Show DISCOURSE APRIL ath PM elder orson hyde addressed the congregation assembled in the tabernacle at G GS S L city an ae follows fal lowe AS n is now me lae season 01 me ene year for the sow aug r of seed sead some of the parables of our savior seemed to be impre impressed sved upon my min mind and I 1 had thought t of reading the chap of the gospel apor according dlug to saint matthew Matt liew while elder hyde read the chapter while listening to tile the remarks in the former part of the day which cannot be bettered this I 1 parable of the that went foran to sow occurred to me and as I 1 have been requested to i make some remarks this afternoon that scripture had a particular bearing upon my mind in connection with what has been said so far as I 1 know my own feelings and heart it I 1 is to speak the truth troth clearly to the understandings of all my brethren that I 1 may do them good and or rak according to the mind and will of our father in heaven that you may be edified and strengthened that I 1 may this purpose I 1 desire an interest in your prayers that I 1 may speak what little time I 1 may occupy according to the mind and will of god our heavenly Fit father ther As I 1 have remarked in the outset you know there is a time which is now for the farmers to be enE engaged aLred in in seeding their land almost universally throughout this territory but they do not anticipate reaping at present the time of reaping and gathering into barns is yet in Id advance the seed need has to be sown after the soil 1 I has been prepared to receive it and then than it has to be attended and watered in all its various stages according to its if requirements and by and by comes the ha barvest bartest r first it is eat cut down then hen gathered and bound into bundles then put into small shocks awl and then the wagon or eart cart comes along and takes taken the sheaves and carries them to the thres threshing bing floor and there it is thrashed by this thin ume time the laborer begins to partake of the fruits of his DM labor but bat before this all his bis toil appa 14 er these were the feelings of people common i in the circle of my acquaintance and experience in early times there was a spirit that was adapted to tile the work at that time now if you wert were to set me to laboring to building and sowing seed upon a farm and the spirit of preaching the gospel was with me I 1 would not have the spirit of labo laboring ting upon the farm for I 1 have the spirit of preaching the gospel and in doing so I 1 am in my element my work and the spirit I 1 possess corresponds aud and each serves to strengthen and advance me in the field of my labors this is tile the spirit of the savior that was poured out upon the people and if it had not been for the spirit of running together that came upon them we might have gone aud and preached tile the gospel and told the people to repent and have baptized them for the remission of sins and at the same time they would not have bave received will our proclamation the spirit of ill hiring ring but they received i mild and the spirit cre C re witness with our words that the gathering dispensation had actually begun in the diya d ays of the savior there were some as soon as they heard the word as soon oon as it was sown own they rec ived it perhaps by the wayside but they did not understand it now I 1 have preached reached to congregations eions and I 1 presume others 91 have ve we me w word 0 rd the same way ivay and the spirit has bore such witness to them that their hearts were actually ne dually melted under the influence and power of that preaching yet say they with tears in their eyes we do not urra urr tand stand we acknowledge there is a power in it but at the sime time we do not understand it we do not see why these things are so were not our fathers and mothers who have gone before us right we acknowledge there is a power with you but we do not understand why there then should be such a variation from the old path these receive seed by the wayside and the devil comes and tempos them and persuades them they do not understand and know anything about it they feel its power and he catches the word away avay and throws mists of darkness before their eyes these are they that receive the seed by the way side then spin again the seed need falls upon stony places where there is not much earth you know where I 1 the ground 13 i stony it attracts the heat quicker than where there are no stones it draws the warmth of the sun more and what little soil there is ig dries up quicker than where there is soil to retain more moisture and the seed need that falls upon such ground gr aund germinates quicker and shows itself quicker but there was no chance for tile root to take deep hold and when the sun arose and began to pour its strengthening rays mys upon it it withered and did because it had no root in good soil this class of hearers will correspond very ry well with another saying of certain characters that received the truth and did not receive the love of it in 0 dir d ar to have it take effect we are not only to receive the truth but also I 1 iha be love of it aud and where the love of it is planted it must flourish it must succeed and produce a plentiful crop aroi these are they that receive the seed on stony places they apparently receive the word as soon as it is proclaimed to them and before the principles I 1 of truth have a chance to take root in their ull hearts arts it springs up and gaws scows and prospers for a time but withers in the day of adversity the circumstances of some of the people of this territory leaving for california brought tins this parable of the to my mind for instance one distinguished man in the urges for an ex cuse for 0 llor 1 A I 1 1 AID JA ha H ve fa w brator Sr rainer aTOr ts tu consequence on sequence of the rigid measures it was necessary to enter into for protection he felt himself imposed upon and his rights infringed upon and ther therefore fore he would not stay he thought the brethren had done him wrong consequently he be go away now as near as I 1 can call learn many have under I 1 the regulations required for those times felt their feelings to be pinched some have stood under it like good soldiers and others have flown the track and will not endure it any longer they think that better measures could have been instituted I 1 am fully of the opinion that the he wisest measures have been adopted to enforce upon the people I 1 while the fact is the operations dons that are being entered into for defence and protection have I 1 been our safeguard safe guard gaard the red men have seen it and marked the progress and design of our works and they have said to themselves it to is impossible for us as to stand against such operations therefore we will heave too for it is no use to offer further here we a see the happy result of the measures encored into so br and we trust as there is now a prospect of peace that the work of preparation will be carried on with ten fold more m vigor vi r that all the works may be fully accomplished ole 10 th that at are designed be it remembered that the time of peace is the he time to prepare for self defence against a foe and perhaps by performing the works now going on they have been the very means in the hands of god by which our oar enemies have been dishearten I 1 edana ed and their progress in wickedness checked i has not the measure of bringing together all kind both wheat and tares tans been the best beat for the I 1 peo people e it has the tares roust must be gathered as well well as the wheat for it is the time lime of the harvest and of separation perhaps the measured measure ii that I 1 have been Introduce dhave served erred ns an a screen Therel orr ora fanning mill to cause the tares tans to fly away there I 1 may be some wheat among them when they go but it seems to me that they are shrunken kernels shrunken wheat may grow by putting it in good soil and it may not however it is necee I 1 i wiry siry that this work of division go on not only i was the work of gathering to take place by the I 1 angels to whom it was committed but the work 1 of separating the tares front from the wheat was aora on bitted to the angels also what to good angels I 1 did not say that tho it must be acceded that they hold out very powerful inducements for oer tain individuals to follow them and take their c colun n set sel ete etc I 1 sty axy perhaps the very works that ve been carried on here iu in the territory the rigid measures for the defence and protection of the lie people may be one cause canse why these persons mil s are dissatisfied it is no doubt the I 1 principle rne pr and nd rod way may have designed it for I 1 ha hat t very an purpose to I 1 artt draw w the line of distinction and let it be seen ho T it was that would abide this counsel and ho would not those who would not won woula of course be subject to every evil influence ti be guided by any spirit not of god i j allowing there here are some shrunken kernel kerne i of wheat gone oat from here I 1 tell you they are g me let in my opinion where they will find a moist boil ia ost 0 I 1 and will get swelled out to a reasonable 1 sizel I nd perhaps in fit a way they do not look forend for and is I 1 said in a discourse not long ago it is I 1 perhaps ap le cessare that these persons should leave the S sa I its t I 1 and go to the world and try to build up the w rid I 1 id I 1 I 1 and themselves why is it necessary been bee 1 so ise r here they tibey cannot receive mai iii scorching they merit and they must go soi so to le where else to receive it and lot let some other p po er have the honor of bringing the scourge un naion t in I 1 they actually merit ra rather t il er than the b sainta of J itter t day dav I 1 1 no now w then the son SOB of man shall new end f rth th tl his angels and they shall gather out of his hi K ig 9 dom all things that do offend and those who wb hd do iniquity and shall cast them into a furn burnac oi of fire there shall lie waidie ie and gnashing of te to i fech wn w n they get under the t awaits them abroad thy may begin to feel 1 rae I 1 chastening cha hand of god and repent and humble hum e themselves and cry mighty to the god of isra israel to have mercy upon them it is all working just right our enemies whets er whito white or red can only go so far none can get beyond the control of the almighty they may take the wings lugs of the morning aud fly to tile the uttermost parts of the earth and he is there or if they make their bed in hell bell behold he ha is there they cannot get from under his jurisdiction unless they go beyond the bounds ol of time and space all things are confined in space and are under the jurisdiction and control of tile the almighty and if lie cannot find them in ono one place he will in an other they are like children who have been under the teachings of a kind father all the day tong long who taught them the principles of righteousness integrity and truth but they would not listen like his good children to his teachings but they are rebellious cl bel lious and will not learn leara their lessons and be prompted to their duty by th the e voice of kindness nor be moved to do right by the affection of a kind father and mother but they must tear them selves away and thrust themselves beyond ceyona ine t ach ings of their parents follow such children their lives and what will they come to you will perhaps find them iu in a dungeon in the dark cell of a prison loaded with chains if not condemned to a greater penalty there perhaps they may then follow after their god like the prodigal sono son that could not be trained in his fathers house his wild ambition led him to grasp at things that were unlawful for him give me he my portion of the inheritance and let me go after he left liis his fathers house he was waa reduced to a state of wretchedness edness and poverty bovert and would gladly have fed with the swine swin e P he I 1 he began n to fuel feel not only the lashes of an unsatisfied fiTa appetite ppe tite but also of a guilty conscience says he be how many ailred ier vante of my father have bread enough to spare and I 1 perish with hunger hu I 1 will arise and go to my father and will say unto liim him father I 1 have sinned against heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to te be called thy son make me as an one of thy hired servants i you remember it was wa said in the former put part of tile the day that some persons would be servants on the father seeing the returning prodigal afar aar off all the feelings of a kind p parent W war 1 nl I en m not subject yu you to be a servant like these are that serve in my house but you are my son hang bring hither the best robe and put it upon him pot pit shoes upon his feet and a ring on liis his hand and they begun began to be merry do you not see that the prodigal son learned a good lesson in the school of adversity which lie could not learn in his fathers house the spirit of rebellion could not be made to bow to mild and affectionate means but it yielded under the hammer of adversity his hia spirit was made to bend to his fathers will by that means and heading bending home he came to his fathers house these characters then receive the he seed in fit stony ground and have not root in themselves they feet feel themselves troubled and oppressed and wronged in the time of danger aud and tribulation and they say aay we will go we are dispi displeased essed therefore we N will vill go far aw away and d ty amr our fortune in tile the world on once ce more W we 11 RZ once before we embraced mormonism we thought ought on we were satisfied to cast in our lot with the people of god but we have become dissatisfied and offended and we will go and try our fortune in the world again they go and try it they may get hold of the riches of this world all and they may not but I 1 will tell you one thing they will not get hold of all the truth of god in fit their course they will not get hold of that which satisfies the immortal mind and while their pockets are lined with gold their spirits will be troubled and in distress and misery if ever once the he spark of truth has lighted up the understanding and left an impression there it is not to he erased in a moment but it lives and when it is dishonored it is an arrow in the mind which will torment them day and night go where they will they cannot got get out of the world I 1 out of the j jurisdiction uris diction of the almighty at least A great many are now afraid that the gold of california will all be gone gona before they get any of it suppose they get it all suppose they actually rob the mines of every farthings far things worth of value what are they going to do with it can they place it beyond the jurisdiction of the almighty or put it somewhere where he cannot fi find ad ii it and use it in a way that be cannot control it I 1 tell you they may dig and dig and get all the gold they possibly can and put it in this bank or to in that but god will control it all by and by and oja v 1 U AR W he m r ho I 1 9 d corinthians all things are yours whether paul few or apollos or cephas or the work or life or death or things present or things to come all are am yours and ye are christs and christ is gods now it is not to him that willeth wit leth or to him that run they run to california but it is god that mercy he is the ille character that holds all these things and where his mercy leans there is where lie he will bestow his treasure says he be all things are mine and I 1 can give them to whom I 1 wui will his rebellious childred chil drea are like some other rebellious children who try to rob their father and take his money from his place of deposit they say we are your children and we have a right to this money and they break open their fathers desk because they are his sons and think it no particular crime to get a little of the old mans |