Show I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 DISCOURSE I 1 by area breit C Kin iball tabernacle nov 26 1854 if I 1 tafu t privileges privilege i and blessings we enjo yas ep aa people eople this sara seems to b be tile the feeling 1 01 ol of every one that attempts to to r speak peak before tills this Cou grega tibi ib f tai what are the feelings of thou of this people that thai appreciate their blessing s and their enjoyments enjoy ajo ments I 1 klikow fo for one aile that I 1 I 1 have liever seen a dav sidel entered ant into this vr phil bt what I 1 hyfelt the ski sitt sit t afi air which IWas wai placed Y alave ax a been mici inary Y t timey aey poor as to the alie icings things ot of this N world t 0 kid I 1 siut b lit ij I 1 never saw tm tho but what hat afelt t rich riach fc reg ird i t td 6 th the e of 11 iffe fe and salv atiya thang od aitho ira r V e 1 I I 1 d to u us 6 1 1 k 1 I 1 3 1 I 1 1 I 11 presume resume there are vot fedin few ill i ip s not one ofie dhati ave sea seen closer tim times ii than thill ohavo havo has thear ti great grea t many a guyt p people pie 11 tay say an and deven even soma sorno of chodo kaho woo laor 0 on the wor ka that thoy tho y b ant t and water to drink ve well 11 ohavo ithe time a great many times that I 1 hadnot bread to eat but there I 1 was ivus plenty rif of water tough allot half so good ps we have hero here in ia r have thought tillas lim ys I 1 how it is possible that men cult caa have ho nothing thing 1 ill w b 6 ler r th the e heavens h eavens bread arid and water aben anen tile thea valleys are full of and atthe same ahne will have plenty planty of potatoes beets I 1 I 1 carro tepu i i akins band raad everything orthae 1 11 aha nd still they say sav they haven but bread and d water that is a mystery hat that never hever li has been I 1 unfolded tomi to me S 1 shave have hav neer seen ilia ahe time in my lifo life but what I 1 hael something lo 10 10 eat if it was I 1 nothing s some mb adri W beef or fir something of df that i kind 1 1 I 1 t I 1 well there hia are a great anany who lamorand lab laboi orand and I 1 have their throe dollars and three dollars and a a they say there here is noti nothing fing bittl but buturea brea r catl 1 ana t sofiva to live ask atheni how i nd you y u will learn they have I 1 only aile wi feland no ho children child reh abid from i 18 to 20 dohara doil irsa a cy cedat get an anything bu t biad rud and vatier wate ri A 2 it I 1 jekely of this have heardie hear dif aw Bom itoh 1 1 perhaps they cannot ab and perhaps they ii anliot get butter nor fligar ar nor coffeen not ati abut they have plenty of potatoes aad they have ef beets pumpkins I 1 I 1 wt ri fw there are thou sella of 1 theae things iti the tithing office div ish ahe would fa ot bome to agnor tae any with that more anul tl all 90 gonel ne why hiot saye say we I 1 have faveto to hy oni bread a and id watery and potatoes and pumpkins squashes and all these good f things will you yon not be so candid as to somatee make that report the next tune time I 1 know perfectly well wo w are earn fort fele as a people aud and you 5 ou may go into the unita slates State sand and into the best cities and towns that there ore iti in the united I 1 states and you ean call jilt find so large a congregation as are hereto hera together which is is as adwell well clad as youage today to day it if you could stand where I 1 am paid and look upon this congregation you would be surprised to see the good clothing you slave have on oil it thu I 1 biever fever paw sw any cong reg aaion have im in auy any part pait odthe of alie united states or in apportion of europe IN that it I 1 ever was inand in abid we havethe least bause of complaint tit of any people that live the face odthe of the a eailey arth this thia 1 I now I 1 and I 1 kilo know wa another norther thing tat H great many people are ba coming so proud well perhaps it is is not got pride but the have got so that cannot dress and clothe clotha themselves thenis elyes yes with hat is not brought here by the merchants abany many will bring in m their woot wool and their linsey and andi i fajek liy ir good clothing that they make lere lie t froin iia the wool an d glyph t jo to clothe tile the 1 for or tbt they are pi tp ear A it tim ti m selves but the day vi ill corr come a when w fi I 1 the merchants fl will aff ti thir pleads and then their voires t ires aya out 1 I 1 aw we a have ve 11 place to sf merchandise merchandize u dize iza wilt willane alye ne time ever be that we cin can in make ake our aur clothing we neaily can at wo W can call do it almost universally really as asa 1 a people ae I 1 if f there are acty who have not got the Ithe shep sheep they hey cun can buy the he wool clib cheaper aper than it ft can can be bought in tile alie united states this dav d you Youl cart dau buy it at from 81 to 50 cents a I 1 would like fo see this people tube a course to tooke make their own clothing mahke their own m their own knives and a n d ight ir own forks and everything eveia thing else wa we 11 need je d for the day will conw when we will be under the necessity of doing it for fop t trouble rouble and I 1 dd perplexity wr win and fd mitie bloodshed and fire and dal thunder and will poll apon tile the nations of the earth insomuch bat wo cannot get to abeth bior nor they to us if you 5 on do not believe me I 1 want v ou ia to believe the prophets read icid tile the s ahat th it came th br jos and aid through di da niel ind and ases M eskand and tigh jesus tind and through all the ancient prophets i they spoke of tecsi things and declare they them shall come to piss pass in in the latter latte days idas well what oenid is is it now unto us it is is the thelast last days in in which the lord says sas by ins his prophets when you hear of war and ru enors enors of war it will not be long before you have it in in bour own lahd now are wo we as a people preparing and qualifying ing ourselves for lost last it overtake overt ike us u as a thief in tile the ul lit it will if we do not wake up from our slum her bar I 1 there is is a bl blessing ersig that attends tins this people beope w wherever they goy go and au devery levery man mail that comes it to us ns or is at a place when we corne come I 1 never have seen goal the time lime but what they begin I 1 lo 10 0 ge get t rich look ut at nauvoo for instance ande how poor and pc penniless we were living in in old log c cabins and destitute but we ve began to getrich get rich and many become wealth is no man upon the face of the earth that will be favorable towards zion and towards this his people but what lie he will wil I 1 pros pel 1 I 1 or temp crilly as well as spiritually I 1 hae never seen it a place since I 1 was born boin upon the earth eaith in which I 1 could make one dollar but that I 1 could cuke he 50 collais among the saints in in the same n length optime of time it seers seams seer s to cost more moie la build a house hare by one hak than it does docs ki HI the united states still it is is easier to build and to multiple and replenish ic the earth and rise raise r ise food aud and orth nig elem this thia place than in in ay auy other that ever I 1 saw at the same ekno thre bare are a gr c m ay iy wt atio ajo murmur m and aDd say sait it is is t tati hard jest t place they ever saw that is a curiosity to TO when the blessings of tire the almighty attends us w herivel wo we go for wo can build buil up a city ity in n a 0 few days or 01 it the dw furthest in a few 5 ears and it I 1 seems to be no ti trouble onelo at all al brethren and sisi let Us try to appreciate our tien or the c tiling caling we ive have received I 1 at tile the same tuna ahna there are ara a great many wiio wio disregard their the ir profession and aad tantalize ottle others irs who w ho hold the prie priesthood strood pud ond try to it dishonorable but the h cannot do iti I 1 cannot dishonor it but I 1 can dis lion arim ase IL I 1 I 1 tile the priesthood is is a gift from the almighty and lie he has placid placed a portion of it if upon me to honor and aid if I 1 honor that c tiling cailing tint that priesthood will lionor honor ine met it will magniri me before god and before the world I 1 do know that when it ake a course to dishonor myself I 1 degrade myself ill n the oyes es of heaven and upon earth when I 1 trifle w with ith the priesthood I 1 hrire with tile the almighty and when I 1 trifle with w etli president young I 1 trifle with tha priesthood and that priesthood will till leave me and awl I 1 WH fill and I 1 will beturne b curne disgraced ili in the eyes of healir r and of all stunts sand and I 1 forfeit everything thau had attained while I 1 held beld that priest pi leschi ht oil od when I 1 forfeit it I 1 forfeit my iny sit sul and every I 1 possess supposing 6 e all realized this thip do you ou not think t that hat those who have tile the priesthood slid take a I 1 bourse to pollute not hot only them but ut tharl bral lipe Aia ild alfer si and degrade themselves apo and wall and Ji he and take the name gorgod of god in in vain would speedily how dp you yoa aup loid looks upon them now reflect one olia afie looks upon them w etli les allowance I 1 0 ilce than I 1 do and that in pia portion to ta the I 1 light and knowledge winch ve he hus has and how do angels look lok upon thoy they are sent forth to lait minister kister to those who will become heird beira of sal valian i i I 1 we i lead ead in tha th boox book of doctrine and covenants that when Pat peter erand and james i desired to depart par john I 1 desired to tarry tarr th a the might accomplish a greater wark well says tile the lord you may have coill wishes is bes and as john wants to var tirry ry to do 4 tt greater work I 1 will authorize you lames crimes and peter to assist rpy rny to perform fonua a good work ork while lie shall tarry now if john bus iiii I 1 angis ang is to admi administer I 1 to lo him why net other anen who w servants of tbt living tt it 13 s just as lea that they should I 1 I 1 know w it 1 isai sf 94 1 0 o q not believe el it hilt but I 1 know it and god which b I 1 serve lives and dwells in tb the li heavens eavens and I 1 feel tobo to hobor him 1 I re rei fed I to p haip I 1 and to 6 do it a good work by hisam an 11 hority ibl rity that I 1 mayoo may corns ino into his presence pie sence and give up my B stewardship with joy mud and lab with ailef cief apo and aint at some future time and nd when I 1 gaye biye up tip my stewardship to him if ha 6 C outsiders consS Ou siders ders me worthy fi he cabi can its lesto fore reft tto to me with an hoil drea bom beside we V are on trial imd let us prove our ourselves ef 4 I 1 s b by y pitying bd and hil fulfilling filling all our dubies before jocund aie if ff he evill will not pour us out h blessing that there will I 1 not be room to coti cont titi mint I 1 it how in the heavens can call 5 ou prove the lord whether bother his hig m word ord t shall all be ven fied if you do clo n not at step forward and do t ils flohs lio hasetold has told ifil you ce gentle litle wed fi and ladies let me tell you one tiling I 1 I 1 your does not irh P 0 ahng ty for you have adt all anything at h 1 1 11 I 1 fi only n ly what iii is I 1 and you have i not g oft dohty y w what at h he a gave you ou and do busil he has given air al r to you tha that it h he a possesses is ss nd W ili has as given everything abato abal you cihiy obtain ait that you yon aan can watch ore oe I 1 ad nd beale over he is not impoverished because there torti is an an se and th there er i i is s lio no end to his income anu there is no end lb fo his creations s hey I 1 go 7 on continually you have anything t 7 what li ayou coq have received damom dM om the almighty frouday from day aday 1 where do db you ou vt y jour our water wate bour meat stear your bread and had ahw of cifor didlot did not va them alf 4 or r in ill lotfi otner or org faize weye not the elita arts I 1 thereof ihra before you can i of this people litra d raw w away from the truth ir OL thirds of af thear the tr or a cju arter of them or allbut all but twenty if yeii pl fease and do bod yon gnp suppose oi will hinder the fhe salvation I 1 the happi hess and ad the hai haayen hii that those who tri to ahli church J no it wont effect them one on hair if you yon do not I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 1 3 6 7 1 p fqy io di dicha he of ihnot impoverish tho the almighty A but ut li I wi wili litell teU y twi liere effect will beit be it wilt will effect vesy bur salvation if vdu adu neglect 4 I 1 tell yow yon the lord will neglect to td bless lyou it comes on oil yourselves individually arid and it stands stand fryou you ill hi hand every soul of you men mail aud h ud women to arise and prove the lord and aries if ho doe snot watch your faithfulness nessi and is not ready to pour you out a wasing blessing that your yau room to receive Tec eiver since president young and others have dwelt upon Ai thing it incoming is coming in first rate and bishop hunter has baa become frightened good beai heavens ens 1 says lie he whal shall we do with wilh tile the tithing we W have not got room to 40 put it why says 1 I stretch out bishop if he does not stretch out he will in comparison be like an arti final globe he will become zou found nd he will draw the trouble too manky have goethe got the sweetly sweeny and the skin skia are growing tight dighton ton on their flesh arid and even on their bones some seme of the bishops and dmd elders become so contracted that it is too hard for them to pay their tithing When it perta pertains i n s t to 0 them as ind individuals igal arit is an all individual salvation lot let us the bo one in these things and be up und and doing while it is time and it is time tiina till ail the time aud ud it is lime in eternity all the tha time and alid always will belaud beaud when we get into tha libat of action it will be flina while we are there and it will be eternity aroun dus Letus go to work and purify our heart 1 our tabernacles and purify and cleanse our lot let us rise up as a people what say yel ye do you feet in inclined elined to do it let us show tp ilia fhe world that we are saints for it hurts my feelings to see the steps elders litre hera I 1 are taking r right inthe in the midst of laral israel ea rising up in clans to steal from heiji brethren and we shil shall believe it his is same one else Is teat fighte ous ous Is that tile alie religion of cain 1 sla Is that doing as you would wish to be dealt by sueh such character phar acter f wih see sorrow they aiji see wre felled hess ness they I 1 will see misery and may god grant that thid their misery may begin to fall upon them aud increase that they may inay never rest until they repel repent iland and wash away their sins and t turn unto the lord lor f 1 wish this als oil en you know we well here an A dhera si w we e desire that inasmuch afy as t afie world jaise raise weapons against bonor i onor against gods Gools I 1 people we e pray thai tha the these weapons may fall ahli i heads gild and ours we pray inesm inas murn ue 1 as they dig pits that they may fall into them instead of get getting us into them bless your houi souls I 1 have hav e no fear about abou i AY any matters p pertaining e to this people if they would rase up and be as oil OHP man and act by common consent with the president Pre silent as bis counselors andas and as the twelve do the twelve feel to be one oile with oe F first arst leney as they are with each ot other I 1 cpr I 1 do bot not fear ibio world nor do doa I 1 fear anything that is in it for where there is union and concentration 1 with that man mail whom god has appointed there here is a power that this earth cai cannot inot handle now the world do not know this but still they are fearful there is something out or of r sight ig ht which they fear again if those who go f forth ort t to 0 preach the gospel could speedily gather every 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