Show i RV president PRESIDE Nf J n IM ten ken k en friej tabernacle a m great salt sait lake D lec dec IJ vl T 1 v BY G D WATT I 1 will try to she speak ak to the people I 1 shall need silence in the house and the close attention of my hearers I 1 expect of the saints even without asking for it the faithful will exercise faith falth and pi play ulay ay always for all who are within the reach rc reach aeh ach of mercy the good desire good to all I 1 have words to say to the good and also to the noward to the righteous and to the unrighteous to the saint and d the sinner lil III lish aish wish in the first placebo pl aceto address myself ta those who profess hofem to be latter day sai sal ats upon the subject of the falth faith that w we e have embraced As to the ordinances din ances of the gospel we vve are united we are n re one but I 1 will inquire I 1 re are we w e one in n nil all temporal ma ers are we ceone one as weare we are exhorted tobe to be by the savior and by his disciples jesus jestis prayed N neither elther L pray I 1 for these alone but for them also which shall believe conme on me thitu through h their word that they all may be b 0 one on as thou father art in me and I 1 in thee thee that they altomay also aiso may be one in hf us that the world may believe that thou hast sent me and the glory gory which thou davest me I 1 have given them that they may be one even as we are one I 1 in them and thou in me that they may be made perfect in one and that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved floied them as thou hast loved me 11 we should very much dislike not to be acknowledged as the saints of the most high god and the disciples of his son jesus christ are we one as the savior prayed that his d disciples 1 es might be if we are then are we a happy app r people if we are then are we a powerful aai ami ami influential people jesus had power to do many mif mii miracles acles so called lie changed water into wine fed thousands thousand upon a few loaves and fishes and raised the dead if we were one we should then prove to heaven to god our father to jesus christ our elder brother to the angels to the good upon the earth earlb and to all mankind that we are the disciples of the lord jesus christ chrid if we are not one we are not in the true sense of the word te disciples of the lord jesus what is necessary to constitute a saint or a disciple of jesus it is simply this a strict obedience to all the requirements of the ordinances of the house of god and to be one in all things ns as the father and the son are one which will wili prepare eve every ry person for a life ot of usefulness landfill and fill them with joy peace life intelligence good feelings for lor themselves for their friends and for their enemies good feelings for the world of mankind at large this spirit of oneness fills them with good desires with good hopes and qualifies them toad to administer good to every person who has determined to cease to do evil etil and learn leyarn to do dw well we are constantly taught to love and serve servo and keep heep his big commandments if wedo this then are we his disciples and preparing ourselves to accomplish a great and good work I 1 I 1 are the people who are living in thi this a mountainous country who profess to be members of the chut rob ob of christ lat ter day gants saints indeed it is truo hey they have left homes and aud friends friendA and come to this distant land tb enjoy he privilege of worshipping god according lo 10 the revelations he has given unto us where no one ine could molest or make ua us afraid or break us up as a community again drive us froni our ouy homes take possession session of our farm farms g and rob us of everything lavers lavery thing we possess AN we are here hore for the purpose of enjoying the fruits of our labors for the purpose of serving gerving god with kith an undivided heart still we are pro neto nato wander and come como short of faithfully fulfilling all ull our duties we are nevertheless in these mountains you tou inquire if we shall shail stay in these mountains I 1 anaw answer er yes as long arwe as we please olease to do the will of god godi murfa our father in heaven if iffe we are pleased to turn away from the holy commandments of the lord hord jesus christ as ancient israel did every man turning to his own way we shall be scattered and peeled driven before our enemies alad and persecuted un learn to remember i 1 theford th the eLord lord our god and are willing to walk in i his ways but says one 1 I thought that we were to suffer persecution for righteousness sake I 1 would to god that all our persecutions were for righteousness sake instead of for our evil doings still as I 1 have often remarked I 1 never believed that the righteous w te f t t ss v i ave ever summered suffered a as s mu much athe aalthe uri uni wiek wick a al eel 1 jesus christil said sald to fhi ihl disciples P the these se things lihaven sp abu that in me ye might hapep hava p M ea a ce inthe nt e world ye shall have tribulation but be of good cheer I 1 have overcome the world I 1 admit that the faints anciently were stoned they tildy were sawn asunder were temp tempted tek teh with the sword 4 they ey wandered about in sheep ski s alid abid goat skins bellig des deg 4 afflicted tormented they van nan wandered in deserts and in the mountains and in dens and caves taves of the thid earth we are still further informed by historians that the apostle peter was crucified head downwards and john the bel bei beloved otrea disciple k was thrown into a cauldron cauldren caul dron of boiling oil but escaped uh uti hurt yet in all this suffering and pense peise persecution cution they were blessed and an acorn eom com forted and rejoiced I 1 though in tribulation I 1 I 1 I 1 since iem Pem I 1 embraced braced the gospel aith rith many or of my brethren I 1 have leen broken tip up and compelled to leave my home five times yet we live as a people and are as comfortable and as well off as our neighbors who do not delong belong to the church andi and I do not know that our an enemies iwate hate us any more than they hate each other the stif sufferings firIngs that have come upon the latter day saints through li persecution will not compare in severity with the sufferings which have come upon the wicked in our own day I 1 desire and pray pra in ln the name of the lord jesus christ that bat I 1 my mily live so soth atthe wicked and haters baters of good will not like me very well it t is impossible to unite christ and baal baa their spirits cannot unite their objects t s and purposes are entirely different t the e one leads to eternal life and exaltation the other to death and final destruction I 1 esteem the persecutions which we suffer as asa aaa a light thing we have an object in view aid and that is tb to gain influence among all the inhabitants of the earth for foi the purpose 1 of establishing the king kingdom doni donl of god in its righteousness power and glory and to exalt the name of the deity and cause that name by which we live tobe to be revered everywhere that he may be honored that his works may be honored that we maybe may be honored our ourselves selve seive and deport ourselves worthy of the character of his children whoever lives as a few years more will lil see suffering among the wicked until their hearts sicken if I 1 have one wish which is greater than another it ia is ifa if had the power to make men do right to make them stop their swearing their lynny their deceiving to stop trying to injure the innocent and begin to be belion hon est and tin all ali with one another and ho northe honor the name of the deity this thia is the worst wish I 1 have ever had in my heart towards my fellow beings the great object of my life is to establish the kingdom of god upon the earth the latter day saints are one in their faith in the great leadin leading doctrines of or the church but are the they one in their efforts to establish the kin kingdom of god that must be established upon the earth in the I altet days it may be asked what I 1 mean b by y the kingdom of bf god the church of jesus carlst has been established now BOW for fbi many mapy years and the tho ld kingdom D dom of god haa baa got to be estabel established eg even that kingdom which will circumscribe all the fhe kingdoms of this world irwill it will yet give laws to every atlon nation that exists upon tho earth this Is the king kingdom doid dord that danielf danl Dani elthe eithe the prophet saw should bo bd set up in the last daffe what daniel naniel saw should come bome to pass in the latter times is beli bell believed eved eted by neur near nearly lyall all ail there societies socie gocie ties of christendom the only oily great difference between us and them is in the taie method of its establishment the mother church ini iri try ind in to establish it expected that that they hird had to make holy catholic christians of every overy everybody body who lived on the earth if the latter day saints thinh think when the kingdom of god is established on the earth that all the inhabitants of the earth will join the church called latter day saints they are egregiously mistaken I 1 presume there will wil be as many sects and parties then as now still when the kingdom of god triumphs every eatery knee shall bow and every tongue confess that jesus i is s the christ glory odthe father eather Even the jews will do it then butwill bil twill thadiews the jews and gentiles be obliged to belong to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints no not by any means jesus said to his disciples in my fathers house are many mansions were it not so I 1 would have told you I 1 go to prepare a place for you that where I 1 am 1 1 SI I 1 f there yv demay ay bo bea boa 11 niso also so in sufficient nu num m ae peto td to suit ruit the different classes clr cli ases of af mankind m andia andja an d varl variety ae wayt wast exist to all ali requiring a classification and an arrangement into societies and communities in the many wani Mani mansions lons ions which are in the lords house and this will be so for everan iver ivar and dever ever then that if the kingdom af pf of god is established kiei ov erthe ibe the whole earthy that shalto all the people leay they will cease their persecutions against ag ainest the church of jesus jebus christ and they will be willing to acknowledge that the lord is god and that jesus is of the world A if the latter day Saints 1 everl everi were vere one political tilak and oonah finah financially and in liy all their theli deavors endeavors eli eh to build of god there would rould beai beni beta bela great power in the midst bf this people there has been co Merable merabie considerable said of late touching a elass class of amen men that are here who call themselves gentiles I 1 do not know whether they are I 1 gentiles have no doubt but that some of them are I 1 do not think they know the meaning of the term they apply to themselves but they are welcome to it if it pleases them much has been said and printed about the spoiling s the gentiles here and bringing their lives and property into jeopardy we know that hundreds of thousands of dollars go into their hands yearly from this community which mahy maty of them freely spend to b bring rie if po possible sible sibie I 1 swi ill swift ft destruction on t the be very people w who 10 have made them rich i in yesterdays daily telegraph you will vill see a card addressed to the authorities of the church and you will also see my answer to it there is a class of men who are here to pick the pockets of the latter day saints and then use the means they get from us to bring about our destruction they want my houses and your houses and the privilege of defiling our beds and if there is any thing sald said or done about it lying dispatches are sent to the general government to get an army sent tent out here herer as quickly as possible for foro dear we wo are in danger and need protection what are you in in danger dan gerof of you have not the privilege of driving a stake on any lotof lot of land you want for th the e purpose of claiming it when it has been owned and improved for years there is a lot opposite the theatre that I 1 took the fence off and rented to the city council for a hay market A man whom I 1 now see in this congregation suggested its occupancy said heahy does not f somebody ome body go and sleep on it and survey it in the morning and claim clairm it if any illy llly had done so undoubtedly he would have got a preemption pre emption t eliat would have lasted him as long as lie he would leavo navo nave wanted it it is such men as these who a are re 8 striving t r ivi ivl rig wili will with h all their might to rob us of our oar homes of our rights and privileges and of tho the ahe country which by our industry i wa have madel made it is these men men should cease to deal with we should be of one heart and mind and be determined not to put means in their power to create trouble for ua us and brin bring g us to sorrow the laws of self preservation demand this of us do I 1 wish this to apply t to 0 all outsiders I 1 do not for there are ar 0 just as good men who do not belong to the church p as those who do as far as they know and understand there are renwith men with whom we deal deai who are gentie gentle inen men inside and out ont men ilien who would not steal my property and rob me of i every right and privilege which belongs to me as an american citizen they would not insinuate ih sinuate themselves into my family and try to take from me my wife without a tx legal proem process or my daughter with out the consent of the parties concerned these are the ment mont with whom we should deal and let alone those who are here hwe to destroy the latter day saints I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 was a little sorry though J 1 I do not know that I 1 ought tobe to be to see certain names nades attached to the card I 1 have refer red to and I 1 do not now believe that they mean by attaching their thair names to it what the document shows to the world it shows that the persons whose names aro are there signed are in open opposition to the people called latter day saints shall we foster sueh such a band of men no I 1 understand there are a fow few men in congress and I 1 am glad to think that they are very few who go so faras far as to say that the latter day saints never should b be 0 p permitted permitted ermit ted to own a foot of land in america and they willbo all they can to deprive us orthis of this privilege and there fr are e men here 11 haho who edert enert entertain enter enten tai tal li eik eib r m 1 e adeas and th thy y ryall do all ti n t to 0 wrest our possessions hom wom us uen men of this class have followed us bounds hounds hound sin in all our wanderings as a adeo iceo pie from the beginning to this day dayie dayiS ft nd hd I 1 have thought for sometime that I 1 should lift my voice to the latter aay day saints t become sufficiently of tl one heart and of one mind to let iet this class of men severely alone I 1 si say bay Y from merchants lawyers law ers ens mechanics and all ail individual who will sueh such ablass a class amea amen of men aid and to the which they dished here withdraw your support if he is a lawyer let him alone I 1 ische he is a merchant ant p pass iss b by his bis storo store or wace gace ace aco of or business serve the the me ha same and let every enemy of this asp 0 pia plo lepome sAti bati satisfied sed that hat they can at look to us for support while theyan they at the tee same time are seeking Z v with ith all nil aln alP their might to bring about our destruction 4 iam lam I 1 am giving you my counsel upon 1 his I 1 matter that you leave no dealer deilor c communication cyl ni muni cation catlon with men who would destroy you for itris is written he that receive th you receive th me 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