| Show I 1 1 1 REMARKS by ay iy president Briglia Brig liam nit nil young bowery aun aug august angust g 30 1 REPORTED EY J T Y log ilg r can truly say that I 1 am happy for the f lege of meeting with lith the saints when I 1 am alone and look by the vision of the spirit upon this people my heart says within me god biess blesa the people god bless the people and ana I 1 bless you so in the name of the lord jesus gesus jesus I 1 feel to bless the people continually from day to day their interest is 13 my interest their welfare is my welfare their hope ismine is mine we are of one faith and to see the people draw ing in near unto tint 0 the lord and becoming more of one heart and of one mind wind is the most cheering thou thought allt alit and reflection that can pass upon my mim mid mind there is nothing hise bise lse ise that compares with it As for the riches of file tiie ha world or the good things of the tire world as for gold or silver houses and lands they are nothing in comparison to the purit purity of the faith of I 1 the he people this this people are increasing in their faith they are increasing in in their good works and arid they are really becoming the saints of the most high any person possessing the spirit of the holy gospel and who has been acquainted with this peo pie d daring darlng rig years Y rs that are past can readily discover that they are merging to the period when they will become the disciples of the lord jesus perhaps we we think that we are perfectly so now but it is not the case we are engaged in a preparatory para tory fory work lebell when the gospel came to us it found us in ii n the depths of ignorance it found us in darkness it found us possessed of all the prejudices feelings and views that now dow exist in the world there is no man there is no woman but what was more or less clothed 1 upon with the traditions of their fathers fat heis beis ther there e cannot a person be found at the present day one who has arrived at the years to 0 to o think to act and to judge for himself but what is is more or less clothed and enveloped in the traditions of their fathers on the other hand there is no DO person possessing the spirit of revelation but what can very readily discern that the he ways of the lord are not ilke like lilke the ways of man and that the children ot of men have gone pone ont out of the tha way take all ail nations all people by communities by societies by families and by individuals take the whole mass of the inhabitants of the earth and they have each taken to their own way as any person possessing se sing the spirit of revelation can discern to be the he case in ther the whole world at the same time niley alley imagine that they are right that they have light that they have intelligence that they are possessed of true knowledge pertaining to god goa and the things of eternity take the inhabitants of japan islaias situated between here and china and if it you a are re acquainted with the people with their feelings and true sentiments you know that they actually believe that they are the only people thai that are enlighten ed and that all the rest of mankind are heathen go to china which is caled by its inhabitants the celestial emp empire i re because of their supposed posed purity and arid they actually believe that they are the only nation under tinder heaven lle lie ven that has the true knowledge of eternity turn to the nations on he be eastern and western continents take enlightened christendom as a whole and they believe that they are the only people who have the tha knowledge 0 of god tt rt is true that they far exceed all other nations in man mab mady many of the arts and sciences and they also believe that they are the only kly 0 people who understand the true religion of heaven they are sending their missionaries to the east and to the west to the north and arid to the south and they are penetrating every nook arid and corner to enlighten what they call the heathen nations Is not that the case that arises from the traditions of their fathers which are handed down to the childen children child en and they are enveloped in them when we look at this people could we expect them to become prepared prepa reI rel to be the disciples of f the loid lord jesus in one in five in lit ten teri in twenty or in thirty years 1 no to and it will wil I 1 be just list as much as its we can car do to be worthy to be I 1 the e brothers and sisters of our lord and savior jesus christ when hen ho he makes his appearance let us strive with al our might inight be as watchful as it is possible for us to be apply ourselves by faith alid and diligence to the kee keeping pini pinT of his hh comment commandments and continue so doing until jesus jestis sets his feet upon this continent ald add and aud we will then find that we are only just prepared to receive him this tin s is the preparatory work and it will prepare the people if they will live for it how can we live our belh religion on excel except w we do as we are told I 1 will reverse reversa t the ie question and arid eu quire how can this t do as a 3 they the are told except bey hey they live their religion th they ey cannot every family every neighborhood 14 taught to glorify god they are instructed from day to day dal da they are taught the dav of life and salvation they are counseled contin continually to seek unto the file lord their god to obtain the filth faith of the tire ancients to fd obtain ilie the light of the heavens to walk in the tile light of his ilia countenance day by day but how ca cal cai i you do these things except you do as you are told you cannot neither can you live your jour your religion except you do to as you are told for the people are taught to live their rel gion they are taught to case from every evil thought and every evil action to cease having a murmuring spirit to cease cea having a doubtful feeling and they are taught to cease leing being neglectful in regard to aily ally y known duty we are taught to double our diliz diligence ence where we have been slack to seek unto the lord day by day that we may have the light of his hia countenance upon us br heber has been prophecy prophesying ing you know that him film my prophet and arid lie be prophecies for me arid and now I 1 prophecy that if this his people will live their religion the god of heaven will fight their battles bill bling them off victorious ictor ious over all their enemies enemies and live give jive to them the kingdom that is my prophecy I 1 said aan amen en to all that br heber for it iq i towy true and lie he may say amen amea to all that I 1 prophecy for it is also true I 1 have haver no fears tears in regard to the kingdom of god upon the earth but I 1 have fears lest this people be not prepa ed to receive glory immortality and arid eternal lives when thole those tre t re presented to them this is all the fear that I 1 have that we will not walk up to our privileges and be prepared for them I 1 thank my father in heaven yes my soul says glory hallelujah praise lia lla tiie flip nam name of israels god for the blessings I 1 enjoy at the present time one year ago this very day and previous to that time lime my soul was pained within me no tongue could tell it could not be portrayed before ahe the people the feelings that I 1 had bad I 1 could not tell them and I 1 did not know but that if I 1 should come out in the presence of the people and try to speak my feelings they would call me crazy however I 1 tried to make the people underhand under sand my feelings but no tongue could tell them and I 1 actually believe that hat I 1 would have lived but a little littie time iu in this existence had not god waked waited up the people I 1 wanted van ted fed to take up my valise and go throughout the ten teri llory crying is there a man in this territory for god if you want to know how I 1 felt I 1 cannot tell fell you better than by b y describing I 1 my feelings in the way that I 1 tam am now doing onedas one day I 1 told a number of the he brethren how bow I 1 felt as well as I 1 could and br jedediah da M grant partook of the spirit that was in me and walked out like a man like a giant and like an angel and he scattered the fire of the almighty among the people but put what was the result so far as he was concerned he went beyond his strength and it cost him his life there is now scarcely a man but wants to do as god would have him do among those who claim to be latter day saints except those four tour or five that br heber speaks of hence we hold bold a very large majority a bior 1 ty of that class of inen men and women who de desire s to do precisely as god would have them and my heart says god bless the people ale god bless you brethren and sisters I 1 bless you all the time you ar are near n ear my heart beart and it is all my business to look after the welfare of the saints remember that it will be just as much as you and I 1 can do to prepare to meet the savior when he comes no matter wather whether we previously go into the grave or not there has been a great deal said in the lower world about this little handful ul of people forvour for tor vou terr teri afy the whole world 1 not alone in the he united states but gut in england in france in italy iu in germany and in every state upon the eastern continent the th e people are looking to see what will be the result of the plesent present movements of our govern Govero ment nent towards this people they are looking at the gospel we preach the course that we take the influence we are gaining gaming and anil the numbers we are gathering ga therin to us its and they look al at the subject not only in a religious point of view but also in a national capacity br heber said to you if the time has come designed by the lord almighty for the thread to be cut between this people and the ies les residue idue of the world then the lord will stiffen suffer our enemies to clip the thread thready and I 1 ara with him in ia thae that senti ment but it if the he time is not come the lord will not suffer them to come if ile he designs that framme traffic should continue between n us and them that we shall have hare the privilege of bringier brin bri nginr ein sin our birr of preaching the gospel and saving the people let me tell you that they will not come god will stop them As for myself I 1 would just aa as soon this was he file time limp as any other othen if it is the he time for the tiie thread in a national capacity lo 10 be severed let it be severed amen anen to it bit hit I 1 will tell tel you what I 1 have concluded when we talk osgold of gold of I 1 silver of riches of file jile he comforts of this world j with me it is 13 the kingdom of god or nothing with us its it must be the king kingdom dodrv dorn of god or nothing I 1 shall not go in for anything half way we V must have the kingdom of god or nothing we are not lo 10 be overthrown cannot this kingdom be overthrown no they might as well try to obliterate the sun sur and I 1 should suppose that the experience of twenty six years would have proven to the w wicked ck I 1 that it could not be overthrown but it only wakes them up to anger and ani stirs them up lip to be more diligent in their opposition to the he righteous they ad e 1 have troy ve been tn tri ing to break up this people and destroy l e iroy their theli organization ever since we became a church and every time th ey try their oppre oppression forces us into greater note they increase our numbers and strengthen us in faith and in the knowledge and power of god and how I 1 iong long anz must they live before they can call learn that such has been and invariably will wilf be lie lle tile flip result they will learn it when they get into hell and never before never till they get into file tiie he spirit world and then they will see that they have all the time been fi fighting atin against god and never till then will they learn if it you cannot teach them anything here are men who have been with us for six or seven years and if it they had arty any lood good common philosophical power they would know that ours is something different from any other authority and in the world the union and arid peace that are here are in no other place on the face of the earth nere here 11 ere are power and influence that are no where else on earth among this people there is an intelligence that is no where eise else to be found can darkness discover light no and even when it reflects itself they turn it away as a trifling and that light wilch which was in them becomes darkness and then greater is their dankness dai kness in the second instance than in the first 1 some of this people apostatize but do you think that any would apostatize from front the kindom kingdom of god if they knew that it was the kin kingdom of god no why do they apostatize a pa s t aize because through theoti gh disobedience that little light they sereyn pross possession ossion of is taken away and they are left to atieh ot belleve leh ieh eve a lie ile that they may be damned that is the r reason e ason why they go away uway I 1 s say ay to this people do as you are told and if you live liva by every righteous principle that you can learn arid and forake every evil principle and act through your whole lives as be cometh saints of the mot mort high all alt will be well can men mea live so that they can have the serene blessed calm sot soft soothing spirit of the lord always to abide abida with them yes they can and if they are tempted tem pled they can resist reis t temptation can women they can if they have temptation they can resist it and it will flee from them and ang they will gain a victory so live day by d day that your lives will be like an even spun thread let there be no lying no backbiting back biting no evil but let the whole life of every man and woman women tend to good then when they have their failings they will forgive each oth other er and will find tiie tire words words of the savior to be true that his spirit will be in ill them as a well of livius water springing up into everlasting life will they become prophets yes arid and prophetesses prophet esses let them honor their religion until unfit they pass the ordeal and they will reach the time bitne when the lord will never uever suffer them to fall there will be a time tima when the fountain of life is within them then they are prophets and prophetesses prophet esses and tell the truth all the time they walk nomore no more in darkness but in the light ana and and this is the privilege of every man and woman thank heaven that bicke rings and confenti contention ons are lessening 11 every year among this people suppose that we all most strictly streety lived our religion 6 would there be a hard word in this community there would not do you understand that never accuse a man or woman of evil until you find out the cause never judge judae by the outward appearance but judge righteous judgment and if persons who are striving to do good should happen to commit an overt act and are ready to fo restore to the uttermost then that would be the occasion of a feeling of kindness and ard af section affection towards them there is no reason for the people to do wrong but there is everything to encourage them to do d 0 ri right ht the brethren have had a good deal said to them this morning but I 1 feel to bless the people and I 1 wish you to live nearer and nearer to the lord seek unto the lord our god continually seek to possess more of his spirit throw off the power or erroneous traditions and of the evil influences that were around us in our youthful days and before we came to a knowledge of the truth learn the things of god gody and you will find that they are very different from the things of the world you will find all the plans au and schemes of the world to be so different that you would hardly suppose 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