Show REMARKS by elder JOIE joil N TAY LO LOR nor it tabernacle r feb eb 19 isco REPORTED BY G D WATT I 1 am always pleased to hear brother joseph young speak because as the indian says he alks talks md good talk and I 1 always like to hear plop people talk good talk and band things that are calculated to make one feel pleasant and comfortable A p passage a sag aag e of scripture c N which he quoted attracted tr ted my at attention e tion it is one oe of the sayings of D david vid J what hat is man that thou art mindful of him bim and the son of man that thou test him inon i boint point of v view i ew man appears very poor leakan weak ana ann imbecile maecile mb ecile eclie and very insignificant in another point of view he appears wise intelligent strong honorable and exalted it is just in in the way that you look at man that you are led to form your opinions concerning him in one respect qt he appears as it were as the grass pf af the field which today to day is and tomor to mor row rov is cast into the oven ile he Is changeable in his opinions igns in his thoughts reflections and a chions ct ions lons he ile is idle vain and out being governed by any correct principle hy comes into existence as it were like a butterfly flutters around for fon fora fona a little while dies and is no more in another point of view we look at lat him as emanating from the gods as ar a god gol in embryo as an eternal being who had an existence before he came liere here and who will exist afta after his mortal remains is mingled and associated with dust from whence he came earner jand and from whence he will be resurrected tand and rand partake of that happiness for which he is destined or receive the reward of his hia evil deeds according to circumstances if we look at the position of man as he has been and as he is what is he whether we regard gard the most powerful and mighty or the most roost humble hurAb te whether as emperors warriors statesmen philosophers as rich or poor we ind find he has haa past away and to us is sleep sleeping i in in oblivion where are some of those great reat kand tand mighty g ht men that hat made the earth tre tremble tle fie whose raoma nod an beeland bec bee kand at the crook of whose finger nations quaked with fear tear they have returned ta gustand dus rand radd ashes and worms prey upion their systems they have waned away and many of the great and honorable are as mu much c ai despised since they died as the they were honored while they lived and were in tie the possession of their earthly glory A what hat is man i in some points of view the human race are feeble indeed they are feeble in their bodies bodice iminda and spirits and need some sustaining influence to uphold them both in body andi and mind before they can occupy their true tion in society whether in relation to this world or in relation to the world which is to come for instance a man may study for years ea rg and perhaps some faint affliction of his bady body od y w will wiil ill lil overturn his hia intellect lie he loses his senses his reason is fled and lie he becomes a ravin raving maniac we are indeed poor creatures think thin what a number of infirmities the human system is subject to until finally death closes its martal career and it is laid among the silent dead i let us ask what the nations of the earth llave haves accomplished for the lat laet six or seven thousand years what great work have they achieved what havethe have the greatest warriors and statesmen that have existed from the beginning done what good have they accod lishey for the world what boon have they down to posterity and how much better are we off because they lived because they theys mo moved moed ed upon the earth and because they posses sed a certain power upon it they have haye accomplished complis hed lIed a solemn nothing where inhere are thosa mighty conquerors and bright geniuses now where are some oe of the mightiest mn m n and what has hag become of 0 the nations and cities where they flourished it has become a matter of doubt where even the foundations ol 01 babylon and nineva were laid egypt it is true has preserved some of its ancient monuments I 1 kings and princes unto wito the present day what are those men loathsome mummies what are they doing with them the great and pharaohs Phara are now being used for fuel to make steam to drive railway cars dars what is man that thou art mindful of him or the son of man that thou remember est him what is man surely when we look at him in this point of view and what are those an ancient clent clint nations what intelligence have they communicated to the men of future ages what real good have they done them A great many of the anci ancl ancient elit erit nations were idolaters idol Idola tors aters they worshipped wor shipped dogs cats crocodiles serpents and every kind of thing that came within the range of their imagination they could not get any idea of the true god any anyta more ore than the christian world can at the present time without revelation nor any knowledge of the reason reasor of their being on t the e earth what hat they came into the world for an and af what they were designed to accomplish if we look at the world in this point of view it presents a sorry spectacle we talk sometimes about the thee great works of artists painters sculptors etc but what have those smart geniuses accomplished of real practical good to the world what do their records snow show their works may be seen in many of the capitals of the nations of europe what are they so many representations dfwar of war destruction and death isyou if you examine some ome of the galleries of art in france the history of that country can be traced from the third century to the tho present time you find in those galleries splendid specimens of i art and what are they here is a representation I 1 of a battle fought there the representation I 1 of death and destruction ant ana an d yonder is AS a spi splendid bendid picture representing the march of a victorious army destroying an unfortunate and vanquished people and reading down the them dead ant ani and dying 12 T the te e history of those nations is marked in blood and tears how much better is the world now in any poin point t of 0 f view thanin than in former days what blessin bles blessings qin s have the great men of former forme raes agos ages handed down clown to posterity were they all collected they would appear in little room it is true there has been some little knowledge of chemistry and astronomy developed and I 1 question very much whether the people now know moore about astronomy than abraham and joseph of old di dafter all their problems and calculation sand all the intelli intelligence ence of the schools in relation to this bran branch cil cli of science it is true we have obtained a little knowledge of thep the d p power 1 ower of steam and electricity ai and have b been E en able to use magnetism and many other such buch principles which possess some utility it the present time to the human family but how much better off is the world of mankind now nov than they were four or five thousand years a ao ago o I 1 do not know if an any i does to tell me telf teli deffine me how much more union there ig is now than then how much more happiness there is now than formerly how much more conversant the world is now with correct principles than the world was in what ia Is called the dark ames ages ages agea and how much better principles are the they governed by than ihan they were afuso years ears ago they then had their heir re monarchies and their despotisms despotis ms here there is as is much of the spirit of war in existence en c e now as ia in any previous a age ge of the world witness the present position of europe and china witness the position tion fion of mexico Al exico central america and the united states of ameri amerl ca at the present time witness the bitter hatred that exists between the north and south in the bosoms of the tha representatives in the halls of the nation at washington which ia is manifested when in the senate chamber how much better then are we in the present age than the people of other ages azes and what is man in reality with all his boasted intelligence and knowledge ile he is a poor weak worm of the earth look at him in a social capacity are we much better socially than the people were several d years ago with all the teachings of our philosophers and moralists mora lists and with all the essays there has been written combined with all the influence of the tho priesthood of the present day men nen are paid in our age for doing a great deal and prid they ought to accomplish at least something As I 1 told a catholic priest once in france when speaking indof of the position of france I 1 said there is some fifty thousand catholic priests in france and if catholicism does not produce an influence in this nation it ought to for there is enough money paid to sustain men to do good among the people when we contemplate all these tag thing weak and inefficient and poor and leebl ara aro contemptible mad mao appears how li aitu ajia accomplished shea shed for the benefit of his bis uan lad zari mari iad or for succeeding generations what is man that thou art alt mindful of him what what is he le let us look again and flew fiew him in another aspect why he ia is ari art eternal being and possesses within him a principle that is destined to exist while life and tho thought u and bein being last or immortality en dures dure s 11 what is he e lie he haddis being in the eternal worlds he existed before he came i here he is not only the son on of 0 man but ho bo is the son of god also he is a god in embryo br y 0 and possesses within him a spark of that eternal flame which yag was vas struck from the blaze of gods in the eternal world and is placed here upon the earth that he may possess true intelligence true trub light true knowledge e that hemak he may know himself that he may know god that he may know something thin about what he was before he came here that wat he may know something about what he is destined to enjoy in the eternal worlds that he may be fully acquainted with his origin orgin with his present existence and with his future destiny that he may know something about the strength and weakness of human nature that he be a may understand the divine law and learn to conquer his passions and into that is at variance with the law of god that he may understand his big true relationship to god and finally that hp he may learn how to subdue to conquer subject all wrong wrong seek after obtain and possess every true choly holy virtuous and heavenly pr and ag as ha s only a sojourner that he may fulfill tbt the measure oe of his hia cre creation atlon help helps himself and farall family bea iwai be a bene hene fi hit fit t t to 0 the presen present tand and futura future generations and ana go back to god having accomplished the work he came here to perform and if ever there was wag a time ori orf the earth since this world orid orld rollo roller into existence that man was placed in a important position it is at this time I 1 if ever there was thi the face of the heavens that enjo enjoy great pil privileges vlies viles and ought to be acquainted with eternal principles this thi s is the people i in ages and generations that tha tare are past men could not accomplish much they came into I 1 the world they lived they died they had bad their I 1 prophets once in a while and slight manifee mani fes lations from god those prophets when wrapped in prophetic vision when their minds minis were illuminated with divine truth looked through the dark vista of future ages and contemplated tem plated A a time when iniquity should no longer triumph when the powers of darkness should be brought tinder under a subjection u bj action to the kingdom of god which should te be established in in the latter day and the government of god be maintained and his holy priesthood hold universal rule where there should be a re organization of light truth intelligence rule and government pertaining to things that ire are to things thab that were and to things that are jo 0 o come the prophets ill in former times ti had their minds lit up from time to time they got lot simply ily ply a glimpse of the things that it is our pur privilege teme lege t as a people to enjoy I 1 god has gathered us from among nai I 1 eions of the earth lie ile has called us together by the light of his hia truth by the light of his hia spirit by the light of his gospel of peace ile he hag had aa gathered us together into one fold he has given us revelation he has given us a knowledg a of and ind a slight knowledge of himself so far abw as we e have lived up to i our privileges 1 ages and so far as we have culli bated the light of the spirit lie he has given to us ug ile he has given us a knowledge of our weakness nes and of our strength and of our imperfections I 1 we are permitted to derive from god all the powers of the priesthood tito the li liht light ht of truth has been developed and many tings things b perti inin ato ito the future ltv if we will only be faithful cewill he will lead us on from li light lit to ligat light from truth to truth from intelli intelligence nce to Intelli intelligence gence genco until we shall know and sef sep and comprehend god whom to know knorr is I 1 fe re everlasting ile he has planted within us u through the principles of eternal truth the germs erms of everlasting life so that death which M has been a terror coall to all ail nations for generations piet which has caused men to quail and through which the jews all thir th ir life ilfe long iong 0 were subject to bon dilge has lost its terrors on the minds milias of men mein abd tbd live their religion reK gion glon who walk according lo 10 the laws of the h holy 0 OT I 1 priesthood and cultivate the sp rit of G god that grim messenger has lost his formidable appearance pe peara arance nee and people feel easy and comfortable under any circumstances that is those wa who do 0 ri right h fear e ar G gol 0 work righteous righteousness nese anak and keep ee p h his 11 comman commandments d me nta they know they have with within in them that principle of eternal life ilfe which shall live after this mortal taber tabard nacle shaller shall khail crumble kimble ill ip the dust to til them em i if I 1 U is peace it is all right if it iswar is war I 1 it I 1 is i all t right I 1 bt if it is sickness ft it in I 1 all ail ill ili at 1 int aa t i is s health beaith e altet it la au night right for it is all carnal life ilfe ioe marl mail thadda in pos Bession session of that principle tl 1 A I whal what is man ian lan he la Is an immortal bea being he is a part of the deity delty ile he is the son of god and god ia is his father and he has come here to work out his salvation and accomplish the thing be he came into existence for we have come here to build up the kingdom of god to establish correct principles to teach the world righteousness and to make millions of the human family happy even all ali who will listen t to the principles of or eternal truth we are berk fier fierko to introduce correct doctrine to introduce dt i orais orals to introduce correct philosophy cor to correct Rovern government ment and to teach momi TOMI how to liv live and now to die how to be lappy happy in this world and in the world which is ta and to lay the foundation for eternal live lives in the eternal worlds what is man A god even the son of god poi possessing essing noble aspirations holy feelings thet may be governed by virtuous principles pa possessing I elevated ideas wishing to realize every evory thing that god has destined to submit to all his bis laws to endure every kind of privation and affliction and suffering as seeing him that is invisible looking for a city that hath 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