| Show REMARKS br Preil prell dent Bri shani youia couns youns bowery a in oct october ber 7 igo vgo BY liy G D WATT you have heard the testimony of br hyde it is full fall of spirit full of matter full of marrow he has spoken words worda of truth the words of the lord there are hundreds and thousands of elders who would be glad to bear their testimony to the truth be faithful walk uprightly before god deal justly with all love mercy shun thun every appearance of evil and magnify your pries priesthood thoo and you shall have the opportunity port unity of speaking bearing rule dictating guiding and directing to your full satisfaction the things that pertain to the kingdom of god this promise is to all who are faithful they shall receive a furneis of kin kingdoms doms thrones principalities powers dominions and all the falness pertaining to the godhead to their amir full satisfaction and capability this hould should be a satisfaction to all at the first im presson the testimony of one mari mati man is equally valid with that of another but when people are filled with understanding to discern and comprehend the principles by which the worlds were mere made and by which they are governed and controlled oled they realize that there is a vast diffie difference rence between the man who assumes his authority ane and the one who is 13 appointed by his master to go and transact trani trang act business suppose that a number of individuals having no appo credentials or authority should come troth froth any foreign country to the capital of our nation and pretend to be ministers of the government from whence they came what attention would be paid to them ly our government none officially though they would probably be treated kindly and as gentlemen gentl emern emeri if they behaved themselves aali es but when a minister from the english oi or any iny other european court comes with his appointment credentials recommends etc the Pi president ident of the united states the congress and officers of state are ready to receive w him ress gess im with the respect due to his position so it is in the kingdom b of god and in regard to this people gur pur persecutors have supposed that they persecuted us upon the same principal that the re reformers fo were persecuted in the days of alardin luther and others but in this they are mistaken tell the world sound it in the ears of kings and rulers that they are persecuting a people to whose god they will have to pay every debt they coti contract tract they will be brought into judgment for every act against this kingdom this is the kingdom of god the these seare are the people of god as are all who receive the truth and f ollow follow its principles As to parentage we are no more the children ot of god than are the rest of or the inhabitants of the earth originally as lo 10 our par parents ints as to our organization and that which pertains to our life we are all the children of one eather whether we be jew or gentile bond or br free black blach or white noble or ignoble the dlf dIf Terence difference we see arises in consequence of the different use made of the agency given to man be careful all the world and touch not licit the anointed of the lord afflict not the people who have the oracles of salvation for all the human family will the world believe they can if they choose but the great majority of the inhabitants 0 of the earth will reject life and salvation when it is presented resented to them and in the end it will be 1 tike like ike the thi gleaning of grapes when the vintage ia Is done A few here and a few there will revive receive the truth and the lord will empty the garth gerth a nth rth of that now dwells upon a it I 1 ai A a br hyde has stated the harmonious that undertook to destroy this people broke in pieces in the state where the lord twenty eight years ago on the of next december revealed to the prophet joseph that the nation would begin to break but I 1 do not wish to make a political speech nor to have hava anything to do with the cs and parties in our government they love sin and roll it as a sweet morsel under their tongues had they the power they would dethrone jehovah had they the power they would today to day crucify every saint there is upon the earth they would not leave upon the earth one al alive ivein in whose veins runs the blood of the priesthood yet they are our brethren and sisters bone of our bone flesh of our flesh sprung from one parentage god is our father jesus christ is our elder brother if the world would understand this and take warning and be cautious it would be far better for them will they no theado they do not and will not realize facts as they exist and we can not help it all we can do is to plead with them preach to them the words of eternal life and offer it to them as it has been offered to us IE I 1 they receive it blessed are they if they reject it it is their privilege T the 11 e powers and faculties of their organizations are for themselves to use as they elect for they as well as we are agents before god and can choose or refuse according to their own pleasure but they are broken in pieces jo do I 1 wish to predict this no for it was predicted long abo ago ago the nation that has lifted thi ihl itself e I 1 if against a ainest t the he kingdom of god is aheady shivered i verea to pie pieces ces touch it and it will crumble under your touch the cohesiveness cohesive ness neis of its particles is gone they cannot cling together and they will be sifted as with a sieve of vanity gods controversy with them has commenced he has commenced with this nation and in its turn he will sift every nation there is upon the earth in the beginning after this earth was prepared for man the lord commenced his work upon what is now called the american continent where the garden of eden was made in the days of noah in the days of the floating of the ark he took the people to another part of the eaith earth the earth was divided and there he set up his kindom kingdom did DA they receive recene his kingdom no they rejected it afterwards he called a man and ordains ordained him and showed to him the inhabitants of the whole earth and gave to him a promise that his should be the people of god he spoke to abraham isaac and jacob and their children as his covenant people the jews rejected acted jesus christ who came to redeem the world they cried crucify him crucify him let his blood be upon us and upon our children god has removed the kingdom from jerusalem again to zion and here he be will wind up the scene righteousness will go forth and the wickedness upon the earth will be swept from it will I 1 prophecy evil no let us prophecy good but the justice and mercy of god must have their demands let everything have As its place and its just due both the good and the evil and we will not curse the wicked for they are arc already cursed the wrath of the almighty does not slumber upon their track their condition is lamentable they live and ana flourish and may have a few days of prosperity t y as the enemies of the prophets did ancient anciently I 1 y they flourish like a green bay a tree and in may ay so flourish for a few d days a y s bu but they will wil I 1 become withered and dried dried and prepared to be cast into the fire while the kingdom 1 of or god will stand and if we do not remain faithful others wi will 1 I 1 take our places this is the kingdom of god set up for the last time and whosoever persecutes it persecutes the son of god and the father who sent him here nere is the priest priesthood hood bood the keys of power and wisdom that unlocks the store house of knowledge these keys and this power the world know nothing of it is marvelous to the world that the things that are known here the very things ng that god reveals here are often at once wn by portions of this kingdom in other nations to many it is marvelous that intelligence can be so rapidly communicated by means of the electro mag telegraph but our method of communication ia is from heaven beaven we know and understand thie trie nations of the earth the power by bv which they exist and their rise and do downfall the facts are before us reflect upon those powerful nations that have existed but are nov now natio na tally bally as though they had never been so irwill it will be with the nations that now exist they will pass away others will come and god will reign king of nations as he now does king of saints ft it is a glorious tb thought ought my brethren a thought that should tonch touch tonch touch the heart of every being on the face of this earth that god ia going to reign lord of lords fords an d king of king kings that he is coming to the earth again his kingdom is grov growing groven Ln and his grace is bestowed upon his children and they are comin coming 0 to understanding der and growing in grace it ia is not pleasing to a potter after he has a batch of clay mixed gro ground grotins tind and made smooth and pliable for work working ilig into vessels to have an apprentice throw rough unbroken ur ground stuff into the prepared clay but bat comparatively speaking we have to bear this when we are getting the clay into fine condition a mass of unprepared material is 13 mixed up with it and it is our business to continue to grind to prepare the whole of the mass together I 1 suppose the lord wants to prepare all the good clay that ean tan be found upon the face ot of the earth that when he be comes he can make up his jewels then you who have oil in your vessels will go and meet thear the d room alewe are we going to be prepared let every soul of us strive to be found among those who will be counted wise at his c coming om brigs for we can go into the highways and hedges and find plenty of the foolish let us try to be wise to obey the servants and commandments of the almiroty doing his will continually continue that we may mayde e prepare prepared od to ent enter at the ma i ariage supper the scripture concerning the five wise and five foolish foo listi virgins will be fulfilled as will also the rev rei elation that was given to joseph about the nations brea kingto shivers shiv ers erg I 1 wish some of the woi wol ids learnt d theologians would tell us what became of the foolish virgins call cail up the wisdom and knowledge there is in christendom and learn whether they can tell any hing about those thole foolish virgins I 1 have not time now to what became of them but i I 1 think they did not go to the bottom of the bottomless pit Is it not a glorious thought that there are kingdoms mansions inan iran of goy go y and comfortable habit alons ions lons prepared for tor all the sons and daughters of adam except the sons of perdition 7 all will not have part in the first resurrection resu lesu and perhaps marywill many will not appear in the second but all will be resurrected restricted and except the sons of perdition enter kingdoms the least of which I 1 presume is more glorious than ever john wesley saw in vision all AH the inhabitants inhabit ants anta of the earth will enter into a glory except the sons song of perdition or angels to the devil but where will they dwell what shall be their fate before they are prepared prep ired for a kingdom of globy they will be cast into prison and there remain until they have paid the debt they have contracted wherefore it is better to make peace with the officer while in the way with him as jesus has said after they have ave been thrust into prison arid and paid the uttermost barth farthing ing then perhaps they will receive a life lite a glory a kingdom that will be in accordance with their feelings desires and doings while they w were ere on the earth the kingdom that this people are in in pertains to the celestial kingdom it is 13 a kingdom in which we can prepare to go into the presence of the father and the son then letus live toan to inherit that glory god has promised you jesus has promised you v on and the apostles and prophets of old and of our day have promis promised etl eil you that you shall bhail be rewarded according to all you can desire in m righteous righteousness nes des s before the lord if vou you live for that reward As patriarch joseph smith the father of joseph the prophet said if I 1 have not promised blessings enough on your head and stated enough in me blessing I 1 have given liv en you v ou sit down and write eve every ir good lood d thing you can think of and every colmo good thing ing your beig neighbors bbous can think of and put all into your blessing and I 1 will sign it and promise i se the whole to you if you yoi will vill only jimro live for amt it but suppose a person does not live for the promised blessings will he receive them no and we say to the elders of israel be faithful and you ou shall see gee the day when you will have all the power you can wield and manage to advantage I 1 can call thomas B marsh who is is now in the congregation to witness bitne ss he was once the president of the quorum of the twelve apostles soon after the selection of that quorum br marsh felt to complain I 1 said to him br thomas i if f we are faithful we will see the day dav in the midst of this people that we will have all the power that we shall know how to wield before god I 1 call him to witness if I 1 have not already seen that lay day look at the rest of my brethren and have they not all the power they can wield br hyde in his remarks spoke about the voice of god at a certain time I 1 could tell many incidents relating to that circumstance wh which ch he did not take time to relate we were i in his house which was some ten or twelve feet square the houses in the neighborhood shook or if they did not the people thought they did for they ran taxi together and inquired whether there had been an earthquake we told them that the voice of god had reached the earth that they need not be afraid it was the power of god this and other events have transpired to satisfy the people you and all who belong to the church an and kingdom of god upon the earth when I 1 met sidney rigdon east of the temple in nauvoo I 1 knew then what I 1 now know concerning the organization of the church though I 1 had told no man of it I 1 revealed I 1 it t to no living being until the pioneers pioneer 3 to this valley were returning to winter quarters br 1 wilford liford woodruff was the first man I 1 ever spoke to about it said he be it is 13 right I 1 be lieve it and think a great deal of it for it ia is f from the lord the church must be organized 19 it then went to others and from them to others but it was no news to me for I 1 understood it then as I 1 understand it now the policy of god is not the policy of man his wisdom and power are above the wisdom 1 1 and power of man be faithful to your calling I 1 and magnify it the kingdom and the greatness thereof under the whole heaven are ours the yoke is broken the fetters are burst and the lord almighty will assert his right i and his will will be done by the saints on this the land of zion to purify and cleanse it and those who are expecting to receive the benefit and blessings of zion never will but will receive the judgments of zion unless their hearts are as pure as the angels tho I 1 man that is acting accordi according ng to his bis ability as are the angels must be pure and holbin holy in heart must not have an evil wish or desira desire 1 reigning in his big mortal body but must be sanctified I 1 through the truth to the god of heaven what do you think elders will any of you receive blessings upon any other grounds no not one of you there are a great many who profess to be still in the faith falth neglecting to gather and waiting waiting walting for tor the time when zion will be redeemed deemed george IT harris whom many of you remember was going to wait in kanes alile until WR we returned br george A smith told him that the nearest way to the centre I 1 stake of zion was through |
