Show DISCOURSE PT p j 0 ot k saturday afternoon october ath 1877 a s semiannual semi annual n hual nual con ferencek fet fer encel in the new tab emad amade sait salt lake city beaupied BY ily cleo F GIBBS GIBES I 1 alvary happy to find so great a of feeling in the voting iu auola aa has bas j r pe een hanif manifested ested at this cond conr conference eren there Is isa a very com corn igni in we N bild vox pop uli nil vax vox 1 tiei tiel deil dell 11 or dr the v olee olce of the people I 1 j I 1 lle ile e olce voice although tho t the eap voice I 1 of the e people I 1 is very important lant wb ve ud d hot believe in that thal acion cri crl an separate and arid alone it wa ii usual cupl among ancle ancie ancient bib fit israel for the lord to vo speak sneak presenting his hid la s ordinances es and command th the 0 people then they wore were presented I 1 to tb the p people kople kopie lind and then all tho the people said ameli amen 11 thon then it wa iia voice of god and the voice of f the people veople or in in I 1 other words tho the voice of the people assenting sent 1 to the voice of god in relation to the duties devolving upon the twelve in conge conie consequence of the tha changes that have re place I 1 can say in behalf of myself and my brethren that their full jull weight and responsibility are felt feit by 49 unless we had the sau bau sanction of the people we would be unwilling to assume them and were it not that these things are plainly laid down in the law of god we would not have accepted the situation that we nind find ourselves placed in today to day we feel now that unless god 19 s with us vve yvo we two can accomplish com nothing that can in i a anywise be for the welfare of zion or the bulio build building ingup up of nis kingdom on the earth those are my feelings and those are the feelings of 0 my breth brethren rell reli it is not with us as viewed by the world ge generally thab that there is something so very honora ble in office f for 0 r we have learned that in ord order orden or that any office in the government of the church and kingdom mig might be made honorable the office ffield must be honored and that too by falth faith faithfully full fuli Comply complying inZ with the laws of go god governing it then a it is a high honor or conferred upon man from frog from the lord and the tile twelve so appreciate ate it whilst they thank you for the confidence which you have in manifested lang iANi ted fed in iii at the same bame sam nam e time feel leq t kay tay upon god 3 and to toasa ask that you will vill remember them before the throne of bur our ide avely heavenly fatherly Fat eather father herld in your prayers and aud maily mally liu jiu that wb may be tily b gul gui guided denny defty uy that I 1 wisdom and intelligence that thal fla flo flaws ws from above for the j alil alti guldan ula uld uia ance anee bb arid direction of the almighty beean we can do nothing id halh chave I 1 have id very verk little very little ludee indeed d since inba jeche M 4 death 1 ath bf our ures es beeme teemed pres president 11 eaf moung young I 1 hav have had vail ou one Is my heard has hns felt feit so and pained fo for r w we ay hava iise a man who stood prominent 11 in israel for the last a t thir i r e vear kafe yes yes for upwards of forty or forty g 0 1 lyt nive five years lie he is taken aay andi alid ail all israel felt t td mourn the everet thijs this is one reason WHY I 1 have I 1 been tb feb sl lent I 1 another 1 is a great many wany have Had tb be decided j arjang arrangements cements baade ahad abid I 1 eions had pad in regarded regard to tile llie proper cour cou seto raeto pursue to these very important t dut duk mahlers matters gilr another reason is la I 1 d did d riot liot wish to put myself forfare nor for fara nara fard r hgr have r as ag tho the TA elve eive hera here can bear me mb wib wit ness the twelve I 1 unanimously gave their assent 1 1 1 I had bad anymore hand in thee khee the khe e any of the m members ofphy but I 1 am happy to isay ilay anat in all matters upon which we haye have delb deib we have bave been of one heart and one one mind when 11 brothers rother pratt Prat tand and edi eni i 1 land as you will have laid learned from their published letter their sentiments sentimental were precisely ilip he baine saine as a ours ad and also the of of president young whom we aseem and honor in thon their place arn arp are also aiso united with us we nye are gladdo have them with wilh us ai ai our oun ur friends and associates and co counselors tcp tep the he twelve I 1 pray that the gilel blessing may rebe rebr rest iest Upon ibe maha h a i lead them in the pa dauis bs of life ar ald and 41 that they with the twelve play way pay unite together aa as a grand phalanx phalan not knour in our own individual interess interests but in the interests 1 s 0 th the church and kingdom of god and t tiie ie ing ae u up of his zion oia gia on the eared eart tf for ahe priesthood 19 18 is 19 not ilot instituted for the purpose of personal angrand isemena or personal honor bonor but it 19 18 is 19 for the accomplishment of certain pur purposes p ses sea of which the lord is the 1 the dead the living and hd unborn are inte rateb eu we W e blight breth brethren renall all ail af us tofeek ded fed anid arid act as though we were the he t pathe t b living god feeling ih bibi burlie mr arts diab an honest desire t to dp do wa j I 1 establish his pd purposed klu tin kluthe the earth if we can be united ih our faith falth our bur acts and labors 99 we have been begil in n our voting a as manifested itt at this conference the heavens ily lly will am smile lle upon us the angels 0 av o god wili mani manifest fest test themselves to U us the how bow bower power of kopd god will b be e in bu our midst and ana zion will arise and gild and ana faid the glory of god reut reat upon hen her all nii lk 1 f I 1 J v Call cali read fro froni front nithe tho the doctori 6 arid i the follot yih ext rab from fi communication edtill ed A Pay erand and prophecies I 1 writ teil teti ba joseph the seer ifill 4 in lbert gilberty jail clay comity Ml oUrt bri bh 1839 at ht the e paragraph behold th turere eibl are ife ma lied aled but few N w aro are aroa crissen cri cho osen sn arnd arid why are the they y pot chosen ta because their hearts hearth aee afe et sp ag much upon the thing af ebli world and aspire to the honors of men that they do not nor leard jeard this thiis one lesson 4 that the rights of iho priest are inseparably canh connected acted with 1 the powers powers bf heaven heaved he averi a lid ild th atthe be controlled itji nor non only upon ori oti the df or i ou s lubba that that to in ay Y b bac up til on ull uil u it biru ia truie 1 e bilt when we tin undertake to fins pins orto gratia fy pride es vain oi or to exercise or dominion or compulsion ups the of bf the children of 0 men med iti lit any degree I 1 of elf eif elioud beh eli ald old the heavens withdraw spirit of t the lord 14 i grieved pd and it C is J I 1 withdrawn td the priestl 11 or tor the authority of dt th atman behold ere he is aware lieas h e is fert left unto himself to kick az alost the to the to figlia against go god d etc see tsee page new edition I 1 wa wanted anted to have this ex excelle c ellena nf instruction Tead read over heard beard ing for it was wab true and profitable at the time if it was whitten written and it isso td today doy dov if we possess the spirit that from god pod and that d dwelis dwells ddson dicave tre shail shall possess possess the ap spirit rit of kindness and love and affection fee fec tion that will eventually bind us ilithe in the bonds 0 f union i it becomes up u as serva servants n ts and handmaidens hand maidens of god to seek after these thebe things that we mayba may be full of licht and life and the power and intelligence of god and feel that we eira are indeed children of the most efi Ell guthat he is 13 our father and i that with prophets and i hp apostles petg sand the abe the gods 2 0 odthe the eternal w worlds rids uni unite in ascom the tho work god designed from ithe the commencement of the tho ord nel net mau maa braet of men need think that the work will stop for 40 1 has bas as decreed that it shall go jadi di and ao thi he i progress ishua Is 1611 us the great jehovah la our 9 h leid andoor Bi ickler uty UTi ord 11 a bur pur 0 he lord is our Y xing king inn ing W e eJr ajr eardis r dis dib is our out ruler BuIer and he shall I 1 tyerus ma aa gad lusto be faithful in thero thelo ci 0 f his bla laws that we mar m may T lecure secure to dur ourselves elres eljes eternal iphis ahls kin kingdom is my iny prayer luni iril tie ite tTe nanie of jesus jebus amen I 1 |