Show REMARKS by lay r elder eider ide r david dai d fullmer bowery sunday icorn morning ng alay ilay 3 isow t nepon reported REPORTED nEron red TED by j v loa LONG log j brethren Bretl iren arid and sisters wo we lave have heard a great many excellent remarks tilis tills tin s morning principles have been teen touched upon that will do usall usail us all ali good if we retain thern ill in our memories and practise tiso themi lin jin our lives there is one thing certain if iho brethren will keep in their mind minds tho the instructions given last lost sabbath Sab hatli they tiley will not be left comfortless but tile the lord will comfort their thein hearts notwithstanding the absence of our brethren tile tho first prest presidency demey demcy dimey they will not be left alone I 1 I 1 feel to rejoice diat tint it is as well with us as it Is this is mv my consolation and comfort ull nil DI nty Y comfort arid and joy ky is in what ia is termed I 1 have ilava none any where else how is it that men and women can come here for the tho love of bf mormonism then in a few months turn round arid and go back i ito the society of the wicked from whence they camet came Itse it seems erns erne a mystery but still I 1 think 1 I compie comprehend liend st it every spring we have had bad such a scene as this men going joing back before they biad time to gatwell ge get twell weil well acclimated the tile elders have traveled both by land and sea to bring the people to the knowledge of the truth they have preached and labored they hava consecrated themselves unto the lord and to ills lus service and trusted in liim him to back them thein up and to enable them to meet all the opposition all the contempt and scorn of a wicked world those elders have gathered up the tile saints brought them and placed them bene beneath ath tile tiie of the sanctuary and then theli after all this labor labarr and sacrifice to save the people many of them lose the spirit deny the faith and paddle off to take one oue view of the subject it would seem as if it was scarce scarcely worth willid while for the tile elders to 1 spend pend so much time aila and labor for people when we see them turn so soon sogn avay aray after leaving far distant countries forsaking their houses and lands lauds wives and children and after making all mainier mairner of sacrifices to gather with this people to tiie tile alace place appointed as they tiley say to taste the tile words wor s of life as they flow the mouths mouths of the servants of god I 1 have come coine to the conclusion however that all will not obtain a celestial glory no matter what we do with a design to save then because they will not all hold hoid holdout out faithful to the ilie end notwithstanding this a good number wil uil be saved they tiley will stick slick by and work out their salvation with fear and trembling come w what 1 at will they will bo be spokes in the tile great wheel and assist ili in rolling forth this tin s kingdom one soul of that description is worth seeking worth goin after worth saving then brethren we must continue to labor for the salvation of souls and that too without Witti out ont a murmur knowing that it is a duty we owe to them and to our god lam ram aware of the idea advanced by some that it is too tight a place for or them then it is liard hard to get a living here but after all they cansay cansay it lisa is a good country for saints and we know it we know hundreds and thousands who wilo came liere here poor that are now comparatively speaking in affluent circumstances they have gathered g adhered a around them many things which tend to make take life comfortable and ant they will inc increase rease roase in the things of life and so will ever every man and woman who came here with honest hearts and who are determined to do he will of god some say that the predictions of the elders eiders E iders sometimes fall to the ground others say that our our authorities are tyrannical and these ai ai ali i the strong reasons urged by apostates and by our enemies also but these assertions are not proofs p roofs they tiley are sim simply ply the ings of angry feelings aroused many times by disappointed ambition at other i times by a discontented unbelieving apostate spirit brother candland has told us something s about ohp nabobs nabors of the old world and it is true A the princes and rulers and great men of the earth we ive do not find many who care for lor the coni comfort fort happ happiness liless and welfare of the tile people they want vant them to fight their battles batties bat les ies but have they any sympathy for them I 1 Is it so with our out leaders no it is not they have tasted the tha very anga dri ga of or poverty and they are ure prepared just like tile tiie the lord almighty lias has been prepared tofeek for the people consequently they have llave sympathy and can call look over tile the in enmities of the weak and they knoy how to succor C or them they kilow know how to counsel the honest in ia heart for their good I 1 i I 1 hn know w that tile tiie words the tiie counsel and deign ign of the servants ants auts of god are t to 0 do the people good they have no object in view but to bless the people and to do th m good are men oppressed here I 1 tell you if a man mach does good lie is not oppressed neither wiil wll lie complain of oppression Is there any oppression practised practiced upon those hat that work righteousness I 1 say there is not Is there not all the liberty that is feces sary for any individual who w wants lints to do that which is reasonable and just Is there not all that any aar maa man or woman can ask for tor this si dethe sideline vail if we ve were in any other place and could lia lla bave bake dole odle flie same liberty that we now have I 1 presume nobody would grow growl it rejoices my heart that we are bere here in these peaceful valleys where we have liberty and where we are permitted to breath a free atmosphere just as free as it flows from heaven there are no cramps upon this tilis people only as they do wrong and aud thenis in other countries there are laws and regulations for the punishment of tl what Wha kind hind of men have tiley they got to be who wilo lead this people they must be filled witt wilt wisdom in order to teach the people the llie principles of righteousness and to avert tile tiie lle ile lie designs of the enemy I 1 wonder if the tile people appreciate preci ate the jabors of their me file leaders it a fact that every thing they do every avery move they make and every instruction they give is 13 for the good tile tha comfort and happiness of this tills people and for the salvation of all mankind mank iid and aud notwithstanding this tills their lives are sought it is iio ilo no small thing for men to jeopardize their lives for others for the salvation of the people in addition to this see what care our brethren take of us how low they excuse and pass by our follies they have taken us by the hand notwithstanding our disobedience and neglect of duty and have llave given us instructions whereby we may save ourselves when it has seemed as if the lord would cut us off the presidency have borne with the people tried to mould them over and aud it really seems as if they could never get through them but after all there is 1 an increase of faith and good works and the people are improving if I 1 did not perceive perceil an increase of good works I 1 should be discouraged I 1 should think there was a slim siim chance of salvation we do not of ourselves know how bow to obtain salvation we are weak liable to err bridwe get up strife and contention wita each other and do many things that we ought to be harried ashamed as of do our brethren bear with us I 1 yes they do and I 1 think their scourges urges and re proofs are very light and merciful greeno I 1 deello thank my father in heaven that we enjoy po free an atmosphere in a this Terri territory toTy tory and that our principal men are men TOLU of intelligence and willom wi wis lorn men of mercy and compas compassion the kingdom of god is gr wing notwithstanding thell theli the numbers umbers that are leaving and it will grow and increase from this time forth and for ever many who go will do all in their power against us but the work of god is is onward despite of all opposition i wo we are liere here in these mountains mountain and a few miserable apostates cannot do anything towards getting us out our work is is not yet et finished here and the lord hord lii vill ill protect us until it is we possess liberty here that we did not possess in our ohr former locations and I 1 am so satis satisfied fed with it that I 1 do not want to go any where else neither do any ol 01 the faithful saints of god they the are satisfied sati sail fied to remain where they are I 1 feel fed as br candland does that I 1 would lik ilk like ilke to see it grow tell ten or a hundl hundred eil ell times faster I 1 ut suffice it to say bay that it grows as fast as i it is is consistent with the dillof will of the almighty and he will take charge of it so that it will bring about ills own designs T we look at I 1 lie tile kingdom as ris his it is I 1 and it appears but very small comp compared ared dred with tile the kingdoms of the world and it is but a speck compared comp ared dred with the inhabitants of the earth we want to see the mighty armies of israel increasing upon the mountains like flocks we have been baen taught so much about conscience and its it aright right to govern that we are apt 0 to o say 11 1 I winifer ia if f this is is right and I 1 wonder if br brigham has got a revelation 1 we are apt lo 10 sa sa 1 I must ask tish my wife about this for I 1 am m afraid it is not right and we are all the time lime afraid of 0 our ur colis conscience clence Altho aitho although although uh this is is the case we must not be alarmed I 1 but bu do our best to root out every thing that is s contrary to the tile principles of our religion we sing well mind what tile the prophets say and if we carry that out in our lives we will find every everything to work liht and we will raise up bos boys here liere who wiio will perform an important part ill in the great work of the tile last days I 1 say eay ay let us try to profit by 1 the experience of others instead of being forced to learn everything even thin by our own experience I 1 know this is is difficult and aiso also that there is is nothing that will profit us like our pur own experience when we see men making fools of themselves and making ilig lilg shipwreck af pf f their faith let us be waned waned by their follies and learn wisdom I 1 rejoice brethren that we are in in a country with mountains so high and snow eo deep filat it is difficult for dur our enemies to get gerej lere our loa ioa location is 6 so isolated that we e cannot run every da day to see bee ee our friends and I 1 would be giad glad lad iad if it were as far again so that it would prevent hypocrites from coming liere here 1 11 I 1 am aware that man many complain that wood is is vely scarce and that the kar kai ivons are difficult to get into yet et it is is all lu in a ii life r e time I 1 and all we wt have luve to do is is to do the best we can during our lifland life ilfe and to keep keea our conscience void of ot of fence this tins country is is so much better belter than 1 antic anticipated i that I 1 am agreeably disappointed it is true that we could raise more potatoes and corl corn down in old missouri than ve we can call here but when we iad lad had raised them we could not get gel for them and therefore they were of but little use actually think that they 4 cannot ut live in e it here er e and honor their religion but if you 5 ou have hav e ally aily true religion it is is queer to me if ir you cannot live it here liere for the lord knows we could not live it in the stati stab s i and it was for that reason we had to come away lly ily my religion embraces more than just praying and shi singing gilig it embraces my wives and children children ana una all that I 1 possess now if tile the whole of my lily religion is is worth something that is is heavenly and tangible tan tar gible would I 1 lay jay a part of it down for anything any thing that could be offered of a worldly nature no I 1 would not for we are here to es i pies that we could not establish among die the gentiles and this tins makes our enemies mad they mey be begin ginto to see it now it is polygamy pol poi gamy that disturbs uni nui em and the taik talk all over t e world is evoly gamy ind governor young call can they the help themselves no they tiley cannot and I 1 am glad of it we have llave nothing to do but to live our religion take care eare that we do dohe tho the abo very best beat we call can and keep ilia tiie testimony of Jestis christ within us that we may always retain a know knowledge knowledg led ge that this work is true und with this see sea that we do no iio person personally any harm barni but carry out the instruct instructions io us of the servants of ged may alay god add his ins blessing to what has been said that we may live for the reward breward thatis that is laid up for the faithful and may w we bear hear inI lil iii mind ind that weis we shall shail liall get our reward for what we no more amen ii 1 I spose spess spose sammy that well have a terrible rain in a day or two aw eliy wily lly ily mother how do you know knowl gracious child dont you kii kil know 0 w why this is the lath of september well what of that mother Is that any sign that it will rain wily why goodness ddn son of course it is s the master never tell you about these things you see about tile the goth mth or alst of this month the sun gits gils up to tile the top of the pole and then lie he begins to slide down again to the tropics of unicorn then it alers rains like blazs blaz biaz s uti uness anesa ess the horns of the moon git turned up and hold hoid the water all in inand inland and aud such cannot be the cise case now for vou you see the moon has no horns horas but is in her mule y state so of course it must rain soon if this stupid school schoolmaster master don dont it begin to iaru laru you these important things I 1 must take your ede cation into my own hands it is a great grea thing to have hare a good education ede cation Sani sammy iny tny 1 RICH THEME tile the most fashionable in california one on whose ministrations the poor never have attended announces that he will soon deliver a sermon on tile the nii ali miraculous Mia culous fish draught 11 does he mean that lie he will speak of tile the cod fish aristocracy which he hauls after himor what sacramento age |