Show DISCOURSE URSE by president young in the afternoon of the third day q of f conference apu april 8 1852 I 1 that Is a goodly odly portion of this congregation that fiat have ave received their endowments f r am disposed to speak upon this subject hinting at the privileges leges and tho the blessings of the children of the my kingdom dons Tho though nghI I 1 will bear testimony I 1 in the first place especially to some of the last remarks of ny brother phineas I 1 know them to be true aed assuredly the clia case A of itsou may see in your houi children when they have plenty to eat when whan all they can eat they hey will eat until they are aft uneasy and unhappy dad and still they will e ery tor for more now ow this h truly the ease case with the children of the kingdom when they are filled full to overflowing so that they are at a loss lose to know what to ao do with what they have got they will whine and complain and thirst for more this is the weakness of man they want a proper u understanding i nj to know when they receive blessings how to appreciate ap late and improve upon them the he condition of this people in a temporal point of view may truly be compared to a family who aft blessed with the is henries of life w wih everything they can desire with every variety of sweet meats with every variety of beautiful gardens walks orchards yards and streets or parks and summer houses and every variety of earthly pos agiou sos sion their hearts could wish or the brain of man could imagine to have devoted to their comfort they have bave noting nothing to do but seek pleasure ride walk wjk meditate contemplate and yet they are as unhappy as am auy people can be this however does not apply to all there akia in this community who have I 1 in comparison oom comparing paring heavenly things with earth earthly taen things who hu hive ever everything thi g they can desire dog deg then they are rach they nave mag to doi do but to put forth their hands and pluck what they please but bat must do it am according to te the laws and government ment of heaven eaven they ey must most pluck systematically ati cally Y so as not to infringe upon any law w of gods kingdom all is bafo before them they have a nothing to do but enjoy themselves and yet their spirits iri ls are un ippol nappy uneasy and discontented R they want more mom and are inclined to retain what they y do have unlawfully they wish to retain it 14 in some 0 other r way than that po pointed anted out in IA the I 1 laws of the celestial kingdom I 1 sav I 1 bew bear wit vois gos to this brethren let let us as not be children all he a days of our lives but let us increase to a great extent our capacities that we may mav becO become mill men and women before the lord now brethren I 1 to you I 1 desire to speak a few swords that hat is is to the saints incorporating in the lh flost st place those who have received their endow mentz and those who have not received their en an dow mants it is necessary to state the facts as th eyare with regard to our privileges it is very difficult to give the people their endowments not th f a proper place where we ean can do it let us fi kire of ourselves is in it not necessary that we hockl have a 4 temple now brethren if you can believe it I 1 will reveal v the truth to yon it is absolutely necessary that this people should build a temple to the most R god what for it maybe may be inquired to ivo worship iship the lord in yes to assemble the in no absolutely this is the fact have we not heretofore built temples and commenced others and when these were built they wom were built for the assembly of the people and A for the public worship of god but this was by that is is all A temple that is built for I 1 the alse priests of the most high it is built to be occupied by that priesthood by those who have the 1 oracles of that priesthood I 1 but it may be inquired are they not built to I 1 assemble the die congregation iu in to confess their sins to confess their faults and to exhort each other ad partake of the sacrament of the lords supper ac that is not the design of a temple though it 4 may be done in it the tabernacle is for the congregation and the temple is for the priests of the most high to enter in and be as eulars mars and there administer in m the name of israels god and for the salvation of thriving and the are for instance let me ask the question here of the elders elder of israel ate are we now in circumstances to go forth and redeem our fathers and our forefathers to act in their behalf now the congregation is lost at this very reflection they dont know anything about it but if I 1 reveal the facts in the caw case to you then hen you will know were we to inquire where is your baptismal font to begin the operation it is to be built for the express purpose of going down into it to be baptized for your forefathers for the of their sins and without this not the fiat faiet step can be taken if we cannot take the first step it would be altogether improper in undertaking to the last step this would just be like a man standing at the bottom of a ladder all the time reaching to the top round without coming to it in the i regular way by stepping on the first second ac you yon have got to begin at the C ie beginning bei inning although we are giving endowments here yet ir if we had bad enjoyed the privilege that we should shoud have enjoyed J in the tee land of our nativity ahad had the brivil ae a of building temples and dedicating them and of alf occupying them there is in not an act of ours but what aou would id be legal if the inquiry should arise ift Is bow 4 ii W b by the lie right authority we act I 1 will tell you it ft is 1 by Y the authority of permission and if we w a bed bad not a house here and was disposed to take ja e trouble of going on these mountains and there gap ve the endowment the lord would own it ft aird add acknowledge knowledge now ledge those endowed and all bell could not against agai last them I 1 mow them we are the facts in the case if this I 1 aple k wish to b be exalted it is often told you by I 1 1331 r brethren hr heber in particular often re matda I 1 w of the tha necessity of making our own heaven jf you baht wish your endowments and exaltations alta Gons yoa yea must go to work and I 1 exert yourselves an inquiry may arise again can we do this of oar ourselves parseh seh independent of the power of god I 1 11 answer no I 1 cant can soa sa to every person in this house we cannot do the first thing towards it in and of ourselves but can we not be workers coworkers co to i I 1 with those these who give power and authority we can now I 1 am ins fai from believing and so 90 are you that the lord will give us our endowments a and prepare as 0 for a celestial kingdom without our dp doing g it 1 I will my may further the flu lord could vot net save are us unless we save ourselves that is the order of heaven and of all the heavens that are and surely it is the order which has been be given ed to us we are am mede made intelligent beings r god 0 hw placed intelligence in every person to a greater or less degree that intelligence must be improved you must act upon that which k W given to you in order for the principles of intelligence telli gence to expand within the person that they ina may 7 increase and grow that they may receive antt continue lae to receive and continue to receive until they see as they ait arc seen and know as they are known if we expect to receive our endowments we have got to go to work and prepare ourselves and get our endowments and when we take the path marked out by the lord almighty when we follow the footsteps marked for ns as to travel in when that is our oar course coarse the lord will bless the labor of our handel bands but until we do that all our efforts are in vain the path has been plainly marked out and the directions for the hu man family to save themselves out oat of that channel their efforts are in vain rain in it 4 god owns their labors and blesses their works and thus prepares them for salvation sil now in the first place I 1 will say to the brethren who receive their endowments and every ordinance to be bestowed upon you yon when this people go to work and build a temple when it is required 0 of them al these ordinances es will be given to you over gain again every one of them diem when the tem ia i of the lord is done all these ordinances will C gone through again and will be administered for my father and my mother or my family who have fallen asleep and dorthis for this congregation every one of them who have received their endowments here but if they snail shall fell fall asleep their present andow endowments dow ments are valid but if they live the lord will require at the hands of this people the building of a temple to receive their ordinances legally according to the strict letter of the law perhaps many of you did not know you supposed ased oo no doubt that you have got all you yon could have and therefore it is no use doing this that or the other now if this is the case I 1 want to stand before you on as a revelator and reveal to YOU vou the facts fact in the X case let no man present think he can receive blessings in the priesthood if lie he i fails faila to fulfill fulfil af the duties he has been taught with regard to building a temple it is necessary for us to put forth our hands and prepare a place alix where the endowments can be given legally such an individual will love lose what little faith he his has and rid finally he will be lost also allo and that is the result of it again I 1 will speak to those who have not received their heir endowments we expect to continue our labors here from day to day in administering the ordinances of the endowment as fast as we can altho our conveniences are limited all who have experienced for far themselves know that our privileges are very limited in this matter all the places this people have hitherto been enabled to erect and prepare are far short of what we actually need it only answers the purpose in an extreme ewe case though it bestows bestons great honor upon a person who can understand figures are reduced to reality and realities are exhibited by figures and those who Z have the die spirit and understand derive great comfort and consolation from that source I 1 believe as far as I 1 have knowledge that every person almost without exception who has received his endowment in this place is well satisfied there are many who know but little or nothing about it but we snail awl continue to give the brethren and sisters their endowments that if they should be called away to preach upon the islands of the sea or be sent to some foreign land to labor or be uen taken away before any other principles can be made known to them these blessin blessings have been bestowed upon them and they will fm be legal and valid you may inquire why is this so I 1 observed if we had enjoyed the privilege of remaining in our mother country of building and inhabit inhabiting i ina 0 of f pla planting and enjoying the fruits of our labors slid and icove had of building terries its as wes we should 0 4 elmva t bad ao nording st tn fh austron AUs coit cron atit ution of the united states permission would have been given but in consequence of the power of the enemy and the wicked wickedness of the children of men they overcame the saints they persecuted them they have driven them and have worn them out thousands of them twice told when br phineas inquired what had bad become of so io many who had taken upon them the name nar ne of christ I 1 could chat cast my eye over this tiou and say many as to number of such congregations con gre as this their bodies are sleeping quietly in the dust and their spirits are tn in paradise they have died in full faith and in hope of a glorious resurrection though thousands who have embraced the latter day work have apostatized but thousands and thousands have died in the faith the saints have been worn out they ahey have been smitten and driven and they have taken the spoiling of their goods goode joyfully they have retreated from their enemies they have yielded up all when they could not retain their position any longer i they have yielded to persecution and have bowed down their necks A to the yoke all the day long and borne it patiently tty and through their faith and patience they have hi therlo overcome the lord has permitted thi sand it is all right I 1 say to you brethren that have not received your endowments be patient we will administer the sealing ordinances to you as fast as we can we will d do 0 all we can for the people every blessing the lord has for the people we ve will be as ready as possible to bestow upon them acting As ab minute men for their good but one thing they may understand and daly consider co naiden if the lord has nothing for the people pie they need not ask me fr for anything we and if 0 th the s people feel like complaining against me they mw 0 complain as long as they please my feelings ah the time are I 1 ask no odds of them if I 1 have anything for the people they are am welcome to it lind and when I 1 feel feed tired and wearied and feel indisposed to do this or that the die whining of the people will never make me do it I 1 heard here last e evening enquiries made if the brethren intended to 4 do 0 this or that if they intended to send out a mission this season they wanted to ask that question of the president of the seventies I 1 say it is none of your business mind your own business I 1 when the lord has anything for the people it te is then time enough for the presidents to tell them of it but if the people claim at the hands of the servants of the lord that which the lord has not given therb it will be poor picking that vine is too poor to bear fruit when it is necessary for all the seventies to be organized I 1 will tell them of it when it is necessary to do anything pertaining to the presidency of seventies I 1 will tell them of f it and when it le is necessary to build a temple I 1 will wiil tell the people peo le I 1 wl tell teh them at mis 9 conference tills this morning our design and wish isthan we make preparations to att commence the temple in the spring of 1853 to commence the foundation fee building a temple to the name of israels god that he may have a dwelling place as well as the congregation when the he temple is properly built and devoted cla voted to this purpose to prepare us for a celestial inheritance t that hat temple will be set apart for a dwelling place for the lord to inhabit and the tabernacle will be for the congregation do you understand ander stand the difference ference df this IU is the place for preaching in in until we can build a larger tabernacle hence when we have built a temple the tabernacle must be confined to the use of the people all the time I 1 will tell you yon what we can do we can get the walls built up tip around this block we can go ge on the north east ear A and west side making a comfortable bowery slid and there the people could sit we should be out of doors it is true we should have to preach out of doore but it would wo uld be as comfortable for table as in this house I 1 would choose to be out of doors doon as much as to be here you stand between them theae two doors here and you will say that you would rather stand out of doors and preach than stand in this draft I 1 lf if this place wont convene the people until we build a temple we con can have a bowery made or a kind of shed abed put up for us no that will contain con tain toe the people and put in temporary benches bench esthe the same me as s we had in the old bowery there we will sit and preach and sing and convene the whole con if we want to do da business we can ctol the elders into this Uber tabernacle nacle that is if it is and the next thing Is ia to go to work and prepay for the of ii a temple that the 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