Show TO tae SAINTS MINTO IN UTAH number 1 upon leaving your former homes to gather to these valle valleys yo at the requirements of the lord his servants where you could worship the god of israel in with his lie e commandments your hearts glowed with gratitude for your deliverance from the die wickedness and oppression which prevail in the world horld and you were fully persuaded that from and after your arrival here you would devote all your time energies and means in a manner avery every way becoming bw a saint for your salvation and the salvation othe human family to the uttermost I 1 these feelings were prompted by the holy spirit and while I 1 a under its immediate influence had been told how far you might stray after settling in your new homes yoa you wout woula have been moved upon to to reply in the words worde of hazael amel but what is thy servant a dog that he should do this great thing jwj ow inasmuch as those good feel ipp digs oftentimes I 1 aass pass away and many are induced to act t widely difFer elit from frem what they j ted fed ad nd some even go 16 so 0 fare far as to make ship wreck of their faith we doni deem it proper to publish a few remarks upon upon the spirit of man the spirit of f t the lord and the spi evil and from fow time to time upon those subjects the proper understanding of which may conduce condace to your temporal and spiritual welfare I 1 tjien starting start ilig on in your journey your faith wo WH strong your spur I 1 clear ind and y you oil could discern between truth and error wit obit soon the adi aO advantage vantage of the weaknesses of I 1 human nature 6 endeavored to induce you yon to be co copie A 0 1 impatient to I 1 fiad filid faut fault with the sayings and doings of your broth en to neglect your you r prayers I 1 and begin to doubt and become self sufficient this being accomplished tt f person becomes disagreeable gree able to himself to his family if lie he has one to hia III I 1 animals for they have reason imd and in short to all the true around hamaud the trav elover the drea dreary and monotonous plains I 1 becomes vexatious instead of vf pleasant peasant and a 41 itai 1 ble lesson lesio nou on the pages of probation p is left ed ea or of in iii other words worse for evil I 1 lias aas fiur usurped od the place of atgood good and instead of bif an advance the coursed course retrograde Jetro grade aw as there is ia no neutral 1 l point in condu conduct M I 1 I 1 upon arrival in our settlements I 1 the high wrought expectations of such a person are doomed I 1 to still further f er disappointment bi niiles r fee face of the country is at fault nis his brethren do not step forward in mass to hail his ardi arrivals ard arri valt i od ad contribute I 1 I 1 of earned barned means to support wid and gratify hie in doing nothing or next to nothing nor vacate their farms and build I 1 ings ingo f and invite hihi blin to occupy without price and he begins uke like the Jabr jo late who fancied all ajl the city intoxicated but bim himself seft to imagine that even the first presidency are going wrong aad ned the suggestions of his unerring wisdom to guide them I 1 in tiie the path of doty daty borgetti forgetting ij that hey like all others are 1 only obly amenable to their superiors on p effii it would be as aa reasonable to suppose that the feet were we designed redesigned to dir eb t the head that evil il ia 4 i good and good is evil as thoughts I 1 correct counsel on usel and correspond Tog action from the above described character I 1 until he repents repent and does his first works over still it often I 1 happens that la instead stead of repenting and bringing forth fruits meat such an one infects others within wi I 1 I 1 I 1 his M influence diio ohp never inless then their ai are more orless teady to ideas well we are in the valleys of the mountains with noaie none but bui 9 ourselves pure ur elves selves to 0 O I 1 oppose PP oso us ins la in doing the I 1 I 1 will dathe of the lord for unless listened to evil spirits have no power over over I 1 ours ours to turn vs to from the I 1 pathway ot right eba and still there is s plenty of room for ref for in t the he midst of all I 1 tha bossons of the past the time has n not ot yetar rived we ne can pan cansay say sky we sere are oue one in all ll 11 things J ahiah roust must come and oar our villa wilts must bo bb I 1 it perfectly subject to the 60 will pathe af pf the fitt father her ere we are privileged I 1 to enter upon the full foil fruition 0 of an all I 1 I 1 righteous desire you reply that these theae are old truths wat with ach which I 1 weare we are perfectly familiar od and the 1116 1 reply pay is correct then pen why not goell live ve more closely 1 in accordance with your knowledge and day daay baday a anwat watchband wat I 1 wand chand chasten cli asten yourselves castilio cast ilig as aside p temptations As overcoming evils evils thit that il unclean clefta spirits may not find in isyou your tabernacles that thai you may constantly grow in the knowledge of the truth 11 and that grace may ke ie continually multiplied to you the answer comes I 1 46 booming oming up ap on evoy evea y side ade athe sparil indeed is eifling wifling wi fling hut but the flesh is weak I 1 Z but omitting I 1 tte the command minand co which immediately I 1 precedes it viz viz watch and pray that lt ye ye eu ter not into temptation ll 11 taking taff g chegu the quotation aion as a whole it affords an excellent key keynto to the plan and economy of this probation wherein we are made subject to vanity but not enjoined any duty it is I 1 out of our power to perform I 1 abat but instead of all walking uprightly at all times au and under all circumstances circumstance S earh each pursuing lits bis par particular titular I 1 avocation with his face I 1 steadfastly set one goes to hiis ci s buildings fields ar or i boek OA and ad becomes so absorbed in their improvement and inc increase tease that he forgets why he came here that the hands bauc 6 upon the public works need iford bood to sustain life that hat lifter after all he ble is is only a steward at most and at length even forgets to ta thank a uk the giver of alche all he I 1 p possesses while another still mote more culpable in that he produces nothing strives striven ta tomass aej I 1 wealth band and buildup up a uala name by becoming I 1 a mece inere trader and far too often a aanne trader and of 4 COUTS course e lie he too is soon folly imbued with wt til the tuang passion of selfishness and the purpose pur oft for which he rime here IB aj almost I 1 in ot I 1 wholly h oil y lost sight of I 1 1 I 1 you can all au II 11 easily thie list by adding to i it t examples U under uder jour your own oboe observation ovation tion an and d I 1 I 1 readily dlly whiff tile sc scope OP a of odthe the weakest capacity I 1 it is J 9 s that a deviation from the right t line ia not at wy made ignorantly that it is L never hidden from mireyes ti reyes of thea the just and thatus that lip one is eventually dece deceived ivea but theeb the wil dir from these facts it appe appears avi strange pon revoc benec tion ahat hat any iny person could e induced Induce 4 to do stong though at the same tune it quires the I 1 loov vigilant effort todo to do right owin owing g to hun huilan am operated on by As he spirit of evill hence heave 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t the it human family require re I 1 upon precept that by practicing practising what whai they revive melve they may gol tion to perfection or oria in othe perfectly in his bla own sphere I 1 inasmuch ai as the spirits of men ha I 1 I 1 organized as 1 diverse in power and 1 their number it is not eap exp expected ad boj poj able that the thoughts I 1 an and actions actions r run in t the lie same mould but it bep is pa i sary nary for every one who wishes soli sal 1 celestial law to abide that law A an of this will di deprive that persone person of 1 l a I 1 for every on one vu be rewarded act deeds dededi done in ther body hence il striving trivin to dwelt dwell with the just m perform good deeds to the extents extent tent ty or they bey wu will suffer stiffer more or I 1 les Oria principle elWe were always kept in min to agreeably to 0 the dictates of t th lord and thi the counsels of his serva would be diligent in doing all the gen S 1 or er and no ao one could be found I 1 re retain kind after it was duel due nor comm commute i ut I 1 leave leate from the proper authority no n his aid to the letter of the law as i I 1 I 1 der stood but each would he be aware araje 1 lie improvement Is a public ben benefit 4 limit aw to Qs his public and private vite efter I 1 utmost of his skill and ability chaij increase la in a powerful ratio g good abound the kingdom W would roll forth increased increase I power and darkness ioe flee aw a I 1 now will you an all give e strict heed marks which ire are written hi an in all 0 I 1 pl pia solely with a view to your welfare e 7 not but many will and you will wise to quarrel with your u neighbor of fop opinion lulon or for his course of cond I 1 ply be concerned to always do A that each one the 6 world over ever precisely that amount of intelligence intelli genc and glory or the reverse which he h this brings us aguin again to observe observe that tha on an individual work I 1 and that so longi I 1 operates in a course which does do e 11 not 01 u the proper rights of others hia belief let should not incur their violence angeii an I 1 anti inti I 1 he is walking ineil inwil enjoying the agency r given him ad reward thereof and all undue late interi sh ob arged to the account of whoever tiro As these thesel ideas deas areS advanced for u and action the coutselis coun made brie 1 may not overlook jt it nor your min minds 8 I 1 or while reading I 1 t BRIGHAM adl I 1 I 1 HEBER C KIU XI KI 1 1 JEDEDIAH M I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 |