Show DISCOURSE by president brigham young tabernacle april ath 1853 if the world could look upon us in our present capacity they would be constrained to say surely mormonism is a stumbling block and true enough h it is a perfect stumbling block to the world and it is right it should be it was ordained of old to be what it is I 1 have a few remarks to make touching our operations erat ions in the manufacture of sugar from the beet I 1 should have spoken of it Not yesterday erday had it occurred to my mind the machinery mac anery brought from england for that purpose is is now owned by tile the church and entirely under their control we purpose to put it up this season if tile lord will in a good building and prepare for making sugar in the fall we are making preparation for raising raisin I 1 large a e quantities of sugar beets and we wish ther the brethren elt generally to direct their attention to the same object more than they have heretofore and cultivate I 1 the sugar beet extensively taking great care not to adulterate it with other kinds it is necessary also to raise them upon ground that is as free as possible from sale ratas and suit salt there is beet seed for sale in the tithing store we intend to put up the sugar factory near the north line of the we church farm directly on this side of the bridge over big kanyon creek the erecting a suitable building and preparing the machinery a h f for operation is in the hands of bid elder tr orson hyde e who will take the supervision of tills this work for the present it forms a part of our public works I 1 for one however no wever would have been glad to have had other men engaged in the manufacture of sugar from the beet and not have troubled us with it at all but so it is in the all wise providence of god and he does all things right we shall undertake the business and hope to be successful As to any doubt with regard to manufacturing sugar from the beet in these valleys there is none in my mind but we shall have the same difficulties to encounter that other colonies have had in their infancy in establishing a work of this kind in these isolated regions we h hwe hive we not the facilities cili ties we could wish touching experienced workmen in new borkor york or in liverpool a proprietor of sugar works can send out word that he wants forty experienced hands and in a short time there will be more than double that number seeking to be employed this is one of the difficulties we have to encounter but we shall never give up whatsoever we list to perform the lord guiding and directing us we shall continue oi our ir operations until we manufacture everything we wish to eat drink and wear in the midst of these mountains so that we shall not be under the necessity of going to any other place in the whole earth to get anything we wish to consume my face asset like a flint for this I 1 never expect to cease calculating planning and executing until this people can organize from the native elements everything they wish for life for decoration and for beauty in a their existence upon this earth I 1 I 1 preparatory to their being laid away the I 1 grave as the fathers and mothers of a free and I 1 independent nation who in their life scorned to be depending slaves to any nation or people upon the earth these are also the feelings of this great people of every man and woman who has the cause of zion at heart they calculate to operate and continue to operate with all the ability skill ingenuity und and power that god pleases to bestow upon them until they accomplish every laudable object on earth and have made it like the garden garde of eden until they de decorate coraLe it with vineyards and orchards and every kind of shrubbery and beautiful sweet scented flower and every kind of dr icons ion 8 fruit unto until the they have made evereth ever everything that is necessary for e comfort 0 1 1 for conven convenience convenient ien ce an and ing for ornament to decorate the persons of the saints and the palaces and temples of zion we cal calate to continue our operations until we can cain make everything that ever has been made by any people and then keep on operating until u util we make a great many things that never have been made we are in our infancy in the art of manufacturing and we must creep before we can walk in learning to walk we may stumble and fall sometimes but we w will I 1 11 rise again and by degrees gain strength and so increase in strength and wis dam from year to year until like the child that has overcome the weakness of infancy we can leap the bounds that were once impassable barriers or take our course over rough and rugged places with ease and safety or skip over a stream m make ake our way chrol the brush and thread the I 1 labyrinths of the mountains and forests this comparison will apply to this church As a people we are of age according to the laws of the land and we ought to feel the strength and exercise the wisdom of a man this church is in her twenty fourth year when she was about fourteen years old she was requested io 10 choose a guardian hut but she did not see fit to make choice of the person who wished to become her guardian choosing rather to live guardian tess until of age now brethren we have had a good conference I 1 do not know that we have ever a bet ter we have a comfortable house bouse to meet in where we are secure from the rains and storms from which we suffered in the old bowery and I 1 when we were obliged to transact our business in I 1 the open air before this building was erected I 1 told tiie the lord if it was his will and his people would come up to his help we would have a build ing to meet in that would shield us from the falling weather in which we could do our business comfortably and tell the devi to blow away outside and ask no odds of him we have had very pleasant and beautiful weather lier during the conference and a goud thirll lieu hua reigned if I 1 may judge there has been much said of importance to tc this people and you will see the increased fire that has been kindled here spread in all directions like the sparks from the blacksmiths anvil we know the gospel we preach is 14 a stumbling block to the world and so was joseph smi smith th in his life lifetime tiffie if 11 chiq had not been prophesied by holy men of ancient times some of us might have wondered why it should he be so it however is isso so in the wise economy of god brethren and sisters I 1 feel in my soul continually to say may god bless your every moment of your lives my soul blesses this people I 1 while at the same time it is wounded when when they do wrong why not live in peace with each other and love the lord our god with all our hearts what hinders us from doing this why should we ever have another difficulty in our society I 1 why should there ever be another wrong wo word rd or feeling in our families there is no necessity for any man or woman to do wrong again all the days of their lives let us guard ourselves against our weaknesses that we be not overcome with the adversary any more let trials and temptations come they will not hurt you if you retain the spirit of the lord in your bosoms which makes a zion for you in your own heart if you want to make zion in your families and be happy in your homes you must retain tile the spirit of the lord in your own hearts and let it be the first and the last the alpha and omega mega of your lives then you have zion an and the little difficulties cul cult ties les losses crosses and changing scones scenes of this mortal life will not disturb the equanimity of your lives but they will appear frivolous things filings of no moment but if you calculate to cling to the world and expect somebody else to make your heaven for you if a woman expects her husband to make a heaven for her you never will get a heaven elders of israel if you wish to get a good name in this kingdom you must live for it if you wish to wield an influence in the midst of this people you must order your lives and conduct before godana god and the people so as to gain it no person can give another influence and power in n this kingdom joseph smith could not give it to me if he was now living if I 1 was not worthy of it if I 1 did not conduct myself in a manner to secure it if we live to the glory of our oar fattier father in fit heaven and with all our might try to build up zion and gather israel and fill the earth eard with the knowledge of god influence is given to us it is an honor bestowed upon us by the lord and our wisdom is increased daily if you do not believe it fetch on the wise men of the east and of tha west of the north the south the wise men of all nations who are instructed in all the learning and wisdom of the world and our native boys can instruct them in the mysteries of gods kingdom we have been trained in the old ld snag ship that was made on oil purpose to clear snags out of every harbor it entered fetch on your wise men and we will teach them wisdom and the tongues of babes shall unfold knowledge to rulers the path before us is straight and plain to walk in let every man and woman who purposes to be latter day saints indeed be of one heart and your path life will be easy but if you are not one you will have to travel the road in sorrow your minds will be dark and you yon will not know your own minds nor have confidence in ill your god but if you are of one heart and of one mind the burden will be if light tf lit and the yoke will lie he easy upon your necks ft a man undertakes to wear the yoke of christ and has not the spirit of christ it will gaul them so that they will run to the gold mines the they w will ill cast it off they cannot endure it K in t the lie summer season our meetings will commence at 10 am and at 2 pm piu which is our sacrament meeth meeting 1 1 this Confere conference nue will now adjourn to the of october next but we shall appoint a special conference to convene on the second saturday in august next at 10 am at this place to transact business and appoint foreign missionaries who can leave before the winter sets in we shall wish them to leave this valley ir ia september I 1 trust we shall live to enjoy many conferences toge together thep before we are called hence to resume our work in another state brethren and sisters inasmuch as it is my right and privilege I 1 bless ev ery one due of you in tile the name cl jesus jesua christ chris t my r i heart is full fall of blessings for every creature of god upon the face of his footstool I 1 wish no man al but my heart breathes bless blesin sn aja rs upon tho the whole human family and as god gives me wisdom I 1 hope to measure it out in doing good to them from this time henceforth and forever this is all I 1 desire to live for may god bleu you AUEN amm |