Show f DISCOURSE I 1 by Pres r stilled stil reb leb e r C uin Hin kimball iball bowery sunday Bl Mornin orning gAug au 23 1657 e 1 i REPORTED BY G D WATT I 1 feel very much pleased at the arrival of our brethren that take missions I 1 know how liow to sympathise with them there are a great many young elders that are tah taking ing missions now twenty years years aeo aso I 1 was laboring in england I 1 baptized bi brg G D watt 20 years yi ars a ago go last month luly july in 1837 1637 that was as the fist first foreign mission that was taken by the tha elders eides of this church church at that time it was almost impossible to realize what we now see and aud understand I 1 went over to england I 1 at the time tile the church was broken up in kirtland there v were ere very few persons then who could stand by mormonism and uphold our bur prophet joseph smith where one would stand valiantly and uphold him there were twenty who did not that day was a diy ay wherein the he saints were tested their ingrith ing rity was proved they were put to the test whether they illey would stand by mormonism mo nisin and by the prophet or not riot many pedie pegie now pretend that they tiley stand by what they cill call ancient mormonism armor mormonism in their own way butin but in br fir brigham they do D not iu believe particularly no man cau can believe in fit mormonism except he believes ili in theman the man that leads the church of god in the man that holds the kel 8 of life ilfe and laiva i tion pertaining to this people how is it possible for a limb to be attached to a tree and at tha iha same time manifest its disapprobation allon alion of ort oft tile tiie hetree hotree tree that limb will die and wither away except it manifests its approbation faith and favor to tile the tree free to which it is conni cled so it is impossible that a man mail or a domn who disbelieves that br fir brigham is a prophet that he lie is gods cepres holds the keys of his liis kingdom p pertaining ertain loe log 11 to 0 o this le can retain the holy ghost and partake of the life and sap of lle ile lie the true vine such persons ilme lime no foith filth of tiie tile genuine bearin bearing cr kind and consequently there are BO no works to correspond will good works produce faith yes there is very little faith without works and then again there never was but vry very little works without faith how can my body exist when my spirit leaves it it cannot can my mv spirit exist without this tabernacle it cabbut can but the tile body cannot exist without tile the spirit because tile the spirit that dwells in my body dy is is the life of my body and there here is no life without it some say the earth exists without a spirit I 1 do not believe any such thing it has a spirit as much as any body has a spirit how call can anything live except it has a living spirit how can call the earth product produce vegetation fruits trees and every hind kind of or production if it there is no life liff in ito 10 it could not nor any more than a woman could produce children when she I 1 n dead she roust must be alive to produce ilfe life to manifest it and show it to the world it itis is so with mormonism 1 we must manliest manifest our faith falth by our works I 1 speak these thing things because they come to mv m mind ind when I 1 urise arisa to speak I 1 have never a premeditated subject I 1 let iet god by the holy ghost dictate me and control me luit juit as a musician would his hia violin it is the payer oil on the instrument that plays the tune the instrument does dictate the player so I 1 should bean be in the hands of god godio ito tto be dictated by irm him for we are to d that the holy ghost the comforter will teach us all things past pre present ent and to come the holy ghost knows the minds of hig this his people and what is necessary to deal out to every man and every cornin in due season seabon their portion if I 1 1 I am n not t dictated by the holy ghost I 1 cannot communicate to you that which is necessary ces sary su supposing posing you yoa are all pure except a very few say there are twenty or thirty men in the assembly that ar are e impure and then there are a do doz dos n or 01 fifty women that do not keep the he commandments of 0 god when I 1 am speak speaking inc inZ to the tle disobedient the spirit in dle die me alludes to those hose persons only why do io men leq or women condemn me ilen llen v hen han the bordi hordof 1 of 0 god 0 ad is sharp ard say I 1 am harsh 4 and hardit is because they thoy ara arz not right and that ia is the way yay I 1 prove prow them yon you never kosla complain of the sharpness of the tha word of bcd god il yol 5 ol 01 were not under transgression you kyi kyl to 40 you so 60 1 I do door or it itaw 1 the spirit of ged allude to you through he rne ine you are tile hie i who wao are aree under censure you arp arc th birds that flutter because it hits lifts you ou why should a find fault who is banot not under condemnation dem nation that chat protes proves they hey are how shall we manifest our faith falth by our work works will is speak eal eat of that a little further ani and I 1 canno speak p ej U I 1 s it As is in dhir christ I 1 1 sli sie jeus jiu w A 1 ensure censure many a iny of 0 you f 1 will ivill i e 1 l who p lave been h here ere for four seven and eight years b last tast an and I 1 from the day that we e came into these 4 a alies ailes alles if inthey they have proved by their works their I 1 i e raith ralth th I 1 in theon theonis oi ds ls of nig til a prophet brigham here is i s lr fir A inasa leinan br fir woodruff and other brethren who ho recollect brigham testify testifying irig 0 most busly in in the bowery then mccu t pied by the pioneers when we first entered the valley of the propriety of this people famine up grain rain and other stoned stored for seven yeal ls because t sad sud sd d he be the time has corm corn when whew the words wolds of f the prophets should be fulfilled that the earth should rest test every seventh year V he aid aad said sald it was our duty to lay jay up no grain for sev seven a years because lie foresaw what would be hd ha foresaw what we came here for viz to be the sat sai iol lot s of men I 1 have spoken also of these thebe things 1 constantly how oft have you heald these things proclaimed for four years pasta past and after all we have said isaid who is here there that has laid up grain to toji last lost them one year much less two previous pi evious to j the late lata scarcity we have past post through those that did lay up a little bad to feed that out or be called scoundrels constantly some of the people considered a man a scoundrel eco ondrel that would not hand out the he last kernel he had or tile the I 1 last load of wood lie he had at his door br brigham myself and jedediah have blazed away on this matter for tile last four years and how many have hate manifested their faith falth by their f works have one of you got wheat laid up to last you seven years no not one of you have got gol enough laid tip up to last three years uncle sam 1 wont call him uncle ha he is a likely man but hig his children chil dren dien have degenerated most awfully and one of his sons who sits io ip the chair of state mr buchanan is 13 most awfully adulterated an and sunk I 1 in n degradation that he would permit an army 0 of 2500 or men to come here to enforce officers upon Us contrary to the constitution and ind to enforce force a governor upon us when we have got ot one of our own choosing the prophet sal sai sald said that our Gro governor vernor should r rise is a ill up among ourselves that you will find in jila the chapter of jeremiah and their nobles shall be of 01 themselves and their governor shall proceed from ilie the midst of them and I 1 will cause him film to draw ii near ar and hejhall he shall shail approach unto me for who is this that engaged his hia heart to approach unto me saith the lord now that day has come as true as you live our nobles will proceed from ourselves oui selves and our governor and our judges judged and all ali a of our officials come out dut of ourselves from this day forth voces voices ces amen ameny now mark it gentlemen and ladies the day has coma come for this people to take talce care of themselves the president of tile tiie united states has taken taka a course that is the lord has let him do it knowing that no mail man can do anything against the truth but for it lie he has hes zeil zell his h ts work in that way tile the lord has bas ha permitted him to pursue a course that lias has brought you yon to your senses to know whether or not it is necessary that you should lav lay up wheat because you did not believe what whit br brigham said add and if you oui had believed what lie said vou you boull believe what ars heber I 1 jedediah and daniel said and tile the twelve you have never believed me nor br brigham nor one of tho tile prophets pr ophes ancient nor modern you say you did believe it but you did not dot think it was so near to us you should always aiwas be the judges should you not have I 1 any fears about them coming here bere no if the day has come for there to be a collision between us its and the them united states and the world they will come you ou may depend upon it because god will stir them up but if tile the time lime heri has not cot come they do not come hereso you may set your hearts at rest you now see there is a time coming for every man to go to with hla hia might an erid arid d lay ay up his wheat and his oats his barley his peas and bis his beans and dry your fruit and lay it upland then when you have done it this year do it next year and tien th en prize it as the most precious thing upon the earth the bible says aman a anan will give all lie ile has got for his life if you had llad a million of dollars ia in gold or in ili silver you would civa the whole of it for food to save your life well then theu why wily do you nottage not take cake a course to lay ley up that very thian thiap that will save your lives and thel ther ivee lives of otia otla others ers sc as joseph did the lives of the people of egypt and his fathers house 1 1 1 1 i i josfph joseph warned the people of a famine that was coming on the land and laid up no corn 0 ru BO so brigham and heber have taught you that we ele eie goi gol going ll 11 to a bee aee a day gimilaro to that but more lel lei terrible twe TWO more awful 1 how strange it is brethren that you are BO so dilatory iu in these thing things that pertain to your baur salvation bild and tile the salvation of millions besides me bet am ana I 1 taking that course I 1 am elm and bhore b re I 1 built my store house I 1 saw thee things and I 1 went to work aud and set an example that was waa worthy imitation although it was small and the darel agricultural and manufacturing me we a diploma but did not give me any money though although I I 1 had done the best in their thoughts of the tha lind kind and iam going to continue I 1 have got somewhere between eleven eleven and bushels of old wheat now in my 1 store house aad it will stay atay there until brigham says saye 11 1 I want it 9 ard I 1 have dooin room for another twelve hund hundred red ye yes for twelve limes firmes twelve and when that lell is S lad led I 1 will fill another one and so I 1 will keep it going the lord will put meang means in 1 1 my hands bands that I 1 will continue con eon tinne linne to do so and end he will less rles every eiery man and borran that will tave tal ave tale e that course and con continue tinge it they they will in eremIn cremin thein their stored while those who ikc the corar conro 0 o v will ill lil decrease and ibe the they tuman will wither away I 1 D 0 tou you not see that the man who will store I 1 1 V up p knowledge bowl edge virtue wisdom and understanding will tnt brass in those principles it will be just 40 0 o with the fruits of the earth I 1 shall continue to teach yeu yen thesa things and add arouse your minds 1 irlia ilila ie riad y vou you 0 u I 1 ladies A e I 1 oid old het net r two vp ago to 15 ake e some ome ote gine fine dollies clot liei and na u uy wheat let me me brin bring jop dop UP jup a circumstance ance af certain Woman that 6 acme rile to me and wanted ali all an i very veny ry day dress fi ress she site sije gaid said she I 1 iad had sev sey seen en d dresses is Rs i 30 good for every da day das I 1 ald said sald aid cwb why do you ou enof doe dot lake make an every day dress of sor some aba of them for ue of them themi ap 1 ill lii ll outwear out wear three dresses made rode of ae give five cent call cail calico cols coll I 1 I 1 t I 1 would advise iou you you to take every emery thing that is unnecessary and buy wheat and barley and such lings things as you need deed with it and lay jay up ayour your stores or the time lime t hat that is to gome come come that jou you can cai feed our own kindred and iri iTi friends ends eDds who will actually come ome to you lots lets of my in kindred w will ill lil coma come to ae and br brigi Brig lams iams ams will come to him as joephs ephs father and mother and brethren came to im in egypt as that is true this is as the lord tord reth liveth veth the lord says that saviors shall come oma upon olig olli lon 1 ion on 1 in the thie latter days mount zida is is lere re in 1 he the tops of the mountains a and aud nd has not our aur governor come out of us ile he has come out opt if this church out of a branch of tile the house of israel srael yes our Gover governor por and our lieutenant and our judges and marshals etc now sisters I 1 am going to bring before yon circumstance of one mai mar man he is our barber down lere br squires although he lie is shaving to advantage it if he had subjects enot enol enough lArb he could make tell ten dollars a day nut hut is if he could et enough for ithe it he went down here close to a ilece of land I 1 am keeping and he be worked four or ive five days he took his wife and two children with lim him arid and he averaged two and a half halt bushels every lay day at gleaning cleaning the heads of wheat that were scattered battered catt ered i now supposing those that have got no wheat ouid take the same course Is the wheat there presume there c be fifty bushels gleaned rom ten acles acres wita witt all the casein ease in the world do go 0 br bil hams ten acres and fifty bushels could e gleaned there a man would make his bushel i day I 1 am telling you how to get gei leour your sour wheat would it not be he bett better e r for you to leave your mechanic shops every one onel ot yon you vou you and spend a in the wheat field and se see bee what yoo you could lo 10 will we discharge you peace anti md god almighty bless you inq and make you glean all the time do we want that wheat we do I 1 hundreds of this people have not riot raised a kernel and br squires can go with his wife and two children and glean two and na a half bushels a day itis it is a pretty good example ladies how much better are you than they that is if they do and keep the commandments of god I 1 want to know why one person is better than another without they surpass another by their good works says one 11 used to belong to the aristocracy in the states and I 1 belonged to that class ill id the old country but gentlemen and ladies I 1 belong to the tile aristocrat aristo aristocracy crac y and that is all the difference there is between yon and me ft supposing you have been bro brought ll 11 lit up in high life ilfe what mude made vou you well wll off B because cause in the providence dence of god you had llad a rich father ora ora rich ich uncle and they tiley made you comfortable but I 1 lad bad the misfortune to be a poor boy and had to 1 10 0 o from to houge house to beg my braadt I 1 want to know knowis if I 1 am aus ally the worse for that hat joseph of old was a I 1 shepherd shep lierd ilerd and wes was considered orie |