Show REMARKS HEBER 0 KIMBALL JAN 37 27 1856 i REPORTED fv GEO D WATT 1 I 1 I 1 do not feel fee I 1 as though I 1 desired to take up much time I 1 merely wish to sav say say bay a few words ilk lik h regard to what we have bare heard bear today to day I 1 am aare that a great many in the world are pleased with fancies fanciest they are gratified and edified with that which ls is is 19 artificial but if people would bw bar pleased and instructed with such remarks as wo wa have heard today to day it would be well for they are the principles that will save you that will lead you into the celestial world listen to that which you have heard today to day from br Brig Bri grham harn he is our leader our prophet our priest and our governor the governor of f the territory of utah in him it 1 n is is every power and key of cil celestial estial ilfe life and s salvation pert pertaining dining to every person there is on this earth and that is a principle which but few persons realize you ta take ke away the kep key that are with him and with those who sustain him and I 1 would not 9 give iva ive a I 1 dime for you sin to such a degree alegree that br brigham and his ills C counselors un and lind those who are associated with him the he apostles of jesus christ withdraw from your midst and I 1 would not give a dime for all the th salvation you have that is my faith ile he holds the keys of the kingdom of heaven just as pis much as peter james and john did after jesus committed the keys to them on the mount and still said ll 11 I give unto you the keys of tile the kingdom of heaven and whomsoever you bless I 1 will bless and whomsoever you curse I 1 will curse take away that power take away those keys and yon you cannot find your way into the celestial kingdom the keys in III his bis possession will unlock the tae door and let yon you on through into another existence more excellent than his this ile he holds tile the keys can anybody pass without them no only althey as they get authority through him are ate they thoy appreciated as they should be do this people listen to tho tim counsel that proceeds from his hus mouth as to tha tile words of the living oracles of god godl I 1 would not care if there was not a bible within ten thousand miles of this place or any other book pr or scrip here are the oracles living right in our midst and we receive them from day today by word of mouth from a liying hying man mail an apo apos tle tie who is alive and through a priesthood hood which is living in our ouy midst at the same time a great in many an persons think more of the tha testimony of a dea dead yd apostle than they do of a living one oile and think more of dead prophets rop liets than they tiley do of living I 1 ones who are aro fiere flere kere here in ill their midst it Is s generally the he care case that men do not fully appreciate their in lire fire often ortan when their wives are dead they think thinh moro of them than they did when they were living tiling and it is just so with some wives iu in regard to their former husbands we do not always appreciate the llie blessings we have in bur possession until th thy they y are taken from froin us then we begin to appreciate them EO so when good men have let lert us we ceab thinking of their faults but beg n to cil cli cherish erish tha memory of their good deeds it is thus tills with a great geat many matiyos of bourst cursors wiler their husbands have gone to preach I 1 llie ile gospe gospel they now think they never had a janit fault in tile th world but when they were at home they wert weft full of failings I 1 am not a going to preach a discourse filled with high flown exalted words having no meaning to it but I 1 will come comedown down to the capacity of or every person that they m anny sy understand many times ve we do not appreciate our children and am take a right course with them when living and when they were dead we mourn and think of their lovely behavior but never think of their misdeeds let us try to think as much of or tim tw I 1 living aa as of the dead that which is dead wll wil ial lake c care 1 re of itself while that which is hying living wants somebody ody to care for it I 1 coil coit consider sider that what we have heard beard today to dayts day Is of great worth to those who hear but it is of far more worth to those who receive it and more tbt still ill lii to those who practice it and bring forth the fruits the r eor let us treasure up these things in our hearts and be faithful fattlis al and serve our god fond and keep his commandments in lu regard to our doings at fillmore all was peaceful and harmonious so oar far as the legis legislature la was wal concern d though the brief term of 40 days da ys allotted by congress for a session is not long iong enough for the members 0 to o thoroughly withdraw their i minds ands from the various other channels in in which ta their air thoughts are constantly so busily occupied thi this fact tends to postpone important and difficult subjects of legislation until most of the time ilme has elapsed when it is too late to enter upon them thern with nith that care reflection and critical arrangement and wording which they demand aside from this the ass ably of or 1854 5 by their revis revision to n and other ats arts presented us with a volume of very good laws and wisdom did not dictate any material alterations for the present therefore most odthe oft the bills passed this winter have been b een I 1 grants to herd grounds it would be but just to our new territory and tn highl ehly beneficial to her interests if congress con ress would either le lengthen the term of our sessions or sanction by paying the co commissioners mm iss our wise policy in appointing a code coda commission to prepare and present laws of an important nature the latter iatter course is by far the mo most st preferable for by that method capable men can be selected who have time and opportunity to give all feces sar sai y attention to any given subject and to thoroughly prepare it for speedy and satisfactory action on our position surroundings and characteristics te prohibit the ancient style of enacting very numerous wordy and voluminous laws therefore the more necessity for a longer period or the payment of code commissioners I 1 in outvotes our votes and feelings we were one and did the best that the llma lima and our judgments permitted and may god grant that thit this people ever be oua ona one and cheerfully obey his commandments and all good and wholesome laws amen |