| Show djs dis C 0 DELIVERED BY geh geo CANNON in taie the J city BY JOHN I 1 nave HAVE been reminded while listening to brother rudger claw so sons bons nys reua reza remarks arks of the sayings of the savior recorded in the ath chapter chapler of the gos gospel el according to st lu luke nuke e 0 and abid verses 94 blessed are yc ye ahall hate you and when they bhail shall sepa rat eyou from their bom company pany and add shall ahall reproach you and cast put yourt yourl your youn iame name as evil e vil for the sont I 1 of man baake rejoice ye in ih that day and leap for lor joy for behold your reward is great ln in heaven for tor or in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets it ia is frequently remarked concerning aein bi gt that there being BO so many stories told about them there must be some bome frutrin tru tein trin some borne of oihem ahem fn othen other wor to uba usa the familiar saying s there thero therbia the refa reia 19 soni uch smoke til thera there esmust must be some nire fire but it la Is ilao worthy ith of remark that from the beginning inina ining according talib history that has hay come bathe of the de dealings allbRi of god with rith the child children reli rell of men nian every who professed tor ton have a knowledge br lor god and who really did have that knowledge or a portion of lt anu ana who were raised up by him or called by him had to buffer suffer perse cution cation dt stephen ephen the martyr when he was being atoned at jerusalem Te said to the jews which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted and they have alain slain them which chewed before of the coming of the just one arcely scarcely sd a prophet that had ever lived among them who had not suffered persecution even moses himself the great lawgiver law giver the great deliverer of the hebrew nation who had led them out by the exhibition of mighty power several times during his hla career came very neli near being boung stoned atoned to death or killed billed by the people it ia Is an evidence evid once ence an infallible evidence of truth to have persecution accompany it it is a not that everyone every eveny one who is reviled and who la Is persecuted possesses the truth this dees does not always follow but there never was a prophet of whom we have any a account amount raised up in the midst of the chil call dren n of men to proclaim unto them divine truths who did not receive in his bis life and experience these very things of which jesus has spoken they wera hated they were separated from the company of their fellows they were re preached edy eds their names were cast out as evil they were reviled their lives were sought nought and this was especially ally the case with the bon sou of god himself a being who spoke as never man spoke whose life was an exemplification of purity who was without bin sin whose doctrines were holy and pure who performed mighty miracles among the chil chii dren of men whose wor woi work k and la bors were accompanied with great power and notwithstanding these evidences of divinity which accompanied companied companies compa nied hims him the generation in which he lived and by which he be was surrounded were not satisfied until they had slain him it is also recorded that every one of the twelve apostles excepting john died a violent death there are reasons for this which are made plain in the scriptures there are two powers there is god and there is or in other words there fathe lathe Is the spirit of god and there is the spirit of satan these two powers or forces have been in existence since man was expelled from the garden girden of eden satan has opposed posed V god he has contended coil eoll tended and purity each i ot we these ie influences has been oper 1 duahe the hearts of the chlis dren dreno o men when whom the adverse ry has succeeded in overpowering overpower ing the Wi truth in slaying the berva serva servants ants cofod e qed jn aih ssu edding the blood of innocence duce and A abid hid fid the extirpation of the th epker payer and authority which god goa upon man matihas haa has beam beaW neco acco then there has been a llila lun luh there has his been a cessation of which has at tended the proclamation pro cia cla matlon mation of tae the truth the extirpation of those who had hid authority to proclaim laina it hasl reft left the then when he had hib his own wax 10 0 n the greatest evidon eviden evidences cei cea cos coa 0 condition of affairs now existing it in in I 1 christendom is the popularity V that itten ds wll wil wl what t is called the preach sg lo the lord lond jobus christ whenever a preacher is p popular copula r in the midst of a wicked generation or a man I 1 popular is who professes to be a minister of truth troth you yoa may bet set it down as a eer tain lain tact fact that that man i does not preach the troth asit e exists z ilias in christ if this book the bible be true if there is any auy reliance to ae be placed in the word of god As a true aa as there ia Is a god an and d astrue as thew there thero rie rge laa li isa devil the man that prea chei chef the truth to a wicked generation will bring about the hatred of I 1 nave naye read nead in your you hearing this la 19 j justas true aa as that god lives and that ther elsm elff or that stan batan satan has power over the tho hearts of the childred of men atan stan satan knows very well that hla his ilis hia time is ahart be knows very well that if the truth Is and believed bali bell eved in and ana practised practiced by mankind his hla kingdom il to overthrown that hla power wilk mill ul goon soon cease hence honed it la to that he has aroused in every age and atall times the child abIld children rail rait of men to rage i against the truth whether the latter day saints preach the truth or not it ia Is for those who hear them and examine their thein doctrines to td decide but there ia is this noted fac fae fact t connected with the preaching of thia this truth as imparted in this system which we call the gospel of the lord jesus christ that wherever it has been preached it has raised hatred it has stirred up animosity it has en kindled the fires of persecution it has caused blood tollow to flow kolrs mobs have been raised houses have been burned fields haye have been destroyed grain has been burned cattle have been shot down men and women have been expelled from their homes in the depths of winter the blood of innocence has flowed and all because men and women chose to believe a system of religion that differed from that which Is popularly entertained and there is this remarkable fact connected with the persecution of the people called latter day saints bunts and it Is the tame came characteristic that atten attended dod the preaching of the gospel goepel of the tion lion of god by himself and his fi Postles apostles the chief persecutors and those who have stirred up strife in the hearts of the people have been e atea themselves in too maby maty instances the professed ministers of jesus christ it was the high eri Erl PrIests ests etts it was the pharisees Pharis ees it wa was the religious people jn in the days of the havior who were his chief persecutors and I 1 am sorry to say the chief tiona tlona which we as a people have had to endure have had their origin with the same samu class why I 1 am informed that one or two if not more of those men who formed the mob that shot elder joseph standing were circuit riders preachers who professed to have great zeal for holy religion and pure morality they were so filled with zeal that they could not let two young men travel in their country and preach from the bible without mobbing them As latter day saints this ought to cause us to rejoice we should not be angry we should not indulge in the spirit of ie revenge buch suun a spirit is foreign to the gospel it is our duty to endure all things patiently uncomplainingly and with long suffering putting our trust in god relying upon hitt hla arm awaiting the deliverance which he will bring to pass pam in his own time and valid in his own season it if I 1 am persecuted and I 1 turn upon my persecutors in the spirit which they manifest do I 1 exhibit a spirit that will bring down the blessing of god upon me certainly not I 1 would be no better than my persecutors if a man strike me on the one cheek and I 1 turn and strike him again retaliate give him blow for blow do I 1 by so doing manifest that I 1 have received any better spirit than the man who struck me I 1 think not it is very natural I 1 know when we are reviled to turn round and revile revila again when we are turn round and strike again when we are abused to turn round and abuse again this is Js the natural prompting of the human heart this is tho natural feeling of every man of spirit not to submit to indignity but to resent it instantly our codes are all formed upon this the training thad that we have had from our childhood up wardin in the society of the world has been that a naan man who submits to an outrage quietly is un worthy of the name of man that the man ramn who submits to be call cali called e d nilar a liar ilar or to rebukes or abuse qu quiet t ly is le unworthy worthy of the tho namo name na wo e of in man al now 1 that la Is verts Verti certainly duly not I 1 ha the ae ain aiu ga ef tha all his teachings are to the contrary hib his people are td be a meek people his people 40 be pe ace makers abera nia hia people are to leave the results with nim him 1 to submit 16 things quietly quie uncomplainingly that 11 so far fir aj ou manifestations are concerned to pray unto him to leavelt leave it with him himi he has hag given unto his people a law upon this subject if our enemies oom come upon us or our families once pe ive areto bear it patiently aud sud revile nets neither seek revenge revenue and web Wee hall haij all alj be rewarded if our orr enemies come upon us and had third times we are axe to bear it patiently aa as oo 00 the former occasion aud and great rewards are promised if they come comb the fourth time then the jaw law in ancient days aud and as the bord lord has revealed it to us la Is bire are in ohr bands hands to do to them as we may please but if it we theu thou will lispare them we shall be for our out righteousness Gueness I 1 speak of these things because I 1 know how painful it is to submit to outrages such as have been heaped upon us therm alemany are many such committed that are almost unbearable men feel as if they could not submit to them hut kut as I 1 under understand stana it it is far bet fer ter terron terion for fon us to submit to these things patiently and without retaliating and leave tho tb llord lord to deal with them than to indulge in the other spirit and the other feeling there Is a great anxiety in the minds of many of the latter latten day saints respecting the future how long must we submit to such wrongs aa as we many times have to endure is a question that arises very frequently in id the minds of the people we nave have been in these mountains nearly thirty three years thirty two years last july we hia fia had d more freedom in some respect if the first few years we were heie here than we have today to day notwithstanding our growth notwithstanding the numbers of the people have increased to so great an extent notwithstanding the labora labors that have beena been performed er formed and there la lo a natural anxiety in the minds of a great many people as to how long these them things will go on aa as they arm aie and some are almost discouraged thiera there was a cir vir these val vai valleys ieya leya from one end to the gluer alwer vai waa comparatively unknown drinking saloons us were not permitted gambling saloons were not licensed nor did they exist other places places which I 1 need not name namo had no foothold or existence in our midst and from one end of the territory to the other there was a condition of affairs which everybody who loved good order and peace admired I 1 frequently meet with gentlemen who knew know ua us a few low years ago who of the tho unfavorable change which has taken place in our affairs the latter day saints realize very fully funy how great this change hasteen has been our oar sons and daughters are now exposed to temptations of which they knew know nothing in former years we had the p power b ier which we exercised to control contro I 1 these at af fairs but as I 1 explained here not a great while ago we have now found out that the charter of thi thin city which we supposed gave unto the municipal authorities all the power nece necessary beary seary to control regulate and if necessary prohibit the institutions and practices to which I 1 have alluded Is limited in iu its power to stop the sale eale of liquor bo so the judiciary have ruled monster petitions llave have been gotten up by the women of thia thid city and presented to the city council Coun cili asking for the prohibition of liquor saloons but in vain the city Coti council ucil 1 are powerless in the matter because of judicial ruling Na the inquiry arises how long hhall shall these them things continue bhail shall all the hopes respecting tho auturo of this country respecting the future of israel be blotted out are we to be disappointed appointed die dle and a condition of affairs be established hero hera which will perpetuate all the evils existing elsewhere from which we have fled it iti thought this would be the base I 1 should be discouraged if I 1 thought for one moment that we should not have power in the future as we have had lu in the past to maintain righteousness and a righteous rul rui rule ruie e and good order in thid thia country I 1 should feel exceedingly discouraged but ido rdo I 1 do not look for a perpetuation of these evils I 1 expect the tho day will como when this thia people if they will be true to themselves principles which we have hare espoused will ha have havo V a p power awer to control affairs throughout ugh out these mountains shall we do this by violence not at rt all by overstepping ov the bounds of the constitutions i or of the legal rim rik righta ats of f in individuals divi duals noi not at all 1 I do GO not lot look for any ny such thing but I 1 bookfor look for fon the time to come w when n hla this hia people throughout thebe mountains have haye the power they ought to have havethe the power to elect thair their bian own officers enact own laws and to enforce them when the majority of the thi people shill have say eay what ehalt be he ale tui aul ju ok land lind land a night right that th at hr AA been d injen us up to lh the 0 nr ebent hie whyna ua L ar artly because of ot the fhe lemra leara of people P q who live J 4 n on our r ini int a A their r imaginary fear mor por thel their pretended feare teare there thero jia jis a class clasa of people in these thebe va valleys 1 particularly in this thia city and th the x country round TP about du t I 1 who are using evey ovey influence in hein hoin heir weir power to prevent the jeatter day dainta the tho thai thaw citizens citi cili zens of 0 f the wilted 6 ate atea shaye haye hate elsewhere they say bay say sak that it we get lh tha powe pome ud thia ihla authority it jt will be impossible for fon them to tb live here heres thau that they will win have haye to leave the jari land d that there thero will be buch such a reign of terron terror terr ori or such a condition of affairs ono wila wili be able to endure iti it except the cormons mormons Mor mons or lauter L itter atter day themselves and by the publication of buch euch stories as these thebe by magnifying all the trifling things they gee sea done lone by calling atten atton attention tiola to plural mar marriage ard and by a false representation of the powen power thau that la is wielded by the leaders ox 0 he people bud aud by the thel circulation of f the most infamous luf amous amons hey bey 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