| Show f t L V J by pi C I 1 young tik tit the ut ot 0 S L r anh any ceth city loa loh 9 h I 1 W BY DY 0 1 I WAIT thore there Th ore cre IA cr a number of bf su b jec vec ai and little points that I 1 wish to speak sneak upon and hope that I 1 shall be able to set bet them forth in a manner mauner which will answer my wishes in the first place I 1 will w ill lii say with mith regard to our belc Delc delegate gate to congress who has addressed you vou this afternoon and this I 1 will say for myself that I 1 am perfectly perfectly satI satisfied shed sAed with his course while he ae has been absent on this mission as our delegate to tho seat scat of our government I 1 am satisfied that lie he has done an all that we could expect of him and I 1 wiil will say further he lie has hag done more than we believed he could perform chadwe had we possessed tho the assurance which wo WC now ilow have of his ability faithfulness and perseverance before bo he went to washington in ton t we m ight have anticipated all ali his labors ezrs and suc success cess coss he told you the truth when he said that his affliction tion through the he be has suffered caused him to cleave to the lord and ican lean r can say of a truth judging from the spirit which is in him that the words br stenhouse spoke concerning him this afternoon are true lie he is a better man than when ho he left here for the city of washington he is a better man than over ever he was before on the earth he lie has more faith in god today to day than ever he had lie ho is surrounded with an influence that I 1 never saw him possess before ills his travels and labors at washington this tills last term his hi labors are known to me they wore were known to me whon when he lie was in washington both lib jais conduct and his success were known to individuals here we are glad to M la oft him that we are proud of his iau lau labor labon wo AVO ean can say bay this safely in ills presence for he be has enough of the spirit of the lord in him not to feel flattered this I 1 believe will satisfy all the lat ter ler day saints and very likely a great daany blany others other enough on this br er hooper and br stenhouse have avoided in their speaking this afternoon an error that I 1 committed last sunday by mentioning names and I 1 will vill now ask the pardon of this congregation for over ever speaking a it name when attached to such a vile character as I 1 mentioned last sunday wo we know by tho the power of tho the spirit of god that A it la is true that when men rise up tip against the gospel of life and salvation they will always commit themselves and then they will commit themselves with one another to that degree that the tho they thoy cannot believe each other this is tho the tho the case with those more moro particularly who have arrayed themselves against us for a few years past their work they must perform I 1 do not wish to injure lajure hem them hom They must wust have their day their time and season are allotted to them tho the bame sinic as to all men for good or for evil they can do us no harm they can do nothing against the truth the tile lord will make the wicked and the ungodly y and their acts accomplish his design for surely the wrath of man shall praise thee tho the remainder of wrath ahalt thou restrain we need havo have ho no fears with regard to the outside Hit bide sido world if wo we will v ill ili purify and cleanse the inside of the platter if this people the latter day saints who profess to know and understand the way of life and salvation can sanctify themselves so jio that they are accepted of god 0 our ur father imdorf and of jesus christ chrls llis ills bon son senour Benour our E elder eider lder ider and savor Savji or then all is right everywhere rest assured that tho omitting of that duty is ail all wo wa need fear IVI I 1 wish s togia to civo om my yie vic views with regard 40 4 0 that and Gra practice clice which nrc arc io so obnoxious to the tiie outside outsiders r to those who wig do not believe it isan is an old oid saying that a continual dropping will wear a stone htone so a continual couth lual laboring C will bring about tho the purposes of the tile lordi they say bay that polygamy is obnoxious to the world this is really not so it is tho the name pf af it that they object to the most in connection with this let lot us look at the christian world and I 1 will refer to the ladies ladles who compose n portion oti oil othis othia congregation there aro are many ladies probably here who have lived long loog in the outside previous pravio ua to W conning to utah and who are not entirely unacquainted anted with tho the usages of society there you know that it is customary to admit a certain class of gentlemen to private parties and alad entertainments where they thoy are greeted cordially and welcome they aro are eato cato emed omed aa as gentlemen of grace education and polished manners they aro are adepts in all the little extras of most refined soo society loty thoy they are greit great lovers of the tho fair sex bex a autt auit aud and uit their gallantry ry fine tippe appearance arance and gentlemanly sper bearing ton tm re readily lalli win for them the deepe t adini ration of dr tite tile nair fair ones who may erms enns path yet yeb arnth 1 0 r they frequent that they are vile and corrupt with regard to chastity yes it is known that those beautiful gentlemen are arc libertines that they do hot respect female virtue any more than they do their old clothes cloth which they haye have worn w orn and east cast onn off yet they are erected with the most profound respect and deference their great crimes crimea against female chastity are winked at and and they aro are still permitted to frequent the tho best test doclot society to 0 lead astray and decoy from tho the paths of virtue the unsuspecting and unwary female take tako ako aho another view of this subject let any anyone one ono of the poor unfortunates whom those unprincipled scoundrels have b by their hellish arts seduced from the pat paths Is of virtue and honor make her appearance in a select party the ladies are fanning the vanity of those wick wicked ed men with their unmeaning and insincere and what would bo be the consequence instead of making the poor creature welcome she would be spurned from their presence unceremoniously cast out upon the cold world to be crushed down still deeper into the dark depths of crimo prime and do degradation 0 ra with none to reach forth a 14 saving hand or shed a tear of sympathy over the dreadful fato of the dishonored and lost one this is one of the inconsistencies djos of the refined society of the nad ag the dennier defiler of tile the innocent is the one who should bo be branded with infamy and cast east out from respectable society and ana shunned as a pest post or as a contagious disease is shunned shun shunned neb nea the tho doors s of respectable spec table families should be closed against him and ho he should be frowned upon by all high and virtuous persons wealth influence and p position should not soreen screen him bim from their righteous indignation his sin sla isone bisone is one of tho the blackest in the calender calonder of dif crime and he should be cast down from the high hi h pinnacle of respectability and consideration rai rax plon pion to find his place among 0 the worst of felons every virtuous woman desires a husband to whom she can look foi guidance and protection through this his t world god has placed this desire in womans comans nature it should bo be respected by the stronger sex any man who takes advantage of this th Is and humbles hum blesa bless a daughter of E eve uve ve to rob her of her virtue anu and and cast her off dishonored and defiled is her destroyer and Is responsible to god for the deed if the refined christian society of the loth century wiil will tolerate su such sueh eh a crime god will not but ho he will call the perpetrator to an account ho he will be damned in hell bell ho he will lift up his eyes being in torment until ho he has paid the uttermost far farthing tAing and made mado a full atonement for his sins itis ibis this very vory class of men though not all of them who have set act up such a howl against the doctrine of polygamy which is BO so much muck despised and which was believed in and practiced by the tho ancients by the very men who are held up to us as patterns of all the piety that was ever over exhibited through h man upon the tho face of the earth this matter was a little changed chan ehan in the case of the S savior tylor of the world the conof son of the living god tho the man joseph the husband of mary did not that we know of have more than one wife ife ioe but mary the wife of joseph had another husband on this account infidels have called the savior a bastard this is merely a human opinion upon one of the inscrutable doings of the almighty that very babo that was cradled in the tho manger was begotten not nobby by joseph tho the husband of mary but by another neing being do you inquire by whom he was begotten t eu by goroum god our heavenly father r this ot h 1 s answer may suffice you you need never inquito 1 e more upon that point jesus christ is tho the only begotten of tile the F ather father and he is the tho savior of the world aud and full fall of grace and truth it is polygamy not that men fight against when wilen they persecute this people but still if wo we continue tobera to bo faithful withful to 10 our god god ho he will defend us in doing what is right if it is wrong for a man to have moro more than one wife at a time the lord will reveal it by and by and ho he will put it away that it will not bo be known in the church I 1 did not ask him for the revelation upon this subject when that revelation was waa first read to mo we by joseph smith I 1 plainly saw the great trials and the tho abuse of it that would bo be made mado by many of the tho elders and the trouble troubie leand and tho the persecution that it would bring upon this whole people but the tho lord revealed it and it was my iny bub bus business to accept it now wo we as christians christiana desire to be saved in the kingdom of god wo we desire debiro to attain to the possession of all the tho blessings bimi agg there are aro for the tho most faithful man or people that over lived upon tiie the fitce ram of tile earth oarth even him who is 18 said to be llie tile father of the faithful abraham of ald TV wa wu ib D juin duin 1111 teil atut father abraham obtained I 1 wish here hero to say to the elders of israel and to all the members of this church and kingdom that it is in the hearts of many of them to wish that the doctrine of polygamy was not taught and practiced by us it may bo be hard for many and especially for tha thi c ladies yet it is no harder for them than it is 4 for the gentlemen it is the word of the lord and I 1 wish to say to you and to all the world that if you desire with all your hearts to obtain the blessings which abraham obtained you will ivill be mists at least in your faith or you will come short of enjoying the the salvation and the tho glory which abraham has obtained this is as true as that god lives you who wish that there were no such thing in existence if you have in your sour hearts to say bay we will pass along in the church without ob obey obeying cy ing or submitting to it in our faith or believing this order because for aught that we know this community may bo be broken up yet and we ave may have lucrative offices offered to us we will not lot therefore bo vo polygamists lest we should fall fail in obtaining some earthly honor character and office etc the man that lias has that in his heart and will continue to persist in pursuing pur sung that policy will come short of dwelling in the presence of the father blid aud and the thel son in cele dele celestial kird glory the tue ahl only men who become meome gods even the sons of god godmare aie are those who enter into polygamy kers mors others attain unto a glory and may even be permitted to come into the presence presence of the i father and the son but they cannot reign as kings in glory because they had ha blessings kofl offered cred ered unto themi and they refu refused seTto to accept them the lord gave a revelation through joseph smith his servant and we have believed and practiced it now kow then it Is sald bald said that this must be done away before we vo are permitted to receive our place as a stafe in the tho union it may bo be or it baynot may not be one of the twin relics relics slavery they say is abolished I 1 do not however wish to speak about this bui but if slavery and oppression and ironhanded iron handed cruelty are not more felt by the blacks today to day than beforce I 1 am ani glad of it my heart is pained for that unfortunate race of men one twin relic having been strangled the other they say must next nest bo be destroyed it is they and god for it and you will all find qua that out it is not brigham young heber reber C kimball and daniel H wells and twe tho E iders elders of israel they are aio fighting against but it is the tho lord almighty what Is the tho lord going to do he jfe is going to do just as lie he pleases and the world cannot help themselves I 1 heard the revelation on polygamy poly amy and I 1 believed it with all my heal t and and I 1 know it is from god I 1 know that he revealed it from heaven I 1 know that it is true and understand the tho bearings of it and why it is do you think that we ve shall ever be admitted as a state into the union without denying the principle of polygamy if we are not admitted until then we shall shail never readmit ted these things will be just as the lord will let us live to tako tadd just what he sends to us usand and when our enemies rise up against us wo we will meet them as we call can and exercise faith and pray for wisdom and power more than they have and contend continual continually lv for atho right go along my children saith the file lord do all you can and remember that your blessings come through your faith bo be faithful and cut the corners of your enemies where you can get got the advantage efthem of them by faith and good works take care of yourselves and they will destroy themselves be what you should be live jive as you should and all will be well who knows but the time will come when the inquiry will be made in washington by the president by the congressmen are thi things ings any w worse orse in utah than in washington than they are in new now NA ef e f york or in any state of tho the union are they more aro they more disloyal to the government but then there is polygamy that has nothing in the least to do with our being loyal or disloyal one way or the other but is not the practice of po I 1 amy a transgression of the evv law of the tho t N 0 united states how are we transgressing gressing that law in no other way than b by obey obeying a revelation which god has given un unto ato us touching touch ing breil ft religious ordinance of his church and tho the anti antl polygamy polygamy law has yet to be tested as RS to its t constitutionality by the courts which have jurisdiction by and rind by men will appear iii in the departments of the government who will inquire into the validity of some laws and question their constitutionality brar Arar marriage ringe is a civil contract you might aa as well inake make a law to say how many children a mail man shall have as to make a law to say bay how many artly wives es lie he shall have it as a sensibly to mane maile malic a law to say how many horses or oxen lie he shall possess or how many cows his wih wife shall milk if a woman wants to live with me as a wife w ife all right but thelah the lay says you must not marry her and own her as your wife openly As the tho law stands she can come home to me not cot as my wife you know she ean can sweep my house make my bed |
