Show r by pres preg II 11 4 C kimball mm aba 11 tabernacle sunday morning nov KOV 22 A 1 report reported report 1 BY G D WATT 1 1 I 1 can bayjor that that is a beautiful hymn which br durbor lia ha just surg deseret I deseret dedicated to Gover governor non por young by phelps and what has been said today to day by brg bra alber albert carrington and arid geo go D grant is good and thell their ivons as far as I 1 have heard are salvation alo to all ali a wilo hear and arid practice because they aroi arol arentrue true you yon all the time lime hear me talking about truth lruth truth is ii light and arid light is life ir if these principles gre ere cultivated by us wih aih vi h our families what is there to hinder us from walking into the pres erce of god gidor or into the presence of those who stand stans us alid and him hiro I 1 do not riot believe beleve that we cau can emerge right into the presence of god altho we maysee may s see e him not fiot in the tile flesh but we can mi in a the if he touches the eyes of our understanding fader standing but we cannot see hrdi with these b bodies ocle ocie s of flesh joseph always told us we would hiie hive h lve tie to hasby lasby sentinels that are placed between us and an d our fattier father and god then theu of course cours courselle elwe we aie conducted aiona alona from this probation to other probations or from ones to another bj by tho thoe e who conducted those di I 1 if it we are ass as Quie some are guilty of doing doia doin wrong wron ad up dupard and add araci in rig principles p that lead to death beatt we cannot attain to principles of it is for me to do rig right it and arid to do as I 1 am toll toli still when br bingham tells tella me to do a thing I 1 may mav have that in me that would equivocate bud say will not dot such and uch auch a thing thin do berteil jei bel tel tei I 1 know hu w is interrupted in in that way alay continually suppo supposing ing I 1 say yea yes y es thatis true artie wll wil whan n he be speaks arld and every inan man lal lai binl in israel rael says the bame same me what has tile tiie ilevia loddo with us then As br br glain say the devil can clan ao dono no mora more 1 than stand and nn at us for a man 4 it cotry to fru frustrate itrato his ii is purposes 1 I poses is ophy babit is the devil ovil in our imp ile he says me timm enemies an our bolders borders can not come came cornein in here hers abd alid lay aay 1 y the same i 1 1 works pro faith falth and falth faith with habis is d dead ead da do not riot tell me about your hiir faith w have not apai apal t cie cle of wor it il it hall bait Is all ail ot no 10 account lit our works must bt be good 5 1 tile tiley tiler maust be confined to truth and the tilo ki knowledge n 0 leda of god and how can you yoa get that t knowledge io v gool works such doctrine as thesis according to the words which god has ha given to 14 sei rei andelt and arid uio nio herni derilA i when the tile spoke joseph i it was uhe ube ward ot of the lad to my servant 0 tp son ati ani I 1 0 tp 1 my eer ser sarvari servant vali vari W IV phelps or tomy se vant oliver I vers verk gd 9 canddo and do thus alid aid ald to and ou on shall kved used see my gawf glory 1 if they do not dot go they do do not riot sed see se his guiry non obtain li his c it favor do they Beci deci Be caus ush thi the word of got god V t you vou oil oti wiltsee 1 I ts e glory and happi happl neg Reg angels fiol nor pise plse except the angels it f your works do not respond correspond coi col with at aid d with what you are ate told to do no man will ever enjoy the pres presence rice of angels prophets apostle patriarch jesus and und anatha the jaller Yali jali gr and the who have haie passed beyond the vail vall that does not li live ve up to these pi it is 18 well enough fur me lie lo 10 throw ont out what light and knowledge I 1 have upon any uny matterand mattern und dud nd br b baham BA ham ic camj an judge ude uda as to its correctness or incorrectness but it is not for me to equivocate equivocal when lie has given the word ot ol decision that is the course coarse I 1 have tried to learn and lii li if I 1 am not right in this matter I 1 stand here ready tobe lobe 0 be col coi erected bv any person who v he knows better jf we I 1 all were to take that c course ourse our enemies never no uever lever would have power over us it t is the head that golems the body the asame game aa a the helma helm heima A des the die ship and if the captain does not manage tl tiie elela hielm in person lie pus puts a man there here that will iun run the course that he 14 dictates says gays lie he it is blowing a beav heavy cgale gale gaie make ke calculations to steer 0 to o such a point 0 of f llie lisa cimra coin corn ras pas that you may have q little leeway lee way 5 1 the captain cartain of the ibe e ship does liot riot not jake the helm heim buthe but be he directs the he one who wha has hold of the helm heim dig the couite to icer steer I 1 24 and verily terlly ve 1 I say fay unto you uie vie re st of rsm my sen ants go ya ef orth forth as permit in 1 our ui ita end and notable cities cilles and villages reproving the world in righteousness of all their unrighteous and ungodly deed deeds setting forth clari ciari clearly ly and the deb det desolation lation of abomination in the tile last days for with wilh you ou saith lord almighty I 1 will bill rend their kingdoms I 1 will not only shake shae the earth but hut the stany heavens shall tremble for I 1 the tiie lord have put forth my hand band to to exert the tho lle ile lie powers of heaven ye cannot see it now yet et a little while and ye e shall see it and know that I 1 arn am and aud that I 1 will come and reign with my people I 1 am apha alpha and ard omega the ilia beginning and aud the end ameri amen doc doc doe and cov sec iv with urith you yon mine eders Elders my servant I 1 will rend the of tins this world and with you boil I 1 will provide for my saints in the last dap day that may bp be a new idea to many thany of you Is lie golna going to take tha iha world and by them provide fr f ir ins ilia saints stilts no but ha lie will take tahe his elders tile tiie righteous have llave got to provide for r the tiie right polls polis in uie nie balter das days as joseph in E egypt pro vied for hn fathers fd house and those that bellev m a oil on hun bun like a wood good hillier providing for a good iday imay away lor for good wives and good children when vile hI I 1 have provided for my wives and arid children that thit li i my briness bu buiz iness is is it not altho aitho I 1 dictate them to do the tile work I 1 bring tim this u up p as a comparison S tys tile the 11 L vi rl that is is my business when you have all ail 11 things according accor jint dint to my word you yon need not further trouble yourselves ives now ydill tiie tile le elders of thia chili chill chuich chulch ch have been forth ard ech exhorted el invited an and d persuaded the corll to embrace th the gopel go pel I 1 have traveled myself hundreds hund of thousands of miles and otters have traveled more than thau I 1 have and paid some of you haye haxe hae hat not traveled any guiv native ia land nato to this avillo which 6 js is but blat a jounney journey we are now a thousand miles away from our enemies in tile the united states and the president of the united stat stites e g is aver over three thousand thou sand from us and at the tile fame time lie he has ims his myrmidons in y ridi dons over the hie mountains there what writt are they sent here for forg to destroy us to kill hill youn your leaders to kill the ets I 1 ApoS apostles lles sies and patriarch with every mau und and woman w dimart that will sustain those men I 1 hava have seen tile the day when wilen it was as much as our ilves lives were worth to sustain joseph smith the apostates were eo so illek liick thick around us and persecution se was S great tile the day ws was when herl hell br baham bi i ham was tile the only apostle on the earth with the exception of joseph and sidney and hyrum that could say to br heber go and you ou shall be blessed I 1 am reckoning br hyde with kis ils for lie went with me on thit mission to england in connection conne clion with br joseph br hyrum and br sidney br brie Brig Bri sharn harn said go lao br 11 liber hber ber and in in tiie lne name of or israels il aels god you shall be blessed and it shall prove the salvation sah sab allon alion of thousands J ablit toil toll one of theT velv came to me a and nd said sala if xou you are such suet a dalhed fool as to lilli diseri to joseph I 1 9 th the alien fallen prophet and anti go to england under these perilous circumstances if I 1 knew you were shipwrecked on van biemans Di emans land laud I 1 would not assist you yon to get you from that land k 0 I 1 will t peak speak to lyman johnsons John sons sous credit I 1 will give every man credit for I 1 the lie good he does lynian lyman johnson Johi jobi ison lson steps lip up and says sas br heber lieber I 1 do not foel so I 1 am sorry you yon are going and consider you vou ire are foolish but if you are determined to go I 1 will vill hell hep you all that is in my powei and I 1 B e took from 1114 hi shoulders a good nice camlet cloa cloaking kind put it on ta 6 mil mii e and that thai was the first oak I 1 eyen eyer had this was wag in the morth of june 1837 t vica V I 1 cp he shala be bla blo bused ased for that lavz I 1 was then lest iest itu te 6 w V tile tiie comforts of life and hat cloak I 1 wore three times acro acres s the sea and parley parlay P pratt wore it lour loun times and in all it crossed the sea seven times it teemed as though it would nv r wear but r I 1 th cl r circumstances t a nees were ere the most trying cir clr c hat everl everi wag brought fato joseph had tc toffee flee from th thal ihal a land laud tosa toba e his body from bei bel being sid sih sli slain lii ili and so had hr inrig ham an and every other oani maen mien who vilo would Prop prophet liet ilet the apos tacy wasso was so great and they ee most hellish in their I 1 wen tana tuna land tann performed the tiie mission according to the words of the prophet of tile the living god and was gone elevell months and two days from kirt and land l being on that land eight erht conlis and two baysin days m which time there were about two thousand souls added to the church and kingdom of god with wath thell theli elp of elder willard richards orson orison hyde and joseph Fieldi fielding um when wren I 1 carbe came back from england there were buta but a few defrin left in kirtland there was one little society ormen that 1 pretended ret ended to take the lead and oversight of the tile people and they were guided bya by a peep stone god had blessed and prospered me exceedingly exceeding and ind the words work of joseph hyrum sidney a ans brigham were all fulfilled to the letter which you on all know I 1 was wa poor and weak and did not kalv but a little in regard to this work in the latter days my know ledge was in proportion to my experience peri perl eri erl ermence ence at the same time I 1 knew enoich by the he help heip af pf of the holy ghost to confound the wise and to brine bring to nought the foolish things of this world god has taken just such weak lustra intents as myself to brit g to pass mis his great ses es antzou and you need not find fault with them if you do you yon you find fault with god who sent them edwi will fel tel lyou iou jou you what I 1 am going to do I 1 have heard my leader loader express him bim himself seif and I 1 f rm fm m going to do as ilear hear like him as possible I 1 lam iam ali all going todo what is right whether jou on like it or not for I 1 would rather have the favor of my leader and joeal joseph and peter and andI andr desus lesus esus et etc ethan than of all ole the world besides I 1 a am going to flour up my wheat put ut it into boxes and cache it right straight whether you do it or not now you need not goto br brigham and ask him where he is going to put his hh nor where I 1 am going to put mine for wb e shall not tell you there thera are ane tens of thousands in tb thee se valleys th atwould id not hot touch or meddle with thoe thires thirL rs if ai they knew where they were and then again are ate others that would there is now DOW and hen then af an individual that is dishonest di honest they made a i stealing in ili the old and new TJ where they came carne from and nd they tiley think it is no harm arm if they thes go to for aman a man and do a 1 jobb joba on n hh hii house hoase lie he hasl has gifty fifty nails nalls 0 or r se screws raw s an dhere are re twenty left awill put them into his pocket and taka them home hume hu me and algid kneel down and thank shaik the tiie lord that lie he has got a few nails or screws and think it is the tile providence of god that has thrown 1 hem them in his way and that there was a few left such practices bling ng evil and destruction de it upon on us I 1 wag was telling you what I 1 should do that I 1 should flour my iny wheat and cache it I 1 shall lay idy it by iti ill the tile wheat but I 1 shall flour it chiefly for if it comes a tine time I 1 ishall shall cache some portions of my mill and 1 then I 1 shall not have a mill to grind any I 1 will have it made into flour flur aad and put it where it will keep seven years and I 1 am arn also ulso goin goiner to cultivate the earth more thoroughly and efficiently this tins present year to come than I 1 ever did in my life ilfe and so s 0 will every 0 her liar mail man that does right I 1 told you I 1 am going to do eo as br bri bonnam branam ham did those who wha think it is not dot good philosophy try the tile opposite you wil will I 1 never gk get me to contend against him while I 1 have my senses I 1 will cultivate my trees my apple trees and plum trees treas and st set out olit currant and rose bu bushes hushes siles though I 1 would rather put in a plum tree or some kir kil kind of tree that will yield something for the sustenance of tile the body I 1 will also repair and rei rel re i edair repair and take gare are of what I 1 have got I 1 mean to take my sons from the oldest to those who are old od enough and I 1 will qualify them to cultivate tie the the soil and willoit wili will fit them out and put them into t the mountains to watch for and if necessary to fight forthe tai interests of the ilia house of israel from this his day forth until tile the lord god almighty upsets their kingdoms I 1 never will vill put them to the plow again when they are requited to stand against our fops i says 1 I boy boys take tabes that team and plow and that hoe and put m the grain to 0 o provide for you while you are ate there 1 and then if they come home relieved by theirl the manager they can help to harvest it and take care carp of it I 1 will support my sons in the mount mountains dins ains to sustain and in the vineyard while I 1 live if it is necessary as fast as they come to maturity cr or to culli vathia the earth ac so as to know and understand all branches of business and be qualified quai fied ti tj teach their children all ali and so will eiery every other good man kanand and woman who live their religion for bays says the lord with you mine edels edais I 1 will rend their kingdom with you I 1 will provide for my saints in the tho he last days we lve have invited incited the nations to receive the truth but they will not nor let us go to them and now god is going to compel them to come in by fam famine ine lne war and every kind of desolation and they will come faster than we can P provide for them then let us awake and not lay la y down and sleep and go home and act as though we had not heard any anything thin I 1 am telling what I 1 am going to do I 1 have heard our leader talk so then I 1 will do as he 8 say bay aasi r f would not give a dime for a man that would 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