| Show REMARKS v by ry prest rieber lieber C Kin rin iball tabernacle march manch REPORTED br BY GEO D WATT it is immaterial who the authorities invite to peak speak in this stand that man should ba be so pliable that eliat dictated hini him to speak to this people the very thing that are necessary to correct our judgments and aud understandings to inform our minds and to set kel ill in order organize and attach every quorum to chevine tiie tile vine where it should be also to teach touch this people that there should be order and government in fa milias ts that they should be connected together by the same spirit with which a mail man is connected to the priesthood when this is done theu every man is connected to the priesthood and the wife to the ilia m man all arl and the children to their parents from generation to generation yero vero we all thus actually connected like the tile limbs and branches of one tree and there was no disturbance or obstruction by any evil principle would we not ba be in a far better condition than we now are for accomplishing the wom work we have to perform W while hile hiie br McAllister DI cAllister was wag speaking dug I 1 gould could not avoid tile the reflection there is time and at id opportunity for jor all to improve if they will persons cease to mr apke he improver improvement nent neut they either go back or have become stereo typed that is fixed unchangeable in regard to true truo progression and then of what use are they towards promoting the welfare of the tile cause iu in which we arb are engaged while a tree is growing while it is thrifty and limber it is passive and submissive to the ilia man that labors to give it form but I 1 will let lei that subject drop and und pass to another which is on my iiii midia iia lla some may very naturally suppose that there is is a host of subscribers to tile tilo deseret news especially when the character of its matter is fairly considered or as also tile tiie fact that it is entirely owned by the church and controlled for the tire mutual benefit of all who wiio are interested inte retted in it building up the tiie kingdom of god on the tile earth I 1 had supposed that dial there were at least ten tell thousand subscribers bers but I 1 have learned th alir t there are not eo so many many mans and not near as many as it seems to me there should be and I 1 was perfectly astonished that the circulation was not much greater than thau I 1 found it to be sota soia 3 mav may may mas be careless in this matter under the supposition that br carrington ou is part owner or proprietor of tile the news when such is in no noliss giss wiss the case for us as I 1 have already stated the presses type and all that pertains to the printing office and bookbindery are the property of tho ilia church I 1 presume eresuma that there are from twelve to twenty thousand families in this territory and I 1 really know k now of no reason why every family should not take read and aed pay for one copy of tile tiie news 1 for some large families farni lies lles now take from two to six copies and I 1 am ani all till the mote moye surprised at tiia tho slackness of the tile people in this matter from the fact that the manner of payment is ao 0 o easy every kind hind of article of any real value belu bein being received even to hemlock slabs after harvest again I 1 aur ant considerably atoni atohi astonished shed at the apparent indifference manifested by some of tile tiie agents for the news 1 for they are allowed a very liberal percentage e for a very small amount of time aad aid attention and instead of using a little liu ilu skill and exertion to devise ways for the poor to pay for the paper in labor soma soine inake little or no a either to increase tile the of subscribers or to collect and remit payments and what ia is still worse bome some receive cash from front the subscribers bers and retain it paying the tilo office effice in something thin else and that tint too at their leisure the agents should become acquainted wih each family within their agency und and wherever they ibey find poor perodis pe roris who would rejoice to tako tiie the paper ledd lead i it and be P thereby it will be aas easy y for them to lay plans for their being accommodated comi commo dated especially since tiie the modes of payment ment are so numerous and thereby confer a benefit upon thir neighbors and the great cause of truth while at the same time extending their own sphere of influence for good and earning tho tha sum so li liba ilba barlly rally raily awarded to them then in this ea go useful an operation the tiia bishops where they aro arc not also agents can lend most essential aid and soon tile the news will gladden and enlighten eiery every every family within our borders bor ers to tile tiie people in utah it is almost invaluable for in it first appear the ilia history of or joseph smith the tiie public counsels and teachings of the first presidency tiie the twelve and others at head quarters and all home hoane items and news of interest besides such foreign news flews and matter as may be deemed interesting ti ng antu sing or I 1 instructive ii s truc true tive and it often happens that one sermon alone is of more real value than the subscription price of many copies of the paper to any person who will ivill read and ard properly appreciate it by the spirit that should connect us to the vine you should properly appreciate preci ate every ili ill tiling ing you hear from every mail man that speaks from this stand but lut memories are often treacherous and comparatively but few can assemble here to hear for s but when tho those so sa sayings aings are printed you can read ponder and reflect upon them leis leisure and again g airl airi and again as your memories may require and your sons and your daughters will acquire a tast taste for reading and treasuring up useful knowledge it has always been the case that the few have had to bear the burden attendant upon opposing evil principles but there is now quite a litun number ber who wiio are earnestly striving to establish righteousness upon the earth by listening to the dictates of tile the tand tila the counsels of the living oracles and by striving to be active in every laudable un nil fur for this reason our publications will be sustained whether subscribers are many or few but will any one professing to be a sain saint look idly 0 on n and see others reap tho the reward due to diligence I 1 what is the use in pursuing the indifferent course that some are doing here I 1 will call a vote and I 1 want every mail man la in this congregation who wiio takes tile the news to manifest it by raising his right hand for I 1 wish to show you what proportion take the paper tiie tile the subscribers present raised their hands handsy there is not more than one ono quarter of this congregation that take the deseret news and that too the only paper papan printed in the mountains and one of the most useful and hite interesting resting paper papers that ever was published and alid if you had a lively interest for the tire truth and was waa living your zeli zell religion gion glon let rile me tell you thit you never w would rest or C cease so your operations of taking every course and every advantage to obtain ever every word that is uttered from froin this stand sund at the prices of stock wheat lumber labor aa all of which corn command mand PRICES yolly FOLLY IN proportion TO tile THE PRICE or till NEWS how easy a matt malt r it Is to pay for a most valuable kind and aud vari varl variety e W t of f rading reading ri matter tr adal admirably drably ad adapted apte to your wants and furnished at it weekly intervals which afford opportunity for readi reading agit it and witia with a little care I 1 it t can be preserved and handed down to your gour your children from generation to generation and they will prize it a hundred degrees more than many of you yon now do how flow much would you give for even a cane cans that father abraham had used or a coat or ring that the savior had worn tile tha rough oak boxes in which the bodies of joseph josiph and hyrum were brought from carthage were made into canes and other at iti cles tides i 4 li have hava ave a cane made from the plank of one of th those 0 so boxes so has br brigham and a great many others and we prize them highly and esteem them a great blessing 1 I want to carefully preserve my cane and when I 1 am don dore s with it here I 1 shall shail liand hand it down to my heir with instructions to him hini to do the tile same and the d day 1 will come coma when there thero will be multitudes who w will iti bp bo headd and dud blessed through the tha instrumentality ity of tho those ae canes and tile tha devil cannot overcome those who have them in in consequence of their faith and confidence in the tha virtues connected with them some do not appreciate these things lings ti nor the coutis counsels els eis of their lea ler leaders leeders ders and then again many do appreciate br brigham they love liin ilin and his counsels and his words are jewels to them when persons do not care car any anything thimi I 1 about his words what do they care cars about mine A and ud if they do not care for his words they will wil II 11 not care for those of any righteous man if I 1 had llad those relics of abraham and the savior which I 1 have mentioned I 1 would give a great dealfi dealford de alfor the them ni in england when not in a situation to go I 1 have blessed my handkerchief and asked god to sanctify it and fill it with life and power and sent it to the sick and hundreds have been healed by it in like manner I 1 have sent iny lay cane dr richards used to lay jay his old black cane oil on a persons head and aud that perdon pers perg on has been healed through its instrumentality by bir the tha power hower power of god I 1 have known jospph hund hundreds reds of times send his handkerchief to the sick and they have been healed there are persons in this congregation gr gre gation gatlon who have been healed by throwing illy my old cloak on their beds to return to the deseret news I 1 have alluded to a few items to show vou you tile tiie advantages and blessings of that paper aside iside from its great present benefit if vou you will take tako care of it and hand it down to your children cli cil ildren lidren and they to theirs and so oil on until you se soe it in the resurrection such suph publications are not going to be burned up according to my faith they will go into the resurrection and I 1 trust that bishops ag agents ants and the saints in utah generally will take a lively interest te in thi this s matter mutter as in ti things donations C consecrations 0 und end other important ant duties and thereby their callings and professions and gain honor to 10 themselves by y doing the good within their power having used the word resurrection I 1 will make malce a few remarks touching it after my body is laid in the tile grave grave and after the prophet joseph lias has received his resurrected body lie ha pro probably bally bully batly wiil wid not summer suffer to remain long in the tiie ground but will be apt to say come come coma and let u go and help heip br heber to again tuko takli his body do you suppose that if br erig Frig brigham harn were to die dio tomorrow to morrow and if joseph is resurrected which lie he will bo be eo so soon as his mission is filled in the tilo spirit world that joseph will wid permit br br gli ains aina body ta to remain longer in the tha grave gravo than may bo be requisite no for he then will have need of the assi assistance of liis his faithful resurrected brethren as he lie now nov has of faithful spirits why do you not all have confidence in god I 1 would not give a cent for your confidence in god unless you have confide confidence ice in those thoe men ha ile has appointed to lead and counsel you if you will llave confidence in hi br brigham I 1 care not so lucli whether you have confidence ia in me and in br daniel or not for if you have it in him you are sure sura to have havo it in us because we are acau aclu cited by the tile same spirit i we should bo be like the branches of one tree and except we become one ilie ille like ilke unto that we shall never be saved with that salv salvation atlon ution which we are aree striving for nobody call can be saved in a celestial kingdom I 1 except these thesa connected with the celestial tree then thereas there ig a terrestrial tree pertaining in to the terrestrial kingdom an aud and i you will wiil never go there without being grafted iu in it I 1 make maker use usa of figures in order to make my ides ideas plain and to rivet your attention and aud assist your memories let us ba be active and diligent iu in the tha performance of all alt duties that the tha lord our god may s sustain stain us iii lil living our holy religion amen |
