Show REMARKS by pret prel newery nowery p r m october 21 esgo VC BY nir d G D wart WATT wa rt I 1 do not wish to be over zealous to say the time Is mine or that I 1 have the privilege above others of 0 my brethren of 0 speaking I 1 like to hear my brethren speak quite as well aa as to speak myself but aa as there is time I 1 f feel eel it iaci my privilege to stand before the saints and instruct guide and encourage them and build them up in the faith of the holy gospel the same principles and the same feelings that I 1 imbibed when I 1 embraced the gospel of salvation al are still within me but in a greater degree As ai you have frequently heard me say may ay there is nothing except the gospel of life and salvation the power of god that would ever induce me to become a public speaker but the principles of eternal life are so engaging so endearing so lovely so worthy of 0 all accept acceptation atin so sweet so great that I 1 could not nod refuse consequently I 1 have been striving for many mahy years yeara to perfect myself with others ethers ot hersi bersi in the history plan knowledg know fedge pedge e an and d way s 9 the he lord upon the earth and in the holy arf ibold that is 13 calculated tosane to save the hit hlf dren of or men I 1 delight in hearing bearing my 1 brethren brethen peak I 1 do not know that I 1 was ever more gratified in hearing a servant of god brin bring forth out of his store house the riches richs of f eternity than I 1 was a week ago this yno ino morning ining in bearin hearin heaning hearing brother hyde seaforth set bet forth the beautiful things pertaining to the kingdom of our god J I 1 have been equally edified tol toi toj to j day if I 1 do riot pot exactly agree with him in repard to the means for the further promotion i of the kingdom of god and bearing off his jn in the remarks I 1 have heard from idile roth rothe r rj J D rose this afternoon I 1 am de dei del i lighted ag bated I 1 drink and I 1 drink again and am I 1 still dry I 1 am at least still prepared for more and the more I 1 receive in my under stand standing ing and the thi more my mind expands fori torl for theliN the things of god the better seemingly I 1 am pr prepared jirred to receive more moore and more I 1 rdo 1140 not always entirely agree with some in I 1 their sayings but my brethren like ilke I 1 ike myself 1 ines do not use the language best beat adapted I 1 to convey their ideas for bor fr instance iam lam I 1 am not ready to confess as do some bome that I 1 k know nothing and that I 1 lama iama am a food I 1 know a great mapy many thing things and I 1 know them right br ro rdse 3 says that people are more willin willing g to beave the testimony of men who have been dedd zedd lea iea d many ahny centuries than the testimony of I 1 living men this thip however does not apply to toi me roe for 0 r I 1 delighted more in the voice of joseph smith than in all the voices of af the dead prophets I 1 never heard ile he was the living oracle of god with me m he be wab waa the medium through which bethe hethe the lord lard spoke to me ne do you not think that his voice was b taul to me yec yee when I 1 read his letters his big sermons hla hia revelations unless I 1 am inthe in the spirit by which they were dictated the they are lean to me to what they used to be chene when he was with ug us they were atre dere rich they were full of interest full of good thing when I 1 could see his face shin ellke an an angels gells they we were re then sweet as honeycomb an ani t before I 1 lna ina made de a profession of religion I 1 iwas was though tto to be en on infidel by the christians be cam cad I 1 could not believe their nonsense the of my heart was that I 1 would be 1 ling to crawl aronna around the earth orr ort my handl handi and kes to see seed uch such a manali man alk aik was waa ater jeremiah lab iab mases or ary any aty man rian that thit could til me anything about god and he heaverd hea averi averl venn but to talk with the priests was more ot I 1 goine then theu than thap q to t talk alk with laur I 1 the wate were then wre vre 1 upon unon 9 q certain 0 lin points than inra inre tot tor no now I 1 btty tte tn krow khow ft kaow w NY t the h e fi rbt r s t t thing b I 1 n g at wi of fo 7 northey could not alti t athi necessary to be baptize for the remission 0 ot lsen bins sins s no man could tell me that until I 1 saw joseph smith io 16 man could say that the ordinances of god should be lie obeyed that the same doctrine taught by jesus and his apostles is thes them only doctrine to i save saye the people they were divided and sub divided split into smal fra fragments 0 ghents and every man was for himself lam iam I 1 am delighted when if I 1 feel eel and enjoy the presence and power of 0 that instruction given by bi the inspiration of the holy ghost our hearts are made glad you believed the gospel in your native count took up your line of march to this desolate wilderness if I 1 anig might bt so speak you have sacrificed all y you ou havron earth that is near and dear to you for the sake of the gospel what made you do this the spirit of revelation the spirit oe of gody god the power of god Is it not lovely I 1 am proud of I 1 am delighted in my religion lri fri my god and when 1 I speak ak of those who have persecuted this peo people p an and d sought diligently to destroy us using every endeavor and means they were master of to obliterate this people and kingdom from the earths earthy what do you suppose I 1 think of them I 1 cannot speak it language an is too f ellof poverty too obscure too unmeaning t for orme me to talk about it suppose you yon see two men in conversation and one 0 them rises up to his father and goil go d with all deference and availing his hig face 0 comes before him in all humility while the other rises up and says damn himy bimi I 1 am nok afraid of 0 hi bim him M 1 which of the two would you love loye and which of them w would uld you hate both of them are his offspring both of them live on his mercy and are nourished and cherished by his big bounty and one says 1 I am not afraid of him but I 1 will abuse his big name and character and deride his goodness and the other comes with his face sa saying ayi n 1 I thank thee father lord lori oe of heaven and d earth for thy mercy is over me continually to preserve me and alid through thy goodness I 1 am permitted to come into thy presence which would you love the most lan Lin language guage cannot express it when you contrast the religion that we be lieve with wilh the religion that the world believes with all their pomp grandeur wealth wealthy and gaudy show I 1 look upon them with more disgust than JL do upon the gates of hell language an 11 cannot dellit I 1 am proud to say that I 1 honor my god that I 1 love him that I 1 worship him I 1 am proud to call him my father while many are proud to deride and despise I 1 him they are proud when timy they get toi too gether together ani anil andt curse and swear damning and calling the name of jehovah in vain vald calling upon god to damn each other they are are ire proud that they have this audacity they wil wll sinkIn lb hell heli I 1 defy all the enemies of this work to think as diminutively of me as I 1 do of them there is justa just as much difference between their knowledge and mine as there is between light and darkness here we have the words of life and do I 1 not glory in them paul gloried in the cross of christ previous to that he was a poor miserable vain wicked abominable corrupt creature brought brought up as a servant in Gamaliel Gama liels ls honse bonse wip where je re they despised god and every godlike god like principle hicl fici ile he held tho the clothes of the men man that thab stoned st stephen hen to death and consented to his death T the ere ege lord appeared to him when he was on a mission to persecute his big followers and told him that he was a chosen vessel for the lord to show forth through him his power paul gloried in he the cross of christ ile he might have said gloried in having the privilege of paying the debt that he had contracted by his previous mean and evil treatment toward the saints and jesus christ when he be was umon upon the earth ile he derided them stoned them laughed them to beorn scorn threw sticks after them in the streets spat upon them and was ras vas ready to raise a mob and do anything that was mean to afflict the saints andeer and servants vanta of god rhe fhe lord says 1 I will show yon on that I 1 have had my eye upon you from before the foundation of the world to make you a chosen veasel vessel to bear my name where I 1 would not send a man who had never persecuted my saints were I 1 to meet br paulhe would say br brigham I 1 have not received at athe the hands of my ray enemies more than I 1 deserved and when you was talking about me on the stand on sueh such arid and such a day your eye was opened to see the path I 1 had walked ri do you not think that the lord cashis has his hils hiis his fils eye upon a great many there isa ish ia passage asage of scripture that reads thus for whom ue did foreknow he lie also did predestinate tibe tobe con formed formento to the image of hib his is son som that he be th first born among many mahy brethren etc who dil did he not foreknow I 1 do hot not think there thele is anybody now on the earth or that has lived before ns its or that wilf wilt come after us hat what he knew who would be hiis blis hl anointed hs he bar has hid had ht his s eye upon them aft the time as lie he hayt had opyl non MOB alosio ii B phi pil pharoh aroh abraham noab noah wito wo a chasm vessel ti to the ark are arkard alid eird save sava sa a rem hobt from florn the flood A ever hear tho the story of ar araold moan roan ometa noah hen 4 ina thit thie ark prk what whal mr noah are tou you gitil at the ark you are a veritable old fool build ng an ark far away from any water how are 1 you goffig goirn to float MY it 1 wait walt a lit lt ie le while and I 1 will shio show slow nv you by and by tho the th lord will break up the mighty dee deep and gend send forth the i waters and drown the he wicked cr 11 40 0 you are a fool noah you had haa better bettor build bi ii id a good pod house and plant and till the earth 1 I am going home 11 etc go on said noah bi by and by you yok you will learn that hat I 1 am right they waited year after year and by and by the fountains of the great deep were broken up and the rain began to descend the old man camo along w and noah said to him what do you think now neighbor 0 this is only a shower it looks like clearing up it will soon be over 21 in a short time the old man cime cumae c ime irae again a egy evy wading I 1 in waler to his knees when noah N oali said 11 well what do you hink now goo foo olt ait it will soon cleara wy ile he came again and that time lle ife h e was aras paddling along in water tip up to his ne neck and said wont you take me in winnoah noah a all who have received tickets are aboard and those who have not tickets cannot come aboard what do you think of it now old man Is it only a little shower then ft it was not damn old noah but they were crying amr mr noah take us in by and by it will be mr smith wont yon have hive a little compassion on us no will say you would not take a ticket when I 1 offered it to you by my brethren you refused my tickets and said it was nothing but a slim siim shower ver yer we guess irwill it will pass off accord g words of 0 the savior iras As it waal wag in the day days of noah so it will ge be in the days of the coming of the son of man 11 I 1 br brigham Brig hamo haro I 1 think you talk pretty hard for we feel very important anti and we do not riot like to hear you speak against 0 our charity and against our doings 11 1 1 they assassinated joseph smith and they drove us its into the mountains where aber as ma th ey said the land is sterile and good for nothing and where the indians would kill us as they believed with all their hearts they said and believed this and prophesied day and night that the mpr mons mona nv were re going and woula would be starved to death or killed by indian s we came here naked and barefoot do you think that I 1 shall ask any aid f from rom them when we atoe aloe ae ready to go back no we brought codr our provisions when we came here to last us until we raised more we brought baroti lit our few f evv farming farmin g impie I 1 mp I 1 e me rits our sed sied bed grain div givand a and chil children tren with comparative nakedness and poverty t y as to this worlds goods my wives took skins and made moccasins to wear we have sustained ourselves 1 so far in this I 1 far otti birren bairen region and we shall live livi here do they want ns ils to live here no nor anywhere else bark away bark away follow up the saints persecute the saints cant alor you au buy them ont out think you 0 dear the mor mons are ar getting uncle sams timber in irn the kenyons kan 11 is who is uncle sam altomus all Alt of ofus us get the timber out ont of the hous esburn lime cultivate the soil and raise animals on the range forwe for we have a right so to do bat our enemies hunt persecute and malce make war upon us and have d done one this to th their pir sorrow sorro w they have made war upon the saints from the beginning and now they will havenar have war to the hilt until they are used up root and branch in fit the name of israels god J there will not bl be one of them left upon the earth will I 1 hurt them no th tha 3 lord almighty will lead them in a path wherein they will use themselves up dont lay it to me though if I 1 you do I 1 dont care it is quite interesting is it not for a man to rise up and make war upon one of his own children think how it would appear for a father to k kick ick lck cuff and otherwise abuse the youngest and best son of twelve never give i a dime to encourage him and then say to the eleven now boys rise up and kill him outright 12 la Is not that treason of the blackest kind it has his been as much committed as it will be and if they do not stop they will be rubbed out has this people committed treason or transgressed the law laws V of t thein their h eln cir cou con country n try if any mail man says they have bave he be is a liar and ana will go to heil helf for tor helles belies he lies lles like hell those thoss who say they have are of the devil and are bla bia servants the they lie fie and there is no t truth th in them and they zall shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimston brimstone e they made war with nath us and they have committed treason we have received enough abuse altheir at their hands would we trouble them no if they let jet 6 alone we would only preach we tife i gospel I 1 a and ryd rid ayat that we will do 40 the lord has catl caYl ads edroe ye md to this work andI andl feel as though I 1 willbo will do it we will send the gosp gospel elto eito to the when one nation turns us away we wili will go goto to another and gather up the honest in heart beart and the ret rest we care caire not for until we come en on mount zion AS saviors to attend to the ordinances of the house of god for them the lord will let the people know that he will nite tub tue ta devil has h as haaf possession ot of the earth a grab grat r at while 10 y very vary y t yran yrau it not noi 0 t for a kinat ala aba naf igwe ly duje we n rill d 0 o people do right 0 what an overbear overbearing gov that would be would it not now fot ow let that man raan alone earn and eat your own food and do not steal that thai mans there in ia is utah when one man rises up and hinders binders another from oppressing his neighbor gro aro 0 what I 1 will write to washington about it write where you pl please ease all such will meet their doom 1 stop swearing and taking the name of god in vain are any in the habit hait of lying stop it are any in the habit of bearing false witness 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