Show ade S 0 0 up swi SMI BY T IE lih Q dime CAME 1 I DELIVERED in jhc thc sail sall lake assembly hall sunday afternoon nov 20 hoth both I 1 1881 REPORTED P BY jonn JOHM irvine f there is a tas Vas vassile passage sige in the book of mormon which has suggested itself to my y mind which I 1 will read it contains bains the words of alma unto Ws ius eon son helaman and were among the he last words which he spoke unto alm aim they will be found recorded da dri fage Jage page of the tho new now edition namely and it t came to pass that aster after alma alms had said thede these things to helaman he blessed him and also his bis other sons and be he al amo niso also o bles bies blessed we tt earth for tho the righteous sake jand ho lie bald eald abua saith baith tha icso urd god cursed shall bo be the land yea this land laud unto every nation kindred tongue and people unto which do wickedly whon they aro arc gully ally ripe and ag a I 1 have bare said eo so shall it be for this is 13 the cursing and tho the blessing of bod landeor land ron for theford the lord cannot loor look upon sn n with the least degroo ot of allowa allowance e I 1 ana now cow when alma ha had haa A gald said these thew ne words 0 rd i he blessed tha church jefe jese all nil those who shmid should stand fast in the tte faith that timo time henceforth president pros ident cannon hen then continued Ini W lains isias tope fth aak unto you this afternoon noon my brethren and sisters I 1 do dd 8 so with a desire in my heart that that which I 1 may say may be prompted ofed ty by the tho spirit of god and dayke mayle may bo for your 0 edification di cation catlon and nd comfort fort font t 33 0 well weli aa as ing my ink own owl n I 1 am glad mohave this opportunity of ath wath yby younos nov nol eo to much for the eQ of eng us of being here bere opple oppie eer oer of ua us I 1 aa you hilow know have baab baai consider considerably alby of late visiting i t ha various i vei vel rest lest waylor taylor and und party W rahn jf wil mil i they py return to this city elty ani 11 have completed the entire r eid iia af thai the territory and of all the ses es or arizona that is 86 ofard truy trus twala utah mid and idah idaho are concerned vye NYC have havo lound found th tho a people leopld in a very prosperous condition and exceedingly weli well in almost ov dyllo clement the crops have 1 1 ar th than n they have heen known shown 1 to be before and the people aee afe aro aru prospering in their temporal circumstances and of course are feeling well weil and I 1 believe belleve I 1 1 do not sot t R t ha mer when it lav r eav av a a are re as a attentive to to helf duties gene geno generally rally rully as ai I 1 havo have ever seen them good health beaith ilas has generally pr prevailed vu I 1 think probably wo vve bave cave ed nad more sickness in this city and neighborhood than in any other part of the territory the people are increasing and spreading abroad taking 0 roo noo root t in the land in the he southern emu thern parl pari of the territory they are ard not prospering to EO grest great an extent as they aie aio iu the middle middie and northern part owing to various ous causes still there is an min excellent feeling throughout all these settie settle R and they are looking looting hopeful 1 jy to tho the fut fat future tiro tire I 1 have of often een ehn thought in looking at the tha and at serenity of the pa pie wn an i the isacs petee which prevails in their hearts P and and nd in their habitations and settlements that it is not among the least mast wonderful feature fea turea turca ea of enia organization that a people who are so much maligned attached attacked and threatened threaten wl as nele are the latter day saints should be found hwing living so undisturbed by these things and apparently enjoying themselves do there la Is Be arcely scarcely a week pa bed sed for nor yearb yeara in which thero have not been some threats uttered and circulated against us terrible things going to bo be done with the mormons Mor monr monn mons we ar aro are re going to have them ali all disposed of now we shall have this mormon question all settle settie sett daud Wand the tho problem so thoroughly solved that jt it will nevor never require to be meddled with again threats of this character have been in circulation now for years yearn and every time they have havo been alluded to it seemed to those who mado made them as us though thoin plans laus lans would be tace successful in the tho case cabe of any other people it would repress all energy and development luent it would frighten everybody od V and in fact no one would want to ilvo live in a community that was way in mch ewh m ch constant jeopardy leo feo pardy but so far as my ob observation er has extended the tho people as I 1 have remarked aro arc fall full of peace and dud quiet undisturbed by tho the pl prospects for tho the future in fact act they feel quite happy and rejoice that they afa are aro counted worthy t havo their aimea mmes cast cart out ay a evil it of the most remarkable features 1 connected liar t ork that a a people eo so few in number natural ly BO so quiet and inoffensive molesting no one interfering with no ones peace or enjoyment threatening no one roin rounding ding their own business peacefully pursuing their bared pursuits should create buch euch a stir in the world as wo we are doing it might be thought that the people who live jn ju the territory of utah would besuch be sueh such an insignificant people and so BO utterly beneath the notice BO so far as the numerical strength is conned concerned of the world at large that they might be permitted to pursue the course which is marked out for them without interference and without so much agitation respecting them but ent I 1 was told yesterday by a federal official who had just lust returned from the east and 1 I suppose suppose it is true that there was no subject today to day that seemed t to have the importance in mens minds winds that utah had and that wherever he went when it was known that he was from utah everybody wanted to talk with him about its affairs and its people newspaper re reporters port were after bim him to find out cut what he could toll tell them abolt ual and aud I 1 1 am informed that members of con gress and other leading men are making questions ques tiona tlona hope hore they will thoroughly 1 investigate it while tb they ey are at it I 1 think the investigation will prove pro profitable fl ta ble bie to them if ir I 1 it t I 1 is s on only ly don done a in the right spirit but the jobje object ety ell I 1 suppose in making it a special s study tudy istodor is to do something to deal deai with its imaginary evil evils to devise pome plan that will reach thia system chatal that appears to be to so hateful well now I 1 call this a feature of this work I 1 think it is exceedingly wonderful that so small a people a whom every one must admit who visits this thia country are peaceful should create such a disturbance I 1 in n the earth and be the cause of san s much thought BO so much writing and speech making and it has had not been the case in utah alone that is binco since the latter day saints cam came 4 3 to 0 ruthh but it has been a peculia peculiarity r ity of this work the dorkof work of god from the day of its inception in these theo last days until the prel pres present serit and what is still mar more a remarkable it was predicted re that this would bothe bo the case about ib it when it first started and before it in fact had an organization doubtless the most of you remember that when joseph Josoph smith was lal lai illiad ill faa fad hv iaan haan HH aneel bel gel of god when n he was qu quite a a yil luj jn diw awo emu imra iu lua him by tho the angel that his name should be known for good and evil throughout ho the earth and most wonderfully has that statement beep fulfilled in his bis case and in the case of ali all those who have embraced the everlasting gosp gospel this was said before the church was organized it was published directly after the organization doubtless you are all famili familiar aror anor pr most of you nrc arc with the letters of oliver cowdery to W W phelps in which this was published among jhb earliest writings that were sent forth by this church and when to aj ali human appearances there was not the least probability of it being fulfilled except a man should have the th espirit spirit of revelation to discern the future but when tho the church was organized it ero cro created abed a sensation in tho the neighborhood it attracted attention tent lon ion mena menla minds were drawn towards it aa As it increased the excitement cit ement spread and among tho the earliest predictions abati remember hearing hearings connected with this thia work was that it had called the attention of township and of counties and of states and it was said eald of it that it should spread until jt it would attract the tho attention of the united states and of the world this thil was one of the earliest predictions ic that was uttered connected with the work and it was also predicted concerning it that its miel missionaries sion aries should go to every land and to every people and carry he the giai glai tidings of salvation and should be the means of gathering out of every nation hatlon kindred tongue and people tho the honest in heart who should gather together tog in ono one place and ani should be lie known by tha name of zion I 1 often think of this the wonderful m manner annei this people called latter batter day sain bain saints dwelling welling in Utah hato havo been gathered lo together gether is a subject of uever nover ce ceasing asing interest to me before the tho organization organ hulon hAlon of the church of jems jesus christ of latter day saints joseph josph smith rece received tved revelations which ho he said eaid were revelations ve lations from god they arg are how now embodied in thia this book which mie vie we alt ait all the fhe book nook ok of doctrine and covenant aw among the earliest of these revelations noye raie lations is found a state ment went given by tho the lord jesus jento christ through joseph joeeph smi smith th to the be effect that he intended to bring forth orth and establish zion and that he would gather together the tho people who would obey his hla gospel this prediction is particularly noteworthy because at the time when the first cf these revelations was given there was no buch euch organization as the church of jesus christ of latter day sainta saints upon the earth it did not have an nn existence and in the september following its organ organization that Is five months afterwards another revelation was given in which it was stated still more plainly who were to be gather edana edg eds and the purposes for which they were to be gathered and this too before there was a place designated as a place of gathering I 1 have often said that if the prophet joseph smith had no other evidence to abow show to the world of or the divinity of his mission and of his prophetic office than that revelation alone it was sufficient in and of itself to establish it for this thib teason reason that at the time it was uttered dw asi as I 1 have baid raid the ther there f a was no organization of the church of jesus christ of latter day saint 1 there thero was no gathering place no person hover had gever witnessed such a proc proe proceeding beding asa 38 a people belonging to one dui church gathering together and dwelling together in one tion there was nothing of the kind known there was no organization n among the children of men that could have given n hint of the possibility lity or probability of such a great event taking place if other churches had done the same then it might have been thought that the prophet 3 joseph oseph smith could easily have predicted that the people that he would be the means of gathering together do so also aiso but there was no accessible rec roc record ord extant of the gathering together of any people in this manner at the time that joseph pro claimed this thia principle yet he inspired of god dared to make this statement to the world and to publish irs its it and today to day days we ve who are here are living witness wit nees of its fulfillment fulfilment not of its complete fulfilment fulfillment filfli men t sufficiently to make it ono one of the strangest events that has ever been I 1 wilnes ed cd among men there have been many circumstances surrounding the people which whit h have been of such inch a character as to operate against their thein gathering it is not long iong since bince a secretary of state issued a circular to the nations of europe to check this thia very business or of x UL qu nub nob that be knew that joseph smith had made such a prediction or 0 that god bad inspired him to give sueh such a revelation or that he ever imagined for a moment that the word of god was recorded upon this subject but he thought it would be a good thing to stop the immigration lin irn 1 m i g m tion of mormons cormons Mor mons mobs 1 have la v 1 also aso done their part to accomplish the same end byl by endeavoring to brek brok up the community and scatter its members and frighten those who had not gathered so that they might be deterred from coming but notwithstanding all these influences which have been operating from the tho as I 1 said in a township i then spread ing to a coun county ty atter afterwards wards to a state and to states and then the secretary ef state of our nation taking the matter in hand notwithstanding all these influence influences which have been operating to check the gathering of a the people together they have gathered as we see them today to day aaland and are stil gathering because god lihs has said they should and therein lat no eart cart earthly aly power er t that tint can prevent their gathering ing together though it neuil mt not surprise you if more thorough measures than ever rever have been should be taken to prevent the saints from obeying this tills co command minand when the elders of thib thia church without the ordinary aei ari vantages advantages that men who call themselves them olves ministers possess they were men selected trona irona the various avocations of life joseph smith himself was a farmer he was not a man that was schooled for fon or the min ministry hatry latry ho he had had no education to fit and qualify y him as men are ar a ardt ordinarily nar ily lly supposed to be qualified in these days who teach their fellow men what is called the gospel of jesus christ chedid not go tota tots to a theological te but inspired DIred of god having been ordained of af god to the everlasting priest hood that authority that chat had been withdrawn in consequence quence of the wickedness wicked nem of men and been becu reston reaton re ii to be eart earth and bestowed bes besto toted edd uin aln upon hami film by onelio onello agency be he up in the of his fel fei and proclaimed the truth and by the pwen rower of god he was the means of brins brIng bringing ind many to ita its knowledge and as I 1 have said inspired of god he selected others and laid bis his handa hauda upon them that being the ordination necessary to qualify them to preach the word of god they were taken from the pauw they were taken from the blacksmith shop from the me bench from the room and from all the vocations of life in which they were found they were r ere taken and were aeto thus ordained and sent bent out to preach the gospel without purse and scrip without salary without that which the world had bad considered nece necee bary eary an education an edu education caton calon F suited to the calling in this way they went forth and preached the gospel not in mens wisdom not in thein their own calling upon god in the name of jesus to bestow bib his q holy spirit upon V t a people and to carry carr their worda by |