Show instructions sr or pr president es ident brigham nilam young youna youn yonn nowery bowery und historians office offices ii m hept heft 9 1 laso 30 REPORTED HY ny 0 D WATT AND J V LONG if I 1 have the spirit of the lord su sufficiently I 1 may have a word for each and all classes present though in a few remarks I 1 byco by no means expect to comprehend all the duties that devolve upon the saints here are new comers who for the first time have the privilege of assembling with the saints at the gathering erid erin erld g I 1 place lace some oj of them perhaps have been liere bere one sabbath and others two you have i traveled thousands of ot miles to be assembled with the saints here is another class of persons who have been 11 living ving ring t here for years and who also need teaching and nd here is still another class that needs teaching ug perhaps more than un believers I 1 refer to the elders eldera who are about to start on their missions we say to them go forth and preach the gospel gain an experience learn wisdom ariu allu walk humbly before your god that you may receive the holy ghost to guide and direct you and to teach you all thins thin things s past pasty present and to come I 1 cannot say that tsat this is sufficient to say to them for it is not we say to the citizens of these valleys who have lived here and are going to stay here unto the lord your god with all your hearts ye latter day saints and so live that the holy ghost will be your constant companion it will teach you all things it will bring to your remembrance past things that you have forgotten things that are now present and show you the provi dences of god the dealings of the lord with his people his designs in in organizing the wo world rd and in peopling 0 it etc ete you latter day saints live humbly and live your religion faithfully that you may enjoy the spirit of revelation to a fullness S eniz I 1 we e say to the new comers if you will yve live ilva your reli rell religion glon gion live to the light that was given to you when you embraced the truth you will vill enjoy the same spirit you then received and there is not the least danger but what in BO iso doing you will vill be saints at home and abroad in jn the morning and in the evening enjoying the light of the holy spirit and the ilo iio holy noly ly ghost viii will vill be your constant companion teaching you all things 0 which will constantly suffice for you for un believers we will quote from the scriptures whosoever believeth belt beli eveth that jesus is the christ is born of god again hereby know ye the spirit of god every spirit that confes seth that jesus christ is come in the flesh is of god I 1 will now give my scripture whosoever confes seth that thai joseph smith was sent of god to reveal the holy gospel to the children of men and lay the foundation for gat gathering hering bering israel and building up the kingdom af god on the earth that spirit is of god and ind every spirit that does not confess that god has sent joseph smith and revealed the everlasting gospel to and through him is of antichrist anti chhist christ no matter whether it is found in a pulpit or on a throne nor how much divinity it may profess nor what it professes with regard to revealed religion and the account that is given of the savior and his father in the bible they may say that they acknowledge him until doomsday and he will ever never own them nor bestow the holy spirit upon them and they will ne ah fhe e visions 1 of eternity opened to them unless the they 1 mc knowledge acknowledge that joseph smith is sent of G god people I 1 call unbelievers believers un they tell about be believing e V n in in jesus christ but they mie mil might lit as well weil t alk talk about birds understanding 0 thi the the hebrew language this statement is no more ore positive than true I 1 the spirit that confesses that this is the kingda kingdom of god and his bis church has the spirit that fieri the tiie heavenly worlds and every other 1 I cirit irit is of bf antichrist anti christ all whom I 1 call un il believers lefevers le levers ievers if they will vill repent of their bins sins obey oley the requirements ftc inthe the new testament be baptised baptized sed for tor the remission of sins bins bya by a man wito wilo holds the key and authority to lead them in waters of baptism and receive the in laying ing on of hands bands for the gift of the holy aist Rost Ghost receive a witness that joseph smith was was a prophet of god and that he lie was wae sent bent of god to build buiu up hi his s kin kih kindom kingdom 11 dom in this 1 last st dispensation you will vill receive a spirit T t that at will bibi bring all things to your kemem biance blance past ast present ard arid to come teaching you all things necessary nece seary for tor you to understand th re are but buta a few in this generation who will do this will one to a thousand doubt ful rul fulone tone ione to ten thousand or a hundred ahda thousand andy andi I 1 hope hopi eo so of the latter day sll Sli sainta eiss firs there will be many who will not so live their religion as to fully enjoy benj oythe boythe the holy ghost the latter day saints are like children evno veo have to be taught continually and still stil lik lie e children they handle figuratively speaking razors g glasses Ss es cups saucers etc contrary to the tea teachings I 1 gs that are given them those I 1 elders eiders iders about to start on their mis lions liong will declare before this congregation ind and before the whole world that they do know by the th power of god that joseph smith is a true alro tro prophet betael of god and that this is the work of god th that t god has set to his hand to gather israel but let them neglect their duty and get into darkness and they will ivill loose this spirit and testimony they do not hot see this with their natural eyes for it is spiritually discerned as all things of god are let them do wrong and lose th the spirit a and nd b by and by they apostatize and declare teat that they do not know mormonism to be true and think that they never did how many are there of this class brethren live your religion li As a mischievous child needs constant lilon lok lon watching in to keep it from falling into the fire or otherwise injuring itself so you need watching warning teach teaching inz and admonishing all the time you need to be continually tearea to do your duty i A spirit prompts both the good and the evil an invisible influx influence ence seems to be shed abroad upon all nations let us seek unto the lord that we may be prompted by a good r spirit r it dai dal it matters titters in not what your neighbors do look 1 ok to your god with all your heart instead of watching your neighbors and there will be no danger of your leaving the true path if they will only live up to it there has already been enough taught the brethren who have lived heselor here for years to prepare them to enter into the straight gate and into the new jerusalem and be prepared to enjoy the society of the holy angels no other people are under the obligations to god that we are who have been privileged to meet here sabbath after sabbath behave we have the privilege of being gathered the privilege I 1 of the law of the celestial kingdom of receiving revelation of enjoying a the keys and power of tle tie ati blessed bl blessings essin essiD s of the priesthood as sons of god what other people has these privileges no other that we have any knowledge of this brins brings us under deep obligation to one another to angels to jesus and to god our father we have to live close to the lord in order to have his spirit to learn and understand what he requires of us you hear some say 1 I wish I 1 had influence and power and was in a situation to do good Is there a man in this community deprived of the privilege of doing all the good h is s heart can desire you can every day live to promote the cause of our god and your whole lives can be fille with doing good the travels and labors of the elders about to go on missions missions will throw them into positions which will vill cause them to seek unto the lord th they ey need to live their religion to go forth with pure hearts and clean bands and then preach the gospel by the power of god sent down from heaven they should touch not and taste not of sin and when they return they should come pure and clean read ready to meet the saints with open countenances to all appearance pe arance the elders on missions have been in the habit of making their pockets a matter of I 1 more consideration than the souls of men I 1 am not going to suffer this any longer I 1 I 1 want every elder to make his calculations to get rich here and not go abroad 1 es from the saints sainta there plan and operate here to make as much property as you please and if you yon can put it in a shape to gather the saints do so and when you are abroad use every sovereign to emigrate the poor you may have one ozie shirt on and one at the washer womans comans and anil decent and comfortable clothing but what you obtain over this must be used to gather the poor may I 1 obtain money enough to come home yes how illow many coats ali all and pantaloons may we bring 1 and now bow many trunks packed with clothing of the most expensive kinds for our wives and children I 1 utterly forbid this tins practice I 1 forbid your bringing or sending sandip home bome home nome silk dresses an and lour jour the like send and bring brag home the poor ifor I 1 forbid your coming home in in your carriages I 1 forbid your going out preachers and coming home merchants but come home bringing your sheaves with you yon the souls of the children of men spirits clothed in tabernacles I 1 forbid the elders of israel coming home asbbey as they have but men women and children must be all the property means wealth glory and power that they bring home 0 ye e gentiles antiles en tiles let me tell you that every elder I 1 will illge do as I 1 have told them them when they hey I 1 learn that the opposite course is is wrong wrong and let me tell you that you will ivill see the day when you will wish that you were mormon elders eiders by and by the elders of israel will have gold and silver for plates cups saucers ac and when we have adorned and furnished our lous houses we will have gold and silver to pave our streets and their enemies will be in hell bell una able to raise a decent fiddler there or any liquor for it will all burn up and every decent fiddler will go into a decent kingdom we ire will vill have them we are going to have the kingdom of god and the fullness thereof and all the height hs and depths of flory glory glory power and knowle knowledge dge and we shall have ave fathers and mothers and wives and children br dr cannon remarked that people wondered how many wives and children I 1 had lie he may inform them that I 1 shall have wives and children by the tho mill million ion ioD and 1 gloy glo I oy o y and riche riches and power and dominion and kingdom after kingdom and reign triumphantly what will vill you do with all those who have sought to kill you ou make them soap boilers and kitchen flunk ys we are not going to send them into hell fire for it takes a good latter day saint apostatized to get down into that deep did I 1 say bottomless pit A person to become an angel of the devil has first to be a good saint I 1 and then deny the lord who bought him I 1 do yon query why we give endowments to A by B and C it is to make devils of those who will deny the faith falth for that is also necessary as a host of devils devil will swill be needed we also want saints angels holy ones and those that are exalted exalter to the highest glory we want them to inherit kingdoms that number millions on millions br dr hooper stated that he had charity my charity is that god has provided for his children the sons and daughters of adam and eve where all who ha have ve lived ac according cordin to the best light they had will have better kingdoms than ever entered into their hearts to conceive that is the charity cli cil arity of god in his plans to save his people will the latter day I 1 saints so live that they can enjoy the f ulness of the hights bights depths glory and intelligence in which the father and the son dwell if they do not they must go into another kin kingdom he ile has designed that we should become I 1 gods the sons of god fathers of eternal lives like abraham this is the promise he received to be the father of or endless lives that his posterity and generation should never cease in time nor eternity some may think think that the restriction restrictions upon our missionaries are greater than they should be but if they learn to be practical men they I 1 will learn that my system is the best send seni elders forth to attend to the business of the churches to the spiritual and the financial departments and to preside over them and 1 the care and toil are very labo laborious rions but if at the same time their minds speculation and they lay awake at night to calculate how they are going to speculate how many teams they will need to brin bring tring a lot of goods across the plains ac the labor fabor becomes so severe as to nearly drive them crazy it at least causes them to have but little spiritual strength when they return and I 1 really really think it best to relieve them from this extra burden to study plan and labor to be merchants and to bring home silks satins gatins velvet etc for their wives and children is a great burden and we wish to relieve them from that and let them come home bringing the poor with them if elders go and fill their missions they have enough to do and it if they at the same time study to be merco merchants ants and to speculate it will crush them into weakness and poverty those who have mixed speculation with lre ere preaching aching and have thereby oppressed and hedged aged up the emigrating of f the poor upon their return seem to have n no 0 spirit left for any anything except speculation your best plan if you wish to make money is to make it here at the gathering place this is 13 the place for vou to accumulate property to make your ta families milies comfortable that when you go on your missions you can go for the race and harnessed for the battle for the work before you and have nothing Z else in your hearts if the lord ever revealed anything to me he has shown me that the elders of israel must let speculation alone and attend to the duties 0 of f their calling otherwise they will have little or no power in their missions or upon their return it commenced long ago in england and those who have practiced it are in poverty tv and it is high time that it was put a stop to which I 1 am going to do god and good brethren being my helpers I 1 am in earnest in this matter and god will sustain me hi in it quit sending or bringing silks satins gatins and furbelows fur belows for your wives to fl flaunt aunt in I 1 am strongly opposed to it some may inquire whether I 1 did not make money when on mis hissong bong song IE if I 1 have it has b been een expended to gather lie lle the fhe poor when I 1 returned from england I 1 had but one sovereign I 1 left when I 1 reached homp homr br dr joseph asked me what I 1 was going to do for a livin living I 1 I 1 told him that I 1 was going to borrow fiete fifteen en cents to put with my sov sovereign to buy a barrel of flour visit my friend sand when that flour was eaten I 1 should be ready to do what the lord required I 1 went on my mission to ene Eng england larid 1 performed formed its duties and returned with clea clean performed Ier ler lands hands and a pure heart and all who desire to honor god and their holy calling to the priesthood must pursue this course from this time lime forth every man that goes on a mission with a view to speculation will be overtaken by poverty for speculation is no part 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