| Show RATIFYING SPREAD OF THE TUE GOSPEL I Rem mado nt at the SnIt Lako City Sunda Afternoon by byLDER b bELDER ELDER LDER BRIGHAM YOUNG Serves n t and Is 15 Dc Be too Sti nI for the tho Yew ew Care to Know the tho Real Motives of Regenerate and Establish Peace Salvation for th unit and the tho Dead I am very er grateful to the Lord thIs on for tor th that I enjoy f standing before this congregation Months have since J I had hatI this thie privilege and I nm am thankful that we eUIl exist and amI arc aro o abundantly ble blessed wIth aU all we can cl claim hn nt at Ills hands God has hns not for tor aak n Ills lIs people but th thu righteous ul are arc The Saints are extending their Interests and It S InS to me mc that In n a we ve lavo havo our organization In ever every na nation naion ion tion kindred tongue and people The work ark rolls toUs steadily onward tion n a good good purpose now as It Il IlhAs hAs bas done In the past history ot oC the Lat Saints In my early recollection don tion when we were scattered and threat out and nought but death leath us In the face with our backs backe to the tho east cut and our faces to the un unknown unknown known west WO we nevertheless Increased and the blessings ot of God wore upon us r rejoIce to see lice the thousands ot of Lat Saints scattered throughout the length ant and breadth ot of the tho land Our Oura a possessions upon this backbone of the tho contInent extend Into Old Mexico some 1 O miles from this city and Into Al Alberta 1 bertA Canada some milts miles north M a athe the crow tIle tUe Wo We are pu to the east elUt and to the west The vince place Is becoming too strait for u us We want room that Wo we may dwell While I do donot donot not think that the tho resources ot of our State ate are taxed to any great extent to sustain the present population Uon yet there thero are aro other lands for tor us to Our history from the bun toun of this city Is before the tho world bho great labor that this peo pie have accomplIshed Is IB known pretty prett But Dut there ate are few tew In the world who me acquainted the tho secret motives molles and the heartfelt desires desire of at the tho Saints I have havo had the op opportunity ot of speaking with a few i strangers of late In the and some I of them were surprised that we believe In God the tho Father In God the Son anti and andIn In God the Italy Ghost One gentle gentie man Imn said Bald to 0 me that he our religion was wIped out when the Con Can greis or of the United Sia States tell legislated against lie Ho wa a under the the tho of the Church hurch had b been n d destroyed that the rat inducement w we bad to otTer the tho of the tho earth had hod been removed cid we would have no more lag no moro more emigration because we had no religion no church I took great pleasure In informing this that polygamy was WILS but a small part of the Oos Gospel tI ot of Jesus Jesue Christ rhe fundamental OF TilE GOSPEL GOSPE are the foundation ot of this work It If I belh believe a not In Christ I era not a Chris Christian tian U If I believe InCh in Christ rl t I will manifest It by the tha works that I do What lv Is It for Ii a man to say he believes In Christ anti and et obey not the doctrines lie Ite taught It Ii 19 those who sin against light that are under con n and the Saints have 16 the I light of the Inspiration of the SpirIt ot 01 God and they know It They have greater light though perhaps In I II wisdom than others The greater light which God has hal In this century IJ ii In the of oC this people I rejoice to have hae the opportunity opportunity occasionally of up m ray voice olce among strangers and declaring the glad tIdings that God the Father end God the Son have hae unto man Inan In this generation antI and the of oC the Son ot of God ns as asIt It wu 5 taught In the days of our Savior I In thIs because I know It to be true hu has the OP OF TilE THE hOLY GHOST to carr carry on the work day dllY by day and to build up a people a Zion lUll awl a 11 kIng kIngdom kingdom dom that shall never neer be This Is the work of the Ule Spirit of Goal which abides In the of the Saints to conduct them In nil All theIr la Is labors hors bors It If they are makinG money that teaches theta to seek Beek first the kingdom ot of heaven and Ills ness then oil nil other things will ill be added unto them They Ilu do not for tor money they labor to promote the interests of Zion when they the are under the Influence of the Spirit of f God The They labor to 10 very every good work not only In Zion but throughout the length breadth of the earth carth and among nil all The ThO Gospel of oC the Son of God teaches nie that my first duty is III to have faith then to of oC In lay alas to tobe be by Immersion for the re of sin anal to receive the tho girt gift of the loh Oho GhouL t b by the imposition of hinds hands This girt I leads ill Into nil all truth and righteousness Without It world worldly ly wisdom steps In and Ind the man Is 18 given en over to 10 tile tho things ot of the world Worldly may carr carry him on but II does not take hold hald of the s of oC lad never wilt will hut the Spirit of hod us ua given In latter da par pan partakes takes of the thIngs of Clod Jo and reveals them unto man mun by It we 0 stand as Ills children doing Ill will working out out our salvation In ear and trembling and makIng alt 1111 thIngs subservient to 10 that work which Clod has hll What an Immense labor we have to per Fer perform form to et the world to 10 belle believe us UI how fow fl few there thero Ar are that enter nt r Into the of the SaInts that the hO bruce and the tOll bears In our nn and that know the ell l or of and the Inspiration God give u lie t to perform our part Th There ro I Is nothing done ono without the tho In of cab the S It If A man tl Is 11 liv lag InG for It It lA 1 hIs hb constant constantC t C Tl TillS l I Ic what vIiI III qualify us to 10 he be ill fit com cam pantone for tor the thO Great I U tn In the day when hn lie shall hall come to make makeup makeup up in lewels We shan shall know him then l we 0 hall b be like Him It will vIlI not bt b lie will come with power to take talce upon IhM hee know him not We lYe shall know the some spirit that actuates him will actuate us and We halt meet Him with ith 11 c jo joy that I Ii be beyond yond the comprehension of n a unite finite be beThe In The L Latter day Saints ht have glorious a work ork before them t I know by the In of ar God that 11 lie has haa to man upon the tho earth I know that ne lie has haa face to face fae with men In tIde generation I have that witness within me and It gives me JO joy a courage that Is III born ot of Clod and stid that cannot IH be daunted so long n A I keep that within rae me Nothing daunt WE DO OT FEAR Sometimes e cry It burt hur much but I it hl has al 01 wa ways II In gol 11 and In harm to th the Saints for tor Ihl this Is the york work of God and will ZIon will soon till nil the earth It Is III the thu steno cut out oUI ot of the mountains mountain without hands rand nod and It will roil forth until It file the earth This It h the tho destiny of the Saints I do not like to nay oy bad things about my all neIghbors but 1 can say y this with an und and by the tel tee of oC the Spirit that If the people ot of this will continue to foster evil In their midst they will 1111 go just lIke every other n nation that h ha lived ll upon this continent Three nation ho have hoen been en upon this land through lh he corruption of the people ople I was wall un unfortunate fortunate enough to have hae to spend al we weeks ks In Chicago and from nil that I could see fee and hear It II ItIs Is money motley money Is thelt thelo any IRone money In It is III the on every hand hond sow Now I jun am not to this cry I have Ilave not bl ken n brought up that a All my life It hn ha been n What Is ht the th mind and will ot of God Not NotIs Is there thero uy moneY In It II Everywhere I have han been Koen the ct cry wuie UI Well Ill take hold of oC that Ie IC there Is MY any mont money In It That h tile the power which Is II movinG upon too the hearts of oC And nd they Ire are making money eo rapidly end classIfy lag InG themselves that It t to produce the ho very effects that It ft dId among the and the who dwelt upon this continent antI and who were destroyed through tM the pride ot of which caused them to turn their I backs on the poor and the needy A I doctor In and ond ono ot of the city council there with whom I have been acquainted tor or thirty will told nie me that during tI hoe winter of 2 In Liverpool Ih theY y had buried at the flut lie expense little walt boys and girls who perished and died In the In the doorways and In the cor oem where whre thy they had crawled for tor warmth and safet safety It was the tho most terrIble thing I ever heard Four hun bun bundred dred It little children who had no or mot hero 00 far ne they knew and WId no 00 noone one to toke take care caro of When such luch conditions exl exists In cities there Is b some something thing wrong tn in the tho local government If I am to believe what I beard and 1131 saw In too the city of oC Chicago they are aN doln doing even een worse Vatic than thon that In destroying the tho lIves of t innocents who have hao no home borne or friends sow the wava of corruption I Is as assailing sailing us If What damage Is It II doing to tous us Why the m maca n and women who have served God loti and t then n turned to the lie things of the world are far more wicked than the worldly people I urn om sorry to see some Orne or oC this lila corruption among us The Saints are destined to regenerate mankind und and to bring virtue and ond peace happiness and perfect con contentment to Che he inhabitants of the tho world God Goel has Bait that It II Is our la Ia labor bet bor to carry Arry the Gospel unto nit nil peo people pIes and ant antIN m IN TIlE GOSPEL THERE IS 13 PEACE lEACE anti and Joy for tor nit all men This work Is up upon orb on us UI The prIncIples ot of the Gospel are aro plain and beautiful carrying us oft on torn one step to another bringing w us nearer to God It Is so 10 beautiful that I love loe to contemplate It True I am not naturally Q a very righteous man mani but when I sought fought and faIthfully for fOI the girt gift ot the Holy Ghost that I might know au as my father tather and lUIel my mother knew knel and lInd as my brothers and sisters lster kne knew I got that testimony antI and It remains with me inc yet I t testify to you and sisters that the Oos Gos of the Son of led II I alt all that Is II re b by the Inhabitants of at the thet to bring happiness here and eternal life In the of oC our Father What more can we ask hiss 1181 money any thing to do with this No Sl Seek k fret the kingdom of heaven and III and all things hall be added unto you It I thIs that we are striving to get the Saints to todo todo do and from them spread It to all the nations of the earth Shall we continue this labor brethren and aM What are the inducements that are offered to us whIch will Impel us to con COli this pious work In the earth 7 The In Inducements inducements to me are J I urn am trying to live to so that I will return Into the vm pres presence ence of God I am ala trying to live to Join those who Vho have gone gont bet before are I want to live to bring happiness to those who arc 1 want to do the work the work that I is rest restIng restIng Ing upon me arid and upon this peo people le for tor forthe the of tile the dead who have passed away withoUt a knowledge ot of the Oo Gospel pel Th This work is III delegated to tou tous u us and It II is stupendous tu To think ot of the millions that died without n a knowledge of the Gospel the tOlk asic of bringing salvation to them would dl ht ono one If it II were wert not for the power r rat of at God which rests upon UllOn th the people We Wego go Into and we labor for tor forthe the SALVATION OF Tm TIlE LIVING AND TIlE DEAD Through thIs labor Clod II the tho hearts of the fathers s to the children and aM the hearts of at the children to the theta ta fathers that tha t we may escar Crale the curse CUNe that 1 Is about to come upon the earth What Is the curse cum Disunion le secret ret wIckedness men lovers of themselves more morl than lovers of God The These things are arl coming upon tho th Our Ou wO If is to tiring ZIon upon this an to 0 n a kin kIng dora when comes lie Ito will tit lint 1100 It rad ready for f r Him to rule over oer lie will then r reign RIng ing of king and J Lord ord of lords I Let t uso us go to brethren and sister with all the light and power that God gives us Jf If we have hae done evil elI forsake It II It If we havo III evil traits oVer overcome ome them Let us present nn an ap l before our Father that will wili call down Iii blessIngs upon us In the near future when the tho lOUis of men will willbe willbe be tried n as the never neer have been n IRY God bless bIen this people Pen Peace e to very every honest man and woman upon the fare face of the Che God bleu blen every nery re Met Het that lv II tryIng to do right Th Thee are ray my feelIngs In brief and I fi to ask this blessing upon all the ther r b for tte Lord lArd our God tn in th the name of Jesus Christ Amen |
