Show t s f ay ay juden cider joha john taylor iro boerr ven ver aj augusta au 57 I 1 w BY GEO D waft wait WATT beloved brethren and nd friends being called galled upon this morning moring to address you iu in a lew few w words I 1 do so go ata very great pleasure the sea of up turned turne faces that present themselves to rny ray view atille at nio uio pre present serit cerit time is is indeed something new 11 y al thought havo have ba 0 o been in what may be called the metro polia of or the united states bior for colue length s of time lime Gf azlin g lound round U upon nii my brethren and ind i sisters with ith emiling coul countenances itei arid and happy con coa contented tented feelings sensations to m my y mind is difficult for me at the tho present time to concen concentrate trite my tny thoughts so as to express he ilia deelia feelings s that are i in in my bosom if in fact I 1 could express express ibm suffice S u effice it to say that I 1 am glad to ba be here I 1 sni am happy to meet meat with my brethren br ethien ethlen of the tha priesthood priest hooi 90 tria eila my sisters and all those who are frends to fhe be cause of god I 1 to se you and andam amgad am pf af tha opportunity of stand lag lug before 3 you du pw pwe paw a more to speak of the things pertaining to ha ilia int interests e r es i of zion and the building buld up opt of the lie kingdo kingdom rn upon the earth there are many here who like me have bedi n absent from homa for feme iome time timo who when they tiley come to meet and friends particularly thos thosa with whom they have battled for jor years ears in fri tho the cause causa and kingdom of god feel as I 1 feel on ol the present occasion c isidori those alone on e and aid here there are manoy of them can enter into the sympathies and aud emotions which I 1 experience at the present tue The rois rais a vr very material dlf dif difference freace vet let between w eeli associating ng with will those that thoi have the tho fear of god before their eye eyes whose first object is their thein ow own n fal eal f al the salvation tion of ot their u uta usa posterity 1 erity and the building up of nf the king kingdom dorri pf af god I 1 1 and with thoss who have not gad G od i in a all thel their r thoughts iab who 9 regard him kilm apt ia nil all ill lii of their transaction transact i ous aug but buh butylin to are living wib wih out god and without chope in tle th world vor horld ld whose hearts and larn lain som sog sarr sarn to say it but yet ye it is true whose heart sare fud of cursing and bitter less bess 1 who roll si BUI sul i under udder their tongues es a sweet morsel whose fet ar aro are swift to shed bloch aad and land atia y af apace aa tile tife prophet lodth said sald they have not known 1 i there is a very material erial aig alg dif differ difference ferenee ence enco between associating with men and bomea who are the rons and daughters of zion ad and characters such aa a I 1 have bave ha vlast last named the contrast is ii so sinking the tho so oo different the varnes varies so balluh muth mui h that any man possessing one spark or par tule tulo tu lo of tiia tila spirit of the tha most arost chih must exper exar lence leace it the moment he be breathes the atmosphere and comes iu in contact with the to too contending cont ending anding parties the one ia is engaged in the acquisition of wealth lold loid gold is thel kheiri ngod godard and associated with that lust last pollution and corruption of every eiery kind hind while we arb are to fulfill fulfil our destiny on the tho eaith earth to accomplish the object for chwe bated to our oar call cail calling irig to io honor our god to tw build up his his bis kin kindom kingdom dom Jom to redeem the earth from the carse curse under which welch it groans to roll back tha tide of corruption that seems to have overspread the our appon opponents ants are engaged in pursuits directly y tending to dissolution dissolution and destruction otheir their live lives their views their objects are short transient tran slant siant and evanescent ours are wido wide as the universe extended as eternity deep as the tha foun foundations datie datil ons ous orthe earth barth and elevated as the throne of god receiving and i imparting blessings that are rich and eternal blessings in 9 9 which effect rs arld and our posterity through 1 endless ages gea that are yet to come the cou con contrast so sw sho fro vivid so manifest is it to be wondered at V when wen a perara reflects upon these matters that ten ton thousand thoughts should crowd upon the mind and produce senk sonk sensations a that it is impossible to fully hilly express wi with fth human language sulah such then are ray zay sentiments and arid sach bach su c a my nay feelings f I 1 I 1 have been for sojie sorie somme of time tima past a associated o with wilh the tha gentiles gent fles I 1 I 1 have been iman engaged ed in battling iniquity aud and the foul loul spirits that thit beem ree in to fill the tha atmosphere of what wb at you may term the lowet regi regions ons if you yon pl please awa aft and the lord biord has baen with me ilis ills spirit has haa be dwelt in in m my yd bosom and I 1 have felt to shout hall halk lujah and m to praise tle the name nama of the god of israel ishad that le he has been pleased to make ine a messenger er of salvation to the nations odthe earth to com I 1 ca cale calo tetha tila ilia rom throne hrone of goei godana abid put piat ms man in ion of arith tra th that no pompi on this or on hell heli can controvert I 1 successfully in regard lo 10 fhe the thew world orld arld the fhe elders eiders who have been out as ag I 1 have and aa as others have around me rae enoi soi of te nature and spirit and the feelings by which th the tha people ae are a e governed goter goyer ned and actuated our young y ng meu men inen laen and add women women vrho tho rho leavo 11 av a not n ot come in 0 o t t with it caa can an scarcely conc conceive elva eire of the amount ot pi depravity corruption lying alyin anin and abomination of evary kind that prevails jn the gentile world talk of it ft I 1 as Y a lhing thing in theory and they will preach about it aa load aed ard ss as long as anybody as ai matter of df theor theory y it is honorable hono bono rable to be honest itou liou est to be iaan man of tru tra truth th when louco you coma na to pdt pit conr conr finger upon it t jiu jin you yoa cannot find it 11 isal le a shadow it from your grasp I 1 whre re are cro th tile rna behof adf arnth no social ail all ly religiously red reh piously irio raily politically or p ip 41 auy buy othel way where ara aro tse the patriots patriot sl win o are the tae men of god pod I 1 dec dep declama declara ra lefon lefor and ard high nih heaven he ave n I 1 hav bava pot f ouid hwa hwn hya 1 ha have ve th ight 1 ilia riia haf got my ha pd upon ibe ahem m but ut they slipped out ot ef of my dingere jun jin gere I 1 blosa the gad fy ad of asrie J I 1 am permitted ted to with tao iao iao jaa tao lits ats itts of tle tha most moat high to associate nuh gitil men inert who rhen when I 1 imset meet them nem and I 1 ajr wyc ean eln anything I 1 ni may y f expect ape atto to fayean li a ve adi afi answer monn menn mona whom ther abere eis els is soma adi aggs agge invert ty something bilig to catch hold of br b c cu rely re y upon oil a to speak deak of men wh om I 1 have seen dissatisfied and tho have gone gore back to tb Pa babylon bylon I 1 must say tha thail fIdo tido do not very much admire their taste if it people understood things as I 1 do and as I 1 have seen and experienced them they would thank god from ilia tile bottom of their hearts that they are permitted to haye have a name and a place among among tile tiie people of 01 god 0 ad in in these valleys v alle aile of the moun mountains I 1 we vve have been edmed enned engaged in publishing a paper which is gene genc generally knowli because it has been circulated here hare about abl out an proceedings roce edings and arid acts I 1 have got very veil little to cosay ohly that I 1 have done za s well as I 1 could tila the lo 10 lord d being my helper and arid I 1 believe my ethren brethren bi here have prayed for me and that I 1 have llave been sustained n ed by the their ir prayers and faith fuith I 1 have lava not sot been in hi that place because it wa was 3 my desire to bo be there for I 1 have had a hard struggle and a good abood deal to pass through but that is common com r loll 1011 veith vs usall usail all ail and if there therb were no struggle there would be no 00 honor in a victory I 1 have conversed with some sonie of the te twelve since I 1 came home and the they all feel about the shree saree same and when I 1 have read about your affairs here ere and arid the position po atoa in which 3 6 othave have hate been bean pi placed a c ed I 1 have said 1 ay my iy brethren have baie had bad to struggle roggle et 1 is 1 one ons thing thata that 1 have noticed where efer eier ever I 1 have bave come across across a saint they disser differ very materially from others I 1 hare me with those thos in V places who have beon teen sent dat sat on missions ma to the various stations stat jorj and add missionaries mission urles uries going go huy hur off to preach in canada and other places and I 1 found wherever I 1 came in contact with rith one or olt them I 1 came in contact ath yutha a man and wherever r I 1 came pame in contact with thoe the who had not mot been be in pp ap here I 1 came came in contact with children b bab bah babeuf elf eif if you ou please hardly knowing their right h hand d from their left lefi J I 1 wean mean ia in the practical sense of the word there are pre a great many many theorist theo rials in the world i they can talk and ad splutter and m mahe male ae A e a noise moise and have a great many theories but they cannot canno re rp luce duce them to practice aie vie there is no energy vitality ty or power po we r but comel comal a contact IV ath th pur own brethren ir ethren and they are all quick full fuli of animation life ifa and err erray gy and there is a spirit rt infused into them that I 1 do not see anywhere nya nyo else this thia ia is my experience you may pick up men from any part cf ef the world you you plede and bring them to this place and what are they fit for they are ara poor miserable croaking cro dirig old grancio gr annio nal bat there ia L something hi in the at atmosphere of the pace a borne boine something t h I 1 n g in the scenery we have ba e passed through ugh there js is something I 1 g la the difficulties we have spoken about and something ething in our joys and prospects that haa hea a tendency to strengthen the mind and brace up the nerves there therm ia is something too ia in the hope that is a implanted in m the bosom that ia is different from that in the possession of other men every true man amono among 1 us feels feela he tie 1 is a saint of oi the living god and that tha t he a has an interest in the kingdom cf ct god evary every man feels that he is I a king and a priest of the tle most alost high god that he ia is a savior and he h stands forth and acts with energy and pow power er with influence fluence a and he fie is full of the spirit of the lord hence the b between tween iween them and others and hence the necessity of oi the experience ws we are passing through the th various trials we have haae ha ve to combat with and the difficulties we have to overcome all these things beem seem to me to be so many lessons lesona l esona which it 19 absolutely necessary nece beary seary for the young the middle aged and the aged to learn to prepare prepa re them tham chmand and their posterity for more active scenes iu in the tha rolling forth of the great work of god go 14 the ibe last days 7 consequently if we have to pass through a few trials a few difficulties a few and end to meet meat with a few privations they hava hav a tendency to purify the metal ru t ll 11 it from the drosa ald alq and aid prepare it for the plasters t e rs use so far as I 1 am concerned 1 I say bay let every thin come as god has hag ordained it I 1 do not desire trials I 1 do not dot desire affliction I 1 would ifould pray god to bleave leave me no nob in temptation and diver deoliver dei dej liver ilver me from evil for thine is the kingdom the power r and the glory but it if the earthquake bellows the flash the thle thunders roll and the powers of darkness are let loose and the spirit of evil isi permitted to rae rage and arid an evil influence ia is brought to bear on the saints sainta and my life with theirs is 19 put to the test let it comedor come for tor we are the saints sainta of the most hi high h god and all is well all ia is peace all is right and adill a dill will be both hoth in time and in eternity but I 1 do not sot want trials I 1 do vot not want wast to put a straw in anybody way and if I 1 know my own feelings A do not want to hurt anya any man n under the hea bea heavens ens nor injure the hair of any persons head bead I 1 would jike like to do every man good these ibee ibe e are the feelings the spirit which the gospel hab has irn plante jn in my ray bosom bogom bog bos omand and that the spirit of god Jm implants plants in the bosoms of my cay brethren and ana if if men will weil pursue an im ira proper course the evil of course must aust be on their own heads I 1 med used to think if I 1 were the lord Iv I 1 would rould not suffer su ller people to be tried as they are but I 1 have c changed hanged my mind on that subject now I 1 think I 1 would if I 1 were ware the lord because it purges s out the meanness and corruption that stick around the saints like flies around molasses we haye have met on the road a great many apos I 1 do ao not want to say bay much about them if they akey can be happy all right but they do not dot exhibit xhi bit it when men a man deserts from the gospel from frona the ordinances from frona the priesthood and ta 3 authority from the revelations of the spirit of god from the spirit of prophecy from that thai calm influence that broods over the upright dpn man in all his acts he loses the blessing of god back into error and as the script scripture tire says the evil spirit that went adof out of him returns again bringing bri gin gln r with him seven spirits more moro wicked than himself lui ini elf eif and the last list state of th that at man inan is orsey orsay ithan than the first it heak fiak hab has bacome become proverbial where where apostate mormons cormons live to say 1 ca ohe ho is only an apostate Bl mormon ormon 2 they lo 10 look ot gon upon themas them as ten fen times meaner than a mormon 1 J I 1 happened to go into a barbers shop one day to get jet s shaved havea A man came in and when he went out again the inquiry was made who is that man ihian 0 he is only an apo ado apostate mormon I 1 their mouths ara are full of curb cura cursing curbing 1 ing and you will find them chewing tobacco and etting getting runk drunk thinking that by so doing they will recommend coni coul mend themselves to the people but t they h ey have not learned the art very well they cant swear and degrade themselves so natura Vatura naturally lly liy as others and the people find themous the mout and repudiate them YOU thab that aona dent know enow him have beard of thomas BM B arsh atho wad was formerly the president of the twelve ARost apostles les ies but who apos some years ago in missouri he is on his way here a poor decrepit decre pid broken down old man he has had a paralytic stroke one of his arms hangs down he is is coming out here as an object of charity destitute without wife e child or anything else he has been an a apostate B tate bate so some 18 yearb years e are most of you know 1 a 1 h iry rry ahe la has haa 3 been all the time since then afraid faff of his life afraid the cormons mormons Mor mons would kill him and lie he |