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Show DISdOUUHi: iitlttgnKii RT FREunEvr unninn unonRrrr it tun Ucncral CWifriKW, in tk lattriinde, Salt J,ite Ulj, MmliJ V Ing, April n, 1401. I liaToa fewthoimlilmn I reflection 1 woull llkot) itiirnt l.i my Meruit, llw Latter-day ritliita. r Ifly tarn eara ajo (he twenty alatli ilay ofllila month ' I atood upon the-Temple, lllock lu Far Wct. J w.ih Hmllli, HyrnniBinltli, Parley Vi Pratt rikI ollim were In Mud. Tim Imrl lil niter, a me. latlon and commanded ui, aallin Aiua-lli, Aiua-lli, togs thin u,in that omuluii lo ly Ilia foundation bf that Tinifilc 1I itpiulntnl liny nn I n date uu nlilrli wu wcro commanded lo perform llila work. Thou all waa waro In Caldwt II , Couoly, ulitre u Utvolt. The Lord pirfcitly umltratood what would tattu place, litfure that tlroo tame. Whin the time catnetu fulfil llila ruYilalloti thvLntUrilayfiilnU were In Illlnnla, thry Imvli.s lain tlrlteii out of MIm Mill. Mi-ll. Tim aplrlt of oppoalllou t w great that our lire w ere In Jeopardy In reluming there to perform the revel-linn. revel-linn. When the day camo firutloKu llicro our t'rophrt waa In prlaou for tho Word of Mol and tcrllinony of Jcaii". When w o coim racd with our patrl irch an I leading men, they Mil tho Ininl would taltu tlio will for tho diw I. Tiny did not thluk It wm la loin for lit to Ito; tor Mlaaiurlan had woru hy all theeoda In eiltlenm that If all tho other reielaliona mil iroilteile of "Jon Hmlth" liad kern filllllled. thai llila one itioiil I not lie. U iuhu theru waa a day an I date, to It. After hear lint the vlowa of 1 atlur Hmllli All I othera of tho Lnthrtu, llroUur Jlrlic liatu Yunj( aaked tho rvrclti wlut thitrfrelloio wini wlih regard lo llila. Wn tol I Brother llrlitham that tho lord (Ml had Flatten and wo wire ready lo uliei , an I leant tliu event In lllalianja. Wo ill I. Wo wint thire. Wu arrived at that pine, according hi that ruiehtlon and criiitiiaudiiioiit, on thoUtlnlay of Arll, IVtl. Wo UI I the. corner atone of that temple, ullli r alhrr Cullir, who lia I ta ell Appointed Worrraeu that bull II ix;. Alur that atone waa lali ho knelt upon It, ami llrother (Ion. A. Hiullli and mjaelf, who hat lieu tiillctl ty roohlfouto fill tho laeca of aouio who had fallen, wire ordained Apotllea un ler thu liinJ of Ilrlitiani Yoiin, Ifelar C. Khnhnll, Oraon I'ratt, John Taylor aud John J'. Pagr. rtiere, waaa iiiiin-lrrcatut. iiiiin-lrrcatut. lliltliiy nrnnll todiy In tiro Irlt wotlJ, uxtiitli. ioitir,o falaa 1 knoM. I niino thta, bH auo 1 wlli toajy luro to thla coiikii cation thatdurlnif Iheao llflj-lwii yiaralhatl nroiuatnul irono I lno ha I ttiuui.. I'lrtunllyof hearltuf my tnthninylu many of Iho lulliua of thu inrdi and Irian ti or tho aeaa auJ to tho luttertlay Hal Ida. An I Aa I know not how Ion I ma till havothlaprlrlhito In tho dealt, 1 fool II in) duly U liear luy teillmouy tialay 111 tllla rolilo llltl It few rllul. pha, and one la tho aut Jert uiwn wlikh llmatoditllUlo jmUnlay. Tin roaroit fow wplo who profeaa to Ullutu that tlio Cl.urch liaa not had thollaliiKprluclplaofroTilatlon froui lioaronnnllhe oltaelozaof (Jcxt with It tlllro tho dtath of tho Prophet Joaeph aa It ha I whllo he llv.,1. I want to lay to Ihtaa littler thty Hilnla that 1 travclt d with Joph Hmllli a Ihoua-mi Ihoua-mi J inllua In lull for the roJm tl in of uur brethren lu Mlaaourl. Hiiro am jairhaiai halfntlii umnnlu thU con kn itnlloii todiy who wcro In Ihatntiup ii!loii'a iauii.l Wo utro with that niihetoflUI. Wo heard Ina teatl. molilea. Weaiw Ida rovrlatijiia fill, ftlloil I wm with him when lie ro-relvulthatrovelalloiiitlten ro-relvulthatrovelalloiiitlten on I lilt. trite ltlrir. Of cwhmi, wo know (hat ho waia lrohetof Uod, anJ that ho haldtho keiaof tho kingdom of (lod. Wo ktiow tlio luaplratlon of Almighty Uodwaa with hlui, aud that when ho prophealed H camo hi pau. Thomi u ho aru htro loiluy, llrother Oaten, llrnther Noble, and irhai olhera, who turo l rea n( ou that ot caalou, will remoiii. tier the day that Joat i h Huillh tailed tho camp toKtthtr. Woweru all well. Theio waa iiudlrtaaouoralrkneiailuour ramp. Hut ho tol 1 ui what aw ailed ua. Uu gavo ua to uuderatand that thero waa to bo n cl.katlaenieiit vMt our camp. He told ua the reaaon. llo had kIvoii rouuael to thu brethren with nifard to niauy Ihliixa, aud a number of thtui had tllaf)bu)ed that counaol. Tlaydld notuuderalAtidaud appreel Alo fully hla ualtlon and atunilliiK aa n rroplttof (lod. "Yea," aa a ho, "you thluk of iaa a ly, llku tlio rial of fou, but ) ou will uniiiratAiiil soon that octupy u ikmUIoii where Uod Koverua and controta mo." Thoao who wore prraent know tho leolluxa that wo ha I, Tharo waa not Ur) eje lu camp. Uu atood ujain a waKun and (old ua thu Jmti;moula of (lo 1 woulj tlilt our Lamp ami wo would bo chaatlaud. riioau W thlnita camo to paw, Tho diy that wo IB lauded tho dratro) lux auiiel viallrd our H camp, aud, of counts thcro waa aorrow . U 1 do not know Iho number (hat went H to the grave, but aomewlieru ahoul M fotirtien, 1 think. Theuwuundiralood n Hut wo had a l'roiihtt luour mldal, M Wukuew Mry well that what hoaald LH would como to pau. Wtll.tivtrjtlilnK 1,1 that waa done In that rump, olns and Vm returning, a record of It, In a me.iuru. In liaa been kij U Diirlne that thouaiiui & mllta Journey tho word of tho Lord waa HI KItoii uutu ua, aud wo full uu leratood SI wuwtrutKjIiiKKd by it rrnpht I of (J hI. M We nallieil that All thu way through H thitmlaaloil. la Now, 1 want to any that I hate ra travi led with Jow h Hiullh AKood deil ril In my tlay, 1 waa aiaoUult d wllh hln ufi nioroor hva fromlhoajirluK of mil tn tj3 tho da) of Ilia death. 1 klliw, aado R3 my brtlhrtu uhu wctuaatut.latudultli H him, that howaa u I'roflut of (lu,l FX ouoof the urctttat pro hola (Jo I tvtr U rilattl iiou the tAtth. Aa I aal I ynttrdat, ho rectlol revtlalloua B uponuvtry auljett nectaanry for the M organization of tho CliurLh the ori;nu 9 llallonof IheTwelTu Alawllta, of the jH Hevt ntlea, of Iho II lull Ootliitlia, oflhe W UIho, elo. Thu Lord utvu revila-m revila-m tloiMiiiuuall Ihtao llilnic, until wo B liadthettrriiaetbefnriiiia. lie lull H Iho fotitidiitlonof a great work lutlila ffi the gnatovl tllaauiaatli)ii (lod ttvtr 9 Kiwi to mail. Ho much lu It-aLImouy of llrolluirJuaiiih Hmllli, In 1811 1 likewlae Imrtlnl one IhouKaudmlleaKllh IUothtr l!rlt,ham H Youiifr, tho mnti hIio waa called ti H leal lararlittiir tho l'ro liet Jt ho Ii'k death. Khiro la u number In thla liouo uhoiiimoln tht plouter uitn oy. Wolind In loii'n Camp two bun Ire I an I ilroaouls. Wulil lu tho 1'loueer Camp ouo hunJrol and foil). Ave, 1 Mlove. And I can teltlf) be. fora (lod, anireli mid rn ii (hat the itme iwwer, an I tho aamf Irll f rorola ilou iwcre iiitnlfiat In I"' "' up In Iho ilay of hla ilralli na wcro iiiBiilfeatlntho work oftho I'ripli nJoeph. Ilia trut, Jonph rtuillli'a life wai ahorl. Dm Hnlor Ijlnro.! onl) Ihrce audahiir )tmra, after llo cntcn I Into tho inlnlatry. lf;ro He una tnitirieil. The Prophet Jrnipli libonJ foilil.tn yeara l-afitn hn waa mirtynd i'rtel lent llrlitham ounj llttil lonear. Ho led till t'luuc l 'lultuniiuuilxr of)eara. I waa with hint w heti ho ntlno Into thla valley. I wmIii the aamo i-irrltio wltlj hloi. llowa.UVelial.ki.il HioW.lwr. A llilmbernf llldiAnlli weroltiell lo, cauxxl, no ilont t, by thu climuo lu toiiiliiir to IhCHi iiiounbtlin from the rcKlon wtt had left. He bcirati to r; orerfrom tho limr tint h t literal Into thla alley. Uu ckmti lure, and what did lie Jo? I will name a few ilrciimamiioca. Ho illched camp n,niedlUnce)lH'itltof lure. The iirilniiriiliiitluir.nl Iho rrile win; Mino with him took n walk, lie had lieruq lllu fethlc, but ho waa (hen al le to walK with the atalitaiicu uf hla tir. Wow ilked aIiiik until wiiCMiuetnthla Ti mplo llluck. It waa uuverial with aagibruah. rheruwta no mark to In dlcatothalUoiUTer Intiuded to plant an) thing there. Hut while walkllnt ulinie llrollier llrliflitm abipiol viry aii.lJdily. Ho rluck hit ewio lu Iho Krounl and aalJ, "Itliiht hem will aland tho crett Temple of out Uod." We iImtu a ataho lu (ho place Indlcatod by him, and that iitrllcuhr Met lolnul".! In tlio inl.Ulu oftho Timple tile Olio of the flrat thlnita l'realilrnt Yoiiiu: till ufltr ho ifol hero waa to or It r Iho i reiiarlnit i f it block down here, rilled tho 01 1 1 oil, whrre the camp roiil I uathrr to. Thla tn untry then waa very tleaolalc, ri trtil with wild aai;e, and that ratty in ar dia I, too. Thcro waa hardly any thlllK lure Kith life, owlm! to the ej. ceaalvo ilrj noaa. Wu went to work and aurnriindtsl lhlateiiAt.ro hlotk to ro-nerve ro-nerve ntiraelvir; put Aloblo walla on Ihn-viileaanil loitubliia on the tal al le. l'hla waa the w la loin dlapl 1) ed by l'rcaldtul l.rUliaiu Youmr all hla lifoctre and caution, an I Mfety.fir theiaaole. He then wont to work and hid out thla clt). Tin re waa Hit a Ihliisaoiil lu thla vallty mi J tlntf a few liillaua who woull tat riuittd tllrkftaf.rtlitlnllnii.r. Ho laid out Ihean atrita, thtu aldtwalka, thtvti llot.l:a. Uolaldout tllla "1 rmple blot k here. AuomUrofcouoclIa were had wllh regard to It. Ilrntht r Ui ornn A. Hmlth waa Mry Aiixloua tint v e ahould havo forty ncrea Inatca 1 1 ftru; ouiuchaotliatlbi.ro waa aictoUltii to lay forty aorta out. Arter. war la PrLaldeitt Yoiiiik thought ten acrea lii u city of thla kluJ waa all that ahoul. 1 be deolnl In an liiterratorihla characltr. Ho llrother Ueorgo A. Bmlth aiirrouderul till vlea,Alid we all otl for ten acrcr. W u n the city w aa lal J out nnil them utht.rarr4uimouUui9le we nliirmil iiWInttr (Junrlera, while rriillint Yiiiinc not hla family ntid n turned i with lliein All 1 aomo of tho K lint". And two or Ihrco compaulta followeil tho Miilo araon. I iitiiiollieaa thlnira for thu Iwaellt of thoao who ctinaldtr tint theru haa la eu no growth In the Churrli and Klmrdoui of Uod aim e die death nf Iho rrohet Joat ill. rruallent Youm lillthofaiiidatlonof fjur reniKa In thla Territory, rhrconfthrae renilta are now In operation, aii I the othir la UIiik built rlnht hi re. Hie l.ttt. i.lny Kaliita liteone tiwork and Itbortl lu thtvio rt-tni ha by thu command-mi command-mi nt nf Uo.1, for the blcaaliif of the llelng and re.feiiillon of Ihelr deal, an 1 it million of men aud womou. whoaclioJIcaArerilurni'il toduit, auu whoe rplrlta aw lu Ihoaplrlt worlJ, liae received thu tielufta of tho (loa llytheiwerof (ljlAiittho work id the 1.1 ma. under thu direction of I'rialdtut Win. la thla n loaa of jnatlKt.7 la tluru no haiulof lloI lu Hilt? lalhere no pro. RtcMluthli; riieae thlnga certainly w .'In not arcouipllthul lu Iho life of Jom i h Hmlth, although Joaeph Hmllli recuro.1 rtvehtlona with rticard ti rem lea, an I the ordlnaiictaand t.u. dowmeiita afterwarda admliiMired In the Temple al Kauvoo. lie aUihullt tho find Temple, lu Klitlaud, end many bleatllifra were revealetl lu that Tt mi It, and llila work waacoiitlnuul whllo he IImiI, aa far aa he hid the lower. 1 rtnii'inUr well Iho llrat time 1 read the reeolatlon given through (he Prui hit Joach coiictm lug thu rodnraptlon of the dead oneof the moat glorloua principle 1 had ovir breome acquainted wltn ou earth. Tu think thai I aud thoao JiatttrMhi) Halnta coull go forth Into tho w ultra of bapllam and redeem our father, our mothera, an 1 thoae that have gone before be-fore ua, Inthellneage of our falher'a Iioiih-, ami Ihey come forth and re. celveAiArt In thu llrat rraurrectluii' Well might the l'rohet aay (lod haa fullllledlila promlie (hat In thelaat da)a He would ralwi up Mvlora Uun Mount Ion, and the kingdom ahoul. I Ui the liord'a. Never did 1 fta I a revtlallon with grealer Joy than I did that rovtlatlou. I have often re-ferml re-ferml to the courie wo punuwl In ronnution with (hat. Joaapli rimllli hlmaelf(maiiyofyoumayrecol. Itct the time) w t nt Into thu Mlalaal 1 1 rlteronoHJiiday night after niHtlug, and liatUod a liundnaj, 1 luiptltrd another hundred. Iho next man, a few roda from mc, ba tlio.1 Another bun-died. bun-died. Wowireatrung up and down the Mlaalaalppl, U tiling for our dead. Hut Itierewaanoreivrder.woattondeti to (hla ordliianru wllhout waiting to have a propir nconl made, Jlut the Ixird told Joac) h that he mint have ricordna pnt-uil at thcee bapllauia men who could ace w Ith their o) ea and hear with their tara, and record thexe thlnga. (If coiirat, wo ha I to do Hie work over Aalii. Nevtrlholt-M, that thx a not aay iho w orl: waa not of llnl. Will, the liord maiilfeattHl n great work In the later of llrlgham Young. Ho llllid Iheao moiiiilalna lure for a tlioukund uillia, umltr Hla tllnction, with rltlra, towna and vllligea. llo guu niilliM I In all Iheau lllllla. Ililg. ham Vo.iti.- wta (ho nrihltirt nf thU biilhllmr (thu labcrnaile). He wna the art Illicit of the 'linilo that wunro bulMIng hen. I any to the litlter-iliy Htlllta that tlnd wna Willi lilni. llrfwuaMllh John Taylor. Ho liaa been with WH'ord Woodrull. He will Ikj with thoae that follow nn: (or the lnnl will uetera null thla tmoplu to ly lod only by tho revelatlonauf Jisna Ulirlat. He will be with thote Ai0btlia oflhe liorl, an I will ton-liuuu ton-liuuu with Iheni uutll the turning of the Hon of Man. Tlitae thlnga nro Irur. yiou will arkw, an I grow, and llouriah, tho glory of (lod will real iiu her. Ami tho i.onl Almighty will fulfil till the rouilfra thai Ho haa miloLonuruIng llhwork In tho laat tllapviiaatlou and fullueaa of tlmea. Tho r Irlt of luaplratlon waa with HrUhaiu Young from Iho day lint ho entered into llila work till ho lal I down Ilia llftilieru upon hla bed, 1 Uir mi tivtlmoiiy to Hum thliit-a. riiuo nour haiboeu a tlluo, either lu theio Teiniiloa or anywhere etae. but tho l.onl haa mode inanlfoat lilt wl II on Any tolnt on winch lldht aa ilvaliwl To my certain knowledge the lord gate rrvehtlona lu Ht. 'liairgo Ti mple ti Hla aertatibi llicre, tinrm la.lnta if iloctllun wn did not lilideralauil. 1'rraldont Youmr waa thero. I wna I here Hrothrr NfcAlllaU run I othera Jala rcdtlun ;n 1 wurprwthi-M-thlnga. H I ray tin io la ti i mill that got Inlii Iheae lt.liltloa tollbor. or gHa llilulhti vlimyurJof Iho Jnr.1 to Ulior. who, II he will live hla religion nild do liladul). will full lu receiving the mind iiud wlllnfdoil. Yea. tho lurd haa riiatd up ravlora upon Mount 5lon, nn I the kingdom la Iho lorJ'n. Ittalllawork. Ani wu havo thu great wtr aa l.ttltrday Halnta to gu Into Ihtao (iiiuttanud rodfvui uiirtlcaJ, anl attend at-tend lo ordinance rr (htm that they novir ht trd t f In their day nod generation. gener-ation. Uh it will Ui tho con lltloii of ' thiat-aavloraupou.Mountlon? riuro Malnlaof tint Imnl will hold thekejaof a ilvatlon to II i Ir I Vlhir'a home lu Die etlllcMAgraorttirillty. Thero lievir h III l n lime when that power w 111 lie likou from them. Wo ought lo reallre lln-H Ihltiga, and wo ought to prize the bhaalnga which (lod haa put III our hau la. I had AgrtAtdealre,wliiuthat revihtlon wna given, for the redemp. Hon of ruy I alher'a houae. Kuthir Hniltliwaalha tint patriarch In the ( huroli. He waa a llltral ileactudant nfJnarph whowaa add Inti I.gyit. Whin he lal I lililitiihunuiinieu'a In till tho rplrlt of bletalug aud of irojliecy rtaited ujaiu him. lie told mo that I ahutilJ bring all of my father'a houae Into IhoChiirch. I ilncllupou that with u groat deal of InUreat'atid the flr-t limo I vlaltnl my father'a Imuao. although 11 wna aereral ) tara After thla, I b lit al him Into tlda Church, oud my att pin-illitr, aii I my alliens And over) body that waa lu my falher'a home, errn a Mithodlatt-la-aliadir who waa Uutrd-lug Uutrd-lug Hit re. 1 organized a branch of tho Churililii Kariuliiktin, Connecticut, aiidnlmoatall of the inemUr were my relative. I afttrward brought luy falhtr up here, w lit re hu tiled, and Ida UaJy 1 aii III tlio ctiiHtt ry. IheroareA gnat many thlnga con-in'- till w Ith Hum mallt ra that I fti I to reolcelii. riicmoro llglit wo havt, the moru rttlath naof tlotl we hai. the mom wu alull ria theru tll-legea. tll-legea. Hla A gnat bleating Hint Wo aland 111 the Utah 111 tllla laat dl'itliha-Hon dl'itliha-Hon nu 1 fiilmta uf llruer; aud whero wu ran n- n our heirta tuiinleratin I there bloulnrr, All of ua will labor, na far a wo liaio oiportnnlty, to attend to Hila dut) for our deal. I do not want to go tutu tho aplrit worllaul meet with my t rogenttora and liao Hu m aay to me, "You held the ki) a of my rcdeiu) Hon aud ni) ailvatlon and you neglecltd to do thla work, and I am not rede nied." I bao lalmred, with tho atalstance of my frlciila, In the HU (Icorgo 1nule, for Ibrro thouanul of my dial frlinJa of my father'a Iioiimi an I my inolht r'a liourt, and have done oil that I rout I for Hum. Thla la Ihu grtateat Jo) of my life, when I loot- upon theau tnlnga aii I realize that I liavu lu 1 thla prlvll-ige prlvll-ige horu on the tarth. And whin I by ni) bod) iiithtilombiiMl my at Irlt guca Into Hie apllltworll, I rhall to-joUvAnd to-joUvAnd havo glory Willi tliera In thu morning ot the rtaurrtitlon, Inaamuih Aa they rectlvo theae rluclplea. 'Will,''it.rhaia you may aayfUwhat If tlicao (a'orlewhom you htve been laijtlzcM for tio not recolrulhoUoa pel;" That will Its their fault, not mine. Thla la a duly that rralauan all Iarael, that Hit yahall attend lo thlawoik, Aa far aa tin) havo tho unvrtuully luro outhotarlh. llreUireu and alilira, I felt ta though I wanted to heor thla teallmoay to Uio Imttirday Halnta. The lmnl haa in uilfeaUal thla work fruiu thu day that Joaojli Hmllli reciletl the recorda of Iho rllck of Jo ph lu thu handa of 1 I hulm-thu Hook of Mormon. 1 rem that day until thla thcro haa belli no lime that the liord haa foraakeu Hla Church. We have U-eu (.errtcutrj, wu have Ui n nflllctetl, aii! we lnvo paired through rrrloua trlala lu our da); but Hie liord haa carried ua through all Hiiro thlnga. And wo are hero in the mllrtof the uverlaatlng hllla, ghen b) revilaUou to old father Jacob, w hu laid hla handa ujhiii (he head of hla mm Joe li and rM that he waa "a frultlul laiughbyA will, whose brauchta run ovir the wall," and that Ida bltwluga preulledAboolhoao of hla progenl-tora progenl-tora "unto tho utmoat hound of the orerlaatlng hllla," and theae lileaalnga wirvlortwtuiun lilinnnl hla inattri-t). inattri-t). There thlnga have come to a-. Thu majority of the I.allirtlay Halnta lire through lliololua of 1 phralm, the aiuofJiiaeh. 1. phralm la "a mixed cake." lie la mlxod among the ua-Houaofthewirlh, ua-Houaofthewirlh, and Itla thoao who have tho blood or l'lhralin In them who, w lieu they henr the word ot the liord, ui rlvo It; and all that Uod baa promlaial through theae I'atrlarcha and Ihelr ivaltrll) will come to vi Ho with regard lo Judali. Moaca told the Jewa what would U'fall them, lie toll them what would take place In thelrTtmiliaand In llitlriltlca. They built AlUra to llaal and broke thtlr rurnauta, and he told them they would Iki nattered aud jieelod, and dt-alroycilby dt-alroycilby ivatlleiuo, ly famlmi, and by theiword;wonitu would eat their own children, and Anniuant of thim would bo taken from Jerualim anl acalterrtl umoug thu whole (leutlle world, nod lw (rami led undir the fw t of the Oentllee u mil the tlmea of IhoUinllha were fulfilled. Thoao worda havo been fulfilled to tho very lt' 'art aa Hmu would aJmlt. Wu Aro lu the hauda of (lod. Our riaiainaltilllllea are oYiAt, Ami wo rhould try to magnify our calling, ami not tit our hi aria ro much ou tlio thlnga of thla worl I that w la ltd auyof the oradia of Uotl or Iho work of Uotl for (he living and the draj. Uod blew ) oil all. Amen. |