Show DISCOURSE by elder wilford iliff tabernacle sunday afternoon jan 10 iss isze betor reported ted BY J V LONG while I 1 meet with the llie saints ili in tim tabernacle and partake of llie ilia sacrament sac Fac with them especially aspeci ally with willi such a lal lai laige go body of people as there are here in ili these liesa valleys of the mountain it leads my mv mind in a of relec ion alid and thought concerning this thia in which we tire engage a nd whether hab I 1 think of it long or short I 1 hale have lila ilia same samo feelis ga and arid come to the same con and ana I 1 say within myself it is the work of god and arid it is marvelous i i my eve esea I 1 there is a marked irence between the work of god arid and the work ot of men or the work of ef the elie deal devi va and 1 l difference is ma manliest in ili tile the establishment of the church of jesus chiist christ of L litter itter day sli sll its tiete is one characteristic connected with the work of G gd A that has lias been manifested mani ested ill in its establishment in ili these last lays days as inlall former periods and arid that is that whenever the lord has to es faMish establish his church ard erio Krig I 1 dom upon the earli earh lie he always makes usa of instrument instruments whose peculiar circumstances in ili life will naturally lead them to acknowledge the hand of or gd in all that is hanife ted unto them you have the example of all the be prophets from the days of adam adain at aid ald d as far as we have iove love any knowledge of them they were nearly near lyall elii till men I 1 of low degree and of ii umble humble birth I 1 and the tile lord has ever given them thern his iris to eni buhlen nU hlen the tho r I 1 minds and to qualify them for tile the work a signed them men dien of this character li llva liva va stepped forth and obeyed the lord in various ages of tile tiie worle and arid they have bave given him tile the credit for what hat has his been accomplished this his hta has hia been very vary ver var clearly man festad fest d ii ia our own day ti i ty years ago tilo tire day of last sar san tile the ang angel I 1 of god del hered unto tile the fiands is of I 1 joseph smith irth uba iha plates conta containing inin the ahe dhe ahe from wil wit cli ell the book of mormon was translated in which ia recorded the history lii ili story atory of the ancient inhabitants n of this country joseph smith was a man cf ef humble bumble birth alli airl ani in one sense of tile the word he was poor and arid alit lilt illiterate rate and arid to lok tok look iok I ok at things n nat nal a tu rally ralls it looked strange that the ilia lord should undertake to build up lip his church and Kingi kingdom lorn forn with stich such a feeble instrument to some soma this may cray look a very small matter but thel tha woi k was gr gro at al and here was all an honest soul and the file lord mide inide cho c cf of that soul to elve give unto him the knowe knowledge dge Oge tylo tho bli bih seii and tiie ilia glory anocia associated ted with the coming forth of the book of mormon which lay the f of the he church arld and kingdom of god dod in in these last d davs days a vs what di i I 1 that atil anel el tell fell joeph joseph smith when lie ile gi lve give ive ye uin nin urn the tile alili e viccii vision ot of hiis his nil nii id wois was opened and rind t a angel showed lii iii to him h m the condition of the tiie trallis of the ilia earth and ind said liis til lil s r cord anich I 1 now coti cati linit mi till 0 sotir tour ilind licud contains cont coot ains dins is ile lie the word of life fire th tiie llie a go gopel gospel pel pei nf of jems jeris cn t arid and the lo 10 d is is now ab abon abou it lii iii h is s K kindom egdom up tip in it the earth eurth tire tile world are ii i 11 i diran s the G gunnies miles wiles line hive departed from trin tiie the copti go pia ot of ahus clarit Cl irit they livo ilvo the lian the glory in I 1 tho the power df of the priesthood prist an hood ot or ilia son sort of G d which was wai given to and arid en eli i ed by elie tile a nations when israel was cut clit off the I 1 lie ile lord nied ed joeph jo epli eph sinith smith at thi early ake ze ihal thai it he wi ul I 1 obey his ins commandments s arld arid hearell he hea akeli akell ken tu to the lite voice loice ot tile the holy noly hol he lie would inake anni an bosti i timela t of 1 bi i ging gln gin about thi tili great tre it work th alit it tie tile tle Cli oll church in ty y bp be bronchi out ot of llie tire wittier ess esi of darkness and error and rny iny n lidin nani glor fid gid annig alu diu i g men inen tile tiie word that this acord contains shall shail ba preached to i ve vat v kiugo in lontie loutie alid ami 1 eople leople and n he ever ev r lins tins duct ritie ii ii el I 1 t our halt hail shall hall ie be imd li id in honorable remembrance adiong anit ly the virt in lions eions tile itie holy the tile i nghe agh 0 us arld and those who w I 1 0 deate de i e io 0 o do goj got goo but the elie u godly gi adly will v vy youl yoni chari ch dri er holt hol hoi 1 up ill your n naine ulie tu to i i I 1 icele and und curn corn wherever the tile aund sound of this gospel goe goes veil veti en to all it i I 1 i iris i tn tile lord also aiso told lold jos jospi pil sinith in in the cammet t or 01 ads t 13 vo wo k 00 s 01 you sou ol wll wil w 11 I 1 cee see by the tire iriel ulin dlin sio si seo co o stained in the beok book ol 01 doc doe ale n e alid and C that hr he was labit lang g the llie to of it great ail all atil aill i in glita work and kingdom which should be the kil kii giom of gui guj and it 1 biot lot i ol 01 be thrown aaen bi but it stand fo boreel reel but bulou you call can mit wit now itow c tile llie ev ex ent eitt of it tiie tile win d of ilia tile prophet was opened opel ed bv by the of re oil oll so that he lie could see and comprehend a lr gr ut at deal dedi but li it 11 ane ie dpn t of the I 1 vi vi ig i god got lh til in i is irit on oil ol 01 llie lite Ah to rest upon hin han bully to qualify hini h rhe nhe gre great gret grent nt duil dull s that were iene con lon bantly increasing upon hini hinl and tiia etta tt e same s ime spirit it i i t required by b any aily man mail in in this tins king kingdom doni donl vile her lie ie be old or young omy bwy r eli cli or poor p or to enable him to brin about tile the work of god or to tto ito g that it r of as much con coil bea eq n lenee lence nce as the elie up ui idina ldina ol 01 this king loin the rhe violiet Pi Piti piel was repeatedly repeat adly told of tile the ial lal por lance tt of tiie HIP work fil fit iii ili which winch lie was elij eni aged iid ild aid lid ua kai to obey the voice of god in ili all thing tiling alid arid theil he lie vis was told that thai all atiat had hud bt bell beli en pro nied hied ifould be fulfill fulfilled rd the 1 Prop prophet lift siw llie file callaias clil cill cadi alas aias is of darkness tila were mere bind i g in liv soils of men and arid although at that iline tune lie he ini hat not revoked the tiie p yet et the ha lord maui maul listed li fisted sted himself 0 hini filin ili iii ill lil various anous way arld and at amny m irl thries before lie wa wan ord ordained dined or before there vera vere wt r any ally baptized ino inlo lle the lie in I 1 it process of f tine li ne v z oil on the loth loeh day ot of al ty 1829 he alid arid ai d oliver cowdery received iha tha atil Atti mlle mile priesthood aid did ald according acco iding ing to comin they baptized ec cli cil hother oil oti pr then 1 hen oil on the day lay of apil ap il follow bolc lit illa the church va wa aigin zed ed and arid the work of god estabi lied ou on the ilia eai ear th ill no ito more to le lo rooted ou out of it wh wiit t inest have been the tile feelings of the prophet when tila ilia moment ha lie bean be a n lo 10 anbo om it s thoughts and to tell what the tile lma lord had hod do dote done ie for 1 illin tiie llie C natian zoild begaii to enock and arid d di ritie nde him the do deol deul it appo ed iliin film wicked men him and thele there was a spirit sp nt among the leople leopie eole lo 10 kick the ilia woi olk oik k ot of god go aid there wai war uele wele e whole conita C binn ahalt tl at were wera w ena era opposed to the tilo doatie doc tie tle i e of administration of an angels eis els and arid oi oa itly ili lii hia hla path was ua rua rug rugged ad and atia thorny some boin euine t itne li would conlea los jos joss individual individuals ilo ile ho lie would listen to his inesia meb mes ae ge un I 1 receive hn hii te timon limon y this made his soul rejoice to see ee trat tr at there ele eie ete some persons who woud aou d r caie cete the tire words of eternal lire lite true in m llie the commencement this church var wag small smail and I 1 frequently upon what ahat has colne roine to pass in ili tiie llie worl I 1 since go goj to joeph jo ep tile llie seer I 1 iso ido ho look at whal what lias has taken p ae a e with this tins people and I 1 ein cin clettoy see fila llie u fillmer t of the tile word of god spoken by llie tile augel to 10 josephir b fore the church was as organized the tire at aag ga 1 for told the llie very lery scenery that 1 I behold today to day und arid from that time to the pre ent rit tit tl 11 is is people have been fulfilling what the alil alli alii angel 0 told llie ilia prophet would come to pass after it he a gave to him the plates containing the ilia record of the tile boo book k of mormon M we are daily dally working forthe fulfill 1 me lit of those thit things i gs that were predicted from ty tv five to thirty y years ears mars ago N ery erv things filings that we wo ero ere are tro now bitne bing aing both in fi laloie oil oll to our friends arld and our ene enemies inies are in fulfillment of those thoe promises made in the tire of ills this work ille ilie tho prophets heart was made glad while lie he lived among its in beholding the bi fryns ns of the times arld arid ai d there are many man here today to day who remember the tire early days dais of tins this church and anti eill kill king dom some of the gist fist fi st elders ill iii lil lii this thia church who M iio lio went up toK to kril Krit rlland riland and to see the tile prophet were made in to rejoice ri rejoice jolce joice in iri lri his ins society the tiie sams saints who were gathel gather gathered ei together were vo RD few feo that they might all have been put in a small schoolhouse school houm houe but wherever tile the gospel had been preached ome some few had bt been en brought to a knowledge of its Us anti ami occa occasionally siu sin ally aily a few had been gathered tip up to kirtland Ki rlland perhaps one of a family aid two tiso of a cit V when hen br brigham and br jeseph young went up to ee the Prop liet liel they foul fouad d him chop plug wood for lor lie was a laboring man and arid guill fil efi n bread by ilia sweat welt of iris in brow they made aemie tien eves ves yes with lunar him lie he filipin gladly gadly invited them to his h s house houie all air and I 1 they hey I 1 eai ril nii 0 towe toge together lher in ili the tire gopel of christ and arid their hears hear bial hial s were knitted together in in the tho spit it and bond of union thoe those of us who gathered to Kir tiani flani in ili tile the early davs dais of the elie chuich church call can remember ember tie cenes which winch happ Lapp happened ened in in I 1 well remember the time ime when I 1 first met with lle ile lie file saints in ili kirtland kinland it was ili ill in tile tiie spring of 1834 1 I had never jt hid fid fi d any ally chach clin cli loti to treat ing this s gospel asp e 1 and the filst first sermon I 1 ever heard was wait preached pi ea ched by br kenj P Pik pin ih ipher or 01 e beof of the tile senior pres presidents dents of ille ilie s and iny ril rii heart was made nude gi aglid id I 1 lemur embraced emu emo raced iced tile go gopel gospel pel lor for I 1 knew it was wis the ilia firt fert fir t espel si smon s mori mon that I 1 ever heard in my iny life I 1 was d hv bv brother Pu and ai d shortly afterwards ards bro parley P pratt came cama a idile I 1 ong to gither it the tha war lorg of he the lord to ga go up ill lil ad a d redeem Z oil on I 1 was deeply edgag engaged d i i tiu liu ness it at the time nut rut I 1 feil fell that it was my m duty to do all I 1 could for th emse of truth arid and when heil heir br parley came up I 1 felt reo re oved o ved to volunteer we called a ig and when ill bi parley got lip up dind rind said he was weary with travel hig antl anil did not riot want cosay much lut but hut jut lie lle woul i taik talk a few moment and when he dot got through it wn wai about twelve at ni enli h in in fact he lie had preci ed desant hair half the night iny my feelings were such when ho got through diat didt if all tiie lite kold gold in fit world had been p resented to me I 1 coun ilot not have been lured to sv stay at borm horn I 1 betit went with hr fir parley J fferson cou con county lily illy to tiie tile no ili ill a and iid lid I 1 lien filen im nn ined mili prepared prep wed fed to ti so zo to kirtland firtl ind I 1 started to ki nand dand oil on thel tha 1 lalli till dav of annl 1834 and al aimed almed rived in kirtland on oil the da lay of tile tha sanle sanie tame same month I 1 then for tile the finst firt time had arl all lliter filter lev with tile the jospph HP lip unfed me to his ilia I 1 lioi irdi ise ip I 1 rejoiced to behold his hii hi s face fice it ud d to hear lot ins is voice volee I 1 was full salmi d that joseph josfph was a prophet before I 1 saw him I 1 hid h id no pre junices ji j i alices oil on my mind against him but I 1 expected to PP ee i a my fi ri st I 1 10 i to him was rather sin singular gular gulaT J saw him om ow in the ilia field with hii br hyrum tie he hafl hail oil on a very iery old hat hit and arid ws w s engaged shooting at a mark I 1 was wis inti anti to him and ha lie ino inn ed maj iome imme with willi linn min I 1 clep ed the lite invitation and I 1 wachel watched him hino pretty clis absel ay to see what wh t I 1 could c ud learn beirn lie tie remarked while passing to his lis ils house houa that this was the ginst rust hour he lie had spent in in recreation for fora it long 4 11 ap shortly after we arrived at t lda I 1 H house he went into an dj lining loom room and brought out wit a and salt sait sai sal 1 abr br Woodi tiff I 1 want you to help me to tan tall this tins soi so sol I 1 pulled offing coat went to work wor won kald kaid mid wid I elded dimand him felt feit honor lio iio nored d iii ill in so doing hd ile was about goil goll goerg g up with the breter brethren n to redeem Z on oil and lie he wanted this tins w afis if akin to put upon tur dur fi s eat ireat as he lie ha no boffilo robe this was in my y first introduction to tiu tid prophet joeph joceph sn lin the great seer of this last dispensa im 1111 illi I 1 was wai not there ong before I 1 hear 1 him talk tak about gog goi go ig g to zoli zoti Z on arld and it dil di I 1 my soul good to hear him speak of many miny concerning zion the llie gal gai galloping liping of israel and arid I 1 lie the greit latter litter day oi kand arld arid I 1 felt leit truly satisfied with what I 1 saw alid arid heard I 1 recollect that in the evening after I 1 got there several of he tile br ethrell camo came in arid and talked with br joseph and arid asked what they tiley should do for they the fhe had rot riot means to bear their expenses from thereto to 11 shonn srjoseph br joseph said llam giam 1 I am golrig to have some money oon soon and arid the next morning he lia rees reef ived a letter containing contain im ahu a adred and fifty dolt doll rs sent to him blin by sister voce of boston I 1 dont know but she is is in in the today toddy to day I 1 have felt to rejoice dejoice 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