Show remarks r r by elder wilford woodruff tabernacle bec dec oj gj 01 C 1657 RE REPORTED BY G I 1 D WATT wati ili ill I 1 eteen it i a privilege e at all ali limes to jphn w with it in my bretl lir n in beiring bearing beame beams of or the tile work oi of god lain 1 iain am satisfied that tw we w e as a people haie have t great reat reason reabon to rejoice for the hat panl ae 11 ages ees eps and pd blesi biebl s granted unto ua ill lil thesa these h valleys of the mountains bv our father P ill ili heaven we are in in A a great g 1 reat school and it 14 i a profitable 0 one in in i which bich we lre are ire recen r very er important por lea les tron day da to day we are taught tp to cultivate our winds inin luiu ils tib to control our thoua thoughts ghosto I 1 abna bring our whole being into 0 subjection t 1011 t to the spirit and I 1 lo 10 aw w of god tb that at ve we mav may learn to be oie one ole alid act as the beart heart of one pae man that we may mak carry out the purposes cf god dod the earth eaith yes we weare are taught many an 1 y pit eli ell les ies which tend t to 0 durex our exaltation al I 1 and gln glory 0 ry could not be made hanif manifest st tinto us 0 only ril rii asley as ehe are reveal ra r a ug us by the irl ill of the alm aim alight eighty through the of his JILs servant servants serj ant aut the Prop liets c td principles or of the gospel of je jeus beug us chris chrls a are re malde plain to us by the figures and muss orations trat ions iotis which have beer beeri made fo to iday ay and anil which ar are made froni tims tins io to time go so plain that a child 1 could not misunderstand also alio to upon tun cun bun bur minds minde our duhs duks those I 1 liose liples are re hot pot Burro vi luth that mastery that thit the doctrines ta ugilt by the gec sec arlin arlan w 1 VV las ils as a popi popl hive lorg been the of god to come and ill lii fo 10 be done on the earth earlb as it is done i hea en we wd havo have been pra cr from childhood but neith erwe nor nori pur gur parents pal pai ants understood what evere ev ere cre pra aln sor for only orlis we ive made a pr practice thosa orda from tradition 1 ayd ai aie iid wo were ml madar nill itil acca wilb the jesus I 1 ab chris wa iv e L hau arvd arvi aco nabate d with viti ditl br joseph and the gosp gose eLwe c f we have looked forward with much interest to the day wap the kingdom of go god should upon the earth in tb the same light power and glory gity i ni til ill which the apostles anY and prophets bawit saw it by vision and revelation and that thai all which God has promised concer concerning ning ping if it should have bave its fulfillment fill ment during the last twenty or twenty five years jears m many tin things g 8 have beep prophesied ced and diva the los loa through gli his servants str sir has made many promises which have been feve revealed aled unto us concerning concerning the blessings that are ip 41 store st ore for us u 8 if we LiAli faithfully fully did our duty uy I 1 can car 1 say with ith my brethren that I 1 rejoice that I 1 am in these valleys of the mountains associated avith the people of god a thousand miles niles from i christianity civilization and the fruits thereof I 1 at ai least such buch as is now manifest cb christian ristian world and I 1 feel to prize this blessing blesing and to acknowledge 11 the hand band of god in lea iea leading dingus us here for the hand of god has been plainly illy tily visible in iii delivering us from the hands i I 1 of our persecutors and planting us in a land i of health peace and am safety and the more m my y mind is enlightened by the jh holy I 1 0 spirit the more por bor e precious and glorious do these e principles appear unto moe toe I 1 am satisfied that all is right in all is right with those who lead us all is right as far as we do right we have enjoyed many mahy ble bie blessings isings during the past year the lord has baa in ia his bis mercy poured dout but yut his holy spirit upon ua us as a people anath and there ere is a great chan chanze change e with the inhabitants of zion durin during the past year we w were P re in a great measure asleep and arid t the he lord knowing the things which lay jay before us its poured out 11 his is spirit abundantly upon our leaders who called upon us to wake up and the i spirit of god was poured out upon the people I 1 and they have in a great measure nea ure endeavored to repent forsake their sins c ris lis arid and unite them j aslies selves together to carry out the counsels of his hi is servants I 1 have never seen the hearts of this 1 people so united as during tee th past year no pelson person per pei who has listened list eneo to t e words x of the presidency of this church duning during a f few ety ely months easland Ea pa stand has bas seen ib the e f fulfillment fulfilment of their say j nga auf can chii clearly bee the hand or of god j I 1 with them and ana his ills spirit guiding them continually 1 the jle day that many of us have anticis anticipated abed i since we have been made acquainted with jo jog joe eph smith and arid the gospel has began to dawn upon unon us the revelations cesis christ are list fast fulfilling fal ful fillina before our eyes we see the kingdom set setup tip arid and the time has cohle come when afie the nation that has fias given many of ua birth aisi has entered the field aa ah oti our ropen open enemies and per commenced unhallowed an in persecution 1 cuti on aka aga against irist us with a determination to deg 1 troy tro y us I 1 is ironi irom os 09 the earth the same awe aa as cities I 1 spins counties and arid states have done before I 1 them therb they gave cave have united together to crush and destroy this people and abd remove them if possible fr from m the earth ever since bince I 1 have hase been made acquainted with the gospel and the progress of this people I 1 have ha e always believed that the tile united states would take this course and in a national capacity and under the form of law seek to destroy thee the church and and ind king kine kingdom doin doln of god fr from m off the earth for the li light ht has come coine unto them and the gospel of salvation offered red unto i them and they have rejected it and killed the prophets hence the light and spirit of god ia is taken from them sin abounds and they are filled with wit hanger anger against all that asgood is good their course is unconstitutional and contrary to every principle of law a v righteousness justice judgment and truth in all our persecutions persecution ansol our ir persecutors ba hae e had for pursuing the course against us they have only thay were stirred up by the devil and abominations of every kind aj aie ale e in creasing increasing in ili the minds of the wicked nations of the earth because the spirit of god is rom thiem them they have had the fullness of the everlasting erl eri er lasting astin gospel offered unto them but they have rejected it there has has bas never been a oc letof set 0 men sine the lord ma de the world who have hase labored more nwe diligently than the twelve apostles and elders ders bf orthis this church ch in ili preaching tile tiie gospel to the horld they have rejected the raes laes saze gaze tient 4 bothem d by ky an all angel from god leaves them thein now dow under c condemnation on lr br joseph would it odid have embraced the whole i circle circie of ih the human family hi 1 I the principles of j salvation i t lie had bad possessed sed the power ile he bad that filat greatness of soul soui never se seen en in the huni human n breast unless it was in inspired p red by the pov poi power er of pod cod that spirit hs has heated rested upon tipon tha t the E e T present preheat Ficai dency of this thib church they have labored incessantly fur for years to coave rave save the children cb lidren ildreD 0 of miri and what have bave we received in ill return aiom the bahas of the christian world they have driven us from our homes lomes and hire fire fi r e s niiles g 6 s si nitten and ard robb robbed ed us 63 of the rights that are dear and most sacred kd to inin inan man until lwe we have llave at last beell been driven from 1 dihe ril borders of civilization so called unto the W wilderness by 3 the tile nation dation that has bas given ui ua i birth whose boasted bolsted bp freedom exists oll cil only in i name here they expected wa we perish but we still live grow and fl in ill these mountains through iii ligh tigh the mercy and goodness of god without the aid or assi assistance stance i of our persecutors r our nation was under no conde condemnation 1 mnason in ill alili ies fes beet un til th elight gamp camp came and alid they heard the ole goi rejected it and arica cast out the saints from alir thein their midst hlavin flavin tapir bleiders leaders and depriving tho thousands of the fhe latter I 1 dy lay L ay saint saints who we r e an atner Ainer icah citizens 0 every blessing night right and privilege guaranteed unto tricia by byi byl i fie tie fh e constitution wiki aiki laws lairs of the united states many of our cur nation have been grilly of crimes thair their persecutions against us c cost exist ost thae govern djs sa senators natora legisla legislators tois t T d ari mahy hous t iri lri law adl awl stice 1 ez L against them I 1 do not know what more they can do db to fil fill I 1 up t the h e cup 0 of f their condemnation than to carry barry out the he courso course they have begun baum there is more crimi crime crima lck wickedness ick edness and abominations committed now throughout the united states according to thle the population in in twenty f four our hours a thousand times than there wa was wag thirty years yearb earb ears ago I 1 do not su suppose ose there has his been a generation more wicked and corrupt than the present christian world we have been told today to td day that we are under great obligation to god and that ivl ivi we ought to tio acknowledge his hand in all things that is true we had no knowledge e ot of the plan of salvation until god revealed it unto us wa we are dependent upon god and his servants for light tight and truth and blessings 0 that are in in stoia 1 for us we are told that the 1 kingdom Ing dom of this thid world will become the kingdo kingdoms md of our god and his christ daniel of old bas bab says this and pointed out the establishment of that kingdom in in the last days which should stand tai tal rd fo forever and not be thrown down he also pointed out the effects f which would follow the lord has ready revealed great gleat and gl glorious orlou truths ani and principles concerning the government of the children of df men in the establishment of his church and kinga kingdom oni ona upon pontie the earth does it not require as much w isdoro wisdom and revelation rev elation from god to govern the nations of the earth in a way ava to bring men into subjection to ri righteous glite ous laws livi s light privileges lieges dieges and blessings which they are now dow deprived of in the organization of temporal governments of the world as is 13 required in in tle tie the spiritual government gov of the church ot of christ upon tile the earth where la is that knowledge 0 to flow from tiomai the spirit to do to men 9 good aad and a id relieve the buff sufferings brings of inan mankind hind kind does ilot not dwell in the breasts of monarchs kings presidents and rulers among the nations notions of the earth at the present day but sorro sorrow tV crime poverty t oppression and starvation prevail throughout the world the rulers of mankind have not sought for the spirit of god and the light of eternity etera ity to show them the responsibility they are arc under to him who has raised them to power and antho authority tho rity and given them dominion domini oil over their fellow being beings sythey sithey hey have not exercised their P power er and authority to honor god and redress be the wrongs of the poor and oppressed over w whom om they the preside the miser and evils which now exist throughout the world have got tobe to be corrected in a 1 great measure through the power of god goe go y before the king hing kingdoms domb doms ot this ibis world will become tile the kingdoms of god and his christ it is a great and ad mighty work to establish the kingdom of god on the earth that the jarmay law may go forth from zion to rule the kia kix kingdoms of tha world the light knowledge truth and wisdom to do this has goi got to come through tha the Holy hoi hol priesthood which is the government of 0 god upon the tile earth our temporal and eternal salvation isali isail js is all ail connected anti and linked tog together elmer elver as dvir W have been told today tod to day d y the lord has malsed raised up unto us fathers leaders and after ills his ow ova ov it heart bearty hearty they possess his will and they are lead ing the people to exaltation and glory if I 1 we take their counsel we ve shail shall receive all thesal be bal eal v aaion meb men can call desire in time and aad fand in in eterniti I 1 think god that ibave lived to see the dawn of this thib glorious day da with regard to t the e dealin dealings B of the lord wit with U us this tins present season president mit wit young hag hae been as calm and ard serene as 1 a I surn summers mers mern morn ing iff ir 05 and go lio have his counselors and that spirit i in n a great measure me asure has been diffused a among 1 t the he people when there was every appearance outwardly dIX dio ot of our ene enemies mies coming cowing upon ui Ls u i the spirit with them has been all the time 4 we do riot not believe we ghail shall have to go to bat tie or ehid the blood ot ourine our enemies mies this season this has been the feeling when to all human appearance it would seem ifould would I 1 have to shed the blood of our enemies enemies or they 0 oars irs ars 7 here is is not such an example on history gs s the way in in which our enemies have been staid from fulfill fulfilling hg their hellish hemill design it is is the first time tine the american Amen can ariev has hab beert been taid course they the ahe got alfras as far as harn ham c t fork aid sij there they stuck we have heard rad oad their gracious many or of the bret brethren blen bien wonder that they bave have not wisdom enough to maie mal e out a decent doeu document ment but I 1 do not wonder at it for this shoie whole thole people pi have prayed that their natural ia tural wisdom might betaken betoken be taken from them I 1 wonder it if they the had bad wisdom to make mako out a sensible sen document or one that would pass an tion c the lord so far has fought our battle battles ii and nd has ha proved bis bib people when nen men have been called udon fo to go out and lie in in the path enem enemy yi have apt known one instance of or a in man mau auretus 1 to gp all ail have hase been hii wil willing 1 anz to egand go and do as they iee tee ive were re told mid hapl the lord lora orphas hab has provell brov ed you ou in this thib and nd has accepted 5 our OUT r 0 offet offer frer ino ing ing the players prayers of the saints Saint of god have beil been heard ibid they wiil will never ier ver failor fall tail of being belor heard and olid answer answered cd if x w ve e ao do our duty fo for r wa w e have a ruler who c can R do something for la ua when 01 our ir caused 9 ja st I 1 feel as R br taylor tailor said t today to o dav day it matters not nolt to rn me what tb abe L liri lyrd rd design us we w e should be passive in h hla hia ia I 1 hands r do when aix diX different erent opinions were expressed pa Ps V the be course tobe to be pursued tins this fall wah wab our cur enen enem les es the lle ile spirit ll has assaid said to me die tit at tile the tib tin thiap be 6 atil if aud and ij passive and add pray that loav av bb be ail all given n to ta W nide prudent ade young to po difate dictate and 1 s |