Show REMARKS 1 hr by elder ORON OKON HYDE llyde bowery oct act 79 1850 isse am nEron nepon lid ild TID BY ny G IN D WATT feeling Feel ipg thankful for the opportunity of meeting with nith you anis morning in the capacity ol 01 our semiannual semi annual conference I 1 cannot but express my gratitude to god that I 1 lama iama am a member of that church which ia is every where spoken booken against even the church of jesus christ of latter day saints I 1 am thankful to god my heavenly father that he be has re veal edthe everlasting gospel in its falness ful ness 1 and made me as well as many of you th the e lio iio honored nored instruments to proclaim it to all nations kindreds tongues and people wherever 0 our i tir lir lo lots tsmay may be cast I 1 of all people upon the face of the whole earth none noue have edve so great rea reason son to be thankful as we we are brought into the school of christ to be instructed in the laws spirit and policy of his kingdom many of you wiil will bear in mind that at our last conference six months ago many of the speakers bore powerful testimony to tile the truth and certainty certain ty of the tho cause in which we are engaged and you will also recollect that I 1 told you then bell that that testimony would seriously affect all nations and arid people that it would be felt throughout the entire world that it would be borne by an invisible hand and arid its influence like the tae frosts of autumn blight the growing gro and flourishing prospects of all ail political and worldly schemes and enterprises terp rises contemplate now through the glass of the public newspapers newspapers and journals the condition of the nations of europe of ashap asia asla arld and of americal america our own favored land is in commotion the political celemens el emens are heavily charged with electr electricity iciLy and the lowering storm clouds are gathering in our horizon threatening to avenge the blood of martyred marty mar tyreA red reb prophets and apostles and the inhumanity and cruelty practised practiced upon the tha saints of god none of those things are forgotten they are written with imperishable characters in them the empry memory of this people and their cries and their prayers have transmitted theato the sacred records above to be answered in their behalf by at bt by tempests by whirlwinds whirl winds by earthquakes b by y famines by the sword and und by flames of devouring fire the testimony of the servants of god before alluded to forcibly reminds me of a certain erf ers class of men spoken of in tho revelations of st jphn who overcame by the blood of the lamb and by the hordof word of their testimony when our testimony goes forth from this stand we cannot carnot always tell exactly where it may inay take effect but we know that it will not return void it must fall somewhere it ia is like the seeds of plants and flowers which are often carried high in the air and wafted wafred on oil the breeze to cremote distance yet the laws of gravity will ultimately compel them to a ing place where their effects may way be seen I 1 for me to testify to you that mormonism ia is true to declare its destiny and final triumph would be like telling you that the sun suit shines it is something bom eom ething that you see and conse consequently antly know yet it I 1 i P not at all likely that the sun now vow shines in ta tha beyes reyes eyes of all people hence 1 J volunteer my lt gir gony pony you mar may regard lepri itan he light li ot 0 a f vasa vaja a aka aki king 1 n ryn lyn i a snot I 1 VL and nd shells eils elis ells at homme horne jk ma t ar r gig signell Sig ig agn neil ed to batter down doan an enemies e walis wails walls Is on ph a foreign shore jav fy v 4 what is called mormonism by the world is the falness of the everlasting gospel the truth of god the only way of salvation for all people to whom it is made known or in ai any way declared arid and destined to rule rufe the bokly while on this branch of my subject allow me to introduce a testimony given me not long since under ollier of her and peculiar circumstances hear it all ye peopled mormonism will win its ita way throngs through the world and triumph in the face of any and all opposition there ila lla god that never sleep sleeps an eye that never slumbers and an arm that never becomes feeble this god is our god arid and through our agency he has decreed the triumph of his hia c cause wear year not little flock it is your fathers Va good pleasure leasure to give you the kingdom 1 thele is no man on oil earth eaith no people on oil earth no nation dation on earth no kindl kindi ed or tongue on earth or the whole combined that raise raises s the hand band or voice against the tle kingdom of god goil or its policy as now established but that will be rejected of god dishonored of men inen and go to ruin with the wrath of heaven upon them having the spirit of our calling we wax bold in our testimony teg tei when whan a few lew more conferences shall have been held by this people compare the coming history h is tory of batons with this ny my teotimo te testimony y and you wil will be satisfied that I 1 in now v tell you the truth the liberty of ot the gospel with your indulgence will allow me to give some political matters a passing and respectful notice lam law no politician and it cannot be expected that I 1 shall treat such subjects as douglas bell breckenridge or r lincoln would in ill such buch matters they are workmen I 1 lam iam am but a bungler yet in times of general election when po political laical speeches are ire daming flaming all around it is not to be wondered won dired at that even a novice should attempt to fire up a little on ohp I 1 M port tance of the times first arid and foremost I 1 will briefly allude to some aspirants to office and arid honors in the church of which we are members there bate baie been aspirants to the presidency of this church ever since the death of joseph smith smithy and even before it may be regarded as lost time to allude to these things at all by which any portion of the day is consumed but brethren bear beai with me I 1 have read the writings of every aspirant to the presiding p priesthood priesthood riest I 1 hood in this c hurch church since the days of joseph J 0 seph I 1 have marked their cold coid corddry dry tech niza husky lu sky and spiritless from the book of mormon from the doctrine arid and covenants mie bible etc quite voluminous re sem bem dembling kiin kiln blin bling 9 the bile ejected from a disordered stomach I 1 have never discovered one burst of the spirit of god in all their claims ot publications who has ever read brigham youngs young writings ingoing in w which he has labored to establish his ri right t and nd claim to the presidency of the church no one ohe ea god goer pleads his own cause through br aham because he obeys him but man has to plead the cause of man who ho ia is sordid il i liberal murmuring and arid corrupt in the month of february 1843 the twelve apostles met at hyde bark pottawattamie I 1 county count y iowa here a small branch of the I 1 church was established and I 1 must say that I 1 I 1 feel not a little proud of the circumstance and also very thankful on account of its happen ing ia in my own little retired and sequestered hamlet bamlet bearing my own name we were in iq and council cout icil communing together and what took place oil on that occasion the voice of god came from on high and spoke to the I 1 council E every very latent feeling was aroused i i 1 and every healt melted what what did it say i unto us let my servant brigham step I 1 forth and receive the full power of the presiding priesthood in my shuich and kin kingdom kindom 0 dom 11 this was vas the voice of or the albig almighty aty unto us at council bluffs before I 1 removed to what was called kanesville Kanes ville it has been said by some that brigham was appointed by tho the people lle lie and not by the voice of god I 1 do not know know that this testimony has often if ever been given i v en to the masses of the people before but u t I 1 am one that was present and there are others here that were also present on that occasion and did hear bear and feel the voice from heaven and we were filled with the power of god ismy testimony these are arc my declarations unto the saints unto the members of the kingdom of god in the last days and to all people we said nothing about the matter in those times but kept it still lafter seating bating myself in the stand I 1 was reminded of one oae circumstance cum stance that occurred which I 1 omitted ted in my discourse men alen women and children came running to together ether where we were and arid asked us what ws was the matter they said that their houses bouses shook and the ground trembled and they did not know but that there was an earthquake we told them that there was wag nothing the matter not tobe to be alarmed the lord was only whispering to us a little and that he was probably not very far off we felt no shaking of tile earth or of or the house louse but were filled with the exceeding power and goodness of god we knew alna aina and abd realized that we had bad the testimony of god within wi thinus us on the ath day aay of april following at our annual conference Con ferenc e held in the log tabernacle at kanesville Kanes ville the propriety of choosing a man to preside over the church was investigated vesti gated in a very few minutes it was agreed to and brigham young was chosen to fill gih that place without a dissenting voice the people not knowing that there had been any r revelation touching the matter they agnor ignore 1 antly seconded condid se the voice of the lord from fro 1 n oh on hk high 0 in lug tug appointment voice trow frow theT sta nf 1 trat is I 1 7 as xi nui wui yes at ithe voice voide ibe w S r d R a voice orthe orabe or the t people annam bonam r i S a ent t r right fht fit abeld ahead to do the work 0 rk Sf the agn lord lor add ana ta if ee d his hish neep jeep leep and take care of them like a faithful shepherd leaving all vain aspirants to quarrel and aud contend about lineal descent rim rio right glimp power and authority some persons say that that brigham does not give revelations as did jpseph smith but let me tell you that Brig brighams bighams hamb hams voice has been liven the voice of god from the time he was chosen to iza eza preside s de and even before wag wap that has heard r d him speak or that has read his mor moi monie desor sor that is acquainted with his instruct not know that god is is with him who does not know jew or gentile that has h s come in contact with his ins policy that he pos besses a power with which they are unable to compete ile he possesses skill wisdom and aud power that troubie trouble wise men mei and rulers god will make him a greater to nations than be he ever has been I 1 will now quote a few passages from the revelations of god as contained in the book of doctrine and covenants IMy my words shall all be fulfilled whether by mine m ine lne own voice out of the heavens or by the voice of my servants ants auts it is the same 1 l ag again concerning 1 I 9 his servants whatsoever you shall speak k by hy my spirit shall be scripture shall be the word ot of t the lord therill the wll wil of the lord the mind of the lord and the power of god unto sal sai tion 11 again from frona A the new testament jesus says whosoever heareth you whom whom I 1 send heareth me we you men of business do not empower and send an a agart ent to transact business hu siness for you unless you i intend n tend to honor his words and his d doings s the lawwill compel you jou to do this the god of ot heaven does nov noi send forth his servants ubon upon the earth but with the fixed purpose to honor their words when they abide in the instructions given givan them I 1 will now pave pava the way for my roy political manifest jesus says who whosoever Kho falleth upon this stone shall be broken M what stone does lie he refer to toz the lord says to his dis caplea whom say ye that thab I 1 am ama peter answers IT thou houart art tile the christphe christ the son of the livin ilyin in ing god jesus indicated to peter that he had spoken truly by saying saving 0 unto him blessed art thou simon baraona Bar jona flesh and blood bathna hath net revealed this unto thee but my roy father which is in in heaven and I 1 say unto thee that thou art peter and upon this rock awill I 1 will enild my roy church and the gates of hell bell shall not prevail against it this stone or roc rock k was the wora word of god revealed unto peter present revelation from God then 15 12 the stone or rock which our savior saylor spoke of any church or any people built upon this foundation cannot be prevailed aga against ast by any power for one obvious reason I 1 whenever V aneer a people are built upon this foundation and they get into trouble and ad difficulty they will ask the lord goshow them ithem the way out and bein beig being built upon present revelation lation and in communion with god he wili will tell them what to do his wisdom is 13 greater than the cunning of the devill devil and consequently the gates of hell bell cannot prevail against them any people built upon this foundation are hard to head though their numbers may be small the ancient church was never over overcome coap comp until they lost this principle of present revelation then they were prevailed against and fell away because they ceased to build upon this foundation the stone or rock of present revelation rev elation solomon says where inhere no vision is the people perish many churches are built up in the world professedly unto the name of christ but have they present revelation revelations 9 no they have not they despise the idea of present revelation and kill i the prophets that give teem luem and persecute the that believe them will the gates of ot hell bell prevail against such to aum will our savior say depart from me ye workers of iniquity I 1 know you not noti will it not be to those who are not built upon this rock now for politics politic sl co to send the army to utah was the measure and united policy of a democratic de socratic mo cratic administration of the united states government this democratic administration was the only legitimate power that could send it here it was the official channel through which the flood was poured in upon us merchants gamblers whore masters thieves murderers false writers drunkards and to cap the climax a drunken debauched judiciary with plenty of bayonets to enforce their decrees some decent men came most likely yet I 1 know not one with whom I 1 could safely trust the virtue of any felmae in their power they came to gratify their basest passions and they will leave if they leave at all with the wrath of god upon them candidates for damnation they have burned strange fire upon the altar of god goj and with strange oye are such will be consumed the demo democracy cracy a 0 of f the country fell upon uppa this stone atone by the military arm aj rin tin of their power ara ars they now broken let us see on the day of december 1332 the lord to joseph smith and said IVe verily rily fily thus saith the lord concerning the wars that will shortly come to pass beginning at the rebellion or of south carolina which will eventually terminate in the death and misery of many souls the days will come that war will manu be 0 pore poured out upon all nations beginning at that pla pia place the democratic party found if it feces karyto call a convention of delegates to nominate nate a successor to president buchanan no place but charleston south carolina could be agreed aponas upon as the place for that body to assemble A most unlikely place indeed entirely out of 0 the political center a small town of about twenty or twenty five tipe tive thousand white inhabitants inhabit arts accommodations 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