Show REMARKS BT ity president voul YOUNG G tabernacle february hebr lebr uary ioa loa 10 issi nr PORTED REPORTED BY 0 D WATT I 1 have no doubt with regard to the good work of the lord referred to toby by those who have spoken and it will continue amon amono the nations of the earth the lord will bring out cut the results to his own honor and 0 glory but are we ready the lord has bestowed great knowledge r and wisdom upon the inhabitants of the earth much truth and knowledge in the arts and sciences those nations that deny their god and savior will have those principles of fritel intelligence taken from them are the latter tatter day saints prepared to receive the thea them rn epy enjoy eny them and improve upon them or will those prin pria caples have to go to some other kin kindom kingdom 1 I dom there is great wisdom in the world worl d their knowledge in mechanism and the exact sciences is very great this wisdom will be taken taen from the wicked who will receive it Is there a people pon upon the earth prepared to receive this knowledge and this wisdom there should be Is it reasonable to suppose that the wisdom god has bestowed upon the nations of the earth should continue upon it ori should it betaken betoken be taken from the inhabitants of the earth banh and carried back from whence it came my faith and my desire are that there should be a people upon the earth prepared to receive this wisdom it should not be so forfeited as to be taken from the earth for I 1 question whether it would return turnagain again There should hould be a people prepared to improve upon their know knowledge lede arid and wisdom for all knowledge e and wisdom come from god all true intelligence is the gih gln of god ile he is the true fountain of all knowledge and wisdom th the e query arises in the mind of many with regard to their capability Is there a principle ppe pre inherent in the man liquor to let it alone or is he compelled to follow his appetite Is there ability in the man of or w woman 0 man that is anclin inclined ed to handle that which is not their own to resist that temptation and learn to be honest and kono hono honorable rable rabie Is this inherent in the people or not I 1 have my own belief about it my awn views I 1 conceive that man is framed formed created made fashioned after the image of his god with a germ in him of that independence that belongs to the gods and that independence is to be acted upon to prepare every person that is exalted to enjoy the society of the sanctified by a is strict obedience to the principles of right and each and every individual has the abl abi ability lity the power to overcome every everk every passie passion t within him subdue every evil and ride triumphantly 1 antly over those passions bat but says the man that is addicted to evil if it I 1 refrain retrain for a day the temptation haunts me if I 1 refrain retrain for a week I 1 yet am inclined to sip bip at the poisonous i cup I 1 could hardly endure to see my neighbor drinking the poison draft without joining with him it is almost impossible for me to resist it this ibis is foil folly y in the extreme for you deny your own benses sense 3 there is not a man on the earth but what denies his own judgment when he rea reat 1 11 ons sods with himself in this way I 1 can take or refuse partake or reject at my own will and pleasure that power is in inherent erent in every man and woman upon the earth to a greater or less degree ee in proportion to the intelligence people are endowed with BO so do they possess the qualification for auteri bettering rio rip their thel r condition by improving their lives an and receiving truth for errors error erron light for darkness and if they contin cont inu wt to overcome every temptation and every evil appetite they will become ings masters of them and will conquer at last and be counted worthy to be crowned otherwise they will fill miss miss mibs of the glory they anticipate cannot peaple people refrain from taking that which is not their own speaking of moral religion alone they can can not an individual who is in the habit of taking the name of god goa in iii vain iain resist that temptation lie he can if he chooses Ithe if he cannot can not easily do so let iet him hird doas do as a a boy who came to this countr country with me said that he did ile he was addicted addic addicted tei tes to swearing Bw earine and got a piece of indian rubber to chew when tempted to swear that person I 1 think has not been heard to swear for years no bo boy in in his youth was more addicted to that la habit bit than he was lie he did not beat his brains out but he be acts as though he has more brains in his bead than he lie used to have havi I 1 was brou brought up as strictly as any child ever ought to be with recard rezard to morality yet when I 1 went into the world I 1 was addicted to swea swearing rin rid through bearing others I 1 ga gave way to it but it was easily overcome when my judgment and will decided to overcome it frow isow brethren are you prepared to receive the wisdom Is dorri that god has bestowed upon the nations you yon recollect that this forenoon we had a few remarks from br simms in which h he stated aad that the elreater portion of th at s of the tha parth were inclined to af at ia is true tive there 17 herdis la a monitor in every person that would reign there triumphantly antl anti antly y ie if permitted so to do and lead to truth arid and virtue there is not a man living upon the he earth but when lie he hears bears the truth ia is inclined to believe it and reject error what prompts them to receive the evil they yield to the temptation of that evil one that giesin wait to deceive the pride of the earth ia is in wickedness in in the abominations abomination ar and corruptions corrupt ions lons of mankind they delight themselves in in their proneness to wander from their god and from I 1 the path of rectitude and pride themselves in their iniquity of every kind it has become the fashion of the nations of the earth to do evil where is there a nation that hat acknowledges the supreme god to be their president and their king the ile best form of man made government upon the earth is that of ot a nation now breaking g to pieces have they ever I 1 acknowledged ledga god gody no they spurned from their presence the man who ubo would acknowledge that god should reign king of nations as well as kin king of saints have haie we proof of this before us we have when joseph smith rose in the majesty of his calling before god be he saw what we are now hearing of through g dispatches received from week to I 1 week the nation is ruined and will crumble I 1 to pieces they will destroy themselves joseph rose tip up and saidi said sald 1 I will save them if they will let mal me ile he stepped forth like a man and proffered his services to save the nation that N now breaking and he would have saved it if they had permitted him what did they bestow upon him in return they made a martyr of him I 1 would not like to say a savior although alt ait cough he is our benefactor he is is the man through whom god has spoken and revealed some of the most roost glorious principles that ever were revealed to the children of men yet I 1 would not like to call him a savior tho thol in a certain capacity he was a god to us and is to the batione of the earth and will continue to be ile he was not the only begotten of the father who died for the sins of the world but he was the prophet of the he lord through whom god spoke to the nations and dictas dictated e d laws law lau a by which they were to be governed to secure to themselves eternal life and when he would have saved the people of the nation they crowned him a martyr of jesus jeses they performed an act that secures to him crowns of glory immortality and eternal lives they succeeded in shedding his blood and that of the patriarch hyrum they shed the blood odthe of the innocent and the nation said sald amen to it were they aware of laj it at the seat of government I 1 have no doubt they as well knew of the plans for destroying the prophet ag as did those in carthage or in warsaw illinois it was planned by some of the leading men of the nation I 1 have said here once before to the astonishment of many of our own countrymen that there was a delegate from each state in the nation when joseph e th P was killed these delegates held their council what were werd they afraid of you and me no they were afraid of those eternal principles god has revealed from the heavens they trembled and quaked at the sound oi of them joseph would have saved the nation from ruin ruin some have inquired will they patch up the old garment let them apply their newl news new cloth if they please mr crittenden has reported a patch to put on the old garment let them put it on and the rent will be made wo worse rae let them remain as are and the garment is 19 worn out Is the form of the government ruined haa has its form become evil no but the administrators of the government are evil As we have said many times it is the best form of human government nt man ever lied lived under but it has as corrupt a set to toad ad minister it as god ever permitted to disgrace his footstool there is the evil canther can they better the condition of our country no they will make it worse every time they attempt to do so what is the difficulty br carrinton ring ton says there is no minded master 11 spirit p ir to lead leal out one whom the rest will follow lo 10 w they are all master spirits spirit sl they are all smart meni this is the difficulty they rhey to have men whom they looked up to though but very seldom I 1 can recollect almost every president of the united states there never nom was a wise man that was much looked up to or revered until after bis his death then the people could him a jefferson a monroe an adams etc the administration of andrew jackson was as good as that of any one that ever occupied the presidential chair and he had bad a great many enemies energies ener nies what do you think of that you gentlemen who are acquainted with the united errath or rather the once united states you who have age and experience you remember the struggle at the election of andrew jackson and s so 0 do 1 L 1 I 1 repeat that tbt his adamini administration was as goo good as that of any man nan that ever administered the of offis his bis opponents did not nol no like him hita very well for some of his political moves I 1 liked his move sonly be he did didlot yot vot go far enough lh removing the depos I 1 its and ian spoiling the united states bank but the administration oe 0 king james buchanan what an administration brother carrington alluded to william H seward of new york he is considered by many as one of the smartest men that ever wasn gasn was in this government were it not that he had bad the advant advantages aes of the learning and wisdom of one of the best men in the govern government men I 1 t had he been a mechanic or farmer far mer I 1 doubt whether he would have possessed an extra amount of knowledge 0 what of his natural abilities I 1 do not consider him a man roan of great ability he ire came to auburn N Y to study law lav with a gentleman I 1 well knew that gentleman took him into his office and house bouse a boy and made a considerable of a man roan of him ile he did his best to make a man of him ile he was one of the most influential and best men in the country he be was a man wan man of brain and heart and he took all the the pains possible to make something of the boy after mr seward had been with the judge a few years he began to be looked upon as one possessed of a considerable degree deree de ree of smartness what would he be if he was the president judging from his late speech aa as received in a dispatch I 1 would suppose that he be hardly knew enough to find his way across the little city of washington r the prospect of his lofty of ty position appears to have nearly ruined his bis brain what is the the difficulty with xin kin king james his high position and exalted opinion of himself so addled and bewildered him that thai he said 1 I am the greatest man in the nation I 1 am the chief magistrate Magist what shall we do with such men perhaps we may call them honorable men in the earth in order not to hurt the feelings of some som by speaking lightly 0 of such talent in our nation they are so wonderfully smart that is the difficulty every man inan in congress is so very smart that he is looking to the presidential chair the boys of west point and the boys studying lawin lavin law in the nation have their eyes on the presidential chairl ceral fee lingis 1 I am intending int ending erding to sit there they are all I 1 looking to the presidential chair and have been for years the boy the middle aged con gressman and the grey headed senator the boy caysi says 1 I am the best counsel I 1 can get I 1 am at west point and I 1 shall soon graduate generals washington taylor and jackson I 1 reached the chair of state a and d I 1 shall soon be there could he be counseled by anybody no every man is his own counselor his own general and his own governor reused we used to say when we were boys aurra every man for himself and the devil for us all and they will find it to be so t they are too wise they will prove by their conduct whether they are capable of form I 1 ing and sustaining a government for the thet southern states that have seceded there is no more a united states can they amal amai amalgam am I 1 ate and form a government no willibey will they I 1 have ability to form a government and continue it no they will not hear it jew and I 1 gentile suppose there is a division betwee between ni the north and south and the fifteen slave states try to form a permanent per manent marent government can they do it I 1 yeli yell you they cannot the they are too smart south carolina is taking the lead and says she we will sit as kings and 1 queens or revolt from you Is says georgia we have as smart men in our state tate as you have J and we will have a our state bat but but bat you cannot says south caro lina how will it state perhaps new york forms a separate government govern meni ment and if a state has a right to secede BO so has a d territory and so has a county from a state or territory and a town froma from a county and a family from a neighborhood and you will have perfect berf act anarchy king james is not as prompt now as he was three years ago when he sent troops to utah south carolina comes out and boldly declares her secession accession from the compa compact fet of states and takes possession of all the public property within her borders except fort sumter there is no latter day saint engaged i atinis this act one of the most contemptible of characters we ever had bad here coul could swear falsely in washington and the government could receive reiel his oath and make it a basis with other liepp iles liea for sending an army here william drummond dru m went to washington and swore that we were treaso ners andio and to many palpable false hoods alid king james could act tipon upon that and send an army here at an expense of probably fifty million milli oli oil dollars do tars plays king eing james those lies lles are true receive a lie yes go and ans swear to a I 1 ite lie e and the government t can hear bear that and act upon it bub but when south carolina takes possession of the public funds of the custom house of the arms arsenal dock yards forts cannon etc you must not coerce do not infringe upon them i they thy have the right to do this what a rei rel reign Is the reign of king jamesl jameal it is e enough to astound and throw into the shade the wisdom of all ali nations upon the earl earlell hil hll I 1 i A what will dot doi 1 do not no know neither do I 1 care it ii Is is no difference rico t i what he does or what any of them dp why god will accomplish his own purposes |