Show REMARKS RIM eim by president daniel spencer tabernacle sunday mornin Mor mon oct lly liy 11 ISS 1851 REPORTED BY LY J Z V LOG LONG I 1 arise adise arise to bear my testimony to the truth of what B elder lder ider lyman has said this morning 11 I 1 feel that it has been good to listen to him the principles of which lie has spoken aro are the foundation of our and unless we build upon what lie has been speaking of we may seek to all eternity and not obtain happiness all ail truth comes from god and be makes it I 1 known through hig his hi c servants erva lits and this is almost invariably in advance edvance of 0 our knowledge in the a commencement of our connection with the church in our baptism we were told that we should receive the gifts and blessings of the gospel gospel if faithful faith falth ful fal we did not dot receive positive proof poof of it but as we advanced we reaia realized sd through audience the truth of what was promised us er jur amasa has instructed us lis to ba be faithful to have confidence in god and that in his own way h lie lle a wi will I 1 I 1 benefit us and establish peace if we love god all thin things 9 s will work together fo for r our good it if we love god we love the truth for all truth 19 1 is 9 from god we have got to have this confidence in the lord and show that we love all truth and if our faith is established upon that and upon the principle upon which he lie reveals it to us t then eil ell we know that all things will be overruled for our good our faith and our happiness as we have been told today to day now we have knowledge that it is best host for us to labor and obtain clothing to keep ourselves warm from the winter we have been taught this by our parents we know that it is best to live by industry the indians do riot not know this at least but very few of them do and none of them knew it when we first came here they did not understand that it was best to labor to M make ake themselves comfortable but now they are learning that they are beginning to learn that it is best to make sime little sacrifice to get clothing and food and they are improving in this day by day now the gentiles have a knowledge that it is best to labor for clothing for food and to make preparation for winter and so on but when we speak peak of the knowledge of god and that it is best to do this or blat because the whisperings of the spirit say so and so when it comes to the servants of god and the things of his hing king kingdom dom the gentiles do not know as much as the indians do hence they act in accordance with their views and knowledge and hence they are deprived i ved 0 of f many any blessings 11 we have derived many blessing from rend rendering er obedience to those things that were taught us when we first came into the the church and those who do not learn these things do not have our experience well now as elder lyman has remarked if we love the truth betten letter than error and have llave confidence in tile the lord that he has established his kingdom and that he will reveal his will we are happy and we shall abide in the truth truthy precisely as he has told us if we have that love for the truth we will discard all evil from our families we will discard strife and every inal inai malignant ignant feeling t that lint is contrary to truth god has not recommended any mode of procedure that will produce discord nor unpleasantness in our homes hence we had better leave off that which will offend god A mail man that harbors a malignant unruly spirit does not love the truth and these are the things which cause men to apostatize they say sy 1 I will have a little gratification fi upon a principle that I 1 know is wrong 11 1 well this is the ilia foundation of apostasy apo stacy it is the method by which people sacrifice that which would bring continual peace they the apostatize by sacrificing that which they know enow to be right not that which they do not know krow but that which ish ich they do know and that which they know is 13 fluth then tilen the spirit of tile the lord withdraws from them and they have no relish for the truth because they have despised and put away his counsel they have not respected his coutis counsels els eis I 1 mention these little things because they come under our observation everyday eve every day das counsel from our bishops tea teachers eilers and presidents illis is the method through which we receive counsel and we must respect the counsel that comes from all these authorities if we respect god and his servants alif allf s lie he will respect us but if w we 8 do do not respect him he will not respect us because we wo have no respect for the truth nor for god but if we have a respect for god and love his teachings and his servants then we will love the truth our minds are open because we are earch ine inz for truth we love it and cherish it it r is visible in ili our transactions in life well then than it is our meet and our drink it is our food constantly s st and we feel fael to do everything to benefit mankind to make people happy 1 have been very much interested myself and I 1 know that the tho remarks made today to day by elder lyman are just what we want whatever we have hala passed through and whatever we may in in future pass through wo we shall say if we endure to the end that we know god has bas overruled ail all things for our good we know now that all will bs be for our good and we are made happy ili in the enjoyment of the knowledge I 1 that god will overrule everything for our profit and good and upon no other principle will it be happ bapp happiness iness iress to us it is not to be presumed that we vie are going to be happy and possess a fullness of knowledge at once but events will be continually and ally developed that will show us that god will bring to pass nothing but what will be for our goo good and ind for our happiness my prayer is that we may have power with god that we may have confidence that god will do bil nil for our good and let us know enow that ile he accepts of our actions and let us be ready to todo do whatever is required of us nothing not liing 0 doub doubting tinb and pad I 1 know that peace will be the resu result tt I 1 want to make a few observations in relar relation loik lOrk to 0 o the handling of our guns there have been three individuals killed through carelessness almost every day I 1 hoan hoar guns fired off and oftentimes they go off in a direction not intended now be cautious and let not any accident of this kind tako taho place in tab city bo be careful you discharge your guns for our lives are precious many have lave now beba called to handlo hando 9 guns uns that never hava been used lo 10 it let L uch euch put on a double guard over themselves and know that they must not use firearms fire arras arms carelessly the tta I 1 late ate news from the army is favorable I 1 as it has hitherto been I 1 presume that it is r well gli gil understood dei der stood therefore I 1 will not repeat it let us live so ss to continually acure p acure the favor of god and I 1 know that r wa a will have constant constan t peace and joy this 1 is iny prayer iu in the name came of jesus jasus amen 03 athe the love of society is natural but the choice of our cur company ia is a matter of virtue and pru prudence deuce |