Show ka rf REMARKS demaris rry iati GEORGE Q cago Piber mrele micle 1 S L bifi ch h iga W joil 11 hy ay 0 1 WATT A number of excellent remarks have been made today to day in our hearing by tile tiie brethren who have spoken which remarks have lave been borne testimony to ili in our hearts by the spirit of god which has lias accompanied them thein to us ille the elders testify to the truth of the principles 1 that we have lave embraced and to 1 speak p ea upon them is as is delightful a treat as wo ean can have there is nothing ng more delightful to tile the human a it mind properly propel ra I 1 constituted than to listen to to tile the av words or of life and salvation spoken under the inspiration of the noly holy ghost they are sweeter eter than tilt thu sweetest honey and more satisfying than the best and most nutritious food because the they thes fill our spirits with joy jos ov and gladness and we feel ben elitiA and refreshed and strengthened 0 by them and theu thou we deoc occupy I 1 a closer relationship to our father alid god than before hearing ills his word these the are arc my feelings today to 0 day and they always have been whenever I 1 have lave attended a inee meeting tint I 1 where the tile spirit of 0 f god lias preva prevailed ileX A remark was made today to day which called up tip onie some reflections in my mind respecting us ug aa w a people the tile speaker said bald that we were called illiterate 0 and a lid iid uneducated aud and tilt that we ave vere were de despised abed phed becatti because e of our out ignorance because of the cias clas of society livolsi li from which the mass of us ps have lave been gathered thi this doubtless 1 if ig the tile feeling that is i entertained 1 in 1 in many my parts parti ic ro sp eLting the latter day saint 4 rile pile the remark lemark brough brought tinto into my mind a number of reflections respecting the tile position that jesus jens occupied that desm jesus who lo 10 i at the tile present time acknowledged by all at least to bahe bo elle eile greatest being that ever trod tile tiie foo Mool of the tile Ali wll almighty I 1 thou thought 7 ift of iii ili lowly poi pol tion lahill humble ble bie and obscure obscure bir birth thant and the tile s he wa avas bi blought uli tit up under wider I 1 liow ilow ow he mut fiut have llave ihn ian dr de pi pir etl ed by thoe who wiio knew iti ahn ili iti when wilen th tiny V heard headd tile the deela deda u ineil ilu I liu lit lu nude repee till lii nis his j relation relationship sh to 1 ull uli gilr fath father e r in lit henl heni heaven eil til a and llen ilen lien tile tiie they aw av til tiie men who wilo had been appointed pointed ip by him to proclaim the 1 kopel of al vailon ti t tile tin people and told aho abo alo sho al sh o thoe tho ke f t ocla oela ocia ted with mill him atit now 6 ii 1 have llave already stated eliere ia i no doubt ili in tilt tile minds mind of those wiio wilo cilo pre pro ife to lc be Christi aili alli i that this tills ame sanie lean iesu 6 i the tile thesbit soll snit n of geidt god the creator of the tile world eliat byj byl and gli gil h Ili nim him niall all ail thilla things 11 meroa WOW ibi lal hd I 1 d are f reatea and anol that unto ii li 11 him in 11 wee bec 6 vve anve the salvation we ive leave lase lave all recci received el and which we win wih eventually receive when we attain tov the adne of the glory promised tinto ua its tt is n not ot always they who alc ale called from the huml humi det t classes who are the tiie most illiterate in ili the tile true sense of the tile word at least it is 14 not the tile case with tia ti ii A a as a tt people nor any people who have ever been called to the tile knowledge I 1 of tilt tile gospel or or upon whom ile he iia ila ilam lias he stowed bestowed the power to administer the tile lawi law of mal sal salvation vat loll 1011 I 1 reflect with great grent plea piea tire ulrik upon it lie inspects an ami it uron upon PO n tb aso ast 1114 tory tony of ouri p people c vi I 1 d etl LEI ic w wisdom is u om xa 0 d has div given en ul unto tto ito liis lils his 11 servant vant I 1 rland lland u and othis this peo people peopert pIrt is truth lruth th and to proclaim it unto tile the inhabitants of the earth to accomplish his purposes ili in building up the kingdom he has lias so long promised he would establish in the latter times no more to he be thrown down when we see hee how god made choice of his servant josep joseph P and anti brought him from obscurity and from the midst of df ignorance it upon on him the wisdom of eternity how ite ife he trained him in that knowl knowledge edrye which is necessary both temporal and spiritual to enable him liim to organize this great people 1 I call usa us a great people I 1 not lof because of our numbers but because of our prospects our power and our organization he gave him wisdom necessary to organize his kingdom upon permanent principles that it might grow like a seed planted in good ground findall email in ill the beginning eg inning bl but ut 0 germinating and growing until it becomes a great and mighty tree it was by means of the wisdom god gave unto joseph smith that lie was enabled to organize the king doln doin of god upon the earth out of the contending conflicting elements in babylon upon principles th atwill chatwill that will cause it to increase until it shall spread over the tile whole earth he ire not only gave this tilis wisdom to ills his prophet 10 joseph aill but he has lias also given it to ills hie prophet brigham whom ho he has hrs endowed with power and wisdom to take 11 leold d of nia hia work where joseph left it 1131 when he passed beyond the vall vail and carrying it forward until in ili the tile eyes of all observing and thinking men it afi i the tile greatest wonder of the tile present age it isa is a wonder that when all nation of earth of and disunion they are arc warr ingin deadly strife one a against a dinst another when they it have ave not t the he power to cement themselves together liere ilas has been one mail man in lit the tho inid midst of the nations who has had such control controlling cont roling hig influence that people have been gathered together from every nation creed and church speaking a great variety of languages men and women trained under diner ent influences circumstances and habits it is a wonder to see them collected collect eti eli as this people are today to day to see them ill lil united cited and dwelling in peace to see sec them governed by ilic the slightest whisper lle lie 0 of f illin him god has lias appointed to preside to see every obstruction moved from the tile path of the onward progress of the tile kingdom of god not only this but lo 10 see this wisdom developing deve lopin g itself through all the ramifications of that kingdom to see it lilling filling the breasts of those occupying the tile various offices in lit the church to see bishops bishops counselors presidents and presidents counselors apostles high hig gh priests seventies eiders elders priests teachers and deacons 1 illing filling the tile various offices assigned unto them to perform per forin though the same knowledge fills them to a lesser extent still that spirit and that poy pey power are art inci increasing masing ili in them which za give give promise unto them thein that the organization with which they tiley are connected will become wrea grea realand rea tand i mighty and overwhelming wh elming in the midst of the earth we are called uneducated illiterate but there isa is a wisdom ili lii which is being developed in the midst of this people and anti they are being trai caples that will make them k great and I 1 mighty before god and man we call can I 1 see hee this tilis now but the eye of faith I 1 we ca can 11 se see C much more in ili the tile ft iture future 1 when the nations will seek for that wisdom which I 1 is alone in ili the possession of this tilis people a wisdom that will save them thel 11 from the tile calanni calamities ties and the tiie evils t that are arc coin coln coming coining int upon them dads it enot not i far distant it will not be very long beffre men will heek ek to be t taught au c lit of this people the principles that p pertain e ertain to tins thi sand and the next world thou though h t they now pretend to despise them tl eliat at knowledge is nevertheless ili in the tile midst of this people nil all alone one they under attili At titi the tile prin principles elliles that will save men not ilot tonly toniy only S frocil from tile the evils NyAll which they are ire lre iro threatened here and hereafter they jiava been obtained by Us in the nihil nahil manner in ili which they were ob li jestis jesuis U sus christ by peter and anti by y thoe khoii as with him they have been ob tallied by the knowledge and berl intelligence of li heaven eaven caven bell j stow edon cdon oli ddn men ili in answer to prayer and faith falth I 1 properly exercised there i something very deli dell delightful fitful and consol ifie ili in the tiie reflection that men inen and woi men no matter how ignorant if they become acquainted with the tile principles principle i i of the gospel they tiley will become wie alte 1 unto salvation and be ele cle elevated rated and bt b i developed and continue to increase ill in everything that is great and desirable before god cod mid and matl mail we ae co tah this pro mie mi e which till gospel holds hold out ont to u w ix about the giol glory Y which I 1 U in storm store forus forua us and well we may talk about it ike Ife cause w we e have fo to a certain extent foretaste oil the earth of those promises the fulner of which we shall enjoy in that world to which we are all katenin bastelli lafr we ine can see the tho effects of the gosi 1 the minds of the people and upon 0 our own minds we see the people beirow bein morally developed in evereth everything ina that tritt will make them mighty before dInow Go that t lie the lord for a wise WIE c pur e I 1 lias ilas hns uns called tile the noblest sli sll spirits rits thi 16 had around him to come forth inthis int 3 dispensation he called them to conio e in in humble circumstances thattie that receive the experience fl and them in all necess al fio flo prove thin ar I 1 L t aethea might descend below all thief thi tari yari vand yand 1311 gradually begin to as cendan cen een day dav all ali al things ings there was a wise desen 7 7 1 4 tilis uis nis and antic we see it carri earli 1 ed 0 1 out ont at t th present r fike tk reat delight in these things it is j a great pleasure to reflect upon thi crork for view it which way vou you Y you will willi look at it from frow any standpoint stand point and thero there ia is something attractive and with it W we can all have this enjoyment there is no defect or flavin tho the system there is nothing aboul if if we had the power that we or make mako better that is a IV 1 consol I 1 a tion to uis its it is not the thip f liann a cunningly devid devised fable inan nau nan has constructed it is not eade made to suit our peculiar tastes and wine wire but it is eternal it has always listed and it accords with our being the laws of our being because ti eplan of salvation emanated from tie the same eternal source that we eme dated gated from and everything connected us and this s system em is in perfect perfect benn tenn ony ouy there arst lest is 1 nothing I 0 thing con eon conflicting etin between the perfect laws of our nature ini tad the laws of god revealed in the dapel it is this that makes atso it so beau 0 that causes it to have such an ele de ting rating efi act upon us and we have to ive lre in agreement with it in order to eventually be exalted in the tile presence of tur tir father and god which may god pint may be our har hap happy lot ili in the tile name af f jesus christ am amen n |