Show REMARKS by ny president brigham young xoung nowery bowery aiu alu ain am september aj 9 REPORTED BY G D 1 WATT tha the instructions instruct long iong faith revelations and scriptures that have been given from the earliest ages to the present all the past that has come within my notice all that is now transpiring among the nations of the earth so far as we we can see and understand all the privileges that men can enjoy that are allotted to the intelligent beings now before me with i the rest of mankind and much more than all this continually occupy my mind feelings sympathies and judgment u d ent en we enoy enjoy the greatest ble bie blessings ss ings a and d p privileges ri of any people we are acquainted with what causes cause S thi this S people to do as they do IS ip is written but th there r is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the almighty them understanding 2 it is a spirit that causes this people io to do what they do to leave their native countries to leave their fathers and mothers brethren and sisters and take up their line of march and travel thousands of miles to this distant country and then when selected for missions to again leave their fathers mothers and friends and ana travel back to their native lands or to some other place 1 wherever they are appointed to go we cannot behold that spirit or influence with our natural eyes the results alone are known what causes the inhabitants of the earth to do as they do those who do not believe in the christian religion you remember that a few years ago mr Sti Sn terin california hired some of our brethren who had been in the mormon battalion to dig a mill race in which they found gold the news spread rapidly and now in the states how many places you can find forsaken good farms mechanic shops stores and other good situations for men to live lve ive in and make themselves comfortable are deserted having been sold or mortgaged for a few hundred dollars with which to go and get gel gold egold then try to number the widows and orphans who have been left in a state of destitution then count the bones that are bleaching on the prairies between the frontiers of the ea eastern stern states and california and ia is not this conduct as great a mystery as it is to see our ouri eiders elders do as they do there is also a spirit that prompts this craving for gold there is a spirit that prompts the nations to prepare for war desolation and bloodshed to waste each other away do they realize it no no more than a wicked iman realizes the propriety of an elders eldern taking his hn line e of march to europe to preach the gospel dospel the spirit of the gospel that is in the thene hearts arts of believers prompts them to do as they do and the spirit of the enemy that is in the wicked prompts them to do as they do and is it not a mystery verily we can say that man ia is a mystery to himself that he does not understand himself when lie he understands himself he will understand much about his creator his father and god the greatest desire ill in the bosom of our father adam or in his faithful ch eh idren who wb 0 are a re workers coworkers co with god our father in heaven is to save the inhabitants of the earth many spirits have gone forth inta the world very many as ad also the holy spirit of the gospel to lead this people and all the human family who will receive it back into the pre presence splice of our father and god it has been the greatest desire of the faithful to see their relatives and friends follow that good spirit that they may return to the presence of their father and god br hooper has stated slated that he has charity every good man has but there are only a few men on the earth who understand the charity i that fills the bosom of our savior we should have charity we should do all we can to reclaim the lost sons and daughters of adam and eve and bring them back to be saved in the presence of our father and god if we do this thia our charity will extend to the utmost extent that it is designed t for the charity of god to extend in the midst midat of this people but I 1 ia have no love nor charity for a wicked and corrupt scoundrel who commits iniquity with his eyes wide open though I 1 pity and regret the condition of the human luman family in their agnor ance they would come to the light but for one thing their deeds are evil and they do not mean to have them reproved they would be rebuked and they will not bear it and so they pass on and will until they are punished may way god bless the tha righteous and sustain his cause ile he will do so the wicked cannot do anything against the truth every move they make to crush the kingdom of god will be attended with the si signal gnal blessings of the almighty for its further fur t her extension and ultimate triumph all their efforts will result in the overthrow of sin and iniquity and the in ini 1 crease of righteousness and the kingdom of god upon the earth until the kingdoms of this tha world are become the kingdoms of our I 1 lord and of his christ 22 shall we see this in the flesh yes before we receive new bod bodies les ies I 1 do not know though I 1 expect to see all this in the flesh whether in this or in a new body god being my helper I 1 shall contend for the righteousness of god and the rights of his saints faints and contend manfully until we gain possession of our relatives friends neighbors country the nations of the earth and the earth to purify it and pl prepare ebare it for the habitation of angels that is is our busi busl business nels nets may the lord help us to accomplish this purpose amen |