Show OF I 1 WITH THE priesthood tax effehia of intimate intercourse and familiarity with the authorized ser servants servants vanis of god and the truths of which they are the bearers bearens are not bof always such as might be imagined ag in e d maly daiy if it not all of this people be 1 ved before beaure they became acquainted with the tiie fact that goddad god had restored his pure gospel i to the earth and again b ampon empowered vered mail maii man with his hoy ho y priesthood that if they could only have the privilege vilge of associating with or being taught by prophets and acid pestles they would ampre appreciate clat ap and d prize zd it as one i of th the e greatest blessin blessina blessings a that iid ild could oula bacon be conferred berred upon them under the influence of these fee feelings linga when they became convinced that thab i was as granted ranted unto them tiam that the pure gospel gospo of jesus estis ead vad h ad been restored restored to the earthy with all ali 11 the gif gifts to and nd blessings which formerly attended it and that men holding the ower and authority of the ancient servants of god were in their midst midat their thein ja y vaas unbounded they tigi knew not how to b be sufficiently antly thankful and th they thet a y felt that I 1 th they IF y could scarcely d do eno enough u gh for such men to ito obey their counsel seemed to be their highest pleasure 2 because in doing so they felt that they were obeying the coun sel eel of god who whose s e servants arid and eina ambassadors ass adors they wee were with many these feelings s of love and yee vee vene ration have bave increased increased from the tile day they heard and believed the gospel until the present familiarity and intimate intercourse with these things a ani and nd chesir these men en in instead st e ad of lessening in their respect and love have increased them and they are more willin willing if possible to honor and obey the counsel odthe of the serva servants tits of god to today day than they fliey V wre when they first became acquainted with them in others how eyer cyer the contrary effects are to be witnessed I 1 the they have hie had with the men of god his been attended with a decrease of th moose f of love lovs and obedience which they experienced when they first became acquainted quaint quain vid ted doht ejr cir true character they have learned th hey are but men mortal fallible men and not angels aud aid the respect and arid Yener veneration li wh which ich they once felt have diminished previous to and at the time tune they heard the gospe I 1 when their hearts were filled with desire to become acquainted with ats ts truths or with gratitude that tbt they bean been partly com corn munir abed to them hem thy iby they could could rould not have been persua persuaded dM io to believe belleve aha athey would ever dis dig regard tie tha thee ther words or counsel of an inspired apostoli OF or prophet pr chaj jhaj they would ever show disrespect to lik hist authority they respected the teacher the priest or the elder so much rauch ad g gave aibe heed beed to his teachings so wi willingly 1 ile lie if that they would have thought it impossible mv to 6 have felt otherwise e towards an apostle then a high priest or a seventy was I 1 looked upon and rek res respected P acted as something but I 1 little atle less than an angel and how could it be possible that an apostle one of the twelve special witnesses ases of chast christ gidd ever be respected any less stra strange n c e asit as it may appear to the inexperienced yet it is the case as all who have much acquaintance with mormonism well know that there are many who donot do not respect and obey the teachings and counsels of an apostle er prophet now to as great at an ex they did those of a priest or eider elder when they first became acquainted with the gospel why is hots tais 4 Is it because they have learned that there ought ht not to be so shown or obedience rendered as formerly or that the greater authority is not entitled to so much honor as th the elesser lesser oh ob no they ea notting not noth noih hing bing ingot of this kind if such individuals should be asked these questions they thay would readily answer I 1 in I 1 the negative but it is bei banse the distance between themselves es and the gar ier servants of god whom lle ile has haa appointed to dictate tho affairs of HIS kingdom has to them apparently lessened they have become more familiar with theland the mand consequently the obligations 1 to obey their counsels are not lot in their estimation 3 so binding now as for tor jor JE gy do 0 not appear to realize that how yer ryer closely and intimately they may be asso I 1 ver relva perva At of ot god aud and the priest behas empy e d upon J thera theia their i 0 obligation obligations i to hearken to and obey their coun doun eis els eels are not lessened thereby the bee iee feelings lings which theah they had a before bet orp orf they them became aware aawar e of th the c existence existence of this work dyben hen they used to read the scriptures and reflect upon the privileges which the generation had who lived con temporary with jesus and his bis apostles have to a great extent le left f t them and they cease to appreciate such blessings as they thought they should let an individual indi viddal or h a people permit feelings f of this nature to grow within thi the thein in feelings th eliat atwill will cause them to be less obedient to the i coh cob counsels libels of god because more familiar with his servants and add the results to them must be deplorable for veneration for every thing sacred even for the lord himself and his counsels would soon be extinguished before they became acquainted with apostles and prophets they had a f feeling eeling r of veneration for tor them and their counsel counsels sal sai almost most if not quite equal to that which they now nov have for angels anels and their counsels couns ls or even for jesu jesus s and his and if a few years acquaintance or familiarity with the work of god will cause buch such a total change in their beelin feelings of respect and veneration for the former it will not take a very great length of time to produce a similar f feeling eeling towards the iatter latter it would only L need a similar acquaintance e or familiarity Y if such were possible to be obtained by individuals of this thia class to produce similar results ih ily the one case ai as in the other othen I 1 r t wey wei we as a people can not too calef carefully eplly guard ourselves ourse nes hes on these points god ha has s in trusted us with important interest interests aad because he i has done so and we have become acquainted with his work and associated with his prist priest hood we should not forget the obligations we are under to obey any counsel he may give through IT intimate intercourse arity with these thin things ts should cause our feelings of obedience and love to increase and grow stronger the power of an apostle ar Prop prophet her ber is as great now that we are acquainted with it as it was when all we knew koew about it was from reading our becoming acquainted with it has not lessened its authority lle lie neither has it diminished in the least the of any filce office of the priesthood if we had bad good reasons for venerating the priesthood when we formerly read about it or when we first hirst learned that it lt w was s again a ot on i the arth earth we we surely have better reasons now when we know and have experienced its power we are accountable now before god toan to an extent that we i could not then conceive of because tl then ie n no authorized z ed V voice oice had saluted our ears but no now W it is not so the voices of apos apostles tle tie and prophets p r 0 have reached us its we have heard their coun counsels seli seid and message and our condemnation is sure if we vve obey them not i |