Show OF jesua OF church BS ifft L aw fryc fc yc at arf K s atar ct Ar I 1 sap ar etow Wt orlly ilia name to hear 1 receive such in and to rt nal servants as the holy dictate as well as to trans pertaining to ills rac nish nis be presented tor their h f oay breth san but as we your knothe fiert presidency arc by the circumstances de ot peculiar occasion society this d on we deem I 1 consistent nd you of duties ours ot our calling to ad letter and in this way to ii ress before you yu aby that which under more aea ae 1 in mhd farst place we extend our congratulations to you aa latter day agats and members ot the church ot that affairs with us are so fa that so many can meet together you do on this uie auty sixth annar ebsary ersary ot the organization ot the lurch in general conference per catlon has rase dand hideous wrongs ye been and are being perpetrated ir enemies have not been permitted go jo such lengths as the persecute ot gad y of the arst alma when they put ws upon his people and pat ciak isler jandt bost whom they calling upon od though many ot us are de geyr lu ayon can assemble as you do athla day goti to his ties and tree can call upon our god ff indeed we need jails ot alma tor contrast between the 0 tha ot god jtb 0 fand lor and raise to our god day for ilia jeitles unto us we have only to re sr to our own history to scenes in many of you have taken part to which should prompt us bear our present with pa ent equanimity some of the saints feel that their uner the tyranny which Is now exercised ot law are very lon j lull knesel outrages nue due positions light be let them recall the accles in the state ol 01 missouri when ie latter day driver by t ito clay county sad inlo haldwell county and finally were impelled to atee in the depth ot an in under Q order of lilburn W Boa braathe athe which said that star win te treated as enemies and wat be exterminated or driven from the state an this too after many oti number had been haef bad been robbed of nearly athe property they hadan the world if the treatment the latter the ot iau tutee boat barq and heartless nuner ami alte under honarot the irate the and patriarch of tie church and wounding almost to eath one ot the twelve apostles abs organized i them earned ie buler their property ad drove them tor their lives to the ity ut nauvoo and then not content ath this the whole powe Tot ie state to bear upon them to compel lem to leave that city and the state ad to take beluge stripped and destine in the wilderness where neales hoped internal dissensions tar or wild indians would coin lete the work ot destruction which ley were bot permitted to accod aish r however w tuff or today to day att lied with plenty no cry of man or east ascends irom our borders to high leaven tor the want ot food no beg ars plead tor alms in oue streeta and f destitute soul has bat necessary to supply Is wants and with blessings a good food comfortable raiment ami shelter we bava the ble blessing ot the peace of god balch lie alvea to every faith in our hearts dacej in i picc horld cannot lv erana ie lord it cannot take away let our hearts therefore brethren and estera be llred y raise to hla nd mercy unto us as a people lie as made promises concerning alon wo ion may tay in pophet isaiah the lord hath me and my lord bath forgotten but the lord replies e r can a woman forget her sucking mid that she should not have com lon on the son of her womb yea X ay borget yet not torget 91 thy walts at no time na the lord led hla peo w to they have trials or not nave their faith t till church was organs people were told lor 1 nave in my heart balth tha irona K wil prove you in all things will abline la mf fj vito deabi that 1 li yi abide y w not yul swe car meed joa in teddi hatan aaa power you will buffer Teco ilon ia the providence aermes a most chetal auf TO every faithful saint must per ive nd acknowledge thin each tle its effect upon Inn rell he friends and neigh wa persecution develops deva lops wt under weal we and we t in our brethren and sisters of fw ot we in which we baverle ul e these eighteen montha ta very painful has not without profit to the latter day in 18 h strengthened and in aws ui ay ceal courage and it also antl ln tl many who werft ce rent to arouse ralio lct barny and to renew their dill nee tn the work ot god it has ilso ight iS ht to alie hypocrisy of amny 1 I caused them to throw off the ibl and which 1 tj wore andio exhibit bat upa taw aa U trued mainol h exy nd r friends seemed to be of the opinion that they could danger to themselves or their in ienir fellowship the world the names latter day saint and gentile were alike to them they appeared to sec Vi toUhey bo on ertta both it Is wadu aind S 1 kwa have the htwe of this persecution the I 1 ne of demar cation between the latter day saints and the world has been drawn so sharp and distinct unless they compelled to take sides with their parents and friends and the difference between their religion and that which Is opposed to it la brought buma to their hearts and consciences with A force never before known to them enla persecution Is driving the rising generation compactness dt alons upon the youngest children community which the lapse of years can never they are learning the vior by the experience which our th emyt ye rie iove his own ye are not of the world but I 1 have chosen you out of the world therefore the world habeth you r the lord has said th atthe wrath of man shall be made to praise ulm and nihls attack which Is being made up to destroy the work of god for this he ane in their wicked schemes and so bent upon them into effect that bey acts which they perform and perceive abe harass wo S men and children they compel men and women to conceal themselves to t and tyrannical abuse of power and they consign other men and wo iu ce edings they derive great satisfaction as they look as so many evl th buirch in uprooting our religion we aeed not say to you who have so often witnessed the effects of persecution upon our religion and church bow fallacious are thesa hopes of our present persecutors instead 0 hey are advertising it instead fal showing the worl dhow unworthy and contemptible temp tible we arethay are unwittingly furnishing us alin opportunities docx wm the pos sead instead of weakening balus of abey are stimulating their faith and supplying them with additional proofs of the divinity of their religion they goolt haw the world bellevo that we n fe ettSAl and de Is a system of ludt but the thinking people of the world know that there is no necessity balents are now enduring to gratify or licentious depraved men and women would not suffer such treatment as federal are now extending to us and ot indignities and go to prison it they were assured as we are by courts and prosecuting sec 0 ulcers that the war is and not against sea pap alar 3 hy 9 atil attracts alon of the world its disgraceful aca be concealed for s while from public the lies aay those instruments but the truth concerning it Is coining to light for a while the feeling among those ignorant of our true of indifference as to our fate or to any treatment we might receive As the persecution continues the truth leaks out by degrees men and women hear that rather than accept the alternative of renouncing their wives and children pay heavy flues and coats and go cheerfully for ions weary months to prison caad that delicate women too ahari aad yf testimony i la cmara baere the greatest criminals are confined thinking people read of these proceedings aid their coriner place to interest but while we acknowledge the hand of the lord in these wicked acts of our enc ant relieved from theton deian atlon which will follow them they would deny us our rights as citizens and they talk about us and act towards us as though we not en any inbae clap Ir tron their patt we born free men and women and it Is a duty we owe to un selves and our mat for and maintain the principles of freedom and transmit them and to those who follow us a favor we demand it as a right we are as much entitled to the full rights of citizenship in these mountains as any who dwelt under the flag of under any and all circumstances we are their peers such trial as the latter day saints now undergo in the courts in these ter neluie qt wion gure daei or in these cases may schema and plot and falsity to reduce to mis level and brand ot criminal upon our conduct they cannot deceive the world this which we are now passing through Ls to all intents and purposes a rally and nothing else it as such by the whole world its hideous features its atrocious juH Ct cannot or already men arp taa who are unlaced enlaced in it and history will net ita beal oi condemnation upon it and theli andelt yet stand as an blot the boated alv and liberty of our gent ration the beenes which we are now wit la this are ol 01 a deep laid and carefully planned conspiracy which baa been in process tor years its originators elements ahny ideal have effected a wonderful combination and irreligious ministers ID and nc and blacklegs temperance men and drunkards and pimps and men 0 strict morality barlotti bar lotfi are crowded together on the iri they have constructed cd and they tand no inconvenience irom each 1 others companionship each lii made to rv gualt ahli direct 1 md human ai they may upon everything else anere absi apen one common and purpose through the whole and holding them together andt ht la hatred 91 day saints inia desfor it aba condora con sora appealed w hie baffe ua u a ach oie to work in j brt lar athla in the j estera they have found ready and willan have been the cilus ot the couspin acy the pharisees Pharis ees in the days ot the savior ready to egg the multitude on to cry out crucify him gig minis B let ruction sectarian of in a that body to legislate against us this action they have often repeated since destitute of in their their power we possess without aid irom the secular power they make the air resound their cladora lor congress to pass us and our religion they enlist men of their cloth elsewhere in the same unchristian business it Is only a few months since at thuma too whole aaa mete was being used most savagely in sending men and women also to prison on account their religion that a deputation of brines trines of the crucified redeemer called upon a thousand person sand it was said by some ot the most prominent dl the country earnestly urging to ahe anti polygamy act 1 the old pharisees Pharis ees baya done any but while the ministers engaged in the the politician the debauchee and lato support earb 3 rhe cry ol 01 polygamy has made a battle cry this has called the thaud above this question of polygamy aad completely nas basri as citizens to take away from us our under the constitution and M 00 political cottrol 01 our country so as voiceless in the affairs ol 01 govern could anil titta impunity and be corded lorded over by a set pt harpies who would revel aad out been and still is the object of all the outcry raised against us of the innumerable false vead public journals have teemed atthe appeals to congress to legle aad ot all the outrages of law inflicted upon us by the courts the same covetousness and envy that led mobs to band them seh irom our prompt the present and openly ind den antly regardless ol 01 law now he policy Is a more subtle one it Is to tho same ends under the shelter it and the old under it the new tactics means the stealing of the political control ol 01 the country to ba loil owed by oa ii trace up the acts ol 01 the conspirators rom the treason ol 01 air setting aside the will ol 01 the people and his usurpation ol 01 the powers ol 01 the rational house ol 01 ta pronouncing upon the quail ol 01 one of its members and giving a as delegate to colv dl jadown ahe graen ol the and especially the conductor condu ctol the governor the last two sessions ot the zable the people am app arenC at every step every act ot the conspirators spira tors Is consistent with every other autto kiako hye engaged in this throw dust in the eyes ot the nation toy making an outcry against polygamy as it they cared anything abent our marriages in order to conceal andahl anda their deeper design the most active tools in this con have been some of the federal clata their positions have given talca ther have the constitution ot the united states assigns as reasons why tt was trained to form aingie perfect union insure the welfare and secure the blessings ot liberty to ourselves and our posterity most excellent reasons for framing such a charter officer who acts under it should keep these objects in view but the officers sent hero have though they were determined that none of these blessings for which the constitution ution was framed should reach us perso fl the ot barve ul ane effort to punch for their to god and ills laws instead of seeking to establish justice and insure have sought against brother aue against husband and children against parents and to loosen and destroy all the bonda which bind man tu hid fel loman thear mission ans bot been to build up and cement society but to tear down and break it up they have hakea in their efforts to BOW and strife to tempt wives to betray their husbands and to induce husbands by were punishment it f kney refuted to coinon wll waltel tel disown and forsake their wives and to discard and bastardize their offspring and to turn loose as whom they to provide tor and protect when these commenced their attack upon us and our religion they found our and father devoted to wives and children and doing all in their power to make stable and happy wives and mothers contented and at peace honoring their husbands and proud of their relation flerl to u nce ITT held their parents husbands and wives and children without compulsion ormo coji norm where on all this broaca I 1 ties arc held to have bind gitig effect did exist as among the latter day II 11 Is true wives were scaled to husbands by the eternal of tats Vs only boale the tie Is perpetuated women know their and they fenew that they could not etli ag unworthy roan happiness lu our homes because all bad agency no better proof ol 01 this need be adduced loan the fact that jo tho midst 0 all pa j ahei oltre adv bolpa but few men have accepted the proffered terms and discarded their tro norol be it bald not onu woman that we know 0 up to the present wrt llna ha and dissolved her and t 8 a r I 1 yet tl of these la s the sacred name of jaw aud under the a pretended desire to enforce it they would convert tell condition of society so peaceful and so admirable into a pandemonium they have worked to this end with such malignant evua disregard bi result effort on ith ills people and spirit has been poured out upon them to strengthen and sustain them no man made system or organization could have withstood the concentrated hate and violent assaults which have beca directed against the church of jesus christ ot latter day saints division aad weakness would have shown themselves fatal breaches would have been mado in the framework of the system and the imprisonment or enforced concealment of the leading aien would have been followed by a decay of faith and the disintegration of the organization but abo lord tn establishing ilia charch provided these he promised ahu been the those who entered sincerely into covenant with hlin a testimony odthe truth for themselves and to bestow jil holy spirit upon all it Is this promise and its that today to day constitutes the strength of the church of jesus carlat of latter day saints was once asked by a visitor to the city of nauvoo the good order and prosperity of which that nc governed the people so as to produce such admirable results the orda ord 4 correct principles and they rovern abe tae ov ernt henf at nauvoo 1 audit Is still abe secret of the bood order erlic and prevail among daya saints in utah and throughout all this where erbb world could a 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