| Show IilJ Iil J DISCOURSE o To I 0000 Coo mo Otll 1808 by i j J ELDER BRIGHAM YOUNG L I turo I = cfru For this blessinz and privilege which e enloy this morning IletlUllcululy I l l craleful to our 1athcr in heaven and I trust that the Spirit ol God will rot upon the speakers this day it It rested upon those yesterday Wo have come here for a blessing and Cod it billing I we thould have It Hut Hie powei Is I within us lo enjoy the presence ol the I Holy Spirit or reject It for the scene I that God I bu Riven ut U complete and we can icrve the Lord or the adversary I j j Bsweplcise We may fclvo way to a leellne ol ambition and promote de f ii Lii ilrei In our hearu that lead unto death 1 I I or we may promote the presence < it Ihe Spirit of God I that lead unto ctcinal I lire I think It U right to encourage j mbltlon la the heart II It lcad In thll direction But lor us who have been I hlshly favored ol the lord to covet the i t things of this world Is a sin Of all people I peo-ple thst have ever lived I upon the earth we should be entirely and thoroughly J In the service of our Maker for Cod has favored us as He has no other people peo-ple We have occasion In rejoice today in the liberty that we enjoy J the right end privilege to serve our Cod to promote the Interest mil building up of the Church of Christ attending to I the ordinances of the house ol God 1 laboring for the living and the dead In those sacred places which are unknown to the w arId but known to God and C those to whom they have been revelled I through the Inspiration o the Holy t Spirit If this people are humble and I united they have naught to feir In the i future they need not tremble In the tth dnlot ol 1W present dnl It Is our privilege to be tilled with hope for the future I know I It Is felt by some ol the brethren that great things I will I be accomplished If we I can step right In and be numbered with I the butts of the Union I remember i well that this people rejoiced exceedingly I Ii when a Territorial government was given to them I presume we would rejoice 111 II ue could have a State government r I Jut there Is one direction In which 1 see light for thU people and that Is In t II pleclei dl J 1 I j uniting together llh that bond that cannot be broken uniting together In I I the bond of the everlasting t covenant which God has given us Do I desire I that we should become a Mate cs I Hut 1 desire more and see uiatcr llkht I In the union of this people If the 1 Latterday Saints are united and see eye f to eye Cod will give them all that li I necessary for them to have to accomplish I J F accom-plish Ills work More than this I lorI lor-I one have never aspired to lie I l f utuadantly able but lie will not bring i this people to the point where they are entirely free Irinn the power ul the adversary ad-versary More Him unlll I tiny Ihatlsthe are a united labor devi people lying i ly-ing upon this organisation which has been portrayed 1 to you by Brother J t JtJ rorU r It Jt lynun Union In I the mldit of the Latterday Saint love and afleclion conhdence 111 Cad coniidenee in each other are whit we should be driving lor And I ay that the nun or the woman that ha < no conli leuce In the order estau IsheJ hy our lather has no confidence In Him that established It Uliatever our feelings miy be they must be subdued wri never our desires may be they must be controlled and our labors mutt be one or this work will not proipcr In our nandi as Individuals Individ-uals bo lar 4 Iho body ol the people are concerned and the work of t oJ In the earth we need not trouble ourselves about that I I rouble ourselves with our own condition will our own lives with the deslrci lint wo are cultivating lUy by day In our heart and see to it that they reach unto Him who sits abotu nnl controls all things Lnemies Mil rise up I against this people Men will go out from us aad become our enemies Strong men orators worn > II slain men will be arrayed against uli but If union Is In the mldit or this people the light and power of God will Do ulih them ami all the shafts ol the adversary UlI tall harmless to the ground I have no lair for the Church I am not I troubled about blatehood What does butchood meanf It frees us from the pell tyranny of a few who however ilo us no harm they advertUe u < Thrcugli the machinations ol our one mles tne cause of Cod has been pies inled 11 the highest courts ol this latlon Could we have done II our elves Go1 1 might have ordered It In another way but He ordered It In this wa > The great an I the mighty the hlgn and htrl low shall l have I the Gospel preached unlo them In what manner shall It come tu these people Hoar shall It be Introduced Into the court ol bu James and laid before Queen Victoria1 or 10 the German court and the 111I peror or to the emperor of any Ireat nation In Gods way Ills own appointed ap-pointed way will theio great ones hear le Gospel and God win order It II ue are united and we need not fret ourselves our-selves about It blale government I want If God wills It II He does not let It rest When the counsel comes to me from the authority that Go1 I has placed upon the earth 1 say let my heart be attuned to that counsel whatever my desires I may be and let me subject lily t ufl tJ sell I to the bpliit ol God and li it docs not suit me let mo be man enough and liave the testimony of the Spirit In me to receive that counsel and utHjr It I am not working to be a county ofhclal 1 understand they are reeling no for want ol coal I do not want a cold bath In the great building btlaw here vlhc new City I and County building I I do no want to be a cityomcial I do not want to BO In IhtToiKrcss of the United Mates Tlutt I want one IhlngI I Mint to unite with my brethren I sea disunion among ul My feelings rise up and 1 am foun I sometimes wishing that my brother would l do as I would like bin to do 1 wait to putmy livid tosteady the mk every little while Cod help rie to refrain from It I wint to cut a man off If he Is 101 long and pull him out If he Is I too short There nre things that come lo me that I need to control I know It Is written that the meek shall Inherit the larlh Let us become meek and lowly It Is not with a stro ig hand si caking from a lemporil point ol vie I I rvIIIIi r1 fr i rv that we will gam the victory Ho 111 It be done Tho Individuals lint In bent this einli are the victors and Christ savs the meek sull Inherit the earth IJjnur cnimloi Inline I u > > Will II loots lo mo like they did sometimes inline us very much Uut what has It accomplished live I I seen n wrinkle I In any I department that has shown a shrinkage i in Hie Church I of Christ upon the earth I hive not neither has any nun who breathes the breath of life Hull have seen the Church groom When H < were In poverty we rerf we c pinded we spread abroad Now we are comfortably situated and we con llnue 1 lo grow Our enemies have taken us liku a sponge AmllIud us until here seemed to be no moisture lelt In the people but when they let gout us we were larger than ever ion rcmeni ber father o Kn spoke about the stone well Olihcy 1 turned It over and II I was higher Ihan It vv is before Ood Is managing the Interests of this Church and II this people will do their an for I their own salvation God will bear them of victors llrcthren anti sisters wo have all we can do to mind our own business serving God In every act of our lives When the brethren tell us to do a thing do It with our might I low should Cl I know t tth they are correct Uy the revelations that GOII gives lo me 1 know that they are correct an J I see light greatness glory I In I the union of the Latterday baints I care not what their coiiplenon miy be Iin politics Icaro not whether It Is the blacksmth or the ilindy little fellow that measures out Ilia ribbon to tha more delicate lady union e < ualuyb < fjre God < Is whit we want with d determination de-termination In the heart to nerve the Lord and keep His commandments I am not looking upon a people who1 are inknown to the leather unknown to the ngcls 1 am looking upon a people i fI have been cared Ir upon I the descendants of thai boy on whom Jacob laid < his hand when he crossed Ihent in tne presence of his son Joseph and 1 saKI pluaini I should be the greater t behold a people who RIO the children of I phruimu porilj i ol one of the tribes driven Into all countries 1 behold a icople who are the descendants of J acub through hOI loins of Joseph I and Lphralm u people of w horn it Is proph elled thai they should be Iret and orlous ant should be galnere I lo ether to whom the other tribes should com as the brethren of Joseph came to ouph In 1 gvpt seeking succor ul Ins 1 ifiYrlI S iri lol land so ulu the other tribes come lo the tribe of phralni 1 and seek the blInKs bl-InKs ol God at their hauJs I am speaking speak-ing lo that people who It wai ordained should come foith in tlie lalicr days and Inu Lard would take one 01 a city and two of a family and bring Itcm lo Ills own house whcie Iney iluul t worst Ip Htmnnd He woald puci Itors ocr thmner Ihs on heart Inesechild ren of Lphralm are here today to do the work of the father and assist In I bringing I tti pass Ills strange act r eIfl Unit will ne do with the mission assigned iisthe ml < sioil that Jacob saw though he was 011 I and feeble and nigh unto the grive When he laid his hands on the boy he tjld him what should befall the icner lions that should come of him 1 phralni wlut shall we do with this mmlol Will we handle It as He wants us tod Will we honor the Ifiejthood that He lias given IISI Or will Iphraun rebel f it wo have rebellious re-bellious blood in ui Odd lias been mercilul unto this peail He hat led us In green pastures though trials have assailed in Tne bin > d ol phralni 1 has surged thou h the heiils ul this people peo-ple nnd Ility I have determined I and net 1 J olI fJle their 1 faces us fl nt lit it they would serve Od In Iversily Can we dj It In prosperltj If lull people will unite together I If tiny I II honor GoJ and honor lim woitlinJ Iron whom they claim dencsmt JI I will fijht their bittlcs He wlI irnua lor thnl will arguments tlu cannot be reluted mid 11 j will bring tll ird things to pa 1 You AIII I me nre mcwnp tent hlo It without Hint knciiv I we will ucceed Imi not by the sltomr himlol the warrior nor the pocuhir RIIIOI the utalesman nor by oritory nor by cunning andcraltl ness nor u > any onors tat the world l can lie ill I uiio l UI Itiou li they were to nuke us the head ol tne union Ills I liod llut will da it and no oie else Union must IHI l in Iho hearts of time men and thesu omen or they will lut I accomplish what God designs them to I do In me latter dow > sNow s-Now brethren and strs what will we do with the things Hat Gu1 I lus given us 1 apiwal u my on heart I appeal to the hearts of me uulhren In humility let us Mik Him In union let us go unto Him and pluil < with Him for we must not be forsaken As Individuals ue must have Him with us Ai lathers ul households wu must have His Spirit with us to guide Hie family od has given Ui also a mothers who bear the oodles tnat clothe the spirits that coma to us Brethren nnd sisters the time Ins conaIelil I In my heart for us to throw away the disxnslons that rise In our hearts the uorld llY ambitions that prompt us to do things that are not ol f 5r ato Ood c muit render to Coil the things that am Gad s and to C i ur 11 pride < of the world an llho I things there ol and prepare lor the honest of every nation that will come unto us an I will claim of ui susteninceand protection which Col will nubia us to give tll them II we are faithful Irray I that the blessings ol God may be uj > on this pco ile that humility miy bu given us instead in-stead of pride tnai the psace of the bplr t may bu given us instead ol the turmoil and confusion that watt upon lie tpitlt 1 that tne world Is HI lussesiion j that the peace and blessing ol Col in ly be In our habitations and in our hearts v > lth our families with our jelghbors with Hie whole peopli throughout the length and brcadtlioi he land juJ in all me departments ol hlSktcai ind glorious cause which GjJ us entrusted to us is my numb pra cr l ihinami of JCHU Am |
