Show t DISCOURSE by my elder will william weiliam iaia lala G acius bowery nowery sunday morning may 10 I 1 RETORTED by J V boig beloved saints trusting in your confidence antl anil prayers I 1 will endeavor fo to fill the call made upon me this morning I 1 feel c considerably my own weakness in standing before you but as that is a general feeling I 1 will not offer it as an apology at this time all the children of men that dwell upon the the earth have come comp for one purpose to alls ails allster answer one object and aud end we make our entrances trances upon this stage oe action pass through the various scenes and alid play our part s to accomplish one tiling thins and no matter when or where vb e hive hajeh hreen hleen een born or under whatsoever circumstances we e labor ond one one and all of us have one ranj gra rand hd and nd spec spee a al object before us its and ard that is to io yield obedience to the will of our god to learn lils ilia is laws lats and become strictly obedient to his commandments that hat we ave may ultimately a appear ear car in his bli jire sence to enjoy that glory which hhas in ill re reserve arve for his people various are the means adopted by men in order to persuade their fellow creatures to yield obed obedience I 1 t to the will of god but tilt so multifarious aid ai d contradictory lic victory dic torY have been the schemes that jt ina great they have failed to accomplish heln hekr heir besign ne Sign the ands of all marlar men are e more or less capaceta ted tole tolf to receive eive elve the truths that afe aie are aro P presented resented before dherit and according to their abilities to receive truth they should lay jay hold of it and put it into active peka operation tion for fon the good of mankind in in general gentral and though it is truth that our minds are seeking after and grasping forset forget for set yet at the same time they them are all alike seeking to establish their wn views of truth of light and righteousness tn ei bite hite bike all minds constituted differently and ard yet set fy f y are all alike unless there is a fluit nult in nature we havi have all ears barsto to hear and ton tongues aes ues with which to speak and hands to executed exe cutet hose var varl vari dus ous ous oas things thing which are necessary for us to dp do in in these weare are all alike and so are the faculties of our minds we differ in degree but not in organ as we ave differ in in features and size yet we vre ilav ha all ail the same component parts pars features and in this life all our minds are created perfect er et so hat that we may learn therill the will of god every being is is so organized organism zM that hat lie he can comprehend beu ben bendana dand and receive thelt nith ilive if we wilH eave cave the traditions of our youth and put them oil on oneade on one eide eJde we ave vill will find that our minds arenc are one nd ind if one they are bound to bend to truth for truth being eternal will not bend or xum aum gumto to suit our various creed s and arid caprices capriles ca prices and all alf ah irlen must ultimately bow believe in in and perform the same duties ordinances and purposes we must make our business in life secondary darto to the great god I 1 thi the mind inid of man loves to be free it so far hates gates to be in bon bondage dige that it will vi ill lil not acknowledge jed q that it bust be in submission to others as tae lae Igi eil at law of god requires for this purpose be hejl heJi hassent assent us upon the earth that we ave might put things into execution that are required of us we ae find that from the time we ave are first pressed with lender caresses to the bosoms of our mothers until we fill the crad leof af the tomb our minds are continually to the will of others when we were children sporting round the knees of our parents we could not always 4 know know now why we vve were subject to their will and ard we thought t that at many of their thir commands to us were whims and prid fancies but as we grew older reached the vears c a rs of maturity arid and mixed in with the mas ai oes ses of society we found that they had an object in view levy leiv vz viz to 0 o make us useful in life anci ano ana oba dicht laws of god man and nature wa whence when nwe vve ave leave the knee cf of the parent and pais pats a k tail la the ie academy I 1 we ave there find that we have to become become subject to the he will of others and ind the laws necessary for tor the discipline of body and milt mild passing from flom there to tile the actions and business of life w we e have to bend to the laws and become obedient to otherwise we are distinguished as bang patties that are unworthy of social intercourse S e with men and we have even in in the common courtesies of life to be bendin bending to the he will of ot others this is invariably our duty all through all meanderings the of life lire cwg V we find that this ii likewise the grand arand means employed to make us ultimately subject to the mind and will of god and that which is given as natural in mortal life is an inkling of the ri relation lation to immortal life llah liah man lian being a social creature living in communities where daiy maly mahy many are associated togeal er lie tie has necessarily to be governed 1 the shrewd mind the keen intellect has learned and observed this order of things from the days of nimrod the gran grandson adson of noah who established the empire down to napoleon who sits on the imperial rial throne of of france that man must be gove governed that his happiness may be secured upon the earah in order to accomplish this they have brought forth various sch mes for the government of man probably the three most prominent pi eminent are tile the or acin kindly 1 l the aristocratic and republican these have been feen the most popular and powerful s were I 1 to select any particular government I 1 could show that although they may be beautiful they have in them the seeds ot of their own dissolution I 1 will not speak of the government under which we live for at the present epoca it mi might be considered treason but I 1 will speak 0 of the government covern ment of great britain in that government there is a king icing or queen as at present the aristocracy and the tile commoners these form the body ody b politic of the government gentl and if the kine kins brings foi ward a mefi measure sure that thit is is thought to be improper therease there ther dare eare ere lords and the commons to set it asi aslie asre le then if the lords introduce a measure that doeg does not meet with public approbation there are the king icing and the commons to set it aside then if the commons bring in a measure there are the lords and the king kin to oppose it 1 and thus it itji 1 that they consider tyranny cannot be brought brou t upon the t e people I 1 tt is like the government pt the united Sta states and I 1 will be pard pardoned for making allusions tc to if it but I 1 will say that thou though h it is the most beautiful and though it is salt saiT said sald that god has had bad a hand in making it still I 1 contend that ire has allowed a part to to go in that will eventually dissolve ia it that is the feet to rule the head but see the result of these governments at thep the present time the boasted beauty beamut Y of the british and other governments the counteracting ii influence fluence which they inherit is their disease and will wiil be their deain death as the hectic flush on the fair cheek of the consumptive indicate rapid dissolution which of these has gou goa designed to govern the human family by god pui put purposed posed in tile the beginning that men should be govern governed tt according to hi his will that they might ft pct act one end upon the earli earth and learn the great and exalting principles ples pies that will wil I 1 bring us into his presence I 1 assert fearlessly that not one of the systems op or government g overn ment by which the nations are controlled is s designed to govern the world and for why because Bec aitse ailse bere here is not the similarity of til ill ahr government of god ip in any of them it if true thatis it is said that by god princes rule ruie and arid kings give git judgment and that he has hag sanctioned these thin things s these institutions institution s but bul I 1 question very much whether god or the devil has most to do with the tile organization of the governments of this earth earlb I 1 read t hat that the devil on one occasion on brought jesus upon the pinnacle of the temple and showed him all the kingdoms of this world and said unto him call ali all these will I 1 alv give alve e thee if thod boti wilt fall down and Avor worship ship me for 5 said the devi devil they are given into my my hands and unto whomsoever I 1 will I 1 give bliem eliom I 1 conceive therefore that there is more of the composition of the devil in tile the kin kingdoms doms of this world than there is of the government of god in the midst of all sll this then I 1 ak what means ought to be adopted in order that tile the people may be brought to do the will of god and I 1 would further ask who har hae the right to govern man that now lives upon the earth ought not ile he who created the vast machinery of the world who holds this planet indis care and governs jn nature rule by his own meana the nations of the earth yes and none other has any right until deputed directly by him as moses samuel jesus and joseph and brigham it is an old saying s i that where there are many men there are many minds but I 1 conceive that 1 man was not to differ bu t as they have come from the same parents male and female they should have one mind acquire the ame same truths obey alike the same being and attain fhe the same glory erry and b lend tend to that principle of oneness that god may be ali ail all call in all there are mathematical truths which all men M must believe alike such as twice five are ten five tens are fifty and upon such points all men roust inest think alike there is no possibility of diffie difference rence theio thelo a call can be no in fiering differing dlf dif with the astronomer tro nomer in relation to his lils views on tile the harmonious revolutions of the lea heavenly iea venly bodies neither can there be any excuse for differing with avith god in his views of truth divine truths are as demonstrable mon as what are arc called secular truths if we have qualified authorized and inspired teachers the tile head has a right to send thoe those truths unto man which lie he knows will be for his benefit for it is he who holds the right to cori coti control this earth and the destiny thereof and thai that god therefore is the being who must ultimately control the earth according accor digg to his what is his design there is a part pact of a good prayer which we used to ll 11 hear ar sometimes and which w we now hear bear oc occasionally ca s I 1 bonaly thy will be done dode on the earth as it is in heaven what is it in heaven does the band say py to the he head thou not rule do the various various members of the file body say that it is by their suffrage that god shall rule no no such thing is practised practiced there god rules by his own will and if the will of god must be done upon the earth as in ha the heaven heavens god must rule according to his own will and plan t to this end he has sent a messenger and restored that order of government which is necessary to bring about this end he has sent an angel to ohe oie ore man to joseph smith and given all ail authority and power to control men upon the earth according to his div own plan and this is th the e great grand saving principle for us that abat we must be subject to tiie tile lle ile lie head and so must all mankind who wish to be saved in the kingdom of god subject themselves to the same order there are several officers in this government lit rit constituting a perfect system the poet PC 4 says order is heavens first law and this confessed some are and must be greater grealer than thin the rest more great more wise but who infers from hence that such are happier shocks all common ense cerise we must bs be ruled by the he head and that head must carry out the designs of tile tiie g eat lawgiver I 1 cannot conceive of any other plan or power being able to carry darry out oui the designs of the almighty but latt that of a theocracy the he one that is es established tab here and I 1 believe that no other set of f men nor power ower can carry out this government except t those ose who are governed vernod and in spited by the revelations of the he most ago Os t high thus then when the man ot god speak speaks the he principles lie he sets forth must be learned by every one of u and 0 our r primate private views must not be brought to bear w when ie we hear bear the glorious truths of the gospel laid down by the prophet so plain that tile the wayfaring man need not err therein 1 I 1 know that we are accustomed to bring our minds to bear and to reason upon the question we ave bring for forward wardour our little views and begin to test it by past revelations and past teaching which things thin 99 are wrong but for one man to begin to cavil with another and with the pur purposes and designs of other men who may be the leaders has been a common practice and kept the world from advancing van cing many b beneficial 1 principles have been kept blackfor back for years in fhe the nations legislatures ires by needles sand nonsensical dis discussion cussio 1 k notwithstanding the opinions of many lo 10 the contrary it is right for one man idan to be subject to another and to yield obedience to the hed head who is over him for mail man lias hay a head over him and he li must be governed by eliat head and a body bady must be compact jn in order to be right thus wa seethe seetha positive necessity of having a gathering place for it is one of the greatest bul but barks or of the saints of god at the present time lime I 1 have thought of the ancients wheel I 1 have been thinking 11 of the rod of chastle chastie chastisement ement that ilia t has his been applied to tile the saints and I 1 see sec that jesus christ came to establish his kingdom upon the earth and I 1 learn that lie he left it with men who extended it hither and ard hither I 1 next see their course of procedure and behold but a few years elapsed before they dwindled into apostasy apo stacy when reflecting ting upon this I 1 haap asked lle ile lie the question u e stion with wonder and aud surprise su r il e how was it that tt at so many thousands ancs apostatized ial lal t i ed and that the apostasy apo stacy so soon became general I 1 have thought much upon this and have been led to conclude that the reason was tile tiie they y had not the privilege of being j gathered gat gal hered together as one on 0 compact body when peter and the rest of the apostles were ordained they went out into the world to preach lie hie lle ile gospel peter went avent tp to one james and john to another paul and barnabas to another and ald they had not the privilege of assembling as together often in council and thus ihus heresies her esies crept in hence the remark of the apostle paul in gal ad ch c li and ad verses verse although he be had p power 0 aver to work miracles and t to 0 receive re revelations Te lations t that hat almost made him val vai vain n and notwithstanding fil fit standing lie had power to raise the dead and to do much for the building up of the kingdom of god yet tle tie ie tell teil tellaus sus us that after preaching the gospel for 14 years lie he went up to jerusalem to compare his doctrine with that bf petel Pe teis s lest jest lie he 1 should I bould have labored in vain he ile was not sure that lie he would not have bave to go to undo what he had done before until unlit he had been to see peter this thil is a remarkable proof of the necessity of |