Show REMARKS by ny pres preg president ident brigham YOUNG tabernacle apr aar april 23 1 p R I 1 ED B br V J V LON lona 3 I 1 delight as br E D woolley has just observed in mv nit rp feigion lei gei gel lipon gion gron and bad had rather talk about it than nj no any other subject I 1 esteem it the oiin old t i system of religion and va is practice i tt only correct course of life lifes in III it ar the on y t true rue principles pios nf f philosophy if it comprehends c all true i bym bf m in ili ill angels I 1 and the gds dds tl 71 rp is one true rne rue rys tm and of life ali alt eigl nta to deah ilat that system emanates i from the fountain of i life but to sa v 1 hat that we love our ro ligion religion and dej i light to live it 11 aid all ali talk aboa abort it is in i isan s ili tri like a 1 on oil s tellin thoe who are f to d t of tir it how bow sn eel and arid delicious delic i ous honey is tow gich aleh bette th T v like it than thin they do mid mud 0 to use alu alo ano duo hr lif r compel ion lon lion iton it is iko jko a krolls PR pi lson ison oils s te tel tei i how much pleasanter plea santer it i lo 10 f e ute uee a t ij journey onaney avor mountains desp dese alid sl r in vi nv with ith his eves open than tion it is to grope hi hi hij h i 1 way blindfold 1 that is about th tha compan compau ewhen we espvik api k concertin concerning the j n caples of 0 i nal rual life ai aj d those princles principles neles lp t 4 tend to i ii i you heay hear a peak speak dl alt ati ii 11 going z to trans a tein tern por i i i iness liness iness sulo scio si no you cease the t tf u v i i is i s your t fitial t tua eua I 1 busin business ess esq does DIPS it not i yea lea 1 es and add an 1 il 1 i nu ou wish tn to live fi P pare to 1 to loday lo today day mi M i je compie P Is all th tl ni itai ital and rii pi ical cowern and d i ri ii who r 1 es this r LI er allows himself lito tito Z lo 10 about lly liy ity v wok ok without av wishing Avi shing and 8 i k rig ilig toi tol to r v the princine f of eternal life ilfe I 1 ill sa v i 1 w NN words 11 i rii r relence ence to those f i are al at to 0 start on missions IT seiona to preach f gospel d id d those who a aie i e going on busi bus 1 ns n s if tl n 1 NA who ho are oln oin to preach do r no 1 go 0 with t tn i V f ith fth ith that pei pel airis alris to eternal id life P and th tb t i ri nt t that i is I 1 k ku u a well of wat r spring iw up into evergilin everl everi ilin in life their la I 1 abnis will b vain kain a in they my roy moy be the tha th beat the i the asians i slang elang ff lants ianis in the i oi id may be b able t ti t i ach a B I 1 MP and a balf half IA a sermon to r i history a book and arid under understand stand al the oeal i js with nith men fiora the days of adam till ii and without the spirit of the I 1 vim pim fiig 11 god lo 10 odnie A 1 ae thein th thy v vill not be able f 1 h to th hiir r credit toward b iding up if f s ari do m ticy tiey they must wust realize t id d i 4 HI lit preaching the fhe gospel springs not from th u wisdom of this world they ro so livi as to enjoy tae tue power of god otherwise ther ither wise they may bring hoine hone their converts b what are tb thy y good goodo for foro they are not I 1 weib Avort libring bring acro iero g s th tie tip pl pans tins for after atter hetra inva tip annoy and disturb I 1 thep face cuhra cf b rs D uch mch come here hors to build up 7 zon won on did i r h persons love the gospel no 0 if tiley gid did they lost that love while comia comin bore hore ho re I 1 ir ii persona r relve e lve ive the power of god abro fhe the gospel ad a id airn bj bun n aythey aw very vely boonman soon boon manifest the spirit are of some do not reft f ve the of god but they obey oley the first I 1 principles of the gospel live llie it lt to all outward outwards appearance aop carance aid and ald by and bc manifest that tb y do not lav 1 P it thou though y you ou can sc arcey discern the by their outward acts t ae tie will cseve ds 0 o e wilo wao are saints and A who ara are ar noh not no the day avil come comp when the cry will willbe be felo 10 lo the bridegroom ye out to meet him bim i till that time th h elders who po go p o to preach i should go clothe clot ciot hd upon with the power of god filled wih hp he holy ghost that hat they may be enabled to perform a work that will be ac acl 1 in the sight of high heaven toil toli do 11 say eay love your enemies yes upon certain i principles r but bat yon you are not required to love their thair wickedness you are only required to love them so far as concerns a desire and efforts to turn them from their evil ways that they may bl b saved th through obedience to the gospel I 1 have observed in this church from the be b gir gi ong ing that when elders follow others in the W ank irk of ii the congregation conferences societies and all people to res y pact act them a little more than anybody any body cl seand f his ti hig is feeling r will more or less beset th the e elders n w about to go forth you would like to I 1 v the people think that yo you t know a little moi mol P than any other persons particularly mor than your predecessor predecessors and that all ail you du fach gach is just right ibish I 1 wish you to build up i every man chois who is in the faith of the gospel I 1 who is in the frithof faith falth of god angels andwood and good men and if you strive to pull down good men n who N ho are arom aroln I 1 you you are sure to fall youra yours ve ves tel tell i he uhe people what we have in utah i i hat that we have the light of the gospel that we hold the keys of the kingdom c and that ire lre I 1 re is the place to be clean cleansed gei vei purified and sanctified by the furnace of affliction do not tell them that gold grows on our trees and that thill their troubles will all be over when they arrive here the saints are not tried in the he wold woid woi wol id as they are aro here Tru Tm ethey athey have trials among their friends and relations but those T ira lra a is 13 are not such as they meet here tell ibm ihm them that in gathering they are going to the brashing T rr ashing mach jacb ne thai that they will then be run ti ot auh b the afterward through the n m lla id A if they prove to be fine flour they will be saved if not all their previous righteous n jisa ss will be counted as nothing when people receive the gospel their thein minds I 1 ote re opened they seil sefe zion in its glory but t hey icy do not see the troubles on the plains nor 1 frie trie t rie troubles with false brethren they are aro botin 1 I weak and unprepared to receive those tu nga which the lord will suffer to torome come up on them they are not prepared for those trials that will purify y and prepare them for exaltation their minds are only prepared for uie ule riches and ful blaess ness of the glory llory of gid that has been shown A to them them i jahn sv nhe t JW be A vision I 1 iw 0 V their minds was opened opened by ahe cirit sin syn a of A tip tig living god and but bat little cothey know whal what L they have to pass th through rou twit you need not teach that this place is zion nor that nauvoo or missouri are zion but tell the people that north and south america are the land of zion arid and that our god will finish his work where he commence commenced i it where the center stake of zion is and where the garden of eden was say to thern them if you want avant to become as gold seven times purified go 90 up uri to utah itah 11 gather the saints but butro do not noi flatter invite but do not dot urge and by no means compel any one gather the saints here as quickly as possible why because among amo the nations their dreams and reflections are a all ail nr joy and glory and they know but little eise pis until after they arrive here some mus comp here herp ii in order to apostatize we have that we could try to stop that class in the state states and let them apostatize there but we cannot they think all things should be here now as they are arean in heaven this is the very place for them also and we want them hei 0 rqn on ns as post 1 ble 1 bretha Bret hii hlf it pi ier ler I 1 like to meet with and speak to you yen I 1 also like to reason with my rolf solf to in iii tn ct et mys elfand tand to consider whether I 1 can eif eie dt d t in myself anything that should not be I 1 strive to know myself and would j be please pleased 1 I to ha have haxe ve you all strive to know youri 1 selves put plit away all ail unkind feelings and aud let all your meditations be correct precisely as they ahoi id be I 1 like hike to ascertain whether mr my f feeling eeli 11 3 and meditations are correct and whether av ether in 0 other oiher her circumstances I 1 should feel as I 1 now do but leave that in the bands of the Lord Loril for my labors and reflections to purify this people and prepare them for the things that are to come to instruct them and urge them to look at themselves as they look at their neighbors seem to bear upon my mind with t greater weight contentions frequently arise to so alienating in a de degre re that brethren have no faith in each others honesty and integrity when per hapa lapi both parties have stumbled over a little selfish ignorant personal misunderstanding and are c carrying a rry i i it t to th the e extent of girhing ng to cut each of other ilar liar off from the church very fre n bently I 1 ly such fuch cases are presented before me unravel th h difficulty and it is 3 found lo 10 have started in a trifling F misunderstanding in relation to some small matter all the trouble has arisen from a most trost frivolous cause avoid nursing misunderstandings into difficulties difficult les ies some talk with ith a heavy deep at stress ess upon heir their word 5 without intending anything harsh or unkind sometimes a little misunderstand i in ing in dea deal I 1 causes a contention and the par ties tips become alienated an ct offended ended person will ask hims himself if does that man want arant to cheat me or does docs that sister mean to lie to me or idock does that neighbor mean to wron wrong me before you decide learn if you can cal the fhe daien dalen n in the heart of the actor A few S sabbaths Sab baths ago I 1 compared the m nd of man to machinery the human family frame framp rame certain ideas or notions in their minds and wh en they get them arranged to buit suit themselves it seems impossible to induce them to div give c them up tip when the idea of inventing perpetual motion possesses the mind of an I 1 individual n begill hp will waste all his time and substance rather than give it up A person will get ret an idea that he must be a merchant and i handle handie a few calicoes cali coes and cloths claths and deal them out by the yard ifould not riot condescend 0 o such business busine but bat some can not see sec an any 1 I 1 hing thing 0 else why because they do not cot like lite lile any other business we should divest divent our I 1 selves oe of all feelings of 0 selfishness become i like clay in the han ban bands hands as of 0 the potter lal ini say 1 I 1 haye have no mind oe of myown my own it must be pas sive and suffer god to direct ile he has given me good powers of mind and he shall have i the privilege of directing them then you can ran j en joyin this that or ta the thi other and all will be he right j other people have our minds formed according to the liberty we eno encoyand enjo yand yana the edu i cation and intelligence we have haxe h ave are received we frame fashion compose and arrance things in our mi minds ads form tl tila is that and the other plan and aad say 1 I 1 am going to such a city KI 1 I will trade irvill 1 I Iv will vill make me a farm f arm 1 li 1 I will go to t the h e east west north or south and will do 0 thus and so do you not riot know that the av whole hoie hole human family are more or less working in upon this principle many mang do not seem j to realize that they canot banot go to any city and b buy ny and sell or make a farm or go to the k kanyon anions to california to the stats states or do this and that atit Avit without hout god permits the result of the doings doing s of the children of men are all in the hands of god then shall I 1 say that I 1 I 1 will do thus and so 80 1 I will stop unless the lord requires at my hands hanis such a performance of mental or physical labor I 1 will ax wait walt ait alt for I 1 wish to spend my strength and life upon sure ground my acts principles and powers must be directed by the almighty that the re suits may be according to my desires and they cannot unless I 1 am so directed the nations and kingdoms of this world are striving for something to make them happy if they will pause and consider that tho thol they hey may go to a city on the right to another on an the left to the east west north and south and ind do as they cht choose unless the almighty directs they inay inny expect the result will avill be darkness and death the lord has placed plad mankind here and offered them salvation without money and without price all wh otake a course site sita to that which is marked out will come to an end which is the best life or death bitter or sweet let your lives ilves be BO directed that the results may be according to your wishes no ing man A will attain the results bet hec he desire L JB r T mee meg f for them while e be he mhd will act hi his spart lei iff art will 11 i honor h or and lorello f gobs goas gochras a f war for r ms a la labors bors I 1 will u urge r e au upon y on the elders who are going abroad an and who are judges in israel to remember that there are many masters but few fathers and I 1 wish you to be fathers do not op oppress ress the poor but trust in god and you will go neither hungry naked nor thirsty if you oppress the poor the day will vill come when you will be naked thirsty and hungry and will not riot be able to get anything to supply y your wants walts go trusting et in god and arid continue to trust in him and he will open your way and i multiply blessings upon you and your souls will be satisfied with his goodness I 1 cannot promise you any good in taking an enri unrighteous lit course coursey 3 your our lives must be example examples s of good woi wol ks you know that some soine n nifa v ri ii have a ve said we have worked ion lon lons ions enough for the thae lord we are now DOW goh going to work for ourselves they never worked at all for the lord the ignorance of such men is deplorable they do not know as much as the brutes for or ah they y know enough to c me to the crib wh whence thu tbt chiy v procure their food but these thew e characters do not know enough to come and be fed we arp arc made intelligent and are heirs oe of the everlasting kingdom kirg 10 1 unless we forfeit that we are are beirs to the glory and power 0 of worlds to come but we an must u at take lake a cour coun course seto to maintain the e occupy we are the children of our father in heaven and unless we do that which will cause our names to be blotted out and our right to the blessings of the kingdom cut oft off all will be well let us take a course to save gave all who will hearken to our counsel let us s be kind and charitable to all people doing unto others as we would they should do unto us in like circumstances and the blessings of our father ivil will be multiplied unto us I 1 will relate a little of my mv course and experience per peri perl ence in my family I 1 have a large family or of children many of them small and yet vet I 1 do not riot think that you yau ever saw even four children in one family live together with so little contention watch them and their conduct will prove that there is a good spirit influencing them I 1 never knew one of them to be eacel accidentally hurt without more being extended to that one than the whole of them needed you anay ask how I 1 manage to bring rinn r about this result I 1 seldom give glye a child a cross word |