| Show REMARKS cy DT president brah am m I 1 xoung young bowery nowery an aug ang af 1857 REPORT reportedly EDBY G D WATT I 1 rejoice in the privilege of hearing bearing the servants of the igo rd speak to the saints it is a feast tome and to hear bear iuca inca mc speak spear by the holy ghost ghist I 1 very much ranch rejoice in seeing br bi eilas elias smith upon the stand this morning 1 ii I have been acquainted with him for many years and yet I 1 have never until now heard beard hirn him address an assembly except in the capacity of a te ludge judge adge I 1 am thankful to hear his voice in public he is a cousin of the prophet joseph and of geo A smith I 1 have reflected much concerning the family of the grandfather and father of joseph the prophet thefil the f mily connections were very extensive and it hrs been of deep regret to me that there wem were so few in that large circle who have been boen valiant vallant for th eruth since the thi death detthof of the prophet still I 1 do not know but that joseph joseoh had bad quite as many of his con for the truth in proportion to their number as jesus had for jesus Jesu shad had mavy mary brothers and sisters and the most of them were opposed to him and continued so during the greater part of their lives I 1 used to t think hitik while joseph was living that his life compared well weil with the history of the savior though the mos t bof of father joseph smiths eam fam family have believed and obeyed the gospel and have ave lived their religion in a good degree many of them i ar enot here some of them I 1 have known in in the th e eastern states that never have gathered with us but bat the old stock are pretty much dead and I 1 do not know but what all of them are father john smith was the last fast one in ibis church of the brothers of father joseph smith and hs he died and is buried here grandmother smith lived ill in kirtland a short time after ab she bhe e gathered 1 I trust in the good feelings and in the confidence that br elias has gained this morning in speaking king ashe asbe has from this stand for many times chave I 1 have bave thought of it and regretted that lie he was not on the me stand a preacher with the rest some men rise here to tell about their 1 feelings and are so diffident so bas bar bashful baul and it I 1 is 60 so hard for them to speak men too who have had in their former lives as br eli ell Elias ellas s has lias had who is well ledi and has biad a an an opportunity of bec becoming omi ing acquah acquainted ltd with the best of society socie tv with men of influence 4 ce when he arrive arrived to discretion as lie he has told you ho he marked out his own path his ills advant advantages ws in his youth were far greater reater than were those of most of our public speakers And Ana there is br carrington when he rises ases here to address a congregation though it is seldom that we can get him on this stand will teli teil tell how he shrinks from speaking to the peo ole jle pie how bashful and delicate his feelings are inthis in this matter men who understand language who wh overe vere taught it in their youth you th who have had the privilege of schoola schools and good aduca tion to get up and tell how they shrink from addressing Add this people when of myself r think jutt just this r haab havi ave the grit in me roe and I 1 will do my duty any how when I 1 began to speak in public 1 r was about as destitute of language pas aaa Paa as ainan a man could well be but tell about being bashful when a man lias has all ail 11 the learning and words he can ask forr fori with scores and hundreds of thousands of words wolds with convey ones ideas and then tell about behie behle bashful before a people peopled how I 1 have had the headache when I 1 had ad ideas to lay before the people and not words to tb express tb them em but iwas so gritty gitty that L ial lal al ways tried my best I 1 do not like to hear men make mal a excuses althou is natural and input tip up with it II 11 I 1 wish they could see and unde understand they have 9 had advantages above many of their breth bretha ren iren that they have been greatly blessed and should never complain but should stand up tip here and exercise themselves ves res according to the best of their ability and doall do all the good poni ble for them to do br elias smith I 1 ican can bay eay isa is a man possessed of as much judgment and discretion in his ails llis feelings as any man he is fill eu d with wisdom he be is is filled with judgment and with counsel if he would dare to let it out I 1 W would ouid duld like to hear his voice and the voices of others and I 1 would like to have them not noncom com plain much about getting up tip to speak before the public often when I 1 stand ap here I 1 have the feelings ings of a person that is unable to convey his ideas because I 1 have not the advantage of ian lan language r inia e however I 1 do not very freeti frequently antly complain of that but I 1 rise rise to do the best I 1 cabi cadi can and to give the people the hest best I 1 have for them at the time and if it dont suit them they can go without it for I 1 am riot not responsible isible whether V Ife ther lher it suits them or not I 1 rejoice in the words of br heber this day tle lie has hat spoken by the power of the holy le ghost host i and you are his witnesses you may ali all jl W atness to thi this s and his ideas are as rich I 1 may ma say as the tha flowers of eternity and his bis Ide ideas asand antl anil his word words sare are congeni alto my f feel eeling ingland g and spirit he told fold you here today to day that we ve never differ that I 1 say go ga ahead say what you pleased 1 I 1 1 I look fook atthe spirits and the principles of men and try to behold what isan asin them themi and if it I 1 Ican an dist disc ever that they are arc right I 1 do not care one particle pirt lete icle how they express theirld their ideas idas laas so that I 1 ican lean can lynt but underhand unde under sand raland band them I 1 can say furthermore fuch armore that you cannot the best of you beat br bi Kim baila balla language you may call alp gip sip the college bred man utan and he cannot beat it f br heber and andl 1 never went to school until wego finto sc 1 that was wag the girst first firstos gir fir stoc of our schooling we never had the opportunity ca c lattera hi bt we had tho the pia fim lege of picking pick ingup up brush biuso chopping down trees rolling logs and working amongst the roots and of getting our shins feet and toes bruised the uncle of br merrell who now sits in the congregation gre gation made me the first hat that my father ever bought for me and I 1 was then about eleven years of age I 1 did not go bear headed previous previous s to that time neither did I 1 call on my father to buy me a five dollar hat bat every few months as some of my boys do my sisters bisters would make me what was c called ailed a jo johnson cap for winter and in summer I 1 wore a straw hat which I 1 frequently braided for myself I 1 learned to make bread wash the dashes dishes milk the cows and make butter and can make butter and can beat the most of the women in i this community at housekeeping house keeping those ar are e about all the advantages ad vantages I 1 gained in my youth I 1 know how to economise econom ise for my father had to do it there are a great many little items pertaining to life that I 1 do not nob very often speak about still they haat to be borne with they arise ariae from traits in our characters and we have to meet with them right in this community the imported goods that we purchase are b brought over a thousand miles in in wagons and yet probably ably I 1 have not a young child that is three years old but what has cost me more to furnish with shoes than I 1 ev ever er cost my father to furnish me with shoes in my whole life br heber has been teaching you ou a little economy I 1 tell you that you have ha e been bien blen warned and forewarned again that the time would come when if you had bad hats you would have to make them and if the ladies had bonnets they would have to make them here whether it ia is to your our sorrow or joy I 1 w will ill iii tell you what I 1 discover and I 1 have been much surprised and sometime sI have beeri been overjoyed with the discovery sometimes my heart quakes a little my herves gerves tremble in consequence of th the great things that god 18 is bringing forth I 1 do to we realise nealise that they are coming on us I 1 may say faster than we are preparing ourselves to meet them there is one sign after another revelation after revelation the lord is hastening ils hs work ile he is bringing to pass the sayings of the prophets faster than the people are prepared to re rei rel i ceide t them bern you know that we have often exhorted you to be wide vide awake to your duties to be watchful and prayerful nato rma to be full of the holy spirit lest the lord should roll on Us lis work faster than you could understand it it would be hard for tor the people to explain away the idea that the government of the tiie united states is shutting down the gate gite upon us for it is too visible and end this is what hastens the tho work of theford th the eLord lord which you are praying for every day ido do not believe that there is a man or woman here who plays at all but what prays every day forthe lord to hasten ills his work now take care eare for if lie he does may maybe be you will not be prepared to meet it the time must corne when the reAvill be a separation between thih tins thit kingdom and the tha kingdoms of this world even in in every point of view the time must come when this kingdom must be free and independent from all other kingdoms are you prepared to have the ilia thread cut today to day I 1 know the feelings of a great many and I 1 need not go out of my own family to hear 10 0 dear are there no ribbons coming comin 2 I 1 gnit want that artificial quick I 1 want you to go and bu buy me roe that nice bonnet for I 1 am afraid there here never will another obe one one ba be brought here if I 1 am tried ill any point in this world it is with regard to lo the bearings of my own conduct to my ray own family I 1 have told them aud and falk faik talk to them and aud andlar talk about it all ail ani I 1 ask th thelam emam I 1 in tile the line of my duty while I 1 call can feed women and children who do nothing but sit and fold their hands ancl anci wear out their I 1 clothing and dress them in finery fluery and pamper them and they get so thai that good beef pork bread butter cheese tea coffee and arid sugar with fruit and all kinds of garden garlen arden arlen sauce are no rarity to them thein at all and ehg their r appetites are poor and arid they cannot eat pat that is the case with me in my family if there is any trial upon ma me it is tornow to knovs whether pam isam in fit the line hile of or my duty in this matter should not riot I 1 take my tea and coffee coffle my beef and pork and find every other good thing and put it into the hands bands of or the lle ile lie men who sweat over tile the rock for tile the temple instead of feeding men mec women and children who do not strive to doall doali they are arb capable of or doings doingt I 1 am tried in ih that point arld and I 1 must say aay that if there is anything iii in the world that bothers me it itha itile i whining of women and children cil cli ildren lidren to prevent me from florn doing that which I 1 know that I 1 bought todo 1 I will acknowledge with br Kin kimball iball and I 1 know it is the cake cafe ca sa with him that I 1 am a great reat lover of women hi iii what parti particular cular aular I 1 love to see them happy to see well fed and well clothed andi love lovet oisee them cheerful I 1 live to see their faces and talk with them thern when they tiley talk in righteousness but asfor as for anything more I 1 do not care there are probably but few the tha world who care about the tha private society of women less than I 1 idzi balso love children and I 1 dwight to 0 o make maee e them happy I 1 accumulate a large amount of means but I 1 would just as soon boon fe feed e d my ne neighbor g h boras borns as myself and every one who knows me knows whether or not a u piece of johnnycake and butter batter and a potatoe satisfies brigham I 1 can live on as chea cheap and as plain food as can any man in hi israel I 1 have said sald to my family a great many macy ahnes f awant want you to nalze nicie me home hoine made maffe I 1 clothing but I 1 would meet sucha whizzing about mv eam eara if 1 I were to ilava have even a pair of home m made ade ada pantaloons made maile I 1 do not know that I 1 have a wife in the world but what would say you are not going to wear year thein you ought to wear something more re speciale olabe clabe tor lor you deierl a to pa much is any mait mali does it is the iha mail who works hard who sweats over the ilia rock and goes to the kenyons for lumber that I 1 count moie mole more worthy of goodwood good food lood ana and diess dress ilian ih aidi I 1 UC um eat bat but do iw labor moy roy mind can any mail man tell what whit labor there is up upon me no not a man can begin be ginto to tell what chati I 1 eel feel for the tile latter day sains in this territory r y 1 throughout the mountains and the world what I 1 feel for their salvation and preservation they have to be looked after and cared for and all this more particularly rests upon me my bly brethren love to share with that the lord puts upon them but in tila the day of trouble they look to me to secure them and point out ont a way for their escape now let me tell you one thing I 1 shall take it as a witness that god designs to cut tile the thre thread d between us and the world when all an army undertakes to make their appearance in bis his Territory to chastise me or to destroy my life from the earth i I 1 lay it down that right is or at least should be might with heaven with its servants and with all its people on oil the earth As for the jese jesi we will wait a little while to see but I 1 shall shail take a hostile movement by our enemies as all an evidence that it is time for the thread to be cut I 1 that we will find three who will lap water and arid we call can whip out the Midia abr br heber lieber said saidi that lie he could turn out his women land and they would whip them themi I 1 ask no odds of the tiie wicked the best way iley they aliey can fix it br heber says that the tile music is taken butof his ber her fc ermons sermons mons when br carrington clips out words here and there and I 1 have llave taken out tile the music from mille mine for I 1 know the traditions and false fake notions of the people our sermons are read by tens of thousands outside of utah members of the british Parliament have those journals 1 of discourses published by br or watt they have them locked up they secrete them hem and go to their rooms to study them and they know all about us tiley they may perhaps keep them from tile tiie queen for fear that she ella would believe belleve and be converted I 1 know that I 1 have llave seen tiie the da day y when let men mail use language like br heber has bas today to day and maily matiy would apostatize from front the true faith falth in printing my my remarks I 1 often omit the sharp words though they are perfectly understood and applicable here for I 1 do not net wish to spoil the good I 1 desire to do let my remarks go to the world in a way the prejudices of the people can bear that they may read them and ponder them and ask god whether they are true V iam fam am thankful to hear the servants of god speak and as I 1 have frequently said P I 1 do not riot care what you say when w hen you rise to speak here fon for r I 1 want to know whether a man seeks with all il his I 1 heart aa t to know the mind of god concerning him if ba doe 1 all ali 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