Show to the saints sain ta f I 1 the kingdom of god is our theme by night and baday it is first foremost and last in our thoughts our desires our acts and to the advancement of this kingdom and the perfection of all those who are members should all the actions of all saints tend continually no matter where they may inny be located or what their occupation so far as they inter interest es t an and d exertions are concer concerned if they do not I 1 do the most and labor the hardest for the up building of C gods s kingdom on the earth they will never be prepared for the falness of the glory of gods kingdom in the heavens but what is the difference ffOrence di of action among arrion the saints when an elder is called batted ur aroa on from the proper source togo to go to the nations anil and proclaim the gospel baptize for the remission of sins sina lay on a hands for the reception of the holy ghost build up churches chu wd ml gather the saints to zion he hd rises up in the name and strength of israeli god shakes himself like the liou lion I 1 of the forest every obstacle gives way before him and he prospers in every thing he be pats his hand todo his family perhaps are in a tent or wagon and he be sees see no prospect of getting a house for them for years 0 to o come but when the word comes go and you 1 1 shall be blessed the door opens on every hand in iii a few days his family are in a comfortable home all their necessary wants are provided for and in a few days more he is thousands of miles hence proclaiming the he way of life and salvation to those who have ion long 11 sat in dai darkness kness and been shrouded in moral death he went without purse or scrip nothing doubting m trusting to the promises of his master lacks hacks for nothing walks humbly before his god is diligent and faithful and his faith increases every day for he considers nothing his own even himself h and all at his command belong to the lord jesus christ he is uneasy and an d uncomfortable if even one moment of his time is not appropriated to the building up of his church and kingdom and he be feels that so much is lost that h he e will repent of and do better for the future and he persi perseveres veres in faith and good works and everything prospers in his hands sinners fear and tremble and flee from his presence and the honest in heart rejoice and obey his teachings his family are comfortably provided for and a rid if they lack any temporal blessing it is more abundantly made up to them 4 em in the full enjoyment and consolation of the he holy spirit and god with them and him is all in all and the advancement of I 1 his cause their supreme good this elder thys thus employed and his household are I 1 i all tithing all consecration te they y live from day to 1 1 d day ay and from hour to hour in the mpr meridian idian sunshine I 1 of gods favor they are nothing noth ling have nothing want 4 i nothing only to do good rn I 1 be workers coworkers co with the I 1 angels and the gods in preparing the earth to be restored i back to the celestial glory of the eternal father who formed it tor for the residence exaltation i and happiness of those who should receive an existence thereon and it if they may but be 1 bermi permitted eted to continue in this work and enjoy the sweet influences of that spirit of peace and consolation which possesses their soul they count all sacrifices 1 as pleasures and all privations as foretastes fore tastes of joy I 1 unutterable and gold and of the th world I 1 as bubbles on the ocean wave the elder thus engaged in foreign lands watches every movement ot of the spirit to know when he is right and understand what his I As heavenly father would 4 do the louir the ne next neu U moS nt tbt th next day anti and every word he be can get through the medium which god has ordained to communicate his mind and will unto the church is hailed with the warmest enthusiasm and thankfulness and followed without hesitation or gainsaying gain saying as implicitly as though the lord had spoken by lia lus own voice amid the thunders tb of sinai where there is one elder elde it this description traversing the earth without purse or scrip roaming in foreign lands to preach the gospel not knowing where he shall lay his head bead the next night or whether his next meal is to come from the hand of man or the bf the raven there are hundreds engaged in their own affairs a lff airs on their own farms in in their own shops amid their own merchandize merchandise dize transacting their own business buying selling and getting gain trading and speculating just as though nothing had happened pen ed just as aa though they were in the world b and of 0 the world and for the world just as abo though ug h th the r were determined to enrich themselves in world worl things and keep the great command I 1 provide f for or tl self and thy Iwu household schoU and it you dont do it 3 willbe will be an infidel 11 and say I 1 am not going to fit d tle the t faith and become an infidel and let my fai suffer for the good things of this world 1 no n but who constitutes their own and they of f j own house of the elders ciders of israel lal the tae sa I 1 born and unborn living 11 ani and dead and this is VILLY I 1 the priest priesthood bood was given unto men on the earth that they might be husbands fathers fathers and saviors to all ahw bonest in heart all of whom belong to the household of f faith and every man who holds the priesthood is bound for the sustenance and salvation of every honi hon i est sort soul as a member of the household of faith to the extent of his ability so far as tha soul will follow the counsel of the priesthood and this principle once understood and acted upon will forever exclude the gr at grand excuse that thousands have made for no not t doing anything for a poor neighbor brother or sister who has been equally eq bally diligent and faithful with themselves but unfortunate 1 I can do nothing f for or you I 1 must I 1 not become an infidel by neglecting my I 1 own house and live on the fat of the land while the rin unfortunate fortunate poor may live on bread and water lest I 1 deny the faith by imparting a portion of the abundance of my substance has my own immediate household a claim on me tor for support afis s so long as they live by and ac cording to my counsel ansel 5 but it if they id 11 from that conniel they forfeit foi feit their claira has god promised support to his creatures creature 3 upon any other principled so no 5 neither does he require of his servants ants vr who ho it hold 0 I 1 d the priesthood to promise blessings z dwany on any other cort con editions and every soul seal who complies with mith those conditions is entitled to the promised blessings as aa I 1 mem members b ers of the great family of abraham P according to the priesthood which is the father and head of the whole household of faith those then who are of the louse house of faith with faithful faith fuI abraham a sh option of the priest bood are entity to ftfe 1 W of t the he blessings flowing to the household through that wiest priesthood cad and as there are many bitin ti things tin which cannot cannot 6 he Z accomplished h without the united exertion of those who are heirs 00 ofal and over whom that priesthood 1 presides these are joint obligations resting upon all jo 0 o accomplish lish those thin things 98 for instance fonts temples tabernacles and such like things are necessary for the salvation of the living and the dead are necessary for perpetuating and se securing euring lives eternal equally necessary tor for all who shall be made partakers par takers of that life which hath bath no end consequently all are alike obligated to use every endeavor in their power to see the house of the lord established on the tops of ta mountains but bat F W 1 91 I 1 I 1 while one elder is ii spending W ai 7 as 8 in the gospel and gathering the flaata flA ats another elder is spending the same five years in iii cultivating his farm arm i and taking care cam of hs bs family fa nilY and spends V ds only about one hundred and bilty W fi five ve days as provided be appropriates every tenth day to that purpose I 1 this then is the he difference between the two the elder who has been preaching for five 3 ears has tithed himself or been tithed or consecrated about 1565 working days for the general interests of the kingdom 1 I 1 of god while the elder who ho has bs been attending i g t to 0 i i his farm and tithed himself every tenth day has spent rit I 1 j working days for the general interests of the I 1 kingdom and 1410 for his personal interest and pros leaving out of the account sabbaths sab baths the hardest days work the preacher has had while the home elder has had the privilege of resting and hearing I 1 others preach the sum total stands thus the elder who has dei 1 I 1 voted five years to the ministry has spent about the I 1 same time for the general interest of gods kingdom as the efte elder who has spent fifty nine years in farming 11 shopping mechanism or anything else for his I 1 own personal benefit and devoted devote dr one tenth of his income as tithing or to the building up of the kingdom I 1 and yet vet we generally find that the elder who I 1 is pei permitted bitted to return to his bis family at the end of five years and labor for his hia famil a little season is more ready to pay one tenth of all his income than the ons one who has had the five years to himself I 1 are these two elders equal in their labors do their works entitle them to equal bl blessings ings equal privileges in gods kingdom equal exaltations iri id the eternal worlds and yet every man have hh reward ac I 1 cording to the deeds done in the body possibly some one may think for a moment that he can do as much 1 in one day as another can in ten let the thought be as momentary as aa it is foolish for where god 0 gives much he be requires i much no matter whether it i I 1 be in cash or ability to perform says one I 1 wanted a mission when that elder went and would have go gone with pleasure that was not your calling it if it had been you should have eone and you would have been blessed in going but your calling has been to labor and build farms houses I 1 I 1 ac and what pleases our heavenly Rea venly father is that his servants do just as he be requires of them the very thin things he squires of them and though a child neglect to do what his father requires and work ten times as hard bard at something which has bas not been required ani and purposely too designing to accomplish the same object it win will not meet the fathers approbation approbato ton or command the desired blessing so when an rider elder is called to preach let him preach when he is called to farm let rt him farm it requires all other kinds of business I 1 to build up the kingdom as well as preaching but say the laboring elder we want to advance as fast and be exalted as high as the preaching elders live ka or it and you will vill obtain it you will get all you live for hold yourselves and everything at your command in hi reaf readiness finess for instant use as do the traveling elders who if they have but one penny in their pockets and ahey met m et a beggar in the street even a stranger nger who who needs tb abe ler penny more than I 1 they do give it cheerfully trusting in the p 0 comise of their heavenly rather for their next morsel of bread when the laboring elders shall act upon this principle tithing themselves everything and appropriating pria ting all to the advancement of the kingdom as do the traveling elders they will be entitled to the same blemings ble privA egea and exaltations and the same ame joy of heart and satisfaction of life from day I 1 to day and the superintendent of public works will no ion longer ge r have occasion to write such concu ions as you will see from pen in this paper I 1 per most 4 I 1 antil such sixes as the can feel and under I 1 stand that men cannot cannat tive live eating I 1 why is it that we hear such things irom from our superintendent perin erin Is it because the elders at home do I 1 pot not feel the same interest in the building of a temple as the elders abroad this they would think and feet feel a heavy charge almost too heavy to be borne but how shall hall we get around it and tell the truth when the whole work the immediate immedi ite wor work i k or r chance for action is in their own hands while i traveling elders are ard preaching baptizing and gath I 1 i tring other either saints who when gathered into the valley I 1 will have a si similar milar chance with those now here abr direct oke action tion but at present if those here do not abor hor and furnish means for labor the works must lease ardo do D you amt your trustee in tt to run in tens and of thousands to procure I 1 abt tach h things as aa must be had to prosecute the labors K th the church sad cold you continue to sit by with etoney y id your pockets and not draw it out oui if I 1 feg 0 do you may expect your you r wants will in future 1 jj 1 you 1 god boes doe dot require it at his bis hands I 1 jook k at the butter cheese mid and eggs as published our test last paper count it up and me e how much aitch ach aits has nits paid and how bow much each jemily ily has rece received iveA faring the last few months IT three fourths of a pound of butter per week to itch I 1 h family who are depending on public labor for I 1 Dp port and cheese and eggs less in proportion and en n of late almost a total falling failing off from that bouril oud 0 and almost no garden sauce and say why J I 1 I 1 tl this la Is it be because eLuse cows have ceased to give 11 ilk ik chickens to give eggs or go godean gardens dean ceased to C eld id d their sauce aee at their accustomed season or it because that many travelers have passed 11 a country and the luxuries of the seanoa 04 nave have fan imparted to them in exchange for far cash casha the latter is the most reasonable conclusion but bat hat at has become of the tens of thousands of dollars 9 it cash that has bien been received rece ired from the emigrants e I 1 is 9 season in exchange fr for hundreds of to tons of aar r bay oats pasturage vegetables ac and so t saying nothing about the half price for which I 1 ey y have been dispo disposed ped and less than half of first I 1 t to the producers provided aided vided you have paid 5 r day for fir labor as you frequently have and somer to mece bat aut you nave have sold your ab sub 11 odet at half coat call and thereby blessed the stranger y as yon defrauded yourselves and r families 1 is that a good gd reason why you should heathie hea tUie the lord Lordt m of hise hare are As of cash which you have received theae dose past fow few weeks and I 1 which you ilare are daily I 1 have you pid over odb tenth nth to trustee to enable him bim to glaw nasa pint sugar cloth ac I 1 elders who a er dw ta ar t dechai me chai dwyet on castable cai Isk table ble landlords afaf maet who have bave teen been keawn 1 cash bash by the dike and dollar by pounds and hundreds win will you P I 1 t to W inform m us each and every one sf I you have paid over one tenth according to te your Coven tite or of have yo you been spending it for your own comfort and convenience iii enee your own health and happiness happi ies consoling Boling eo yourselves with the pleasing that by and i by your wheat crop amp will alime off and vita you vil will pay up all in breadstuff that other th things will I 1 be good enough for gods kingdom son soine time I 1 ance when it is convenient to attend to it but il I 1 I 1 i gold adecer and silver are good for as you at the life acea prise ent eat timp time you cm can sell seh your half grown vegetables if you choose and get the money for uen them but you have I 1 no right to seu sell the lords share of those hlf half grown I 1 vegetables put pot the cash in your pockets and think I 1 to pay him in vegetables |