Show DISCOURSE bv by E elder eider ider lder samuel IV richards tabernacle tv ieh reh 2 i 1857 BY J V lu lo I 1 it is to me my bret brit irren irrea and and ana hi tt bisters tai it 11 t n doubt it is is to every one who is ib clelea c I 1 to upon tn to I 1 i dl d you croall fro n ct 1 i stand bland a vei voi y gat g lat cl d er r s sitivi 1 I 1 action to b s 0 u o in ill carnith or 01 hint sint rit fit ili iti j I 1 I 1 by ute I 1 e peoble people ia 11 il a aser tL tillier her in 1 I idaj db to lii ili ir tr tiia tile words ahm th it iv tv b 11 i ll to i lin in arld arid anu tu to s e he the intel lity ity liy 0 0 feelis j L y is 13 ri untested in in dw ili iii i i crowding crowe ing t is rocina 7 in in tild morning mornia g t t they mi ints I 1 r udy ady to t what hat may be b im ilu ti ta t i them it i ates t yi desire desiro dapsi oil on tiie tire 1 art ia or tji the hie peo to b h ar in ln ii of lie ile alte li e and this s erta urta A v r i great su sll u lo 10 close t i se who wiio da d i i so e YOU ou I 1 have often r when I 1 h ve seen free irie lri iri e lom om with willi wili win ii i tile the first P incy ai all ers ern rs have address il 3 in im that thai it s all an end cud to ine ina i la that no trio y p ie de were viere iii 11 a ling ung la in 1 e their love ol 01 i f i gad dad deira des dee ire lre til tia it which is id wll wil I asing leasing in in te 1 P hight sight ol 01 olli avvie e they tiley could cou LOU J not spin spi bpck A v v tint thit u of ol 01 e ise and arid freeo a 11 with MI i 1 y ofte i il mm to us evadell Evi evl delilly ly t is is pi pl tit fit truth ill in ci 11 aarts li arts ot of tle tie t 8 ipie a i 1 lo 10 il sends forth ti th words wolds or 01 4 i arv ints tats and aud w c it with plea pled ur hs t t edd ff 1 its ita ts upon lip til mu 1 1 ds and arid uon upon i chiara r tile the saints dents dints iti I 1 th v every car cir c ctr ir a r bb be i ie to r i t e good and arid s kry ary ar it i t il 1 tillit bilat it has upon I 1 minds of the LIL I 1 ople A i I 1 look u upon oil ali operation operations i ja 0 the wot woi w ti tho lord I 1 dico disco r that ID in its wo w a 1 it i a v verv ry great 1 x to l it nt t li it ai good seed slid t it i t t is 13 6 au u vi v i li fit round round roond or li it kp e t tie tle ie hj t i i 1 m 1 a sovi so i I 1 j ili lii i llie tile lis field w 11 i s j i ti etile elile 1 ie soil son h d in 11 I 1 becomes eai eal e i ir r d and fi i oo 00 s 1 ten teli ir win i i ii I 1 brings I 1 ili lil my foli fold bj S ai i wise ti ilk v ll 0 of tle tim t tie ie L heli holi li n it is 13 sowo sown i a proper p ic 0 or in in g u i hinst i n st hearts wi w 11 I 1 ow arld arid ann ana cu c i tile the b 1 I 1 hw sw 11 and becom i larad ilk ill m i s v ws u i ini aud add coi col seq i lily ill ili in its i s J and lu lov lev j 1 9 ss ie prows process i i very vory v ry trupi t i i is 6 ie e as 11 I 1 ta I 1 he ni seed setd rt it i it is is cast cant c i 1 to lle lie lie ile tait tall a i L c finly has a t il id licy ncy to i the her lie lle r call cali in leel feel its illin and aud it i 1 ed ad r res s 1 1 s with w iti uh us i iii til u we know it tit it 1 hd ila e ed tl ill it t M e had li id it t i 1 1 A iti I 1 i i it is bo so ora faed ii i li eliut ail hil li iv v iver iwar lver il 11 t s i s in in a gia git t digree to t ahie nine 1 W rig n it and arid wro wrol i nid uld and to distl i betle bette belle and kli iii 1 error it ii is i i k i deat neat reat and arid I 1 ID i ant ja i t s sil sti i i g cof of the llo tle tio Pr oitA joseph V t its ii oarn uain evid nc ric ith th it v i 1 i fc ve r rec ref 1 evoi void vold J and arid by dw it v tire influx d it i do g it aur minds icinda beget begot to expand t sult suit i i ly b s aith alth faath iii ill in in Is 19 i 1 t aith ili in the word or 1 but i ut falci fait i that tl jt ivill ivillee re i li a that spring dpn ig up in in our b i i i all an 1 I 1 1 to alx lx i cde die dle eie until peri id d i m u 1 cd birtis 1 ilis liis is is si z v which winell en ea i il i as us to a una ung a t i ml ni and arid conier i A tile A 0 d t is i the proc a it 11 I 1 u n ol 01 lil lii gopi yi i I 1 truth v a we ve leave lave tili illin llin ii in our pir hear vir if con co c o m bv by the tile power oll ot he spit it tiey ie wor WOT or lini b con co n 4 d ble hid wid ji i comiti 0 abound the te kio klo li k io lum luo i dge lla iga of ti I 1 i ducr itier it 8 conti litt tilt lo 10 i bract ce it I 1 0 ve vesi sh li ii dung forth tile tiie frug fru frn 9 thereof V cin cm s I 1 aness tio vie 11 i this ili in ci 11 c duct 11 1 I i ilie gool goo I 1 spirit dpn ll 11 1 i 1 a cur incon me in do viat vial 1 ii a i ta y d in ili a 11 1 mir r action i ills lils llis connected d m i i lle ile lie tile i ji j of tie lle lit swe awe we sio ilij tild ell eli i n avor to t 1 li i he lie y pol poi f r j ct in view hid wid a id 1 I me our isi iti niu ii u ajon oli oil li ui i I 1 its lis a 0 of if e eel aei I 1 e i nai nal n il that v w i tic cire loe loo t a 0 ij blessi bib bie asiu i 1 not thil tro tio ii ae iel tel ida IL 11 ii for tilt tins rr rp ou ka I 1 fee thio thih til 11 i j a pla pim pio ur un i less tile the I 1 lit lit t ut lit is is ill iii tins this i yle ile le aud I 1 t it i t it m iy ay lier eier i e until we have havo i i to say that t at 1 i people 11 I 1 en pr r ji th but that vi 11 word lias has ilc il ired e ef t 0 a i their minds tri t i it they tr 1 i it t up lit i 3 ling ww etli and tl it ii it rit nt end ead tile ilia lord 6 is u wi ii ti ernt to olm ysl them t ri ope oie ole themselves iv d ij i i ill that is abot f 01 for 1 i i priesthood priest i i 1 c I 1 abed to dv d i v ar 0 ii hll nil tile tiie i ersin erand dau jau i our doali Lili I 1 we hive t 0 t id from froin to t i to time tune abat oui iain lutis antis s BB arv i hw lind tx t x g v u i us to 1 pr fb eb 1 1 fr lin nil all an i sn in told frova fiodi c y to dav to 0 o live tive ve oi ot r r i I 1 ishee abaied u self seif f a si since ice th the ol 01 3 9 relur ual nat x what shall I 1 do in in order to live IVL ive lve m religion ala ata 01 ol ill in end avo g to anav r it I 1 nave nia uin lii iii 1 i come to tie tle lie tilt cotilli ioli loir 1011 1 t I 1 i st anav alli lr r constence beare berre G li i ft ii v ethren etl ell iren w 11 i i do this I 1 ata ain then thra eving i i re regon refon gion glon ani aul ai 1 I 1 that this is 13 til ull ill thatis taut 13 r rami claw cla x i it is the tin poi pai 0 r that all men ought to occupy IQ to feel ony I 1 day da that they have fully answered tf tm eli ell ro 0 o v i sciences in view of the light and luno le a I 1 1 1 have received and if they do not thy od condemnation before god arld and beford before their brethren but if it they ao co IL iun lun n they are babore god G od and before iiii till men before all the world and it this people would live so as to occupy this tilis position they tiley would be free from condemnation and would be living their religion the revelations of eternity have been committed unto us we have not ben beau left in the dark but have been living living itt ill the light of revelation and we are W where the knowledge of god and where the truths of eternity are proclaimed for the tile servants of or god have mire proclaimed the truths of tile tiie gospel govel unto us esthe the words 0 et ernil life and arid this tilis they are dohig doing day by bs day and now noi inasmuch as ns light and truth are arc plesent td rd before and we walk therein tile etien n are we answering a good conscience before god but if their voice ia is lifted up and we are called to do the works of righteousness and to pursue a new life and if we have hare made plain to us nur bur auti butla is and we do not 10 lo do them we theo then come under condemnation and then it id Is that we ire are ara not satisfied in lit our feelings if we know liat that we have not abode in that counsel their we have not a con iscle iscie science void of of sence fence r dud cud nd while we have hare iha tha sting sling of siu sin upon us we are under condemnation if our hearts condemn us we may feel that wo we want I 1 no greater condemn condemnation a tion lion but god is greater tinn our hearts we lve have not the power to approach unto the lord our god and arid ask for those blessings oles sings we really need unless we are ere living up to our privileges arid and walking in the light that has been given but if we are doing our duty we can ask in fit faith and we shall freely receive that which we need it has teen been the condition of the tile people called L litter letter itter liter day saints in fit these valleys of I 1 iho tho he mountains that they have failed to receive and cherish the word of god it ilas lias not had sunni cieni place in their hearts they have felt cut to sacred things to the communications made ruto huto Muto them by hi inspiration of the holy noly ghost this thia peocla above all calior or people should feel that the words of life lif baid eaid ald aad t the je dictates of the holy choit that spirit received by them through baptism are worth warth more moro to them than all the tho riches or wealth of the earth and never trespass upon tie tte tie will or conscience hut that hat is dictated by that spirit it would be a faithful guide to us if we would buffor it to be how of often coln when we have been inclined to do wrong to trespass upon a brothers rights or disregard good and wholesome coull counsel sei set that spirit has intimated to us a better baiter way stid and by not doing as we ought have grieved it from us us violated the purity of our consciences sciences A s and caused the tile good spirit that was all the time pleading with us to do right light to take its re from us many maly peradventure have pursued this tin s course until they have havu been given up to hardness hare hart iness fuess of heart and blindness of mind and their ci ct ti sciences have bave become seared as it were with 1 a I hot iron and an evil spirit taken possession of them hem d now when the people are sired elred up to a sense of their condition they see many things wherein they tiley have done wro wrong ng and wherein they have sinned against each other and against tho the lord and it becomes necessary for many to make restoration to tu and restitution which certainly is a reproach to tuny any one who has lias ever received the spirit of the gospel and in future should be avoided ii it is time lime that every man inan and every woman should see eee and endeavor to realize the results and effects of transgression and of not riot living up to taase things enjoined upon them I 1 feel that there is a oil on the tiie part of he the people tc to live their religion as they have never dona before I 1 need not say that this is to me because it is to so tog toi thievery to every good hild honest person who has faith falth before god and It it birrs the welfare of zion they rejoice to see itie the saints live heir their religion in all respects according to that knon knor ledge which is corn coin coining unto them then lils liis ills his people would be a good people from the fat fact thai that theres there Js no good pia pla la th t lias hai been revealed in former ages but what hafs has been bem given unto us as a people let bet me ask where is there a key a power an institution that pert pertains altis to eternal me life that has int ii lit abeen been revealed unto us have we not had tile the privilege to handle handie them with our hands and to feet th ill in with our hearts and to bestow blessings and powers and privileges upon others if then woi wol us its a people have received greater light and greater bl bis than others have ili in former times thries aud and in hi former dispensations it is an evidence to me that god has bas set his ills land hand to do this tilis work of the allt dispensation he has bas rever revealed led those truths to fit and prepare us for the importance of this great and mighty work and jf if we do not usa use thos thosa blessings to tile the end that god has lias bestowed them upon us how can a expect them to be multiplied unto us we cannot upon any uny just principle 11 during tiring fre fie course of this which hs b been going on the ilia people have llave been asked a great many question or in other words moras they sed and live have been questioned hi la a mallner planner that was calculated to show them whether vi lether they had lived their holy relio relic religion rion or not in ili connection mith voth this I 1 feel to make rusk an observation or two there is one question if I 1 remember correctly which is much in the tiie following language do you speak rA against your brethren or against orn any principle taught us in tile the hible bible book bock of mormon book of doctrine dot Dol rine and nod covenants revelations given through joseph smith tile the prophet and the tile presidency of the church as now organized 1 this is a question which comprehends a great deal deai eai eal and I 1 presume that the tile major part of this people have hare answered it in the affirmative and are endeavoring to take tahe a course which vt will ill justify them in BO so duing doing but what hat bat is the nature of the question the tile language is do you speak against your brethren ac but is this tilis all that is intended intend fd to beim belm bejin heim he im plied by this question I 1 conceive that it is not because if a man does not particularly indulge in speak speaking hg egal list his brethren utho ile ilo lie are over him in ili the tile lord or against doctrines principles institutions and arid ordinances which they practice and d and yet et persist in fit levinz livili day by day in open violation violi iliou oft hose hoso principles let me t esk hsk sk flat ilat what fiat can lie he do hat tut wili will declare more plainly his a opposition position to them hem or render him more odious to hr ills lils brethren and to lils ilia god certainly nothing it Is 19 19 an old saying that thai actions speak louder than words and if this bo be so we are bound to judge men and women by their actions as well as an by their words the actions of many give un mista keable evidence that they tiley are against and not for fur some come of the most prominent doctrines arid and principles revealed to us from heaven if men will speak or act against the authority and doctrines of heaven they tiley must make an atonement equal to the tiie nature of the tile of fence and when their course their actions and g enral deportment ire are directly against these thebe thee things thin ge let me ask if ir they are not ilot using thir influence and power against thi this 3 people peone and the doctrines of this church such a course exhibits a spirit of rebellion against god if you do not feel to coply with the requirement and to conform to the principles taught in fix the ilia bible doctrine and covenants the book of Mor nor mormon normon mon mou and all thai tha laws jurri given through joseph the prophet Prop liet ilet and that are now proclaimed by the servants of god that stand at the tile head of the llie church then you have not lived up to the h light lit neither have practised practiced it consequently you have not fully answered un a good conscience before lle Lie fore bcd and your brethren if then up to this day you have llave failed to comply with them if it you have failed to pay your tithing to keep your cove cote covenants nants rants to consecrate your property to the lord if you ou have failed to receive the plurality of wives doctrines which are most important to this people or any other principle essential to our salvat salvation lonyou sou you have failed to sustain ilie tile principles and authorities of this church if you have llave directly spoken against them as well a no pursued an opposite course in III your our lives then you are under a 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