| Show hy by eident president Pr BRIGHA 31 YOUNG nowery cowery july julf 29 REPORTED reported BY 0 D WATT wart here is a congregation of saints who have forsaken all they formerly esteemed near and dear for lor the sake ol 01 the knowledge of the t ft ily lly grael gospel of salvation and aud when an elder of israel rises to speak to you how many are 1 abing aying attention to what he says s a ys 9 People leople are ai n comparison like little children who have nave have to be not to throw articles x r to 10 the fire flie notto cut nor mar the furniture and requiring a linos imbat constant i watchcase watch care and instruction in like ma manner the young middle aged and old require to be taught every sab sabbath ba th ever v day dag da y and all the time as it is th n ti toey try y that feared the lord often ond one to another we are but babes in the gospel of life and sav sava rava a ion take this people as a whole what P PL t who understands things as they are write bear the cross cros and despise the shamp shamo it is a cross across to the feelings of ml many any 3 acknowledge that jesus is the christ take up your cross brother and bear iland ou shall wear the crown what cross if he tie eyes of a person were opened to see the e ernal principles that pertain to the worlds that flat are that were and that will be and the that dwell upon those planets we behold would he talk about a cross about despising t te shame what is the shame where is is i r miserable Iise ilse rable rabie filthy individuals full of the of death point the finger of scorn a those who confess that jesus ia is the christ 1 U ill you regard their scorn rn no pity piety the jn ignorant orant creatures who are bound to ruin to a man devoted to god and endowed with the fine feelings and principles of life everlasting tae pointing by the wicked of the finger of scorn atone at one who acknowledges that jesus is the christ at one who believes in god the father and in jesus the mediator is ls not worthy of the least refard regard do you despise those hose who woo scorn and ridicule the righteous nolor n comparison they are no more that the dust or the smal smallest leEt lest insect you can behold with your best microscopes true the human family are endowed with lle lie gelm of life but who ia is capable of preserving that life of preserving his uis ident identity when we talk about sinners saints t the e would christ men of god men of the world men inen of science men of talent and kings on their thrones every person that understands the goseer gospel of salvation realizes that more glory and honor onor are attached to his character and diling than to all the man made kings ever rr upon the earth when I 1 reflect upon uese nese thin things thins s and realize them it is impossible f fir ar me to answer my feelings before the people you frequently hear me express a wish vish t hat at I 1 had a voice to penetrate the heart of every being upon the earth but if I 1 had the power to speak to them and the ability to onvey my ideas in larig language niage so plain that c aildred could not miss und e arsta nd speaking ta tail ail all in their own language I 1 should still stilt come rome far short and be obliged to say my soul is burdened because I 1 have no place to pour it our out that is the situation of angels and kroph et es s who have gone behind the vail here are persons who have been in this church from tae tue beginning e do they so live that the heavens are open to chemor the moor are they still of 0 the earth earthy earthy are they groveling in the darl dari darkness ness hat covers the nations of the earh banh earb this inquiry you may answer for yourselves per j haps some will N ill lil say they have reason to tobe tobo be I 1 discouraged this people have not received improved im p roved grown and enlarged in their capa 1 cv cries tes les as fast as they should have done I 1 am nor not accusing any individual but as a comma nety we have it not 0 t improve improved i d and increased in the knowledge of god and godliness according to tc our privileges am I 1 discouraged I 1 am not does my heart fail me am I 1 ready to tay ay that the kingdom of god is broken and baere lere is no salvation for the people by no means if I 1 live as long iong as enoch lived who walked with the lord three hendred an and sixty five years can I 1 then than see a people prepared to ea dr er at once into the celestial world world no many inay may think that enoch and his whole city were aken from the earth directly into the presence of gr god that is a mistaken idea if it within aree uree hundred and sixty five years I 1 can see a people capable of surmounting every sin of 0 overcoming ver coming every evil and effect of sin to such degree as to be separated in the flesh from I 1 ae lie sinful portion of the world and from all t ie te effects bf the fall a great people as pure ur e nd as were the people of enoch isep I 1 should 0 1 a not complain and perhaps have no cause to yel ye in to the latter days god wll wil cut short his work in righteousness do you understand that what the lord will lwirt arm rin in the latter days will be done quicker f tran n in the former days he suffered noah f II 11 occupy one hundred and twenty years in the ark were he to command us to bi lang id bang an ark ha he would not allow so ion lon long iong 11 a ame mp fur completing it on account of the works being hastened in our time I 1 have 11 god gos reason to urge upon the people the feces siry stry of their living their religion every moart ol 01 of their increasing in faith in wisdom n knowledge and in power to forsake all bad im to say to alf all who are in the habit of a 0 doing duing wrong of getting angry an gry of contend a I 1 with their neighbors and abusing them then v h a their tongues and abusing themselves refrain r r rai ral n from your evil ways cewill we will say ry but out in a very short time many are en ga arad ardd at in their former evil practices like the childs whittling 11 the furniture it appears as though such persons persona are glued to the world and will wilb love iove and worship it it when they learn phe joe he truth they will learn that it is folly for a man to love gold and silvil bliver silver joli jolt ghods an ana clia cila chattels or any other kind of pro property perfy perey and possessions one that places his big affections upon such euch things does not understand that they are made for the comfort of the creature and not for his ad adoration they are made to sustain and preserve the body while procuring the knowledge and wisdom that pertain to god and his kingdom in order that we may preserve ourselves and live forever in his presence when the elders address you from this stand how many of those who seem to be listening hear and understand are most of the congregation thinking about what they design to do tomorrow to morrow are the sisters planning their weaving and for tomorrow to morrow are the brethren planning to go to the kan tomorrow to morrow do you know that it is your 3 our privilege to so live that your minds may all the time be perfectly within your control that you may be eo so well schooled in the knowledge of your religion that your minds are as perfectly under your control as am ate your bodies except when they are nervous persons i dersons taking too stron strong tea or coffee or too much whisky have not that control over themselves that they should have because they become too weak study to preserve your bodies in life and health and you will be able to control your minds arld and arid when you come corn e to meeting t bring 11 your minds with you after all our experience and the knowledge the lord has given us but few can take their minds to meeting others have their minds here before them their affections and feelings are at the assembly of the saints and they want their bodies there also to enjoy themselves that class come here to pay attention an and fo 0 understand der stand all that is said to them others come here with their bodies but where are arc th their air affections upon the labors of the coming week 1 I do not know how I 1 shall get my tomorrow to morrow 11 or how I 1 shall get my timber out of the kanyon 11 or 1 I have a fence to build to secure my field before the crop is destroyed ac ac and the mind is not in the meeting can you understand that we are behind our privileges I 1 know the argument that arises in the minds of the people 1 I am bound to provide for myself I 1 wish that obligation rested stronger upon some than it does but if any provide not for his own and especially for those of his own house he hath bath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel that is the argument and yet some will sell their last as bushel of wheat and then come to me or to others of the brethren and beg they will peddle off every particle of sub sui substance stane I 1 god goa d has given them for their sustenance it t is is our duty to be economical to go to meetings to the kenyons kan and to build plant and do every thin thing required of us to build up tip the kingdom of god on the earth but the first duty Is is to learn how to sustain ourselves the people have not yet learned that though they are learning it one may plow plant water and till but have no do increase another person sows bows a field with wheat iut lut b ut can not get water for it and goes to thi this s neighborhood and that to attend to a little church business and when harvest time arrives be he reaps an abundant harvest the man who took the water has no wheat and the one who labored as his bishop called upon him for the benefit of the people has a good crop this is a lesson the people are learning that god gives the increase how the world hate ua us how HOY they despise the kingdom of god how they have sought to destroy it how they exclaim what ignorant de degraded ardd beings the mormons cormons are the th e insignificant low degraded contemptible opinion they have oe of the latter day saints does not riot reach the depth eok lok the low miserable degradation that they themselves are in but do we despise them no we pity them pity them yes pity them they are flesh of your flesh bone of your bone god hath hath bath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth consequently they are flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone they profess to despise us but the hey y are not able to think as meanly of us as we know them to be and we pity them we seek to do them good they are endowed with capacity to learn and practice principles that will preserve them on the earth in the world of spirits and after the resurrection but they are abusing their talents and are to be pitied all who understand the principles of eternal life look upon their fellow beir belr beings s with a watchful eye and their theu hearts are filled with deep anxiety for their welfare they anxiously desire that people would see and understand what pertains to eternal life it is highly gratifying ara lra to the lord to angels and to all rood bood good men to see intelli intelligent gent beings organized to receive a great amount of intelligence seeking to possess eternal life on the other hand band how sad it is to see them wasting their time with trifles and directing their steps to eternal death ilow how delightful it would be to see them pursuing the way of life ilfe if e to preserve both the body and spirit and in the resurrect resurrection to see their noble spirits reunited with their bodies and comin coming into the presence of god to live forever there are men here who look upon us as being 0 of an organization inferior r or 1 to that of the generality of the people of th the world wort id if I 1 did jid not pity them I 1 should be I 1 chagrined cha grinel r i n e at myself contrast n t r t the course this people a are pursuing ng with of the world Allye aliye all ali ye inh inhabitants jf of the earth hearken and hear god has in our day spoken f from roin the heavens he has bestow ed his holy priesthood on the children of men he has called upon all peo people ae to repent and here are the few who have left left all for forthe sake aake 9 of the tho eternal life erot proT proffered ered to them and their course ia is upward andai I 1 awara to eternal increase does this people know more than they did a few years ago alo yes every days experience adds to your amount of knowledge you are treasuring up knowl knowledge edge and arid wisdom the children raised in this church are more than a match in spiritual matters for the kings princes governors governor sp senators representatives and all the reputed wise men of egypt and the boys of from twenty to awen twenty y five years of age who have been raised in this tilis community who have erlo erio enjoyed ed the teachings teaching of the prophet joseph will outweigh in intelligence intelligence in relation to national policy the congress of the united states with the president at their head your course is onward and upward although you do not improve as rapidly as you should you would should walk continually in the light of gods coun countenance terance and no more walk in darkness wei wele e such the case would you bear of any contention of those little frivolous trifling difficulties that now too frequently occur would you hear the world is something to me my farm is something to mety mely me my goods are something to me my I 1 eart heart I 1 is upon the things of this world 1 I must provide for my family etc there are but few of this people in comparison who yet know how to provide for a wife and two children what of the world are they any more capable of f providing for themselves than are this thib people in lit the world you will find many more in proportion who know less and are less capable of taking care of themselves I 1 wish you to thoroughly ehly understand economy and how to preserve your bodies I 1 wish you to fully understand the principles of natural life how ilow necessary it is that you should know them for your own benefit and that you may be able to teach them to adur children which you should do all the time be careful of your bodies be prudent in laying out your energies for when you are old you will need the st strength and power you are now wasting preserve your yo ur lives until you know and practice this you are not thorough thoroughly 0 good soldiers nor wise stewards learn how bow to do good how liow to do right work r righteousness 1 g and build yourselves up in the fa faith falth ith of the gospel in the ordinance we here attend to in the afternoon we show to the father that we remember jesus christ our elder brother we testify to him that we are willing ro to take upon u us s hi his a name when we are doing this I 1 want th the e minds here as well as the bodies I 1 want the whole man heie bete when vou you you come to meeting 1 I Is th that it the way you kome iome come yes it is ta the N way y I 1 go every everywhere where when nhen I 1 go from home when I 1 leave home I 1 dismiss it from rio ito my Y thoughts Is not your mind upon n your f family am uly ily when I 1 pray I 1 ask go god tto uto to bless and preserve them and then whether he be does or not it is all the same to me I 1 do not trouble my mind about anything bilt the business before me that is the way for us to conquer this weakness in us and take our minds with us then when you come to meeting you know what is said and what this ordinance is for then when ya you you u are baptised baptized sed you know what it Is for whatever duty you are called to perform take your minds with you and apply apply them to what is to be done you may leave eave your selfishness when you start to meeting but take yourselves and if your minds are rea reaching ching after this that or the other 1 tell those ideas to stay away you may feel anxious about your fields about your crops or I 1 about going to the kenyons kan but bid |
