| Show DISCOURSE by president youna YOVA bowery june 15 ism ibm RIPOSTED RZ ont OUT ED iby oed ged 6 0 ivett WATT t As chave frequently remarked it seems that the people eople need a great deal of preaching they require to be b e preached to continually to put them in mind of their duties and to stir them up to perform the works which they know that th they ought to do this at first appears strange ET ithen z and then again it is not so strange our organization is such we are subject to so man many spirits and influences that are in the world wor 11 that it is not strange that our minds require stirring ng up to remembrance and our physical powers to diligence As saints in the last days we have much to learn there is an eternity of knowledge belore us we receive but very little in this stage of our progression the th e most in 0 teamed progression earned men that have ever lived on the earth have only been able to obtain a small amount of knowledge in comparison to the th vast store of information that exists for the fa ahful saints it cannot be understandingly exhibited by any individual not even by an angel to the people any further than they are able to re C alve ive and comprehend it consequently the ard L rd has t to 0 descend to our capacities and give us a little here and a little there line upon line and precept upon precept as tle the the prophet has thas sa sad d but we are so organized and it is so or ordained that we can receive that little and still continue to receive a little and a little more and treasure up and retain in our me memories moriss that which we have received so that it will be ready when it is necessary to bring it what we learn today to day does not prevent our lea iea more tomorrow to morrow and so on ta this s principle is inherent in the organization of ail all intelligent beings so that we are capable of reea receiving iving and re receiving bei cei v i and receiving from the inexhaustible fountain of knowledge and truth troth it IL has been frequently stated to us and is a doctrine decline we understand that this people have F got 0 1 to become of one heart and one mind r rhey they b ey have to know the will of god and do it for to know the will of god is one thing and aa to bring our wills our disposition dis s sinto into subjection J act ion ton to that which we do 0 understand to be the will of god gou is another we might say that this is the first less lesson i on we have hove to learn and one of the easiest one that is 13 calculated and adapted to the capacity capacio of the child to learn lo 10 be submissive to durw our father in heaven parents require this duty of their children when they havee have become intelligent enough to tar understand that the parent is sti sli in point of government and strict obedience is is required by that authority that the parent is his superior is oue cue of the first lemons that the child learns that he is his dectar dicta dArta for to measure measure and guide his hia steps as foon boon soon as he comes to an understanding 0 of what is required if we are obedient to the will of our father in heaven it accomplishes one grand object namely our being the disciples of christ for he observed to his disciples except ye are one ye are not mine 1 I am in my father and ye in me and I 1 in you one eternal principle governing and controlling the intelligence that dwells in the persons of the father and the son I 1 have these principles within me s has them within him and you have hav 0 hin bin you 1 I am governed and controlled by them my elder brother jesus is governed and con controlled trIed fried by them and his father is governed and cout cont controlled rolled by them he learned them jesus learned them and we must learn them in oi older tier lier to receive crowne crown of glory immortality and eternal lives the principle of eternal life that sustains all 11 ign t beings being shat hat governs and controls coh al all i thugs in eternity the principle bym by which aich IL riu ril r IL ul er does exist the principle by which it is organized by which it is redeemed rede e d and brought into celistial glory is the principle that lin ain is in yoland you and me that is in in our heavenly father it is life it is the life of christ and of every sabi saiu iu this capac capacity they are in us and we in them we must be e possessed of the spirit that governs and controls the anels angels we must bust hae bae thir same spirit within us that our father in ini heaven is is iii lri in possession of that spirit must rule you and me it must co troi our actions and dictate us in life we mus cling to it and imbibe it until it becomes a second nature to us we are accustomed to so B A i g second nature but in reality it is the fc fi st nature that we had though sin has perv ak I 1 ed cd it god planted it there as the predon mant want la principle r in ciple but our giving way to temp ta mn has hag s frustrated the plan pl n and driven it mm irum rs iw liiv easy it is 13 for people to understand and ane W will of god if they will throw off their n v hous rushous rs bous tradition sand let truth stand stana for rj h light for light and let that which is 19 of L C c be received as such whan truth comes mes receive it as from the lri ltd and let every thing be simplified to us as 11 L children for the lord has ordained that v N F P 0 ay grow in in grace and in th the e knowledge of t t e truth and be able abie to receive more know 1 gf wisdom and understanding and it is not p r lie B i le for us to receive it any other way y s we ive apply our hearts strictly to over t 1 every evil evri and cleave to that which Is i g j to the lord to that which tends to t c salvation this lilis is the only channel in v I 1 i i e can become of f one heart and of one K TW has been the burden of our exhorts tioff burder prayers players and pleadings it was the burden b air of the exhortations prayers and pleadings of vf the servants of god who lived in anci ancl ancient day days dey as much as it is of who lire live now low n ow no good person has eve ever r lived on t the n e earth one who unde understood the principles of life but what he be has desired tobee to I 1 aee see the tibie time when the people would ie be governed by other principles than those of sin and selfish selfishness riess liess all the righteous have desired to see the people governed bj by principles that wll will endure and that will give durability to all who obey them their bowels of compassion yearned continually after the sons of men and they labored to brin bring them under the control and government of the principles of eternal life I 1 and ts t 0 cut them loose from the liette selfish frivolous trifling deathly principles that pertain to this flesh what would be the result of this effort and desire if accomplished among us usa we should be of one heart and of one mind we should cease to play lay the we should cease to be slothful slothful ful fui servants we vi e should cease to do evil and do good continually the reflections of many ire are that they canno cannot govern and control themselves and should we ask some whether their memory is is good whether they can recollect certain transactions which have haie transpired th thus us and so they would reply no our memory ni mory is ery deiy er treacherous that is truey trued true but in dirre ditre different ren t degrees degrees with all pe people I 1 we may ask one person can you remember anything you 5 ou wish w ish to and the reply may be it is 13 with difficulty that we rt ril member anything athla n vl this lack ot of mental force is found in a large r ge class of mankind but to search into the causes of this would v ouid take us far back for they pertain to parents as well weil w ell eli as to children to the ancient as well as to the modern inhapi inhabitants of this globe another peculiarity of memory is is the stronger recollection of an i injury u ry thair thai a favor fa or Y for instance take a person 0 fifthe athe most treacherous otis in memory em ory and apply a little c cayenne enne pepper to his As eyes and he will remember that act as long iong OD as he be liv his s it is an old saying that rive live we can forgive it is is mans privileged privilege 5 but we cannot larget target pl can you forget an injure injury no you will always remember it but on the other hand suppose that a friend should come in inthe the she hour of your distress to relieve you ou from pain and suf suffering fiering and by lading la tiu ilu ing hii hands bands upon you your oun our dainis pain is gone or furnish anish you 3 ou food when you y ou have none done and administer to youir your wants in in everything calculated to make you hapy happy and comfortable in body and mind you wil will forget torget those kind acts many times quicker than the act of throwing a little cayenne pepper in your eyes think of that and ask yourselves th the cause reason as to why it is is that sou jou you ou can remember an injury better than a kindness why you QU can retain hatred longer than love Is it through 5 your our fallen nature Is 1 it because you were vere begotten and born in in sin sin or is is it not rather because thrpo the power of the tempter has control over you and because the world is full of evil tes kes principles sciples and you ou have adhered to them thema Yes tes this is the cause and you must acknowledge led e it the whole world is contaminated hii with a spirit to remember evil e il and forget phlp good mankind are organized of element dt to endure to all eternity it never had a beginning ning and never can have an end there thero never mas was m as a time when this matter of which you and I 1 are composed was not in in existence and there never can be a time when hen heh it will pass out of existence it cannot be annihilated it is brought to together mether gethen organized and capa to receive Now knowledge ledge and intelligence to be enthroned in in glory to be made angels gods beings who mho will hold control over the elements and have power by their word to comm command and ana the creation and redemption of worlds or to extinguish suns by their breath and disorganize worlds hurling them back into their chaotic state this is w hat hai you and I 1 are created for but in in view of all this what can we discover in oud oun ourselves selves As an instance A has a favorite dog which B discovers doing mischief on his grounds and kills whereupon on A who was fond of his dog for servy serving him elm eim so well and guarding guardin h his bis house e and chil chii children ren so long and faithfully be becomes highly highly enraged and says 1 I tell you 5 ou I 1 cannot stand it I 1 am so angry that I 1 feel teel as though I 1 should fly all to pieces feces and I 1 have almost a mind to take my ra ridle rifle and shoot you what for a dog let a man or woman come forward that can say they have not had such feelings to a certain degree yes you have similar similar feelings in consequence of some ones abusing your dog doi dog but when you enter into the holy city should S ouid you be so happy aa to get there you will learn aliat the dogs will all be on the outside of the walls with the murderers adulterers fornicators fornica tors liars and those who take the name of god in vain ain aln for your conduct towards my dog I 1 am almost ready to kill you 5 ou neighbor P do you hear such language used yes right in our midst kill almost any persons favorite dav onte onto animal and he is is ready to draw the rifle to ins his eye in in a moment to shed shea the blood of his neighbor this Is s the passion of the animal organization or ten thai thal the has pow er over when such feelings assail you stop and reflect and let the spirit within you reason and it would say shame on you brigham john mary or jane grant that an individual has hae done lone wrong should we be so provoked about ita it we are organized for the express purpose of controlling the elements of organizing and dis organizing of ruling over kingdoms principalities and alid powers ower and ad yet our affa affections sections are often too ei highly 2 h I 1 ys placed upon paltry perishable objects we I 1 e love houses gold silver sliver and va boug nou kinds kings of property and all who unduly prize any aror object there 13 is beneath the celestial world are idolaters idola idol tors aters some say awe we are aye placed here the devils IT were ere here the wo world r id is full of wickedness ess ebs and we are subjected t to 0 all this without any agency on our part ly but this assertion does not prove such to be the case will you subject your children to wickedness when it is in in your power to deliver them from it we are measurably subjected to it because of the sin that was in an our parents but have we now the knowledge to deliver dellver our children from this power we have then let us b begin g and do it and ca cast st off y your our unrighteous aradi traditions eions as I 1 have often taught and counseled you let every man and woman brin bring up th their air ch children ildren lidren according to the law oi of heaven teach your children from their youth never to set their hearts icarus immoderately upon an object of this world should you train yourselves yes ye you should can you remember to do good if instead istead of evil do you 0 u watch the orera opera operations eions odthe spirits upon de the deop people ae upon their affections upon their thein hearts can you not hear bear some of this congregation as they leave the meeting mee and af afterwards ter wards begin to find fault and complain on this wise well I 1 do not like this and I 1 do not riot like that and I 1 think I 1 shall go back to the states I 1 wish I 1 was back ii in england I 1 will not pay my money for flour but I 1 will b beg it and send my children to beg it and spend my money to get away from herp biere 11 have I 1 done you any hirm harm since you have been here did my brothers who proclaimed the gomael gospel to you do you anything but good no 6 no if they have done the least thing to injure you why will you na tell teil of it before you leave but no you will not dot and ana as soon as you go away your testimony po will 11 be ars brigham and heber he er and jedediah jede lah and and the Twelve and all the brethren at great salt lake are the worst people we ever saw can you tell of one thing wherein they have wronged wronged you they may have fed you you may have heave lived here op on their bounty and kindness b but t as soon as you go away you partake of lof th the spirit spirit of the w world whirl awal 1 am trying to contrast with the spirit of the gospel As soon as you are overcome by the spirit of the world you forget every good deed and kindness that has been extended to you and you only remember the transpiring and infliction of what you deemed to be evil you imagine a thousand things to be evil that would have resulted bulted in good had bad you done right can you believe that 0 yes those who have apostatized and left cannot recollect rp collect a kindness that I 1 have done them but I 1 can say to the praise of a few gentiles wha have passed through here they have recollected the kindnesses done to them then by this people almost universally after having received the greatest kindo kindnesses esses they ever received apostates and some gen Zen gentiles tiles after they leave these valleys vivial vividly remember and proclaim from dan dun to Zeba Beer beersheba every fancied injury br irr tobin lately arrived from we tife army in oregon he there became acquainted with a martof fart part of col Step toes command yesterday is we were walking about I 1 told him that the indians who were N ere tried for the murder of captain gunnison were confined within the walls of the penitentiary ile he said that be he tho thought u ht they had made their escape that he had been informed that 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