| Show DIS our BY OR 0 Q jn in the iks tabernacle tabernacles adall t zake lake city bauo 20 1879 REPORTED BY jonn JOHN IRVINE I 1 AM ax greatly pleased thia this afternoon at having the opportunity of meeting with the lateer latter day saints esa ria ints and of listening to the testimonies that have been boon borne by brother Staines iB in relation to this work J aiso alao have beell been absent for some length of time dwarda Ut wards warda of 31 weeks ago I 1 lett left this city to go ei elsi t I 1 have been bick hick telco during thit period for tor fora tora a few dy and it atia is a great pleasure and f S ijuan may eay say a delight to me to have the opportunity of being here hero to listen to cne cue instructions to the singing gand and aud to partake of the spirit that pre vAlls in this thia tabernacle tome to me it is the spirit of home ho me it Is the spirit of peace and I 1 have more delight and ana satisfaction in mingling with the latter day sal hal balms n to than I 1 have under aay any other they are ipe their nuil roll religion gioli la is my religion their god ia my god their future is the tha future in which I 1 hope to share if it they bo prosperous I 1 hope to ba be prosperous if they have adverse aces to con contend tend with I 1 expect io share in tha them rn and nd it ia is this knowledge of w which ich brother Stai stal gies has that prompts these feelings to which I 1 refer if there is any peculiarity about what the world call mormonism or that which we nye term tenn the gaspal of the lurd lord jesus christ a taught by his Church thad that I 1 admire tuai thai I 1 iove love luat that causes ine to feel thankful unto god it 11 is the p cutlar coda rity watch his ins ouen made by brother namely ubo Uio auly that eliat william 0 staines statues Sta ines inea or george Q other man or woman however humble who is with this thia church has haa a right according to the promises of our heavenly father ipa ther to receive jevel atlon from him when needed much fora for fon a religion jhb revelations 3 of which were wery confined con cou fined to two three four or anete autto twelve men it would not recommend itself as thea thu religion of tha being the father cfall who has e cheated haland who has placed us all here upon the thu earth rth a sili children oh ildren this feature to which I 1 refer ia is one of the most delightful of the gospel of the lord jesus chris chrin Brother bf other e baj ha ban rife ried to llie ELIO joseph josfph jose JOSL ph swita aud brigham young and to others who have stood in prominent places in this church who have bave received revelations lorm form god and who imparted these revelations tu tho the people of what value df of what special value would these revelations be to those to whom they wore imparted through the medium aum ium of these men unless they had some sogn means of testing their lruth truth falness ful ness what a terrible condition we should be in if god in hia hla providence were to connine confine con titie title his hia isnow lenow kno W ledga ledge in that way it we wd were re quiren us bome some imagine man kind hind are required to submit to the teach ings of their fellow merr meo and to accept and practice them because those men say aay they are from god luia inia imagine lne ine the condition of the laiter latter day saints if it this were the easel casel imagine the condition condit ion iun of the whole world if one man n stood ent erthree or three turee ned nen nen or twelve men or fifteen afien men stood prominent receiving revelations from d ivinity divinity and conveying these revelations tu to the childred child chil droh rok reh of mon men with the requirement qui rement that those who received rece ivea them should submit to them as the voice of God and the people thease themselves filis ba be destitute of any means of testing the truthfulness of these revelations except so far as they might appeal to their reason and to 06 the eeme beme of right that is begotten in themi tsow low bow pow a 26 great many manip p ople opie who are abt A clua lilt church of jesus christ of latter day saints and the teach ings ides of that chirch and and I 1 do not knor but some who aid ald are of that chaunch church that this ia Is the baturo nature bf f t bo tha organization or the church of br christ anu and that this Is esthe the manner mannen in knowledge is convey eel d to the people j upa aea up in wh which I 1 ch the requirements p bf the theja ao pie rie are submitted tot by ilie the people why this church could not aa stand n d could not have endured the trials and nd afflictions aud and the opposition to which it has been baen ex posted one hour if that were the case it would fall to pieces there would be no nv browm no power te tta hold if IV together the strength the them the c cause of the perpetuity of this work the marvelous marye loua ious character of its opera operations tiong throughout the nations of the earth the wonderful attractiveness of this gospel the secret of its ita great success cess as in foreign land preached prea by illiterate men consists in the fact that goethe god the internal father reveals his mind unto every honest soul who vrho humbly seeks grit arit it not to one man not to three men not to apostle 1 not to bishops not tu high priests not to P seventies not to elders alone but to every humble loui ioui soui who in and with is broken heart and contrite spirit bows bowa himself or herself in secret be fore the throne of the great eternal and in humility asks in the name of jesus for a knowledge to be imparted to him or tj t her whether it id is the truth he or she has heard ihla flits is the secret of the success of this work this Is the caute of ito wonderful power and the attractiveness it has haa for the harts of the children of men mun this thia is the reasor that men going bearing testimony ony of 0 these things have been so successful throughout all the nations of the earth where they have been and it is this that draws them as we have been told this afternoon by brother by thousands from fiem foreign lauds lauda and causes them to come to th s land and to with those already here until we have in this thia territory of OUM throughout thet theme themo 6 valleys running north and south east and west a deop leopla d and in many maby reaped unlike every overy other people that we know any thing about why in thim thia last company which came in a rew raw days ago the members if it spoke some seven language I 1 remember a company of saints leav ing liverpool while I 1 was there the ohe laen raya ibera ibura ay f which spoke nine nice language e they were latter batter day gathering up from various lar lai lands ids some from kiwit arland from eranee france from gresl great britain aud nud hom h om tile the various tiati nations ons of europe all coming gether together co the songs gongs ut of zim zi u in own lan ian languages guara guaza ceiling testimony moDy mony that god bad hail revea fed to them in their thein awn language the truth of this the everlasting gospel with such a spirit they thoy th ey come lo 10 these mountains mounia lii iii the they N scatter the people ahead nere they bacomo we have nore hore a loneness bon Won oneness eness of bf feeling and ud purpose a onen oneness e as of ind a of sentiment and of or heart that you may look for in vain ut the earth I 1 sometime sometimes i think we overlook those great and a rid glor ous mes wes lugs tugs oba that t god has given to us we vve overlook too ton frequently the spirit of odorless that has bus been be on poured out upon this people men ask for a eign sign ign they say where are aie tbt tnt evidences of thy divinity of th the work yau y ou believe in 10 dousay you aay that ahat you preach the gospel of jesus you BY pay that you are the people of god 1 why could ther ba any evid euca given of the divine chary char aeter acter of this mearion than ii wit hessed in the atric of this OAR teis gopel gospel upon the people mao wao embrace brace urlce id it we are led to expect that heaven heaved ia place of unity avrace a place of leve that there bisno is no quarreling no litigation no strife it lo heaven no man mati warring follow low men no man exalting his hia creed and his id ideas aas as superior to thib creed and the ideas of his neighbor all dwelling t in n peace andin and aud in love that is to the idea of heaven that has been taught to us in the bibia bibla anything else eise would not be heaven any ady other kind of place could not lie heaven 11 1 it not reason reabon reasonable able to suppo that thit if it the spirit of heaven rests ream down upon a people that they will be united talat tb at they will love one another will die dle for one another it necessary why certainly if it I 1 were to start out today to day in search starch of the church of jesus christ if I 1 did not know of its existence upon the earth barth I 1 would e expect to flu nind find d a people united Ug together ether a people who loved one another and who brought forth the fruits of the gospel jei of jesus ho taught it I 1 would expect to find a people who v ho gave an exhibition in their jives lives of thosa those heavenly truths taught by jesua jesus when he be was upon the earth and until I 1 faund buch such a people I 1 would despair of fifi finding ding the church ch of carist men lien might perform mirac miracles leq before me trie aud and say a great many wonderful things unto me but unless I 1 could find a people with th the elove love of christ in their bosoms united together as the heart of one ono man a people who loved one anether another I 1 do wn jam think I 1 with the knowledge I 1 have rt recognize cog them us its the people of christ chil ta or as the people of the church of christ for the evidences that they were that church it would not be in profession alone I 1 would aeck it would not be in their sunday service alone algne it would not be in the sermons that preached in their meeri g houses or churches alone it would nok not bf ia to any of piebe plebe hebe boings bione alone that I 1 would seeh seuk seek but it would be bo in the fruits of the gospel as I 1 found them exhibited in their daily life in their conversation in their associations one with another if I 1 found a quarrelsome leome people if I 1 jound found a people fighting I 1 oue one with another r for fur their rights if it I 1 fould rould a peo people p ae casing up weapons of war against each ot herno matter by what name nanie they were called no matter how bounding sounding their I 1 would bay tay these theto cannot be the people of christ these thebe are not the fruits which the gospel of ahw lord jesus christ brinka bringa forth but if I 1 found a people who were humble metek lowly willing to endure wrong rather than do wrong if I 1 found a people per peret perce for light tight bake sake if iff I 1 found a people of whom ull uli men tuen spoke evil though thein their lives were nol not evil I 1 though their conduct was humble and pure and they were disposed to io love ode one another and dwell together in peace I 1 would begin to say eay here are bome come of the boine of the fruita fruits of the ao capel pel pei of jusus jesua christ I 1 must stop here I 1 must examine into this matter 1 must icon atte these tr people ople opie aud and see whether they are the 0 people of f whom I 1 am in search if it I 1 were to camri ino info this valley of salt bait lake and nind find finda a peo feo people professing to belong to the church of jemus jesus christ of latter dily day Sil sainta gits were I 1 to trust to xe le would be to hay fay they cannot be the copl they profess tu to be why because all rua run iller riner ot of evil ia is them Is bre auy any crime in thiu thy black C ca a a logue C of crime of which they have nut not been ac accused cureo cured Is 18 au any auy people can cau perpetrate with which they have not leu luu len lsen d and aud guilty guilt if I 1 were to be dis heartened by 1 I need only aop lu in salt ball lale lake lale city or in otah utah territory ri to have that feeling bun buc if it I 1 ein ern inhered that thov oin oln ein in christ jesus jebus ano aro arcdie sute suie ip suffer pe and ha h if tiey they have called the tho master of the houch e B el eJ how much m mire lre ire bhat shat they call ghetu of nis hia I 1 might night if I 1 bore bat tact taut fatt iu IL luigu stop atop anu ana examine fulth fuith tr li E I 1 around tu uie and re the thu latter day zelne I 1 would probably lud ind find iud that they aw liot drink liquor did ME nut get drunk I 1 would they did take the name or of the lj ird in vain did not go to law jaw one with another but were amerbe to it anu nuo wein iu in favor avor of promoting p peace and that because of orthis thim thia they lawyers judges and if I 1 wen were ta to luok look at the material of the city I 1 would find a beautiful city laid out aud panned with buom wj jodom laid out by bome booy ahu blew loew something of ilfe ana and what wa wy proper er for forso clety if I 1 made f further r arther inquiry i 1 would learn thal that t a few tow yearn years ago before the advent t of so called in tie tae tle mid l t of the L littler astler dby day sainta saints tat liht lat frum from the ibe idaho line in the to the akizian line in the houth south there were no liquor ea loons luo juo ness and profanity wab was but in every settlement and aud in every house throughout the length and wid breadth of the land laud prayers ascended morning and night to the wad oad od of heaven au 0 n of them solves and their children childre ii and aud on behalf of the hobent L io in heart throughout all the nations of df the tarth tarth if I 1 happ bapp happened ened to be there shen when a company came in and in mingling with thab that company asked what brought them to tb tuis land I 1 would be told in norwegian in Swed swedish ieh leb in Dartis dabish li in german in italian in welsh in in polish in dutch iu in french that each of these men and women bad obeyed the gospel as it was taught to them by th been sent to them and that in answer to prayer they had received a testimony from the almighty for themselves that they knew t this Is was the gospel of jesus chrit chri t th that at they thi they y wip wid were re commanded commande d cf of god to gather out from the various nation nations sand band and that in response to that ment they thoy had come puo put and were here these theme would be lie the things that would be told to me if I 1 were to inquire among them re other matte mattera rs I 1 would nod thee phee tie the tte bible in ita its entirety not a part pot not in isolated parts of bok book some bome parts separated from rest but in its entirety in its doctrinal parts I 1 would find that they believed that god was the same bame today as he was wab yesterday that he ia a god of revelation a godif truth h a god who could hear and answer prayer iyer tyer T would find anat they believed in the organization of the church as it wais was ia in ancient days i god having first et in the th e church apostles prophets tea teachers cheis ft N would quid find faither further that they were contending aa as J james ames comman commanded ad the said baid baidas ts lo 10 do in bis his day earnestly earnes earnesti tj Y for the faith once delivered to the saints a faith by which the he mighty works concerning which paul speaks in the lith chapter of his epistle to the hebrews were accod plis shed bed I 1 would find that they bey were contending for this faith that they believed in the signs following them that believe belleve that they were contending for them contending for that faith and their children to exercise it to the greatest possible extent now where else elso upon the face of the earth could I 1 find a community teaching and practising practicing these thew I 1 nave been in my time timo a somewhat fx ex traveler I 1 have |
