Show I 1 DISCOURSE it I 1 4 Is by president P sun sua ilay ilav p m march 21 10 iassc t I j F P t WW nepo nErO ETED BV J V LONG I 1 wish vou you to understand and observe r abat IN gt br brigham briggi faught taught here thia this forenoon 4 balsay broin knowledge and experience that every word ord was true and ill iti my opinion ly portrayed lle ile lie tile ilia ili lii in vilich which this lis people tre are ire at tile tiie present time p in H u P pd d cond condition blon bion I 1 know this tilis irom from iny tay owl fe ing ulf wilen I 1 stand before this till lf K ou on were filled with light even evell the ligi 1 I 1 0 q ht is I 1 I 1 know that I 1 should be constantly vy k y I 1 ili lile ilif holy ghost to speak according lo 10 16 H light which is is in fit this tilis le e but it is not sy SQ there fato there tlene js is a io to bringing liglin W f ftp pi mid pid d truth much more ni ore tuan they are n re presented tle thie tie tid present is is a pecullar peculiar mccu time lime many peo pec pear frightened it al their condit on and aud gild wo w al oyer hat that universally uner sally saily so it is s tight or im ni I 1 sorry gorry 7 no I 1 liepp never seen anelli an ylli in ili these valleys that irps has given ine nicko than do the Ilie mes jlmes jimes that ie e row fee eee if you will wiil ill lii reflect for one moment you vir ja r member tint the bonery we are now through was vas yas predicted mort mori than three years ears fars pall pa if 1 tilis this people had observed the cou counsel usel usei that wag was given iven to them from time to time timey would I 1 eny euy of vou you have been placed ili in the llie strAte ried circum stances you are in t igday is day no you would not noi when br brighon tin and arid myself willia witie willi a hundred ad avi forty orle otie men cam ill lii into to this tilis vall v near noar luire e vears years agn he proclaimed the propriety of ll 11 thi N jp oples it diug gitig up tip their for forn torn if time to n cwm coin eoin a time me of scar scarcity city vity and that time has co con n he tie riia rila raid stia s ila tia there tl ir would he a iline little whon it wonlu he lne ine of ill the ae dest temporal blessings for thi till people lo 10 irive h ve wheat who t in lit their storehouse you eliav inar bei been 1 i w rn d 6 lieford fore haud hand linn doid dold aud and til ill t bv by revel tylin tylyn fro from fron n god gf hatow chamow joseph ael p athis smith aily and afterward br bi B i iam lam wilo is our prophet liv li v v iwen wr w fr wd linn line li ti ne nen mid solid tine ti ne again to take cire care of or in tit future build yourselves ourselves god g od str shin houses honnes tind and save your grain grbin for a finif of or latiin lami faTi in and and arid death upon the nati nation nallon olis olig of the tie tle miend A to get rid rm of ilia evil doers T have riat rint iced those these prediction I 1 have reli rell sted nii uti uil m them ever ince since they alipy were coldir tol toi dir diw ther ifill not tint univ m triv tily calavines eal cal antres anines ps ame coine corno lipon upon ihm the nation f the earth until this people firt fir t feel thein their ear rs cig arld mid wilen when hard liard limes commence comm nc they vill will I lot int F ein riu at the tile ilone lione ilon lion e of god and if ir thern them is any lin of or god on nit the e irth where is it il 11 is liere lar e isit s it tint it ia whre wh M here re til ill tho iho people have as bumbled berri bled ace arc eding I 1 0 fite file corum of the Almi ahti W lia got to fel ile tive lie of tiree lp things ti lings and if ve we do so patiently ily lly it will bo be nod rod eod 9 11 for P no arous fr F r on loss joss or injury will arise arie from c cili mitis s if ir ado v do as we are tod iod lod tod take ihl ibl pendle a n people throughout the af pf the tile mount mountain tin lin a aud and iid lid I 1 res aps pren pran it nie nip that f hey arm ara the ir lit t eople ople upon ahe ilia face oace of or oa tie tle earth and even here there iq i hardia a person lint tint what takes takei a coarse 0 to o live from hand to month mouth ilot lint th it Is s they wil ri river never ver lav in up anything tills this conre course will not Mi answer stiver sliver for it no wo we must lay up tip grain erain again against st the tf that tint will prevail upon the ilia earth wira whit shall shail rii fir ill ril we kv v up tip that lint grain for shall wf we 1 la I 1 aup lip tip I 1 lo 10 0 feed tila ilia w aked 7 no we shall sh 11 41 II lav it tip to feed reed the iraln isain tl who gather Lr allier here fron from fro n vil vii ill 11 the nations of the earth and arid fo lor for tha the millions of lovers of good goad and wholesome laws who will caine come from the lie old coun conn tris s and ond from the united untied S R ates fl eing to this place for their tiler breid and ad I 1 kotow kitow it flow how much hive h li ive vou ou got to feed tit thenon nuon akon now we talk tafil about khoii tinse in ili the houfe houte old oid of faith falth and tho thop thoe P who are ino inc lin d in serve tile the lord they will be h tile tl on s to aliff stiff r first tile the sli hir pir r I 1 has been in my heart ril nil tile thi lim lin and arid when w n the drouth corni did mid tip lip ell til ihm the wheat that I 1 could get in ili my mil hy fly toll tail an aal never used any for horses fl calale iio tio ilU lint fint kent it to feed fred mv my laborer and my family I 1 have now dealt it out until I 1 have nearly it till n anid and I 1 have bave not sold it for money I 1 have hava not so sold rold d dollars worth of or grain during ho ilia pst yer but J I 1 have let my brethren hilve belve haveit havelt it and kept it to sustain my family lt us us nil all fkr such a course and in future raise ralie an all abrand itce nf of emmin erain and fave nave ourselves from th dil mma which vve will otherwise fall into it is lice ilce sarv for you to under understand ard comprehend these thee things and I 1 wish vou to nn till der stand stanI them for bour elves elver I 1 can call only act for one when Vh ili ril iiI I 1 lv lay alid and others do not I 1 cannot I 1 at t ihm ih m it irge to death it P i not in fit me todo to do that lint lat bat it i a pretty difficult position portion to be placed ili in when we attempt to draw the line of distinction between n rip ah and wrong it is i tnt int to n have individuals Is among ns its who will lie for a round of or flour when we know such ils tv lq il it right for me to give flour to them no it is not right for me to L give it to any one only in e etching else except under certain circumstances in the hitie higle aitla jesus uses es a p parable arable arabie concerning talent talents which were de delivered I 1 to different nis wilh instructions to go and improve upon them to put them ehni lo 10 use that they might increase upon th thit tint it capital in due time the lord called callei upon those men to whom ho he gave the tile talents talent and I 1 the he one who had rec ived one talent had hid bid it but tila ilia others llad had put theirs heirs to use arld and received their thein reward accordingly this i is s the way it lu which we have bave rot got to prove ourselves and we have got to bo be tested and became suitable for governors to I 1 0 govern others arld and to control our famil ramil families lies and an J then to control nations and kingdoms have hive I 1 noe not worked as hard as any of you for my living who ever saw me indolent or idling away my tim lim around street corners or about tile the council uncil house no one either of the living or clead dead I 1 am bin always busy in striving jo lo adorn my plantation and my works show it hil nil the time lime I 1 am not anything hut but what I 1 practice does br hr Bri elliam preach anything but what he lie practices 7 no he practices it night arid and bavand is just as virtuous and pure beffre his family as ha he is when lie is before the public and I 1 would not give alve h dime for a man ann who is stint rift does docs not noi the almighty know all tiles thesa thing some think that tit til almighty does docs not wt see eee hein their da doings but if ir he does dors not the angels and arid ministering shirks do d th tafv v se ape you and your works i and I 1 have no doubt but hey they occasionally corn muni cate conduct to the father or to the son orto or to joseph or to petr pet r or to some one who holds the ilia kes keys in connic tion with them perhaps thre there are some who do not believe much in spirits but hut I 1 know that they exi exl exist exit t and visit the earth and I 1 will tell you how and why I 1 inov it when I 1 was in 1 england ng land br hr geo D watt was the first man baptized and his mother was baptized directly actor he was the night previous to my going forward to baptize br watt and eight others I 1 had a vision as old father baker used to sav say of I the tiie lal lar infernal ernal world I 1 saw raw legions of wicked spirits that night as plaint plain as I 1 now see you yoland and they came as no near to me as you now are and company after company ol 01 them rushed towards me and br hr hyde and br richards also saw them it was ws near the break of day and I 1 looked ludon lupon upon them as I 1 now loo look k apon you they cam came when I 1 was laying hands bands ripon tipon br rusell the wicked spirits gotham got him to 1 t the it a door of til ill the room idid edid not see them till af ter that took place and soon afterwards I 1 I 1 lay 11 prostrate to upon the tho floor that was in eucla england I 1 ious lous ions ioui england inthe little town of preston at t the ilia corner or wilford i treet freet and they arld arid exerted ex aled bli nil hir li h ir power und ind Iti fluence influence tit was wits first introduce intro duc ion lon of the tile gopel gospel into englina Engli nl and I 1 was shown thole spirits as plainly as us ever I 1 siw anything I 1 was thinking oi of thit that circumstance ahil hr br brigi Brigl nin irn was sp ak inc ing til ill s morning ail all and I 1 was thinking that hint those was just justis is much nii oil hhand fiand to perplex it is p ople as they tiley were oil on hand there I 1 saw their hinds hands their eyes eye and elvry feature of or their fa lies fies PO tile ilia hain hair oil oli thair hed lied lle lie d and their ears ests in lit short they tiley had full formed bodies if evil spin spirals its conle ronie to me cannot afu nun itie itle ring spirit addling andling and ang angis ls Is also come from got of cou ethey c cn cin in and und ther iller are tire thousands ot 0 and arid I 1 wish vish you to understand this and hit tl til tily y cn tn husli as an all army goinn goine to alile atile for I 1 the le evil spirals pa nis his came caine upon me tile and arid hr br ilde ihde in it way theris one circumstance in lit tho iho v sit af f those evil en spirits that eliat I 1 would not teli lell if b h Hydel ltd iid not often orten tom told it himself they tiley spoke it mid nd sald said to hr fir M llyde de we haave have nothing to galust you no but I 1 was ws the tile iad lid that lint they tiley terear were after I 1 mention this to show ili til thit it the lle ile lie devil isan is an enemy to ni ili lie lle lieis is also aho an nit enemy to br m to io hr to the twelve and to every evera right poua pona man when hr benson henson goes to iff lh it 1 I oui out try he lie vill will find hosts of f evil spirits tp irit arld and lie will knew more about the tiie clevi anvil ilmi lie lia ever did afore the spirits of the nicked who 11 ave died for thour 4 vf 3 beirs ears at war with wilh the thu saints of god upon the earth do I 1 ever evet pray lil lit tint lint it I 1 may see them ngam agam n nn no I 1 do not we had llad prayed all day and a alast st all till hight night that we might have rower to establish the gospel in lit england previous Previus to this mr fielding a cler gy eyman esman m ail all came arid and forbid my baptizing those persons who hd had come forward stid 1 I w they are of agea aga and arid I 1 shall baptize them if they wish for it and I 1 d nine the next morning I 1 was wait so 60 weik welk that I 1 conid scarcely stand sund so great was the tiie deflect that those spirits had nion rne ine I 1 wrote a few words to my wire wife about the mt trin ter and aud hr joseph called upon her for jor or the letter and nd said it was a chloine jewe jewel lund iuna ana and ate the tile was wits in fit a I 1 nd lid when I 1 returned home I 1 called upon br hr joseph and we walked dow down I 1 i the bank orthe odthe of the river ile he there told me file what whit contes canles he lie had had w with ih llie the devil lie lle liebold told in that he had hid co contests tests w willi ith tile the devil race face ace to face lie ile alo ialo bal ial balo hlo o told ine ne how lie was handled and hy by the devil and bd sald said id lie had known circumstances where elder rigdon was pulled out of or bed three times in one light llight after all this some persons will t ill say sy to nie me that there are no evil spirits spirit 1 I 1 tell teil 3 ou they are thicker than thin the 1 mormons cormons Mor mons are in fit this count coant country rv but the lord has said paid that there aber arem are anre re fr for us than th ill it there imil can be US u who are they gars avs cars one righteous me moen roen who have been upon epou the eurih earth but do you ou suppose that angels will pay friendly visits to t those ahado who do not live up to t their eriv iriv would you no yon woud not like to visit with persons person who lie lio and steal your 5 our goods and 1 nd borrow end never neier pay py would liot pot vou ton forsake such persons yes yea you boulo will wil the holy aghos dwell with a man who will lie steal arld und s eara ear no it is written thit tivit th it where the tile holy ghost takes up its it abode the tile father nod son will come and abide that is ilia uila god I 1 serve one who has mill millions igns of angels at his command do you suppose that abere there are any angels here todi to daiy diy d i I 1 would not wonder if there were ten tim lim tims lims s more aneel angel here than people we dl do 0 not see them but they are here watching us and are anxious lor tor our sA salvation valion vallon will one ou out t of or twenty of or those who are here today to day go t through the tile gates gales the ifie celestial city cit As I 1 i told 0 id soine some to oduy oday o duy day when pr issing passing through the gate gite at ht n you xou ou go to the ilia straight gite that we read of or you will vill not go through there crowding by hundreds as you do now the righteous and wicked all till mixed it up pt together ogeth r you cannot go into tila the celes celesti celestiin il world enless anle so you rue sue sanctified the celelli l tw do yiu you yhu lot not think that it will require faith repentance tince alid and baptism to enable you 5 ou to get through the celestial gates gales yes arid and it w 11 II rea require oh ob diance to every word ceede from the mouth of god go therease Ther there eare are many who ubo will wil feed lle ile lie he ungodly sooner than t the he saints sal sai its but I 1 tell you I 1 w will ill lii fed feed fe d the saints sainto first and aud the poor devils artera afterward ard if there is any to spare but none of hern should have luve food unless they worked for it it I 1 uin din expressing some ome of my feelings and speaking in of some of my actual knowledge of things tern por I the lord lias has hots hota of or angels who are qualified to defend us and they have information enough to mach armies and to select leaders to lead them against tra tre tle tie enemy of the saints and arid the devil has lenders enough to march his archi e against tile the saints s lints if ir men und and women do not qualify themselves and arid become 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