| Show lilia illia ST SF SERMON seemon X ON OF E eldeb ELDER ller ORSON hyde following is a letter from frow the late e esteemed apostle orson hyde a which we received t two w 0 or three vi aega nio ajo ago accompanying accompany ing the synopsis ofa discourse which we believe lf ewas was the tha last delly delivered ered ened ly by him in the flesh it will therefore have ab peculiar 11 I 1 interest n for the saints and P particularly r for elder hydas fam IlyA liya ives and wide circle of personal friends b CITY nov 1878 editors deseret janews 11 t t I 1 send you for publication the al eleton offa ofa sermon of mine and though wah not BO so ole cle elegantly gantly written as I 1 desire it was delivered ia in much pain and distress dis tress tresa and sone some of the theotime ilme I 1 have sat up and labored to get it on paper and 8 some bome sohie 1 of tha the time done thelama in b bed e d my gy health ia Is quite pre precarious carl earl i god lil lii bless blesa leSS the NEWS and its conductors your brothen brother jn the gospel 0 li i orson of a discourse deZi derl delivered vered by 6 elder orson wyde hyde in mount pleasant 3 00 0 n na 7 nou xou nov i 1 I 1 am much gratified ilila this MOM ing my brethren sisters and arid friends frien dg to meet with you you in this tabernacle in mount blount rua PUa peasant sant in id the capacity of a two days mee meeting 1 ing from the numbers present b before f n melain me ne liam dain lain led to conclude chath that thal a deep and an abiding Int interest brest orest dwells in your hearts heart and you have come here to zeal and add intelligence cu to your present stock of knowledge pertaining to tu thle thie the irle kingdom of oto aorl o 1 l chopo I 1 chopo and trust that noumay you may not be disappointed tor for it la Is bana fide my intention to lay jai open td your view in plain simple and unmistakable language the facts that are presented to my mind for I 1 16 desire all to hear and to understand especially those who ma may V i not mt be fully con oon conversant versant with the 01 english F langua language gp the government of the tho united states on paper is fa arr air approaching aa u near riar perfection aa as any government ever ordained by man when its administration drifts dr into the tho hands of unscrupulous and dishonest politicians it becomes an engine of oppression and very unequal in its bearings any crack or deformity of the elegant mirror becomes the mora conspicuous by contrast bothe cracks 1 splits and crookedness in our general government become the more glaring and unwelcome in the eyes of the governed great einar effort t has bas been beell made to ferret out the guilty partie parties fj and i bring them to punish punishment m ent who were en engaged in thu tho horrid h orri orrl d mountain meado meadow massas massad massacre cre had this ibis been done dorie in iri the spirit of justice and truth free from that animus and extreme desire to criminate the whole mormon church ch dreb that effort would h have ave awe been praiseworthy and highly commendable but conducted abit asit as it has been thus rall fail far it will go down to the shades covering with odium of that com corn laign in contrast with the foregoing I 1 wall will now how refer to the horrid bassit massacre chiat at dawna fl mill in missouri wherein seventeen seven teen teed peaceable quiet and unoffending citizens were shot downin anin cold bloo dand their bodies thrown into an old well and for what inui lani I 1 am atthe at the defiance of the whole world to show that it etwas was for anything i except for the crime of bein boin g mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 would here ask thi gd gov v en emmeit bow how much johi ry a 1 kation was hid bid out abid bring hopun pun ih ment the perpetrators of that ay abd to say nothing of ibb the wholesale banishment of an an entire community by force of arms and thet the sequestration of their thelt property and row how w does this caru compare paril haril with wilh tho claims of ithe the government arto justice ani nt equal ris rif ht i r AN A dalri dij rad nad hearers he rens I 1 will reier reler refer yolk soul to the murderous murde rouss rousa asfalt alt ait made on Joswph and hyrum smith john tailor taylor ard 1 VIllard rich EIch richards ards in these men wore were untried tried and tin tiu condemned incarcerated within the walls of a strong prison and aud ud 49 ng no 49 danger of escapee of disguised men about and fifty in number assault edthe prison and 6 siew slew joseph and myrum hyrum smith and seriously y wounded ivoun ded john taylor with musket rifle balls and as every man Is to be held innocent until proven guilty they remain innocent because never proven guilty nor could they be proven guilty by any truthful evidence it was said that some kind of legal proceedings were instituted in this tragic anair yet not with a view to convict and punish but with the intention to place a bar against all ali allf alif future proceedings that might be undertaken and prosecuted in good faith thus the prophet of god and patriarch of the church were cruelly murdered to the gre great he grief of their numerous friends and to the joy of a christian nation popular clamour clamour crucified the Sav Savi orand lorand a popular outburst of indignation dig nation murdered the prophet ef of god and his brother and amid fire and storm cannon balls swords and rind bayonets were the mormon people compelled to flee ilea into the wilderness to ahe the he shame dishonor and disgrace of the nation be it boken and when they ask the cause of the whirlwinds whirl hirl bIrl winds tornadoes and cyclones that sweep through the jand they are ars respectfully referred to ilauna mill carthage jalland jail and to tho t re ament genera lly liy of the cormons mormons Mor mons in missouri and illinois for tho the true and faithful answer s iv ar the chapter veree verge utters this strong senti ilent for fjor the nation and kingdom tha twili riot serve seive selve sei sel ve thee 9 shall perish yea those nations shall be bp utterly w asted wasted 21 they may ask are we to be BO humiliated as to earve serve berve the mormons whom we have despised persecuted and rejected they oai ian san take the other horn of the lf they choose and be utterly wasted wisdom wisdoms however would that our enemies move slowly and cautiously for por one 1 I have DO no objection to addy adey any affy and all federal officers coming here to execute the jaws laws lm impartial artial jy ly in the bpi spi justice and antl truth tr uth I 1 say they have my cordial good will to do so butchen but bui when they come full of ot wrath with ith a determination to immortalize their names by squelching out ont mormonism pandering to the prejudice an ungodly age I 1 cannot find language sufficiently strong to express expressly my disapproval and contempt for their the known rl intention ot of the legislature and applying them by tain technical twists to take the advantage of a people who labor day and night to conform to the revelations elat clat ions lons of god polygamy is a subject that greatly agitates the public mind at the present sent pent day home borne men ia in their depraved zeal to pry into every ee crot cret cre of polygamy with a view to expose it know no limit to their efforts to accomplish their hellish ruler buler above yet relinquished all his rights nor indeed any of them on our littie little planet ho to the bons sons of earth though they hold a very precarious dominion by sufferance until he who zetteth will let til he be betaken betoken taken out of the way pestilence and fam fanane 1 ine lne earth earthquake que and wars whirlwinds whirl winds and cyclones fires nna and floods besides accidents innumerable are being called into requisition to remove all obstacles tor alfor for the nation and king kingdom doin doia that will not serve thee shall perish yea those nations shall be utterly wasted 11 the day of spiritualizing spiritual izing and d daubing with mortar hassone has gone by it is stubborn self evident facts that we have to grapple with and should be set forth in a light that all may understand polygamy is a principle revealed from heaven with a command ment to enter into it practically the principle is abundantly corro aborted in the ancient scriptures approved of god and sanctioned by all righteous us men and he who laborer borei borer to overthrow this principle lights against jehovah and malles makes himself a shining target courting the arrows of the tho almighty upon his head heart and country would to a god that I 1 could conscientiously lous fous make an exception here hero of our wise and learned judges attorney attorneys a aurlea and marshal but conscience fo fox foi bids it i t the same consequences conse I 1 ces ees will follow against the fighting against any commandment that lias has givener given br that he may give the consequences of the judicial war waged against the late brigham young are nou not yet cancelled but the hand han d of the destroyer has already begun his work though in I 1 comparatively mild and gentle form churches of various denominations mi nations that have always been bein barred against our preachers are being opened by the hand of providence vi as the cyclone that recently passed through pennsylvania may way bo be considered as a alight slight reminder nor has missouri altogether escaped we are now living in the days of a marvelous work and a wonder our enemies are about to bo be checked up in their career of burning fc ib nire fire upon the altar of god the elders eiders of this church my brethren arid sisters have faithfully labored during the last half century in almost every ewery ewi evi y nation on he globe to warn thon the inhabitants habitants of their duty and to tell them the consequence consequences bof of their not complying with it it is true that by the help belp of the lord luord vel wel made many converts yet fe few in comp arispa to the numbers who reject edour message we can therefore with propriety bay eay we are unprofitable servants yet the lord wished to test our fidelity our fortitude and our patience knowing that the world would not be con oon converted by the preaching 0 9 the tho gospel hence his design was to send forth judgment unto victory and when the judgement Jud gement of wax hot in the jand land many people will say eay conjet coffet Con come jet fet let us go up to the mountain of the L ord to the house of the bod of jacob tacob ll 11 and so they will wilt come like clouds and like doves to their windo wp leand zions gates be ever open and zion von will not alway always be oppressed xoe foe their kings will yet become our nursing fathers and their queens our nura nurs ing mothers lwe shall not aly always rays my nay hear hearers erbs erss be under the necessity of reasoning with mith the ece sceptical 1 and technical ubbe unbeliever llever to pere pada him to be saved for a power wa w lil lii ill U od ed in the land more potent than mans reasoning I 1 wish to ask y you ou my brethren bre bru thren and sisters two important questions tiana ish at why our liberal harvest of 9 grain rain this yeal and 2nd why does the spirl spirit t othe rest down upon pur erecting them to explore the eastern southeastern south eastern and bouthern southern cou bolth n tries with the tho view of finding suitable places for new locations and settle settie menth ans ana to first question that we may be prepared to lay up a y f melk t if ana to to open the way to receive the multitudes flocking to 0 zion having heard beard that god is wih wih us and desiring to e escape cape capo the s boo I 1 urges by enlisting under the g R of momon protection and sh shall 11 w we a escape the of the aly almighty mag lity if we foolishly part with the surplus gifts that beav heaven e n has gran granted tedus us in arnst for othe other r purpose purposes and that too before the tinder if tho the people of utah will listen to wise w isek laek counsels 3 there will be no famine refusal of the soil to yield her fruits but there them may be danger of famine by the rapid increase of population from abroad e especially s specially ally aily if the stores provided by i the he hand handi of providence be f foolishly ly parted with before they may be needed to meet this A word of caution to mothe the wise virgins is sufficient but bumbray bray a foo too foot in a mortar and hala hei he i a fool still under the pro profession fenion fenlon of great piety and deep solicitude for the redemption of our children from the of Mormon wol Moi many alleged charitable enterprises have been put on foot iti oe the shape of opposition pa tion sc decoy them into th their ir traps they Jens nare nara bome come of the children of our apostates and some apostates i who claim that they find bette better r schools and better teachers under the supervision of sectarian priests than they do amongst the mormons cormons Mor mons this claim is made through a disposition to depreciate mormon institutions and to elevate sectarianism we have just as its good institutions sot of learning and as competent teachers as aay aly of oun oui neighbors but even allowing the children of this world to be wiser in their generation than the th ildron children of light it is no reason that thai I 1 should adopt them as my instructors J 1 I now write a clumsy illegible hand band many men can write my name with much more style and elegance than thau thail I 1 possibly can do yet if they should attach myr iny name to a bond or promissory note notel for any amount it would not be my signature and could create no binding obligation upon me but the learned and accomplished gentleman who attached my name to the instrument 1 might be proven guilty of forgery e ry and subject himself to punishment jesus says adys every every evory plant which my heavenly father hath not planted shall be rooted up ll 11 there la Is another important feature durej my friends connected with this subject that I 1 cannoot allow myself to omit omi L in the grea of people to the saints in the last days dayss all sorts sizes and of both bot h sexes will rush in upon us to escape the wrath of ot the elements which will render a time of purification and cleansing actually necessary the chaff must be blown they who laid us waste must go forth from us the wicked and the ungodly must be faraway far away now what agencies must be employed to accomplish this important part of the pro gramme it is out of my po power powen w er to inform you as to what means may be called into requal requisition tion ilon to effect rhia thia object we know inow howe however verr that wind has hda something to do with the scattering of chaff the departure of the ungodly from amongst the saints may be voluntary in many cases caseb I 1 have been informed by those who claim to know th hat t a certain jady lady in this territory built bulit up a large if anre re in the room where whore she jived lived fancied that that fare fire was the most desirable and lovely place Jn a all the world and plastered herself with tar from head to root foot laid herself down on the fire and literally roasted herself to she was baid eaid to he be an aged lady and I 1 presume that god can make even hell itself or any ady intermediate had bad place ace look as inviting to 1 wicked wa cad person rma asa bit b bf c cheese heese in a trap to a hungry mo mouse use out outside bide elde but the fhe majority of the departures will bo a Ju voluntary involuntary but BLA suffice it td say eay that something will occur in JA a providential way that will cause sinners in zion to tremble and fearfulness tearfulness to surprise the hypocrite it will probably be something that will appear terrible to the unrighteous and nod will be all the tho nerves serves of the righteous can endure in conclusion I 1 will here say t to you my brethren and sisters and to t 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