Show ff adis BC F SMITH I 1 in thu che Taberna ol e cy city sunday laer tm noon ideo deo 8 3 1882 awaa ra PORTED BY JOHN IRVINE J la e fiall aa I 1 am deeply interested in the wel of zion there Is 13 nothing that tends to benefit the people of gud god in the leani least degree in which I 1 have not a deep and an abiding interest bly my feelings and desires desire a are interwoven aud and cud centered in uhla thus latter iatter day 1 I should have no other interest do da filic isire or feeling and to eo far as I 1 know 1 I have not I 1 am thankful for this because it does not seem beem to me to be any tk tuk to do so far as a I 1 am capa kie hie kle kie whatever tho the lord calls mo to na do in the work of the mini ministry or r iryll in woe twe building up of zion I 1 am roud rond to bay say this comes natural to 8 me mae I 1 have no praise to bestow upon myself for it and I 1 ask aak none I 1 have no credit to claim on that score I 1 thia and desire end and I 1 thank god tov or it I 1 feel that it if zion zion prospers all la is well and it if zion doea loca not pr prosper ceper then my own happiness ineas and prosperity erity la Is in jeopardy ivor for fon I 1 expect of the gospel I 1 expect to gain no favors of the world I 1 do not court nor ex pact the love or sympathy of the ungodly I 1 do not care for their fa vor I 1 do not seek nor debiro desire their B society I 1 any further than it may be poz fob albie to do some good it if I 1 am tent cent to the gospel to them I 1 am willing to go and labor among them and do all ali tho the good I 1 can but when I 1 get got through with the labor that dav devolves olves upon me by virtue of that calling and appointment I 1 feel and I 1 speak from experience when I 1 say bay this like other moat ost oat gra grateful a u tor ton r of gelting getting eting home homo 0 me anever I 1 never waa no particularly larl pleased 0 L A to go away I 1 went ent on a mission when I 1 waa quite a boy somo some 25 05 years agnand 1 have been engaged in missionary duties and labors more or lebs less ever since I 1 hav havo a never been out of tho the harness nor amid my nay armor on tho the shelf nor have I 1 sought to bs be re released eased from that day to this thill I 1 have always bc boen boen been en on the altars altar so GO to speak ready and willing to do whatever asre la required of me to the best ol of my ability bill I 1 am us willing today to day as I 1 ever waz was la in my to bacomo b como moru more and antl more willing as J I 1 gaia gain experience as I 1 get older that Is li it it is possible to advance in that direction directions and I 1 presume it is I 1 halge halfe ha ve great falth faith la in the destiny of this people I 1 never neven had any doub s or fears in regard to tho the destiny and final triumph of the tho people of god I 1 c can remember the time when whenn I 1 was quite quile a little boy when wo we were hurried very un ceremoniously acroca tho the river mis mia sis sippi aiom the tho city of previous to the bombardment of we town by the mob I 1 had a great anxiety then that is for a child to know where on earth we were going to I 1 knew wo we had left home wo we nad left loft it willingly because we ve were obliged towe towo to we left it in a hurry and we were not far away when we heard the cannonade on the other bide tilde of the river but I 1 felt just as certain la lil my mind then aben as aa certain as a child could feel eel that stil all was right that the fjords lorck s hand wab was in it as I 1 do today to day my feelings haye baye been tha the bame same from that day to this I 1 know that zion is onward and upward I 1 know that thai god hab hag charge of 0 his great latter day work that his hand is extended over his people for good that he will wih work out their deliverance that ho he will sili bless them and increase them upon this land laud until they shall become powerful and terrible to tho the wicked nations of the earth we vo arc are now it would appear be ba coming troublesome legome to tha the nation q which we form 1 n parts marteo 00 much iso that one ono of the tho greatest men dren of the nation feeling unable to deal with this question of mor moi monism wa aliis knotty cl called upon the tho government of great britain to help to stop the pro progress greas of this thia work you know what dec dee gitary evarts did a few yesra yearn ago ho actually appealed to the bove ral Ilu european rope an governments to pabs pass laws er do bome something thing eleo eiso to prevent r e vont tho mormons cormons Mor mons mona coming fr from 0 m theu their respective countr countries los loa to this cl asylum fox the opp oppressed this land of liberty I 1 iam lam tum happy to eay bay however that tho the wisdom exercised and manifested by bome of th tho the 0 notable t ones of great britain was dreater dretter than that elcust by gome some of the tho notable ones la our own laud they chey had sense enough to know that they had no business to deal with any such quest question lon ion and they rather snubbed the poor deluded secretary and through him the government of tiie tha united states slates by telling them that it 16 was a mat ter over which they had no control there in the tha If effete governments of the tho old worldly worl dsa a anan man might worship god tho the devil or a yellow dog and it would be all right but in uhe ahe united states the much vaunted land of liberty while a man inan might worship the devil or a yellow dog he must look out and bo be very chary how bow ha be undertakes to worship tho the true and ald living god for if he undertakes under tebes tebis that he be he V wll wil it have hane hae trouble on henl tae tao first thing he liw loh we tie methodists may a god without body parts or pass pase passions fons lons who sits on tho the top of a topless throne and aind the tho government will bay say nothing about it 11 but as sure as you i undertake to io the god of auraham abraham irac lra isaac jacob jebus jesus and lne llie apostle apostles Apo sties stieg they are after you with sharp jn in the shape of inimical lawe unconstitutional en act ments mento missionary judged judges marshals mar bhala ehala etc we have proven this and wo we know it ii true it et la is not because wo we have not the truth it 16 is not nob w ws a have not et revelation re vellon it is not becaas we have not prophets apostles Apo atlea and in aired men jit jid is not because we have not the erit erli bath eath cod because it we hadi had not these we ve would be like the resl rest of the world and they would be no more concerned about us than we are concerned about them why are they not as troubled over the rest of mankind as aa they aref are over ube urb simply because they have nothing to fear feax from them they are all balling calling in the same boat all going down the same bame stream they are all birds of a feather if you plesse please but here la Is something that is opposed to that downward tendency here la is something that is going up the streams stream that la going in a an n entirely d ferent different If direction from the rest of mankind and they howl how about it and say alf if we let at this hind kind of thing go on we shall lose our place and nation 3 some thing has hug got to to lle done they bay say kostop to atop stop the onward progress ress reps of cf thim abominable mormonism mormon niem tem now how I 1 markit mark it thib this abominable anable amo mormonism rmon it if a mans mana a thief in utah it is because be is amorton a mormon li be la is a liar it is because he is a it mordou Mor xion aion it II he be commits adultery it Is ia because ho he a he commits murder it is because he to is a mormon 11 it la Is rot became because bo be is an adulterer it ia not because he la is a murderer it is not because he is a har liar it la Is not because ho be Is ia a thief that ho he dom these theta things but it is 13 because ho he is ia a nl now why is Is it because the world do not know to the contrary ap it is not for they do know better that le ie the great majority of mankind that know anything any auy thing about fl us I 1 acknowledge that there are e great many in the world who do not know anything about us ns they aima ly believe boileve the tha el elanders andera ot of a few malicious scrib scribners lers concerning us but it is ia not the ignorant and decol decoi deceived ved vod that are teching to bring trouble up on this people but tho the cratty crafty whose cratts crafts nie are in danger they cry out delus dolus loril in m order to dis dib tract attention from their own delusions from their own bins sins and cor 1 they try to icaro the people awny away from their own inaam les iee and turn them upon tho the latter day saints but it 16 Is a poor miserable dodge and will not succeed their crafts are not only in danger but they arc are doomed to fall but the tha truth la is not in danger and it ii dee dea destined tined to continue until it accoe imm ime mizz mission lon ion this is my testimony and I 1 predict this thia without any fear of belog being a false prophet I 1 do not fear to pr checy thi thia because the llord god almighty has forett foretold ld it god hns hab declared it by hia his own voice and by tho the voice of angela and of prophets and rind I 1 belleve believe their test testimony mony Y know by bitne the spirit of god in my own heart that their tea tes i is true I 1 know that the doda dona of god will succeed and finally triumph while I 1 say thlen thie thib I 1 donot do not bay say we will not have to pass through we vve may not have to be scourged urged for our fol lies lles and shortcoming coming s for I 1 do not know any more moie ef effectual way la in which the lord coula could bring us to our joneve that the chaff the smut and the refuse may le be sifted out and the wheat ved vedi than to buten bumen to bo be scattered among us the influences of the world tho the leaven of un als I 1 that no part of the body of christ mar moy be e separated and ann an the sd good cleansed cle cie aneed end and pu purified riffel those who are corrupt do not belong to the body of Chrls christs ta ts church it is only that which Is ie pure and holy that can b have a ve a part therein we have all got to be fashioned modelled modeller model led and reformed before we vre can become like unto our oar savior A man who is deformed by iniquity jack lack of faith falth by wicked and unrighteous practices can never reflect the image of hib his creator until that deformity Is ia removed we must musi banry before god and this is bilat wat the go gopel of the bon son of god godby by some 11 teaches us to do we say pay that 41 mormonism Is onward and upward and as I 1 have aid I 1 have never had any fears as to fhe the he ultimate triumph of the king dom of god upon what are our hopes based what is the foundation of our expectation in regard to this mattei Is it that all the people will do right do we expect or hope that all the people will be caved with a 06 full salvation eal do we ex hect or hope that nil nii the people that are now numbered among the lat ter day saints will be true and fai fat faithful to the end no we may justly fear that hat many will fall by the way but bat there will always be a sufficient clent number of thib this people and of their children and childrens ChIld chud renand of the boneet honest in heart beart who are at present in ia darkness wt ut who will yet come to a knowledge of the truth who will be faith falth ful to the covenants cove nanta thit they make with god that the kingdom will never fall or be left to another people I 1 adge this from the history of the rast past it has been to sofrom from the beg beginning inning luning until now sow and this is a glorious assurance to we me besides the testimony of the holy spirit in my heart that this wili wiil be the cabe case in the future notwithstanding many mady have fallen by the way and have manifested intense hatred to wards the work of god in which they were formerly engaged an alt have done donek their utmost to destroy it n notwithstanding ot ith t anding all opposition of thir thib thia chir char character a oter the kingdom has grown krown steadily and unmistakably from the day it wab waa organ zad april jtb 1830 until the present moment and it will never cease cesse to arow we may way bo be brought under rM lollon 11 not under bond bondage lage now for my own part I 1 do not care to be brought under greater bondage than I 1 am under at the present time I 1 feel in my heart as though I 1 was under as much bondage bond age as I 1 care to bear witia out some bome more help from the lord and from my rny brethren loreu lorel hren when I 1 am restrained restrain cd by unjust laws or bills of attainder from exercising the rights of citizens hip from worship ping plug god according to the dictates of mv own conscience and openly the principles of my ray ie igl igi aich hiah are ra in i trio accord with the holy scriptures we nu bible when I 1 am legislated against contrary to the tho constitutional law ot of the land and m rny rights tr trampled dupon upon without a cause I 1 reel feel be abat a t I 1 is about RS as much bondage as a free born american citizen never convicted of any crime ought to submit to that Is ia the cabe case at present to a certain extent but we are ate not yet very much hurt it cools our affections a little for uncle sam or the tho administrators of government but draws us usi nearer to god and closer to the precious principles of the constitution and excites our sympathy sym tym pathy for our mis mia ruled country but all the powerful engines that have been framed for the destruction of the liberties of the latter day saints have hitherto proven in the the tha main maln failures the framers of these engines and base plots have not been able to accomplish by them the objects for which aney they were intended in consequence of this our enemies are dissatisfied with themselves and with the government because of their failures it la Is not because we have bave opposed their it is not became wo we have used any tiny violence it is 13 not became because we re have resisted any wicked and corrupt law for we have bald baid but little we have simply let them do as they pleased pe ased knowing that they are in the hands hande of the tho lord who go as aj a hia hla purposes and when they have gone eone that far re ho will say pay to them then as aa he rays days to th the fa mighty deep hitherto shall thou come but no further and hero here thy proud waves bo be stayed they can go no further tb than a n he ha pem permits its them and inasmuch as we do right and keep the commandments of god we need have no fear but if we play into their hands bands cater to rhems thorn thom and give them of 0 our strength and support Eup bup port then we may eosco day eidt to be glat giat to 14 assif toras foras for as paul raul says bays know ye not that to whom je yield yourselves you yon nelves servants to obey his servants yo ye are to whom yo ye obey when we be become C servants of the enemies of the people op a of god jadw wo will find we have got unmerciful masters we have come to theba theta mountains to serve the lord we have not come here to berve oure elvess nor to berve man nor to gerve babylon the voice of god has been to us come out of her hgr my people that ye be not par parta sera Eera of her har sins mine and that ye receive not of her es and furthermore it la Is baid eaid be yo ye not unequally equally nn yoked joked together with un believers for what fellowship hath bath righteous righteousness nebb ners with unrighteous unrighteousness nest and what concord hath bath christ with beila bella or what part hath bath he that bell beil bellove eveth tb with an infidel and what agreement bath the temple of go goi got i i with idock for yo are the temple of the living god as god hath bath end said bald I 1 |