Show PROVO C fo oky air m i 1 remarks BT PRE ar I 1 IA young TOUNG BOW E err ERT RT AT PRO MORNING julyn JULY 14 1853 1855 te 41 r i VS I 1 aj I 1 BEroa leu iru Y x dosaj T I 1 have a few words to say concerning cencer ning one item of doctrine that I 1 seldom think ot of rn mentioning ntina before a public congregation I 1 refer to the doctrine pertaining to raising up a royal priesthood athe lo 10 the name of israels god for which purpose the revelation was given to joseph concerning the right of faithful elders in taking to themselves more than one wife I 1 frequently her hear from others that this doctrine ia is laughed at and ridiculed I 1 heard yesterday of its ita being laughed lau iau hed out of doors even jeered and sneered out 0 of f a bishops house 1 I 1 I am am not personally cognizant of any ones J jeering e ering cr at and deriding this doe don doctrine trine still I 1 hear that there are some few who are opposed to it once in a while sentiments reach my ears which sound very curious and strange and when 1 I hear them I 1 do really wish vish that some were pos hessed of better belter sense I 1 will therefore tell you a liw ew thing thiam that you yoa should know god never introduced the patriarchal older of marriage wah with a view to please man in his carnal desires nor to punish females for any thin thing which they had done but he introduced it for the express purpose rl 0 s e of raising ill up to his jamea royal priest tu hood d 1 a peculiar people do we not see the benefit bf it yes we have lived long enough 19 realize its advantages suppose that ahad 1 had iid ild lid hd li d the privilege of baying ingogly only on one wige wife I 1 should have had only three sons for those are all I 1 that my arst first wife bore whereas I 1 now have buried five sons and have thirteen living it is obvious that I 1 could not have been blessed with such a family if I 1 had been restricted to one wife but by the introduction of this law I 1 can be the instrument in preparing tabernacles for those spirits which have to come in this dispensation pensa tion under this law I 1 and my brethren are preparing tabernacles for those spirits which have been preserved to enter into bodies 0 of f bon honor and be taught the pure principles of ilfe life and salvation and those tabernacles will grow up and become mighty in the kingdom of our god 1 4 I believe that our oun ou r children will become mighty iri in faith be powerful in defending the truth tru th and will soon have to take important places in the great creat work of t his this dispensation they may bd b r rude u de at present yet you will find within them the t true rne rue principles of mormonism A lormon ism and when our sons become men they will be nen of god and be useful in n accomplishing accomplish irim a good work up an b n the earth the thie spirits ep brits which are reserved have to be born into llido the world and the lord will prepare some way for them to have tabernacles spirits must uk be born even if they have to come to brothels brothel for their flesh fleshly v coverings and many of them will take a ke the lowest and mean meanest st spirit house that theres there is in the world rather than do without and will say let me have a tabernacle may have a chance to be perfected the lord has instituted this plan for a holy b oly purpose and not with a design to afflict or distress the he people hence an important and imperative duty is placed upon all holy men and women and the reward will follow for it is said that the children will add to our honor and glory it it huts hurts my feelings when 1 I see good men men who wiio love correct principles and cling to the 0 counsels of cd the church who have lived near to dod god for years and have always been faithful lowith nota nova child to bear vp their names to future generations and I 1 grieve to reflect that their names must go into the grave rave with them it would please me m to see daod men and women have families I 1 would like to have righteous a men take more wives and raise up holy children some say 1 I would do so but br joseph and br brigham have never told me to doit aoto this law low was never given lord for any but his ilis faithful children it is not for the ungodly at all no man has a right to a life lire or wives unless unies s he honors his priesthood and magnifies his big calling before god I 1 foresaw when joseph first made known this doctrine that it would be a trial and a source murce of great care and anxiety to the brethren and aud what we Weare are to tog toe gird eird rd up our loins and fulfill this just as we would any other duty high wind and clouds of dust prevented speaking for several seconds it has been strenuously urged by many that this doctrine was introduced through lust just but that is a gross misrepresentation A thick cloud of dust prevented speaking for about two minutes this revelation which god gave to joseph jospph was wag for the express purpose of providing provi dini r a channel for the organization of tabernacles for those spirits to occupy who have been reserved to come forth in the kingdom of god and that they might not be obliged to take tabernacles out odthe of the kingdom of god we are commanded to overcome all our lust last ful fui desires also our pride and every evil propensity that pertains to th the flesh to keep the commandments cf god gd and all the commandments pertaining to the holy priesthood it is important that we get a victory over our earthly passions and learn to live by the law of god I 1 am aware that gare fare and other duties are greatly increased by the law which I 1 am remarking upon this I 1 know by b experience yet though libor labor it adds to our care and fabor labor we should say conot not my will b ut thine 0 lord be done afa atar as sim srm my y acqua acquaintance irain e ex exten te n ds the breth A iee teg en who have fiad e entered in i 0 iiii s 0 order rde r jdith a pure pace heart have enjoyed full a I 1 I 1 as wom WOW prosperity as they did be frethe prophet prop liet ilet jo jos sa epi plo pio revealed this holy bioly law and arid gordert ord ert tiie the L battet Lat tte ite tet day ray saints the lord intended that our fim afify 4 cares a r es should be greater he lie knew they would woud be bedet yet he is able to bless us in proportion I 1 know quite a number of men in this church who will not take an any y more women do not wish to take care of them a contracted spirit causes that feeling I 1 have also known some in my past life who have said that they did not desire to have their wives bear any children a and nd some even take measures to prevent it there are a r few ew such persons in this chui church when I 1 see a moan roan in this church with thos I 1 feelings and hear him say 11 1 I do not wish lo 10 enlarge my family becat because lecause ise lse it will bring care upon me he I 1 acl conclude ude thit lie he has moire moore or less of the i old sectarian leaven about him and ile lib does doel not understand the glory of or the celestial kingdom says one how will you explain this thia to bep mep me we understand that we are to be made kl kings ings and priests pries s unto god now if I 1 be made the eing king and lawgiver to my family and arid if I 1 have many miny sons I 1 become the father of ot many fathers for they will have pons ons and their weir sons will have sons and so ion lon grom from generation to generation aeration me ration and in in thi aliis way I 1 lna ina may y become the father lather of many fathers or the king of many kings king rs this will constitute every man a prince hirz kins 1 lord or er whatever the father sees f fit it to confer upon us I 1 in thi this way we can become kill king of kings and lord or lords or father of fathers or lor prince of princes and this is tile the only course for another man ia is not to raise up a kingdom for you it if I 1 did not liot feel disposed in int my poverty to enlarge my family and to build up the kingdom I 1 could not be acquainted with the difficulties thereof ther eor neither should I 1 be counted worthy to enjoy the lh blessings conferred upon those who are faithful this should be the view jaken taken of this thia matter by the whole of this peo people pie and when a man or woman sees that thi this principle pie should be introduced among the datter latter day saints they should cease their murmuring it is not through lust luit that men and women are to practice this but it is to be observed upon righteous principles and if men m en and women would pay attention to those iq instructions I 1 would promise in the name of the lord that you would never find nd them lustful in their dispositions and you yoa might watch them as closely as you pleased plurality of wives is not designed to afflict you nor me but it is purposed for kur our our exaltation in the kingdoms of god I 1 faily fally man had asked me what was my choice when joseph revealed that doctrine provided that it would not diminish my glory I 1 would have said filet iclet iet let me have llave but one wife not because it is not a great comfort to me to have children but if ir chave I 1 have bave not children I 1 know them not some of these my brethren know what my feelings were at the time joseph revealed the doctrine I 1 was not desirous of shrinking from any duty auty nor of failing in the least to do as I 1 was commanded but il it t was the first time in my life that I 1 had desired the grave and I 1 could hardly get over it for a lonn lona long iong time and when I 1 saw a funeral I 1 felt to envy the corpse its situation and to re leeret aret that I 1 was not in the coffin knowing in the he toil and labor that my body would have to undergo an ergo and I 1 have llave had to examine myself grom from anat da day y to this and watch my faith falth and carefully meditate lest I 1 should be found desiring the grave more than I 1 ought to do you vou U will vi 11 probably wonder at this and that such r uch should hav bay been my feelings upon this th is point but they were even so now irany irony if any of you will deny the plurality of wives wires and cont continue irae irie to do so I 1 promise that you will be damned and I 1 will go still further and say sly take lake this revelation or any other reve lation that the he lord has given and deny it in your feelings and I 1 promise that you will be damned but bat the saints who live their religion will be exalted for they never will deny any revelation which the lord has given or may give though when there is a doctrine coming to them which they cannot comprehend fully they may be found saying athe the lord bendeth this unto m me e and I 1 pray that he will save and preserve rne me from denying anything which edeth from him and give me patience to wait until I 1 can under understand sta nd it for myself such persons will ariev near r deny but will allow those subjects which they do not understand to remain until the visions of their minds become 0 open pen this is the couse which I 1 have invariably pursued and if anything came that I 1 could not understand I 1 would pra pro pray until I 1 could comprehend it do not reject anything because it is new or strange and do not sneer nor jeer at what comes from the lord for if we do we endanger our salva salvation llou liou itis it is given to us as agents to choose or refuse as its br S IV richards richarda ric hards harda has set before you but we are agents within limits if it were not sn so there would be no law there are limits to agency and to all things and all bein boin gsand our agency must not infringe upon that law A man must choose life or death derth and if he choose death he lie will find himself abridged and that the agency which ia is given to him is BO so bound up that he cannot exercise it in opposition to the hw isow with without 01 it laying himself liable to be corrected and punished by the almighty A A 1 man can dispose of his agency or nf or hi his 13 b birth irth right as aid esau kofold of old oid but when despos ed of he cannot again obtain it consequent consequently V it belh oves lia ila careful land jand nd lnor 0 corf 2 arfet t the ajene i us h ren e be tween the and arnd the W sin gin T er e it r I 1 el eternal fr f e r a fi I 1 life rr pj pr death deith happiness ha pi less bess ai or misery 13 this to toj tol those iia are exalt wre are I 1 no io boun ds or ii limits in its t tu privileges their blessings have hare a contina ati atton t 0 h and all to their ki niMai oms I 1 s tri thi abiles and do minions principalities and powers there is no guilry end en ld but 1 ut they increase in crease cresse through all eternity whereas those who reject the offer who despise the proffered fief mercies cies cles of the th eLord lord dord and prepare themselves to be banished from fiarn his presence and to become companions of the devils have llave their agency abridged immediately and bounds and limits tire put to their operations I 1 I 1 I 1 the power of the devil is limited the powei power powen of god is unlimited therefore there fofe let us be cautious ca ulious how we use our liberty and agency and be careful to choose that which i is s good and right before the tile lord and then bur our exil exaltation tation is Is sure sire I 1 now wish to say afew con concerning your meeting meetinghouse lious when br geo A smith concluded to make his home here for a little while arte rte e thought we ve would erect an old tash meeting finouse house Ie t believing lieving that it would look hogood so goodard goo dand and we thau thought to have a bell pul put in the b alfry and I 1 believe that the foundation for fur such a building was wab commenced three years ago ago 1 iwas awas was just thinking what a smart people dwell i here three aliree years ago ago agu they threw out a few full of earth 1 to prepare for foi a I 1 dounda lounda foundation rQn and at that the tb e labor ended I 1 was talking talk g to i some of the brethren about it today to day y ang anc was wondering n g if I 1 cerejo lwe reto come here to jive this su summer whether I 1 could not get this meeting house built bulit 1 think that I 1 have lightning enough to accomplish it tell the people what I 1 wanted and they ibey would come with the and the doald would be piled up and the adili building finished 1 but I 1 wish to tell you how ilov it can be done without my coming here that is if you have a 0 man here in whom you have confidence though I 1 T do not know whether there is a man in th this settlement that yop you have confidence in lut but ut jf if there is such a man you can come out every saturday and work at erect erecting ng this meeting house draw together the sand rand and ilme lime it i me the th e timber and all the other materials then employ the masons and carpenters for two or three months and the house mill is ill lil be compeli com d it if f his this had been done you would have had 1 good meeting cr house and at least been just as well off as you are arc now and I 1 think that thit you would have greatly increased the value of your property and been better off has the house stopped because there is not a nun min here who knows how to do the vork work york or what is the cause I 1 think that arcemen here litre who know how to do all the work irvon wish to know my mind I 1 siy sax say haul the thed materials tog together ether ethor erh employ ploy men to la lay 7 the tife stone and to cut the timber and to put on the shingles and af irl iri I 1 were you I 1 would go igo r rahl aa to wor wot kand do it and if yon you will we w will iii borne corne and preach to you at the dedication I 1 before defore the commencement commence rhent of this conseil confer i ence encel I 1 ought to have come here litte with as many liny of the twelve and ana other brethren as ad I 1 could coula have handily li picked up ant ana anu ana to have held prayer raye r meetings gg for two or 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