Show 1 REMARKS V by pres PRESIDENT IDENT HEBER heben U 1 KIMBALL iwic Tw ic PV r u 19 1852 vinh n sv BY a D watt oil brethren and sisters i I 1 never jaw saw saw tb the day d jaw in g M I 1 6 w afelt I 1 felt odit more thankful than I 1 do at the present time that the god goa whom 1 isarie I 1 serve sis sas given inq me the spirit of truth I iliavi no deare re in my iny heart hear to manifest anything by my word s ar orb b ar my acts only the truth y I 1 there is not anything that hil hii has been yeal 10 me since I 1 came into this church VI at t 1 I 1 mast mos assuredly know to be true is true and we who have enlisted I 1 in AW this chis church I 1 have enlisted in a good cause hai had it by y continually lin t indall obeying the truth to I 1 he ibe end ot chur nur our lives J ives I 1 it it will ill lead us into the celestial Celes lidl ilal world and J kno know wi that at that there is no other way to get gel t t there ee iiii only by the principle of obedience obe dince and b bringing ughie our hearts heartz to bear upon the truth arid and to loy loi hive five 1 s by it I 1 reflect man many if times limes 1 m e afon D I 1 these ese efe things anal anai am thankful 1 that I 1 S k know u 0 w and ana a ud possess the tha truth in a degree still am aware that there are aie ihn ihu thousands sands of things before us which I 1 habip not yet afia attained ined to tie only way for or us to be useful to one another is to take a course to build upon the principle cip cil its iks of truth and never to suffer ourselves ours elves selves to tep cultivate any buethe but the principles of right 1 I 1 I 1 i I 1 am sall sali fied that a man moans roans conduct and bourse course has a great influence it has an influence wit with ih the saints and wit with hiele hItie the world the world is asin in possession of tile the truth and of the spin batho lold loid ill in some degree as you have heard br by brigham say a great many times there thre isonoe inot an art honest mon man or woma woman who lias has heard the acs pei pel but cl w who ho has in a greater or less jess degree degre been influenced d by that spilt split to believe it to bl be the truo trull tabt joseph smith was a ta n apostle a man sent of god goi to preach tb the gospel 0 L he was whether they believe it 0 or n not 1 0 t W we jira jiva lve ive in irk a day and rge of the world ahil which ay iy we e have bie talked about a thousand times but do vies eves we fully realize izer it we live in a day that the apostles i in tiie tile ta i e days of jesus and the patriarchs and tho thousands sheds of holy men actually saw they beheld ali the day we now live in and anxiously desired to enjoy at t in the flesh but they died with without 0 ut that privilege are we not privileged with eliat tha ay day aay do W we not live in n the days das of the prophets and mid Apo apostles siles sties in in the days of patriarchs and holy boly reh men wei wel we nei do I 1 realize it I 1 reflect upon jt it and arid desire deslee that the people should reflect upon it and diligently seek after th the eSpirit spirit of truth sek seek after the holy is the spirit of revelation a and id ity it vf al t reveal past things to you an and show 1 OW you things t to 0 come many times you reflects upon things 1 but ut are not certain whether they are c correct 0 or not and by and by they will be revealed fr from m otiis thi ihl s stand the very things you ou had in your mind for ye arsand that the spi spirit of god had s shown awil to you yon but you didiot did not know how to organize and ind cla ela claser 1 ly fy them auld and judge of their truth president br brigham i charn young is ii a prophet and can present doctrines to you classify them and set them in order that is his office and tle tie th e A apostle posta has h ha I 1 S office which is to preach the gospel in I 1 all tle the world and organize the church and set I 1 it 1 in i order to take the elements and combine then them toa 0 gether 4 j inasmuch as we are the elders of f israel ii saviors of men we should take a course lott loft tott to tt ety lif a example that is worthy of imitation in our da dag dat walk conversation and business transact transactions iong 0 while we were hearing from this stand lait last S sly say 1 bath concerning concerning the course which s dupee min oc J in a keeping groceries gro groceries cerie cerle s ac I 1 thought all ill men med meina not net alike have riot not all got strong minds awl I 1 is the duty of every person never to introduce 0 I 1 to or permit a thing to enter your houses F would have a tendency to allure the D 1 lead it astray but set a good example ai an azo oso bt els you would wish to be dealt by sf A man inan alio ho starts start a drinking shop ship chojn r the t midst of this people is introducing i ng that u te le I 1 i lias hat a ten tendency denci to lead away men who are to strong thelt their youth up and have so craving an appetite for ahem that they cannot let them thel nalone alone if the ylare where they can be got I 1 i I 1 another thing it does not all suit guit t my mind to believe that ahat man to be a good man who would present anything to his neigh neighbor bor that is calculated miscalculated ill hi its nature to iq be injurious As wo we pre the people of 0 god as mormonism is true and as wa we have enlisted under the banner of christ the king phe he savior of the world and as he taught the jaws of his father fathers we should do hs bis vill and keep his h s commandments commard ments as he kept the commandments of his father and never allow abow ourselves to do wrong or bract act in auy any manner manner that would lead any one astray but wh where eret a man does permit himself to do those things I 1 have no 0 doubt that in process of time alwill it will work together for or good fo to those who loye iove god and keep his commandments we can fall see ho is righteous who is false and is true net let lit ui us keep keip the commandments of f god and when we meet together as we have Us this afternoon and every afternoon to partake of the sa cr ament let iet letus us pray that we maybe may mas be strengthened in ofir bodies and spirits that we may be filled with the same spirit power powers truth and arid righteousness that dwelt in the bosom of jesus that we may cleave to the yina tine and partake of the same nourishment with it bei lei us all lake take a course to da do rl ellit ight lit and if it we all do da right there bisno is no person here that tha will do wrong I 1 am aware that there will have to be a sifting If ning ting but W would uld there be any necessity for it if the elements were pure no you can cn obtain pure sand band here upon tile the public works and with that you you cah make good tempered tempe lempe mortar for the better it t Is tempered the better wall you can put up for your yur habitation temper thi the mortar and let the sand ie be clear of stone roots roofs and every imperfect thing if inthis this were the case the masons would have no use for the coarse screed screen to throw the sand ag against hInst kinst nor for a fine sieve to se separate pm rate tile the finer particles particles cles it is li fast just so with us the lord will keep heep eap sifting and ind will w ill lii prepare a and arid sieve that is the devil will riddle you and after that he ile will sift you did not the savior tell one of hs his disciples that the devil decked to sift him as wheat is sifted we have come together here beret the wheat is gathered in from the four quarters ready forthe for the thrashing and sifting the world is called the field and the reapers readers are going forth to reap and bind up the cheat or children of the kingdom into churches and then draw oraw them together from the four quarters of 0 the earth for what hat bat purpose purposed in III order that the wheat may be thrashed and after it is thras thrashed lied it must go through the fanning mill and many of the kernels are blown out with tbt chaff chuff the heavier wh wheat eat drops dewri icille in ahe place prepared to receive it and at the mill it has bas to go through the smut machine before bedore e il it is ground and after it is s ground it has to go 0 o through a bolt at the far end of the bolt there are fans into which the flour enters eaters then it keeps growing coarser and coarser and then coes goes out the bran at the hind bind end lu in this country we h have ar ve cot ot a thrashing machine that is fitted with three places places one for the tha chaer chaff another for the smut and arid other foul articles and arid a third to retain the wheat hence they can go off south tb in way or that way and some go after gold guld and some after a better climate for they do not like this climate as they say sax ay the winters eat up tile the summers I 1 am more than willing that all such should shoud go for arthey all the time want to f to 0 there I 1 let them go we have bave got to be brought back into the tha presence of our father in heaven from whence wo we hiye hive h iye ive fallen and if we calculate on this we must pass through trials suffering aing and arid sifting if you get thrashed do not murmur brethren let us take the right light course listen to the tile counsels we are blessed with and int we know to be right if you w 11 ll not take the course the lord has lias marked 0 out u t you might as well back out and gi g down to the regions of dis dispain di a lr to the zoli gol i regions or where you pleas but do 0 not tro trouble ailie atile us we are bound to be saints we know that this work is true and if you dont know how to take a coarse course that will bind find oa on to it plead with and ask god until you do get miledge knowledge for yourselves until you can bear the same tame testimony as we do when you ean can do that you will have favor wi with god he will prosper you here and multiply his blessings upon us until we are red ree and prepared to enter into his hta glory and sit down with abraham iaac jacob moses and joseph you know the revelation says bays that abraham isaac and jacob entered into their glor glory y and exaltation al tation and they have done tills this seu yeu can sit down with them by taki taking i anz the same course that they did let us cheer up let us be comforted we are tire comforted we are blessed and you feel just as good a spirit here as ever you felt in any place you who have lately come in if you bre ere not very careful will get to murmuring and finding fault with us and to think that we ara not reli pious enough I 1 admit that I 1 am not riot quite so as they are in london but I 1 believe that we it love iove lve tye got something they have not riot wi we enjoy something tiie tile they do not net the tha feelings I 1 enjoy yield me pleasures that far exceed those derived from the mere luxuries of tile tiie world arid and that is to have dwelling in me the power of the holy ghost to be honest and as pure as a labe as a lamb or as an angel ngel a if you enjoy that concilion conf coni ilion brethren and sisters sisters never be troubled about anything about food raiment houses lands the devil or any wicked person and we will gain tile tiie victory and lecome become kings and priests to our god and to hi his s christ if it every individual will overcome for himself he will be crow crowned ned this chu church ach and kingdom will never fall therefore let me hear bear about puro pure saints and a pure pan plan of or salv salvation allou let atus us oserve observe the order of ef god and every one be hurr me lilo to that and his authorities that preside over I 1 18 to let lat chese these saints in ill the vallies of tile the le f subject abject to their officers the people to alto arid and in this way wp we moye move conwil mighty p ogi As f lor loi the derik ap jl d the world with its combined com tried powers if it they are au arraigned against ils lis w we lave lavo have p ower with god to fo overcome filipin atheni an in n the days of Isra elwe real read that imi an one ch cn ased ed a thousand andt and two wW put pui ten tell thousand a n d to flight the lord would send an influence perhaps a spirit rapping would get into leneir midst and they would go to work and eray slay one another cau cah cannot not the lord do the same how now cannot he jurn turn over if we were followed up by enemies and ai d heap them upon ulion them just cs as easy as 1 I call can turn rn over overall ail ati apple you need not borrow trouble die rie troubie about br dr Brig bangham harn lie he does right alithe all ali the time god is ith him angels are with him alid and round about him W night nigh tand and ana day the me wisdom is given to him and it will ill su perceda the wisdom of the world I 1 know this as well as I 1 know that you are liere here this day the ungodly killed joseph and but in n BO so doing they furthered the work of god more mio re than tenfold joseph laid the foundation and left us to build the building and when we are gone we will leave others for it duat nuat must be done do not be troubled but do what you have been told to day and never take a course ito to trammel the first presidency in their operations opera ions lons but take toke off thein their heir shackles and apil burdens and carry hem hemi yourselves for you have just as rn much ch physical strength as they have there is scarcely a weakly ea nan or woman here then carry your dens god bless bliss you for horev evar er amen |