Show n 00 RANTING VNflUS lie Ihuiikw oil That lie tne lnuRli < So do we All lull jilnrcil Confidence I II I As was predicted on Saturdu last by ho iindij school editor of the DFUO CHAT Angus M Cannon took advantage of his temporary releaso from underground under-ground duties to fire assay ut the con I rcgation in the t big Tabernacle yesterday afternoon A ctinositj something like hat which attracts a crowd to see a illicit and Judy show or to watch the antics of the monkes in a circus tIrew out enough people to fill the hippodroino as it has not been filled for many n lav mt just as the interest in Punch and I homonkovs dies out in i little time so nl was with Angus antI C before his sermon I ser-mon was half over at least one third of ho people had left The benches seemed harder than over and before ht ese meet leg was over the best of saints were squirming and Bhtiflling in their seats as hough they thempelvcs wero the guilty parties Tin eunice 01 iiimtimoN Was of course the interesting part of the sermon and An us dwelt upon this with a sort of intermittent stress Ho started out with an eulogistic reference to those who liko himself had stood by the stripes I and dropped n sympathetic t roe l II tear for those who had made promises and kept out of the Pen Ho gloried in ho pnvelego of enduring imprisonment lint ho might return to freedom and tho embraces of his wives This statement was evidently made upon the ground that absence makes tho hi art grow fonder and with the idea that tlio multitudinous embraces of his wives would bo the better for his long absence 1 glontv God said Angus with a stubborn ignoranco I of the fact that it is Marshal that I am Dyer permitted to whom to address ho owes Israel all to day Angus then took an imaginary trip to Terusilem and alter referring repeatedly to the doings and sayings of Christ whom ho compared quite favorably with Angus M Cannon tho speaker twisted by do glees hack to the old old story Ho told sl J W llt df rIJ I Sr of Joseph Smiths first nightmare antI oi subsequent attacks of a similar nature lie then went on to show how Till inoiiiiciis Were being fulfilled in the present diy told how thus Gentiles killed the prophet and ire imprisoning the peopleand ended his Hentoiuo with I tho startling statement tint tho Gentiles shill I l bo left without and Israel Dithered in Yet Angus Israel is being gathered in is you will see when next you tike i trip to the East bench but so far as can bo learned none of tho Gentiles are kicking about being left without so dont wiito jour sympathy upon them boil is angrv with us except those who do his will itt all tilings let us bo pure let us prefer death rather thin dishonor Isow jouvo struck it Angus and it is on those two questions tint the wholo Mormon question is hmgeing You wont bo pine and you liko dishonor better bet-ter than pie Aliens then unc out in a hurst tf indention against the GontilcM for not 1IIIWee I 1 fu approving of Ijmg undci oath They accuse us of perjury for Gods Hake mil when our fimilier coMrnoMisi Till TIIUTII To save us from prison thov shake their heads Borrottfulh to funk that we are so fallen lIe then spoke of forty eight monImd himself m prison and told the sad sid tale of how ho was obliged to forsake the wives of his bosom and the ehildien of the covenant lIe told of his association with vile men in prison ind and that though they had committed murders they were filled with respect for tho brethren ind would take ofl tliPir hats to them as they passed I experienced no trial when I hid glorified God and kept His command meuts and I felt that I hid not lived in vim I heir of people falling awuj but when I see this concregation 1 know tliat the kingdom is growing Jet tho ungodly ravo and howl about us I m When I was in the Pen I felt bad not beciuso I was in prison but because I felt that I wns unworthy of tho blessing Ohm God who am 17 1 asked wini VM i This question was too much Ihore was a suppressed roar all over tlio con grogition nnd as Angus stood wilting for his answer this silence i was broken only bj whispers of Givo it up1 Thats what wo all want to know Give us something easy etc etc I look forward to tho union when tie clouds roll bj lennj witii mj funnily to the time when I can em brace the mothers of my children and when I 1 can issucuto with tno children whose pale faces I now see watching on the streets for their father I This I palo f Sch llti I face chestnut Ins norcfereuo to Vngus Ir Oh God mj joy is full MV I svmrAcxioN is COMIIITI In mj famil I sit ill livo when mv bodj is in prison Oh death where is thy sting Oh grave where is thy victory from this point tho speakers mind began to wander tho thought of death apparently being too much for him Ho l spoke of the ogt that would be drawn between be-tween tho faithful and the unfaithful and ho thought he could see it now Vs no disc else III the congregation seemed to notico it this was probiblj a delusion on his part nu v Mini srm MI liuist forth the speaker because they know I had more influence whore I then was than I would have had I been per feetIv free No one will deny this It is only natural Angus that the less they see of you tho more they will like you Wo all feel that way Vngus and we cant help it The speaker then drew a long bicath for the wind up and his voice grew louder and louder on the following hen I fence until the final uncn was like in Apicho war whoop I thank mj God that I am here I feel good and I feel to glory Though our imprisonment shall be to de ith let us live faithful and wo uont forpal God for hbcrtj Amen The few people left bj tho limo the hiianguo was ended btaggeruel out into the open air and wore heard to mutter in unison I n thank Ciod that wo are Imiol I |