Show 1 sy by president adent bangham young ng a after or elder orson hyde e had elect lect lectured on the mar licile Seia lions oct 6 1854 I 1 ado do not wish to eradicate any items from the I 1 lecture elder hyde alyde ha bait given us this thin evening but apt simply to a give i ave you my views in a few words on an the portia touching bishops and deacons in pauls firby epistle to third chap ter ler he writes as follows this is a true baying if a man desire the office of a bishop lie des ireth a good work A bishop then must be bl ameles tile hubband 0 of f one wife vigilant sober of good behavior givel given I 1 to ito hospitality apt to teach not given to wine no striker not greedy of filthy luere lucre but patient I 1 riot not a brawler not iol covetous one that ruleth well his is owr own house houe having his children in subjection with all gra gravity vita for if a man know not how to rule his own owl aliouse house how shall lie he take care of the file church of god not no a novice lest being lifted up with pride lie he fall into the condemnation of the file devil moreover lie he must have a good report of them diem which are without lest lie fall fal I 1 it to re and the on snare are of the devil likewise must tile the deac deacons onsbe ae grave not doubt double tongued not given to much wine not greedy ol of filthy lucre holding the mystery of the faith in a pure condei conscience rice and let these also first firs be proved prove then let them use I 1 the he office of a deacon being fund bl blameless ampless even so must their wives be grave not slanderers slander ers sober faithful in all thir 99 let the deacons be the husbands of one wife rulin ruling 9 their children and their own h houses auses well 1 I have rend read this that hat your maybe refreshed fre shed and that you may know how it does read instead of my belie believing 7 for a moment that paul wished to signify fy to timothy that thai lie must select a man mail coall to fill tile the office of a bishop I 1 that hat would have but one wife I 1 believe directly the reverse reverse but his advice to Titi timoehy loby amounts simply to tills this it would not mot be wise for you to orda ordain in a man to tile the office of a bishop unless lie he has a wife you a must not ordain a sin single r or unmarried man to that calling if you will read this chapter carefully you will learn the qualifications necessary for deacons and bishops and also for their wies wies wi I 1 will sin aply give my views views with regard to this matter mattei and then leave it I 1 have no test trony from tile bib bible ae reit neither ter have I 1 from any history that I 1 have an any y knowledge of that a man was ever prohibited in the church in the days of paul paid from taking more than one wife if if any historian has knowledge to the con contrary frary let him make it known at a suitable time but if such was the case it has not come to my knowledge 1 I will now jiow give you my reasons why it is necessary that a bishop should have a wife not but that lie may have more than one wife in the birdt place lie he is or should be like a father t to 1 hi I 7 wa ward rd or to the people over whom lie he presides ida and n d a good portion of liis his time is occupied I 1 aed among them still lie he does nt not wish t to be bound up or flooded with cares of this world so but that lie he can call officiate in his office and magnify y it to accept acceptance anee I 1 tile the office ofa bigl bishop lp is in his hia ward and when lie he finds a man who is doing a good business as it a farmer or a tradesman and who h has as I 1 plenty around him and is f faithfully aith fully paying his tithing he lias has no business there only to receive tile the tithing that man I las as to pay for the benefit of f the k kingdom of god ilia hia business is more particularly ticul arly in tile the houses of widows and ins and he is called to lo administer to them in righteousness ous ness like a father paul knowing by ob observation on and his own experience the temptations that were conti continually nu thrown befi before re the elders gave instruct instructions t ions paramount to this before you ordain a person to be a bishop to take th charge of a branch in any one district or place see flint lie he has q aoi wife fe to b egin begin wilh wih lie he did not say but one wife it does apa n fad ad so sn hut but lp ho must most have one to io I 1 birg barghi n with kiili in n order iliin lie may nui br be continually drawn into temptation chile lie he is in tile the line of liis his duty duly v fiting the houses of widows widow I 1 and orphans t the aie p por or the affixed and tile the sick I 1 in n his ward ue he is to converse with families sometimes upon family matters and care for them but if he has bas no wife he is not so capable of toki taking ig cate care of a family as he be otherwise would be and perhaps lie he is not capable of taking dairing care of himself now select a young man who has preserved himself in purity and holiness one who has carried himself ily b before the people and before god it would not do to ordain hin him office of a bishop for lie may be drawn into temptation and he lacks experience ence in family matters but take A man who lias one wife at least a nian of experience like t hous indi of or elders men of strength th of mind who have determination in them to preserve serve themselves pure under all circumstances at t all times and in all places in their wards now Ti timothy anothy select sich sch s ich a man to be a bishop A bishop in in his calling and duty is with the church all the time he is not called to travel abroad to preach but is at home he be la is not abroad in the world but is with the saints when you have lot got your bishop he needs assistants and he ordains counselors priests teach teachers rs and deacons deacon and calls them to help lie etim and lie he wishes men of ilia his own heart and land hand to do this says save lie he 91 J dare not even call a man to be a deabone to assiat tile me in my calling unless lie he has a family it is pot noi the business 0 of f an ignorant young wan man of no experience in family matters to inquire into the circumstances of families and know tile the wants of every person 11 on some may want medicine and nourishment nour i sh ent and to be looked after and it is not the business of boys to do this but select a man who has gt g t a family to be a a deacon whose wife can go with him and assist him in adma administering aster ing to the needy in the ward these are simply iny my views iq in a few words on this subject and always have been since bince I 1 have hake reflected upon the lite doctrine that tile the fathers tearh tear h us in the holy scriptures I 1 will y venture to say the view I 1 take of the matter mailer is not to be disputed or disproved by scripture or reason I 1 have no reasonable grounds upon which chic ell to say gay it was not the custom in ancient times for or a man to have more than chanon inq wife but every reason to believe that it was the custom among the jews from the days of abraham to the davs dars 0 of f the lite A apostles postles for they were hn al descendants of abrahams abraham isaac and jacob bavol all of whom taught and practised practiced the dac doctrine trine of plurality of wives and were revered by the bholi jewish nation and it is but natural that they should anve r respected ei and foil followed owed their teachings and ex example a I 1 so much I 1 wished to may ay tr t my brethren and sisters i behave we have had find a splendid address from bro hyde for which I 1 ani am grateful I 1 feel in my heart to mess bless the ahe people all the time and can say amen to bro hydes last bernar remarks kal I 1 know just as much about those matters matter sas as I 1 want to know and if I 1 do not know more it is be cause there igno more moreon of it in the city it is a I 1 hard a man to hide hirn himself self from me in this territory the birds of the air airthea they say carry news and if they do not I 1 have plenty of sources for information I 1 say to the congregation treasure up in your hearts what you have heard tonight to night and at al other times you will he more with regard to the doctrine that is our marriage relations elder hyde says he has only just dept into it hut but if it will not he be dis leasin glo him I 1 wi will 11 sav v he has not dipped into it yet vet he be has only run round tile the edge of the field I 1 he has done so beautifully and it will have its desired effect but the whole subject of the marriage relation ionis as not in my reach nor in ili tiny any other man s reach on this earth it is w without phout bagi beginning bining of days or end of years itis a hard matter to reach we can tell some things with agard to it it hys the foundation for worlds for angels and for ue tile gods dods for intelligent beings to be cr crowned 0 with glory imma i r tuf ti and eternal limps liv PS la in fret fact it is the thread which runs from them the beginning to the end holy gospel of salvation of the gospel of th the son of god it is from eternity to eternity when thle the vision of the mind is ij opened you can see eee a great portion of ofil it I 1 but aut you yon are it comparatively comparativo ly as a sp speaker e acs ache laces of a congregation to Ind leonat lo Vat and talk to each individual separately and g to become fully acquainted with them only to spend pend a five minutes ii with each would consume too much time t anoe it could not easily be done so it is with the visions of eternity we can see and understand but it is difficult to tell bell may god bloss you arnen amen REMARKS by gaorge A tabernacle oct 6 1854 pm pan I 1 can say in connection with brethren 11 who have addressed you in tile lie former part of the thedac days that it is with the greatest pleasure sure I 1 arise at the present conference to cast in ili my mite arid and offer at a few reflections upon the things of tile the kingdom as they are rolling before its is I 1 our beloved president at close of tho the forenoon service gave us a text ho 0 o wished tp have considered I 1 it has born been my lot to be b somewhat i conversant I 1 with the saints who dwell in the valleys of the mo mountains ains or especially those who reside south of this city my acquaintance with them has been very 9 great reat for the last five years there is no doubt but that a feeling of oar and indof ference has been manifested hy by many tit in these volleys vil in relation to bequeathal bequeathing eiethel r debts to tile the perpetual emigrating fund for the a wels they tev have received jt it is not boniv an indifference e which has been felt towards the perpetual erni grating funds fund but also to individuals who have expended expanded their means to lif alp III their h fends feeds bors or brethren to this val valloy lity they have frequently been treated with indifference and neglect and I 1 may say almost with cruelty ty by some sonie persons sons who have thus been helped they tire unwilling until they can call be very comfortable bliem alieni selves to assist those who lauve helped thet n I 1 have had my fedeli feelings hurt by instances of this kind which have been laid before me now then if I 1 understand the text it amounts to about this viz our saviors golden adle there fore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you do ve ye even so to them for tills this is tho law and tho ho tir prophets 1 or of to use this expression of the saviors in connection with that of our president which would be averye would that men should do to you yon do y y even so an to them andr like for this is the law of the alie prophets there is no jio object on oil tile tho face of tile earth more to bo be desired than to bring the poor and anda hollest saints from n in fit which they are placed in ili the old world ani and set then them dlyn here in ili the midst of these mount mountains where by their own industry economy and prudence the they y can call provide for their wants and for tile the wants of thrle ahll children the difficulties which surround the sain saints tsin in the he old world are increasing the great wars are ini involving the principle nations of the earth at this time in ili very serious expenses which are taking tailing front from the laboi ing masses millions and millions of dollars to supply tile the fighting hosts with weapons of death and engines for the destruction truc tion of ff their end enemies mies and tile the prosecution of their ambitious designs while tit the allied powers are thus engi I 1 ged they are consuming tile very upon which the millions of the poor and needy are ara depending for their bread for their existence Is if during the time of deac hint dint has preval prevailed led in ili europe for the last ten years it was necessary to help the poor and the needy away it becomes tenfold more so under the present when the nations nit ions tire involving themselves in fit very expensive and wars it may be supposed that I 1 am a little partial to some particular parties that are connected in ili this war I 1 am referring more particularly to the allied powers hut but really I 1 feel very little interest in ill j the platter matter any furth further er than whew ever britain carries her sway the lite gospel can call follow in n her liberal auke to be sure when a boy my playmates used to say two pon alpon convis one too many and consequently coit ir there is any any sympathy ita it would be ue in sia ai 05 ne are the pr I afy s A is likely to have lave tile the worst of it then as far as tha tru contest is concerned there may be a very great feeling or of indifference in the file minds or of many whether turkey is actu actually tilly do doured by the russian bear or c carved arved up tip ry lv the lion of the west of europe the event is precisely the same let it ft turn which way it may as far us ur it effects us in ili our emigration movements it serves to stop the channel of trade and consequently quent ly affects the interests of the la laboring lao oring noring clas es isa or of great britain abad a great proportion of the members of our church urn are of tills elass class I 1 would BAY arty to those who are in arrears to the perpetual emigration fund who know themselves to be such if you have got houses I 1 linds aids cows sheep far tarns ais or property y of any description come forward like honest men and settle up to tile the uttermost farthi farthing tig and begin again to amass property and if you have been owing to this institution for one year or from tile the first of its operations give a liberal interest for the capital co you leave lave held and I 1 ch could not be us ed or increased by tile operation s of the fund that would be my advice upon this subject and then if you tire are able to subscribe ribe enough in fit addition to bring otie one or two families do that also my advice to those who have lave just arrived is that ahat fall not in tile bear rear as it has been tills day complained off but let them it their first business to square off with the fund that brought them here to furnish this means me ansas w soon as it is in their power to bring somebody else out from fi oin distant countries and then you ran call take a fresh start iu io this mountain world even if you oil are a little behind when you have done this tin s scramble until you catch up again for the facilities are a thousand to one in ili these valleys te tc what they were seven years ago when the pioneers came here it looked a ba hard ra chance there I 1 was not a single house bouse tore to ren tand as to their boin being gany any prospect of having an any it tl looked very slim but t there h has is been slight changes cli angs since cei and a very great change ell ange in relation to bread stuff wo we have bread in abundance now but then the 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