Show THE LAW OF GOD As established in ancient Script scripture lize and modern revelation par to flie ae 0 enactments of congresses gr esses As A eloquently and Cons titu tio tlona nall ll shown by elder B H roberta roberts on oil sunday evening jan 46 alie a tabernacle was wa filled to tit aig by an all attentive mid und appreciative audience which bacr a to liten to the lecture previously advertised in the c clunas 1 U lit 11 4 4 of of the tilt I 1 I 1 lit lb are the thi enact menta of again t the he It religion Rr ligion of tho the latter day oon to bu de livered by elder eider B 11 rob Zib tris rid he open opening hig prayer as comred by pre ident E if 11 anderson and lie tile choir kindly furnished furnia hed anti iol ic for or tire occa occasion ion the lecturer lecurer was then introduced by pres ident E 11 IL andersen anderson and delav ered a discourse of which the lul ful lowing tig id is it 0 succinct synopsis pis elder E berts said eaid il it wit was svery very well klimn that fl for or mamy yearn years aliat i oilie oine of if the inhabitants ot of the territory Terri tor y of if utah imd hd atel ing plural marriage ami that conini 9 liaa has enacted ena jaw lawn t that ith df it ai a a it crime punishable by imprint in land il it bathis ads mat stoat ter that he lie t nicil deir cd tu to question qu ealion to find oui out whether thee the e are pre C constitutional or not ile u well liou and und of if llie the bland he lie had taken in in pret timing to tt din t raith juvia who hail hall been liven choen chozen to make the tile aw fur jor this great grea ina lit were wert c ti be leaders in bocito boci tv allu daid wt wi 11 fi ted tell and autel to nil fill their poti potation tion ae as hu t he lie remembered that 5 were only men like our hence they were liable it to alao also that the tile supreme court L ourt of thy the united states were li a bleat linie tf tait 4 it u a a will he remembered in tire ce lebrat case tile ol 01 iliac court being that A tit negro gro whether irve breor or a slave wn wai amt and could nut be a citizen of the united states under the con Cun titu ilon and a it so to chat hat a negro had hall atti n rights a wai bound it n respect it had been the boit boast of the party iu in power that that decision wan was stamped out in blood and was dis annulled seeing i lien that our lawmaker lawmakers and thieu the glans themselves yes are bable to mistakes the speaker can call e to llie the question ju estion in hand are the enactments of congress against ll 11 the ie religion of the latter day constitutional 1 I 1 he fie con grea ress ot of the united states would 9 have us believe that the inimical legislation against the latter day lay aint is is in ill the tile interest 0 of f moral morality sty and lor the good ot of the country but that cannot be for the dorala au 11 of f the latter day faints are err t far above those of the rest of if the nation ration the speaker here read statistics to show the condition of morals in dome ionic of the new england state stater which were compiled by some ot of heir own men there is another t proof also t that hat this legislation 6 i not in in the inhere it of ni morality iu in the airet i action of the law polygamy is id punishable liable with a line flue of and five live years impre ment while hile thoe those who indulge in ill promiscuous intercourse irume ol 01 the marriage relation are with orith only a it fine and G month the tile man ilio 13 hou honorable to hie his w dived div gavce ca his hi name and feeds and clothes clot he their children ie is bed in excess of athe alie libertine who drags many a i female to wreck and rui ruin T thir surely is proof enough that thi piece of is not in ill the tile true inter ft of genuine morality i 0 but we will find befi re we g get e t through that these lawn laws vre were framed under a hutmire ture w wa a brought to to bear the tile latter day dav 14 ailts the speaker then exo explained the file principle I 1 ill ciple of pi plural il marri jar ami its li I 1 grieved lieveld in by the latter day saints supporting the tile same sallie with 1 scriptural wn 4 u men of old ill whom gd good favored ivor practiced practised this law and 11 found ainia grac grite and ind favor in ill his fie bight the tilt tice of thi i principle ia is not a crim hi ill the sight oa 01 of if gold I 1 lut lot hn 1111 nootie tile by ill rullell ril lelL of i the princia plural ia now low admitted tit f bf he a it P potion i raiji r lii it n by thoe c sent to t gern g n or I 1 a 8 the rile referd d to to tilt therecer there reci cem ill 11 11 it 11 r which they tile r fhate arce f urtha nr or of the 11 r mon non male and fedle fern e lia never 1 ente entebi rad into ix h a wit ns et evem 0 arv IV ry meniver er in go gd gool g ol d sta twing it tile the chun l beelike belike eta in ill to rilia artic 0 fl iville revelation ait is in n 0 fam tild ul all i 11 ll 11 parl of their faced cre d aa thur alif b liaf ill in air abe borgi forum elivs auf f bill and 1 tile lie dikil lik hali HA ka li juror wits us asked do n beli believe krisht ir it a man to have more Mor ethan atin ono onolie living inland still wire 1 ut at tile atillo time little t 11 all ami ever non in tit alic bof lwy i a few ith hut nearly ne irav all will ill prom m rid ye yes fir all silt ak men wire dial far ause rause tins thim part of tile afron A atlon auf if kllc opinion U lieve before expressed aliat all or ilma x Mori cormons mormons believe tu to be right ami that il it is an au essential pirl part of their creed from thu we pet get on an adm Milla tamn the sion that this tin s principle iiii apio ii is a it part ut of the faith of t iff it latter day lay saints as much as is their belief in repent repentance atice boap tin and the like thia this nation has a always been held up ill as an as idlor ll 11 tp afie the t pares cd of every more so 80 during the C colonial Cl bioni lonial al period when people cubic froin all parts in order to enjoy lib arty of it conscience nud freedom ot of nathn 1 and when vien the tile constitution wl formed for inid they determined to yip to all till nho can in lo 10 this land religious to liberty lierly ly congers Coi irps i was to mak ito u la law w etc it had bees u ary airy angom ill hp european eni itaki katimi to select ct some which was mas up held by the tile state and wid tile pe pepet 1 I 1 e wire the tip lipport port ot ill its ministers minister but euch a it ie i forbidden tor hidden it by the in tit ution at of the tile united st ettes itea not only vats ae it the intention in that mii m ii bli bhoola itald be ile protect edin their opinion but also in ili the practice of thein so sit lobig lon as its divy did ill noi not on oil the lie rithia of their neighbor ati aid I it this js is not lint is 13 nicana then religion religious ret doni in the united states tale nivan th end in ill vuew view ana to protect prote e t all till men in ill tin the ir religious irreligious belief beliefs s sin n nil 1 to have leave thun thein frue to practise iise tile aule me rile of ahbe elitist ions and now what N n lipinn religion ae its understood by lay met in ill general the file speaker read s wi a fol follone folh lowe ve efe first bif lit ret bijil n of god goo As in lit if f oro hip love lu obeth ence eitt right feelings tard t wani ard gud light ay 1 iier bjoin adiv an 9 of fabilli and As tbt slit alit an lurk 11 hi fo or true und waw religion linion re 3 it if belief f of the turk or cor I 1 buia t II 11 1 by bv Vib abier ter they have per ll 11 ILCI act liberty libert tinder thu the to practise their religion ill in the U t cu 0 long loog as clivy y df do not mi t inge on n the i bights 0 ui 1 their jerow U tv I 1 to rip allm didt thid ud itic tile right in lu be illumed I 1 upon 11 its lib this clause in ill the tilt lit lion it till tind ahal il li was bo u tood by quiny mho moo hal have figu redus la lead 11 m g men niest oi of thie this Nati nailon oll 11 er u It read a lew few cirata which prove that religious li birly vas wits tu to be unive nuil thomas avil creol follows us lol lutts rile 1 lit bill si religion felipi ns free don dom in virginia Virti nii the tile piea of which lad a been anai bcd lcd before I 1 bail all all 1 ilif ut icon ic on ami and li it still 1111 iliin wilb aith oppi bilidt but will in lle she irea isible it wa aas biilly nn illy passed atiq a sin vular 1 u i troed aliat tei in of was tini vertal where the 1 du do liiva tatt 0 LU e ion it A departure ironi file plan ol 01 t alie ht 11 oly A talar of our religion an t iiii nt afta rp wed iv 1 aitio th f words jebus christ so that it hould nad read a it departure from ibe tile plan of bealls llila hi iv antan i 4 il i our ur religion the 1 lie insertion reit rj acied ted b a ilreath majority mi jonly in proof that they infant meant to to pre lien alli it in ili the tile mant mantle mantled lef of ita its 1 the it afu w and anti jen entile lity the tion a ami till the tile tile alindo 3 and infidel of every aio alto in a letter of john adania adam to thomad J fal mu under dite date a f may IM 1822 the tile fol ful luing loing tc cur curo ia I 1 do tio not riot aiho in e lie the late re ra f t fie t now in lit it iain v i are cresp aji i den deal owl wi li 11 tin tile in ill tt united SIRL S who li are briore enire 4 than thao ev rabo y knots kooms abill not of hate wa arms of efiem here in ill tin of f finters rin 1 I oas writers tt liters seli 8 b cu cot I 1 bam have rea arad 1 ia pa als letters I 1 ett r v and f nr v odthe batir lil bi tir of thi fill ii gre gation alinn of inen trien coulst ment eternal on oil mild in in hell tit firdma lina to alip f P int lov ill tag j like ille lit ll arile 1 it i i tilt nio niolina lint f r I 1 n bt hiir buinis 11 llan rii boa r ni id rd illein 1 luiis 1 it if t it ditl t lit plot tit alik aril 44 tir r el dt boit t l a tr re fUt t will b amler t iidro 4 jef fi rrt in ca J A nd tilt 11 we w it ave ohp egere t U n oll wll ill in 13 etim li 9 it r ili h it arii I 1 clr lit I 1 aai n aly ait 0 liti etli great it ih tuini 11 mj jaap II 11 4 y fliri 1 0 aej bick rl 0 1 illey be 1 r lii tec wb li 1111 ill 1 nl rot i le wo 1 0 1 1 ill pr p r tl ii ain t alii f 11 ar acine rai ini till 1 flu i riv a aid d air fidow n tin borai lir a t in 1 ajr little allf llila ak alit bl hillila iab HI r tw tin lit honian lift alit Il anre lalI binl a a II 11 n g an a ay f r liei o 0 or ir nd 1 l r d ramil r till liall lh 18 mid n T 1 lit TI iker thi tight tint thit afar r hearing tilt i ol 01 ilien there c could uld be lie but little ift doubt th 1 it wit to juve leave all into free to u c their reli no it maetter lint tilt tile i aijiro nt of auhl bf be tin jitt re are art bonie artho hit ariit that if full tell ir amm lowray dupre pe w n v would hae have the lit but e ti tiling s i ng their strange erang rellious reli religions ious with nil all their ries t the I 1 Hin doos fur for instance would burn the tire willow on oil tile funeral pyre of their hue hus bando bt itil othen others would 1 i l sacrifice tl their alvr i children chil drui to the degues deil I 1 es they won wor hip but this will bear beat at comp companion arkon willi tile practices practice of the latter day sainta saints in their obedience to the law ofa bestial bial marriage there is a vast difre difference renco between bur buru ing women and marr marrying ving them laughter and also alst heche between br bring ia hie children into the world aid 11 cine them i ot of cou eniree arse there Is is a limit to reli 4 ii liberty and that limit is defined by thorna X J fferson who in hia his notice on nit virginia vir and in speaking odthe of the right rights of conscience say aye tho of or amire conscience we nev never er submitted sni w we c cail gilld not rot vare ve fir fr them to tooer finar soil god tin tilt j tt nl to t midi ot li 1 tri heR ingv finh ast in to others 1 ilca 8 80 sou o and free are the only vf er 1 artias earr errair madi madion or in ill a letter to edward li Livingston vi egston tays I 1 observe with hie view yu you have tit i i lie 1 r join immunity unity of lif rOi gion forin for in civil tion in e ry tte chero it t avs ma 1 1 oti n private or imbia amee 3 writings p 24 here then we have the limit to re ligi liberty T but the lutler latter day saints hav e never aped d ahe 6 and have not in in fringed upon the right rights of their rat the ti estion as Hs to wile titer a nun islik sh I 1 obey the law of godor god or the law of man when tilt two are at tit variance wa was decided by the pea kr with an nit extract from bla blackstone 8 coni com 16 t 58 N CG 6 if ir ever ili ohp laws or bod and arid men are re at variant variance e tile former the tile laug lats of d areto are to in donga tion ol 01 tile lie latter the constitution also requires that congress shull shall pass no law which is ex ec or or retrospective in ill its opt ope but the ed ill ands law is such a one otie for or it is well kno od that many men in thid this territory have been deprived deprive il of their right rights bebau beof the he peculiar I 1 it thia this extraordinary cf ef fort t url of Con congress gresi by this same sanie id jw llull prat ble men in an fn thia this territory arc are pre vetted betted froni from holding offices which they have held for years years they aro ire also de barred from the right 0 of f which is u it privilege dear to 0 o every american ci catita ci liu tita now what position are the latter day saints in to day da the tile matter as the speaker hall pre ire it was that plural marr marriage i ei g e was a principle of religion with them tilea they illey believe that god has bas repealed revealed it to them ni but the eru nent of the united states hae pi trounced it a crim crims that it ia is lot not a principle of religion and will ill punish it with fines and inari which will chii people obey oboy iho tile law ot of god or the law of man mail speaker wad was not there to in aluce any ale to dil disobey lobey the JIMS laws have been beta enacted by A r es but every every man nian must for himself yet if he wal aked asked li liis s ind respecting the matter ile ie would ay that he believed the tile la law of of gd old to be binding hinding upon him hill for from his ilis flea heavenly venly father in lie received every blessing w hile he hawa wai not vot indebted to con grem for anything we do not ro re ceide from fron them thern life all and tha th pursuits 1 ur of happi nem thee are ble giesy iss tilt ik giveins us utby u by tin tilt creator it wa was s to god that he lie considered dered himi elf ellla ll lla tile for all his actions el der tier roberts Iti did not alit apprehend up 1 that nien nen would always he be houll hound d in alit i heir ir religious practices licea the tre tea of if liberty which hall been planted ul u chis had ben ht ui catered 1 by thu tilt tear of tor too finny to loaf al tv waa 1 I tys hear bitter fruit but its branches brim ches woud would curpas out iut till all till would find shelter under i its thade which he fie prayed might a shortly bonx to tip pas the rhe choir rendered an all anthem in in h good pool tyle style t and anti tile lie clo clip int ing prater prayer war off red by elder W 11 jones |