Show ny by Preside president ut YOUNG YOUNGS nowery bowery p m augustly 1660 REPORTED BY 0 D WATT in instructing the people I 1 desire and seek to obtain the light of the che spi spirit rit oe of truth and arid he be power and assistance of god to ve give v eme me words N to so convey my ideas that the hearers a ers can understand me I 1 have ideas that I 1 deem very valuable and I 1 wish to so impart them to my fellow beings that they can comprehend thern thein as I 1 do and if they will esteem them as I 1 do really f feeling eeling their worth it is all I 1 ask preachers are in the habit of reading a portion of scripture for a tex tand preaching from if it but seldom upon it such discourses ambr bywater and Kimball br gave us this forenoon d nd ind such as you generally ene rally raily hear from this and would serve al those ose preachers a ion lon long iong time for they are all texts we have not t ime time to blow shiow siow wherein an apostle or prophet meant 1 hns and so but we pour out the words of t LP P to the peoples peo pleas did the apostles apostle sand and prophets anciently N no I 1 0 man ever preached a gospel sermon bermon except 1 bv the gift and power of the holy ghost sent 1 I 0 wn from heaven without th this 1 power powen 0 e r there j no light liht in the preaching arb br bywater a ter re riia ilia he did not desire a man of god when he arose to speak to the people to say i bus saith the lord or thus saith baith the lord god goff Alu aiu almighty lighty or thus saith jesus christ I 1 p popie opie ople pip pie who require this or who constantly I 1 rp re ule u uie i e written revelation have not a correct I 1 onn inception eption option of revelation and ite iti spirit what c the present professing christian world know ont out out ont the words of the tiie lord that came to jerf nah isaiah and other ancient prophets fliey read and hear without understanding in ich wll they have not a true conception of the truth or principle of what they are read g Is this the case with the latter day saints aines itis it is more or less the case with those who are continually desiring to have thus sa th the lord and more written revelations those who possess the spirit of revelation I 1 now the voice of the good shepherd when t hey they hear bear it and a stranger they will not dot follow 40 they discern the difference diffie rence between the spirit and power of the gospe and the precepts of men when they hear truth poured upon the people in in comparison like the cataract of niagara they do not want thus saith frie lord loi lol VI forit carries with it its own evi is revelation to the believer T they hey understand and the fountain within them springs up tip to everlasting life they are hap happy p pa ar i alters aiters of the grace of god through the all ad of his servants and of the truths alpo lord dispenses and they receive truth upon tipon truth light upon light which cheers and comforts their hearts day by day if you wish vish to understand the true P principles r inci ples pies of revelation ive bre for it there is no other th r way of obtaining b eternal ilfe life life ilfe our spirits were pure and holy when they entered our tabernacles and if they have been it has been by the influence of satan nugh ough the weakness of the flesh there 1 is s a constant warfare and in the great majority of cases the flesh overcomes the spirit in the faw cases where the spirit overcomes the flesh tt t yields obedience to the whisperings of the ets anal spirit of truth which elevates it above ible ihle til tsi power of all unholy desires and passions Is there anything on this earth you could not dispense with for the sake of the gospel thare thore should not be our bodies are organized to derive enjoy enjoyment from their proper use there is enjoy nent in eating when you are hungry and in Ming when you are fati fatigued aed to the extent the body rightly re requires aires but if appetite is so gr gratified atille that your tody body body when you wake is tormented with a raging fever where is the pleasure in eating so much of this or that dei PIOUS food satisfying the appetite brings to an end the pleasure of eating and where f iod is partaken partaker par taken chiefly to gratify the pleasurable unable sensation derived from eating disease is 13 gendered and true misery springs out of this unwise gratification some healthy strong c persons can eat large quant 14 1 inq 4 of food with apparent impunity but 1 iu D so daj dianar anz the tax they place upon their systems will wd ultimately bring disease and death those who have suffered buffered excessive thirst while passing over plains and deserts realize that there is no blessing that is greater than cold water when the system is thus parched for want of the proper supply of ot moisture sustain the continual perspiration it is sub ct tois to is there any any luxury oil on the earth that can excel pure cold water though in case of excessive thirst and consequent exhaustion care is required not to drink too freely until te vie system is coole cooled 1 and becomes gradually imbued with this life restoring element but through brou h the use of wa and by your thirst comes to an end anc ane you feel as though you hid bd not been thirsty in your lives the enjoy ilent rient is past away now how compare the greatest of earthly joys with the joys you yon receive in believing in jesus christ and obeying the gospel he be has delivered to the children of men it is sweeter tha than n the honey comb andio those who live accord lag lug to it it gives constant joy a lasting feast not merely for an hour or cr a day but for a whole life and throughout eternity the appetite is always keen leed and there is always plenty for it to feast upon this is m my r e experience peri ence the revelation the lord desus jesus christ are sweeter than honey or the honey comb becan we rab ran batand continue to eat drink and continue to drink Is there durable satis faction yes 1 lamin bamin a in in the h hight ight of my enjoy in ment meat ie all the pleasure and all the joy that baube bestowed 1 upon a finite being i is s in the goabel 3 pel gel the spirit of revel atlon u upon on the creature saint of god M old oid or young male orf or female ernale not that this comparison f ully fully conveys the idea for the language of mortals fails to fully portray the joys of the gospel of life everlasting cease not to do goodbub good but let the saints cease to do evil and live for god and god alone and their fleshly ap appetites bearn elites and passions will not be in their way learn to overcome and control self it is impossible for me to preach the sermon contained in this text but let all live the life of a saint and they will understand it brandby byan by and dby by let each personae person be determined in the name of the lord jesus christ to overcome every besetment to be the master of himself that the spirit god has put in your tabernacles shall rule then you can converse live labor go here or there do th this s or that and converse and deal with your brethren as you ought C if you have a chastisement for an any you ca can n deliver it in the spirit of meekness tf if I 1 you are abused trampled upon or in in any way imposed upon if men take a course to injure you or your property or feelings you can treat such conduct as you should for you live above I 1 the iannel channel cl of selfishness pride and eve every ry worldly vanity that some men walk in this is the privilege of all the saints law is maae made for the lawless let the saints live their religion and there is not a law that can justly infringe upon them they are subject jenetto to the powers that be by living so pure that no law can touch them let them live their religion and they keep the cel cei delestill celestial estill law so flir far as I 1 it is revealed there is no law against doing good there is no law against love there is no law against bervin serving god there is no law against charity anu benevolence there is no law against the principles of eternal eterna I 1 life live theland the mand no righteous law law of man can reach you the ile wicked and ungodly godl can injure the saints as they have done all lough through the history of this world they can persecute and kill saints the wicked said there was no law that would condemn joseph smith for be he never transgressed the law but said they powder and ball will reach dimand they assassinated him it is the privilege of every saint to live as he did that no law I 1 in n gery heaven e aven or upon earth can condemn them it is our pr privilege to say every day in our lives that is the best day I 1 ever lived ever let a i day so pass that you will ha hai e cause to say 1 I will live better tomorrow to morrow and I 1 will promise you in the name of the lord jesus that your lives will be as a well of water sp springing riDging up tip to everlasting evel erel lasting life you will have his spirit to dwell in you continually and your eyes will be open to see your ears to haarand he arand your ui to comprehend I 1 will take a text and I 1 want vant the people to preach upon it the brethren cast the seed into the ground andio ami so far as we have knowledge the lord lias has given 1 ven them a bountiful increase brethren and sisters old and young here and throughout the world wherever there is a saint when righteousness and peace are sown in in your hearts I 1 ask you for yourselves for the inhabitants of the earth for the good of or the prosperity of the k kingdom of god and in the name of the lord J jesus es its christ to water the good seed sown eown that the lord may give you an increase let wisdom be sown in in your hearts and let it bring forth a vest it is more profitable to you than all the gold geld and silver and other riches of earth earth let wisdom spring up in in your hear bear hearts tsa and cultivate it ask aak god to help you to live to his glory every day and when night comes you can cali not say you could have bettered it there are thousands of this community that so ai live lve ive every day that when night light comes they thet could not have bettered it that is a consolation let us induce all to live so and we shall have pom pou power er over satan over the powers of 0 the earth and over all the influences that hell wishes to pour upon ua us shall we try ry to cultivate our mind sour feelings the talent god has given us so that we antl anti rn may max a 1 improve merove I 1 continually and grow in grace and in n the knowledge of the truth and cultivate w wisdom in ourselves and so live that we can truthfully say today to day that we are masters over every appetite the person that wants the Nv whisky bisky can not you do without it which would you part with first your tobacco your whisky or your religion your tea or your religion which would you shake hands with and bid goodby good by forever your coffee or your religion I 1 would think I 1 had disgraced the man that stands before you this day if I 1 loved any object on the earth better than I 1 love my religion and my god if we are not willing to live up to every requirement of the gospel we more or less disgrace our profession and being the woman that says 1 I will follow my husband to bell bpi will have the privilege the man wan that says 1 I will follow a woman to hell but what I 1 will have li ier r ll 11 will have the privilege of following her there it is a disgrace to a saint to love anything that he would no not drop or forsake for his religion love your religion better than anything else love your god life everlasting is all in all to us indulgence of appetite is not worthy the notice 0 of 7 men and vi omen tho thol the body must ba sustained for that is a duty god has placed upon us let us honor god and prepare to embrace our father and the family connection we were associated with at the time we left the spirit world to come here and to be more familiar with them when we leave this world than we now are with one another live so as to enjoy each others society hereafter in the light of eternal day which may god grant amen the census returns now indicate an in crease since 1850 sufficient to bring the of chip up uk to nt at least |