| Show REMARKS by liy president irrig cliant youns young tabernacle a am nit october 61 6 luo 1130 nM PORTED reported BY 0 D WATT I 1 feel feel quite thankful for the comfortable circumstances we enjoy for our blessings spiritually and temporally which I 1 realize to be the free gift of our father and god all the wisdom ability inability and talent displayed amon among the children of men are the gift of god to them he has given us ability to make ourselves coln corn fordable for table and happy for which I 1 am extremely thankful I 1 am happy in hearing bearing the voices of the br brethren ethre n and would be very much gratified if we had bad time and it would meet the minds of the brethren to give them an opportunity to speak as the spirit might dictate and bear their testimony it has been a source of comfort to me to bear the speeches of my brethren and to observe the variety of capacity of reflection and manner of communication dis played by them I 1 would be very glad if we could have the privilege of hearing many of them speak during this conference whether we shall or not I 1 am not now able to say our oar conference commences today toda to day da tomorrow to morrow is is the sabbath and probably many wild who have I 1 come from the country will wish to return i home on monday whether we w e shall continue our conference ion lon longer her ger than tomorrow to morrow I 1 do not know we shall continue it until we finish the business to be transacted and fully answer our feelings M and then we will close I 1 wish to present several ideas but I 1 have been more edified in in hearn heard hearing I 1 the music in in br kimballs Kim balls remarks this morning than I 1 would have been in speaking myself when the authorities of the church are presented if we are possessed of the true spirit we are read ready y to r sustain the faithful and to wish them to continue in in the faith falth faithful ful fui discharge t of their duties and the brethren who rise to testify of the things of god if they enjoy the 8 pint of the lord know that 11 mormonism is true jp person can receive a knowledge of this work except by the power of revelation all the world are ready to tell you that this work is is not of god kirl kiri kings s princes dukes lords and other great men of the earth are all combined in in this testimony why do they fear this work if it is the work w ork of men the very sound of it carries conviction to all the in inhabitants ot of the earth a co notion that it is ordained of god were this not so you 5 ou would hot see it contended against by the priests in the pulpit who are bitter against it and are most vigilant in circulating all manner of falsehood concerning it picking up the sayings of corrupt debased abandoned characters to swell thir their th ir catalogue of lies against it which they publish throughout the world all ati this would sleep if this work was not of god they would never think enough of it to say one word about it but they are pricked by the conviction cony action of its truth ahei they hear the sound of it when false reports go out against joseph smith and his brethren against the book of mormon and the kingdom ot of god a conviction goes with them to th the e hearts of the people that this is is the work of the almighty were this not so we would not have been persecuted we would not have been driven as we have been boutwe but we have been driven for the last time thank god my heavenly father but our OUT persecutions are a subject th that at I 1 do to speak about we have t the h e power in in vur pur own ow n bands if we w e live with our dur lives hid bid with w ith christ in god we are here where the lord wants us to be and if we will be as he wants us to be the kingdom is iso ours the greatness the excellency er light intelligence and eternity of the kin kid kindom kingdom dom oc of god are ours and no power can hinder hinder it when men lose the spirit oc 0 the work in which we are engaged they become become infidel in in their feelings they say that they do not know whether whet herthe the bible is 13 true whether the book of mormon is true nor about new revelations nor whether there is 13 A god or not when they lose the spirit of his ibis work they lose the knowledge of the thi things lars of god in time and in eternity all are lot jos t to them bontemp contemplate I 1 ate the thins things of god and his kingdom this earth man in his present condition and you may clearly comprehend that we are low now ill in tle the midst of eter eternity lity whence when we pr preach each or pra pray ys or exhort hort each other to go good d works if we could it we are in the midst of the king 0 dorr doir of god and his all searching eye is here you may readily comprehend this for when I 1 look at you aa as youage are now assembler I 1 can bee eee several hundred faces at once now suppose that I 1 had power to see as the spirit leesi could then look through the earth and see our antipodes as well as I 1 can look through what some term space my eyes would be eternal eter and I 1 could see the thelast vast eternities of god as I 1 can now see your faces god sees us and if we had eyes like him we could behold him as w m e sit here as easily as we can now see each others faces no matter shere chere he dwells whether in dolob or any where else for his glory and light fill the them sun and we could behold it as we now DOW behold each others faces god has the power to look at at his vast works and if we had power and eyes like him depould we could behold him as he does us ile he is in the midst of eternity his kingdom is here a portion of his big glory is here herb eternity is here and we are in the midst of them fet let e t us live worthy of them and not dishonor oar our being upon the earth there are many of the bishops here today to day and my advice to them is for them thern to be honest with wah me to be honest with their ged to keep their covenants sacred and to maka make a clean breast of all their business transactions that their c consciences sciences consciences on may be void of toward god and man I 1 am not searching C only the course of the twelve or that thit of ule uie hi high priests and seventies but I 1 am searching ng after all the authorities whose conduct isi ia not ot in accordance with the best interests of the church and from this time forth if they do not do dif dlf derent different from what many have done doni they shall do wrong knowingly with their eyes open I 1 want the bishops tore to remember the counsel I 1 have given them I 1 shall learn whether they are strictly honest or not and if they are not honest I 1 will expose them if they come out and own things as the they are and honestly prove that their past errors kave have proceeded from the head and not from the heart they can be placed upon the right track and magn magnify if their callin calling some may not understand t the te cause of these remarks concerning the bishops and I 1 will explain for instance when shen tithing chickens butter etc are brought in a bishop says to his clerk you need not trouble to take an accost t of these chickens my wife will keep an account of them and the bishops wife takes the chickens the ham the butt erthe cheese et cand puts them away and when the clerk wants to know what has haa been brought in by such a bro brother thery 0 bevier never mind says the bishop my wife will give an account of it and the wife forgets it are such things done yes more or less all the time this example was set long ago and some of the bishops have followed it at the death of joseph when the twelve returned to ta nauvoo to use a comparison the tho horses were all harnessed and the people were in the big carriage and where were they going they did not know who would gather up the lines and guide the team no man would step forward until I 1 did there was not one of the twelve with me when I 1 welt to meet sidney rigdon oil on the meeting ground I 1 went alone and was ready alone to face and drive the dogs from the flock when I 1 got hold of the lines and began to direct the team I 1 found tithing butter spoiled potatoes rotted in the cellars and pork spoiled in the barrels while the brethren at work on the tempe tempie would come to their labor without breakfast and pork butter beef etc rotting und under erthe the feet of the temple committee said 1 I empty these barrels or I 1 will walk into your cellars and empty them for you youa let these workmen have something to eat 0 O said the committee we are afraid there will not b be enough to last a year then if we starve we st starve A together and if we live we ne live together get lier iler I 1 ordered the wheat the pork the butter etc to be issued to the wor workmen kunen kinen too many of the bishops here have taken pattern ff from om those who have gone before I 1 bay hay bal habe hafe been to bishops houses when they had hams and eggs during months in the year while our hands bands on the works were not able ale to get one for the bishops bad eaten all the hams every egg and chicken and all the butter I 1 will wil I 1 trace out those who conduct in this manner and expose them unless they honestly report their transactions and strive to do 11 richet ht brethren you may think that I 1 am a little little extra X trav agent in my talk but time will prove when a good handsome cow has been tur turned e d in in on tithing she has been smuggled and ari art an old three tilted cow one that would kick the tho tobacco out of the mouth of a man who bo went i to milk her would be turned into the general tithing office instead of the good cow if it i one hundred dollars in cash are paid into the hands of a bisho disho bishop dishop P in mani mank many manx ili lii stances instances he will smuggle it and turn into t the e general tithing L office old spavined Ia horses instead of the money I 1 am inquiring after such conduct and will continue until I 1 cleanse the tha th inside of the platter br heber has haa been speaking about discipline elders in israel I 1 am as willing and ready to be closely examined and scanned as I 1 am to examine and scan you walk into my office examine my books and scan every act of my life ilfe I 1 am already as ready to have ithone it lone ione as I 1 am to search into your practices you may say that you xou 0 u have lot not been dishonest oi or it if you have been e e that you were werd ignorantly so I 1 am glad if such statements will to le be correct I 1 never saw the day in it thi this 1 s church that I 1 could consider it honest to oneo one cent of tithing and turn it out of its legitimate channel but bome come of our smart men raen do not know as much aa as that though they would vi ouid duld geem seem sem gem to know more of the great things of tv tle tie than I 1 do I 1 teri yant tv tu ina iua truc fa in the little things it is the little foxes that spoil the vinea vine it acts of mee mel men i that make up the pu ms liv limesand live es sand aad fbi form their fo r eternity some may think that thai I 1 am rather 0 tao severe j bu bulc if you had bad the e prophet joseph 9 ro deal with you would think that I 1 am quite mild etere are many here that are acquainted with brother Jo josaphs manner he would not be bearlie bearl beart he use lse I 1 have borne and weald appear as tho thol 1 te e woul tear down all the houses in the city a id A tear up arera tre by bor th the roots if men c con on duc dueer ek to him in the way they have to me I 1 am required by those who sit here today to day anu by the whole church to bear off a dorm doro to see that it is preserved inviolate and that the priesthood is honored but it seems on the right hand band and on the left leff as though there ig is a concerted plan among nearly all the elders and high priests to keep every dime dima of money out of my rny hands make me pay the debts of the church do the work and they kaep the means and use if iff for their own pur tj p it a the ancient apostles and ministers of C j st could not live without eating they la ia to eat drink and wear ivear to have sus biance liance while white on earth so do 1 I though I 1 d do 0 hot nor require the rich luxuries of life I 1 am not so fond as many are of high living but I 1 have to pat and rest and when a church debt comes from england new york missouri st louiel louis louls or elsewhere el ethere the money nooney has to be paid I 1 cannot chew paper and spit out bank bills that will pass in payment of those debts j neither shall I 1 undertake to do it I 1 want the 1 i gold and silver that are paid on tithing and i f identical korsen or ses cows and young stock i tat lat are brought in on tithing or if stock and i 0 a r products are retained give us better 1 1 a what you yoa keep and aad not keep the good and give us blia ulia W bad neither do I 1 wish a I 1 teron eeron peron per on owing tithing to oar an old hipped hors ors at for fora v 1 I allars and ask me to pay him i twenty dolla a ui in cash and let the balance go to pay sr ahen v hen the old animal is nok noli arth ten d da lars aars a rs pour meas maas who mho the store house of the lord a 1 i 1 prove lm boi and see whether he will not I 1 out oitt gri c pr blessings blessi rigs than you can conta you b ve pot room enough this year in i R i eh to si sure re the abundance of grain the ard has given gi gt i ven led en you you have to store it in edgon box elc etc and much of it goesta goes to waste a ste and L h p people 0 le are bot but blessed for it y yjih it aught t defily refi illy llly save every kernel As f prophesy r sN i g that a famine fam ne will come upon y i 1 1 I shall not to io so should it comete come we will ne best we vve can we have had a light famine f mine here and dealt out provisions to the t L bren aren hren as long lonz as we could and got alon aion along 0 v very vecy rv well ivell may lay god bless you amen |
