| Show THE DESIGN IN OUR BEING HERE for a wise purpose were we permitted to be driven to these mountains but are we always careful to square our conduct in full compliance compili with that purpose wickedness had become so prevalent and predominant in the regions whence we were driven drives that our remaining there to practice righteousness in peace was no longer possible and besides the righteous must coast needs seeds be gathered out as in aalt the da days daas ya ot at sodom and ad gomorrah that the purposes ies of jehovah might be accomplished in regard to those who expelled us those purposes are now progress ing io in rapid fulfillment and are we ever vig lant and watchful in irk preparing to be ready when the word goes forth to again occupy that land and build up its waste places in holiness to the lord that in addition to standing in safe places while lie lle a fierce indignation bhail shall pass over Is the great design in our being here true the adversary soon discovered the mistake he be had bad made in driving us from our former homes and stirred up his servants to cripple our exodus by a requisition for five hundred of our men inen while on the borders of the then western frontier this ungodly plan like all others of the kind was overruled to the diSCOMfit discomfiture ure UTe of the wicked and for the welfare of the righteous the evil one then impatiently watched the hopes and sayings of his bis servants that the indians ana and starvation would boon soon close doss our career but to the contrary the moment the cruel hand of persecution rested re vre throve most heartily in these arid valleys rapidly increasing in numbers good works aad the comforts of life this by no means edited his bis purpose ee and be he instigated the sending first one then another and then another email small party here ostensibly for goodly reasons reason R but in reality under that disguise to spy out oat our liberty and report to our cur injury unfortunately or tuna tely for the success of this plan the more honorable lono iono rable rabie in each of those parties wa wag 11 constrained to mingle a fondly share of truth with lih ith their report and the desired result remained unachieved after much plotting tip tig g and the discussion of many cunning the flower of the american army was ordered to utah to make a full end of Alor monism nisay nisai they came they raged they tarried a little season they labored assiduously to spread corruption and death they melted away and nearly all of their prominent i officers pa particularly the rabid anti mormon have thus soon eoon failen on the battle bavie fields fieldg of bf tie the the great rebellion in in this broad though brief sketch of a few points in our past history who having eye eyes and ani wishing to see bee canfall to discern the aim arm of the almighty contic bally and manifestly stretched out in behalf of his people and syo sto who can doubt the continuance of vi that guld ance anae and protection whenever we as a people walk viall worthily thereof all the plans for our overthrow having baving failed another ona one a sort of rehash and hodgepodge hodge pod podge t e of the chief in ingredients el of or former plans p ians lans with an unconstitutional act of congress to heip help it was some sometime time ago set on foot and is at the present time time being worked to do the people in the midst 0 of f busy kasy care and toil realie this do tasy compre comprehend kend vend that the enemy is sowing 0 tares when the husbandman is asleep the breaking out of so gi gigantic a rebellion badly eartly chagrined the plotters of the presen preben plan pian and has thus far confined their attention chiefly to the other twin causing them then in the main to plow around 12 utah but is it given up no are any at work at it quite a number gumbei and we are at times of the opinion that soma some who profess to be of israel are bowing their necks to the yoke of thit plan pian and are slavishly painfully ad and laboriously toiling for their own overthrow this thel their agena agency permits them then to do but what is the reward reward for sucha bucha course death the wages wages of sin what are some of the features of the present plan the old system of espo inage though through necessity on a much smaller scale than in 1851 1857 8 the instilling the spirit of the merchandising izing of babylon the calling laudable and prudent improvements siow biow alow slow correct ideas and practice antiquated and worldly minded mindedness n es a alone energy and en enterprise the effort to make capitalists I 1 purse proud extravagant exacting and oppressive and the envious lazy prodigal and discontented the persistent effort to sow broadcast the seeds of borrup corruption tion and in irk short abort in every way possible the luring us to forsake our religion and enlist to serve the devil are not these features characteristic are they not plainly specified so that none reed seed mistake them cannot the smallest accountable intelligence intelli wence rence discern their working and shun them it if not we repeat that working to that plan destruction to all who follow it the pleasures of sin may be sweet for a little season but the end thereof 1 1 is bitterness and death i been heru hern iea lea hersto be further taught and practiced in the prin principles ciplis ot at the everlasting gospel while certain events now in progress should transpire elso else elsewhere where and it beina being our duty to work only righteousness continually in all our sayings 0 and doings to an observer not conversant conver convere apt sapt with the power of evil eyll through the weakness of the flesh it would seem strange that any one once having taken hold bold of the rod of iron irony athe the word of god goi should let go and wander into the mists of darkness which are the temptations of the devil which blin deth the eyes and arid the hearts of the children of men and readeth them away into broad roads that they perish and are lost or that such an one should be seduced bythe by the occupants of the large and spacious building seen in vision by lehi and his hig son sort nephi which building Js vain rain imaginations gi nations and the pride of the children of men but bat so it i is one is bought with the love iove ot of gain another with what pleases vanity f another adother with sensuality aiki arki ani eo so on to the end 7 of the list of temptations ons so that it requires and the most constant and careful watchfulness and obedience of the most faithful to endure and accomplish the purposes for tor which we have been gathered here and to be prepared in season to act as efficient workers coworkers co iii lil in ha the next development in the progress of the great latter day work which is to be cut cat short in ri righteousness |
