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Show dhsnre was ttoit BltTinp Tfnnter find to fhmTih inpr-M for l or 0 sxn mil of Urn Tithhig OfTVa. A4 sur eKfsrissea amnwe us Uwt saysaddss eaeoKss ta rrlaUoe te these eiailsrs, icbt ptwe dlaslMoa. esnslag peiLapa UMsioppga Of suae s oar works. I find there Is consldersT'ls mesiiS owlnf trf ths Choir h, sod 1 will sneak s Httfe about that, believing se I do that la sisk-Isg sisk-Isg sueMthlaes eaUk that aa may save n aa4ersUiKllag of oar bosIUoo Titers vera sums prpolUos aisde to tbs TwcIto, wbea they were hi Csobs Tailor, Itlely, tbs sabataors of wbb was In tbe form of s ens seat that tbs UtbLac of Uat Tosailedialrict,eoBiprlalng terse gUkas, hn um;(1 on tbs Tom pis bow build lug. This, doabUess, seetocd very desirable to UVra, bot soma of as thonht, snd ao siprssad onraesret, that If Utls rcooi-st wers granted, then tbs people of tbe oteer two Tesapls dUtrlrts would, ot sourae. waut tbs same favor ex tend rd to tlu;:u, whlrb Could not well bs dented. A ml; If Uils wers done, bow fonld wa nerl sit tbe other expeawwf - Perbare sotns of yam wlae se eaa tnB met las hratami of Cases Valley eoakl asa. Tbre are tboasauds of dullars o4ig la dUlertwl dirtKMMu. aklcb I HA CaUlIIt C&ilcd apoa to vset. and If oar resources wers stepped, weetxtid not earry oat eerfaln pobtte labors rrtjnlml of ra, and saonld bs wsaise te pay eerdsbta. Bat, with tbs bsarty sad ssetlnafld eo-operaUse ef my sesLareai 1 am la so pa teat we wtu so work tbUga esfore vrj k-uit, that as shall be sole to cas sp lu socdo of Iheac matters, snd aavs thlurt more aiixi a tittle mors agreeable, ws do aot whh anybody to feel oepreaaed or erowtfmt-bat,ea erowtfmt-bat,ea the stber hand, ws waot le fast aa we amg sometimes "We ars the free bora eoas of Zos." ete. and teat U "All free grare and frw Ol." 1 feteo-Uon feteo-Uon these thliics to ibow yoa that there ars rea pun albill Lies that many of ths people peo-ple 11 1 lie dream ef. Bro. Joseph ssentlooed ene thing flits morula; te wbieta 1 taluk I should have ttememd a ltUe sad I tatnk yoa wiil wltee I W-U yoa. la sieaklog aout 1f puor poU, tbat they seamed te L along very well, ele., snd Uiat U necessary sometimes for the Lord to hum Me the rieh, ete., whleb tMngs sre apekeo of la tee bwetrtne sad Ooemtsnts. Hut what or eosae of the other those wboeannot hs said to bs either ri"h or boor? 1 want to refer to an Item. There Is owing la the Perpetast Emigrating VnndCimpMV apwards of a million of dollar! tbe nature of this tndehtedneaa yoa are acquainted wlta. CerUla brethren breth-ren bave been aaalated bees snd yoa have Jomed m rsndertag tost asalatanee. They nave sutoseoms la poaseaaioa of means and property of vartsas kinds, bat tbey have not seliied for their emigration U dehledaose. And this debt baa Increared to this enormous sum, and It bancs In tbts posUiea to-day. Is this right! Is It i Jastf 1 am Inclined to taluk, wilb tbs pre-1 aident of tlie company, that If wa only have the patience, the thing will bs eom- i nktcJy buog by and by. It is only a quea-1 tka of time, but then thia slate of thlnes I look apoa as an eatrare to the : eoaiaiuaity.aBd a Kreater oatrafm to the rood and worthy poor who are auealtier-ed, auealtier-ed, who are erymg for asalatanee. A ad the (Jhareb has listened te tame cries, sad bee advanced a larg'a emonnt of meaua, atone lime and another, to do what these once-poor once-poor people should bare dose, bat have not done. Kov 1 would leak, shall theae things evmtlnuel1 I bops not; I tmit that those who are lsdeuted to this Ynsd will have more Mbuwela of eompsjalon. llow anxloua yoa were, when In foreign lands, to gel to AOs and yoa felt when asalatanee roach efl yoa, that onr of the arat Uilaga yeu would do. woakl ke to extend ILo aame to otbrrs. Let as be reminded oPericfte obligations, ob-ligations, and see tbat they are paid. There is another subject I want to speak on, that Is oar school operations, I oa have elected ms Buperinlcudeut of Oommoa School, and Ifi-oJ s good deal He boo la, end ibo m all of onr Initltatlona, of learninr, waere gciod edncatloa can hr 1 bad, fur I feel Inbureatrd la oar yoath, and 1 take this opportoalty to speak to ths wholscouuty In nlallisi te tlila matter. mat-ter. I can perceive quits an Interest In educational matters, manifesting Itself In our brethren who preside berot and I am much gratified In It. I hops tbat this 1 whole eoanty will ce at this matter m I all rood aUta, aad where yoa lack good I school-bouaes, put tbeaa apt and wbea yoa bavs already tbe teaeoi-aouaa, but lack the furniture, get It aad try to make , tbe sehool-hooae comfort Me fur tbeehll-I tbeehll-I drent and then rood teachers who sre coed Latter-day Salal. Shall we have i them, or aball ws employ teachers that I wtu tarn the hi fan t mluda of our children away from tbs priuclplas of tbe Uoapsl,and I perhaps lead them to darkness aad deaths Home aay, "You ought to im very ganeruas, ?nlte as liberal and renerous aa others." tiilakso. Bot If aomcof these Uneral people, who talk aomueh shoat liberality, would show a little mors ef 4lt, we would spprsclals U a little better. I wuakt like to know If a Method la! wnuld send bis children to a Roman Calholie 8rhool, or virsveraar I think not. Do el her seed their children to Mormon'1 schools, or employ MormoaM teachers? I think aot. bx ws otdret It lit No ws do not ws sc a I ted with Uie Young Men 'a and Yonug Womeu'e Improvement rio-oietiea. rio-oietiea. It la. very g rail fy lag, aud ae trust thai the yeutri of Ziea will eoutinue W aearosi nf bw God nud know ledge es bis ways; for I a4N to aay to you young wen, that by aud by the burden ef Utie work will lall eayeur ehuidsra, ned H U plesMWUg ( God aad ail good men, UaU you ah on id pre pare yourselves for the saheg and rasponslbUity to whkib you re fast ppruaohing. And X vieh to aay to you, further, that ir you will go before tbe Lord in all uum'llty, and nek uim for wisdom and luteltlgwuoe. your prayers will be beard. You are jOoiumanded to emroh after wisdom i from the best of hooka, and also through faith; nod 1 will promise you that diligent etudy of our own works will plane you In possession of fund of knowledge tbat you 1 never dreatmed el And then ds-! ds-! vote your leisure time to the eoqui-aniou eoqui-aniou of suou imtui auowieda ean he obtained turougb these boon and from work en tbe scion ess; but do not be led by their noneenee and skepticism and falsa theories. And in doing thia,eenk earusatly for the Hptrw ef God to aid you, to etiilghteu your mind, that you may the better comprehend truth, and be able to discard error. And when you meet together, let your hearts be ant on Ue worship of trod, nud you will grow up in hie tsar, nud your delight will be la doing good aud labor lug In the an Ureal uf bw oauae on the -earth. . Now ft few words to tbe eiatera. They bare their Keller Hooietiea and Retrenchment Hoc le ties, and tlieir Mutual Improvement Herle-tlea, Herle-tlea, all or which are very laudable nud praiseworthy. You beard quoted tbte morning tbat the man waa not without the woman, ner the woman without tbe man, In tle Lord. Or In. otbet words, It taken a woman and man to make a man. Did yoa ever think about that, that without a union of the aesee we are not per tee IT God baa so ordained It. And therefore do wees pent te have our wives In the future itattf Yea. And dw wlvee expect to have their husbands? Yea. Are we engaged In building up the kingdom of God? Yea. What have ve to do? Why our sisters have to learu to manage their household ail airs in proper manner, and to train their daughters daugh-ters In such a manner as wlil prepare pre-pare them to become moth ore In Israel, competent to attend to the rarlnua duties and responsibilities which must rooner or later devolve U( on them In the home-bold, and aifo cultivate their nobler qualities calculated to elevate and exalt women wo-men in the estimation of God and man; and not only your daughters, but ton alwo; tiegln early to teach them meekness, kindness and gen-tlenefs, gen-tlenefs, and withhold not from them such training as will give them an acquaintance with the common branches of duration, and If fovslhle aMonl them a knowledge of science, and of music, and everything every-thing that will hare a tendency to lead their minds to find enjoyment in the development of the mind. or fouuiiatlou, tlie early culUvatiuu of the virtues, nud a due regard to their superiors, as well aa leverence for Gk1 aud sacred tit lugs. And what ficxt? Toach otbeia who lack tbe opportunely tiial yourohildren may punaeen. rilr you are vmi-netutly vmi-netutly constituted for thia work. God baa given you both the desire and ability te do K; you can enter iuto the tympethieaof others, and you cau better appreciate their feel logs than we men cau, aud you are altogether more com potent to minister min-ister iu such alialrs. Hence the prophet Joseph Hmilb, In hie day, orgauized a Female Keller Horiety; some of you slateie now before me I remember seeing present on thai oemsluu. Ulster Kuima Nmlth was t'reijeut of tbat Hoelety, Hister Whitney, uuw of Kelt lAke City, waa one of her Counselors, Sister Clevelaud was the ex her Counselor, aud biner Elite rlnow was Heorela-ry. Heorela-ry. Thia movement, under the auspices of the IUuef bocietiee, waa allowed to ele for ft while, but it baa again began to awaken, and great giW Is being accomplished. And what do wa want to tench our good amlers? 1 do not propose to go Into details, but will merely aay they should he thing most elevating elevat-ing and u-eful. Teach them to cook aright, to dress aright, and to aft well ai the Twelve and loading elders, should become familiar with these things and have a correct understanding un-derstanding or them; and It wll', do no harm to again talk on some of them. In KlrtUnd, Ohio, a great many things were re veal td through the Propliet. There was thou a First! Presidency tit at presided over the ! High Council, in Kirtlaud; aud; that High Council, and another which was lu Missouri, were the only High Counoila In existence. As 1 have aaid, the High Council In Klrtland waa presided over by Joseph rtmith and his Counselors; and nance there were some things associated with thia thai were quite I cellar in t item es Ives. It la stated tnai wbea tbey wars at a lees) to find out anything pertaining to any principle that might come before be-fore them in their oounella, that tbe presidency wore to Inquire of the Inrd and get revelation on tboae euhjecte- that were diMlcult Cor 1 1 tern te eom prebend. And I would make a "vjiiiark here In rela-tkm rela-tkm to these Ctfugs, that all H'gh Oounella, and all PrwndmU of tsUkeat and Bishops, and Id fact all men holding the priesthood, who are humble and faithful and diligent dili-gent and honest and true to the principle of our religion, If they seek unto God with that faith that he requires of us, he will give tbem wisdom under all circumstances circum-stances and on all occasions, aad tbe Holy Hpirlt will never fail to indicate the path they should pursue. pur-sue. This It the order of God la relation to theae matters, that every man holding any position In the church, through his faithfulness, hball have his Kplrlt commensurate to the duties devolving upon them, te enable them to magnify their calling to the acceptance of God and their brethren. And If such men do not enjoy this bleeping, this divine assistance, It la because they do not "live gedly In Christ," because be-cause they do not seek unto him In humility and lowliness of heart, making it their daily etudy to observe ob-serve the laws or God and the tights of their fellow-men. It Is true, we all of us have certain Infirmities In-firmities and foibles, and as you lienrd title morning, God boa placed them upon us that man should not glory in himself, hut that he might tleend upon aDd glory In the God of Israel; but it le our duty to overcome over-come them, and learn to subject our will to that of our Heavenly Father, and ooulluueon In the way to perfection. There ta a matter that has of late become a subject of ft good tie of conversation, and it occurs to my mind to refer to it, namely that of the High Priesthood, or the place aud calling of a high priest. Iu tbe revelation on this subject I find Ibtsu word: "Aud again, J. give unto yeu Lon C Huiitb, to be a president over the quorum of high priest, which ordination is iuU-iuted iuU-iuted fur the purpoee of qualifying thonewhoshall be appointed standing stand-ing presidents or servants over the li lie rent stake scattered abroad." What are they organised for? It is inttiutd ur Ot urMMM mt qualifying quali-fying those who shall be appointed standing presidents over the difler etit stakes scattered abroad. A sort ot a normal ecboo), If you ploaee, to prepare men to piesfde, to be fathers of the )eople. Have they fulfilled thia? Hanlly; peihaj many of them have not thought about K; but If they had rellocted more upou I hew things, and humbled them-solve them-solve befote God, and met together oftou to talk over the principles of the goiqt, mauleating aa eager dei-ite to beC'ime acquainted with (hotline, and uIng due diligence iu seeking for wimioui from the beet of books and every available Murce, I do not think we should have taken so many men from among the seventies aad elders to make of tbem presldeute aud bishops bish-ops and councilors, as wehave been (.bilged to do. itut Instead ef the high prb sin pursuing this course, many of them have Indulged in much uuueceseary talk about which Waa the blgsest, ft high pritatora seventy. I can answer tbat question for you, my brethreu: If you will take a little child among you, and on comparing youmnives with it, cau find the one most like unto 11 the one who Is the most bout et, truthful and child-like, such a mau should be classed among the freatest In the kingdom of God. t la not talking about these things that qiwllfiee men for pt Billons, but doing them. Wm a.rw tilr ! (rilnv In nn hare building a new bouse, or hm buiinens Is In Mich ft flourishing oondliion aa to need his personal stipetfntenitencn; another has per hap "bought five yoke of oxen," and he tunst needs go to prove them;" and another has perhaps "married ft wife, and therefore" would like to be excused. And still euoh men generally have quite an opinion or themselvea, and tbey areoruiinesaasioua to know which is the biggest, they or somebody else. And when auh men do go upon misnioua, Uey are of very little lit-tle account, try are ready U find excuses not 'jo go, aud Juai aa ready to find ex'Ute I return, and are soon n sou oiled to Uie fern that "titers is no place like home, u aud that "Jordan is a hard road to travel;" trav-el;" they have all kinds of difllcul-tlee difllcul-tlee to encounter, meeting with lion In their way, ete. Jhd yon ever remember the time when the Elders felt a desire te preach the gtsipel and men wem ready with oen arms to receive thnes who proclaimed Mf believe the Hcrtp-Luret Hcrtp-Luret be true to-day which says. "1 will take you one of a city and two of a family audi will bring you to kilo a." We pro fees to be Apostles ef the Lord bearing hie gospel messafpe t the nations of the earth; then let-us exhibit a little lit-tle mom of the apostolte power and real when we ge out among our fellow fel-low men, real slog tbat we hare got the right and life and power of God with us; and that we are sent to tench nnd not to be taught of men, te ooutrol clrcumstaucea, in great measuie, by the power of the priesthood, lustend ef allowing ouraelvea to be controlled eo much. We have net got through with the work, we hnve only just commenced commen-ced it. Here are our fallen brethreu, breth-reu, the Law suite. What an extensive ex-tensive work opens up among them, which must yet be done, but which will not.falcly eommenoeun-1 eommenoeun-1 til we approximate to the consummation consum-mation of our mission ;to the Gentile world. And when we shall have introduced more fully the gospel, i and developed the purposes of the Almighty to this branch of Israel, the Jews will be ready to receive 1 the servant of God aud the gospel I which will then lie proclaimed to tbem. And when we get through with Urael, there will remaiu the ten tribes to be restored, the earth to be redeemed and the kingdom of God to be established thereon; all of which must be done in order that the rVrlpturee may he fulfilled, and tlie deeigne of God crmsumat-ed. crmsumat-ed. Gur work Is mapped out before be-fore us, It Is all designed and planned! plan-ned! by him who rules above, and It is time that every Klder In Israel full understood this fact that the Latter-day Halnte bnve got to take a part In all thia work, aud that we are not here to attend to our own personal aiUi re merely, but, we ate called to look after the interests of God, tobuiid up his Zloo andeatnb-lieti andeatnb-lieti his kingdom on this his earth. Theip le another class of men tbe Klder of Israel that play ft most Important part They are wry numerous, and It is time that they commenced to feel after God. arm mu renect. "What ran 1 do to help tn build up tbe kingdom of God teu)o rally aud spiritually. O God, Inspire my heart with light aud revelation, that I may magnify my calling, houor my Haitiou, teach tho priu-ctples priu-ctples of itb LeouHueas, and help to build up thy kingdom on the earth." j This is the way they should feel. I And I might refer to P real den te I of (Stakes and to our High Council; i bow ought they to feel'.' That ne are aervauts of the living God; that tbe eye of the great Jehovah Is over us, and that ne are 0eratiug in the lute rents of Ziou aud fur her welfare In all thing pertaining to time and eternity. If tbey do not de this, God will be after them, and Ihey will feel his hand upon them. For aa I have aaid, we aie not here to build up ourselves, but to build up Zlon aud establish the principle of righteousness upon the earth. That is our calling, that le what the priesthood le conferred upon us for, and It behoove us to magnify It and honor our God. He governed by Integrity and truthfulness, and never allow yourselves to be bartered bar-tered or sold In the lute rests of anybody, any-body, but oerate for Israel, doing Justice before God and the angels aod all good men. And then we have our bishop; tbey have their place In our mlOst, to attend to the Intereete of their seveial Wards, to look more par- DISCOURSE uxurutfco av PRESIDENT JOfL! T1YL0R, In the OgdcA TaJbsrnaoLt, on Sunday Sun-day qftormn, (kiofw 21, 1&77. KKPUHTMft JlV a HO HUB l U1I1B. I am happy to meet with the brethreu and nialerj at this confer-' confer-' eucr. Pir.ce I wti lirt here we havehaJto r-'ilTVr the Itss of cut venerated nd holuvej President Jtrighatn Young, which cast a gloom tv.r the feelings of the sainui throughout the Territory, and made us ail feel sorry. Jlis do-nihie, do-nihie, ftlih lh.it of others, however, is amoi.g the evidences that are! necessarily associated with human a!Ulrs,and U soinerhtn over which I we have no cwnliol, fur the Lord manages such things according to the counsel of hi own will. I remember the time very well when Jom-pli Hmlth was taken from us, not however In the manner man-ner that President Young was, but by ft ruthless mob, meeting his death at tho hau ls of aseaMslns. Hut these things are matters, although al-though of great Importance to us, )yet relatively they have not a very great deal to do with the building up of Uie- church and kingdom of God up do the eaath, and with His work In which we are all engaged. When the L'rd revealed the everla-tfng Gospel to Joseph Hnilth, he unfolded uuto him his nurpoees rtod dualgns In relation to the earth whereon we lire, and give unto him a kuowlidge of his law and the ordinances of the go.-el aud the doctrine tlierof. It was not for the Ol-Joot tImply of effVatlng him, as a man; but it was done for the Interests of society, In the Interests In-terests of tho world and In the Interests In-terests Of the living and the dead, according to Uie decree and de-sigus de-sigus of Jehovah which he formed before the world rolled Into existence, exist-ence, or the morning stars sang together to-gether for Joy. The Iord had his designs In relation to the earth and the Inhabitants thereof; and iu the last days lie saw proimr to reveal and restore, through his servant Joseph Hmilb, ht we term the new aud everlasting goiel: new to the world at preeent, because of their traditions, thefr fill it aud weaknesses, and their creeds, opinions opin-ions ard n jtion; but everlasting j because It exia'ei with God, aim because it existed with him Iwfore the worid was, and will continue when change c lull have succeeded chatigo upon this earth, aud when tli earth tdiall have leu to deemed deem-ed aud all things made new, aud while life nnd thought and being laxt and I n mortality l udures. Therefore, although the gospel la uw to the world, It la everlasting. And Una Introduce!, as 1 have staled, In the Interests of humanity human-ity our fathers, the ancient prophets pro-phets aud apostlesjand men of God who have lived in the various aies of the world, who It.ivo ad in In is tered In (he holy priesthood while they lived ujo:i the erth, nnd who are now administering in the 1 leaven leav-en , and who hvt a hind lu the introduction in-troduction of ttiis wotk, together Willi Gh1 our Uenveiiiy f utlier and Jnaurt the MednU r of the New Cov-euautjaud Cov-euautjaud to-day they feel interet-e interet-e iu the rolling forth of this work; aud iu the avcuipllhnjHiit of thane ' purposes which thd de gned before the foundation of the world. And It is to Go J aud hl Son and to thee men that we are it. dented for the libt aud the intelligence that has bu communicated to us, and to the. in ne ?hall be indebted through all time lor the same kind of knowledge and intelligence to sustain sus-tain and direct u. We talk sometimes about the organisation or-ganisation of our church, and aliout a First Presidency aud about Apostle, Apos-tle, and PattUrchi, aud Hinh Priests, and Heveuties and Elders, etc; but who knew anything atxtut any of these olllce, iheir rtgiits and firlvlllges, eta, until God revealed I? Nobody. Aud this is not only ao with regard to the eeveral ofllues of the MeU h'sedek or higher priesthood, priest-hood, but it Is also the case with those of the Aaronlc or lesser priesthood. priest-hood. I bene are thing that were not uriiinted iy man; they came lhnUKh revelatmu to us from God, and hence we are indebted to the Lord for them, and also '.for all the knowiedgH we jkjmmmb In relation to them. Who taught us anythiug about the GatherinflT, and why are we here to-da ? What brraniht us conrx-rned. I have seen many of them after baptism almost ready to sell themaelvta In order 16 have -is chance of coming to Zlon. Aud yoa elders,wbo are my lie rem today, to-day, have witnessed the same, and many of yeu were doubtless numbered num-bered among those) an whom I speak, who were ao extremely anxious anx-ious to gather. - - Wears living in what an stent men of God have been pleased to term thediapensatieti of the fulness of times, whivb embrace nil previous pre-vious dispeusations and U the Jxittstbood that baa ever before exited ex-ited on the earth. And among ether means tbat God will make use ef to accomplish) his purpoee Is that of Ttniplea; nnd tun spirit of Temple-budding comes iu the very same way, aa that of gathering gather-ing together, and this account for our d fire to a-slnt In erecting Tern-pl Tern-pl a. The Lord, through the prophet ftiainchi, III refeltlng to tills feat UTfc of the great Latter dsy work ears "Heboid, I will end,you Fltjah tbe prophet Itefoie the coming of the grat aad terrible day nf the Lord. And he ahall turn the heart of the fathwra to the children, and the heart of the children to the fathers, leet I come aud smite the earth with a curse Did Elijah hold tliee particular keys of the priesthood? priest-hood? He did. And did he eon-ret eon-ret them upon Joseph Hinitb? Yes, he did An acoouut of this too will be iViind in the reference I have already al-ready given yon. Did Hie Latter-day Latter-day rUiiiLx gsuerully manifest any paiilcuLir hnlre to build Temple before tliti prophet Ehjah cnineV No; but ever pint this desire and feeling h.n existed In the minds of the Latter-day Hulut. It might appear very foolish to other people, but to us It Is both conxlHteut nud necessary. The first Temple we built was In Klrtland, Ohio; the next was hi Nauvoo, Illinois, and ft foundation of ft third was laid in Far West, Missouri. rMnoe our coming to Utah, we have built one Temple In Wt George, and a beautiful beauti-ful building it Is; ami in that Temple Tem-ple are now performed ordinance ordinan-ce for the living aud the dead, the dead. And let rue ask, if any present In thl large assembly today to-day regret lu the least having con-trilmtcd con-trilmtcd to It. I do not think fur a moment that there la a mau or woman that does. We have already al-ready ex (tended a large amount of means on the Temple now being constructed In Bait Lake City; and still we have commenced two other oth-er such buildings, oue In Mantl and the other In Logan, all of which will lie inagulllcent buildings when com pitted; I su ppoi o there are not lees thun five hundred men employed em-ployed on thfae buildings. In this Territory. It looks odd and simple, the world doe not knew what U menus; but we know, for God has revealed It to ha; ani he has not ouly revealed It, but he has put It here (pointing to tho heart), aod we cannot get rid of It. Iu tho year 1STG President Young wan strongly impressed with this feeling, and ho rtqunetod the Twelve to call UMit the High Prieta, aud rWwuliwey Mt tiiv Kldcrs to r-ubftcribe towards carrying carry-ing forward the Temple in this city. Was the call revpoudod to? Yes; the various qunriiiii throughout through-out the length and breadth of the Ten 1 lory willingly cuulributeJ.and a very lualurial advance has been made hi the construction uf that building. Why did President Young feel r-c? Hecause the spirit of God rested upou him, prompting him tu move iu this direction. Why did the brvlhrt-u of these several sev-eral quorums so-ieadtly reiond to the oh? Iecaue the same spirit rested upou lliem; and beuce we find tbat the Fiist Presidency, the Twelve, and the saints generally are all interested in this movement, evincing the same desire to accomplish accom-plish this work of Temple buildiug, as the saints of foreign laude do to gather to Zion. W hat object have e lu view in doing thb? Tbat we may anmlnisler the ordinances which the Lord baa revealed uuto u, aud which, according to bis command, must be done in Temples built to blsnaras. If we were o turn over to-dy these buildings to the religious world, they would know ao more how to use them legitimately, than ft bnhy would know what to do with algebra; neither w-mld we had not the Lord uught us by revelation from heaven. heav-en. The gusjtel brings life and Immortality Im-mortality toiixbl; it place us in communion with the henvens, the priesthood there and the priesthood I ears u su emaee ineir ilcbta, and we claim rtiU rqaal with them. Well, shall we, aTtcr suing to the ends of tbe j earth te gather people to Zlon, In order that tbey may learn more nerfectlr of I Ills wars and walk la H Is patha, ahaM we I then show onr child rea to ha at the mercy of those who would lead tbem dfwa to I 1 death agalur ud fortidl Let our teach-. I srs le men of Qud, men of honor and in- I tcfrrtty, aud let aa aflord our children such j learninr as wilt place onr comtnanltj In1 the frnrit ran ha In educational as well ss I relttiona matlera. Hot woakl ws It.ter-fet It.ter-fet wILhother rvlinlons deenmlnstionaT Nik i'revcot them from sending their children wbere and to wbom they pkaci Ns Or from abippiug where tbey please? No. I wnaid not put a hair In their way. nor Interfere with them In any pnallle way they ean take their cosrte, snd wc want ths same privdeee. M ils, tecard to some of there other things wlurb 1 havsreforred te, 1 woukl aay. We wUh to continue on aa ws have done, and as soon aawecan see our way at, we will make thiugi mors agreeable. 1 1 beae are my fccllngi; hnt tn tlm meantime, mean-time, tkars will r no radical ehantrea. i We started In with ths InUnUon of carrying carry-ing out I be vlewaof I'lealdent YtMar. aad ws purpoee tu do II; but should we, ly and uyaee a belter way, oue tbat sut;a u ttter, that wonkl be mure pleaaant all around, w will then adopt It. In the meantime, ws will aUk to the rod of Iron, and hatnMe ourselves ticforeUiMl, r-cuklut; lode Hln will In all thlnrs. and by and by, wbea ws shall have dona oar work on earth, will obtain sn inheritancs In tW-CelcatlaJ tW-CelcatlaJ kingdom of oor Father. A mm. speak might; alaote govern tbetr feeliuga nod tongues, and unfold unto til an the principles of Ihe gospel. Let the elderly ladles tea. h tbe younger oue, leadtrg litem on in tlie patha ot life, that w may have autera growing up, whoee goodueee and praiseworthy principle princi-ple will make them fit to associate with the augels of tiod. And If joe iMraever In this good work (sod will bless you nnd your e dor is, let male and feiunle operate together togeth-er lu the ene great common cause. Hitters, let It be your daily etudy to make your homes comfortable, more aad more pleant and agreeable, iu fact, ft little heaven on earth. Aud brethren, let us treat our wives properly, and prepare peoper places fur them; be kiud to tbem, and fee to bless them all ths day king. Io away nith unkiud or harsh words, and do not allow bard feelings to xist In your hearts, or nnd place In your habitat ions, fjove one another, anoth-er, and by each trjlngto enhance the welfare of the other, that element ele-ment will characterize the family circle, aud jour children will par-lake par-lake of the name feeling, and they in turn Will Imitate your good example, ex-ample, and cretuate the things they learn at home. There ta nnther sebjeet ! with to refer to wbleh waaiblrndared this morning by brotaer dtMcpb f. emlta. lis said. In aaktug we lilhlng, Uat M all ef ts trfelhren would pay their tltliinr. there weald Im no seed local! ror donations. 1 sia precisely f tbs ssaw opinio, gat thee ail of yo have not dues Ibis, eeV ther do you do IL 'but ars yo la boess that something of tbat kiiul will be ae-rnrIUbcdr' ae-rnrIUbcdr' Yesi of coarse vws are. Well, how Is It sow with oar Temple affairs, af-fairs, there has bet a s change made In re-labon re-labon te thasemittersr The libra I'rlnla and Seventies werecsikd spun teconUI-tHSte teconUI-tHSte In this direction! and tbey did it, and did waJl,wi.kh la praiseworthy. If I ressemhrr cwnclly, the whole amount suierritwd durinr. tbe year was aotnc aiily-tbn lhuuaed doUere, and thia act pot only bu tllUted tlw ImLkliHir of tbe Tetupk-, txit sis rendered cuipiuy. rnent to a creat many of oar brethren. Now, WceMent Youtir, before he kfl ut, eakl that after ths 8takce of lon were orKanixid, tbeae suteciipllooa sboakf t made through tbe liho, InalinV of tbrooirh tbe po-aldenta of tbeaa eeveral quoruRia. noma wosid le ready to atty-eeat atty-eeat that wedosway with that, and aas lbs TUhlug Inatend. 1 am, aa i aavs said, la kopos llut ws will Ua ai4e to do Utat by and l-jc, 11 1 do not think yoa can to-day. We wiah UiUke a te.Iy, even coarse, and sdvaoce la Improvements Improve-ments read nil If, aa onr way shall open. I wlUehuw yoe wbt eOrrt these sadden changes hns. W e Ulk akowt the ttsven-U-, aud the lllh 1'nssis and KWcra, aad what tbey have dono. liul i la Hot ga-rsliy ga-rsliy kuown tbat I lie result of tbnl tuJ.leii - j i - the great woik before us. Zlon Is1 bound to spresd and grow; hercords 1 itl be lengthened and her stakts will bw strengthened; but we must be energetic aud alive to the duties devolving uou us, alw)a keeping in miud the object to be accomplished, accom-plished, and tu order to facilitate things and to meet the miud aud a ill of Uod, snd that his work may be cut short in righteousness, we niut operate together. And not, hat? Lullaby baby on the tree uC when tim wind blows the ora-Jw ora-Jw will rock." We have had tootigb uf tli at; let ua now begin more enrueslly to seek after the wisdom aud power of Uod aud the lis lit ef revelation, so that the love of Uod may bum in the heart ol the popk, and awaken them up to tn understanding of the principle of eternal truth. This Is what we want. And If they do this, mag oifying thvlr calling, then when iilher stake are te be organise! and older chatiKcs made, ail we wll j have to do will be to go to the high I prifxta for such persous to fill such oil I cos that rightly belong to the high priesthood. Aud theUestlon that has agitated the minds of the Seventies and High Priests will no longer trouble theai, for all will then more clearly perceive that the church or body of Chrht Is aa the hoo)' of man, com posed not of one member, but many. For Instance, there Is the head, there are theeyee, titer Is the nose, the mouth, there sre the ears, the arms and hands, the Ire and feet, all of which are members of Ihe human lody; which of these would you like to be without? tkipposlng you had to part with one ot yuur legs, or one of your arms, you would of course want to retain the most useful of the two; but If you will tell me which of the two lathe most useful use-ful to the human body, then I will tell you which le the most useful to the body of Christ, the High Priests or the rSeveuliee. 1 do not think, however we need discuss thistjue-tiou; thistjue-tiou; but lather let us maguify tbe priesthood we hold, seeking tu no-quire no-quire a proper lllueas fur the poei-tluus poei-tluus we occupy. Now, I will tell you something ( bave noticed lately. Wa call upou up-ou Seventies, and sometime upon High Priest to perform missions ai road, but bow is It with them? I hey generally go, but It la often a hardsueak. One man ha a roof to put on a house, another la per t icu laxly afier tbe temporal a flairs of the eople, and aot and counsel tbem as faihers for their good; and not lu their owu Inlrrewts, but for lUe good and be u fit of the whole. And then, lu the capacity iff High Pi tests, to take charge of mewling, ad Instruct aud onunM those ol their wards, always tenting a pattern pat-tern lu all that Is upright, good aud noble, asvlng to the ieople, Follow me, as I follow Chi if t- And as common Judges lu Israel, thei should be Inaious of the people a right, adjudicadug ail waller that may cum befoie them lu all rise hteouaoeaa. Then we come to our priests, and whst are tbey to do? I do not think I nerd tell yoo, for I have heard Hro. Hlcbardstell you. 'I hey should visit from house to house and ere that there are no hard feeling feel-ing existing lu those households, or between the Inhabitant of different dif-ferent household; nnd such men ought to be full of the Holy Uhfwt, standing aa watchmen uver the hock committed te their cam, trying try-ing to put things right, and to keep them right. Tlie leaciiere should be their am latent, whoee duty It la to ae that there Is ne tukjuily of any kind, and that lighteuusuess aud truth prevail among the people. peo-ple. And theu, the lencouBshould be active la their place and calling, standing aide by side with the bisbope, eeitlng them In all their temporal duties, operating together as one family. And then everything every-thing wall move on harmoniously and preMantly, for through these I ordinance come the blessings, we are bld iu the revelation; and without with-out them the poner of godliness Is out manifested to men In the flesh. Uod placed lu the church, epos lies, prophets, sic., .'or the perfecting of tlie riftiuts, fur Ihe work of the ministry, min-istry, for the edifying uf tlie !i ef Christ; that ne may all grow together to a perfect man, to the mil measure of the stature of Christ i bis priesthood and our church organisation or-ganisation ere Introduced ftr this purpoee, not to make big men of noine, and little men of others; for i tell you, would rather see a den-cou den-cou magnify hie calling, than an aponlle wbo treats his indllTereutly. We must seek to magnify our elll-oes, elll-oes, nnd not xjct our offices to magnify ua. I will here refer to the young peo- ru. I find a very good spirit grow-ng grow-ng up through lite Territory, assu- here, nud under what inlluence did we coiue nud by n h t principle were ne tiniud, as we tlud our-anlvr our-anlvr at i be present time? You who are fitiitilUr with the history of thet-hurch know that there waa a Temple built lu Kirtlaud, Ohio, aud thai wbiie the pmphet Joseph rhuith aud U ;ver Cowdery were seated lu their proper places lu tlwt Temple, there were several important import-ant personages a) pcaied lu Iheui, nud gave unto tbem several kejs, 1 towers and privihges; and that among thewe heavenly beings was Moses, nbo rvpreacuud nhat Is termed tbe Ua'.beilng dls; etifatlon. His mufdon to earlh was (u retture the ke s if the U aheriug dbjpeusa-tiou, dbjpeusa-tiou, Ahioh should gather Israel from the four q jarters uf the earth, aud ftlso resioie tbe teu tribe. You whj have not uuv read this for youffMrlves, you will llud it iu the new ediliou of the Doctrine and Covenant; I refer you to ft aud reoonirueiid cu to read it. Moses conferred thuae kejs of authority ukii the prophet Joseph etmilh, aud he afterwards confeirwd them Upon the Twelve Apostles and oth-ers oth-ers whj when they were ordained received them as part of their ministry min-istry aud priesthood, to prepare them for the work that was to be done. And when these elders went orth In the erformanc of their duties, calling upm the eople among whom they traveled to re-ient re-ient eud bs bipiu"d In the name of Jesus Cbrlxt for tho remission of their alns, promising believers that they aheulu receive ihe Holy Uboat, In obedience to the goepul rejulie-meats, rejulie-meats, they laid their hands upon their heads continuing them members mem-bers of the church blI also confer-redpUke confer-redpUke Holy Ulnt,aud they received receiv-ed it; and among oilier things they received waa the principles of the (lathering. And It was universally the case, and they hardly knew why It was, that among their first deeires after their confirmation, was a wish to gather to Zion; and no oue that remains faithful to the cause ever remained satisfied until he did gather with the saints. I would defy ihe world and all the Klderar Israel to bave gathered this eople together, as we now are, unless these keys of the (lathering had heea restored to earth, and the people peo-ple had received the spirit of it through the prwper chanuel. But salt was, there was no trouble at all, so far aa their willingness was here working harmoniously ugetn-er, ugetn-er, we belli taught of tbem are enabled en-abled to eccoitipiitb what the Lord requites ot us. We, as Intelligent beings, made in the Image of our Creator, en-placed en-placed here upon the earth to accompli ac-compli h a cert ill u work, that we may operate with the Gods tn the eternal worlds, through the Haht o,' revelation that tiod ban giveu uuto us, aud that he will continue to icive us, until all things designed by htm pertaining to this earth and iu luhabitaiite shall be accomplished. accomplish-ed. In other words, tliey are helping help-ing us to do our work, by com muni-mliiig muni-mliiig to us principle we require to know, eud also by tiertlug in our behalf, while we are o iterating for itiem, aud tlieir children, who are our (nl be is. As ihe eorlptures say, ''that Ihey without as should not tie made turfeol," It Is rtquirlnga union of the heavene ard tbe earth, forming a grand co-operative eo-ciety, eo-ciety, if you pleaae, connected together to-gether by indissoluble ties, by the gill uf the Holy CI hot, tlie light of revelation aud the power of Uod. Thus we are united to each other and to litem, -d are able lo net Intelligently, In-telligently, uoiug works that will be approved In heaven which are connected with the Interests of Uod and the interests of humanity. It 1 not our work, it Is not anything any-thing we have done, but It la Uod lht has done the whole of It, he having called upon ue to help him a littlu iu our weak way; and in aft-much aft-much as we seek continually to do his will, he wilt help us, for tu and of ounelve we can do nothlug, no nut any of us, for we are all poor, weak, erring human beings, con-Mlantly con-Mlantly needing his sustenance, aid and guidance. Tne various quorums of the prb thfMd, which have been pre-Mi'iited pre-Mi'iited lu you thia afternoon, give a more perfect representation of your Htake than has been given I fore. And I am pleased to ray that this extended orgeuhutton of the priest- 1 hood exists among all the Htakea 1 Mtmetwenly lu all throughout the IV i ri tory. It may be proper on 1 1 iu present occasion to refer to some things connected with the or-g or-g tmaaLiou of our when u for our ln fur i in lion; although 1 presume a gind deal of slmilsr Instruction has alrtady beeu given you by Brother Richards, who Is very couvemaut In such matters. Yet It Is very desirable that the mints generally, |