Show I 1 AN AIT ABLE ADDRESS 1 ered by apostle lohi henry smith I 1 4 in lo 10 loin all I 1 at a WON lit in the tabar I 1 1 fl acid all 1 7 I 1 RTH uv IV IF r cwi i I 1 11 1 L II 11 is olne allne icil blood c I 1 il liall a kl lasz ill privilege leme a of meeting c with so lir lire large c e a lionly boil of priesthood n as are arc I 1 here to ni lit I 1 an 1111 pl eael indeed iii ikei to mett be tg blany in of life hie bre on oil an all bocc i ion like this whit what 11 asir etc spirit mw my dl tale anc to bayto vay to ion off I 1 uly ii Q rholdo ilijic ilie iC rs one one I 1 y rt tf a si M i alwn that hint was ivas dranit to tily anil allot that i is the tery ery atoll inelia I 1 al lie effal ti klinl 11 at llave been arde tj ohp ar eldien in ec gumc fanus aarnas 6 in I 1 this beato cad b ki I 1 fuini fatini lies of can beeche onto ionic aid froin this ahi beuree lie iric llcy i l ll 11 afia sfia r 31 oil en their cows sows out ailts lilts ia their fields of abor r noticed in ahe that were made toy by the bishops that thai a number uti in bert I 1 iol I 1 othe o the wr vy arill r hive have accomplished this thi S labur labor abi this I 1 nt nd doub doubt I 1 isk is a 1 I fil alor ol of ba t i to those wards that have ceile I 1 i in fit acquiring I 1 farms the presidency as I 1 understand iiii lt are arc very iu regard to this matter ami haie hae 91 gian 9 tit air Y to tit alic e accomplish tie 1 I I 1 tills V Q it is is it matter that I 1 have not lot studied or r reflected upon it was something that wh t hlll locc gitil bul it strikes me favorably lei jl those dibi lib cincis uh tra water may inny be v very L ry scirce and canutt canu Qt be secure secured tiro till be belthren thren might contribute meins to did in sonic oilier for the llie same purpose burp oscas I 1 suppose that hut lit in this alea al cy there is no la ckon mater aldno nolyin iryll of efland land and where voater ca can 11 not 1101 bd uc 0 olila Lail laillet ined lei i 1 antle understand dry fa inmany pro proved ed e ss I 1 thike aba t the brethren lime haic done well to BO far as this matter is concerned now navy our duties in fit tile the priesthood require and mils calls me aie constantly made upon us for hieam to aid in ill the advancement of tile the work there scams to liu lie little opportunity port unity for us htwe f awe han have e any tit in cli nation to labor at all to lie idle it seem to lie ile llie tresine of alic almighty to permit asto us to bene be neglectful of the responsibilities that are placed upon us its and so far as we may po boess ess worldly means there should be h use made of the valli mainc e for the lite furtherance f urther ance of ills his purposes purpose s and ami judging front from joy ob sery actions in fit travelis tra traveling velim among adiong the people eople ii those been mo most at liberal in fit the the inc indans fit no with ith which they hurt been blessed linc hac been thoe boho Lave been in n the greatest degree de aco I 1 iam am about to the conclusion froal observations oriade in fit tri traveling e I 1 ing or to v various parts parti of f tile alic coti country that hal we ari ar IT i jee becoming coming too loo wealthy this may strike as a peculiar say ilig g 0 I 1 lam ant led to this bew iw from what I 1 see sec as is I 1 move about from place jacc to ahme scents to be a 1 I large proportion prop onion orEion of cans possessed li by asias its as a people that iha wu ii v tie do not seen beell to be utilizing 11 arif we no do utilize it doirin pot poi lioni of af the season we noe allow it to lie iu fit such 1 n I condition that it goes to waste this item has impressed itself more afteel fiegly y upon my mind tit in regard to our farming fit P implements and frequently in fit regard re 11 ard to our stock block iu ill many instances fitl r L ances I 1 observed while abroad iii iia the t I 1 old all eliat ahk by interrogating i people find tui t it a wagon for instance e used by a sou soft liall had been i n father and inda a 1 grandfather the repairs necessary to the preservation of that wagon vinon vin V on imd iliad of course bee been followed up plot it hall had done don CI many many 3 years barks service now with the ideas that have grown miah up atholl among tills us the very best angon wilso con probably we call secure beldom lasts ulinore us inore nori thaul frent fly civilo ilo ten years whether it ix is the character of the climate or the kind of the treatment we can call judo abor for fuseli ausel q rs in 14 i c e danl ird to our farmin farming ini implements und and those thill bilings 0 s that we vie linic dinv c purchased for our use us e I 1 fina cum that there is a 1 I de 1 wree among us that is very seldom beldom manifested amono among other oilier people it to me iti in tras eling adoll among 0 o tile alic aunts life he lord could well pleased with us on oil this ibis score that ills his blessin blessings ce S havid have been besio bestowed lAed upon us too richly and chat lial we ove have not fully appreciated abed those bl blessings estin 9 and have allowed in n many our oar Is substance to go 0 go to wasas ing n upon it that care that I 1 would seem requisite it R n not my 1 intention coldwell tol to dwell upon tipon that subject aubee tonight to toi n night hut but it seems to me that we should use greater cars carr to preserve these thill ti lings sk I 1 know that people among I 1 have traveled have not beell blessed as tile latter day 8 have been mid filid j 1 I have felt that we lie should betow bestow more ore care not be under tile co continued of ply baj ill ing n to our enemies or perchance pur pi chance va arc not our to secure docile thill ts that chell once procured we mig might little liae tile lie wisdom ill to use lliam lieu 1 I 1 11 ll properly pro perill I 1 am alj pleased to 16 say sit that so fur far as I 1 know tile the 1 filst fisl 11 CY of the church nic well and doing alint they can call considering the cincu ul stam CS in ill cla they ure arc placed to aits learge 9 tile duties imposed d upon theme alito llito ll ito in 1 in 0 idohla gikiu coutu l ind and lit in seek decking ing c Q tho alc work of life lord ni hest best they vata there are an tie no Illet hosig left ly by our enemies encin les 0 to o accomplish li ilicia design lit in regard tp to in as 1 I people It is true that cs cl sc have bebe been sought and hav been elised lisca lo oling 0 tu lo tile dismember or the alio disorganization of the latter dy day saints the TI desi design n ti ind and purpose of ane adversary seem to le ile to 0 far is as practicable to put into disgrace any man who ini alit lie taid tailing a leading apart lanfong unton tile people and if anable to tp bring the digia cc ni fit bins e way another tills lins been been lit at Cui pled and ami the spirit has been culf 1 ly eligen derI ju i tile minds luil 14 of those ao 10 alio irell dlo ailts lilts work to use se fill any and ML in that illey might 0 regi iid ns as within their I 1 icari aas h to ih their designs dosien an ami e I 1 this work the that have token taken IT I 1 1 cc licin beisig W direl direLl cd n system of marriage in fit voli winch toli ue e be belies liec i hav 0 T been to tills this purpose the alicy I 1 have I 1 ave not been directed they alln y ire are not itka tin the oker overthrow throw of pol abuy to so far ns its that hat doctrine alone ws cott con ernel i the ilic trainers framers of the law alln bitted I 1 this fact them themselves selles aliat clial it afforded a means to lie ac coul oil p I 1 i ill their purpose that rh at weans wis mas taci r reach by bringing before e the ible people of life n nation lo 10 ion and holding up tip the ho horrors brors of our het belief I 1 of lit in this matter tit that it while mille they therna hes eared cared nothing in in regard to this principles principle it il afforded a convenient means by ivi whit llila lito to arouse tile hie people of tile the against tile saints willell Il lell their present a adyr fes f c iv wd ri ica ielati is lati in tins tills object 1 I 1 in i bew to strike a blow flowal at tile priesthood that thai has licen given to us the devil awakened anak an ened in fit their fillds the idea ahil liral growing pra priesthood i c j chood was waar dan crous to the lie interests of like nation nalon I 1 that hut if per permilles milled to continue for any ian th of true it would hold lilt balance of lit in the united states slates anil and that soui something ething loust be set on oil foots buot if possibly pos to caller ii abroad tills I 1 PC people ople who bo have been beco ca 60 together from tile nations of life alio carth find ar clink oil talou through lk the priesthood in one de dertilly stilly I 1 I 1 liviu I 1 a c 1 never 3 vc believed for one 1110 rue bichl ht I 1 that 11 it 4 air hl V yo ii ld je ecsi in i n tile alie of 1 a I law prescribing a 1 few bem people caletri latter day sainta i I 1 thought for one in ornell t clial it il was th alic design desist and purpose of tied Ali almighty burily to put lint on trial tria thoo those people who title had brought bought to off ob bervi berve the hi higher ajer jiw I 1 have looked upon this tile view that it vo was voas as his intention to be begin iii tit nl ills his house to woi k defoi mation aud and inasmuch as a of those men holding in life priesthood lind had covenanted to observe higher laws to live moie circumspectly find fand take upon them tham greater responsibilities tatt that work should commence with v ich it would put them in fit a position to find out whether tit in el entering bering into and seeking 0 to observe that that lav law they lid did it I 1 milli ith motives looking to their linal final salvation or vili ether they liac haac been acal actuated I 1 atell willi 1011 motives of lust and 1 when lien no we e wu see the movements taken by same some of the brethren in fit the trying posit po ailiin vu in ilk aliha liha which icat they hai diac liac e been placed I 1 we e must be led to chink that either cither some of our brethren have not believed ili ni the lia nature tilro of hie lie coven covenants ailts lilts they hae hac ia made ido or lliam they are arc ignorant of the mattiro niti iru of life alij tile responsibilities bili ties taken if P z themselves thet then v seem scein to havo have been it purpose in tile forming oar or shaping I 1 of these matters by the joints coin Is that thai lias has put every man mail tit in the position flint lie inest ren otince fully and tit thoroughly thorough I 1 lit in the life bamred ordinances of tile dosi 1 and submit nit to tl lliter I 1 6 abandoning dol lion a of ills his family the bekeris severing ot of life ties bics that lime haie bound ilia to ito that family they being the gift of god through 0 the pries prie Lood d to liim hint the power bouer to stand stan dunder under tile cf of god fo receive I 1 mid keep those gifts is among the est of the gifts ift that our rather has been able to bestow yet we noe have beat d of in a few feir 1 who I ito not benting ilia lie full merit of the coe covenants nants thela they entered tere dinto into feet understanding these obligations lia line to become and hav have ente entered reI into another coyal covenant wat destroying its force tio be far as is arg 9 cil cd in ill file alic I 1 salling oliu of thell their priesthood and and ain rights lits and privileges that pertain to them as ausba husbands hus banda ads and fathers fal liers ind and fritter away their prospects of that eternal state which Ilic lk they hid had entered it seems indeed that a few have seen lit fit to place il licin selves iii fit that position but no man mail lU inspired by the spirit of tile the living god no man illan that comprehends ti alic no nature of the covenants made by u us 9 wili 1011 the families that have been given to 0 us no ito that valises sinic that those amons unions are arc cl einal toil and that eliat gli those unions and our faithfulness ne lie arc to bland tit ailI in time bolong awong 0 the he gods lit ing been biased blelis cd bet apart slid and ordained and received the c gifts 0 afi and power that thai pertain to the hie holy priesthood ile he having having 0 had best bestowed ovied upon i us its those scaling slid and ordinances th ahat at merge to together tile lins huband band and the wife with willi their children in an all cv destiny to be honored ant and I 1 respected now then these trials find difficulties ha have ve come to that bratich branch of the bouse there is i no doubt tit in time lime to come how near this tiny may be I 1 am not noi prepared to say bay but there is is no doubt iu ill toy my wind th ahat it in ane knear future there will come trials that will ivin not lot ile he co to one class in ilk their iiona but they va nil at lie be looking to the purification of ali all thoe who hold ill alir priesthood lint dial they may islay be bruti brought a ht to tile test as I 1 i whether they the hive have the life faith and tilt thu knon ledge that they claing to have and tile the witness of tile spirit that god lia ial when sheets live have been put upon the altar to stand the test abat to bep itin imposed ased upon then I 1 that tile circle will nill extend ehlt nd that in the alic provi dences of god oki no man will arill I 1 ba so able to ills iiii spill and bt 1 I 1 boil anion among the L balter kitei t lay day saints imi in ing in op his iii religion obeying the ilin precepts and teachings cach ings of the church following out the lite I 1 laws aws that god lia has 0 ivell 1110 no man inan will ill escape tile effects ol of ithac aliat liat tra chiso thal liis been arranged in fit order that it may inny reach out antl anil catch one after until in ill its circle it will rench reach c acci er y man an ani woman in fit the kingdom rind put thera to most severe tests to find coliet ller they ile possessed ot of tile the L cements let n ell Is bat that tire nrc borth y of ex ral lilion now then these stir HIP noun done of ni ili unit that rill 1 I III the hie nece necessity sity ot of 1 11 I I 1 tion boil lei in our mii bince tile die hist hil hi l conri imre that in 1 ibis a holpe aion i ahlee a oune ou nw elili ahe kiln gills and coviel 0 if luie lite mill illk hie file aci P pi that liming hill hail ai upon loon blin amry key wr for fell vie I 1 ie pi of nil dilly hat inight Us br liim bill lid bt bc that titi ot halt become became lot lo oa t to 10 all of iud as t plop lc MC lie feelth ance this his bu n far is iho was convel ned fur these li Is no L aclei day has bis buta known it lut atas nas binns roll in ili this I 1 had iny alf liuro nir s full fully von incel tf if 1119 filet nut 1 lao I 1 its I 1 loui lo to ui Bu businell tinell lit in ianni b wat be iriel frivol cipun apoll i evidene I 1 lie anial bai lilt Cil alicy bf itself evidence aini bu be to lu show ilear condition tint abi too hn ii been ilia C ase c in this llin when llie else CIdell cc in k i alio tic mc foi 1 e I 1 I 1 lookin to tile llie v of alfe ibe va ot if ilia almighty Almis lity in ill begin III elih of tile ilet ellist bod and tx CX clescent cc that it lead ad illein donnia nr nil doubt in tile oilier iley are arc an object the ten lenthus thUS in going goin antt ill llie e lluu buus e of 0 tile lie alnis ilius and tri flug Mii to lu liked out icicle no in ty ly liivi aticy may leave liked I 1 a tile lie lid in ili tu to ofie oram fl c their there a indel indeed loom ething giorg but ill they lid not jabor mith it alilis lav lakebo ebo to 00 li of 0 Ac cill alth li we have blits billed tn its ob liili akol I 1 boL jehae movi if up ill tit in our te adilen v les in thail diirr 1 I of tiou ill abit it are arc ulof N now ow th lonii tile r i of indol nation his seized upon the tha ll file wess kilo that leas been brought biou glit tu to bear I 1 liis Is it tit ii intel C st that liis has never been been awakened in fit ficaia e ara pi 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