Show I 1 by I 1 elder ezra T adnson tabernacle september P 19 12 I 1 I 1 I 1 1852 11 I 1 I 1 As there is an opportunity I 1 arise to mare h a fear few hoks I 1 suppose the same privilege is granted to me that has been given to br G lb I 1 feel that ii is ti a pRy privilege llego when a man ban can rise before a congregation antee Ws and sak say what he I 1 has as a d mind to 1 it is a law of liberty it is certainly like that gospel which paul preached in his day he said it was a gospel of liberty unto all that embraced it and I 1 am well persuaded even to a certain knowledge that this is the gospel that you have embraced and alid that this is the people of the saints when we talk about liberty I 1 consider it is liberty to do just about right to do that which shall be for the good or of the community we dwell with for the society of tile the saints and the kingdom of god on tha earth I 1 merely rise to bear testimony to what br grant has sal said daud and I 1 think if there is any man in the city who ought to have the privilege of saying what ho he has a mind to he ought for he is the mayor of ef the city he is a man therefore who ought to be backed up by the people and I 1 am happy and rejoice to see se such a spirit manifested in the congregation today to day from the experience e I 1 have had bad I 1 know it to be right the remarks aae are just aust in time and in fit season and they are worthy of the attention of every civil person in our community ninn ity lie we have hav e come into these valleys to do rig r rightie htwe nave come to build up the kingdom of god wo we have come that the saints may may have a place of earest rest that the oppressed may go frie free and that we may be enlightened and strengthened in the principles tle of t thal icings so rosael sael that if we we dio do not take cognisance of f the things that are belore a us now can w w peet that this community can dwell here in peace and if we have not faith ana spi it aud d power enough in ourselves to put down anything that is not right in our midst we cannot expect to live here long unmolested jt it is well that every elder F ider that every good person who dv dwells in this comm community mun ity should stamp these evil principles that tha t br grant speaks of I 1 with indignation I 1 have felt since I 1 have been gone on a mission last year county und and pie states tile the force power and sati of tha he men who he fie has been speaking of here today to day and ud so will every elder elde who goes abroad it is just as br bi grant was has said that thit alii anite they I 1 could send forth their wrath and u io 0 o the states while they could stir up mobs mob sand ll 11 jud contention iu in the midst ot tho people it it was waa first rate with them but when the scale began to turn tarn and the god of heaven began 6 to rule iule and abid control things for the good orthis of this people it was then I 1 how do you yon do I 1 feet first rate come and see me wont you youa come and eat and drink with meat me at my table tabla anit and stay as long as you afu dieas please why because god is ruling things for our good and softening the hearts of the people p and gathering his saints from the four corners of fh the earth brethen Brethe breth en nwe we are a agod is ole able to bring g good d cibit out of evil for the salvation h of his chosen people 1 I 1 I 1 concerning dram shops grog shops whisky shops and all shops we heard berard of this before we arrived in the city we could scarcely believe it and lied we given way to our feelings we could have sat down and cried abent it as well as not when we wego got here we found it to be true but bat I 1 think the medicine which has been laid before you today to day will prove effectual to some of them I 1 had not the least idea when I 1 rose up liere here that the spiritual knockings knock ings were soi so close it at my heels and if I 1 am not mistaken if you do not reform before next saturday night you will have bave some temporal knockings knock ings that are goi going n to do the busine fiB up at once I 1 I 1 wan waa called upon by the prophet ia nauvoo tu engage W ge in A temporal I 1 knocking aud we knocked one grocery bottom si side d e u up an and away it went grog glasses toba tobacco 0 anu snuff I 1 the devil and ball all Q voice ot in the stand land and the devil went with ILI it now the asame spirit is in the city of great salt lake the same spirit that dwelt in alie prophet of god dwells in the hearts of this people slid and all wo want is for the word to b bo a given and ti the 16 deed is is d lf eliof pio e T cju if we e had ad I 1 the power to accomplish gehis thing in nauvoo na th the 11 wa way I 1 y ael vya have got ithome it here ip is pot not we weak al W we have the lie power td ta knock tr ftc my wa cewill we will knock herb ja a to a halt all we is for afi 1 aloy 11 to A say A tha h 6 nio word rd a anait n d 1 I t 8 shall T h a I 1 I 1 b be e d done n e 11 I 1 know n 0 w tile tre re ate are elders here before mp me w who bo v would do th the p job 1 I 1 up c clean I 1 ean to gift A afif 1 a n d alean cleamnce the e city of these i nuisances I 1 5 11 S As far as merchants are concerned I 1 r arp care but little about thom I 1 I 1 believe every word word that br r grant has said they them would flood this valley with 11 shin hin plasters and carry avay my our gold if there isa banking institution to tb ve e given U V th people let it be done by the president aut efale of the and let idt us have the be benefit effi of it and bifid not men who would cut your throats I 1 to jet get your money from you I 1 do inott t expect pet however they will I 1 trouble me any fr for 1 I do not ot se seem ern to ket ge hold bof of much money I 1 at am r 4 granger r auger to toil it I 1 do api i 1 i want any shin plasters ers I aal am a democrat so far as i that abut goes gees an and believe in a hard currency until otil god shall shad es establish bot ii nother er ai and I 1 A if he abi goes jo in for shin shim pla plasters stirs I 1 am in ili for them ern too I 1 paiit the 1 brethren who I 1 have ave them to r relura irn the paper counters counted coun tet to marrow am morning mornin and know if they I 1 possess a disposition to aih I 1 them i I 1 if inthey theia dp tha they will il I 1 re redeem them yo you T doofe A walking round oana heredith here with fifty thousand saad doll dollar ais of I 1 worthless paper I 1 9 ir i acke who is thiep there in this community j jew or 8 6 bo will d dp but what has been blessed il e and prospered and has 1 the good feelings 0 of if this Is people eo e 7 I 1 can gato q to st louis as poor t as s fa I 1 amand d notwithstanding h sta U ing w what li bafs W been said to hurt t t the e or credit it of this people I 1 I 1 can get as many goods ai as I 1 could wish U even if t bot a single dollar in my pocket I 1 could i genall abt all I 1 could get ought brought b over the plains but betl did not g go 0 borgola for gola and silver nor did the E elder I 1 who hii went at with me we went to do good to he kingdom of god have we done it to your sa satisfaction yes yea may mai god bless you then and 1 ay you xantinne xanti nue lobeL blessed and prospered lo 10 t I 1 our satisfaction and put every evil thing away rom om I 1 your sight I 1 know you wn can doit and all rill ill be right 1 I 1 it is not temporal things we are after nor temporal 1 f oral but you yon brethren who keep dram shops ho p s go andrut them away and put pat your bottles away and 1 id say yoo will spread no na more pois poison 1 on among this his t people until you are commanded if a man cannot get a living wre here ling whisky without keeping a little dram shop t is time her was as going somewhere else for be usurped you will never get rich here by selli selling tig fi isky it is a curse carse to this people and it will iest upon you that follow that business 1 I I 1 have not been commanded to say what I 1 have this after betit but it rests reits upon my own shoulders if I 1 stalk wrong to this people I 1 aini am willing villing to be chastised by my brethren all the time if men imen take the thid liberty of going to st louis and there using in my y name we will say what we please 4 jad d in anyplace any ploce we please neither Neit lier alewe are we 6 afraid lid to say it L ou 1 a or F in i at any ay iy other othe r place lilace are ready to meet i it t anywhere brethren Sr ethren look out for temporal knocking knock knockings in ings as for we arii are on hand god bless you yon amen I 1 I 1 I 1 REMARKS I 1 by elder ezra r T benson tabernacle noy nov I 1 we have had good instructions this morning and chave been requested to make a few rehi remarks arks A brother who has lately come into this place sup supposed posea and believed that jevery every man livi living ug in in the valleys of tho the mountains kept the commandments of god and worked righteousness but lo 10 and behold 1 he got up in the morning ig looked aro ariouns tind his habitation and found that his spade was wa gone agone he was struck with horr horror orand band astonishment ment to that he ae had come thousands of miles to dwell with the saints the people of god 0 od and yet rise up in the mornin gand find that ais spade was take takeaki in away from his door he know it could abt walk away itself andi abad what to do ao chedid he did not know he knew the abi gos jiel colw tuf be tr uey fia knew chefa was wasi power in the hie priesthood and dui horty fram god in the midst of the people and it bore bord with weight upon his mind and when he went to a prayer I 1 meeting the uppermost thing in his heart was the spade that he had lost now says he be 1 I dont wish to oppress the man that has taken it but I 1 know there is power in the priesthood but I 1 tell you yon what I 1 will say he shall have the head ache until he brings it home again the man was taken I 1 with a violent head ache for three nights and days in in succession and andon bri the fourth day he says 11 1 I really believe the man is a prophet and the spade shall go home I 1 now let that be a warning to every every thief in the valleys of these mountains if you have stolen property from your neighbor remember that if that man speaks you have got the head ache there are other things of more importance to us than loreing of spades and what are they it if is the health of our brethren the president of this church and and his counselors we have them not in our meetings as much as usual now I 1 know and so do you that there is power virtue and efficacy in the prayers of the saints of the Mos tHigh I 1 have reflected upon these things ft fr the past week and felt et that ii if the elders of israel and the saints of god would humble themselves before him his healing power would rest upon us and those who are laying sick would be healed and the hand of the destroyer would give way F uw W brother th 1 1 we t tn abt nr rk the faint family Walt altar call I 1 our houses n auses to order as we 1 b an J ani a P py pay y to laa cad f for aaa children and friends that are sore afflic afflicted tod let us get our boys together who olio are running in the streets of zion here taking the name of god in I 1 they shall be brought to jus justice iee and shall atone for their wickedness have faith barth for br brigham to night in your prayers yea more fe fervently r than you have ever done heretofore if you will do this I 1 feel ah as god lives in the heavens and au d heats hears the he prayers prayer i s of his people it shall not be bb before our president will be able to be ill incur ga midst and meet with and instruct the I 1 saints saina from time to time as he has hitherto done ad lib j I 1 I 1 if he litis harthe the pra prayers rs of ill all the elders of israel he will will get his hearts desire god says where two or three are met mat together in my name name I 1 I 1 will hear them those bi brethren ethren and sick children who tire are not appointed unto death will be strengthened and raised up speedily through the healing power manifested 1 in u the midst of the saints of bod if our hearts do not fully comprehend these things yet we kno know the power of god is with us when aie we ris rise up like ine men and put it in force we know we have the power find and keys of the kingdom aad a right to eternal life ife let usTe member these things and it will li be well with us when we have the vigor of ife food to eat clothes to we wear arands and a privilege to manile diug le with the saints of the most abs t hick let us remember those theae sick ones of the flock I 1 feel to pray for them more fervently than I 1 ever have done my blessing be with you amen |