Show ammis by prest frett henek HUDER C v Kia iBALL tabernacle tab tat erifile ayn myn ain a to june 3 lego 1560 REPORTED BY J T Y LONO brethren and sisters I 1 will try to speak a few tew words to you I 1 have spent the last three or four months in my room sic sid kand cand rand I 1 will assure you that I 1 feel eel grateful for this opportunity of addressing you I 1 have desired thousands of times that I 1 might have the privilege of again meeting ghere here with you to express vr ebs ess my feelings and tell of my reflect reflections ions lons br george halliday has haa been preach preaching ing to you this morning and expressing his bia fe feelings elins I 1 it is all good though although kl I 1 have been sick and an J pro prostrate strates more so than I 1 ever was in my I 1 life ife which originated with a hurt that I 1 received in my side about a year ago still I 1 have been ha happy Y 1 Ii flave have been very sick indeed but I 1 have never had the first 1 eeling feeling from the day I 1 was taken sick till now that I 1 should die I 1 never thought of such a thing but I 1 have been thinking of living and as br george has said of living to god of living the rel rei religion igi on of jesus christ the religion that you and I 1 believe in and which I 1 have believed and verily known to be true for twenty eight years almost half of my life that is half of the days that I 1 have lived here in the flesh I 1 knew it then for forejt i was revealed to me from heaven by the manifestation ife station of the holy spirit by revelation it was made known to me that god had bad set up his bis kingdom in these last days according to his bis word and in auf fun ament of his promises even that kin kingdom dorn doin which is to stand for ever and I 1 also alpo know that all people who dwell upon this earth wi will 11 have to bow to it y yeb yes e s both the hying and the dead god has set to his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people which are of the house of israel and to gather his bis elect from the four quarters of the earth that kingdom is is establish with its authorities and powers ee ably to the will of god and they are I 1 in t the he mountains and all the combined powers of earth and ana hell can never get them out they will never leave this land until the lord god almighty commands them to boand then they will go where he ile directs them you may set tour your our hearts at rest upon this subject for I 1 kaye laye have told you the truth about it brethren and sister and you yon need not falter by bythe the way nar nor find fault about anything that transpires for this kingdom will stany stand whether you do or not I 1 want you to understand that this is my testimony it is what I 1 knowl knori am not telling what I 1 believe but I 1 am telling you what I 1 know I 1 wish you to understand also that the united states will not overcome this kingdom 0 ii neither elther will great britain nor all the powers of europe combined for it ia is that kingdom which is to stand for ever the seed has ha s 3 tak en root boot and all the powers of the earth cannot root it out it is not merely established in america but it has a place in europe etl Eti rope and its prin principles ciplis will be sent to every kindred tongue and people and to every island wind of the sea bea and there are many thousands of them and andthil chis gospel will penetrate those islands joseph smith was a prophet of the living god for tor the lord almighty revealed it to m me e more than twenty eight years ago and I 1 have never had a doubt upon my mind of the truth of my religion from that day to this that man was sent to set up this kingdom to organize it and to give you a law not for his benefit only but for yours and god through him ile he has been killed it is true I 1 mean his natural tabernacle his house has been destroyed but he liveth in the heavens he dictates this church and kingdom I 1 and will continue to do so forever brigham young is his legal administrator and successor and joseph speaks through him and the angels that dwell in the heavens are assisting him i m P and I 1 will say that if there are any of our enemies here they need not try to overcome this work for they cannot do it they might as well try to overthrow th heavens eavens or the throne of god things which you know they never could accomplish and I 1 want to say that if are anybody here who have come for this purpose they bad better go home again and the quicker the better if you do not do this but continue to pursue an opposite course the worse it will be for you and the better for ua 0 now mark it gentlemen I 1 am not dead yet I 1 live livo and shall live to see our enemies gods enemies and the enemies of joseph brigham and heber overthrown by the power of god supposing p 0 0 8 ing I 1 do not continue to live in this zu house why I 1 will get and I 1 will have hav e a sharper sickle than I 1 have kave now brethren this is the work of the alm almighty ht god do the world believe it no wei meil meli vell wel V el eil ell it it i true gentlemen and the truth will prevail I 1 am bearing my testimony this morning and it is for you to do the same thing when you yon have the opportunity those who have not laid a foun foan foundation dation for tence had better not begin from dead works but begin again renew your tence and be baptized in water for the remission of sins and do not riot forget to forsake them then you must receive the laying on of hands for the gift of 0 the holy ghost and triese ordinances must be administered by a man having authority this is what all have to do whether they be in Ar america europe e africa or asia inasmuch as they love the truth and desire salvation in the celestial king kingdom doin doln of our god and all nations must bow to the sceptre of the king of kings and lord of lords Breth brethren ren Ten do you suppose that a little sickness is going to effect ay iy my spirit no not at all ilyaye 1 il I ay hafa haye never seen the day but my spirit hhas baa been a k s krit bright and ai ifa ight ht as the sun f in his meri merl meridian diati splendor sp lendor stil still if it had been better letter for my spirit to have hive leaped out of my body and gone into another state of existence erwe I 1 could have done it you have prayed for me roe and interceded intercedes inter ceded with the father f for tor or me and I 1 thank you for it for your mediation and intercession that I 1 might live and continue with you and with president fent brigham young and be a coworker co worker with him in the cause of human rd redemption emption this work is true and br brigham is our president the legal successor of joseph smith and god speaks through him as he no spoke through br joseph the world may wiggle and twist as much as they please suppose they should prevail as they did with joseph smith would this work stop no if they were to kill a man every day it would not effect it a particle there will always be a head and members of the church of jesus christ bf latter day saints sainta and the kingdom of god the organization and authorities are complete and the work will roll forth and the more the world op appos ost osy it the more brilliant a at it will grow and it will purge out those that have hare an apostate spirit and those who remain will rejoice A few of our people have gone to carson valley but it will hurt them more than any body else eise else it will weaken them in a similar manner to what I 1 was weakened by my late sickness and the more disease and death there Is purged from the body of christ so much more brilliant and powerful it will become we are all in the hands of god and he will lead us by his hib hl spirit in the way of life and he will lead our enemies in that way that will the interests of the kingdom of god and all those who have had their minnit minds s open for the last two years e ars can see that the b e A almighty lit has dane dene dis jis this A little while ago ago b we pickel picked up our goods and moved away and what did we do it for we moved away to stay and you know a man must be willing to die in order to live now my sickness has been unto lif life ilfe a and I 1 shall feel better when I 1 get my strength than I 1 have done for twenty years some of the br brethren ethien and sisters bisters came in occasionally to see me and add nearl nearly all of them said they were very sorry to find fini me so sick I 1 think br taylor said so 1 I replied that I 1 was not for I 1 considered it was only resting my body and it is about the first rest leave had for years now brethren do not be alarmed but let everything pass away that is corrupt for the almighty says that every thing that can be shaken will be and that which cannot be shaken will remain the work of our god will move on let tho world do as they please and they wont be able to riddle out anything except that which ought to be riddled out well but says one josephs successor has arisen I 1 would not care if all the heirs to the priesthood that are in the world were to arise I 1 know that president brigham young c will lead this people till the time comes for a change if the lord wants another man to t 0 take the oversight of his bis people he will know it and in dule due time make it manifest but is tile the lord going to move upon a man to go and establish his kingdom among apostates why a man must be a fool to believe it president brigham young is the man to lead this people ladies and gentlemen and he will lead them right slight and god will speak through him and irwill it will be like the trump of je jehovah ovah god will lead him and it is for us to follow him and live our rel rei religion algion to be one as the members of a mans body are one if you live your religion there is no dishonor dishonorable ab iou tou e mem bers in that body for god says through paul and those members of the body which we think to be less honorable upon the selve bestow more abundant honor and our uncomely pait paita have more abundant comeliness gou gadwill aiu win turn all things to the glory of his people and for the good of them that do right 0 I 1 traveled and associated with joseph smith the prophet almost from frona the beginning this work fai faist st began in the state of new york and shortly afterward the few saints who had received the gospel moved to kirtland ohio at which place I 1 first visited the prophet joseph I 1 went with the first mission to england and when I 1 returned and settled with the saints in missouri I 1 had nat not much rest for I 1 had bad not been there long before our enemies requested us to leave I 1 went there as a gentleman Ferit leman ieman and I 1 came away as one and I 1 nave have ave so remained I 1 went vent with the saints to nauvoo and arid from thence I 1 went to england again and from england ba bak bazk to nauvoo then I 1 had not been there long before they requested us to leave the sate slate of illinois well we came aang along to winter Quarter sand we found very good quarters and from there we came to this territory and his satanic majesty has requested us to leave here but we shant do it and yu yau may tell the whole bole A world so if it you please gentlemen the old gentleman has requested us too many times to leave our homes heretofore we obeyed because we were obliged to but that day has gone by there was an army sent here also certain gentlemen as judges and other civil officer officers and many of them really thought they were going to kill us all off and ana they were very hot and rabid about it but the lord said through his servant keep them out in the snow and they will vill cool off and they remained there until we said they might comin they went to cedar valley and remained there and they have been very civil I 1 never saw an army more civil than they have been with the exception of a f faw aliv of their officers the civil officers were seathern sen sea there to ba 4 our servants but did they serve uge ug yes beg some of them berid served us like the devil would escude me for i the expression 1 iwic I will wiil fimi now aay siy th atall those that rejoiced in the death of al joseph anh ant anH hyrum smith partook ar of or the spirit of their murderers aad further furt her ber the people between here and nauvoo who have mocked at us will ie be brought into subjection u bj action and be made raade to bow the knee to G god 03 and to this kingdom and repent of their sins in the flesh or they will meet them in another place when I 1 jay down this body I shail shall ishall take a new one and I 1 shall be where they wont like to see me you need not try to step in between me and my president for you ou cannot do it without hurting yourselves T my name is faithful my name is integrity and that too in my god and in his work and I 1 know that his work will roll on until his will is done on earth as it is in heaven may blay god bless you amen |