Show REMARKS by uy pres president ident daniel 11 II wells tabernacle Taberna cles cleg reb rel auary REPORTED BY geo 15 D WATT brethren and sisters while br samuel richards I 1 was addressing youa yoila great many reflections passed through my mind a few of wiach I 1 will try to lay jay before you in regard to tu the parable of the and the seed the scripture reads behold a went forth to sow and when lie sowed bowed some seeds fell by the way side and the fowls came and devoured them up some fell upon ston stony y places where they had not much earth and forthwith they sprung up because they had bad no deep deepness riess of earth earlb and when ili tit the tha e sun slin was up lip they were scorched and because they had bad no root they withered away arid and some fell among thorns and tile the thorns sprang up and ard choked clicked them but other fell into good ground and brought for foi forth foith th flint oine some an hundredfold hundred fold some sixty fold and some thirty fold I 1 have tho light orthis of tins parable considerably this winter you will find that when the fhe ih e eed seed s is c cast V st into stony ground it will spring up quickly and gi giova ow rapidly but when the sunbeam sunbeams come upon it with wilh stier clil gili and power it will mil wither up tip and lie die lle ile have any received tile the good kogl word 11 tiring what we bale half called the reformation matlon mation and ard will they tiley now wither epand lie or will they tiley be like the file sped that ia is cast into good ground which takes root toot downward and spring springs 9 upward and bring forth the he of righteousness unto salvation al ad and now koiv as the season advances Yan caes cles we w will ill lil have to be more specially engaged ili lil in oun our various business avocations and shall not have so much lime to spend in in hearing the he woid wold woi wol d of the lord as we have had during the past winter therefore here there foie fole let us see to it that the plants now grow ing in our bosoms do not wither up and die I 1 have abold d you and others ilas fiat have e that we have no exudations in this life of a worldly nature but what will go into the tho grave with us when we go mormonism and the which we vve I 1 have resting upon 1113 reach behind the he vail and what shat we have to do here I 1 is s to 7 re ourselves in this cha channel for the bless biess blessings g v v M pc t to re ceide hereafter it is a true remark he that seeks to save his hia I 1 ife life shall lose it what ii 3 there worth north having outside of our faith and religion if we want to live either elther here or in in eternity this is the hie only channel wherein herein ve we can obtain that which Ss is really worth havi bavi having jig if wa we want to be prospered let us its put on the yoke cf ef christ and keep it on oil seeking first the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness and all other things will thereto this is the only principle which we can obtain aught that is is of lasting worth no matter what it is is that we want in order to redeem zion we had bad 0 to o come from nauvoo to the mountains and we must abide here until the he lord shall say to the contrary arv if it we want wives and children in eternity we w must be faithful stewards over those committed to our trust antime in time that we ma may y receive an it inheritance in eternity if we want inheritances in this v woi wor 01 id if we want worldly possessions we w e must be faithful stewards in the thins things of this world and hold hoid them as from the tile lord always keeping them upon the altar no matter whether in spiritual or temporal affairs the principle is is fhe the he same faithfulness f a i hf ulness is required and arid if we do not feel willing lo 10 devote ourselves with heart mind and falen talen falen lalen as well as our worldly woi wor lilly possessions to ehe the he baue of god we are not worthy to receive the to which we are looking for ward w ard how ii 13 it with wilh those who turn away and wither up tip and die after having partaken partaker par taken of tile the good word of life and partaken partaker par taken of the powers of he tile world to 0 o come in view of these things the savior said mid unto the generation gener arlon alion in which lie he lived it hall be more tolerable for tiie the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for you this will strictly apply to us us if we turn away away or might it not nol be said sald with irith equal force it gh all ail be indre more tolerable for carthage and warsaw han ban for w in that great day if we turn away from the principles of life arid and salvation that are poured upon us its there is no damnation so complete as that which will come on those p parson hsong ahr after having tasted tte good word pf af god after having rece received ived the tile principles of life and SaT salvation and been made acquainted with the powers of the world to come again turn uno the beggarly elements of the world then it becomes us to hang on to tochee these principles and alid to this power to this principle of life and salvation which has been revealed to us and not let them slip f flom i om us and we finally 11 go go down to perdition D DJ we see and appreciate the bl ble bie gospel which has las bl T ade know times I 1 thirk w we rd th k vve we become card carthy n rit tit d never be but w rocress a ill lil the knowledge of 7 f G we d in adl tl t basure indeed and ai L i e 11 otile ottie I 1 1 gainin taming to the of god ir abe ibe faithful to ipe ire irease in in it asiel and bowl de dze lt us get the 3 to it and not let it slip elip through our fingeret finder fin getso gersT we go to the ends of the earth and proclaim this coipel to those who git sit ii 11 dankness daf dai kness and we ire feel desirous for lle ile lie the salvation of israel we de sire siree to impart to the world the good and saving savins feelings we w e pose posse tins is is g good 0 od and there is nothing in in the world that begins to compare with the tle things gs accomplished by the lafter latter dav saints T they e y g go 1 upon I 0 ll 11 the tile princ principle iDle of faith for or their support and tiley they prosper there is no people equal to 0 o this people they are the pure pitre in heart w which ellal ich constitutes 2 on if they will vv ill only apply lo 10 their everyday every day lives the principles iSles which have brought them together and fait falt faithfully ul ly live their religion they are the happiest liap people in in the tile and a people the th lord delights to mess lles lies when he can do it without sending them to hell and there is nothing but what w hat hal they will be able to accomplish in inasmuch as they mey are ure faithful they love the authorities of this church they iley love br brigham and he be has great influence over th m what fault has the world to find with br brigham none except that the people are united in sustaining him and that his word and counsel are as the law unto them what right light have they to hind find fault with or complain of this tins he ha has a just abst right to his popularity joseph had bad a right to his ln the lord gave it to them and there is is no glovernor CLO to vernor vernon president emperor or king but what hat would be glad to get just such a popularity arid and is is seeking for it all the time they seek to gain an affection in fhe the e breasts of the people over whom they the preside but they have not that wisdom and hence cannot obtain i i lit it is not for them but br brigham lias has obtained it and anti all the rillers rulers and all ail the world are seeking be the same thine thlu thiu and finding fault with him and ani would woula take his 1 fe because he has that winch they are se ekine for and cannot find that fact of itself shows up their inconsistency would not the he governors of the united states spates ber be ver called the best men in in lie lle flip tile world if chev had blad ind gould retain the popularity which prest brig hanff toung Young enjoys enjo if there thene was any an such person among them the people would say let him be the governor for his equal cannot he lie fouad found and yet they would destroy governor young because tir tit the people are willing to adhere to his counsel they are arc afraid afra idof bf the union union of church and state this they dread very much any pervert son would like to have al ai tuie hie popularity that lir br brigham has lias but the people of the world are aar afraid to trust any of their men will the affairs of V jhc e nailon nation especially if the peron person per on happened to be e a preacher for they have no bonfi conn tence ence in in each other nor in any of their ri numerous religion religious ve no confidence it nf their cler cier gys knowing d n ny boitt politics or t temporal effurs inge n eral but bat they say ay I we know rah tan abolt uch such angs than you 5 ou do it is is your calling to administer in spiritual spirit aal nal things only you ou may have lip lie fite file keepin krepin goof our consciences consciences but bue when it comes to tempo tempos 4 matters vou nou mut mu t stand aside they conshay abrat clergy and of their god shows no more about temporal things alian they do ant about spiritual thing things they leave all spiritual matters to their sectional clergy to whom they dare date not trust their temporal matters but on ihm the coat cont contrary do clergymen from their national halls balls this shows clearly all the faith anti and confidence they have ave in in their god hid wid a id in in their clerdy clergy for or if they had llad any an falth faith or confidence in in then god they in also alio 3 have ave in in their clergy who wha should be his hn Sef tants lait lit tit this thib thi is is in in strict keeping with their telton tion for they go to meeting ome eting to near hear their clergy dilate dila te upon epou an imaginative something filling the immensity of bound boundless lebs lets space sitting upon a topless tro ohe and which they call god we are entirely different and I 1 rejoice that it is 13 so we have men man to counsel and guide us in whom we repose unlimited confidence men who are before us and lead ahead and the counsels they give we feel to appreciate and abide both in in spiritual unspiritual and temporal tangs we hold ourselves ready to go at a moments warning to the uttermost parts of the inc earth to the principles of our holy grefig ion lon by making them known ta ba others to save dqra israel el and bring out oat those the he lord has scattered ati aid in in building up zon zion and in bc temples of 0 the most high wherein we may go and recene receiver the of eternity we hold ow oin property properly our oar po lessi lessl iessi ns on the altar ready at a rno mo indents notice not ice to be handed over to tue the cue cause of zion zio notwithstanding these are arc our feelings our governmental and aud temporal affairs are kept as distinct from our religious concerns as are those of any other people and far more so than are those of inacy mai mal y others we ve lieve never organized a izna irna C ai party as some people have done to e enable na I 1 us to express our peculiar conscientious no liens lions about frear freedom torn lorn slavery and catholicism aich so much ria pla enzien zeal has been ex minted duling lanng bo be past ten years 5 ears our holy rey libien coes cloes not with our political or gov iii gil affairs only to makaus more competent failL fui ful and energetic in the duties pertaining thereunto there ento it is eminently above all such considerations erali erat ions lons om and only influences them themo as it does all th thle tile varied duties of lite life I 1 fe by lending bendig ita aid light and moil these are the principles which unite us together er 2 let na us keep them warm in in our bosoms and be alive and anti continue to increase in the knowledge of god cod let us strive to have our minds expand and end let us perform our duties with an eye sidgie single to the glory of god and the advancement of his cause in thi ibis course we cee ree our own salvation ande and eternal fernal exaltation and find the road we ought ou lit to travel and we cannot find anything outside of this worth having ha vini vinz we are interested in in i it it ia is the b ament we can make no matter how 0 o w gon son 0 n eniy y be lie he can be and wa 0 of 0 i we ess ss and it is is th the b a t thea th h e e ea a t th h a e ir juless less us one and iii tit d c akew and to preserve presen e e ui to I 1 in in the faith falth of our chr chrt carf tha by not go astra astray ct b but u t ca cal I 1 f lit 1 and id salvation sil claar av in g i serving him with vv willing ilung heart e t fly and do it because we ve like ilke ill lil e ta 6 d I 1 1 eing ill ir pir takers of the truth because we love lore it and for the file principles principled sake and because it ia n better than anything ele else it is is meat drink clothing 11 ani an 1 lodging to us as well as a everything else wo t til ii having li iliavi avi if we ire will do this we need not riot near fear for the future ah it we have llave our wives bics and children arising aning arooth us an and multiplying greatly pre atly let us all be fb abr r god and other liiri s will come along in their sea searon torm we sacrificed sacrifice 5 all things when we came into this kingdom kinga onn orn laid aside our 7 former formen accia a eions in life ilfe and left everything that perta pertained inea ined to them regardless of the future and of the consequences resulting and nd can we not lc keep leep ep in on this ame road preserve erve boie hoie feelings f eel ing which filled our bosoms when we came into the harch aid ait king kingdom dorn of mir our god ard and strip ourselves of tie lie for god we cando hir his if we e ane ace d disposed we will do it and aud I 1 verily venly be ihre beeve that we vill will get the majot majority ity of this pe people ople opie at lat many may turn film aside but that make rio tio difference nose hose who remain will get their rewa A while tho e who eho turn away will it a a time to come see where they have missed it bot jot L rne me exhort yoa you to do the works of right and be faithful in in the kin kingdom doin of god and cleab together unto him with will full purpose of heart and work the works ot 0 righteous liess iless all toun your days and never falter and fall I 1 know w we e not fall but the kingdom will increase and grom kt and spread abroad and her tier stakes will be strengthened and her cords will be lengthened and ahe rhe the kin doms ot of this world will bo be broken in it pieces and become lecome the kingdoms of our lord and Us christ we shall accomplish this work or aty Jill dren will the purposes pur nur pokes potes of the almighty 6 cabot bt fail the kind king kingdom doin is is set up ani and established never llever more to be th thrown rown down dowa down we are aware that I 1 lie he world is arrayed a against I 1 us and has it not been so from the beginning but what have they been able to accomplish against this people if they have driven and arid scattered us they have scattered the seed sped tili wijer fijor aej it will ili wa be so again they do not know who they are fooling with they are fooling with the lord lard he knows how lo 10 set up his kingdom and if we ar are aro submissive in haia hi hands like clay in the hands of the potter we shall not again b scattered and peeled we have heretofore been driven measurably because of our un righteousness righteous ness of our unworthiness and gods inability through that cause lo 10 bless blesi us and because of the wicked wickes wickedness nesi of the tha wicked how soon would another persecution have come on us is I 1 cannot say if the ibi people had not turn d around and acid sought soil soll lit the lord with 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