| Show sami aing sing singing int prayer by elder W woodruff singing Si BT eli ell edden edder ett etu GILBERT BOWERY AT proto PHOTO PM JULY u i REPORTED BY J Y V LONG I 1 1 I feel feet extremely diffident in standing before allis his because I 1 am ap entire stranger to the tho the saints herm hern and ao ito thoe those in th the regions adja ont hence I 1 lam iam am unacquainted mith with ith the circumstances which surround you unacquainted with willi your past post difficulties and history as a settlement ciul nd therefore pot so capable probably of fr creating treating upon those subjects that would be bo beneficial I 1 sincerely ask the faith and prayers of or this congregation I 1 do not make bis his this request as a matter of courtesy lut but that I 1 may be able to speak unto edification and that god may speak through me arid and impart something that will do yon good I 1 also ask the tha indulgence of the grethren b and sisters that I 1 may be ut liberty to in select a text as a fou rou foundation ri dation for the few remarks remark which I 1 may make oil on the present occasion the tit passage of scripture that strikes my mind is contained in the 3 last verses of the ad chap chaper tr of rauls pauls first epistle to tile the corinthians therefore let no man glory in lit men for all hit things are yours whether paul or apollos or cephas or the world er or life or death or things present ti or thing bilings to come wll all are yours and ye are christs and christ is gods godys it appears from the two chapters which precede the one from front which I 1 have laken taken this aril ture lure that there were various opinions among the he corintia corinthians ans respect respert respecting ing log the talents and qualifications of the tile ministers w wio 0 were laboring in hi their midst M and also respecting those who had been ministers and presidents P ts amongst them it likewise appears ahat tho those se contentions and sei sel sm 9 had llad grown to such an extent that there was division among that brauch branch of 0 the church of christ arid and they actually contended about those men whom god had bad appointed to labor laior amongst them hence bence il ence some were for panl pant some for cebas cephas others for apolo apollo tind und a few for christ the apostle takes up thi subject and endeavors to show them tile the folly of such a course and thit they had ilaa grieved the tha sprit of god that their influence had been weakened and that instead of forwarding the work of god their strife had kad been the tho means of keeping it back he also sh shows aws that they had foolishly paid des def defier serence ference ence to persons in binsted sted of the priesthood which god had given hem and in strong teri terms s informs and assures them thae thai whether that priesthood was held by a raul paul an appollos or a cephars that t lat god alone fl give the increase and that all those men put together were totally incapable of accomplish accompli sil sit in iwu anything unless blessed with the spirit of god when we take a broad and enlightened view of society so clely ciely either as it is or should be formed we see seo that god lias bas endowed tile tiie human family with a variety of talent and capacity and as we cannot find two that are alike in fit their features so lvis with the mental endowments of men there is as great a variety in the mental as in the physical organization and by reflection we call can dis cern the wisdom of god in this arrangement if we were all possessed of the tile same talents there would be too much a sameness in tile the creations eions of god there would be less to beautify to diversify alm airl to cause laudable emulation in short there would be far less alefs room for men to spread and increase as they do lowi now in I 1 heir their endeavors to obtain happiness and per perfection suppose for example that all men were of or a purely calculating turn of mind and constantly studied the tile abstruse science of mathematics to the he neglect of the simple and every day duties of life is it not obvious that our present state of society could not exist then it appears that the hewer of wood arid and the drawer of water are as necessary as tile tilo man matt who can tell the condition of the sun or tile the precise size weight and mease measurement rement of each planet as it rolls in lit its orbit all men are designed to be useful in the several spheres in lit which they exist and we could not well do without any of or them if it there were not a diversity in men society would suffer a great loss and I 1 believe that we will deyer eyer have a perfect state thereof until every hian fills that pot iton for which lie is I 1 iest test est qualified mentally and no matter malter a mans calling may inny be every man ought to be respected and esteemed in ilia tile sphere in lit which lie is placed and lawful lawfully lv ope operating rating tile the hewer of or wood and the drawer of water ought to be bp ef esteemed teemed useful to socie society tyas as well us the skillful architect or the learned philosopher to show you that society could not so well exist without the variety of I 1 have dlud ii luid ludd d to I 1 will mention a a circumstance which adl etl eti vil what I 1 have ilare now said before you was a certain celebrated music musician idu called to play an ait oratorio in germany and of course he eillen to his aid a good sturdy bellows blower the int vat audience were riveted to their seats while the splendid piece of music was performed and when the first part pa was gone through tite tebe poor bellows blower in the file pride of liis his ze zeil dejl di said to the organist did WE not do that the performer showed III lii hia hla indignation by saying to the bellows blower what had YOU to do with wiit 17 We meshall shall ahall see replied the raiser of wind rhe the service of tile the church being over tila the organ was again called into requisition the organist places his hla oli nil the keys but to lo and behold thre th ra re was howind no ile he turned hastily around and beheld his companion witlessly like patience oil on a monument awil smiling ling ht bt grief ail all and au edily eddly exclaimed rhy rby why are you not blowing I ivin pm ivia not going to to blow unless it is WE wr he hal J fggaly replied the professor sw lie he was oil on uhe As the horns of a difficulty and blandly said well I 1 lotae otle wr the instrument was immediately filled with the tiie necessary element and poured forth its rich and mellow strains to the expectant we tir can gan understand very clearly that the choice music could not rot havet have be been en produced had llad been bean tit lit 11 tile the mutter the tile big I 1 and i little u do lift promote general harmony seeing thena that god lias endowed the human bamily family with il u di diversity versil ty of mind and intellect ile he displays his wisdom by calling into the service of the ministry in men of widely diff different lerent capacities and talents lo 10 suit snit all classes of mankind in every quorum of the tile r church burch this diversity exits we find some that we may comour compare to I 1 tile he pro profound round paul some tome to the tile eloquent apollos and others othera to the rough and teady leady cephas and every one is necessary in his place became every man will wilMia hal hat ie e a work suited to his capac capacity ity and to the class jie is qualified to tesch leach it Is certain that we cannot enter into all the whys ghys and wherefores where fors of such un lin arrangement but it is unquestionably requisite or il if would not be we find a diversity diversify of men and talents in lit this church and they are all suitable and necessary in lit ibe which they are appointed to act 1 ct and no iio mutter liow how rough the tiie exterior may appear when those men are clothed upon and endowed with the power and authority of god they are mighty men mail indeed and shine in tile sphere in which hy iroy move no matter whether as plon pioneers or ministers of the gospel or at home lionie at their daily avocation I 1 have lave often reflected on the wisdom of god in lit brina bruising lug ing those men into the church lit at hrat drat who wilf have so valiantly stood forth in lit defence of the cause of truth who possessed the bone and sinew the tile strong ard brave hearts to stand faithfully by the ship of life in it the midst of or every storm suppose that god had called into his church in its first organization those who were reff refi refined ried by education and by birth and riches persons who wiio were unacquainted with and in lit in fact unfit for the every day practical duties of or life lire what would they I 1 five ave done during its tribulations they would world have been ELEGANTLY totally unfit to pass through tile tiie scenes which joseph smith the prophet und the leaders leader of this church have had to endure look at the persecutions of this kingdom the mobbing mob bings sand and dri vinzi of this people from state to state the pio plo and losses sustained by frequent burnings of the property of the taints their progress lias has been marked with the ilia blood of martyrdom in lit the midst of such trials what would the college bred and worldly learned have done god called the true the loyal those who were inured to tila ilia hardships of life lire because lie ile knew that they were tile the ones ories that could move forward his church and kingdom with all their energies minds and strength several writers have made complaints complaint sto to the w world orld orid about tile the progress which mormonism is making they are ara afraid because of the ilia great number 0 of f honest firm converts which mormonism has made it does not as yet vet gather the he lofty and mid great ones nor many of of the ilia rich but ut til ill tile clever art artiman izan tile the ingenious mechanic the hardy laborer the tile pr producers 0 dubers of wealth tile the bone jone aone and sinew of every every c country and I 1 conceive that this class of an men lire are brought into the church of god for fora a wise purpose and lie he does and will make them thein useful no doubt the nations will ere long if they do not already feel that they have fu stained a loss they will be brought to their senses for their strength is wasting away iu in this respect as well as in lit others ot liers when I 1 look at these settlements the oldest 0 only aly 8 years old it seems a wonder and a marvel thai that this tills people with nith the limited means which they possess and have had since they came here could have accomplished so muc much it iu in so short a of time I 1 look at atas it as one of ile lie the greatest miracles ini of or the present age and no one could deny it who would come disposed to view the matter with an ail unbiased mind but more immediately to my text I 1 believe that the all things means neither more nor less than all the trea treasures Fures which god has in lit reserve for his people this tills people now have llave a great mail mall many y things within their reach and they will eventually have all things that are good for fr them whether temporal or spiritual the apostle says the world is ours and mid if tha world of course all things in lit the world and we know that the kingdom and the greatness of the kingdom amder sunder the whole heavens will be he given to the saints saints of the I 1 most high god that god will turn and over overl turn the nations and slid cause them to break in lit pieces that he will cause them to become weak while liis bis kingdom kingdo in is becoming stronger with these views then tilen and knowing as we do that the kingdom of our god must and will triumph I 1 wish to produce tile the feeling that we are members of til ill that a t kingdom and that we are brethren and sisters in the truest sense of the tile word bound tog together ther by the tile strongest feelings and ties lies and when we can feel feet this oneness of falth faith and feeling we realize that we are brethren indeed I 1 do not mean that kind of or oneness propounded by the chartists of england or the equality enunciated by the led republicans of france but it is that kind of or equality quality which irrespective of or rank or position esteems every man for liis his virtue integrity and uprightness of heart makes us feel that we all have an interest in the cause and prompts men to feel for each other to strive to do each other good and to do good to ull all mankind tid no matter what humble situation in liro a man mail fills he is is not to be despised for we believe in esteeming every man according to the integrity of liis bis heart if the spirit and power of the gospel dwell in lit his heart and manifest themselves in his ins life and conversation we lieve in lit I 1 treating him as our brether and friend this is the equality that I 1 love and admire and this is til brotherhood which I 1 glory in because it Is of god the christian world take a more spiritual I 1 of equality they dont admire hones honest virtuous 1 equality for instance you will see a fat living jolly looking bishop pass the poor man jn in the street of a week day and treat him film more like a dog than a brother but when sunday comes he lie wu hangus stand up and say dearly beloved brethren the scriptures IA di ve iol lo cou con co n fes fess our sins tins one other ac ap C 1 11 4 J i it aswell blut rny country ua famed for the wit and ingenuity of its that they are giver diver at getting out of a difficulty there was once an ail irishwoman in great difficulty and distress and pud she soe called upon a bishop of the protestant church to implore him to give her tier tir bread cail macl she site told him hiu her story las lis assured him that thal herself and family were in a state of complete destitution and ard ahat that hat gite site ae would be for any any relief tit he lie bould afford ier ler her her pious after an aik exhortation turned her hr away ald and aid would neither neit nelt lier ller give her lier money nor bread no sho had proceeded way from the mch ach marls malis mails mans house bouse when whon the thought struck her that she would ledurn and ask the file bishop to teach her her prayer prayers 4 accordingly she slie ie turned returned and rapped the bishop did not it 0 t appear a and I 1 ud she asked the butler batler to inform lih lid ai grace that ilie rile ile lie wished to be tuii tali glit flit her prayers craters pr ayers aters The butler LutIer told his cia gia gace e that the poor wornall woman wished his tord lord ship to teach her lier her prayers lis his its grac gr afe ethen I 1 en ald sid ordered lle therol lie woman n ail ali to be brou brought lit into lis his I 1 its study Y and he lie quesnel que sned d her iler to bonow know vIlf elii ther she could conid pray she replied no she c buld auld dould not what said lie he I 1 do you not tint h khow know bow how liow flow to say the lords prayer no said sh she bhe 1 I do not 1 the bishop told her to f kneel kheel down and repeat I 1 after him the poor woman was wis obed obedient lenti and tile the bishop commenced our father who art in I 1 heaven beaven stop said she is lie father yes most certainly replied his grace and fand is Ile llo ie i your father yes praise his holy name lie replied then you and I 1 are bro ther and sister his grace seemed confounded aad aid stammered oui out an ail affirmative well welt then said she brother will you lend your poor sister a shilling 11 I 1 dislike tiie the equality that is in the world for it is like ilke their religion their is no iio substance in it but the real eq equality unlit y in lit this kingdom kingdo mJ loye love for it acqua actually I 1 ly respects and benefits all men and women so long as tiley doright do right god is no respecter of per persons solis antl 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