Show dy by president YOUNG tabernacle PM ot of june 3 itsjo REPORTED BY 0 D I 1 delight to meet with my brethren it is my chief joy it affords me great consolation and comfort but whether I 1 am alone or in the midst of the spirit of my religion is continually a sacred consolation to me I 1 hardly ever see the time when I 1 do not have a flow how of it one of the greatest blessin blessings ggs I 1 enjoy is the privilege of meeting with the assembled saints do you realize that there is not another denomination professing christianity that enjoys this privilege in BO so great a degree as do the latter day saints there thera is not another society or community professing to believe the bible em embracing bracini it in their faith would consent for one moment to sell or give away I 1 all they have and travel halfway over the I 1 earth for the sake of assembling together together the position of all other prof professing essin t kristians arist drist christians ians lans causes them to mingle mingie more or less with the j ungodly with those who take the name of god in val vai vain n with those who delight in unrighteousness right e were they called to make the sacrifices required of this people they would r refuse fuse and abandon their religion rather than nt comply amply the rhe latter day saints are called to separate e a rae rde eem Oem themselves selves from the wicked to as assemble 8 ein eln ae i to together ethe and associate with each other and aud this ON is on one of the greatest blessings bestowed upon me mathat thab that ahat I 1 may not be obliged to min mid mingle I 1 le with the Tn ungodly godly my aly business my cour course se of life ilfe does not call me where I 1 am under the nices necessity sity of hearing the name of that deity whom I 1 worship blasphemed where his character name place and attributes are held in tile ilie the llie deepest de derision dision as they are in the world I 1 am not under the necessity of m mingling i with such characters Is not cot this a blessing ble bie si nr it is true in traveling and preaching in I 1 have mingled more or less with the un godly since ibave been in this church though when I 1 have fallen into such society I 1 have passed along as ab speedily as possible in kirtland in e prophet joseph told the eilers elders that if they would do right would pro promote motil the kingdom of god upon the earth as they professed they desired to do they would take his counsel to never put forth their hands to da another days work to build up a gentile city F from rom that day to this I 1 do not know that I 1 have done one hours work contrary to that counsel you have frequently heard beard me refer to my poverty y when I 1 moved to kirtland in the fall ot of 1833 not a man ever gathered with the Saints saintaro Sain taso so fai far as I 1 have known but had more property than iliad when I 1 came into the church I 1 distributed my substance and went preaching to tg and when 1 I 1 gathered with the saints I 1 had nothing I 1 then said I 1 would not work to build up a gentile city other mechanics went from kirtland to different cities to get t employment I 1 said to them I 1 will corkil work here lere if I 1 do not receive one farthing in g for my labor and have haie to beg my bread and nd I 1 wili wih assist in building up this place and will make many dollars to your one by so doing I 1 did for when I 1 started to the west on the ath of the following may I 1 could have bought what almost the whole of them thern had made during diring the winter they told afe ife me that it often cost them more to get pet twenty dollars they had earned than it did to earn it I 1 went ident to work for br cahoon one of the britland Krit land temple committee he had little or no means and only a shell of a house I 1 helped dimand the lord threw things in his path and he paid me for my labor I 1 worked day by day and when spring came I 1 had more in in my possession for my labor than any who had gone out in search of work during the past winter if they had waited for me to have lifted my hands to build a city at fairfield and it its neighborhood they would have wai ed until the judgment day I 1 said when they came here and I 1 now say if they had loaded every one of their wagons with gold and offered it to me they could not have bought me and I 1 would not have worked for them you may ask have you not helped them I 1 have sold them a considerable amount of lumber but in that operation which received the most help they or me they paid my price and I 1 do good with it an and intend to continue doing good were I 1 residing in a 4 gathering place where I 1 knew knet I 1 could remain for two years and had i fifty thousand dollars to spare I 1 would expend it in the best improvements I 1 could and labor ili thi to improve r 0 ve until the last day of my remaining 0 no the 1 lord lori r d is gathering his people and this is a city for the saints A great many here are satisfied with a log hut but some act as though they expected to be driven and others say we will soon go back to the center stake of zion and this house will answer my purpose till then let every mechanic rn and every scientific man of all classes and occupations and every woman improve to the ebest lest of their ability faithfully living their religion and we shall be de none too well qualified to build buildup up zion when that time arrives I 1 never saw a stone mason who thoroughly understood h s trade we have not a quarryman who fully understands getting out rock for the temple walls then how amid such ignorance are you going to properly lay the foundation of the new jerusalem the zion of our god what do you know about building the great temple that is yet to be built upon which the glory of god will rest by day and by night where is the man that knows how to lay the first rock in that temple or to get out the first stick of timber for it itt where is the woman that knows how to make a single part of 0 its interior deco decorations rations that knowledge is not now here and unless you wisely improve upon your privileges day by day you will not be prepared when called upon to engage to the best advantage in libil building ding 0 up zion no nation possesses any ny wisdom but what it has received from the same god that we worship he is the best mechanic and the most scientific personage that we have any knowledge of there is not a principle in astronomy tr onomy known by men of science but what has been revealed from heaven all true knowledge among men in relation to agriculture the arts science commerce and arid every avocation in life has been given from our father in heaven to his children hether whether they acknowledge and obey him or not br wells was just speaking about the lords havin having 9 a foot hold bold on this earth ile he holds dominion over the winged tribes of heaven they obey hislaw his law ile he holds dominion in the depths of the sea where man cannot pollute it but there is not a mountain valley continent island or other portion of earth where mankind dwell but what thereon they more or less pervert the ways of the lorland Lor dand have done so nearly all the time though his provi dences are over them all ani and ile he will cause the wrath of man roan to praise him enoch was the only man that could build a city to god and as soon as be he had bad it ca completed M plated he and his city with its walls houses ho uses land rivers and everything pertaining to it were taken away god does not violate the agency he has given to man wherefore let this be in the mouth oe of every saint uuie the lord shall have perfect dominion in my heart and affections then he will begin to reign in the midst of the people but he cannot do so now when we have faith to understand that he must dictate and that we must be perfectly submissive to him then we shall begin to rapidly collect the in telli gence that is bestowed upon the nation nations for all this intelligence belongs in zion all al the knowledg knowledge ige wisdom power and glory that have been bi bestowed stowed upon the nations of the earth from the days dayh of adam till now must be gathered home to zion the wicked will become more and more weak and ign they increase in wickedness see the trilling trifling childish foolishness now amon among the nations of the earth br george Ilai ilal Halliday liday said baid this morning mornin ism has made medhat me what I 1 am 2 that i is s true mormonism embraces all truth in heaven earth and hell bell consequently all we have received that is calculated to make us of any worth wo rth is from the principles taught by b it look at the world where is the wisdom of the emperors kings and rulers of the nations imbecility and weakness are fast creeping into high hi h plo pio a and spreading among the people rilley T they lova lovo lies and arid choose ambrif dar darkness ness rather than light and the lord will grant them their desires until they dwindle into degradation and utter destruction when the government will rest upon those who are faithful ua to god and their country this is my country I 1 am a native born american citizen my father fought for the liberty we ought to have enjoyed in the states and we shall yet see the day when we shall e enjoy oy it had we the power would we hold t the e wicked down and whip them no for except in self defence it is our duty to plead with ith them and offer them the ter terms ms or of life and salvation to give the ric ilc ili iii ill the opportunity i god has hag designed them to have but what would they do if they could get the advantage of this people according to lr br kimballs Kim balls comparison they would hug us close and tight they would oppress corrupt afflic tand destroy us if they could but realize the generosity there is in the gospel of salvation they would not bate us as they do now but in their ignorance ignorance they would destroy a saintie cause they they imagine that a saint would dd da the same to them A saint would take n no 0 unjust advantage but the devil will that I 1 is what he tried to do in heaven br kimball asked whether there were liars and thieves in heaven it is recorded that the devil is somewhere there accusing the brethren and finding fault with them men in the flesh are clothed with the priesthood with its blessings the apostatizing from which and turning away from the lord prepares them to become sons of perdition there was a devil in heaven and he strove to possess the birth right of the savior he was a liar from the beginning and loves those who love and make lies as do his imps and followers here on the earth how many devils there thele are in heaven or where it is is not for me to say does the accuser of the brethren dwell with the father and the son no but he is somewhere and when we go through the vail we shall know much more about these matters than we now do for we shall possess all the sensibilities we now possess brightened and increased in intensity by the visions and power of the spirit world to an extent of which you now have no idea I 1 will now say a few words upon matters that immediately concern us I 1 believe it to be the duty of all sisters who profess to be saints to make their agabel apparel and if they want ornaments make t them em it is the duty of the brethren to know how to build a house how to make a garden and how to do every thing thim that can be accomplished by the ingenuity cen given to man whet why that thai L we may know how ow to build an and ani beautify eau fy zion letus let us improve and gather all the knowledge and faith we possibly can both from heaven and earth being diligent and fervent in all our duties private and public and striving to gather the wisdom of god as bestowed on the nations home to zion I 1 feel much encouraged with regard to our academy it is well attended and the scholars are interested and energetic in theil theft studies schools are becoming numerous and well attended and the spirit of improvement is among the people let all in the coming harvest which pro promises m abundance strive to secure their brea breadstuff d and especially do not part with it to feed your enemies much depends upon mothers in regard to improving the rising generation ene ration let us all try to improve upon til many and rich blessings I 1 we ei enjoy the priesthood is here god is b beginning g I 1 n ning to reign on the earth open your h hearts eart s and let him reign therein predominant god bless you every one amen |