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Show discourse' Delivered at th Morgan 8tak Confrncn, Marynn, Sunday, February Feb-ruary lOth, letio, uy PRESIDENT CEORGE Q. CANNON. RKrOKTKD IV AKTIlt R WINTKR. I am very plfrtied to have the opportunity oppor-tunity i f mtttiiiK with the Latter ilay .Sai lit s in tint Slake of Zioii. Since I leit borne I h.ive tried to recall when it Wat 1 Wat here Inst. I think it wa. thuteen or fourteen years a (jo; it wa hile I'ri'Xtilent Taylor was luintf. Various causes have Cimlrihuted to prevent pre-vent visit! here. Of course, the Twelve Apostlcf visit he Stakrs rKlrly; hut I have felt impressed ol late that the l ifHt Presidency ahoultl n1o go around ..nd v)lt the people na tar as possible, one reason that we have nut dune tint i a greater extent has bent I'leMdei.t Woodruff! inability to endure the tati-pie tati-pie ol travel. Hit health is excellent, u,r one of hit ag-, and he is aide to per 'inn good deal of labor; hut he can nut travel around a he onre did. I hone, however, that I'reMd-Mit Smith and i,iclf will be able to visit the conf-r t nt en and let the people see u-, and we me the people, because a strange con ihtion of feeling, has arisen amonit the latter-day Salnwconccminu the author-itOs author-itOs of the Church. V hear things .nd concerning theni that to me are exceedingly ex-ceedingly painlul. Misrepresentation, nut to say calumny, has been indulged in concerning the Fir4 Presidency of the Church and some ol the Twelve to a extent that 1 never believed possible .imung the l.tterday Saints. Theie are causes lor this, with which doubt-! doubt-! hts the most ol you are familiar. I I VI tics has caused serious divisions and IrehiiRS in various quarter, and men have allowed their tongues to say things which in their couler momenta and when under the influence of the Spirit of Ciod they would shrink from. 1 do not know that I have heard ol any talk j ol this kind being indulged in in tin ; Slake; but in some Stakes it has been .: indulged in to a very dangerous extent. iNow, 1 desire to say to you, my brethren ai.d sisters, that the First Presidency ol the Church of Jesus Chtist ol Lftttcr-day Sainta have been, imlivid-f imlivid-f ually and as a body, laboring with eniiie Mngleness of purpose and with entire 4'evution to tlie work ul God and its promotion in the eaith. It may not be improper for me, as one of that Council, to make this statement, because 1 am thoroughly familiar with the motive, with the spirit and with the action of the 1 ir4 Presidency. 1'rtrsidciit Wiltord Woodiull, who holds the kei on the earth at the present time, is a man in whose praise it is, I hope, unnecessary lor me to speak. Those who know him know that a more innocent, guilelev, 1 ure. lovable man never lived ujwjn the face ol the earth. There may have bt n men witli greater gtltn men greater in other direciiuiis; but certainly no purer nun, uo mure unassuming man ban ever lived. I have been Ian lliar with the leading mill ot itii Lhuicti from my i bo)huud up, and wiihuume ot them as intimate as cue man could be with another, and 1 speak in th.s manner m regkrd to 1'resuu nl Wuuuri.tl wuli en iiic confidence nn1 know tnat mat which 1 buy is borne out by the laua ol his inc. lie labors with a diligence and a zeal that 1 sometimes think too great lor one of his au valued ear-. I hose who know him personally must be aware, and those who do nut know him prison ally must have heard, that he is one of the hardest working men Me have ever bad among us. The Uml has hern with him, and ban revealed His mind and will to hun. '1 ii Lurd has sustained him, omi the Lord ha bio id every man and woman who has listened to his counsel, .no lias borne tes imuny by the bkssings whicn lie has bestowed that it was Mm will that the counsels ol Ids seivani Wilfrid should be listened to an i obeyed obey-ed by the l.atlcrday Saints. Of President Presi-dent Simih and nij.eil 1 will nut speak, farther than to say that we have en-uVavured, en-uVavured, to the extent ol our ability and ot the power whan Cod has given u, to sustain our President, to be one wnh him, and to cairy out as tar as we ft i u Id that which the Lord has revealed through linn and to us a the 1 trl frc-iueiicy. have lielord bear his - iiiudurt, antt'trt have labored with such diligence an we co.dd m this direction; aim 1 teel led to say here this alieinuon that we have labored with all purity and htuglcuess ot purpose, with entire devotion de-votion and tifiie Hi -dine in the caute ol ur Oud, In iiiaining Mm work and in peilormii g the dunes that devolve upuu us as the Presidency ul the Chuich. VVu have nut spared uurnclve in any direction direc-tion to accompiiih this, and liave sought with all the laiih and power that Oud has given unto us to know the mind ami will of Cod concerning this people and this work, so that we nnght be able to perform the duties ot tlie respuiiMOle Ma hun that we bold. We have not sought this positiun. President Woodruff, Wood-ruff, you well know, is nut a man that had ambition or inspiration ol this chaiacter. When I was lirot called to , be a counselor to President Ta)hir, 1 besought him and the Council with all the energy ol my soul nut lo call me to act in that position, but to call some one else; for licit tha. everyone ul the Count il was more lilted lor tnat position than 1. And when President oodtull called President Joseph P. Smith lo be his counselor, he expressed hiinseif in the same manner and besought President Wuodiult nut lo choose huu, or at Ieat to seltct someone elhe in preference to himself. In this spirit we have ucceptcd the duties ol our poMtiLiis not lor personal graiificttum, not to give us promitieiHc, but to do that which we have kit to be the will of tiod. And 1 do know Hint God chose Willord Wood-rull, Wood-rull, that lou chose Joseph P. Smith, and that Ood chose George y. Cannon . to be the First Presidency of this "I Churcn. 1 can bear Itaiittiuny to that V With all my heart. 1 wish to My iurthor la this connec ion, thai weliavi'hern M united from the beginning and up to the present h u- as it W'tuld te pHih1e lor one man to be united with himtelf. Never a h d..w ol disunion has ever croited the niiiid ot any ol the -irt Presnlenry oil the Church We have been a united j as it is possible lor men in 'lie lledi to he. And we have retotred in H is. be- . rmc-e it has gueu us strergth with th Iwelve AposHes, and witu the otln-r oih.frs of the Church; and it ha. 'trengthetied us also in our am lationt witii iht Sstnts, in teaming tiiem, ani m reproving thrnt when tn- l.oid has gven us the spirit o( reptoof or warning. I sprak (f tins from my iT.ona1 -itah.i. point. 1 havf lelt sirong beraii-e 1 knew tha' we w- re one m our council, in our views roiH'iri ing everything i on nrcteil with the work ot t.o.l mv iu management upon the earth. I dcsiie alsi to say to tlie Lutter dav Saints, lh.it I whoever arrays huiMell in any manner U'amst the authority whit h God has I placelin IlisClmtcli lor its government, no matter wiiu it is one of tlie Twelve Aposil even, or any number tit them unless he repents God will wittultaw Mi. sinrii and power Irotn him; and lie wnl liow the world, Me will show Me Church, He will nhow the nltirets ol the Church, that that which lie has ipokm m the past roncerniug the aulhonlv ol the llu'y Priesthood ami the resprct and honor which He require Hit -it vants ami people to show to it, is true and must he earned nut, or He withdraw His spirit and power Hum those who tike a ttiilerent cour-e. It any ol uu, mv brethren or my sisters, have indulged m the spirit ol murmur ing and tau t hmliug, and havu alluw.d uur tongues to give uil-r.un e to thuughtb and words that were umnu and not in a l ordaiice with tne spirit ui the tio'pel, let me stv to you lu re today to-day thai yuil ought to repent of it with all your hear,, and get down inio ti.t depth of humility and tmploie Him lor the forgiveness of that no-tor it is a must deadly sin. Ihe men who hold the Priesthood are but mortal men; they ure fallible men, they are sinneri. No human being th.it ever trod this earth was Iree Horn sin. excepting the Sn of God, Irom the be tr i inung turougiiout all the ranks of the Priesthood in every genetaiun. Pvery human being has been a sinner, and has been Juried to confess before the l.oid that he was a iuuer None is exempt in this respect; there is no exception, aside from the Lord Jesus ini-ell. Tins is true concerning the Presidency of the Church; it is true in relation to the A post Irs Nevertheless, God has chosen these men. He has singled tiiem out. They have nut done it iheimelve.; but He has selected them, and He has placed upon them ihe authority of the ilulv Piicsthood.and they have become His representatives in thu earth. He places ti em as shepherds over the JiW ol I hrist,atid as watchmen upon the w alls ol .i on. And He holds tiiem to a stru t accountability lor the respoiiMbihty and lor the autl only which He has given to ,h.eni, and m the day of Ihe Lord Jesus they will have to stand and be judged lor that winch they have done and trie ill. tli tier in which they have exercised tins authority. If they have exercised it wrongfully and against the interests I His woik and the salvation ot His net pie. w ue unto them in the day of the Lord Jesus! He will judge (hem, and it worthy ol condemnation, He wnl condemn con-demn them. Put J le dues n it give ttie auihonty lo judge and condemn to man, only in the regularly constituted councils coun-cils of His Church; and thoe who lift their voices autl their h -els against the authority ol the Holy Priesthood, I tell you today, as a servant ul Gjd and 1 w itth these young men and young women lo hear my testimony this day and to remember it as lung an they live they wi I go down to hen, unless they rapent. There are many examples in this Church ot a character lo prove what 1 here slate. U iver Cowdery, who received re-ceived the same blessings and the same oroinations as the Prophet Joseph; or darned to the Leaser Priesthood at the same time as loseph; ordained to the alelctmedek Priesthood by tha same angel who visited Joseph; afterwards in the Kirtlatid Temple beheld the Son of God Himself, and received the kes ul the gathering Itom Moses, and the gospel ol Ahraiiam and the pronit-.es that were made to Abrah tm, (rum Khas; and afterwards the keys lor the turning ol the hearts of the lathers to the chiF dren and the children to the fathers Irom Phi ih this man, so lavored of God, alter nil this, lost the Spirit ot God through opposing the Prophet Joseph! He might in one sense, and doubtless did in nis leehugs, rank himsrll us the peer of the Prophet; but (oil had given to Joseph the keys ol the Prusthoudand Ihe authority lo preside, and because Oliver Cowdery did not honor that Priesthood and that authority, God withdrew His Holy Spirit Irom him, anil he lost his standing in the Church, and his Priesthood was taken hum huu and given to another, as you wi I find by ie iding the revelations. God gave the same .uithonly that Oliver Cowdery held to Hyrum Smith, the brother ul the Prophet oseph and the lather of Hrother loseph F Smith here, lieture his death Ouver Cowdery came back, hunn ly penitent, and was baptued Into the Church again. Not omy this man, but no less than six ot the Twelve Apostle lilted their heels against the Prophet of God; they murmured at him, questioned tin author tty, told lies about him, or believed lies about hun, and as a result they lost their standing, and others were chosen to take their places. Sidney Kig-don, Kig-don, whom God designated us a spokesman tor the Prophet Joseph, a man of great eloquence and ul many gilii, a man who wa-i favored ot the Lord with that wonucrlul vision which is recorded in the 76 h section ot the Hook of Uoclnne Hiid Covenants, who with Joseph beheld the glories ol the celestial, the terrestrial and telesiiai kingdoms, this man fell. Why did he fallf It-cause It-cause he not only murmured against the Prophet ul God, but he even murmured against God, because of the allhctions the Lord permittad 10 come upon him in Missouri. William Law. who was a c utisemr of ihe Prophet Jouph. took the s .nie c urse. and he mst his Priest l-iol. .mil e-a-.,. ne of Hie bi'tTrst enemies of tlie Church ol God. There I scaneiy any room to d iuiI but what he w,- ginlty ol contnliuting to the s e.h:n g 01 the innotetH blood ol the Prophet and the I' m m 'ii.f In: Church. W tn ihe-e t-tarnphs before us, mv I r- ihren and 'i.inn. ought we not to be exc-e.,mgly c.ireuil Low we M"-'k and how w, hli m relation to the PriesthotHl. Ill, 11k.. I tin, authority that lint has tc vm ut, to me others of this Lhiiuh' (our young nu n recc ve it as well as trie otd r one-.. 1 he authority to go iu;o t ie water au 1 bipuze peo.ile 'or tne re-mi-ionol their sins the authority lo layuwid-. on tne who are haptu'd and confer upon them the Holy Go-.t the authority to lay hands on ul I t and give the m th.- same aulho iiv tnat tin y ihnnstives possess Hi- ,-iuthori y to bind uti .rlh and it it hound 111 Inateu io hind wives to husbiiidt for tune and eiernny, mid childr n to parent to perform all the sealing ordinances that are necessary in order to connect one generation will at-ol ler, until wr shall go ( I' .ir I . c to our great lalher A-l oii! 1 uiiik ol its iiu.tort oice, ol its sairedne! 1 11I11. ol Itie tieneliiitne otourtfodin brMoAiitg it upon man' Miopoe lnere wa- only o ic man upon Ihe e..r:n woo hod the ai.tuontv th 11 ail you l.iders m the cotigrettatiun h 1 1, whit wouid Ih our I clings toward him? Wu , we wouil le i I ke traversing ea and laud, wealing out our lives ii lice essaty, to tc t to sucu a nun who coald, '.'V aduil .ttetliik to IM or lain Ol t i lances, iiituru to us the fjfg v ness ol our ins and eternal glory in I in- pri s enceidl.odand thd l.atn'. Is th.re any sCnln e tnat w would think too grealC 1 know with the feelings we have nid cuiKermiig the Goiul ttiat we would not think any sicuhe too r.-at lo ohia.ti this grand r e. Put bet -ause we have it litre among us shall wc des pise itf S;iall we thiua lg it ly of it he-cause he-cause it is so common.' il we do th.s, ( Mi.l mil hoi I u-, to a sincl accoiiTii.i. hi.uy theielor. I htiik ot' our g e.it I alher, a. companied by His Son tsus, coming Iroiu the m oi-ion ol glory to prepare the way for the u .tiering m ol Jo-. diSeusatioi.! W o ran lorm oome i:ea ot its importance when we n 1 Ih.tt He sent lohii, who hed tlie key, 01 Lie Aaroiuc Pne.thood, hum heaven, and then sent Peter, James an I olin, who heid the keys of the Mthhise.iek Priesthood, and continued Ksendaiue s to comer all other keys that had been held in the various dispensations b.u k to the time of our father Adam, each c 'niiiig 111 Ins tune and season to comer upon mortal man the keys that were necessary lor the salvation of man and lor ti 9 organizing ol this dispensation in sum a manner as to prepare the way for the column ol the Lord. I havu not language to describe to you the important e ul our relationship to t e Piiethujd, uud tup greinrs m l sacreduess ol the Prienlhoud win h the Lord lias beitowed upon tis 1 beiie.e that in the day ol the l.urd Jesus one ol the great causes ul condemnation ol Ihe I. Oeis of this Church will be their m g 1 ct m appreciating the importance of the Pneiihood and in maguiiying it as it Tthoiild be. 1 ask myself Ireipiently, are you living as vou should hvef Are you attending to the dunes ol your calling, so that the Lord will accent ol vou Or wi l theie be any of the blood of tht generation lound on your garments in he day ol the Lord Jesus For every one of the Latter-day Saints as writ u the whole human family will have to stand belorc the ju Igmeut seal ul Christ atld be jmlged lor the deeds done In the body. It we have use I th" talents, ihe opportunities, the authority and the power which God has given unto us I aright, then, ol course, we are premised ! gieat rewards we are promise I exaltation, exalta-tion, ami (hat we shall enter into the prtsemeulGid ami sit down at His rigut hand. Hut there are great penalties penal-ties atia tied to the conduct of those who do not walk as they should and discharge tlie duties and use the opportunities oppor-tunities that the Lord has given itiern. I lit Latter-day faints will beheld to a stitrter accountability man any other people. 1 was greatly pleased this morning at the remarks which were made by Pi est-dentj.m-pu F. Smith respecting that whicn devolved upon us. It strikes me as the must abuid thing In the world lor a man to call himself a L tter-day aint who is a thief, or w ho is drunkard, drunk-ard, or who is a whoremonger, because witti the name ot samt is associated cvervthii g that is pute. It is a holy name, unci how call we expect that tlie Lord will permit us lo bear that name if we do not act consistently with itf 1 have somel mes thought that the prom ises w Inch God has made to us as a people, peo-ple, and particularly those whiui are spoken ol 111 the revelations contained in the Doctrine and Covenants, to the etlect that alter enduring severe punish m-tit and making proper atonement there will be redemption lor every horn ho-rn mi being that has no' committed ihe u p rdouable sin I have thought that th i- promi-es have caused a good many ol our brethren perhaps to imbibe the idea that they can commit sin with sonic iiegiee ol impunity. 1 recall to mind au expression that was iinde by Pishop George Muler, who was ordained a bishop after the death ol Edward Partridge. Par-tridge. 1 he Lord speaks very kindly of Miller, and calls him a man without gude. Some years alter this, when the lemple was computed, so that endowments endow-ments could be given, George Miller received re-ceived his endowments. Of course, great promises are made lo us in the endowments. en-dowments. A great many blessings are ealed upon us by virtue of ttie Holy Pnesthood, aud we are promised that we shall come lorth in the morning ol the first resurrection, clothed with glory, imtuortaity and eternal lives, etc George Miller lelt so reioiced over these promises and so sure that he would et every blessing that had been promised to him by the authority uf the Priesthood, Priest-hood, that he nude a remark to Hrother liruh .m Young to the eilrt tlhat he was hale now even U he should commit sin. He did commit Mir, h binned with women, wo-men, and he lost the Spirit of God nnd his Priesthood, ami became an apostate from the Church. I have sometimes thought that ideas like this have taken possession ol some ol our hreihten, judging by their con-i;uct. con-i;uct. W hen you hear of men who call themselves members ol the Church indulging in-dulging in drunkenness, in stealing, in blaspheming, in dishonesty, aud perhaps per-haps in whoicdoms, what conclusion can you come to Only that they have et 1 her lost the faith or are blinded by Satan into the belicl that no matter what their lives may be God will redeem them if they do not commit the unpardonable un-pardonable sin. Satan Hatters men v' 1 that iilei, ar.d th-y fotmmt th--e I a'-omtn dile ms in the mid si 1 1 ttie i-.-u 1 pie. W hat j unification is lnre 111 the word ol (i d lor m mi d -in.; sm 1 things a this What is the object in lumg a pure hf- if impurity is g-ing to be -aved, if wa-kedi..a W going lo he accepted, ac-cepted, il m-n co. nun Ih-g at) niiiitahl-sms niiiitahl-sms Hfe go'iu to lie lilted bo U v into the rest ol Godf What is (tie use of hv mg a ho v Me; what is the use of making mak-ing sacnt't es lor the work ol Cod, what is the use ol our denying our .rivet and controlling our passions, an I striving continual v to live pure as angeV, a. id sutler p.-rseciition, and every tung eNr 1 say wha' is the ire uf all dn M tin n can get d unk, il men i.in commit whoredom, il men can ti". if m -n can commit other ahotnin it ions mid be aavrdr 1 telUou that ilocinne or idea it from hell. It is Satan thai is trwng to d- eeive t e people and lead tin m dow n lo ncstiU' don, 1 say lo vou today lint no man, no matter wlii he h, c ut com nut sin without otlending God and losing los-ing His spirit. Tne spirit ol God will not dwell m unholy lahrrn !es. Ood has said it, and it is true. It we are to be saved, we 1111M be saved by being pure. We must be a pure people pure not only m word and a t. but pure m t'mught; ior the l.oid has M d, "he t iat looketh upon a woman luoisi ;t-r her, or il any shall commit adultery in the r heart, they sha I imt have tin .-p. tit, lint shall d-uy the fanh." And it that will produ e a lusot the .spirit i t God and a lo.i ol faith. Utile s ttn ie is llioroiigli and hearttelt rep m.im e, shall we il illt r ourselves with the idea tnat tion.-d and still e-ciprf Asun-dly not. I h G pel ot tlie Lord Jcnns I lirist re-u re-u i,r, mmiv ul it-. We must be hc llmi. a.ul sinvci oiitmuallv inuvrrumu-the inuvrrumu-the weaknesses ol our llaturt s. God h e. p.. 1. e i u line l r this puipo c -to con-ipier con-ipier our evil inclination., to hm g our pas.uiis aud appeliies and ab our will 11:10 ,b ttrtoii to the will of Ll.:i-t. ho ttiat evt ry thought will lie pure, every word wi 1 be putt; and ll they are liot I , ni.: at anv bme, that we w.ll r pent ol I ihcm with .til our h'arts mi l t ut them I aw.ty lal Iroitl us. Hi watitn us all lo re 1 111.011 mem m ol Ids t hut. h and lo he Saved 111 Ills tries lal kingdom. He lias I not pr d' .tmeil miy In damnation. N ' o ie need lose his standing in the (. him h j ol Child, unless he tloes Something o ! drive the Spun ot the Lord Iruin him. i It l His dc ign tostve. u., aud lie has given u.ito us His Holy Spir t loi that puipoe. .Viw, what a tetn le thing it ! alter n-t eivmg tne truth and bt-ing admi t d into the Church ol (Ihrist, .1 t-r having the gill, ami bieskiugs td the G sp-1 tiestowed upon us, mid such wo' dciliil promises nistle to 11-, tu cause ail these things lo be withdrawn prophets, apostles, mighty men have lalleii! Oaghl not this lo te it Warning to all ot us' How I might lu stau l warn il by the fate ol m n w ho have ic- cupn d as prom ht a po-lborl as 1 do iu tne Ctiurch ot Christ ami wnose gttu wire so grta.l Wuat assurance have I tlml t shall land 1 h tve none, except 1 keep the cutiitu moments ol God. The l.ord has warncal every nun, in this Church that he cutuiot stand uulrs h; lives a pure he and acts in con- , lummy wiiu Ids requirements. We see the fate uf these men; we see the rum they have brought upon themselves; we see the loss of standing iu ihe Church that has followed their misconduct; mis-conduct; we see today that they ncr their posterity are numbered anion; tlie Saints, ami perhaps the Millennium will dtwuand they will have 110 descendant living u,on Ihe earth to represent them throughout the thousand years ol I he L ml is weeding out His Church continually. The work of selection is going on. "Many are callrd," ttie Lord has ,aid, "but few are chosen " Hie Lord is choosing the people now. ( tie Lord is pu'hug up in tact, thy are puhing themselves up th unfaithful, ttie transgressor- The worn of clean ing the Church is going on perpetually, 1 and it will continue unul Christ comes. W hat an impressive lesson tins ought to be to u-d Ho we desire to live and to he connected with the work of God? Iij we desire uur children to be numbered witti the people ol G id The great tie sire ul some uf the prophets and mighty men uf old was that tlie Lord won d build them a sure hou". Jiavid, with all his sin, de-ired wi h an exceeding desire that the Lord would build hun a sure house, and the lair I promised him ttiat he should have it; and the seed ol David will be found among all generations. genera-tions. In tlie days of jereuush ihe family fam-ily ol Jonadab the sou ol Kechab had been commanded ol their father n it to drink wine, and Jeremiah, by command of God, brought that fann y forward to te-it them, and by that teU to give an example to Israel, so that the faithful-ness faithful-ness of the house ol Kechab to the teachings of their lather might be contrasted con-trasted with the uiiUithtuiiiess uf ihe house ul Israel to the teachings uf the Lord. Jeremiah gathered the Rcchah itea together ami placed puts ol wine before them, aud said, 1 1 rmk ye wine." 1 hey said, "We will drink no win-; lor Jonadab the son ul Rt-i hab uur father commanded us, saying, ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons forever." for-ever." God then inspired Jeremiah to say unto the house ol ttie Kcchabites: "Thus saith the Lord uf hosts, the God of Israel; because ye have obeyed the commandment of JouatUb your lather, aud kept all his precepts, and done according unto all ihat he hath commanded you; therefore thus saiih the l.oid of hosts, the God uf Israel; Jonadab the sou of Kechab shall not want a man to stand beiore me forever.'1 One ol the greatest promises that was ever made to man was given to that family because ol their obedience; and 1 do not doubt that when the Lord Jesus shall come in the clouds ot heaven there will be found descendants of that ibustrious family among the people ol (oil. 1 he greatest promise that God gave to Abraham was when He told hun that as the stats of heaven were countless for multitude and as the sands upon the sea shore were innumerable, innu-merable, so his posterity should be. It was the desire id every laitlnul man that his posterity should be remembered; and God made covenant with His laith (ul servants that 111 tlie last days, in the days of trouble, ho would remember their seed. We who are in this house are living lulhllments ol that promise. It is through the: promise that God made to uur fathers that we are here today, and that we have received the Gospel, The fathers and mothers of many who arc heie received it; their hearts were touched; God poured His Spirit upon them, aud they came, ' one of a city and two of a family' to Ion, while the rest wr.i,.na,a .a ln- Gosoel. It V I because of the promises that God made to our fathers ttiat we have re teiverl ibtnitti; mid il wf are faithful we can t b am tlie tarn- blessings tor our p sti ru. W'uen mv boys io out on a illusion, tti tli.ni. Ilovs, God ts your 'atlier'h Iriend; He has always been hi- fuen.i; vou tan trust I Inn and can t ad upon U rn with 1 oiilidfii-e, tor I tell you thai win,,- I live and keep II., com uiandm'-nis, l od will w auh over my rtn.dr. n and will preserve an 1 Met, them. Ai d He has done it. So it w.ll be wdli evtty (aittilul man and woman, ' iod will remetn et t .e n, Mini tneir see a'ttr them; ni1 He wid vc thai they will have reptescntativ s In His Church at the v.rv las,. ri - tut sua I . .nm-. Tn.reiore, ,v h.in ,n mil sister-, what indu .in-misther.- ..re I o us lo be Loth ul to. hI' Wtnti-idu emen's there ate lor lit to deny ourse ve, H,,d r--ttat.i Irom in! God has ptotuised us even-thing even-thing He could, it se-m to me. to stir us op to tanhl iluess and di;veiMC 111 keeping His ronim iiidmenM Not only so, but He hhs-cs us and n-s ;.n ai.undatit reward as we go a. org; He hits us with pr.i. e wtid joy ami hai pi ti ss In.ni morning t il n',;ht. It.it tnis IS 11 ,t all I here is lie ore us Ihe gl II ous future ot exultation and et in il K.orvmthe pri -trm e ot God and 111'-I. 111'-I. .ii-i .. How taithtul then we shomd be! Wa'lic.ibythci.it- ol mighty men and mulity women who hive l.dlt-n, we sh....id he G. thiol, tiuuibb-, and v e Contininiliv to s-rve God vwtb all t.nr hears, nnd never do anything to gn. ve li s Holy S.nrit Wa. 11 wc get up tn the mor.iui.-, let us x mime ours. iw.. to see wheth-r the spirit ol God is with us, aud mat ii.ght, Ih lo, .- we eomnnt outse.vesto sbiin'H-r, n view the .0 ts and words ol the diy. and 11. k God lu show unto us whtrtin we have come -diorl, th it wetiiiv ie,.rnt; thu repent-liikt repent-liikt iverv day, and having the fotgive lies ol our suit every dav, that there will be no at count teiortled in heaven against 111 lu he espiated alter this hie. Ii wc indu ge in an improper tnought, ask Go I to lorgive us, and not rest mu-isiird mu-isiird until we are torg.veii. Let us live the lives of L.ittcroM) Samis, so that every one ol us will exemplify in our lives the prrit iples til the Gospri; and tl-t n if a stranger should come inlo your settlement he u he would .iy, "v by, wnat a sti.uige people! Htiw tin! rent t cy arc lo any people I ever knew! 1 lo se people tell the trulh. They arc honest; tluy ileal burly one with an-other; an-other; th'-v love one another; they are 1 uiiiletl; H a pui.c is dropped in the! sileet, the moii'-y Is sale Htid the owm r is sought lor; if an animal stravs aw ty it is peiln tly sale; or il ant .mg va u-:dle u-:dle is left outside at night it w II be there in the tno'ti tu undisturbed." Now. ttiis is Ihe ih. ratter that Latter da Nants should have; and this 11 It tic religion. It iw would you feel if Hrother Joseph I-. Siinth and mysrll should come ben- ' ami take advantage ol any of you 1 a trade? Suppose we b:.d houiethu g 10 sell to you; it looked tt be a good il inu, uud wc assured you it was, and we got yon 10 buy it or ttaded with you 1 .1 something else, and utier we had y 11-you 11-you found we had cheated you, thl we had liken ftdvant.n;e ol your iK'Hr.ttire, ami ttiat vou had heen deceived in the article, wliat would be your cont lu-ioii comeriung us? know what it would In; you would think it altogether unworthy un-worthy ol us and It would be. Il 1 cheated any ol you, I would be unworthy un-worthy ul my position, I would be a baud in the sight ol God ll 1 traded with you -1 never trade, because I think it a bad thing fur a public man to do; hut it I were lo make a trade with vou, and it did not suit you, il I lelt as 1 should tlo.l would trade ba k again with you if you so desired, ll you have a piece ot property to sell, tell the value ol it. Ho not let tlie puithaser deceive h 111 -.elf. It he does not know what it is worth, you do, ll it is an animal, and you know it has faults, you will not con ceai those Gults bom him ttiat i, il vou are ltlei-day Saints and acting in the spirit ul yout religion. Do you not think that prop.e will like you better lor 11' 1 c-, and vtrtl will imivr.1 better. 1 remember watching 1'resident Vain trade once. A nuu came into theoltue and he warned to trade tor .1 p.ur ot mules which the ('resident had- Ihothtr Ibigham said, "Vou don't want tho.e tney" will," he said, "What" kind til tnu es are they.' they look iu be very luely mule." "Web," said the President, Presi-dent, "il you were a man that chewed tohaccu, they would kick the chew ol tobacco oui of your mouth." He told the nun candidly all ttie animals' faults; but the man bought the mules, aud 1 expect he tespecird Tresident Young lar more lhau il he had comcaled tiie Gulls. Keferrlng again to the dreadful fate which awaits ttiose who yield to sin 1 want to read to you wtiat the Lord has said about all classes of transgressors: "And, verily, 1 say unto you, as I have aid utGre, he that lookelh on a woman to lust alter her, or il any shall commit adultery in their heart,, they shall not have tne Spirit, but shall deny the faith and shall fear: "Wherefore I, the Lord, have laid that the fearful, and the 11 .. e.Kvi.i. .01 1 ..II bars, and whosoever luveth aud nukciu a be, aud the whoiemu.iger, an I Ihe aurt er.r, shall have tneir part in that lake whuh tiurneth with lnc ati.lbnm-stone ati.lbnm-stone which is the sec .nd death." Now, my brethren and stters, this is not very much encouragement Inr men when ttiey commit these sms, to think that the Lord is going to save ami exalt llieiu, immediately und wilhuut paying the lull penally, tn the celestial giory, because He has made promises to them. It is not very encouraging lor a man to tell a he, uur to love and make a he; for here is the word ul the Lord tu us, that "the unbelieving, and all bars, and w hosoevt r lovctii anil make t n a he shall have part in ttiat lake winch burnetii with lire and br undone.'' 1 ii-re aresmio men who do not tabri-cite tabri-cite lies, hut ttiey luve to tell the lies ol others; they seem to take delight in repealing re-pealing lies ttbout their brethren and Mtiicis, which tin y would know to be lies il they wt.uld investigate; and yet these people act as though it was all right and they were going tu be saved. Hut do they not show by this that they love iie-t We ought to retrain, nut only Irom making and tel.mg lies, hut ulso fiom repealing lies. The next ciass ihat is relerred to is the whoremonger. No man can be saved Ihat indulges in whoredom. 1 have thought sometimes that some ol our peupie ate inclined to think 1 1) ere is 110 hell, aud that nobody is guirg to hell. 1 tell you there will he a large number of people go to hell; tluy will sutler torment, and will go where there is weeping, nd wailing, and gnashiug of teethi they will be in outer darkness, and suit -r lar beyond Anything we cincm-enve cincm-enve ol. Latter-day .Saints especially who commit sin, if they do- in their sin wnl go to nell. and they will Miller torment tor-ment there until Iht? day ot rrdein.dioii Hut think ot the length of time dunng re nrmbewtui ttie . rd said to Martin Harris, wh- n He lol l him Ihat unlets tie repented his sin (snugs would he sore 'now sole yon know nol! how cx p"siic you know nut! yea, bow hard to oe.ir y.tii know not' ol wlii.h in the stu died, y a, rvctl in the least degree, you have t...led at tll time I w ilhdrew my spun." II any ol you have the Spirit t.t God withdrawn Irom you, y.u t tn have a hue loiet.i'e ol a hat ihr pimishim tit ol sinners wib b . Kt ineiiioer th s Atieuever v'U are (eiupu ed to irh a l,e about the men who bear the 1 iit-.iuoo1, but Dot .ib Alt them abate, .or 110 one can tell ues about anybody any-body without luc. rung the tbiplt-asiire women 111 tins tongrt-atiou have made coveu..tits 111 h dypla.es that tnev will not spe.iN ed .,(;.,t trie Lord's anointed. anoint-ed. We have no bu.me.s to speak against earh ,..t,. , we break our covenant, coven-ant, wht 11 we th, so. I play G .d to ish you. We have tome urtv to vi it von an I see il wc ....till t do y, , v.n... rood. I hope that 0 l v is t w.ii t.e prom . .le to you and I a l ot u,. I puv G,i with a I my It-art th .1 lie will In- s. omu It.i.pl.t- , bit ss y. Uf I'tt-id.-i.t, and tiiscoui.se.ors; Me-s o.,r il,,, to,,,,.,, ym, , .shops and thtir iou,is.-tt.r-, your teat I ers and ai. b.e I'n. st .oott.'nrf .s.UM your fain, lies, m yout vv.ve-, ,n vt.ur h isi.alid- tdest you at parens, ties, chi.tlreli. biess you m your land, M-ss v oil in your labors. We h.ue tut- ngnt to b.es the peojile. nti.l I ,;o this afternoon ttlcss yon that vou 111 v ! tide I w 1U1 Hit .spirit and Willi His lo.e, and that you may determine 10 serve Hun w it h ,1 II out lu arts and keep all Hi . tommaiidmems. 1 hat God may hear tluse praer and these Messing , in y.uu behall, I ak ill the name ul jcu Amen. |