| Show F expressions FROM erom TIM THE v PEOPLE pertle X T QUESTIONS AND S did cain the first born of adam gain gala anything by listening to the voice of satan in the slaying of his brother abel on the contrary did he not lose everything by this act and become a fugitive and a vagabond labond did the eleven sons of jacob accomplish their object b by selling elling their brother jos joseph eph inta into tu the hands of the Ishma elites on the contrary did not the very opposite result follow to that which was intended by them did eing king pharaohs Phara order to the midwives to kill every male child accomplish what he designed on the contrary did not the very one whose death was most desired become his own son gon by adoption and the future savior of israel did this same pharaoh who sald said concerning cernin israel 1 I will pursue I 1 will overtake I 1 will divide the spoil my lust shall be sat sut satisfied titled upon them 1 awill will draw my sword my hand band shall destroy them a in any dewree decree his wick wicked ed purposes on the c contrary ont nary was not he birn blin himself self seit as well as his mighty host destroyed while israel were saved giant Goliath who was armed cap tr a pie and who de denied defied e ed the armies balg of israel in the least fulfill fulfil his threats g on n the contrary mry wry did not the youthful dairld david whom this philistine called a dg with a single stone thrown from a sling ysrael israel siai slat siah slay this braggart and thus deliver lid iid pid nid the design of the Chal deans succeed who complained to kill king chad nezzar of the captives in order that they might be destroyed on the con contrary did not god deliver them from the names flames and were they not fiot promoted to greater power than before did dia the plan of the presidents of df the kingdom of the bledes medes and persians succeed supported as it was bytho bythe by the governors princes counsellors coun and captains of the realm in regard to daniel whose life the they y song sought lit because of his alig religion on the ille contrary contrad did not god deliver him from the fu fury ry of the lions while his persecutors fell victims to their fury together with their thir wives and children and was not daniel held in greater favor thereafter and that too during the entire reign teion of darius did bid herod accomplish his wicked purpose in destroying the infant jesus although every available means was used even to the slaying of all the male infants in the neighborhood of bethlehem anthe on the contrary was not the child jesus miraculously preserved to accomplish his mission upon earth did tho the crucifixion of this sam thesus frustrate the purposes of jehovah in regard to the plan pian of redempa V tion on the tile contrary was his death not a triumph over hel hei hell heli an andieu dillis ascension that followed a victory over the grave and are not his murderers still suffering sun suf dufferin merin ferin the tho consequences of their crimes did the banishment of the apostle john to the isle islo of patmos after the vain attempts act kill him by throwing him loto into a caldron of boiling oil succeed in silencing him from proclaiming the truths truth of heaven on the contrary are not the world today to day receiving some of the benefits resul resulting tin from his banishment in the perusal of the record renord of the mighty works of god even down to the end of time tune which the lord revealed in vision to him while thus banished in short does the entire history of the bible bibie furnish a solitary instance of the purposes of god being frustrated fru stated by the wicked on the contrary do not the examples quoted as well as all the rest prove without exception that man is powerless tc te change in any degree the designs of the almighty whether as pertaining to a solitary individual or to an entire people Is no natalle tAlle book of mormon full of similar examples to those recorded in the bible does not this record then sustain the bible in this as well as in all other particulars Is not the book of mormon which claims to be a history of the original inhabitants of america universally rejected as untruthful because ot of its claim to a sacred origin on the contrary is not the scientific world continually provi proving ug its many par tic ulars by discoveries and otherwise and may we diot riot except that ere ion lon long iong i t will be proven true in its entire history and that too by an unbelieving world Doe snot the history of the latter day saints accord with the past was not joseph smith accused of being a false prophet and aw I 1 yet have not many of his predictions prediction had a literal fulfill ment meat and are not the rest equally reliable has driving mobbing rapine murder or any other otner thing succeeded in one particular against these latter day saints on the contrary whenever driven have they not shown greater reater strength in their next settlement as well weli weil well as in more morg complete organization did exiling them beyond the borders of civilization a drive of one thousand miles destroy their vitality on the contrary has not their power to live and ana prosper any anything thim that they had previously exhibited hibi ted would scattering them again accomplish the object sought to be attained by their enemies on the contrary contrare would voll id t they hey no not be the veritable art arr e mustard seed spoken of in the par atie atle able did the assassination of the prophet joseph dry up the ane fountain of revelation aga against which the world so loudly proclaimed on the contrary did it not develop the existence of and bring forward twelve more prophets seers and revelators revelatory to confront the world with if it these twelve were to be slain would that put an end to mormonism ism on the contrary would not seven seventy tymen men then step forward and take the place of twelve in short does not our organization show an ad infinitum of power and astren strength th little dreamed of by the world at large but if all the priesthood were slain except one solitary elder would this organized form not t hen then be destroyed on the contrary has not the one elder eider so left a right to call upon god to have the heavens opened to him and receive from above an all the ministrations and powers necessary to the successful accomplishment of the latter iatter day work 2 do the mormons cormons Mor mons apprehend that any such emergencies will ever arle arise for which theaople the ample ampie provi provisions signs here claimed are ara made on the contrary ar has not the lord said no weapon that is formed at against kalts thee prosper or and also t that this priesthood P shall never be destroyed or given to willcott will nott not the heavy cheavy pressure that is brought to bear upon the practice of polygamy result eventually in its abandonment on the contrary are we not looking for the lord to reveal other things of such vast import that will so astonish the world that the doctrine of polygamy or its practice will be esteemed as unworthy of any further mention by them with this view would it not be more manly on the part of the mormons cormons Mor mons to voluntarily deliver themselves up to be persecuted for this practice praest ce and trustin trust in god on the con contrary where contrad traz trag Is it written that you shall v voluntarily on place yourselves in the hands of your dour sworn enemies and the enemies of god Is it not a truth that god helps those who help themselves and were gods people ever condemned for avoiding cont contact apt with their enemies until he commanded them or were they ever eyer the aggressors essers except jn the proclamation la 0 of ft truth we conclude then that cain who slew siew his brother able the eleven sons of jacob who sold their brother joseph into bondage pharaoh who sought the life of moses and the continued bondage of israel goliath who boasted of ibis power t tp i slay david the chai Chal deans who accused the jewish lewish captives the conspirators spira tors ors against the life of daniel herod who sought to destroy jesus the jews who cried out crucify him crucify cruelly him tile the persecutor persecutors S of john the revelator the assassins of joseph smith with those who consented to his death and numerous others not mentioned in this article made very grave mistakes in endeavoring to circumvent cui cur avent the almighty alright in the accod ment ot of his purposes and designs desis ns ud us io to every instance ins taLce they ally aily failed and fell victims to their wicked ambition and diabolical purposes it is said sald that history repeats it seu ser 11 would ite 14 then beat be at all surprising if similar results should f similar acts even if they are committed in the f full ull blaze of the enlightenment of this thi boastful nineteenth century let us scan the character and history of those mentioned to discover if possible it if there was no justification from their standpoint for the acts ot of those who opposed them and sought 0 their overthrow ano was abel merete merely r a minor son then why should his 0 offering r i ng be accepted and his bis elder eldor brothers br bro 0 rejected who was joseph the youngest child of twelve velve ti then what business had be he to relate his several dreams about possessing posses slug sing power and authority above his eleven brethren who was moses only a wait waif f found accidentally by pharaohs Phara daughter and adopted by her out of pity pits who consequently had no right to dictate the king kang of egypt what of danie daniel 1 and the three hebrew children why miserable captives who accord according ing to the usage of that age were no moie more than slaves who was jesus A nazarene and who ever saw a good thin thiu thing 0 come out of nazareth who was john the revelator A prating apostle apostle of this same Jesus wha who should be e killed for presuming to p reach his bis objectionable doctrines who was jose joseph p h smith A man of very com common in 0 n parentage without a history and wl withal t hal hai ignorant havid havin having received no education and who yet pres presumed umed to call himself a prophet who are these apostles and elders of the latter day church nobodies not worth noticing only to tg pu pub pun a q quietus auletus upon for their wicked presumption in claiming to be inspired of tile tiie he lord thus thiis assuming the right to dictate their deluded followers in all things lastly who are the latter letter aay day da saints why the sula suin scum sura of creation I 1 who have come from every part of tile the known globe a set of fanatics who fancy faucy they are ar doing the will of god in riding over the very laws use USA have made to suppress suppress their vile practices which are a stink in our nostrils but holdt ho id I 1 do not the scriptures say tha tAbel sits at the right hand of god that joseph who wis was was sold into egypt became a mighty prince and a savior of all his fathers house that moses did actually deliver israel and gave laws to the world for their government that daniel and und his br brother 0 captives wielded mighty power in inthe the na tion of the medes modes and aud an persians and as for jesus do we not all revere him as the savior of the world and does not every christian honor john the revelator as the favorite disciple master with this view is it not possible that ve are also making J a grave mistake in persecuting these latter day saints may they not rise to eminence und nud greatness like their predecessors and prove to be gods chaben ones the answer comes from millions of professed ro lessed christians wedo we do not believe fieve it and aud we demand that you silence their priests sto stop their religious practices take grom from them all political control and every right of citizenship tear asunder every social tie pay no heed to the pleadings of the faithful father the loving mother or the cries of the trusting child let them be scattered to the fo four ur winds for they are unworthy to live and we will be responsible but hark I 1 there is a sound as of a voice in the distance now itis soft to sweetness again itis heard in the I 1 wind it rises above the tempest it speaks louder than the thunders coarl the nerce and vivid lightning accompanies pa nies dies its utterances and bears beals witness of its words the clang and clash of arms together with the th under thunder of earths artilleries arti artil lenes eries erles drown not its sound I 1 it ceases not as the stars fa fall fali I 1 I 1 from heaven and the moon is turned into blood I 1 it is wafted wafred above the roar of the tho mighty might earthquakes that desolate 4 mankind f it is the tile voice of god I 1 saying cease to persecute my people for I 1 have given them their appointment by mine own voice and their works are acceptable unto me the gospel they teach Is the gospel of my beloved beloyed son the laws they observe I 1 have myself revealed unto them for their exaltation and glory I 1 have conferred upon them authority to act la in my name and they are justified before me I 1 lle lie ile he that receive recel veth th them receive th me he that reject eth them reject eth me me he ithac tou cheth them tou cheth the apple of mine eye verily these are my people and I 1 will be their god fir evermore AMEN salt lake city march lith 1885 |
