Show REMARKS by liy president DANIEL 11 WELLS ado made at ii logan ogan city vity sept loth iott 1631 REPORTED by 0 D WATT I 1 appe rb r b fore you this thi s morning morn i n g with wi th grateful elings feelings lee iee le linga to our heavenly father a t h er for the ledge we mutually enjoy in beholding 6 the dawning light of so good a day for israel bother kimball when he bade me good bye ia aa I 1 started from the city on this visit wished me ine to say to the people for him god bless them and brother brigham blesses the people continually our father in heaven blesses them the heavens are full oe of blessings for them why then should we ave not not be the most moat happy of all people while the earth is is full fuli f ull uli of I 1 and strife the people in these mou bains dwell in peace and are bussed with prosperity they have that joy and lind peace stat satisfaction batis satis action and quietness that proc proceeds eds from god aich which could no not be enjoyed in any other part of the world or among a any ny 0 he t peo pie under the most favorable circumstances c 8 we have been called together from different pars of the world i tor or the tle great and special work of building up the kingdom of god upon the earth to ish a of righteousness from which shall radiate every great good and holy principle to all parts of the habitable world it is 13 our privilege to bear an important part in this great work the p ospel aspel of salvation has been promulgated has reached our ears cars where we dwelt among different f nations and coun countries counti tiles ies les and has brou brought ablit us to together ether in these mountain regions A and nd now what is our duty shallie shall shail we be like the thea world from which we have been gathered out if this is our intention we might as well have stad staid sta d in our native country where whore we could have ripened for destruction as well as here 13 but af it we have assayed to be servants of the most high to be his children to be his chosen and peculiar people and for which purpose we are gathered out from among the gentile nations let us not do as they do but let us do according to the high behest of heaven who has bas given us an appointment and called us forth to build tip up hua hia kingdom in these last days let us follow irP implicitly licitlY the ins ruc eions of those whom gol goi has appointed appin app anted ted to guide our minds and direct our step or to use other words let us believe our religion religions and faithfully live it do we believe tully lully that god our father has ai al pointed men whom he influences day by day to lead forth his lis poole people and antl direct them in all their spir spiritual tuai and temporal labors labore and do we so order our course as to corres correspond poud with the anstr instructions actions given us or or dowe do we suppose we can entirely orl cli take our own way ivay in temporal matters according to the traditions of our fathers and the dictations oe of the sp sart rt of the world and at the same time please high heaven and do our duty faithfully in the building up of the kingdom of god we think lif in spiritual mormonism we need direction and constant instruction by the authorized servants of god but we think thirk we know as much about temporal affairs as anybody we rejoice in the knowledge that has be n revealed irom broin the heavens to us we rejoice in tile the word of the lord that has gone forth we rejoice that god has spoken in these last days and that we haye received these most valuable instructions that we have received the knowledge which leads to life and salvation and to exaltation in his kingdom but do we realize that gods goda kingdom in the latter days isto is to all intents and purposes a temporal kingdom and do we realize that if we had staid in the world we could have served him spiritually 1 r i dually there as well as here but what k kind pi d of a kingdom would that have been for the savior enior to rule over when he comes when he comes he is going to reign over a temporal kingdom composed of men and women who do his will on earth everything that pertains to us in our life i is temporal and over us and all we possess our heavenly father and his son jesus christ will reign as well as over all thu the kingdoms of the world when they becom the kingdoms of our god and his christ TTO to build up zion is a temporal labor it 1 does 0 e not consist simply in teaching teach teaching in as aitto to instruct us us how bov to properly apply our laborthe a bor the sooner and better to accomplish the end in view bone and sinew is required to buildup build up the kindom of god in la the last days christ was upon the earth he said 1121 ily ly kingdom la Is not of world if my kingdom were of this world then would my 11 servants fight that I 1 should not be delivered to the jews but now is my kingdom not from 1 11 irence ence 11 it was not of this world then but it remained to le be in the latter iatter daysi days and then ther hia his servants will wage a warfare against the P givers of satan both visible and invisible the saints are now engaged in that warfare they have hive to fight against the evil influences that attend upon their thir footsteps day by day and then therk have to fight against ae aint his bis inclining thew they to do til tyll and against all evil tyll powers and to root them out from their midst midat they have also to contend against the powers of darkness which appear in human beings causing them to come up in the shape of mobs to fight against the saints of the most high this is a temporal warfare as well in which we are engaged the devil has held heIT the control of the earth under his influence the people have built up cities colleges colleg es and institutions of every di and traverse the earth and seas to emang money to sustain them we have been gathered out to 0 form a duclus of power to take the kingdom overcome evil with good tread wickedness under our feet and exalt righteousness upon the mountain tops that the power the wealth eaith and earthly prosperity may be taken from the powers of the devil and placed within the power and control of a righteous people veople where it belongs what can we do to promote this great greit cause to redeem the earth from sin from hell and the devil and make it a habitation for saints and angels this li 13 a question that comes home to us all the best answer that can be given to it is do according to the instructions of him whom the lord has appo nt tit ed to lead us its he says go to wit with your our and build up the kingdom of gol goi god by quarry guarry ng the tock by bringing the ti timber in ber from tile the kenyons and making it into lumber I 1 by making aking ado bles bics mixing the mortar burning tile the lime line and drawing draving from the elements around us the material necessary to beautify beautify bea and build up and to exalt in every way those principles that essay to establish righteousness p er the hole hoie whole bole earth it if the word is to build forts build them if to raise grain raise grain it is needful to do these things because our society is composed of men women ard children the same as other communities of perpie like other people we must have food and raiment houses to live in iry and the common creature comforts we have come to these distant valleys t to 0 improve i no not tto to debase ourselves to the level of the savages around us we have come here purposely to advance not to take the retrograde path to exalt ourselves in the knowledge of god and seek seel to exalt ahers 0 hers to our standard of boll holiness and itis it is then forus for us to aspire constantly to a still higher standard in the scale of human existence existences exalting with us those with whom we are associated we need everything that other people need except sin and no people need that we need everything else that ia is necessary to build up any other kingdom and we have to pr duce ft from the elements with which we are bur aur rou ded we have been brought tar far fa from the wicked world to give ua us an opportunity to show that we will do it or that we wi I 1 nt do it to prove our integrity to the cause of righteousness ard to god to prove to him that we will struggle gie gle to abtin the knowledge arid and the ability to create the means of our I 1 own subsistence subs istance that we will struggle to subdue the elements to sanctify the earth chase froll it and beautify it by building up beautiful places ornamenting our eur grounds cultivating fruits of every variety that will flourish in our country and thus bless ourselves with the blessings the almighty has placed within our reach and prove to td h a that we are willing to abide his bis bish high behest acknowledging that he throws in 0 ur way ivay all these advantages and by our works show that we are willing to make all our oue efforts forts noi moi point to the building up of the kingdom of god a and nd prove to the world that we ive are more exalted in our attainment attain men s and more elevated eeva ted in cur notions than they are and fina ly IV we will make ourselves ours elvei independent of every people and nation upon the earth when our father in heaven finds h he 0 it bas has a pot pov a people who stand as a unit in W favor r 0 of f t hla lia I 1 kingdom and have made the themselves free and independent will he i ot be pleased with thal that people it is a long time s ance nce he has had such a people it is our privilege to be that people and be acknowledged of goi god as his people then it becomes us to be watchful careful energetic and milligent dill dilli igent ent in end avor ing ipg to bring to pass pas his pur purposes poses according to his lia mind and good pleasure here are the fat valleys of ephraim from the elements that are arc strewn around us its in rich profusion we can gain our oun entire support we can raise the flax the wool the cotton the bread the fruit and sugar we can di dig out the iron ore and the copper and the lead ca and mould these minerals to our wants and make theu then administer to our comfort and convenience veni ence one can accomplish one thin thing and another can accomplish something else when our labor is properly directed one man will go at this employment and adoth r at that to bring forth the things necessary for our mu mur tua tuai I 1 convenience and comfort when we are will wili ng to abide the instructions of our leaders and bring tring to our aid the knowledge we have received in the coun ri a from which we have been I 1 then conspired one end namely for the building up tt cf the kingdom of god in he northern worthern parts of this terr territory i altory we can produce things that they cannot BO so well p produce aduce in ja the batt bouthern southern haru borns por ns lafit last spring we visited the southern there they can call raise choice fruits that bab bat will flourish nourish in southern climates hey also raise cotton better than we ca can and can raise wool better th thu n they I 1 in this I 1 wr we can create an exchange of commodities between tha north and the south arake cotton and woolen cloth at homeard home and not be too proud to wear it when we have made it in the revelations of god to joseph smith jun we read and a again 0 ain aln thou not be proud ii thy heart let all illy tily garments be plain and beir veir t air beauly beauy the beauty of the work of their own hands and let all things be done in cleanliness before me we can get the furs in these mountains to make the most beautiful hats and the most durable from the countries northwest of us the hudson bay company supply nearly all eu ope I with the choicest of furs shall shail we first send the furs to bell and then have it freighted b cc c i to us by gentile speculators at a gre t eap exp ne in the shape of hats for us to wear get the jur lur ai at d make our ovir own hat and so with our leather and our boots and sho bho shoes ea and so with everything that is necessary forur hal haj and comfort heretofore we have feen been sorely taxed our life blood has hag beba d awn from us our circulating me medium di um is crawn away fr those ar ldes ides abic which 11 w we e ca can produce ourselves that woman that makes a yard of cloth accomplishes a good work towards building up the ind den lence of the kingdom 0 of god and by her works her fai fal h 1 is 3 made manifest that man who raises rales a small patch of flix flax prepares it for the spinning wheel procured procures the wheel and loom and alid is diligent in havi having n 9 his wives and daughters learn to convert t the he flax into ino thread and cloth is is laborin laboring in tile the rig right htway way to permanently establish the hinx finx kind m of god this will not only amply to flax but wool and every other brodu production c tion natural to our country in this way both men and women and are accomplishing the p for which they have been Ra gathered out from their native places into these distant valles s I 1 have said that we have a warfare to wage guns and pistols are brought here and can be had sometimes at low prices such weapons are necessary in the warfare in which we are engaged we have lave attempted to make powder and with perseverance per and skill I 1 have no doubt a plentiful eup tup ly call can be produced here heie we weare are now successfully sully making paper you will soon receive the D 1 senet SERET NEWS printed on paper made here you can call aid and assist in ibis species of home production by saving carefully your rags for the tiie paper manufactory in the manufacture of paper we check the outa ird flow of one stream of gold that has heretofore 0 gone one to enrich the gentiles we are arc also successfully ra king nails our machinery is of tl ti e most app appi approved oved loved mhd k ua and can pro uce nee them in great quantities we can call also produce 0 r linseed cil elf from the flaxseed the oil made here is of fine qu lity president young has imported several asplend d carding machines for the carding of wool ile he has taken no little pains in importing tl tie e most useful mach macli nery to meet our present wants Is it n t better to sa s1 end our means in this way than to spent spend it for imported goods of an inferior interior ty I 1 wish ish to say pay ay a few word to those erig engaged agad in in the military in it this his ailey alley there are many who are subject to perform military duty diany many of them are ignorant as to the poper p oti er care proper handling and p oper use 0 of hire fire re arms tiley they should be taught t handle handie fire arms in a way not to accidentally injure themselves or their companions in arms I 1 care more about their knowing how to handl their arms and how bow to keep kerp them in good condition than I 1 do their knowing knowing oving 0 ho bovio v to perform eyes right eyes lert left eft 2 telo tele not but what strict discipline disc dise pline and a maintenance of perfect t ader in military ranks is essential y necessary maryas sa ryas is in all other departments of the community rati tilty tro tr ough U h I 1 would rather they bodd wo ild learn to shoot correctly and it would hot hos be amiss to secure a little extra a supply of ammunition to practice how bow to shoot rather than trade arms and aind ammunition that is put into their hands to use when necessary i learn how to clean a gun well how to take i it apart and put it together again and how LOW I 1 to keep it in good condition gearu laatu how to load a gun gon properly property learn what is a proper charge and hen bet learn to throw the tile bal to the spot you wish it should be lodged I 1 it j would bo b presumption to call a person to go 0 foi fol foith th bear bedr bearing ilig arus arns aru arn s that could not use thel them with proper effect affect th abs tha tbs a would prove an injury instead of a benefit we |