Show REMARKS I 1 of orson fayde tabernacle oct 6 1854 I 1 arise brethren and sisters to make a few remarks m arks not bot expecting to detain you long br benson lias hits returned from his is mission and been successful we adeall are all glad to see him m safely in in our once more the task tas k lie ie lias has had to pr perform form has been a haza hazardous doos ope one one that required all the skill judgment wisdom perseverance an ceaud and liall noe that a man loan can possess or obtain it seems lie he has accomplished that lie he went to do and the trains are mostly iu ILI there are some two or three exceptions they will be lu soon 1 it is a matter of great gratification to me and to all the salil saints ts wid and 0 a ma matter r for width we a all 11 feel grateful to coay aoa or at least should do that the weather has bas been so temperate and has so mild seemingly for the very I 1 purpose of fv favor br r ax 1 favor from the hand of god so regard it V there is one tiling liou however rever that I 1 wish to say a word upon which is this concerning our brethren that went put gut to fo meet the trains all br benson has said is unquestionably true and correct we have some pretty rough boys well there is one olle redeeming trait arnt in their character and I 1 wanted to mention n it and that is they actually did volunteer as bad as they are to go and carry food to he hu hungry ng ri and I 1 say go god bless thern them they did volunteer r t to 0 d do 0 tl thise i is 1 as r ro 0 as sinful and as wicked as i s i they lie v a are r e aai and d t they 1 fey were perhaps the only ones that would do it and it shall be suid said unto them nt at the great greal day when I 1 was an ail hungered ye gave me meat when I 1 wa was t thirsty ye gave mo me drink when I 1 was in ili distress and trouble ye visited rne me and your hand and brought to me relief it does not say anything there wilether they did or did not play cards a little I 1 do not however howe vei mention this to justify any of these no I 1 repudiate theland the them mand and am very jorj y that these boys con descended to such things but ut while we acknowledge all their sins a aud ua their follies fillies and their vanities let us not 0 t ov overlook c rl 0 0 k t the he 0 one ii e r redeeming e de e m trait and it ris rises li hiigli i gli a above Y 0 v 0 a all li tb the e r rest es t t aliey ll 11 ey went and carried es food to the hungry and I 1 say god bless them now brethren bs be encouraged by these bernar remarks s und and be improved by br abenson JB enson 1 p which are just and true leave the one course and cleave i to the other and god will make you mighty and powerful I 1 rul rulers ersin jn his kingdom and instrumental in building it up winch which may lie he grant for Chrls christs ts s sake aker amen I 1 I 1 REMARKS by heber C kimball tabernacle oct 6 1854 54 PM we have heard beard a very beautiful relation from elder T D brown of the mission at titie the south it seems that everything we undertake i in n r righteousness ateo ig anem prospers and the devil and his agents cannot I 1 help themselves if ive we are faithful the zions ship that was spoken of today which runs in in snag harbor has prospered from the f first day it was lami ched and every man and wo woman manOh aho Qs sticks ticks firmly to that ship will prosper from this time henceforth and for ever that I 1 know for I 1 have been aboard of that ship and am now sailing upon it the first time I 1 went to england I 1 I 1 was was on board of zions ship and joseph came to ta me while I 1 was sailing and put pat into my hand a rod and I 1 presume if I 1 have dreamt I 1 once of beang aboard of that ship I 1 have dreamt it a hundred times I 1 ibave have been in it in the midst midat of dangers and in the most dangerous p places aces I 1 have seen trees and stumps mountains and rocks bocks and everything else that could be placed in her course thrown before her to stop ler her in her course but she can sail bail through a mountain brou or on dry land as well as upon the water I 1 have bavo this in dreams and I 1 will say to the brethren just so long as you keep aboard of that ship you will prosper pro I 1 do not eare whether it is in the midst of the Lama or among the jews whether it is asin italy or oi in D denmark eh in europe or in A america merlei we will prosper and I 1 know it that is is my test testimony As bro geo george rge A smith was saying there awesome are some who want to enjoy ancient mormonism MoT Mormon monism imn that is as Mor mormonism monis m used to be when it was a small but it is now becoming a lofty tree and her branches aie are beginning to ta shoot forth all over the of the earth ancient mormonism has ir to such a d degree many have bebej Q back t ground and have left till ahr she has grown to that extent exten JH know i ow her that is as the JIB to I 1 they dont know whoa 11 iii I 1 this is mormon I 1 1 ism I 1 I 1 burch nur ch 1111 I 1 of jesus jesua chrust of latter day saints and president young is the true and leral legal administrator and delegate sent from god dod mud and we are his brethren and aid he is on board of zions ship an and d he is the captain and if f we will rill sties t to 0 i it we shall never run foil of the rocks and a a whoever he tells to 0 take bold of ae hm helm he will tell them ahemia t in what dire direction etin to steer and she is such a good and so true to the helm she will run ri right li between jr or over all snags gayou do you bd believe lieve it you old cormons mormons Mor mons nsf yes well then why dont you grow with the tree and with axi b branches rap i thereof 0 bro ara brown would grow faster living living afi on bread brea d and water and water and bread re with a little milk gentlemen if you dont look out the ship will betout get oat of your reach and the th e tree will grow out of your knowledge so that bat you yon will f forget what manner of a tree it wasi was because beccue as a the tree grows gros it changes in size and appearance app earmice just the same as a child as it grows to manhood inan bood and if you had not been wish wih him all ali theotime the time you would not know him although he gewere were your I 1 I 1 I 1 own son the text that ibm president young zave gave us bears upon my mind considerably and it is a thing we foght to take into consideration not me alo alone but every man and woman that belongs belong sto to the church of jesus jesua christ of latter day saints riot not only those who are indebted to the perpetual emigration fund but all ought tp throw in their mites and enlarge this thio fund the means can be paid in here and the poor can be brought out f from loin the notions nit wit ions hundreds have come on this vear on the strength of this fund it is the ibe duty of those who have been brou brought glit out by it to go and work forthwith for means to pa pay y their indebtedness it does not belong to you but it belongs to those who have made the fund it belongs to that company and to every individual if they have not placed in it any more than a picayune or a halfpenny L look ook at the boor poor in old england I 1 have heard beard that some have feelings against me because I 1 have haie spoken of the poverty of the p people eople in th that at country I 1 know more about its poverty than the natives of the country do those who come from there dont know QS as well about it as we do in the last letter that came from my son son william he wrote that 1 I feel to weep and mourn and lament when I 1 behold the poverty verty of the people they are starving to io death andi and there are scores and hundreds of my brethren in the poor houses of the country the husband is put into introne in toone one poor house the wife in another and the children in another that is the case with our brethren there and while you are here in the midst of luxuries while you i are enjoying these blessings of the lord frd can you see your own bi brethren ethren afflicted d it is not only so in england i but in ireland in scotland n d in denmark and in sweden and in al all I 1 the nat ons of the earth do cothey they b enjoy what we enjoy no although there are some who want to to their native country to en empy joy their own habits and customs yet there is is no rational man or woman who wants to return brethren Bret lizen did apu ever reflect upon these thes e things ti langs a and na try to find out what y you on could do SUP supposing PORing there were not any more saints than what wha tare are in this room to today day if we wewer to put forth our hand band as one man what could we accomplish 9 therease there Ther eare are people enough in this congregation to accod I 1 10 ish more than the whole church has if I 1 th they y would only bell believe eve mid and act upon amoon the given give n them solomon says atile liberal man de viseth liberal things and by his bis liberality shall he be live I 1 have proved the truth of 0 this saying to my fullest satisfaction and to my astonishment time jaad al tifka 1 whan I 1 haw JAA 3 iti 7 and n petin penniless iless a ana na could noi div five e 40 dollars I 1 have bave gone to work by the counsel of my president land and built me a good house boure and furnished it ii band and says bro bra brigham you shall build that house and you shall j have your fi fit t put out I 1 di did d it according to hiss his word and it was clear of debt aua and I 1 had a good fit out I 1 have done the some same here upon the same principle andraid and said the president debt bro abro kirn kim ball take one load of rock and a load of sand and a load of clay and say to the masons nad and joiners go ahead for I 1 never built a house yet but I 1 was better off when I 1 iad had done it than when I 1 began and brethren and sisters that is the flie jeason I 1 I 1 keep on building voice in the stand you yon will get poor it if you stop 1 therefore I 1 go ahead many win will sit down and count the costs how bow much it will cost to put a po catoe in the grounds ground and then how much it will take to raise a 9 hill around it and they fin find d out the expense is so great they will n never ev pr plant a potatoes potatoe nor make a hill P and I 1 they will never accomplish anything r do you not know that is true 1 I 1 let us go to work now and enlarge this fund and let us do it at this conf conference er ence and lot let those who are indebted to it go 90 to work immediately and pay up we shall probably I 1 To bably hold bold this meeting for a time azid and your hearts sh shall allbe be enlarged andia you could only go home while they illey are enlarged sul arged and all the puckering strings loosened and ba back ck the thing right up the perpetual fund would lie be rich I 1 know that ae men and aid women have consciences that want to screw this wa way ads and twist that way and every way under gods heavens beavers before they can come to the right thing if you want to grow and thrive and want to have the I 1 S spirit pirl i t of the lord and the holy ghost to be with you and hav dreams and visions and gold and silver and herds and flocks wives a and children an and every other biller bood aro sro ahead in ayery duty and nd never faulter one moment and tell tbt tb devil to kiss your foot the devil is on the puckering ai line ne and he will pucker every saint and every man there is upon the earth so that they would let their fellow beings lay down in in a furrow of the field and starve to death and these are your brethren and aad sisters if you only but knew it just as much I 1 as your brethren and sisters are ac cording according to what you call the flesh thip thi 1 is the feeling of many well ell if I 1 could only beti dad and mammy and granddad and uncle john an and sally here 1 I 1 would not care caie a dam for all cherest the rest 1 who cares about h having abing only nancy and sally I 1 let us have susan and polly hild arid ti timothy and andrew andre w out too what do brou boid say jhoice JV voice oice in the stand let et us bain bring th them efu all 11 out dut Ys yes let us bring them about bout the tb evars ars distress dis tresa and confusion among among the nations arl are increasing the th e value of provision pro provi ns S 11 it was josf J ap a much as aa you could do to to 1 uve when afu you were there I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 what wh at do 40 you say I 1 brethren and sisters fo ua not wan want t you to say y anyta anything ling unless you yon go head and dol do what lift you say shall we W gt go bp a v iad eidt enlarge i aiese 3 be se fp funds as and apsy 47 11 ii debts t loibl e hii t the stand baye v au who ar in avor i of pa pay I 1 fi 1 I I 1 jo to the fund to the church I 1 2 r A I 1 want you to signify i t hands and then t ay when vou come 1 I 1 luios p s k beep ii g the pile P and keep effla i A saibi 8 floii rr b rth we are the pershia per sOiA I 1 d 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 when we have accomplished our part as servants in the aebli god will send angels be has had bad in reserve to accomplish com what we cannot accomplish but bat he will make us bucklo buckle up to the work and if we should happen 40 0 o lay down dow nana and sli sleep p before bagre wo we have done all we might do here aeri he will hilll tell us i t to 0 awake andge and go about air business and accomplish com that we might have don dofis while we were in the flesh you have got to do it as sure me as the sun ever eve rose and sati sat you mayl wait as long as you yon have a mind to before on bepin begin I 1 y you I 1 I 1 my feelings are re for us all to concentrate ou our r energies ith the head of this church and put afi the w wheel heel aiji w operation that when another year comes we may see a hundred times more come out by the perpetual emigration fund than we have ever seen I 1 believe I 1 have stuck to the text dext pretty well may god bless you and help you to be oe faithful and fulfil fulfill your covenants from I 1 this time henceforth deforth and for ever amen |