Show REMARKS that Tabernacle Salt LaKo City Sunday After T 00 1 Mode 111 February 13ttt 1808 by I PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF t I I LaTlOatu or UTllun YINTE111 1 flint whatever 15 I B oorlng There a do good I a 01 led Id to goo ond 10 and 10 do evil Iliimi 10 evil MIer Tile first remark 11 I 0 iifet cited to Iolt one I tn concerning wlh mark I mln1 concerning In my the molory tronIlre1 since tho clents IhOl he and God A created man nde orld wn belong world 11Im We do nol Ire till b < long 10 mode UB lie to its made don the lie orld never 110 dif not own oover earth Th my he In I I Ir on flat heaven IL h V the Ood 01 forty 10 me I than too nnloputor snoreunpopular I 00 much more the earlh whY oC face dnll on the oC Iho earth who are 1M inhabitants much more SET oou tee I so 1M children Of I Is I evil than to do that that prone to Its oC 01 TB ommondmnl follott I the > to the earth lie com lOW when conctaod avo of time died t 0 tlie oICrldlon It mm In The d1 did not do n the world the most unpopular was Ju Chile In tile 1Ih In I HI thai nrm md generation lie had more cne day and almost any other being that sales than In which Ha CteTeiaUon Ile Him and after a I aired against lt note dwelt to death Him SSIbil they put 11111 the devil 10 I oC let feel Ihal jby do rn thin Christ mON conoe < ucnco ao much ready to themselves more I and how l1 There is I 110 being II than good do 10 save the souls oC men ltaloOwrr bat eternal urxcpt the them and gie cOllllnand hrlI under tile Christ Lord Jesus Take the whole history ftne Mrld ruther from rather Adam down oC the commandments oC the and is t this day thai will and and t081 Osenthat been Very UII nlRo I hate are men was II In the day oC Irulor low Ient About three Java Jesus halt After lie I arthe a ministry nd Ihen enteredA lhe to dralh They ward Ile w as Iut Rnl 11I0 prlncllle and line 01 Phial nlnol flint but not Only a Collowero ills I At miles ala1lal to death except Ing one all put well been destroed IC have and he would but could ho v klllc l him the people nelolor wits presentd hy jibe the 01 Ow while the others Were t epoervfuad they killed They lyfly wr Ialn The world lid not receive unporular srgunpopulare dotrlo Bead tile history ceive I their Seth day ul Adam at the world 10 Mhalalol the Canaan life Manul 1MI noi > eh Jared Noah whn men I lived jou will al thousand Years eat 4 r Ir tl early flint the end that even III those I God against turned of mn chUdn alli ought that that Avail evil Bull They herein the Iord wan pursolediscouroe ond lie swept them llh thm 111 angry o it the wan 10 01 the car ill flili and 1h oil his lamll Were Have < l an Raved 10 YOU that vere ones Ih onlY meditate upon this olrnnle I lie ever SeJtstlon to our minds In the history ot the tollns cI ad Ivith men It does nit matter what age of the world you look 1 at whenever the lArd l has raise OT prophets > and Apostles PAR ton ua Teachers J and commanded fttmtoSomtk IheY have been un papular and their work has been unPopular un-Popular l Take Jersiniahfoor II I Instance When the L4rd sent him forth to teach and wArm the People he was Very unpopular ahfoc popular Th fl him l In I the stocks theycmt film Irto a pit they pelsccut ri him I continually until It seelis tome to-me he must t have felt like I saying You rl tt tfe rla Io M7 all r f ° to t hell for aught I care I tm cat folns to bother my 11n about yon any larger But he could not lie still The Melt had said to him in lending him forth d Wort 1 formed thee In the belly I now thee a nil before thou vainest forth out jn the wOI lllb I sanctified I them and I ordained thee a Prophet little the nation doHa commanded Jeremlnh to 10 Anil la M He r commanded what was the conicQtience Jeremiah was peisecut id and when he complained of tho conJ d lion of con-J the Lurl ION him to to unto 7fd > t the king of Jcrusn IaL The had persecuted him R84 toy unto lt that l the Judg mull I ot Go would crime upon him I his ie would be put out he would be I outM captive to Babylon anti he would ale In captivity bull I need not dwell upon thes things out they are worthy the ootcmpMlon I nl the LAtterdas Snl tits It ban vierneJ put IN held suits d light I anti Ills casly to do Fill Temptation to ia civil I Is on steer until us hand go to from the the grave day of our birth I i dosenl It In I our its 1 Tb me LattPO i day Saint know our Position The I Clod 01 heaven sent till Anrel to Jobeph Istalth That Angel taught him many things and 3Ke him what to do I Among oth f things lie told film Ot there lou a record of the ntiMent Inhabitants of this land hid tip ol in the 11111 Cutirah i Id commnd le film ift I dim till nr go forth find I reveke flint recurN atilt Allate I tth into the li ng lirsh I I rig II t go Me i ha at jecord ere v As and It Is true ill t ft1 come forth 11 In fulfillment I fulfill-ment of revoiltion John tha Ievele t or said And I ow another tingel IV In the sal18tof litaven having tili evellusing I Pel to french Unto them that dwell k the earth and u011 rnnt tIII and Modred Bull tonvue anti 1 3ple i FRYIniz Ivith a lotol voice Voir Cioi still rive glory to I Blon fill the hour cr Ili Judgment is rnisroo wtal That 8119el a dto Joseph eftlith In nsilwar L ioi him bli Youth t Tie Llrd 11IN13 Pit a unto many revithi Ile relv d if lily I Priesthood frftn u 11r thm hand I at heavenly mFempWhil beld the kiss of the Prletlnd Ile rfc veo t Ili hl Aartaile PrIcathilod 111 le 1he I 1cl tblledk tliel I I1rIfzth ftd rilt It oelillififil r I stru rlno angels fromfll t he ven lie i organist 4 till Church 1 rrint Thai man f t lived fourteen Years after lie U rtd into ill Ministry Ile brought Ih the Bock uC lornlO 011 < I the Dotrln Anil Coverlut Inh i ft larnnnized the church ndo then i hTo t Sm dh r lie Ilk the Alton tG11s VferofKur l AN Ilo I ° < stfmrny of crul I Ivitt has b4a tile history 1 01 tile 4fl rdY y Saint oven on him r1 malcan coetlnnt dt the ciolthient and un or one of ratfilt l lllwrm nl i m nts led ever made a SIM ulsb Vam tormented Peroccutod CUII followers Were ar They mere SKj from tile a 1 Occupied I and mearceii tied Tit 5 41 A14 so Plant their 1 f orTr a sai them con Vet have until these tho I Tons to Lie in had It hard tlmo and under 0 our f fee count 17 like 1 America great IInl and C larious gov thin litPremsfors Why this Ile JJSifis All ibffirinindf I Ythis thlt PPltlon All e Gimpel mne tit the Wooppsitioril I t of leave Tffi11 It Christ I There cut T 1 eIt a ovioel I there rtJt Pn IBJ uier < hb never Ivan but That n Wever will be b t one Oflapel i oft QQ re 1o It Is 1 IN fl 6 r tell to us Jesus alt Pel Of faith Illa ills Lord t Isto I As Montane of 111 I ill bap Hour I remiselon I 11 the of the re I A not 3 by tile Illy I tea fIttb1tod a an if lifts And Xftc plinsiDt Be home his embrace the the n Are truth my M Release 01 found It bethese I things Iv f W be We have Tlshtx I allusiblil sit 11cok 10 nle get the the elitblih41nericall n mounimull I hWel It citizen theue va a Ile I 4 tie if fitted earn We here an do found J 1 barren demerit NIth no marl oC ith white man anyhrn Yo HCO what Ihele Is tolo It 14 I In fulfillment uf the revclatl a 01 Ood Why Is this spirit In men to persecute I one anothel l to light against Clod and ills people I us has been th cnn from Ihe cntlon oC tho orld Ion to our day or loss It Is I mrongrend every ev-ery man that toke 1 COllro oC thl I kind will have to hon the hur < len of It Them 1 Is I but one IJower 1 ion In haven or i-on earth that can give man he Dart In the lint resurrection cloth divlth WI 171 Immortality and eternal 1 life uml I list tousle Ill 1 Bull f i not OU11h from the evil one We ought to look fit these things us they arc I havo a few remarks I want to make on u ceruiln subject connected con-nected with this We have us you all know lately put forth before the 1lbllo 0 dooumcnl cOnternlnl in a cr Intel man who bus I been assoi luted with us that Is I Colonel 1 Isaac Trumbo 1 tAng t-Ang lilen a manel to 1 rent g4u I hy a Life fisne of the Church lost h t i 1hI ptsbtj dI dt Pi II Ili A forth it hed It to the world I It Is hecauoe mliat we wrote then brethren and sisters Is I true Whether lie In I unpopular or not It makes no differe ce to us Wo have had Po CW men wbo hae not been In tills Church that have pped forth and done hit be 011011I uthn hove done i e have felt It our duty to Ilcknowledgo It Ian I-an t to may to you one and all that I do nol want 10 have Colonel Trumbo KO before Ood wheth before or sifter the resurrection or any other time Pod say that Wilford Woodruff the resident of the Church of Jcin chrlit tC Intterday Saints deprIved him of he honor that bn should have had for trying to nsslst the people In their calamities anti In obtaining Il state Iovernment fur Utah etc an we have ehearsed In that paper I nm llllng to acknowledge Colonel Trumbo or any other man ho has gOne forth as lie been for years and assisted m In the do ya oC our trial lie 18 I responsible for his own note We have had some friends In the mldt oC our dltncllltl It has bcen I uphill work with UH all the wnv through I I Iln I thee valleys of the lountalnslint ve have managed to pull I through by the blessings of Ood and the labors of a few friends with our own Colonel Trumbo was one of theme friends He took hold nnd labored with us and I feel It 1 IB I rn > duty to knowledge him heroic my brethren I do It for that reason I would do It 1 for any other man that labored with us We have hart l a great many that labored against us and for our dcstruc lion We hne hart to bear these things from the oranlaUon 01 tills Church I wn assolclated With Jo eph Smith Cram 1833 to the lime ill Ills death After his death I ANas poclated with Brig ham Young I brought him Into this val ley In mI carriage I traveled mith him and labored with him up to the da oC his death fv with John Tajlnr and l so with the Apostles and this people I know M nod lives that this Is I the work of nod I know the Corpus has been revealed tu us unit we have it It Is r our duty to abide by U I Inasmuch an we will 1 do tills the bllnl oC heaven will attend ns and we will have power to build up Zion In fulfillment of the promlo ot God I am a firm believer myself In rowI anti punlohment And In the Rift anti graces of the Gospel I have from my childhood been n firm believer In the Pnlrlaleh the Prnphots mail tho teachings of Jesus Christ What I He and Ills Apostles taught was true ro eBd g The 1 Were put to death for those truths and sft have our leaders been put to death for those truths Some DC ui have been preserved In the earth The IotcrdO Saints are gathering together 10 fulfill these revelations that have been given to us TAt any mon rend the relations In the lllble read tile 40th chapter oC Isaiah tJlnKO heavens And be joyful 0 earth nn1 break forth Into singing 0 moulllun for the Lord hag comforted film People and will l3v Insircy upon his afflicted Hut 7lon raid The Lord hath Corn < Cor-n me and my Lord hath forgotten me Can n woman forget her sucking hlld that she should not hove com passion on the Ron ofhcrvomb ya they may forget Yet ATIll I not forget thee Behold I h graven the upon the Palms of my hands thy waste are eon tlnually before tri Those things that have bon Predict NI I from the beginning concerning the Indliig up celle and the second coinIng coin-Ing of the Son of Man wltl com to pass Therefore let us prepare for them I bear my testimony of these things for I do not know how long I shall l I Ave tills Sir vllege on the eaith In my bojhood I attendert the Sabbath hool under old Dr Iorter one of the pillars of the Presbyterian chinch In NOv England I rend the New Testa lnellt there I rend of Christ and ol the Apostles I read of 4 the miracle and the gifts asked Dr Porter why her I did not hae those things In their midst Why do you not hao that faith once delivered to the Paints W by d you not have Prophets and ApostliH now The doctor mulled anti 1 said lly boy those thing are don alvnyI know the were don away but whv were they done nwn yl Hi raid They neta given In the dark ages nf the world to convince the Inhabitants I In-habitants of the eatth that Jesus WItH the Christ We live today In the blaze of the rlorlous Gospel light nf Christ and do not need these things Then raid I to him and to others Give m > the dark aires of tile world l Instead ol this glorious Oocpel blaze If In thos < dark ages there was power to unlock the heavens anti gIveYou converse Nilth Uod and angels and give you Insuml graces and power Xses In my boV hood I would l have Ion 11 I thouan l miles to If Peen h Prophet I bad n dtslre to Pee one I hoped to live to Pee one I have mid to mingle with Prophets and Apoptles fur a long plat ud Front 1833 to this day I have never seen anything but truth In connection with this work Let us try to elo our duty ant roar silly our calling before high heaven for It rl1cl cl pay lie When I Ito I wnnl i the privilege ot being lalsoil I from the rtead and of mingling with God with hrlst and with Apostles and Proph tie and the privilege oc having my faml I Y m > father and mother my brothers atilt k1sters with mo In th celestial kingdom of Call orrainized In a family capacity Hint Ave tons dwell together there Salvation I worn iV name thing I no matter whether It It popular i fi u1 tr 1 tld or unPopular despised or not dtallille1 and If we ever get It we will gut It by keeping the eommondments oC Unit and carrying out these pilnclplci that I God has revealed to us I hit e traveler with the Prophets and Apes mil 1 seen the persecutions and been through come of the trials and tribulations We have been led here and wo will try to build up Zion here This Tabermcl and them temples the old Prophet laiilah I and other Prophets saw We are here In fulfillment of prophecy ana we are doing all the good we can Why should mllll quarrel with his roelshbor shout religion Every man has a tight In his religion whether It will gave hila or not 1 never quarreled with nn nllll about religion never con lderert It proper to do eo I ever felt like debating wllh any man upon the subject of religion for the aka of gaining power over him In debate I do not UelleYj ID It I I leach what good I call and tell I get through vvith Me world I hope I hte ild IV ill 1 bo I mottifled till it We have I ntht here front nil nations I blip 1111 many In rnclalirl that have gathered gath-ered here tholl11 meet of them have parsed nwuy where I shall go myself I before long I pray Ood to bless you and to guide and dltert us all us Apostles ns Prophets al liters a Saints no fathers and mothers unit as children only reflect i If moment on the bleti Ing that God h inn given You In bivlng these privilege DC going I Ito the tempi and working for our dead friends Wi have four Impl one tnn ding on Milt 1lnrk Tlrlnhnm Young dlreetrd In the building of them and he 1 has gone home to Rlnrj Immortality and eternal iTc I irs Ood that we mnj have power to do ojr duty muKnifv our caning malk allies glitis before the Lord rtnd < icknowledge tho hand of One I In all the ilcislngs belidowelil l iiion us Tills Ii I uj ptnvcr and desire In the name of jTesus Christ Amen |