools of a power that lias ilas decreed our overthrow but should extend I 1 with increased faith and arid zeal to that very power that handles these tools dois brethren the army sent to operate against us has been stopped in the vicinity tv of the ruins of forts bridger and supply by what power or agency were they stopped col Alex aiex alexander mider vider PS gov young that he be had lad abundant means or power at his command to come into salt lake valley add to this the fact that oneA one lormon mormon ws taken prison pr ioner erby by the colonels order guditis and it is seii si sell seli ij that orders were found oil on his person to annoy the he enemy in ili every wa way wax ile lle he ouid could budnot but not lo 10 kill any or fire a gun I 1 know nothing orally of any such orders still tile the enemy claim that they found such orders upon the person of their heir mormon prisoner now if col alexander really believed ills liis tow low own statement to gov young that lie he had abundant means at his command to jo force his way into the city and if he lie pretended orders said to be found fourd wilh with his mormon prisoner to be genbi genuine e that no body was to be k killed or a gun fired why wily did he fie not lot march in with his army heild helid he had plenty of force fored to 0 o rdo rio ci it and according to his showing hat that bat the mormons cormons were not to kill apy any apayor or fire a gun what kind of reason oil or apology canfie can he fie make wake to 0 o lle ile lie the department for not march marching illg ilig directly into the he city that is his bis business however not ours it was not mormon numbers according to his views views neither maimon bullets that an arrested ested the progress 0 of f the army but it really was the united faith faitt I 1 and prayers of the he S saints ailts of god that set sef se bounds to heir their progress having havilla therefore this evidence ev dence that god goj ad hears and answers our prayers il it should inspire us wih will redoubled zeal union faith and energy to continue to call upon until every power that lifts an arm against his kindom kingdom I 1 crumbles and falls like the tile mighty image that the monarch beheld in ia the ie visions I 1 si a n s of the tire night bight our enemies have eyes pye but they cannot see i they may say that tile tardy movements of the forces in concentrating together with an anex pealed snow storm in which many of their heir an animals 1 I sperl perished shed were the causes of their hindrance on hams fork but who caused the tardy movements of or the collecting forces and who wilo sent seril the snow storm the same invisible hand band that forced off the wheels from pharaohs Phara cills chariots that caused them to drag heavily the prayers of the Sai sal Ints inis by day and by night are more potent than thai the ilie multitude of soldiers armed with sil sharn shard r s and the millie minie rifle yet the saints shourd should be liberally ei dowed with both it if we continue in all humility before the lord full of f aith faith and arid diligent in ili prayer with hearts full of integrity ty and abd lionor honor th the words of our prophets and adeis leaders le and the united states continue their hostile movements against the saints i it shall be with them as it was with the tile man upon the scaffold lifting at the granite block when the scaffolding gave way and arid fell and with it the afian nan arid and the stone falling top of him ground him to 0 o atoms the tiie united stat states es army are sent by the president he ile is tile the highest power which they know snow at 01 recognize did they enow know know any higher they would never have come here has that army a I 1 chaplain prophet that can obtain the ibe word of tire tile I 1 loid laid for 1 hem them or one whose prayers the lord I 1 liars we say no and they cannot say yes i neither dare they the policy of the government will not allow of a c apelin prophet to 0 o lead its armies and a nian man inspired of the lord one who can say thus smith the lord would not lead them ulder under their theli present policy the wh whole 61 army and nation are bli blind nd enough to I 1 be jedby led by mere men who lay no claim to the inspiration of the A almighty and not one amon among i them that can receive the word of the lord the th e i man whose prayers the lard hears can obtain I 1 I 1 his word tousling toa tou cLing the duties of the in which winch lie he is legitimately called to act yet the tiie nation despise tile the ons because they are led by a man who can receive tile the word of the lord for them and whose hose prayers the lord hears heats and lun lan lanswerk answers the evidence of this is before us day by day and year by year A fashionable chaplain 4 who ia is mater lnater cf much mua flowery lari language mage page may forman formally eil eli ell tell ill llie tiie e how great and glorious lie he is ilaw bi high h is ids throop th role rote ald hud aid irow how vast are his dominions and arid yet the god gad of israel will never thai that thank k him for the information neither praise him for ils his hil its sweet iii ili sentences sentence but the man that is chosen of god and arid armed armea with tile the p power powes 1 ower of leaf lotion and the tile vi vision ion jon of heaven hearen lie lle auri aidi is I 1 the I 1 je man mail lo 10 lead lle ile lie file latter laller diy daiy sawa no less will satisfy them to tile the rule of no other oilier wiil will they tiley willingly submit govern utah who will bri brigham 1 hain young Y oung or 14 cisly chosen suc sue cesor can alone gavern tile hie cormons mormons Mor mons freemen have the tire right to elloise their own rulers the i world often kill hill the ibe men whom god goj appoint but the saint saints choose them hern here is the difference the may be killed that is thein their bodifo but tile tiie beir heir pints call can r yield leid beld to 0 o the tire power powei s of tills this world ard our god says that hat if it we will be valiant a llant pure and faithful we liever never shall shail worlds TA without end nd what is tile rp A design a of tile the government in sending elrd elid eird ing troops to toUt fout otili iii this winter or durin during g this his session selon of com Cow congress r ress special legislation legi i is I 1 a stringent trl tri law against poleg polygamy imy to be enacted enact pd and the present herein advance of the passage of such euch an act to make ich e themselves comfortable arld and strongly fin ill these valleys and hold themselves ill in deadness lead read ness to enforce mat law when enacted then they would sai NowA Now Mr lr mormon we have got you an anything thiva for a lawful predence pretence pre tence to raise a fuss fuhs wil willi the mormons cormons to destroy them flom th earth but everlasting thanks to lotions Zions god lie ile has said baid fy yourselves es before me assert your rights and arid I 1 will back you up arid and figlia your battles you have long plead itil wili the government and people of this nation allor iii lil and they would not hear heda yon at and saith the lord I 1 will wei plead with the nation for fon you according to our faith falth caithin fai fal thin in god is our boldness to meet whatever teay inay come brethren let us its valiant A mighty host has may gather gathen against us butia gol goj be with with qs us we may have a seven months mouths job ili ill in burying heir their d ad and their wea weapons poris of war may furnish us fuel for years so that hat we sh shall shail all ali net not have to go to the kenyons for this indispensable auxiliary thour domestic comfort and happiness A nu saty slaughter is to in the arbid anikis s cf rf tle the saints enemies in ili some country where gire fire firewood is scarce and a high ghigli value placed upon their weapons of war for that purpose it is sald skid said s ald aid that a new governor bas has beell been appointed for utah 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