Show RE REMARKS by bishop dishop L V D young youns bowery sunday af afternoon ter august 16 16 1637 37 BY J T V log LONG it is with peculiar feelings brethren and sisters sisters that I 1 arise to speak a few moments and I 1 have as good a I 1 light ight to apologize for standing landing before you yoel as any other olber man but I 1 have no apologies to make for the simple reason that I 1 am glad of an opportunity to express in in public a f few ew of my feelings I 1 I 1 have riot not been beebi with the people called latter day saints as long iong as some of my brethren but blit I 1 have been with this people twenty five years and I 1 have observed closely their meander i their toils and their labors I 1 have seen them in prosperity but it remained only for a short time and I 1 have seen them in in adversity suffering from nakedness rak edness and hunger and last of alaj all ail I 1 have seen them in these peaceful valleys with none to barm them nor make them afraid the theten ten years past have been a sab sob attic baltic year to 10 the he church of jesus christ cf latter day saints a jubilee a time of rest fl f I 1 vill will not go into the detail of all the tile scenes that the latter day saints have passed through klace since the organization of this church on 01 the ath of april 1830 which most of y you it are acquainted with either by experience or by reading the his i tory of filis ibis people suffice it to say as a people we b have ave had more peace during our sojourn in these mountains and we have enjoyed ourselves better than ever we did before I 1 believe for one that I 1 have in in some degree appreciated this th is day of rest which I 1 have enjoyed with you for I 1 have felt in my spirit that it was a blessing to be liere here and I 1 believe that all the saints of god have felt tius tins to a certain extent the lord showed this place unto his servants lbs ibs first presidency of this church and the few pioneers 0 who accompanied them and from that ta day t to t the e present I 1 have involuntarily felt like shy shouting glory lory hallelujah yes I 1 have felt this ibis a and n I 1 feel it now ow Is this b because echaus se I 1 am no w than I 1 was fifteen or twenty years ago no it is beca because iise lise with you I 1 have prayed hundreds of times that we might enjoin enjoy the freedom of the sons of god and I 1 call can now behold the tha faint glimmerings glimme rings af 0 t the dawn of that day when the saints will be free to serve sarv e their god and go forth untrammeled in the accomplishment of ills his purpose pome pose es in the building up of his kingdom and in in the establishment of righteousness in in the earth Have havene not great reat cause for rejoicing in the pros pacts before u it if belove we love iove truth more than error virtue more than vice honor and integrity more than baseness and depredation degre dation then surely our ur hearts will be glad and our souls will rejoice in ill the god of our salvation saha tion that we live and are engaged in in a work which will result in tle the final extinction of wickedness and abomination from the earth within the last twelve months I 1 have seen this people peppie become more humble bumble and prayerful and I 1 have llave seen 1 them renew their covenants I 1 have sen seen them make restoration and restitution and give the pledge of their sincerity and aud I 1 in integrity t arity and I 1 have seen the spirit of the lort rd p poured ar d out 0 t upon them this also gives wives gives me exceeding jov joy it affords me comfort and sweet consolation do I 1 see this good spirit continue to manifest itself among amon the people yes I 1 do we have evlie men to to stand at the head to 0 o lead and amideus gu au ideus the lord god goi of abraham by the revelation of his holy spirit guides the ship in which we sail gis Is this true says one yes it is does the t lord acknowledge us ils as his people yes I 1 he loes joes how iong long ion lon will be continue to doso boso do so ju just t so ion lon lone long as we continue to be his f faithful aitho ua children just so iong long aa as we continue to fulfil fulfill our oln covenants with the lord our god and to one another should any man cherish the spirit of or war and the spirit of revenge in in his bosom and feel that he wants to go out and fight and tear down every thing before him the man who feels eela this does not feel as I 1 do no my feelings and the feelings slings fe of the people of god should always be calm not irritable our nerves should not be so unstrung at any an y time as sidney Rigdon Rig dons 3 were when he picked up his spy spyglass glass to look at general clarks army and could not hold the glass still enough to see anything we must quiet our nerves and always be cool and deliberate Is there safety for us unless we frust in the lord no there is no other refuge he is our oni only odly y A shield and protector the lord the battes battles of his people in ancient times and he e can do it again Is it the people in the territory of ulah that our enemies are arc and have been contending wit with no they are contending against the ard of hosts against the be kingdom of god the priesthood of the most high Is it the united states alone that are arrayed against the kingdom of n god u and nd bis llis priesthood no but it is the whole empire i of Sa satans fatatis kingdom even the who whole e world worl id we do not go into the united states slates alone to preach pre ch the gospel dut out we go everywhere upon the face of the whole earth to every continent and island to every nation and the confusion and wickedness of which we ive speak are rot in the united states only b but bat tit they are in in every place on the earth excepting this thi s which is zion so far as we are the pure in hearl heart we have not to go particularly to 0 o one place or nation to find opposition and the spirit to persecute and destroy this people it is in every place for this kingdom has to contend with the power powers of earth and hell bell Is the lord able to bring aisi cause to a successful issue ile he is most as su I 1 tell teil you brethren and sisters and I 1 want to impress it on your minds the stay and the staff of israel are in the holy priesthood that is vested in the first presidency and in the body of the people we are not to trust in the arli arii of flesh but we are arc to trust trusi on the strength th of israels god and live eo so that our conduct will warrant UP us a confidential application to him in the hour of danger can we trust in ili the man whom god ims ordained ardad and appointed hinted to lead his people yes we can trust in him i M as gods agent and re representative whom we may know klow his w wilt lif lii concerning us and by f faithfully aith alth fully following his instruction instructions 4 lie will lead u us in the way vay of everlasting life if we do this tho thol we may suffer the loss of all that repossess we possess on the earth and even lay down our mortal bodies for tor the gospels sake god will reward us in this world an hundred old fold f and in that which is to come ile he will crown us with eternal lives ilves brethren let us individually yea let every man and woman every bishop every elder every high priest every deacon and every meni men mer bar in the thi church of jesus christ stand firm for the cause of god in their place and st station let every man who has a family preside over that family as a man of god and if he has no more to preside over than old henry sherwood had bad when C captain tain clark asked him who he presided over ant and he be answered that he be presided over himself and his wife let iet him do it in love iove and mercy and ri righteousness before god 14 I 1 was in kirtland I 1 was in far west and in davis county and my feelings fee lings are aregust just the same today to day as they thay h were when br hyrum smith announced th that at br n joseph was in bonds and that we wo were all prisoners pr i boners and required requited to give up our arms I 1 said that I 1 would rather die a free man than submit to such tyranny I 1 am a valiant man you know when I 1 am a long way from danger m may god bless us and bless all israel i in n the tops of the mountains and everywhere every where else and make them our fi friends sends is my prayer in the name of jesus chrish christ amen amperes informant that a servant might ha be sent to find the other dog who made no difficulty in performing his task he was taken out after a while and h his is refractory partner put ili in who began now that his sense of justice wa wag 9 satisfied to work with thorough gli good will like a squirrel in a cage A similar anecdote was as related by M de liancourt Lian court to the tho great arnauld who with other port royalists had adopted tile tiie theory of descartes that dogs were automatons and machines and who on the strength oe of this conviction dissected the poor creatures to observe the circulation of the blood bloody and anti denied that they felt 1 I I have two dos dogs 1 said sald the rem remonstrator 0 n against t this cruelty cru alty iceo who turn the spit on alternate days one of them hid hii himself and his partner was about to be put ili in to turn iu in his place ho hu barked and cagl wagged red his tail tall as a it sign to the cook to follow him went to the tha garret pulled out the truant and worried him are these thesa your machines tile tiie great arnauld mighty in controversy tro versy and redoubtable in logic gust oust must have had a latent consciousness that the turnspit had re fated him |