| Show remal les irs hy ny elder george A smith tabernacle jan loi lot 10 lati reported br BY 0 D 1 WATT the lord says I 1 for as us the li eavens leavens are i g ger aar hall thail the file earth sto eso 0 are mj my ways higher 1111 b jer than thun han nan your was 7 the abdun odless ss we tva have listened to tills afternoon is deedy decoy calculated to inspire our minds mindi with u full fail of the ili ill util dill of these sentiments if ih lin religious nations ol 01 the bodd had been consulted sullevin sul ledin in liing a piew plew new dew religion with lie lle tile nellion ne ulion of all other sects and aud d denominations they would have selected a grave come I 1 of the tile wisest most must learned learne dond dand and pious men they coja coji glod find learned e arned in theology in hil hll ia in law and in every depar depan ment A ar cimie clace yet we aie ale told that the nhen uben tell he visited tiie tile earth select selected fd as hs I 1 s ministers and rb rs and other individuals from front the tile lowar low jow r ciders of the tile people me with but little eifle ll aliling und and less to pro pio proclaim clatin the gos osei osel ie ot of th the truth aid aid ard be vili viii esses ess cf calls il ll 11 advent into inlo the world of his loh inn ucles acles alid aid ald i from irom the dead so it was in the thre pre preele el on when the tile lord commenced comme iced lis work he ke neglected to call cli upon campbell scott clarke chirke dod dr dge or ajl ull any auy other celebrated divine me he pils pes ed nen ner his holiness c amess tile the wd and the bishops that were presiding wilh go so much dignity r splendor und authority oer over the file portions of the christi christain in church ile he based over ober the tile learn lero cd institutions of the day tind slid went into a field alid faid lad hs his hand liard oil tile held head of jozeph smith a liow biow low boy boup upon ori one who wilo cultivated iha the eath earth and had lied scarcely edu eau catl cati enough to lead his ns bible whom ho he ili lil in aired to trails trelis late idle chebook alid and iii liim n 0 1 o proclaim the gospel and the ilan iian lan fan of salvation fal fai alion Bl ion lon ere ieng long this youns young man became lle ile tile lie scoff ecoff tile byword by word I 1 mid aud hiss of all the learned chi chii on tile he earth but the tile lard said my ways way are not as your ways wass nor my thou thoughts ghis as your yur th thoughts when llie lite early elders eiders ol 01 this church began to preach tile the first principles of the gospel liow flow oft have we beard heard the question asked why did not the lord call upon some learned man upon the presidents of theological Semira seminaries Semi ranes ries rles or upon some of our learned missionaries mis fonaries why if this work be true frue dij did lie he call u uron on a person so lov iov so uneducated cuned treated so foolish this inquiry was win made coade in ili every cery direction by hundreds and bv thousands and was laid down by them as a sufficient elent reason for rejecting the bok cf of and he testimony odthe of the servants of god in a very short time lime a literary war ed the newspapers announced to the tile world that an impostor had ariae ii that an impostor had bad I 1 been palmed upon them a false reli rell religion aini had been and that an tit ignorant stupid 1 hizy I ay good foi fol f 01 nothing set of fellows were pretending to preach a new rel rei gion thurlow weed vv wab was the he first to commence the literary war through the press under the head of ibias Iblas blasphemy phe ansyl i tim TIN proclamation lias has been aften reiterated up to the present time pulpit craters announced to beir heir three weeks would be sufficient to dispel the tha whole delusion three weeks passed away and anti tile the word of god was still preached then pulpit ers announced that a yair would terminate tot tor minate the delusion eti Eli editors tors published their false statements one of which no doubt ili iii will be remembered a pretended miracle of on oil the water it was said the prophet placed planks two or three inches billier anier tiie the surface of the water and walked on oil them to convince the multitudes of the truth cf his hie doc doe tride It ritie titie but out just as fie bli till were convinced and the prophet was about to step on shore some rogues pulled out the plank and ha he fell luto into tile the i vater ter arid and was wag drowned what next nex th tirs s printing lies about mormonism tills this ding eing and preaching falsehoods about it dont stop it we must apply something some lhing I 1 that will they apo abrum ltd a suitor tur tar and ani feather feathers 8 i to of thap P ophee aim oil r ra a u abut with do betler ku hue tup cess ss thau til istir ir furmer efforts lo 10 st ftp t p tle tie tle ile progress of mi monism afi intact act tile the kroph t f hrad td riot riol in intro tire tiro watt iba i got the lai igi tar lar fairly w s ei AT ff im tat DO oni ire ira lie he had lud to go into tho th vv w il ir r to cap ie ve t r tie tle e i a alss cl iss ais of or who aho ho have acted a codo covo lor LOI palt pott in appo to the progress of me tile work ork of lie lle tie L rd ritia in tb t days who are ara u vi r to be lo rote i the ie first of ille iho buth buch huth it hi 1 I 1 be r retelle 1 earce frum almost f tn enry elry ry I 1 denonn floii abl alii if it they had nv n v mio aged to ai y rel ril gous goas g ous sect seat they bad lad awe mu c or leas of their I t in oli ct when I 1 fleat finot biran b to discern 0 lle the ile operation op oration or of cf of ofus us saied star siar ed foi rot zon X on ou on 0 of hi ih i company N norman orma u A brov it horbe horse tji ti i man mail had been baptized baptised sed for tile tiia remis ion lon cf of ang ani sins vins rejoiced in iii 1 t he tle tie liot jig 1 of oui trull tru h ami aid barud aarud lo 10 gather with wih the tha but liis ills horse died now bd isa d lie le is it la 13 that this 13 a tile the ot of god goj if ihil ifil hi hed lied t fu ille file work wor mor of G d my iny boree boise would not have eld did eid t tell I 1 ads ta g ft fb gioi lie he apostatised fought aga the e work ork ol 01 god and aud lied died a miser ubi abl bl lagel la gei gel alg ilg arld unha cunha py devji and add all because eu great reat real u fridl as tile llie 11 i id who buriti nid zid tid d me after w ing wt irom the chardi lo 10 the tile i voiad the ile lie fact that while he lie was a fuest faes gu et t ii 11 tile the houfe houft hou e ft 0 J alseph mith mith te ie had abao lutey lutey seeli 11 the 6 Pro proal lilet libet et corne down froin tile lh room loom cc in where lie was eugan hugan oed ged in traill trall trail I inua the word of god ind 0 to 0 o playing with the alas e i him that the prophet WAS aut a man ol 01 god and anid that the tile work mork wag was id idl c which winch to me rne jinn Jiun dreda of other others ho lie had hall testified th thil ihil al lie knew came from god ile he at astr aids heaed heed a loob inoa meeting and took look tile ilia leod leed in it about a persecution against the in in kirtland and aud the ihu regions gions rf round about oue of tilt till first apostates apos tales lales that published against ibis wor kwas kRas ezra ifa booth he ill published nine betteis ni tit liw lim olio ollo star published puah hed at ravenna portage pa r age co coanta allty in ill which lie he used all ho ilia arunie rits Tits and mado made all tive tiie false statements ln lie could and it was generally believed belie belle vod by our ene iii jil p r at the kevein flow of ezra booth Bloth ily lly 11 wold woid put pui an in utter eld ei d to fortion ism but the wheel rol roi ej aljia unabated d in bw its pro progress grehs greis ezra ezrd booth hooth had bad been a mi metho Matho diat preacher but oa on a I 1 isit to 0 o juseph ph smith lie had led lad become convinced cf of the trull bruli ru h ot of the work ot or the lord by wit it becs n a mir mii miracle acle alis Jol john Johr irison bun bon suu an art aged lady had everal ears been affa cad jj i in n and aud for moie mote thau a yeal yeu had lud not been able to raise ruise her arm ann at tit all she was wis healed by the llie adin u of the tle laying lading ou on of hands by the prophet Pio rhet phet ar alid divus vas ei abbea immediately t to 0 raise lif her r hand band to ber her head comb cumb her har heir or do ody oly thing ort ont nihed tills this convil icell him blin it waa me lower of god he welle to preaching preach lug iLg tha the truth but found sted instead in of I 1 jiving ivin lvin oil on the jat lat of the land as he lie oil dil adiong amaji his liis brethren that loe lie I 1 e had lad I 1 to 0 labor antt and to tui ifor for the good of zon zion trusting in 0 gud god od alid and iu lu the he great reat day of accounts comita ac receive hs his jeward eo so he fie the tile callon cation adli viii h made a prominent ent show in the tile world wagn wain vas mas a book im till I 1 writt written sen len by doctor P Huri hurl hurlburt burt in beof of among females lie he was expelled froni ironi lie ile his ills wickedness to the co council cicil I 1 was vas present and ard heard hlll hill he ed before god angeld ald aid ad men that lie fie woold from eliat that ilme lime forth 11 live e his ins religion and preserve his integrity if the they would ouid only forgive him lie he wept like a child and anti prayed prated and aud begged to be forgiven the tile council forgave him but joseph told him ott oli you aie ale are not llo ho fl iu in this tins confession 1 A leiv lew days das afterwards lie his lis reutin chiou cf of the work nA nanning gning as a reason thab that he deci deemed ved that council arld and made them believe hia ilk was WB an honest conless confession ion lon when le he only confessed to see whether the llie council had power to discern his hrs spirit Jo joseph seith selth however told birn blin fumat at ala uia time lime that he lie was not honest in ills ins confession fes sion slon ile he went lo 10 work and got up tile IS auldine Faulding story that famous 3 am about the found when about to this hag fabrication la in several of his fuelling speeches speedier edies edles laving having threatened the joseph smith lie lle was bequir fd ed to give glye lve ive bonds bones by the tile authorities of oho obi 0 lo 10 keep the peace iu n consequence ce of thi this ithe the name naffie of E D howe how e i was as substituted is tile tilo author who ho published it I 1 i hurlburt nubi Huri burt burl was cracked up in the as a scientific man mail as an al D but he fie happened to ba be the seventh son and anil vas mas called doctor oy his lis parents it was ili iii his given name namey not tile the title of his prof eson sion slon the public c press heralded forth many encomiums ic ins oil on the book at mr howe hovie acied d to give hurlburt four hundred copies for the manuscript fluri hurlburt burt took his subscription list at ard d went from houe house to house for lanns launs until lie he had got subscribers for the four bugled hui hut dred copies coles which were n ere to be delivered as soon as a they were punted and bound boil boll lid tid at one dollar p pr r copy howe holve refused to dI dilver deliver iver lver hurlburt Huil burt the four hundred copies until lie he managed to got his okeyo eye ese on Hurl huri burts subscription list which he cop copied lel iel dt livered the books took look the tle money and the then gave hurlburt his four hundred cupie copie ile lle thero there by swindled BW Huri hurl hurlburt burt out of his manuscript and hetlland he het irad llad had to sell ills his books at from ten to twenty cents each or anything he lie could get add and great numbers were never sold there ii one thing in rc lation relation to publications agai agal I 1 mormonism no apostate has ever mado his fortune by them for if he be would tell truth that would be no mystery and when they tell falsehoods the spirit of ling ing makes them ther teli tell te sach icil tell big lies and aud so many of them that their work goes into discredit I 1 finnk flunk the first church attea atter apted to be dished in opposition to murmon mormon sm was wm that ea by wj cam oark dark clarkin in kirtland Kirt land lard he was wag baptized about the same time lime as sidney a nid aid id it in con coilla aily ally y atti w northop nirla op sweet and four aliers 0 hers s bertea from tins this chuch cini h and aud sid suid they cobia cohla carry the whole world w til ill til them by b iru 1 nia principles tile hanf harf evv two or three n s but th h so lety v u 1 I i ev i W rave been kinow linow win the bv ti not n t d few of us remembered the circuns abuce and ar d t d of it nother another A species of acy tk took place in in the neighborhood of in to foge fo ge g it ili iii Kirt lud iud A mail illan named noten helen seceded froni fio flo tile tiie church revonne cd ed iafe bal of u mormon and uld tire the pr ud established h b ni elf under the t name arne of ii ull lud lua pendent en church A inan tean named W 1 u t ue w al a pointed painted lb hop this th church g lu i r about mi I 1 hey m i ci tuner inner the order of the new testament ent 1 I 1 n a a I 1 ahn s common in a few w k ks the tiie b si s p i iliohan vil ili ho ohad had bharga of rif the 1 e tem tew temp dl tunings in e a i charpe on oil ihei e t for vi i i irig ui ii I 1 is pork j brei at aid d tie tle c arced tile ti e lia lla i ip p with is ting siu liu isif if and und broke ti up lle lie ine ocleta E oc lety jebri I 1 ahall trl tri t i under undena tae rae e lo 10 detail ul all of this sp pac sices ces es r tiit tilt te lima arisen orisen bia bla b t it i a e vois was all other by he r rame taine of 11 tw ivr c II 11 va a ut a i lacked by a sir spi sif T oi of ree rave wn ion yo leil ieli re rl in the elie S ate die of new york rk watie wil 1 lie lle h was w ii aloa i g and i ii tool took him 1 im ip in lucli suii a 1 hu fill ry t ti i A t he had noi not time tune to pi t on ou his hla bots b but i r fled pied pl d barefo I 1 t to kirtland to some come bix hix t i n u idies mairs d tant to aru oril arll J sead that ire he w a falle tulle i pro fro het hel th t god had hud cut joseph jozip off anu ana pieced placed a ats hi bated a inan by the name dame o of ho no h amt a 11 T ti e oil oll jv J v h was waa cut off was te hid guff r a ir the mei men to we ejr eor r cushions 1 li moir weir cof coi ca t steeve sleeve v s ond end tie tle tile lip wom li to wean wear clit is ile he wi w vt t 1 ar r aigin i g i the thi s brei r ei ol 01 kit kitt land witti a bowl cring I 1 v le c woe to the ille peo ou on cm one oce isio luti auti ll 11 about midnight Bri Brig bria ghaul ahadi harp haip soung young wait walt welt u and to ii isi ivi h film A co cochi ali all su saiu to hiwot gli lit it you n doht quit qui annoy ir g be h p eop f B w ii i I 1 our it 11 i io 0 I 1 will wiil cus cua bide bidd jk upa upu mii i licht cl ie conci i ed he lie h d sur sul fd ipe sei sri ution ci buoi fir lis ils 1 is masters lasters ud sake and aud shu up i bi n rol roi p 1411 I 1 eteh v vit if yot oi will wili uke ake al e the ho N hoie hole circle circie acle of the luetory ol 01 pon piro poa it i a inin in tr in ii this clauren cli c uren that th t in iti ninel ta nii rii ie e cate cafe cases s 1 n l t cf of ekery eiery hd bu ired you ou weil wiil f find liidi th t I 1 spill spun i t 01 01 adultery adu tery or was the ahin w u faus aust ws w 8 a rna inui i minify a mod john smi sini h b came into the ahti ci ca a d ww wai s m malit li p onil onu ent in the state 0 I 1 diana dlana ani H or ached som son litile an i jhb as cons dons dered dared jul qui zealous al us hu bu h said he lie had bad proved talt tait tile tiie B OK oi 0 D atrin efrin ato aitt C ven vea ants was not true for it s ys s 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