Show ap pp e I 1 ts 1 6 4 II t z DISCOURSE by president brigham young toung tabernacle dec 3 there are two or three subjects that I 1 wish to occupy a short time in speaking upon and I 1 will ca commence mence with observations upon spiritual gifts applicable in directly to such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of deah do hi according I 1 to the words of tile the psalmist in the scripture written by job or said to be written by him you son can call read 11 there is is a spirit pint in man mail arid and tile the inspiration of the he almighty veth 11 them understanding ap and dan in the new Ut testament ament in him alit christ rl it was life and the life was the light of men 11 then slake jesus again agabo unto them saying sa aug I 1 am the light of the world he that folio me B shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life that wils was the ti ue light which ligh teth every man that cometh igho th the e world we could turn to many other passages of scripture alluding luding ul to what I 1 have haie in iii my mind with regard to the inhabitants of the earth it is is believed or lias has been for foi I 1 have often heard it taught by the elders of israel that every person of accountable age who did not believe in ili the gosp gospel el of the son of god as ICU it as written int in the new testament and practice it in the r lives aou would ld be damned or ili in other words if a person does not net become a saint or wham alia we ivo call a saint lie must be d arnner dunned according to the old od scrip tures in it one sense I 1 can agree with them with regard to the expression anti and truly say that the of tile tho earth who have lived hi ed and abed d aed and those w who ho are aie now living I 1 are all damned this idea br brings ings to my mind so much not di realy rec ly alluding to my subject that I 1 will ivill break aff ff and say that we are now fighting the alie devils i in n order older to make a heaven of this earth any person knowing arid and 9 the scriptures script mes as they are and tile the mind and will of god can understand at once that when he is shut out from the presence of the I 1 lord when he does not hear his voice sees not his fice receives received not the ministering of his angels or 01 ministering spirits arid and has no messenger from tile he heavens averis to visit isit linn him he must surely be ui it he hell does the wrath of god rest upon all such yes and we have plenty of it just as much as we know what to do with are aie you not aware that the latter day saints are realizing tins this and saying s lying that it seems as though the devils are let loose upon the Sai saints tits do you ou not know that they are liable to temptation temptations 7 to feet feel mallee strafe fes envy hatred to god dislike to righteousness arid and an ail inclination to dethrone the almighty and usurp his authority 7 if this is is not being in hell hall and if this is is not the wrath of go god abiding to a certain ceitaw degree upon the inhabitants of the eath earth ea th we will wil I 1 wait until we find out what it is is but I 1 cannot tell it any better in so few few worda I 1 I 1 the spirit of the lord tile the light of christ and the inspiration of the are given to towery every nian man to profit withal all who understand tile the gospel of salvation in reflecting upon the condition of their progenitors av a far back as they can trace tiace them have this consolation if they were honest if they were upright if they lived according to the best light and knowledge they had if they served I 1 the lord according to all ail they could obian from the priest and other sources and lived acco according to that light are they damned 7 yes pre croci cely ely as n you and I 1 will ill belt t is is understood ind and is is so writ whitten wi itten tent likit when the inhabitants of lite earth eaith pass through what is is called the valley of death that which is is in ia the tabernacle acla leaves it and goes hito ato the woi ld of spirits wh cl is is called hados hades 01 liell tile the spirits t that at dwell in these tabernacles on oil this earth eaith when they leave them go directly r into tho the world of spirits what a congregated r on gregaN mass of inhabitants there in spirit mingling with each other as they do hrc hica yes brethren ethien bi they are there together and it if they associate together and collect in claris clans and in societies as they do here it is is then their privilege no doubt they vet more moie or 01 less see sea hear converse arid and have to do with each other both good and bad jesus himself went to preach to the spirits its in n prison now as he went to preach to them he eel cei tamly associated with them there theire is is no doubt of that eliat if the prophets went arid and preached to the spirits in in prison they associated ich with them if the elders of israel in these latter times go and preach to the spirits in 1 1 y i 1 I A a elders ers associate with the wicked in in the fl sh when they go to preach pi each to them this is is exactly what I 1 cieli W t to g gt get t before yu y u minds not but that many of you understand these principles arid and again agaba many of you have not had the privilege of hearing them brother woodard who spoke to you this morning mor nm irs ir ii s s been in in italy and has never liever before had tho the P pim i i lege of gathering with the saints he first learned ie arned of the lie coming forth of the book of mormon ard the restoration of the gospel from froin the elders who tr a uhlie here he was and by the spirit of the lord loid lie he understood brethren arid and sisters and all who preach the gospel of salvation and in short all who inhabit this earth I 1 wish you to understand that the lord loid bas has pleased to oi canise tabernacles here harps and aad into them and they then become intelligent beings by and by sooner or later the body tins ois that is is tangible to you that yo you tt cart call feel see handle se returns to its mother dust Is the spirit dead no Y you tu believe tile the spirit still exists when this body has crumbled to the eart earth h again and the spirit that god puts into the tabor tabernacle naele goes into tile the world of spirits what wha is their situation Is there any opportunity for them whatever 7 yes there is is although there is a great deal of scripture whit which h the priests pi bests have lave been pleased to make without revelation that contradicts this idea and the traditions of ilia f fathers athers contradict it not the traditions of the pro phet arid and apostles ipa sUes but of out om fathers athers those who have lived ined in the dark ages of the world and the great minority of those who live now mow for I 1 do not know of a darker daiker period hi lit the history of the world than that of the nineteenth century apart from the light of the new and everlasting cove nant it is the ignorance and superstition of the people that contradict future progression in in the of spirits for the go gospel illel does not there is an opportunity for men mail who are in in the spirit to receive receive the gospel jesus while his boly body bo ly I 1 lay ay in I 1 tile the grave two nights lights and ohe on day went to 0 the world of spirits to silo show the bie thren how they should build buila up the kingdom and bacig spirits ivnits to the tha knowledge odthe of the truth ili the spirit world lp hp wel went it to sot set them the pattern there us as he had done on oil this earth hence you pare eive that there spirits have the cirei ge of embracing the truth 1 I 1 I 1 you may ask if they are baptie siad fed there no can they have hands laid upon thern them for the gift of the holy holi ghost no nonea the outward s that pertain to the flesh ire are administered there but tile the light glory arid and power of the I 1 holy ghost are enjoyed just as freely as upon tins this earth eaith and there are laws which govern and col cont spirit world and to which they are subject I 1 can we do anything 1 alij for them thema yes what aber we tra ilg to build a temple Temp lelor fora and we shall not only build a temple here if weare we are successful cess ful rui and are blessed and preserved hut but we shall probably commence two or three more and so on as last as the work requires for the express purpose of redeeming our oui lead dead cheril gata get a revelation that some of my pro progenitors d editors I 1 ved and died without the blessings of the gospel or aven even hearing it preached but were as onest honest as I 1 an n As 88 Dright Ul as I 1 am m or ns any man woman man coil could JA bt upon the earth as righteous so flar far as they know knew I 1 bow ow as any apostle or prophet that thai ever lured lived I 1 will kiji go and nd bs be ba baptized f iced confirmed washed and anointed and go through all the ordinances and endow endowments meats for them that their beir i way may be open to the celestial kingdom I 1 I 1 As I 1 have frea frequently bently told you that is the of the millennium it is the work ork that has to be performed by the seed p f f Abra abraham harn the chosen I 1 seed the royal seed the blessed of the lord i th 11 el the lord made covenants wa with faey will s forth arid and save every son and daughter of A adam in who will receive salvation here on the eart eath lf aa and d all spirits iu in the spirit world will be 0 pre ched to 11 conversed with I 1 and the of sal sa lation A oil 1 carried to them that they may have bave the privilege jl il ago 0 of f receiving the gospel and they will have plenty of children here on th the dearth earth to officiate for them I 1 in those ordinances of the fee gospel that cpr pertain tain to the frosh I 1 many people believe that the spirit of the lord has not been upon the earth when the gospel was not among men in its ita purity they believe the I 1 haw spirit otibe of the lord has been en entirely aaen taken from 1 the earth since the apostasy ape apo stacy of the church I 1 do 1 not believe for one moment that there has been a man or woman upon the face of the earth from the da days Ys of adam to this day who has not been enlightened elligh tail ad instructed and taught by the revelations of jesus christ what the ignorant he heathen uthen yes every human being who has possessed a sane mind I 1 am far from believing that the children of men mail have been deprived of the privilege of receiving the spirit of the lord to teach them right from wrong no in matter atter what the ilia aridi traditions eions of their fathers vera were those who were honest before the lord and acted uprightly according to the best knowledge they had will haveril ha have att opportunity to go into alo kingdom 0 oj god I 1 believe this privilege belonged to ther the soni SOBS and daughters of adam and descended from il im and his children who were with him throughout all gene generations rations 1 1 men who are under the influence of bf their ameir traditions dit ions and former notions will desire to ask r scores cores of questions upon this subjects subject but I 1 think 1 I 1 can relieve your minds the Th spirit eSpirit of the lord in teaching the people in ill opening their minds to alie principles plea of ruth does not infringe upon the laws god has 9 gihei xi vetto to mankind for their government conse consequently qUe atty when ilia lord made man he iab made him an ail agent accountable to his god with liberty to act aud and to do as lie he pleases to a catain cei tain extent in order older to prove himself there is a law av that governs man maji tivis tins far fai but the law of the celestial kingdom as I 1 bave frequently told you is and alwa always Ys will be the spineto sai same neto to all ail the children of adam when we talk of the celestal celest celes fal al law which lis is revealed from heaven that Is isi tire priesthood we are talking about the principle of salvation a perfect gerfe t system of gavern government ment of laws and ordinances by which we can be pi prepared ep ared to pass from 0 o abne lie gate to another and from one sentinel to another until wb we go into anio the lite presence 66 of our father and god tins this law hoe bot always biou been the earth and in its absence other laws have been given the children childre ii of men for their improvement for their education for their government and to io prove what they would do when left to control the themselves in and abut we cowcill now call tradition lias has ajro u on out t of these circumstances I 1 I 1 there is so much of tah that I 1 hardly dare 68 to comine commence fice talking about it it would require a lengthy len athy discourse upon this particular point suffice it to say say the lord lias has not established laws by which I 1 uni am compelled t to 0 have lave my shoes made in ili a certain style he int has s never div given a a 4 law to determine whether I 1 sh shall have a square toed boot or a peaked toed boot whether I 1 shall have a coat with the waist just under my arms and aid the skirts down to my heels or whether I 1 shall havea have a coat like the one I 1 have on oil intelligence to a certain extent was vs bestowed both upon saint and kinru r to use ihde independently aside from whether they have the law of the priesthood OF or not oi or whether they have haje eyer ever heard ofir not I 1 put into you intelligence int elfige nee 9 al 1 th ali the loja that you may know how bow to goven arid and control yourselves anu and make mak yourselves comfortable and h happy on the a earth arth and give auto you certain I 1 privileges to act upon as independently in ill your sphere as I 1 do in ili the government of heaven 11 no mater whether wo we die jew or gentile Geu as the two classes if people are culled called though gentile signifies disobedient people no ho matter whether vve ve believe in the koran ns as firmly as wallow we now believe ili in the bible no matter whether we have b n davd by tile the jews the gentiles or the ilia hottentots Hotten tots whether wo we serve tile the tr true and tha living god or a lif lifeless uless image if wo vy tire are hontert hon eErt before the god we serve brother george Q cannon brought me a god from tile the sandwich islands made out of a piece of wood if all the people bow down to such a god as that so it is in ili accod accordance dance with their laws 1 and I 1 id ordinances and their manner of deed deal among themselves tho the lord pr permits mits them to do as asaley please with i regard to that matter and this illustration will apply ito 40 all th the e 11 nations a eions upon tile the face of the earth people wh who 0 fall down beneath the w wheels heels of 3 ug ernaut and are crushed to death who sacrifice their chil ebil dieu dreu in the worship idols if they act accord according ilig to tile the best of their knowledge there is a chance foy for their salvation a as much as there is for the sa sal lvalion of any other pr person ID do 0 1 ou riffia the Hin doos 0 h ha I 1 the spin sparil arnow w v bolh ave and 1 so have the hottentots Hotten tots arid and so lias has every nation and kinz kingdom dow upon th thu faue or of the me earth even thol soma of the n may bs be cannibals indulging in ili a practice the most repugnant ent to our refined feelings of auy ny we a know of among any people yot that is a practice which the religious and pol A rd d inhabitants of our lovely country sl shudder u adder w u atit let me placid any member tin th is cot congregation g rogation or the whole of them in such a stilt r 1 of ipg from year to year bey shall never see que one day or one hour honra A comfort nor satis fiction Action of human life when compared ith a condition of that kind the sin of killing and eating a human being would nota tot I 1 beas be as great as many sins committed by the so called chrisa aiau nations nation I 1 I 1 caul can I 1 refer your minds 1 0 o atren 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