Show BOWERY on sunday september 16 at 10 a m elder orson pratt spoke of the necessity of both speaker and hearer enjoying the spirit of god referred to his expected mission to the united states his desire to do good and to assist in bulda building up the kingdom of god upon the earth showed the tha folly of manki mankind nil nii fixing their afi aff affections sections upon earthly thin things s and spending all their time in hoarding 11 up riches which they cannot take with them to another state of existence argued that the disposition to accumulate property is good but that it should at all times be gover governed dea Ded by the spirit and law faw of ot god ile he was of opinion that was no dan danger daner I 1 er of the people in utah becoming 0 very affluent if they get the necessary comforts of life they will do well still the tha time will come when the latter day saints will be the richest people upon the earth but not until they are prepared to receive and enjoy those things president brigham young made some remarks on and its consequences the discovery of gold at pikes aikels peak and strawberry creek and the influence it has lids had bad in brin bringing ing finx to those places priest and people lawyers and doctors argued that riches does not consist in gold but in the comforts and luxuries of life but that the greatest of riches and blessin blessings that can be bestowed upon intelligent beings is eternal life the president then said he wished to lay before the people a little item of business viz that from this time forward he wanted the latter day saints in this territory to fit ont out our own missionaries to clothe them and give them money to take them to their destined fields of labor and in all cases where it is necessary to sustain their families while they are absent ile he did not want anymore elders to go on missions and come back merchants nor to spend their time scheming and contriving how they could make the most out of the poor saints but in future he wanted and intended that they should pursue a dif dit Terent different course and instead of the elders spending spendin all the tithing collected abroad he would have ha veit velt it kept subject to his order for the gathering of the poor from all nations in the afternoon elder wm win 11 II hooper addressed the congregation for a short time after which president 11 C kimball took up lip the subject of missionaries going boin goin 0 to preach dreach without purse and scrip and spoke of the course he pursued when he be went to england 11 advocated the gathering 0 of the people together into the sheep fold and the necessity of the saints helping their friends when he and president youn young returned from their european mission they d did id not come home rich but since those days men have actually beg begged wed ged the privilege of going to preach prea ilithe the gospel for forthe the sake of getting rich and lie he regretted to say that there were men now on missions that will gull and gouge 0 the poor if they can but it was the intention of the presidency to stop them president D IL yells followed upon the same subject and expressed his lis gratitude to god for inspiring C the president to this desirable change in the tike management of our missions abroad counseled the saints to follow out the teachings they receive from time to time to be faithful and economical to love the truth for the truths sake and righteousness for ri righteousness s sake president B young made a few further remarks on the duties of of missionaries and the happiness afforded by obedience to the gospel of christ |