Show DISCOURSE by elder A SMITH in the bowery en on the knorth side of the tabernacle acle dele april ath 1855 1835 1 As I 1 aristil am cautioned by president kim kirn hall tall to bo careful that my hair does not blow off I 1 shall shail exercise as much care and caution as possible on the tha subject but if it should actually come off I 1 hayo haye very few friends here hero today to day in this num pum numerous erous audience but what know very well how iny any ha head I 1 looks perfectly bare and cons consequently e I 1 should i not feol feel as though I 1 was subject to any particular pr disgrace while I 1 can enjoy I 1 tiie tile tila ilia comfort of in the congregation without having my head tied up in a handkerchief or suffering with a cold coid p 11 Ife I 1 feefe eia ela little sor sorry 1 ry this ibis morning that our meeting house isso asso is so small really it seems too bad that we have not a pl little more room but it fulfills very clearly the early predictions of the first president preside ht of the e church joseph smith that we may build as I 1 many houses holes as we would and we should never get one bigy big enough lenough to hold bold the saints andi and andl I 1 presume before this immense bowery is absolutely enclosed 4 and comfortably sated s that we shall find it too small to accommodate those who wish to attend here hee on the sabbath day or on any import int occasion in rising to speak to so vast an assembly I 1 am reminded remind edof of the tho old rupture of my lungs which was made while white in the streets of lons loni don to scattered to persons persona in the courts coutts in tha iha squares in the windows of buil bull dIn 1 four and five stories high and on different sides of tha the streets in the midst of a foggy smoky damp atmosphere it is a rupture which caused gs to bleed and which has been a constant caution and effect effectual ual check to my course in life Te quirin i t p 6 to keep within a certain limit with lid iid however wever this condition that live or die or whatsoever soe er might be in the road the gospel of jesus christ cn yi sti N ad preach and the testimony of the falness bif odthe ia gospel of tiie ilia lord to the saints in the last days I 1 would bear wherever and whenever I 1 had fiad the opportunity backed with a ilith faith in me that I 1 would hava have power and health to do tah at the tha same time any k kind hind ad of exercise that thai would heat my blood for one half hour would produce considerable bleeding from the lungs and yet bythe aid of your faith I 1 undertake to address this immense au audience lence lenee with full confidence that I 1 hhall succeed so that a great portion anvill hear me and by the stillness of the balance L may berti bertl abbed to make them all hear me though it requires a great effort for even a man with sound in lung to make ma keten keton Jett thousand persons hear him speak distinctly ly 7 I 1 have been a member of this church from my I 1 commenced comm to advocate the book of oi mormon 1 when whon only thir thirteen tsen years of age the tho second da day y bews after tr I 1 got ot hold of it lt I 1 read it nearly news ifer flew round the neighborhood that the golden bible had come and a large company pany of neighbors came in to see the boca book they commenced tae to examine and find fault with it anu and and I 1 to alwer answer their objections as I 1 thought they looked sa so unreasonable although I 1 had not made my mind up on the subject yet I 1 fried tried to remove remote theli their objections the result was iila tha whole company went away confounded leaving me surprised that they could not raise any stronger strone er object objections lotis iotis against I 1 and from that day to his I 1 have not let any proper occasion slip that presented to ma me an opportunity of defending the mission of joseph kland the book of mormon to the very best of my ability it may be said of me that I 1 never knew anything else but mormonism yet I 1 have found ithac that some ofalia traditions 0 of f my early education as I 1 was piously educated at the sunday school in the tha doctrine doc trine trina and principles of presbyterianism some of these principles which vaie ars t I 1 receive din my ay youth have hava clung to me a su so closely that I 1 have haie had to stop at times and reflect whether I 1 had haa earnett earne cT that from the proper source or whether it ivd iVi was spart part of my old catechism which I 1 must conless confess 1 I have hive forgotten I 1 introduce these thesa remarks as a preface to my disco discourse birse 16 because cause causa I 1 have been pleased by the remarks marks of the first presidency by those of president Bi biggham i limm imm young on the subject of the appointment of ha lie wishes wr siles illes to appoint those who have hade grownup grown up in the chulch church who have not nat lived a great portion of or their days under the tha tin fluence influence of sectarian traditions of their fathers and been subject to the slavish notions notion si of cast iron iron creeds that when they entered into church they were wera so bound in them they never coul U diba dibe unbound and that even oven now in performing for the duties of their callings ca kings they do not learn enough of the tho things of god to in every ansia instance 11 ce discriminate between tho tha two I 1 ha had covered ils lis in lit a number of instances hat that appointments of thia this kind to different du dw not work well and that when men who are aro not tery very opi ohi old oid when nhep th they come 0 a into lato the church all they have learned is I 1 th efrus r lh and alid are ire not under the necessity of edun unlearning what they might have learned in twenty twenty forty or fifty fifth years of old tenets creed breed do doc and nonsense but have hava taken a atari start from the ight foundation and what they did learn have learned it right I 1 thought I 1 would take resting the younger breth brethren reu rev as a great areat portion op of this congregation aro ere are be le termed in the states if you please or or among us cormons mormons mox Mor mons tho those who been raised in tha the molt pf af persecutions and the tho instructions hirvo have ep joyed president ident oung in the tile course ur of his remarks introduces the tha subject of the tha divisions that exists new york for it is custo customary 1 arvy ruy in the po political littral circles of ne 1 mola and lia iia atts extended from that capitol capital th throughout I 1 0 6 i eliout the union fo 0 denominate men that 1201 ilav beoma become somewhat at in their veltis or have got lle llo lie the old fashioned eslow diotio motion it abo abour about them old fogles J or instance there are but I 1 few of f its ils but what can remember when railroads were first introduced into ato the united states it is nn not 0 t for old melt men to remember when the first AY steini steam boat was wot bu lil ill or when the tha first telegraph h wire who was sas was put in operation and it is den the fat fai stage age men wha old principles i of locomotion that cannot accommodate their thew feelings to iho nho great amr improvements 0 age that their education ea 1 cibu 0 on the slow track andare aud and are determined to tollo follow it it would world be bettel better for them to stand aside and clear the track for the telegraph speed odthe of the present generation rising up on their I 1 heels I 1 e I 1 was way pleased with the resolution aa as far as it fas was vas necessary essary ebsary to apply it but there are a great many men of the thet most mature igei age who were at a mature age when they received this gospel that never had imbibed scarcely any sectarian prejudices and those th tb 4 tile they Y h had ad gt t wh when enthey they discovered the fhe they were yere of orlif tie tle use they have bave cast east them beli belf behold hild fild the lighthouse and et a them go wali with the waves there are other others who have haye stood in the stream of light until every eabry single particle of theold the old old prejudices that could possibly have adhered to them have been carried away the light liah or ot the spirit has showered upon them that thai alt all of us who were younger when we entered the vork work berei instructed taught and made acquainted with tho the things of god through the tha wisdom and light which god has given them s capable of a great mahy bahk ex gances wei we very well remember the th entimo antimo when a very zealous man arraigned jpseph smith before bishops counsel in kirtland and charged him with having forfeited his hia office as a prophet t of god because bo he had bad not prohibited the aged sisters from wearing caps I 1 attended attend edthe the tho counsel ty felch filch w as held field very late and the man roan there here advocated that he be was cut off from drom the church charch for god dod hag had cut at lim off from the church as ns well aa as fro his apostleship because lie he had men to wear little clish I 1 ions on th the shoulders of their coat sleeves jt it being men IQ wear a cotton oil on the shoulders and in consequence of sonnie sortie of the brethren wearing such coats the tho pr of god was cut off from the ther church by this man and persecuted agan asan impostor arld arid another was placed in his stead mead 1 i i i that wian aiau was possessed 01 t suh sua wisdom as man aoud reason reasonably abri rilan ife ift st yet lit ha was ad so perfectly fail full of folly and ana of his own traditions and notions tiodos ile hei had bad ver ih his hism own head hoad that seemingly it was impossible for him to understand any theng thing better he was blinded and lifted bis his hand against the tho prophet of god instances orthis of this kind have bave been continually and it ia is one of the most perfect of the tha sayings of the prophet that he her would sift his people as with a sieve it has lids been a constant sifting from the time tivie we wet entered the tha church charch up to tin the present some would compel jt it while in others none of the tha old prejudices have predominated add and so it has jas continued until twenty five years have havo iov lov passed away and avid until a great number of 0 persons have risen risen up wh who have not the prejudices of their fathers to conten contend ith iab with and ad if they fliey will humble themselves thein selves with all thein their might knowledge and intelli intelligence gende genge power will wilf grov grow in la them atia anc they will approximate V atti ate nearer fo to the of god dod to get ret more moie light more knowledge e moro more inteli intelli r gence gonce more faith aad more power to spread furth forth thaworn of or god and had to rat rai borth the kino kine kingdom dom their fathers bave have been ablerto obtain v itigan itis an old oid proverb that as the old birds craw crow iila tha young soung ones learn there are a grea many habits a agrest great many miny customs which our have imbibed and which their children have be been ii induced more or less to practice are ar decidedly in opposition to the true principles of ilfe lifs and prosperity now forus who ae fire youngae you young ngwe weare aro iuli fall of life and vigor to think because our fathers or mothers indulged in lit a good cup of tea ted of coffie and a hundred other different luau n which are at variance with tho the word that we must follow the same track pursue tila ilia same course and not only ourselves become sla sia vesto verto the same sama habits but tra transmit nimit them to ou our r posterity and conf continue lune them that we may preserve the old gentile gentilo customs which wilch have ben wen established under a system of tactics that have hive been introduced by medical men to injure the ilia health of the ilia community and to make for themselves a growing grovit ig business I 1 do not belleve believe in lu the tha constant use of and hot drinks a although they lve hava been for a long tune tuna steadily recommended recommend rec ommen ed by men in the medical profession as beneficial to heal health til tit I 1 believe that learned doctors da dainow know when they are doing so they are arb introducing a system of things to makei makey men man sick throughout their lives weaken the human race and make maka business for medical practitioner if men wish bogrow t grow up in these mountains free from disease and from the powe p owe the destroyer and und become sarong and powerful lika tigers like gants ji A ants in iq icrael let them observe the tho principles iad el lad d down in the of wisdom let them ob serve ethem when they are children childre lri iri let them grow up b berthing birthing bim bir ti thing I 1 n a pure atmosphere drinking pure witter var vaz an and partaking of the wholesome vegetation observing vin the words of w wl domand they will wili grow up mighty n men ane no of them will be worth five dozen of those wll wit who 0 a are re steeped and nd boiled by iby hot drinks and mid tanned in tobacco you brethren upon this subject I 1 speak more from observation konduct conduct of others than from my own experience I 1 faive nave observed considerable upon this matter I 1 kifor that tuat andul geig inhabits or this kind kindi however simple they my miky setin they lead id iri the end to great evil and I 1 know from experience that ovir our casts are ate irl ill p great t treasure tue asure artificial now when a mormon emr EMT elder eider sup to me and nud want bantao sto get a liell counsel cou coo usei usel and his breath bread th Em ellsas iras leas though he had hid swallowed a still housell hou hous gelt seil is all I 1 can possibly do 0 jo o berm da near enough to him bim to hear his bis story he necessarily wishes to come coale up close to me as such men arm ara sure to have 4 secret they wish to wisper and their breath bruth Is 13 EO so offensive I 1 I 1 am aro forced to 1 retire when I 1 a am called upon to gi give 7 a co counsel aar I to a man who Is indulging in these thesa intemperate practices I 1 feel at a loss ass to know wll wil whether ther ni my counsel is going to do him gooc or hard harai harar or chetner ha he wil wig pay any attori altori attention tion to it after he geli gets it j I 1 hayo bayo pres isted in the tho US uso oso of thesa these articles until they cannot do without them thein or they think the they cannot perhaps sometimes sometime when they nave have been reduced by sickness or fatigue they have then been under the necessity of taking some of f these thesa things as a medicine to revive relive sinking nature and ind this was probably when they first began to practice the use nse of them and laid bid the foundation for a short life they now wish me to prolong their days like ilke a the old toper who had undermined hicou sti ution tulion and who was about tar tor die dia in consequence of drinking a quart aquart of brandy a day das dayle ie sent for the doctor he being anxious to pre preserve serle seyde the life of his patient dared not nonstop stop atop the use of brandy entire lynor yet suffer the inebriate to persist in in his usual course oy ordered dered his patient three glasses of french reach F brandy with rith loaf sugar per day upon which the old toper shrugged his shoulder shoulders rn and said baid doctor aint it lad fad ad 19 take in introducing the qs uso of things injurious urious 19 q our health when we commence it it is not so pleasant perhaps in a fit of sic kiles klies prostrated ted by the aur agu auy cut down by disease we will 1 indulge in these kinds of habits until by and alid by a taste is for them and we feel that we realty really m must isi t have h a a our tea or oui oni our coff offee tse it a glass of liquor artoes does u us strood good occasionally nally hov how often does occasionally occasion lly ily dome 0 onca in a while howa ho w orten often Ts is that why every now |