Show DISCOURSE by Nes resident ident heber C kt kimbau i taberna cle july irth 1854 there thare can be lio fio person who is at all acquainted with the scriptures but must be b satisfied that tile tho remarks that br herriman Herr linan has haa made this morning are strictly true they are fully gubatan by the bil bible which yo you u all profess to believe and which the professing world say they bellve bell ve brethren and sisters let your minds be composed and settled down in the spirit of the lord and have his spirit to be with you always and especially when you boide to the house of worship warship it is a common thing not only in this church but in the cli churches arches of the sectarian world for or people to slay say come let us go to inee meeting today to day and try if we cannot get warmed up in our hearts and refreshed by the holy spirit now that is customary among ull all religious people well who do you expect to refresh you here if you are not refreshed when you I 1 come to meeting for you should always have your hearts up and your bodies puw pure when you visit the house of the the lord make not the outside of the cup and the pl platter itter clean alone but the inside people who keep the flie inside of the cup und and platter clean are very apt to wish wash the outside of it you all hate to eat food from a filthy dish aud and to drink water out of of a dirty cu cup but you love to eat out oat of a clean dish and sleep in a clean bod bed every person naturally loves to see a clean house aud and clean garments if they themselves are filthy upon the same principle inasmuch as we will repent of out ou sins and turu turn from them and then than go down into the alie waters of baptism into pure water and be immersed overwhelmed in the same that our sins sing may be remitted washed away W y not however for tle the washing away of th the e filth lt of the fisli sh but to answer a good conscience before god and mau man end f nd then receive the imposition of 0 hands by a nian man having authority that we may receive the holy ghost I say the holy ghost being a pure spirit pint or influence even after all this W wac he done would have an objection to perform his office in an impure tabernacle that is the reason why a great many never receive the hobo ghost because they say they are pure aud and lie to god and also 0 to o the holy chust this is the taft gospel that was taught you by the first elders who bore the joyful rn message ewe to for eign nations and the moment the holy spirit rested upon you iu in your first introduction into thia church vou you actually felt the spirit of prope cy and cevela revelation tion I 1 know this to be a fact when we introduced the gospel into old england here is br george D watt our reporter for instance I 1 never told him anything about gather ing ng to the land of america that it w was w the prom I 1 ased laud one night we met with a small email compa company of the new members in preston lancashire and brother G gorge forge commenced reading the book of mormon after a little he rose up tip and said the althe land of I 1 america is the promised land it is zion and and we shall be va catered there aethol you have not told us anything about it 11 he prophesied that within two weeks after he was baptized the holy I 1 ghost dwelt in you yon to show you things to come coine I 1 it showed br george that this was the land of zion and that the saints in all nations had to be gathered there it brought it to his remembrance if he had ever aver thought of the thing before and fo forgotten agot I 1 it this is the effect it had upon you I 1 presume there is not a single individual but what can I 1 I 1 exclaim it was really so I 1 that same holy ghost inspired you to speak in new tongues to prophesy prop liesy to interpret tongues I 1 to see visions and have dreams to edify and borit comfort you it was with you when you went out and when you came in when you lay down and when you rose up that is the office of the holy ghost to dwell and abide with those who keep the commandments of the almighty in faith bo be wiring he delights to dwell with such but he 1 7 r c 11 I 1 2 bioc I 1 1 i i 1 I 1 does not delight deliet to dwell in unholy tru plea yoa ou kif k if know that naturally because there is ie not one of e 10 I 1 you unless you make a practice of being filthy and dirty yourselves that ever wishes to ya go uita into a filthy place 1 now if those these are your feelings for heaven sake do not ask the holy ghost to dwell with you I 1 when you do doot pot pursue a course to cleanse tha body not only internally but externals exter externally nall L from the crown of the head to the soles sales of the feet t yoa vola I 1 know this is what I 1 believe to be sanctification I 1 f I 1 I 1 have heard beard br gifford talk about sanctified sanctifies fi I 1 tion and I 1 understand the principle plo of I 1 I 1 i tiou was baid before you by president young w I 1 what would sanctify you and prepare your you to enter into the presence of god and to enjoy his hia spirit we read in the bible that the lord told joshua I 1 to sanctify israel for say says a L be there is ia an acccia ed thing in the m midst I 1 dat of thee 0 israel and on the morrow they sanctified themselves by stoning I 1 to death aeb arbau a u the son of carml carini who stole tile the wedge of gold and ba by louish garment they also stoned to death his wife and his bis children his him oxen and his as asses and burnt them with fire are together with his tent the silver the gold and taif I 1 garment in the valley of acher thus all israel put to death the transgressor and fied themselves before the lord would it not be an excellent course couraw to pursue with this people to sanctify them hem to the fullest extent of th the word there are individuals in these then valleys who pro ilk fess to be latter day saints but do they by their works make their profession honorable no I 1 their works and their profession are very dissimilar indeed I 1 think it would bean be an excellent thing for this people to be from such persons and hove have them cle cleansed aused from our midst by making makin in an n atonement I 1 IV yon ou may say clyl you du might put this into practice but it would extend to many who are pas pan tug ing I 1 tarol here who steal abal and plunder and drive away cattle and horses but let me inform you that there are many instances ot of that kind whom ile they are encouraged or property put into their h hands y do by characters who dwell he here re aud and I 1 to be saints saint I 1 when yon undertake to prune a aisea diseased tree you commence yi aw I 1 ur ove operations rations at the root of th evil a and rid continue contina to trim it out to the ote top iop of the tree or us as far an it extends aid throw the diseased branches bran chea into the brush heap and burn them as 1 I 1 used to do when I 1 wax was logging and then taka the ashes and make pot ash asb and soap with them and then cleanse away filthiness with it this k i what I 1 call sanctification so you 9 see I 1 am in fuu full fellowship with my brethren thol tho I 1 was not nol here last sunday when the subject was introduced I 1 can bear testimony to every werd we wf rd rathey they sald as aa being true because I 1 I 1 never knew them to tell a lie my aw are I 1 wish to god wickedness was done way away from froah our my brethren and myself have often reede dand remarked upon the happiness we w should enjoy when we fully separate oui ourselves fro from inthe the frani fam wicked men mea wicked women mid and wicked lahatte previous to our coming to thew these valleys I 1 nava have wished and prayed that when we went to the th valleys there would not any of the wicked persons follow us who are eternally hanging ou on our skirts these are my feelings and desires now arct the earnest wishes of hundreds end and thousand of eon men and women who dwell in those these valleys I 1 I 1 I 1 know there is a good people I 1 here it a oetter better people au dwells dwelli in any other portion of the tha world ana the emig emigrants emi granta m ants who are going to cul cil are perfectly ns astonished to when they arrive here to see aee that we are am a I 1 civilized people they are astonished beyond measure as aa they gaze gate upon 09 people whom they supposed to be a poor miserable outcast race of beings did any of them ever go into a city where there was more pece peace and prosperity perit and as aa few loafers since in they ey were born boru we 71 a never saw any loafers ia our oar streets until they came I 1 am not saying anything against them but 1 I 1 am the th I 1 views they entertain about us ua they nave have expressed it many times that they never wore wom so 0 o as when they came into these thee valleys and found a civilized and industrious A a people who know how to build up a city and in corporate it and enforce the laws aud and a day will comi come when we shall put them to ip force moo vat ly god is only waiting upon you in MR his compassion that peradventure siire yoa yeii may repent of and forsake all ail evil and turn to him we are the p ople of god we are the church charch I 1 ot of jesna chrlot christ of 4 latter leitter day Saints the foundation of which in these last itt days was be begun a YO y T the almighty ending bending an anbolt holy angel to joseph pk smith to reveal to him his bis ill and establish tb the a everlasting of gospel that tha was preached in the days day igims even faith repentance und and the laying on oa of hands tor for the gift or of the holy ghost and the V f apostles Prop prophets heti teachers evangelists Rel ge lists lats pastors patriarchs bishops De deacons aceita prints and FI elders ders this Is in the true church of god altho there may be a few in the valleys who do not live up to their holy profession but because they are unfaithful i to their god and to their religion it does doea not efrat tn la the te least the truthfulness of the caples of heaven I 1 see some turn away from tills church because of the conduct of others this has nothing to do with our faith but we are to have our faith grounded it is for us to dk dig deep and lay our foun foundation datSou upon a rock that when the winds winda wi blow and the storms and hurricane ft beat upon its us we may still find ourselves firmly established upon the of truth I 1 will tell you gentlemen t f myself to those who have nothing to do with us as a people this is the church and kingdom or of our god and the day will come eventually eventually y when the nations and kingdoms of the earth will become the l kingdoms of our god and his ch christ rim t tit thia is dorritte dot d ritte is found in good old which all of you profess to beli belive believe ve and have to kiss to give to your oaths when you are sworn before a magistrate to tell the athe truth the tha k whole truth and nothing but the truth 1 I 1 we believe in every man having buying his rights and being sustained in them and we wish you yon to understand that we are not exactly such a people as many suppose sup pole it is believed in thi the world that our females are all common women well in one sense they are common that is they are like all mothr women I 1 suppose but they are not unclean for we wipe all unclean uncleanness noss from ou our midst we not only wipe them from our streets street but we wipe them out of existence and it if the world want to practice uncleanness and bring their prostitutes here if they do not repent and forsake such sins we will wipe the evil out we will not have them in this valley unless they repent for so an help me god while I 1 live I 1 will lend my mv hand to wipe such persons persona out and I 1 know this people will such things cannot exist here the civil authorities ties will never make a low law admit admitting of prostitution tit ution in the city of the great silt luke it never can be permitted white while we live we know it Is the custom among some nations to authorize by low law such abominations giving licens ic enss s to houses bouses of ill fame but remember if ever it is allow ed among this people it will be ahn righteousness has ceased to dwell in their midst it it never can be allowed in this community in male or female whether they belong to the church or not and we will wipe out such abominations the lord being bev our helper that hat if is sanctification our holy religion w it to purify purge cleanse and sanctify this people we me care not nhat hat people think or say about our course in this respect it is in our religion and we hilll not have corruption where we dwell if we can help it that is one reason we were not permitted to live in the states we were determined by the help of god to be virtuous men and women so they drove us from time to time and from place to place until they the drove us into the mountains and I 1 assure sure you youa I 1 for one feet feel thankful to my god that I 1 live in these mountains nod and there is no man or woman who loves lovea righteousness oiw but what will feel as I 1 do the lord has led us up stairs until we have entered eue ene into th the e chamber and for heavens sake lit let us not pollute it for fear we shall be led down stairs again we are now high up towards the presence of af the lord and he feels to bless us und his hand is in over us for good and he will curse every forwood lood hand that is raised mine against agal not us if we will do right and our enemies wui will go backwards and not forwards my prayer is by night and by day that every man and woman that blasc this peaple mw and desires to do thorn them good may be b bierd of tho the lord A 1 1 r 1 r i aco y t 0 r lt I 1 10 god 1 and 1 I know he will bless tl them but eve every r y ioan and womac who shall ruise raise a weapon against I 1 this people against thom thin my prayer jia that bey ahey may be cursed and they certainly will be cursed aud god will frustrate all their de sigua and he ha will lead his bis people on from victory vic toty I 1 td victory until they triumph over all their eni enemies what do you vou say aay brethren aud and sisters do oe v 1 you ou not think it best beat for us to do right each I 1 I 1 1 I 5 iper berson individually being behig led by the dictations of I 1 the holy spirit listening diligently to those who are appointed to lead govern govera and dictate this people Is you ou know what I 1 mean by this thi president dont young oung is is our governor and our dictator it is for me to walk with him bun and for you yon to walk with those who go before you I 1 know how hew it is in the world for I 1 have lived there I 1 was born in vermont Vermo Bt and raised the roost most of 4 my days in the st state tate of new york ontario county and so was prest brigham young yet many emigrants who came chrol our valley I 1 thought we were moose camels or dromedaries dro they did not know what we were they no doubt thought we had horns borne on our heads they had no idea we had eyes and legs like as human beings but 1 they supposed we were some kind kiad of nondescript animal I 1 know this is so I 1 have been in the worl dand they cannot think that we are human I 1 I 1 however whether we are human beings or not I 1 I 1 know that I 1 was born lit in vermont among the rocks and have hava lived the greater portion of af my days among those who are without god in the ft world and I 1 know their ions as well as aa they do I 1 know the wickedness iu in their cities in their synagogues and ip in their high places I 1 understand it all still they calculate that we who have more than oue one wife shill shail not have land in I 1 proportion to our families well we vs are ready to buy bay what we need when it comes canies in market I 1 this we learn from the public prints points so there c can an be no harm harin in it my ay iy talking about what is published I 1 all the united states if a law was put in force lout out the union |