Show I 1 DISCOURSE by y pres prep rr eident president ident brigham youn young tabernacle et aan ran lan uary u hary arf ary 17 isis reported REPORTED BY it y a B D WATT we have heard much ili in regard to the knowledge and ULder understanding standing of anis people also of the nation nations of tle tie the lle earth eai lhand and it true thai that the tle be betch t of us as comme iced to learn true we are but in ift of god gc d vo vt 0 o uniform tand ili in a great measure mea ture the knowledge that js is iu in the world we have bate been br brought u ht up in tte wisdom ve dorn doin the world professes and ard that we understand but the things of god are so directly in opposition to the vrin imaginations eions of thet the inhabitants of the earth that it is s hard fo a people to learn ib therm rn hey they remove our erro not noi is traditions from us u at the same pame time tinne al all the tha urd und ard rd god pod 4 works and good thoughts and words th tha that 6 tend to good that hire ara in the wold woid areef are of the lord honest hearts tho the T orld over desire to linow know the he right way a y 1 they hey ibave have sought for it and arid still seek it TJ there e have iv been beeh people upon the earth all the time who sought diligently with all their hearts to know the ways of the lord those individuals hav hai have bave 4 produced good goad inasmuch as they had hwd the ability and to believe there has been no virtue no truth no good upon the earth for centuries until the lord revealed the priesthood through joseph the prophet I 1 should say is wrong thele there has bas been more mora or less virtue and add righteousness upon the tiie earh ear h at all limes fj from om the days of adam until now I 1 that we all believe men who have lived without i the priesthood will be judged according to their works aa as well as a those who have had hid the privilege of it that hat is our doctrine that is is what the lord lurd has told u through his servants from the beginning no trial ter where they have hate lived or to khat what nation they have belonged belong td dall dail all ali people will vill be judged according to the works or deeds deeo done in tiie the body honest hearts produce honest actions holy boly d de e ires aires produce corresponding oll oli works that is 13 what we ive understand and believe yet the traditions of the he fathers ral fal liers are so diverse virse from the holy priesthood that it is ilard for people to learn even lle ile lie the smaller thing thins pertaining to the he kingdom of god one of the smallest items pertain pertaining im to life it if otila have ability to sustain oui our elves selva here on the earth we certa cerday tay ny i hould have haye to live for if we have not dot the file ability to live we certainly should pass behind the vaie valo in that hat case ease we could not riot be capable of or airing arang good iu in our present organization As you have hare often been told and arid as we believe good men and arid good women ought to live the longest oil on the earth and fe set good examples each good doctrines and arid produce righteousness 1 individuals or a community glit hat have vare not the ability to pres preserve erve themselves in ili this ilce life have no power to perform works tobe judged by consequently there is no judgment judg merit passed gassed lipon liponi them n for deeds done in probation aaion the dut dul duty ly of a good people is to know how boxy to selves feives in ili this life the tiie first revelation ie glen given to adam iv was as of a temporal rit n rf fure ure most of the leve i revelations eveia evela lations lions lie he received pertained fo his we li e here that was also the case in the revelations to fo noah we hare have bat vat very few of odthe the instructions the lord gave to enoch eloch concerning his city bu but lut t doubtless most of the tile lle ile he lie received jece ived perta perla pertained ined to a temporal nature na ond and condition and certainly cert certain aln bin y the re ions lons ons noah received so far as in our possessor pos possession sesso n almost exclusively pertained to this life tie tle same principle was car cir ried out in the days dass of moses and in the days 0 of liis his fathers failers fal fai hers abraham iaac and aud lacob jacob we demay may say that eight or nine tenths of the and arid principles set forth in the tiie revelations given to those men were 0 of it ted ten temporal nature As soon as moses aas pas was called upon to go and dilver driver israel the revelations the lord gave to hihn him were ere of a temporal nature to the tile temporal life of the tiie children of israel instructing moses how to ib deliver them from bondage and lead them fram the neivlle slate state in which the they y then were he them in the sahle sahib manner x while hile hiie they were tra raiding through the u alid and BO roii it continued down to the day days of the judges anid and then theat to saul whom the lord permitted them 10 tor lor make a king and arid then tilen through th the teachings of the pi prophets op liels the tile greatest recorded di gle gies idt sidn idl from fro m that gour cour course a was when the savior sa io r camo came fie he alluded alluded to a spirl spiritual lual kill kine king dorn indis biln 3 sayings to tobis his breiten br eiren the leoj people lie tie had become so corrupt that it was all useless to then endeavor to establish a literal kingdom of god on or tile the earth earlb darth the children of ab araham arabam had wandered so far from the tile true doctrine the priesthood hood th the principles principle ind tod and iod ordinances bat that hat the lord hah had revealed de that the file savior tad lad iad sad not riot opportunity to more core tha than n drop hint as it were about ac a tp temporal kingdom yet the idea VE of a temporal ivas evas was s so iha indelibly elibay riveted upon the minds of his disciples that 04 they supposed he alluded to it nd that when th the e savior should make his appearance he lie would gould d actually establish a literal I 1 kingdom oil oh this er erhard baud haud reign over it if the institutions and arid traditions which had been handed down pertained to a ten temporal king domand they could not see eee th atthe corrip ciplis and wickedness of the people 8 were weye ere so great geat fiat bat hat flat he lie could couii not teach ar or suggest anything anything ny thine thing that they could understand pertaining to a temporal kindom kingdom therefore he hc alluded t to a spiritual ua king dem dem deg the kin hin kingdom of god that thal should spry be set up ip inthe in the heart and flipse abue principles taught laught laughty 6 the people aad and received bj ly them would lather eather gather them together in the iatter latter davs days when ha ho could prepare and organise org anise a literal 1 kingdom 1 i ng dorn th t he e earth 1 th the e filst list revelations ai veil veli to joseph we were r e of a temporal character per pertaining t aaning to a literal kinz king h i 1 doni donl on oil the earth Autin and Aud most lost jost of tire the revel revelations revelation atio atlo s he received in the early part martof of his ministry minis pertained to what lile the few around b him im should do in ili this or oriu iti ill that case when and how they should perform their duties at tle the same time calling upon them to preach tile the gospel and diffuse the spirit and principles of the kingdom hir kir dorn of god that their eyes might ba open opel to cee zee PC and gather the people that they might begin and an grgo pile a literal temporal tein anth on the earth all at that has bas nerl herl neri ne bon ri dapa dada bashan has hag been done by the wisdom of god tile the revealed joseph was the wisdom of 0 our cur fath eath er erin crin in 11 havro aven it was as not of himself the revelations to us t e eachus ae I 1 u to first cleanse our h hearts harts orts arts to purify ourselves in in erder order to haye hate our ow eyes sufficiently opened to see the kingdom of god for the spiritual birth referred to in the new testament we ve cannot see tee the he kingdom of god GW the revelations tons to josoph joseph iye ire were re go LO forth my servant arf preach ach the ahe gopel go gopel pel pet by the power of dif the tiie llody Gh Gb open the eyes of the like thai that them bey hey gly may see the kingdom kin kir edoin of god and aid not look into ento eternity to see sec the father fattier seated upon his throne alid th the angels around him lira nor gac gae ahat he is doing there thene the need teaching by the power of fhe the holy ghost sent down from heaven that their eyes may L ie e open opert tobee to see seb that the lorl lord is commencing a literal liberal kid kin kingdom adom upon t lie the earth arfi arti aben when they can that the then I 1 toey have th the opportunity to bo be born of water to enter cuter into this kingdom nearly all the he teachings to us pertain perlain to this life arid and if we have not ability to preserve our lives ilves iu in our present existence what can we do here to promote the kingdom of god on the fhe theor earth lh or to prepare the me earth or the people for the coming of the son of mant nothing hig consequently our labor is chi chiefly efly a temporal labor dr ta taylor aloi has haa inquired how we are to be clothed another year we have llave either to 10 obtain new clothes dollies or to wear those we have now some one may ma Y say my clothes will not last another any BUY year yearn perhaps they will if you yog will taka laka good care of them when we first came here liere file tiie he people were told and many aw and believed it as inucci hen n as they can now that lie tie tie lle lord in in his plo pro provided providence videt led ilie tiie he people into these mou mountains to toie bep hep parate arate them from the he aemile Gei ger itile itlie world in order that he might I 1 his kingdom his laws and commence ilis liis hission zion in the he mountains whee heie baie mi lit people could have but little connection with the world they mere were ere taught that when they first came here and arid now the llie prospect is very fair for separating us from the rest of the world and most of the people call can see it they were taught then athenas as much as they are taught now that hat lib it was ne necessary ces to go to and provide for oui out selves do any of flie file he brethren who m bo came here ten years ago last july remember that you were instructed that every facility that ve could need was here in the elements that the file goldlee gold uie HIP silver arld and the iron were in these mountains moun lains that bilat the wool the flax biliti silk the cotton and arid every tiling necessary to sustain mail man were in the elements around us lib what is bilk slik her Y ye es III lil in as gre great at abundance as in any part of the e earth a r th and slid HIP file ginest finest broad brodd cloth is herband here and add every evers thing chinor to make life desirable is here 0 f it is for the people to go boand to and develop the resources surrounding widing cs us sumar sugar starch and arid glue aio we the chief ingredients in iti the sustenance of man the saccharine matter is in ili everything that grows krows jele lele e it is i ili in th the evee vegetables tables and iii in tho the animals we lve have as good bee beef f as there is in the tiie world furnishing gluten a substance that acts is part in sustaining man mail we can raise ralle as good potatoes pota tops and arid wheat as call can be raised in any aljy oilier other part of vla via th s earth earlb also other products affording starch and all the feces necessary ary variety and quality qi allty of ofal j tides of bf food we can call make sugar from the beet but we are now cultivating the he chinese sugar cane which produces a good a sweet as any we have we havethe materials for feeding the body and as to clothing we can produce as good wool here as they can in any part of me the woi wol world id but we must have the sheep to enable us to do so and we must sow pow flax and plant cotton collon for the manufacture of fineu and dotton cotton cloth but the llie ele eie elements merits are llero here from which they all will grow import silk gilk worms and arid mulberry trees ard you will find that th thi ls s is a as good a country and arid climate in which 0 40 o raise rale silk slik as tiny any on the face of the earth du do some understand tin ye there are persons here from the Easte eastern rii ril states who wiio have raised ellk silk worms and manufactured slit silt and here bete ane ara scores and hundreds of silk manufacturers flom from the ou country why th eido eldo we Q not have silk because no marl man takes steps to organ ze certain elements into tho the silk slik all this was told toh you ili in the beginning ginning bf and why did not inen men understand I 1 you may take the latter day saints as a and they have but very little attl good sound round worldly worldly y sense look over this tins congregation and then tilen g go 0 through the territory and arid you can find thou thousands a ds that flat during the first four years of our cur settlement settle settie in here flooded these galleys with wagons arld and cattle and every facility for urr ig what we wo needed we droe in tile the sheep brought the flak flax seed ond and this that and arid the other useful article ait alt icle icie but what did we see bee men women and children chil chii dien mn rain to california to get gold they were atheni klitin told what I 1 gan dan can ean now prova rove go to california if you will we will not curse cute we will not injure nor or destroy you but we will pity you jou if vou von you must go for gold and ard elal flat is your oun our god go wd aa a A I 1 will pro promise inise you one thing every man that ihal stays slays here rand rind pays attention t to 0 M his busi will vill be able abie ten ell eli years to 10 buy bay out fouros those w who ho leave le vo for the pod god gold mines since then kome come of those persons have bave come ci cringing tack lack and thinking thin kleg kirg 0 O odear I 1 declare I 1 I 1 ish the brethren biet biel hren could i jt not know that I 1 had bad been away I 1 want to appear as though I 1 had bad not gone to california and land tole 1016 to be full of good woi wol ies its arld and fait fail faith falth li poor poon liguor ant pusillanimous creatures chev they came come ing back aha asa want to be considered consider ed in full fellowship after leaving this place 10 to lo which our god has led us and ard used their menns to toi feast and build up the GenliS es br bir heber and I 1 told the file com company rany pany thit that went to sail san with at nasa lymann that would never reach here again without help belp from this people andee are ns now ow sending ending all the teams we can raise from the tile southern settlements to toi biln brin bring them thern back why because they hey cannot stay artay there and they are not able uble to torpin remove ove told lold at the tw star start that buld have haie to renounce heir their I 1 religion ic ligion or els come whining back lowese to nee valleys you may take taka all wb who 0 have unadvisedly cone gone tory and hundreds and thousands i ands haid hail haveko so gone and I 1 believe that I 1 alone alope aloe am able tobay the who whole le of them though when I 1 carne cEm bere li erey Lere I 1 had but very little property arty except what I 1 owed for I 1 also believe beilke prof t t b br kimball add and many ni others ethers who have bave listened to what is tau taught grit glit now own owr more property than the whole of those clini acors they could not riot believe that I 1 knew enough to toi t them thiem in temporal tern tein noral norai OT sf mairs fairs do the cheyno yno believe that 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