Show DISCOURSE by Pr president evident brigham young youn tabernacle Tabe macle april 17 1853 pm w 1 1 I 1 will embrace the present opportunity for making a few remarks marka re as I 1 expect to leave this city before another sabbath to be gone several weeks 1 you have heard goba instructions counsel and advice from amasa lyman and charles C rich I 1 desire to profit by their sayings and I 1 hope this people will rill we see men men before us who are old elder in this church veterans vet erana in the kingdom ef god I 1 hope they will live many years to grace our ranks those who have been ia the church from the beginning gi dizig are men and women have paid attention to their faith and to the doctrine e of sound common sense they have been enod scholars and anda by this time must understand tolerably we well I 1 what the they believe they hev mus must also be schooled t in n the stu study y of man and in i matters which pertain to nations and kang kingdom in circumstances which concern us as individuals I 1 the doc doctrine we have heard to Is good we have listened to principles thai that pertain to life and salvation and I 1 repeat apin what yon have heard often aware seen ra for yourselves first ahw thi kingdom of heaven and its righteousness 11 when you have done this every good principle every good thing every great endowment every peaceful influence and all ali that can be benan enjoyed joyed by celestial beings are and will be baters a re we te may y be A within the pale of the king kingdom dora of god coif on earth yet we are liable to be overcome of evil there are maicy anny spirits who Z have gotte abroad in the world and men as are overcome by false spirits and led astray from the path of truth they will begin by doing some evil thing out of sight and say 0 it is it is a mere trifle and the lord is merciful and for sin the sins which are considered trifles lay the foundation for greater evils ud and expose men to be tempted and buffeted by satan and they will be overcome little by little by and aythey are overtaken in a fault which is more aggravating in the sight of justice which lays the foundation for another trial more severe revere and to be buffeted more by the devil for they lay themselves more liable to his power we might refer you to many in 1 stances of elders eiders of israel becoming victims to evil but I 1 passover pass over that disagreeable matter god never bestows bestons his grace upon an individual without trying it in that person to see if the compound poun is good men do not realize this nor think upon it as they ought if they did they would be more careful heverto speak against the father against the son against any heavenly being or against any being on the earth 1 brethren seek seok first the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness then all the blessing bless ingi that br amass amasa anticipates enjoying will be yours but no man or woman can enjoy them unless they have first secured to themselves the kingdom of heaven unless they have secured to themselves eternal life fo our bodies are satisfied with plenty of food and we have property around us of various kinds which satisfies our temporal wants for the moment but as a I 1 told you some time since the king seated upon his throne wearing a glittering glitt erinc crown and stir surrounded rounded with all the glory of his greatness today to day tomorrow to morrow may be numbered number with the beggar and his crown given to another today to tod day d IV we possess ri tae and tomorrow to morrow they may tk take the wings of the morning and leave us u poor indeed how long shall we en enjoy my 0 th the a happiness hap pine benow we now enjoy in coining to is house bouse to worship tile the lord and la in in other capacities with I 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 our mpr dear friend i ri pad hada k fay by another other sabbath I 1 many maity of af ns as may be laid A my ay if not I 1 ir 1 1 yard upon apon a bed of tic sic kass kuta we canna cannot treat to of mortal possessions they art am I 1 transitory and ant a depe dependence deur p yon them win 1 p plunge 1 11 11 9 into hopeless all ail those wh 11 trust t i iu them Whan ruen act upon the to I 1 9 1 which wilt will secure to them eternal they ey tire pre sure of obtaining nil their hearth heart desire deare jooa ar or later it if it does not cowe today to day it way may 1 come coma tomorrow to morrow if it does not come comein in this time it will in the next I 1 I 1 if people would contemplate the stupendous I 1 works of god and be honest and candid in their investigations there is much to be learned that would show them how comparatively worthless are earthly fehly thia things we see the tha spangled vault of I 1 I 1 the tarry starry heavens stretched over us but little is 19 I 1 6 known of the wonder Mf the firmament astroff Ast have by their searches fe arches discovered some general facts that have proved useful and instinct ing ng to the scientific portion of mankind the phenomena of the motions of the heavenly bodies and their tunes times and seasons are am understood pretty accurately but who knows what those dista planets are who wh 0 can tell theeart the part they play in tile the grand theatre of worlds who inhabits them and who rules over them do they contain intelligent tell igent beings who are capable of the happiness hap pines light I 1 gh t glory to power and enjoyments enjoy ments that would I 1 la satisfy ti 14 Z the ie mind of an angel of god who can tell e U t these things can I 1 discovered ny by the ahe 11 light 9 ht of science encel they ca cannot ako tko t let every intelligent tell igent person seriously a y contemplate coulm plate this sab eject act band and let the true light of ef reason illuminating a ti the understanding and a sound judgment in inspired spir 4 by iy ay the spirit of christ be your guide and what wha t I 1 will be your conclusions they will b be whal t mine are that the lord almighty reigns there that his people are there and that I 1 tivy are or have lave been earths to fulfill A similar destiny to the one we inhabit and there is eternity and as enoch of old said thy curtains I 1 are stretched out still can any of the astronomers in inthe the world paint on out t the king kingdom dova or the world where god is I 1 not where he does not reign can a kingdom be b fop bund ad by worldly wisdom study or by any means that can be employed over which he does not sway his sceptre seep tre if such a kingdom exists A I 1 wilt will acknowledge that the doctrine I 1 taught you the 0 other her day is incorrect and besides that you will davs lave to blot out some of the writings of the anet ancient I 1 a scriptures T C c I 1 wish io make an application of thle this with the tha sayings savings we have heard broj from br amasa ly lemau ra au today to day we talk about true riches about the eternal I 1 attributes of tile deity and abbat that which ho he has given to the children of meu men I 1 also heard I 1 something said the other da day about sanctification this doctrine I 1 beard taught many migny years I 1 ago aam aud and I 1 perceive thit that mon men do not fully understand these principles even the best beat of the latter day saints sainta have but a faint idea of the of th this I 1 deity were the Former and latter day saints V with 1 their h e r apostles A astles 1 prophets Prop heta seers a and a d bell iv tia toris collected te d together her to discuss th this a in beatter rl nt I 1 a am led to 0 think thera would be found coulp d a great variety iweta in their views a and ad feeling it t this h Is sub subject jece without direct revelation from the te lo 10 lord rd it is as much my mv right to diffor differ from lher menas it is is their fito diker differ from lour rain me in points of nf doctrine and prIn principle cpIN when our minds cannot at once arri arrice vent at thesa the same conclusion I 1 feel it a vry indeed to word my thoughts as they exist in my own mind which I 1 presume is the grind causa of many apparent ill difference esome eren ea a in sentiment which I 1 may manex exist among the SaI saints tIts 1 what I 1 consider to be virtue and the only principle of 10 1 of virtue there is is to do the will of our father I 1 W in heaven that is the only virtue I 1 wish IV tornow to know ido I 1 do not recognize any other virtue I 1 than to do what the lord almighty requires oame from I 1 day to day in this sense virtue embraces a al I 1 good ii if branches out into every avenue of mortal tu I 1 11 life fe passes the ranks oje ag the am sanctified notified lu ia beav heaven an and makes it IL throne in the breast of the delt deity y when she lord commands the people 1 let them obey that is in virtue the a arf principle will ern embrace brace what is called sanctification when the will passion sand und feelings I 1 of a person are perfectly submissive missive to god and his requirements that person is sanctified it is for ray my will to be swallowed up in the will wili of god that will lead me into all good and crown m me ultimately with immortality and eternal lives there are numbers of ni men n who can say much with regard peir faith in ins and exalted views of m orm otas II they could cou converse verse continually about I 1 it 11 in I 1 a word if mormonism I 1 as not my life I 1 oo do not know that I 1 hove have any I 1 do not hot I 1 understand stand anything else efge for it embi embraces nies everything that comes within the range of the under standing of man jf if it does not cincu circumscribe inscribe everything ery Y I 1 tHing 10 ng that is in heaven and on earth it is doot what but it purports to be I 1 will inform you how I 1 became becard e a mormon how the first solid impression was wag made upon my mind when I 1 undertook to sound the doctrine of mormonism I 1 supposed 1 I could handle it as 1 I I 1 could the methodist pre presbyterian and other creeds of christendom which I 1 had bad paid some considerable attention to from the firstos fir my knowin knowing g anything about religion tjien VA eal mor monism was first arst presented to pie me I 1 had not seen on one sect of r religionists 0 1 whose doctrine from be ginning conningto to end did not appear to theline me like the man mans 11 masonry which he be had bad in a box and which he ex habited for a certain 6 um num he ha opened the main box from which he ta took another box he unlocked that and slipped out another they then another and another and thus continued to take box out of box until unlit he came ame to an exceedingly small piece of I 1 wood i he then said to the spectators that gentleman ga and ladies is free mat pa aBOW konrat kon I 1 I 1 found all religions comparatively like this I 1 I 1 they were so deficient in when I 1 trw tried to t tie the loose ends and fragments together thoy they would break in my hands when I 1 com commenced I 1 to examine marmontel Mar I 1 found it impossible to take hold of either end of it I 1 found it wax was from eterny eternity passed T time ti e and into eternity again agatha when I 1 discovered discover e this I 1 said ait oit it is wor woi thy tay of the notice of man inan then I 1 applied my mir heart to wisdom and andi sought diligently or for understanding but the natural wisdom and judgment which I 1 were given me from my youth were sufficient to I 1 enable me to easily comprehend the diem p eccles I 1 and lack in the creeds of the day 1 46 1 Mor in IF is all in all to me eAry hing else in the shape of false government and wee false religion will perish in the due time of the lord or orle elso prophets prophete have been mistaken if death i biot destroyed and him that hath the power of opt 11 and Z every man and woman who are not prepared to t 0 enjoy a kingdom ki ing dorn whore angels inister thed the 4 much of the bible is exceedingly erroneous I 1 every kingdom will be blotted out of existence except e p t the one whose ruling spirit is the holy me ghost 0 t and whose k king ing is the lord the lord said to jeremiah the prophet arise A rise and i go down dowa to jo t ie ae potters house and there I 1 will cause caise dies to heat hea my wo worda iila then I 1 went down to too the potters house and behold he wro wrought tight a work on the wheels and the v vessel that he be made of 1 clay was marred in fit the hands of tho the potter so he ha i made it ago again a another vessel as seemed good to the potter to macoit make it the clay that marrtin man la in the potters hands was thrown back into the on an prep prepared portion to be prepared over acain arain so it will be with every wicked man ando binan and with avery wicked nation kingdom and govern ment meat upon earth sooner or later tn th ay iy will bo thrown bick back to the native element from which they originated to be worked over a again and bo be pr prepared 8 p a r ed to enjoy some sort of a king kingdom I 1 darn then where will be their glory glori their iid their silver and gold god their precious diamonds and jewels jegela and all their fine pictures and precious ornaments oroa orno ments in the hands of the saints will the I 1 wicked inherit them no they will be disinherited I 1 I 1 I 1 do not wonder at the ancients marvelling mar velling at the wickedness and unbelief of the people ado I 1 do not wonder at the words of the savior which etli aptly to the people generally its aa well now uil then 1 when he a said aid 0 fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken this generation are seeking eagerly after that chic h will pe perish r in their hands they diey are madly rushing forward hazarding their all to secure secure tian transitory altory possession which when they think they haboob have obtained them are not fally satisfactory they ba bora I 1 graced at the walls of an airy phantom and smi SAP I 1 an andu en dorine rl sub how frew foolish to ta the ey ns 4 thi t M Ine avent the th pur juaita valts adia wicked appear they set their hearts affections upon that which sa is not durable dumble seeking happiness P where and aej all its attendant effects are pure to be realized reali zei jesus said to his disciples when I 1 he be was wag about io leave leae them these things I 1 have t v r spoken unto you that in me ye night inight have peace y in the world ye shall have hae but be of good cheer I 1 have 0 ov the world who wishes to onn abue 1 ue ea earthly ably things ss as they ia now constituted they are made to be changed they are object to decay but the earth will I 1 not be utterly destroyed tho elements of which it la is composed will not be annihilated but they will be changed neither shul those be consumed who can abide tile the duyff theford almighty and stand in his presence ohp earth in that greet great day will cleansed from wickedness edness purified from dross sanctified and prepared for tile the habitation I 1 of the saints of the most HI high gh on the other hand tile the wicked shall be con bained with wt the spirit of his mouth and destroyed by the brightness of Ms hie coining tile the gold the silver the precious stones and all thit is de to beautify tile the heaven of the saints will be pure pare and fit for them to handle it is the I 1 misapplied god lias has given us As that tasked makes all the mischief on the earth that intelligence he des designed tried to td carry out tho the purposes of ins his will and endowed endowed it with capabilities 0 to o grow spread abroad accumulate and endeavor to enjoy greater happiness hap glory and honor and abild I 1 to expand wider and wider until eternity is com pretended ended enOd by it iffat applied to tin s pur purpose ose but 6 to the groveling things of earth at it wilt will C be taken take away and to one bile who has made better use of this gifton gift of god I 1 I 1 siv say again seek see first rot the kingdom of god and his and in ili due tune no matter who when n whether in ili thin year or in th the next lit in this ibis life or in 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