Show remarks of prest B YOUW YOUNG tabernacle G Q S L city july alth 1852 J when prest kimball closed prest B young 0 arose and delivered the following testimony there are a few minutes more of time allotted to us for worship this m morning arnin g which I 1 will occupy for the consolation of ray y hearers and for my own I 1 can bear testimony that the gospel of jesus christ is true and the word of the lord whether written or spoken is true permit me to ask a question who are the individuals upon the face of the earth that can make this statement in truth who are the individuals divi duals that can say that the gospel of jesus christ is true and thit that he lives can the christian world the they y cannot they may say that they believe and have all confidence that jesus lives they may have all confidence in declaring I 1 that the gospel of jesus christ is true they may firmly declare that the bible referring Z particularly ticul arly to the new testament is true that therein contained is the plan of salvation and is true this they may declare in ai all 1 good c conscience n S and with all soberness but let me ask where ariere are t the he individuals that can say oay that they know that jesus lives and who are ar the individuals that can say that his gospel is true tre and is the plan of salvation to man I 1 will let christendom answer this question for themselves i but to me it is certain that no man lives on the f fice ice ace of the earth no BO woman lives that can say this except those to whom christ has revealed himself though others may say in all grood good conscience they believe he livis lives who knows kiwo the doc i trine of the lord jesus christ to be true there is one class of people and one only that 1 tives lives upon the face of the earth who do know it and that class of men and women are those I 1 that keep his commandments and do his will none others can say it none others can de claro clare with boldness and emphatically that jeri jei sus SUB lives and that his gospel is true upon it ahe he plain and principle of logical and philosophical deduction we learn earn this from his own words word as written byone by one of his disciples 1 I they hey that do my will shall know of my doctrine and they that love mo me will keep my corn com mand ments and I 1 will add they that know i and love me 1 11 says jesus will keep my say sayings 3 this is is my testimony we have had the first principles 0 of f the gospel laid before us this i morning and we have he heard ar d the testimony of one of the apostles of the last days to confirm it I 1 t I 1 am also a witness to the truth of these sayings I 1 contained in the new testament permit me my hearers breth renand stran gers to say to you there is not that man that aers nears ears the sound of my voice this day that can 1 sa say that jesus lives whether they profess as to he be lily hia 8 disciples or not and can say at the same time that joseph smith was wag not a prophet of the lord there is not that being that ever had bad the privilege of hearing the way of life and salvation set before them as it is written in the diw new testament and in the book of mormon and in the book of doctrine and covenants by a latter day sal saint t can say that jesus lives that his gospel is is true anit and at the same time say that joseph smith was not a prophet of god that is strong testimony but it ii is true no 1 man can say that this book laying laying his hand afi on the bible is true is the wor word of the lord is the way and is the guideboard guide board in the path and I a charter by which we may learn the will of god and at the same time say that the book of mormon is untrue those who have had the privilege of reading it 5 or of hearing it read and learning its doctrines there is not that person per on the face of the earth who has had the privilege of learning learning the gospel of jesus christ from these two books 01 can say that one f is a true and the oher is false no latter day i saint no man or woman can can say the book of is true and at the same time say it that bat the bible is untrue if f one is true both i are and if one is false both are false if jesus lives and is the savior of the world joseph smith is a prophet of god and lives in the bo flom of his father abraham though they have killed his bis hody body yet he be lives and beholds the face of his father in heaven beaven and his garments are pure ure as the angels that surround the tirone throne of sod god and no mo man on the earth can say that jesus lives and deny at the same time my assertion about the prophet joseph this I 1 is s my testimony and it is strong permit me to say that I 1 am proud of my religion it is the only thing I 1 pride myself in on the earth I 1 may heap up gold and silver like the mountains I 1 may gather around me i property goods and chattels but I 1 could have baa e no glory in that com compared with my religion it is the fountain of light and intelligence it swallows up the truth contained in all agthe authe the philosophy of the world both heathen and christian it circumscribes the wisdom of man it t circumscribes all the wisdom and power of the world it reaches to that within the veil its bounds its circumference its end its height and depth are beyond the comprehension oi of mortals for it has none permit me to remark my hearers as for the intelligence of the day and the knowledge a that they have had in christendom how long will it I 1 take a man of reflection of deep tho thought inight and of a sound mind to circumscribe ribe every particle of it it can be weighed and measured as easy arwe as we acanthe can the gold dust for instance go to the mother church from whence all the religions of christendom have sprung g go back to the time when she flourished in her glory and how long would it take us to circumscribe the religion of the mother church the holy catholic catholia church 9 cant we learn the of that church in a very few years we can study her theology until we get all tile the knowledge and wisdom to be had upon every point of doctrine contained in her from first to last go then to the church of england rind and from that to the latest and last reo relo mer that lives upon the earth and how bow long would it take to circumscribe every particle of their religion from first to last not long why do I 1 make these remarks and assertions it is because I 1 have an experience all ail the religion of the world I 1 have h ave learned arned ae already the best and greatest grea tAst divines that lived in my boyhood boy bood I 1 may isay aay almost in my childhood and children not as old as 1 I was at the time almost babes and suc klings would drown them in their own arguments and confuse them question them and they cannot answer the simplest question concerning the character of the deity heaven or hell bell thi this or that or the other a sucking child would comparatively confuse conf use and con confound found them upon these subjects and they would wind up all by saying great is the mystery of godliness god hanif manifest eat in the flesh I 1 would say aay g great reat is their foolery they are profound in their ignorance but I 1 am proud to say of my religion I 1 have I 1 studied it faithfully tor for 22 years day and sight at home and abroad upon the livers and upon the lakes when traveling by sea and b by y land have studied itin the pulpit from morning till night whatsoever might be my pursuit I 1 have studied it with as clodean close an application as any college student ever did any subject he wished to commit to memory and I 1 can say I 1 have only just got into the A B Os of it it leads the vision of my mind into eternity suppose the almighty should unfold the f future u destiny of the nations to you an and d wrap you in a sea of vision and nd show you the eternity of knowledge with the history of worlds on worlds and their destiny you can then have a faint idea of what it is like and any other man or any other woman who ever has haa received the promise 1 r 6 of the gospel knows that the lord aam almighty rg h t y is in the midst of all his bis creatures tures that are scattered abroad among the nations of the earth and does his pleasure among among them his scrutinizing scrutinizing eye will n not ot suffer a hair of your head to t fa faff to the 9 ground round unnoticed his attention is at once so minute and so extensive he presides over the worlds on worlds that illuminate this little planet and millions oil oh mill millions iorns of worlds that we cannot see and yet he looks upon the minutest object of his hia creations not one of thebe creatures escapes his notice and there is not one of them tut but his wisdom and power has produced but bui that it is no matter to me mc I 1 rogar A to you Is there a man aman who believes or probes professes 0 a tobe lieve in what jesus says says where he d declared e lared b by one of his apostles or bv more than one pointedly there is is na no half way ay work in this matter atter now if you can believe it is directly to fo the point says he U you love me you will keep mv comman commandments an and d if you dont love me you 6 U will not keep my commandments this follows ta 1 as a matter of course and that will show tor to my father and to my brethren that follow me that you do love me and so say 1 I they that love the lord jesus win will keep his is commandments mand ments why should I 1 not be proud of my religion if a faan Is is permitted to have pride at all oi or it if this people are permitted to indulge in it in the least degree why not be proud of their religion for god loves love it angels adore it all the heavenly hosts delight in it it Is in the midst of an eternity of intelligence and forms a part of it while on the other hand all hell is opposed tor to it all wickedness is opposed to it every I 1 man and woman who desire to make sin their refuge hate it and all hell and an all its votaries vot aries hate it and the lord almighty with all his I 1 subjects love it and be will yet rule triumphantly over this earth what shall wei we say will not jesus rein and subdue the world orld w Is he not the savior of the world and the only begotten I 1 son ot of the father and will he not aci com the work he came to accomplish Is not the earth the lords the wheat the fine flour the gold the silver theearta the earth and all its its fullness cau can you imagine to yourselves a anything nyi that pertains to this thi earth that does not belo belong n to its redeemer ile he is my master my I 1 elder rother brother he is the character I 1 look to 0 and the one I 1 try to serve to the best of my I 1 ability should I 1 not be proud of my religion think if pride om can at all be indulged in the latter day sainte saint should be proud I 1 know there alre are a great many people who are not acquainted with the history of this people 1 iam I am personally and most moat intimately acquainted quain ted with the history of joseph smith and this people for 22 years there area are great many people that are not and they have thought we have been persecuted from state to state and from place to place because of our I 1 wickedness and lawless acts among the people ale I 1 need not say it to my father in m heavens heaven to jesus christ his son or to the holy angels or the prophets and apostles who have baa lived in former or in latter days for they know it but I 1 I 1 can say to those who do not understand and know our history that it is because we believe in the lord jesus christ and do just as he be has told us ua and not because of the evil acts of joseph smith have we been persecuted I 1 I 1 joseph smith was not killed because he be was deserving of it or because he be was a wicked man but because he was a virtu virtuous our man I 1 know that to be so as well as I 1 know that the sun now shines every man and woman who does the will of the father and will keep the commandments of jesus christ chiist may also know as well as myself it is their privilege e I 1 know it for myself joseph smith was the subject of 48 law suits and the most of them I 1 h have witnessed with my own eyes eves but not one aati action on could ever be made to bear agonist him no law or any constitutional right did he ever violate he was innocent and virtuous he be kept the law of his country and lived above it out oat 1 I of 48 lawsuits law suits and I 1 was with him in the j ni most ost of them not one charge could be I 1 against him he was pure aust IM j holy as an to the keeping of the law now this I 1 I 1 state for the satisfaction of those who do not know our history but uia lord and the angels angel know all about it L lyt LA A me ask another question do the people know what we were driven from missouri for an old friend of mine called upon me dav before yesterday he said he had apen watching my course had bad looked and enquired enquire a after me taj and had endeavored to find out mv history for we were ivere friends I 1 asked him if he knew anything about the latter day saints or not I 1 found he had been looking lookin Lr after me a and and learned I 1 had become a follower of joseph smith I 1 said do you know anything abent our history by his reply I 1 found fou nd he knew nothing at all of it in corn comparison aril kon A great mat many ay iy are in tt the e like situation now let me relate one item of it not for khoii who are wise and pretend to be filled with knowledge and at the same time they know nothing but bat I 1 relate it for the information of those who know nothing about it to my certain knowledge men and women left the counties of dours and caldwell ta dwell in the upper part of the state of missouri set fire to their own buildings drove off their cattle killed and clayed 1 I know and could name the people and then the mormons cormons had done it now this circumstance came under my certain knowledge says 1 I can it be possible that tha t men can become so 0 corrupt and so sunken in wickedness I 1 say th this ia for the information of those who do not understand and know this people eople from the beginning from the first day V I 1 knew bro joseph to the day of his death a better man never liever lived upon the face of this earth from the days of my youth and I 1 will say from the day that I 1 came upon the sta stage ae of acton action to act lor myself there never was a boy a in man an either old or r middle ag aged ired that ever tried to live a life more pure and refined than your humble servant As I 1 told my f friend says i 1 kother brother brown I 1 have tried to make myself a better belter man from the day of out first acquaint acquaintance to this I 1 have nt not infringed upon any law or trod upon the rights of my ne neighbors agh b 01 s but I 1 have tried to walk in the paths 01 right and live an humble tit life e that I 1 might inight gain eternal happiness I 1 make bold to speak thus though in the eastern world it is quite unpopular to speak in ones own praise but since I 1 have become a western man I 1 can make stump speeches why am I 1 driven from my my posses possessions why aal am I 1 persecuted and forced to 10 leave thousands and thousands of dollars woith of property properly in thio ohio missouri and illinois illik I 1 though I 1 havo have never looked back bac k u upon pon it it is i as ashes under my feet I 1 am in the hands hand of god he gave it and he took it away and d blessed be the name of the lord I 1 am in in I 1 ilia lis hands all men are in his sands and he ehas has turned the enemy in his way tind and held them by his power it is not me it is not Jose joseph josepeit phit it bunot is not this people or the wisdom they possess that has delivered them from their enemies but it is the lord he is our captain our pilot and our master and in him do we glory and will glory let the world say what the please we will glo glory i in n our oar holy reli 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