Show REMARKS ny prest rnest liener lienen C KIMBALL aoa noa sunday afternoon dec 10 16 ISDO I 1 I 1 reported REPORTED BY I 1 V LONG you have all heard beard the remark and seail ments of br wells bis his exhortations are very good hey they will wiil make you and every soul who 0 obeys b eys ays them free because truth is ilfe life and aud lif ufa a is 3 light I 1 I 1 do not believe there is 13 a man here fiere to today day but what knows that the doctrine taught toe tov today is truth it is the word of god the revelations elat ions of jesus christino Chris tito tto every one that hears and salvation to ll 11 who yield obedience to it and carry it out practically y ur faith without works work is vain the rel rei religion ig ion lon that yo you yoa and I 1 believe in requires us to live by its precepts to be saints in very deed itis Iti life ilfe joy and peace to those who practise it and condemnation dem nation to those who dispose it br wells has made some excellent remarks on the pr practice celce of drinking li liquor bor the results of this evil are seen every etere where but to say that it leads to all manner of evils would be as far out of the way aa as the saying that the love of money modey is the root of all evil for there are hundreds of men in the tha world that donot do not drink a drop and they are as bullof wicked ness nesa as any men upon the face of orthe he earth drinking liquor is a habit you may mayta easily be beame ome habituated to drinking one dram creates an appetite for a second it is jastro lust last so with a man who commences telling lles lica he commences with a little childish lie ile believing thai that it will do no harm and so he continues on until he becomes an ail habituated ilar har these thin thing things 11 9 become habits and men bend their minds to them by degrees the same may b said of stealing persons addicted to stealing first began bi by stealing some trifling thing things i perhaps a halfpenny or a penny from that th they thay 1 get pet to a picayune sixpence and a dollar a and nothey they then become habitual thieves I 1 could mention many things that we as a people permit ourselves to do some will tattle about their neighbors and they h ty e will be very busy at what we call back bi biting n or more properly j speaking telling lies these are evils that will eventually lead a man roan down to death people may say there is no sin in stealing from an unbeliever but I 1 tell you that the mancho man who will do it will if I 1 let him have the chance steal from me and such a course will lead them thera down to death and destruction and I 1 now noar prophesy that the day will come when the man who will do this will become poor and be a d vagabond upon the earth and probably it may e effect his children if they of the same influence my sentiment in the presence of god gol atiel angels sand and men re thren ta the every avery svery men med w and atai stal mil wll airy tiry t to 0 I 1 hide it de their own A mins sins by i saying that ti bothi sanction it will coraell curg cura ell eil such things add and alija rael wilt will bay say anoh anon it iti I 1 L mew maw i ha ina 1 liw lir pi ingv ingy wa aj breath in ten hin bin min minutes te 5 froah rf stin idill I 1 know tha t tiam telling n uh the are are many r gler gier of whom I 1 aill am speaking thil iddo who wro doriot drink lany many ano any liquor ii qu or at ali ail all ill and then 1 a ain aln ain nin we wd know that thit the therease beare many wh 0 do indulge inelle every murder that has been committed in albis territory lab has been done under the influence of liquor and I 1 will here remark that the most of them have been men who deserved to die and furthermore I 1 think it would be quite as well if there were a great many more on the same road br wells has truly remarked that the world and all hell combined cannot stop this great and mighty work this is the church of jesus christ of latter day saints established by revelation from heaven and of this I 1 feel proud to bear testimony so far as the world are concerned I 1 care no more about it than I 1 do about the snow that is upon the ground except they repent and obey the gospel they cannot effect anything one way or the other br wells states that all the fears be he has of trouble and annoyances is among ourselves I 1 wish to see these things cultivated in the hearts of the people or rather stored up for cultivation the question was asked whence is all this sorrow and pain these things arise from men and women who profess to be latter day saints this I 1 consider one of the most I 1 irritating ari i batin and tormenting things upon this earth saints sa i ants rise up to the dignity of men and women in christ jesus do right learn to be men med learn to lay aside every bad practice cease pease your drinkin drinking lg and put pul ut a way alway ei everything ery thing else that is evil let et us be e one let ua us try anu and live so that all will be as one man or one drop of waterland wat erand thus partake of each others oth ers principles and attributes and of the attributes of god that angels angela may maybe be our associates by night and by day if this people will take this course live their religion in all things I 1 can prophesy in the name of israels god that you will never have to fire a gun for the lord will send his bis angels to do the work of destruction among the wicked the almighty will lead the wicked as a man leads a horse at pleasure brethren why dont you live your religion magnify your callings honor god in all things you ou do and say be lie humble and prayerful be e faithful to you duties at t all times I 1 am speaking plainly to you you may perhaps call cali ca 11 it scolding but I 1 am speaking of unrighteous practices such as will brin bring trouble upon you and a final dissolution dissolutions 2 tell me of a man that understands what has been said here this afternoon who does not know this as well as I 1 do why do I 1 say his because here is light knowledge and revelation handed banded to you every sabbath by president young and others this is plain and easy to be understood by all the saints who have been here and partaken partaker par taken of the words of life that have been dispensed dispense a to the people for the last few years I 1 have pride in irl the improvement that I 1 see among the people and I 1 have great satisfaction in seeing my family do right living an humble life and arid setting an example that is worthy of imitation I 1 am also proud of the industry that I 1 behold around me in see bee seeing mg the people make their own clothing in this my family amily f greatly improve and I 1 delight in it for it is setting a good example before bhore my children I 1 delight delig blit glit in seeing my children temperate and it would woul d please me more if they would not touch liquor at all then my cons ions sons bons would be honorable and filled with the power power of god and that would be the height of my ambition to see my sons and daughters walking in the way oe of life and salvation my sons becoming kings and priests of 0 th kost most high and my daughters dau aters becoming mothers in israel like unto araham abraham moses sarah and rebecca of old you might suppose that I 1 sm am proud of this coat or any other clothing that I 1 wear like many people in this church who make dress their god it is true when I 1 am kept warm buehring bu by earing wearing good clothes that I 1 f feel eel comfortable i e and thankful but I 1 do not set my heart upon clothes and I 1 would like to see you elders of israel act upon the same principle to be honorable and upright in all things I 1 would like to see every soul of you doing richt right and carrying with you a holy influence I 1 feel as honorable and yet as humble as if I 1 were in the presence of god and his blis holy angels there are some of our people who do not believe belleve that angels have anything to do with us but I 1 can tell you that angela angels are here today who are they they are men who hold bold the same priesthood as prest young and his brethren they are engaged in this work individually and collect collectively collectives ivel they are the characters who watch over you seventies and elders they want to save you and bear you 0 off victoriously I 1 know this for they have been with me and administered to me if we are faithful the victory will be ours and all the combined powers of the wicked nations of the earth aided by all the devils from the infernal regions cannot remove this people out of their present location neither c can an they stay the progress of the work in i 11 which we are engaged but it is the wickedness that will rise up in the church that will cause us trouble it is now as it was in the days of jesus and the prophets we read in the book of mormon that the bers hers came down from the mountains they robbed plundered and in many instances slew the saints I 1 can tell you brethren and sis that we have similar characters in these mountains mountain sp who are making pretty rapid pro prot i gress press in preparing to destroy this people this 1 I know to my sorrow when we take lold hold of men in this kingdom we want to make something of them in many Ws stances gaces they thet are dishonest and we cannot ado huch much much witia aitu the them I 1 BA but in n r regard to t the he people ehtle of t the he I 1 d dd I 1 dot hot ot ff igard roub rouble le much abo about t them theado the ydo n nob not oe live ive lve tiie tile th e religion of jesus christ they do no not t pro prof wo ess ees eis t to live IV e le if but they think that we are all fools for f following ol 01 joseph smith and brigham young we know our religion is true we profess to live its principles but if we turn against it we have more knowledge and hence more power to operate against it I 1 I 1 you have frequently heard of br hyde br russell and in myself self seif being afflicted with devils in england zere yere there were legions of them came upon us and sought to destroy us but we were not alone our guardian angels were there to assist us and they delivered us out of the the 1 I 1 danger and out of the power of our enemies i I 1 brethren be of good cheer your heads beads I 1 and your hearts in purity before god and rejoice iee lee in the strength of the holy one of israel 10 for r the wicked shall not overcome but we will ride def off victoriously and sing songs songs 0 of praise and triumph the day will come when the lord our god will empty the earth of all her wicked inhabitants for be he is going to cleanse this earth from wickedness and prepare it for the abode of the righteous and you may rest assured that it will take a tremendous shaking and an unprecedented great fire to purify this earth ready for the saints of light I 1 may imay the lord bless you all brethren and sisters and all the faithful and righteous saints that live upon the earth that the they may be prepared for the coming of the lord jesus jesus is my prayer amen |