Show BY RICHARDS DELIVERED anthe tabernacle Ta bernace salt sait lake city gi ty saturday morning october 61 6 semiannual semi annual conference 1883 1683 pORTED reported nE BY JOHN IRVINE review of tha Provi dences of god la in relation to the saints the wrath and schemes of men turned to the advantage of 01 gods goda people who ahe che the order ot of gods church perfect the ahe wicked disturbed by judgments while the righteous enjoy the T administration of the law of cr god in ri relation lation to offenses offe rees should be resigned t to 0 the tho wili wiil of god in all things tre THE lord be thanked and pral praised ened eved for granting us another go eo favorable opportunity of meeting together to contemplate the interests of his kingdom and our oun soups souls salvation at this conference day unto day ereth speech said the ancient man of god and night unto night knowledge wo we can say i that week after week and month atter atten month sinco binco our iest fast confer c ence we have had bad renewed occasion for thanksgiving and praise to him bim for the many blessings which he hagn haa vouchsafed unto his people if we take a retrospective view of hll hla provi dences to us as a people especially during the period of our sojourn in these mountains we shall nind find that circumstances have occurred at very short intervals which have kept the continually awakened to a sense of their liberties and to ta a watch care for them measuring and weighing ing and noticing tho the efforts that have been made from time to time to take away our privileges and aind liberties and such blessings As aa were though could be taken from us which we had entered into the enjoyment of since our location bionia in these mountain fastnesses fast nesses step by step every buch huch instance has haa been atten attended deJ ded if not with all that gift and abundance of favor and mercy which wo we might have desired and which might not have been beat for us ua yet with blessing bissing to manifest the hind nind care of our heavenly father continually and unceasingly over us ua when we came here and first A mado made our out laws realizing that we were far away from the mass of the people of the states both east and west of us we found it was with great difficulty that we could avail ourselves of the few blessings which government seemed to tender to us ue we could not even obtain the presence of federal officials in our midst regularly as wab was designed by government ern ment and aiwas as was needed by the people consequently our isolation bequir required our legislature to confer unusual powers upon our local courts but it was not long before the effort was made and final linal bue sue oies ciss was had in taking from our local courts the civil and criminal jurisdiction is time will not allow me to enter into minute details therefore suffice it to say bay that mission j budges have come como here fully determined to conver convert t us from the error of our ways as aa it appeared to them to the 99 purity refinement and civilization liz ilza liza tioW tion of the world I 1 after laboring and tolling toiling some years in our midst finding their decisions frequently overthrown by the decisions lons ions of tho the superior court at washington our prophet who had been illegally imprisoned released from his confinement conan ement and one thing after another upset their plans and devices so that the great changes which had been hoped to be brought about among us to make us like tho the people of the world signally failed and the end of that effort was 3 that tho the poor miserable man who undertook the job was carried home in Ws coffin I 1 must n notice L one or two other important facts which have stood out very prominently before us and they were that this people who were not of the world and had no fellowship or lovo love with the world must be restricted in their civil rights and military duties for fear that they should do some mischief on a holiday therefore there ioro loio they were forbidden by gubernatorial proclamation to order out a company of lantry infantry or cavalry to help to celebrate the thu fourth of july as they and their fathers were wont to do from time immemorial one after another these and similar efforts have been made to take our liberties and privileges away from us that wo we might be brought into some bori Bort sori of contemptible bub sub lec Jec lection tion it would appear but bat with out at stopping to animadvert upon the folly lolly and nonsense non none enee of such a pryce duret dure dare let me inquire what resu what followed the proclamation that we should not do military duty daty as a people or protect our selves even oven from the surrounding savages immediately when this occurred it seemed ai a it if the very heavens were moved in our behalf all the tribes around us ns became divested seemingly of what hostility they had possessed posse sped and ever since that occurred we have had bad the most sub peace and quiet all around us is among the natives how kind of providence it was to so completely remove the enmity of the natives when this circumstance transpired we are relieved reiferd from the unpleasant tax of military duty and even our adversaries are made to be at peace with us ua what a logic of fact for a contentious contentions world to read during the past year the great efforts that have been made have seemed to prove abortive special ff cf forts forta and measures have appeared to miscarry and wo we have had a law right from the capital that seemed as if it must tell on the cormons mormons Mor mons 21 A class of our people have been temporally divested of the right of suffrage men and nud women who may have violated some law and many who havo have never violated any law of been deprived of their political rights but bat budwith with all this we still seem to live and thrive and prosper faster than we have ever done before the tho very step itself will prove a great blessing to this thia people by separating a portion of those who have not the highest respect and veneration for all the laws of god and enable those who have to be the wiser counselors and more efficient aids in advancing the interests of the kingdom in the hands bands of those who may be more moro acceptable in the eyes of government to wield administration bt here locally but it is 13 a singular fact a singular circumstance that a man should come here from the heart of the nation clothed as was supposed with every qualification to be a governor of utah should act as aa he has acted noted he had been through the army in tho the late rebellion be was a man capable as was ww supposed of understanding what was az aa between tafton na elon eion and any other part of the country that tha t m might agh t seem to A feel el in any wise oppressed or limited and who would administer constitutional rights and executive powers with ability and with skill he came here clothed with the supreme beaufy beauty of the state from whence he came this man by his excessive propensity for figures as we all know made some very strange calculations and then when one thing work another deemed seamed to until our represent representative aUve in congress was removed but ent by and by we aro nrc blessed with another ne nein in congress to represent us ns there and in a short time we found that with the special effort that was being made in washington in incur our oun behalf such a shadow of doubt doubt was cast over a certain portion of the law entitled the noar boar amendment when it was waa thought advisable by the governor to execute some three hundred commissions more or iea iest to men whom he appointed to fill supposed vacancies in this terr tarr territory tory J which if carried out would have turned over the local authority of the territory into the hands of uhe lne avowed enemies of this people but the suppo supposed sed Eed va canies cantes did not exist and the offices continued inthe in the hands of the incumbents atter after all ali the election held during the paa pan sem bem season aon lon when these offices we were refilled filled by the peopled peo piea plea candidates thus wo we have occasion again to rejoyce that notwithstanding another desperate effort has been bean made to take away the tho rule from the hands of the people and put it into the hands of their enemies and make us an about outside bide side territory subject to their op pres subject coall to all ali manner of taxation that they might please to impose upon us we find that the voice and vote of the people are still triumphant that their candidates have gono gone into office and are commissioned the selections having been made from among those whose rights and privileges have been maintained unto them it is a singular feature in this matter that the governor has taken it into his head to leave the territory just at the time when it was wag sup bun dosed closed he would be required to execute xe these commissions but nut budwith without going into particular persons of ordinary discernment observe that hat the course he has taken la is such that hat he cannot himself check it to esgain and the tho COMM camm commissions IIona to the properly ea elected persons to rule in n thib this territory indeed it looks as aa though hough the dishonorable und indent igni led fled course he has taken Is just what hab has lbs las driven him from the territory to 0 o leave his duty doty and let lot the secre tary my be acting governor when men come here full of determination to show their bravery their thear ability smartness and campp tency beyond their thein predecessor to capture utah and turn her har over to the hauda handa of the ungodly it appears that every one who has made such an attempt hns hab met with very signal defeat when a man defeats himself as sus perfectly as thia thib last one hab has I 1 think the latter day sainta saints have occasion to thank god and take courage we beave have reason to rejoice oleo an and d praise the lord in all these matters for whatever our enemies do he makes it return that like a boomerang that ai h thrown out it comes baek back and strikes the person that hurled it well then my breth broth brethren ren and sisters teeing seeing that this la Is the way that these matters all move the way they all operate should it not inspire in us ua the M most I 1 nt 1 profound gratitude toward god f for 0 r these thebe mul mui manifestations fes feb of his mercy goodness and blessing unto us ibre lire haa baa isdo our fielda fields to abound with plenty he ha has favored ua with wilu ble ulea singa sine lunn junn merabie merable and we haven have a peace ajoy a joy and a satisfaction saUs fao fac at heart which thom those men mho who make thebo thebe desperate laws contemplate we r jayce jaice in the blessings that heaven is bestowing upon us Is it not then our bounden duty to testify to GA god the angels and those that attend upon the covenant people of god that we are bre determined to love him more and serve him better I 1 waa wao pleased to hear henr the remah rema k maa mada by oae bae of my brethren yesterday that b bo 0 felt on returning here aner arter an an absence of five or six years that thena was an aru improvement ju in the tile eprat and feelings of the people this is very manifest to those these who observe and notice it but bat wo we think there should be a very much greaber greater improvement pro many of cit us have been very careless of some of hc bo commandment man dment words of wisdom which the lord has sean seen fiu niu to give to us we have wt not used that care oare th that a t ca caution u tion an and aad d that tha t foaad d disare tion in our dally daily lives before him lat lak it la ia v we a should do 1 I propose brethren and el I 1 in yiew view or of thia this matter that we take these things to neut ilert newt and end see bee i it we can and ought to draw nearer to god while he Is willing to draw dray nearer tous to us and thus more fully sense his blessings his mercies and his loving kindness unto us this which president taylor so beautifully reviewed yesterday morning in the assembly ass asb emby amby hall noticing the varied au author thorl ties of the church and their multifarious duties sets forth to every discerning mind that the order or of gods goda government presupposes and contemplates bontemp ates the stron stion strongest gest possible form 0 of government that has hab ever been known own on the earth men have come came here hero in years past and in speaking of president end enc young they have said that be bad a strong government here in utah and later on in speaking of president taylor that he be had a strong government govern mant ja in utah and also that men coming here from abroad to govern the people simply governed the butlers cutlers out cut mers merb and that the president of the church governed the latter day dby saints this Is ia the tha way the ungodly speak about it latter day saints know that the orde rot not goda church is ia the perfect order they know that it is ia the one oue intended to give a people strength in tho the earth and that strength Is ia in their righteous right boue nees ness in their virtue jn ia their purity und and in their thes union and fallow fellow snip ship with the spirit with each cach other and with the heavens these thu a principles are very dear and very glorious ana anu we ought to rejoice above all men in the earth we ve may look to the esst east to the west to the north and to the south and we slee blee all governments all people 2 all nations all kindreds and tongues stirred up with an activity a spirit of strife and ambition to superiority penno penio rity and we sea eee that there is continual commotion among them in their political affairs and in their civil relations ions tons there are a great many disturbances continually gc going on and many of the nations are tire really on the verge of b bankruptcy a through the vast debts created to maintain their nunie numerous rous armies even in the time of pence peace while hete bete among this thia people though our liberties are menaced and threaten edy ady ed and our peace would to bo bome some times disturbed if we would allow it yet vet by the tho bleesing messing af 0 rod jod god we enjoy peace in our hearts such peace as the tho wicked cannot rive rivo to us nor take from ua w the voice of him that to the wavea of Genne aaret and commanded them to be detill speaks to us and while dark clouda and the rIngs and light ninga roll roli over the political hoelz horizon 3 yet in ia the hearts in the homes and in the habitations of the just there is peace such buch as the wicked know not of and it bespeaks the truth of the revelation which anys that not long on hence the people of zon won shall be the only people that will arill not bs at war among themselves and that the day will be when they who will not tako take up tho the sword agist their neighbor 11 bor will have to flee to zion of which this is the embryo abroad and see sea what the lord bordis la doing in the way of judgments there has scarcely been a year for many years past when they have seemed to be so eo terrible as they have been during this present year so far think of one portion of the world where islands of the he sea have been sunk and people reported destroyed by earthquake and volcanic eruptions and am nother another where it la Is said sald some or were likewise eles cles destroyed troyed thinh think of ill and yet the lord lind has hab preserved ved us jn in these mountains in lua lub lema lesion of country that might scientifically be called one of the most volcanic portions of the whole earth the very aoe face aoa of the earth tarth tells us its character by its extinct volcanoes artmes its silent cratem craters and numerous hot springs look at the strata of the earths eartha crust in there these canyons and see its |