| Show t f it it REMARKS aj B n C KIMBALL Taberna tabernacle Taber nacie cJe cre sunday sandar mornings nier nin noy nov 23 isoo of tar 1 i A it C r REPORTED BY 1 V LONG 1 billave LI llave been hearing a few words advanced bya Bishop woolley and I 1 reio rejo icedo say that I have haye a testimony within me sayings ard artrue tru e and and a 1 id according accordi to my experience I 1 have come coine to the conclusion myself that I 1 do not know much excepting that whIch I 1 I 1 have bave had quite fl a lengthy experience in this church I 1 gita have ave seen been what are commonly called the ups and downs downa of mormonism I 1 have passed through the tho dobbings mob bings binge and dr ivings of the last twenty eight years ye arsand aad have endured many things that but few of this congregation i or thiv this people know anything about there a are rs but hut few lew these thele mountains who have passed assed through the trials and difficulties that h have ave been endured by the leaders of this people and therefore th thy th have not ot the sameel P liin llin 1 c they adnot know how bow to appreciate those th ose things thins thid s that we have passed through as ise ive edo do I 1 J S i for eor instance or we were driven from jackson jaclson aunt county in the state of missouri some somme were obliged t ed to leave kirtland in ohio through persecution others were dirven from far west caldwell county and from clay coun 1 ty missouri and then their the great body of the church impre were finally driven from nauvoo I 1 might go on to tell numerous barches brah ches odthe ot the church were driven from many other places and how bow many thre were ere in the church at those different periods but I 1 will only remark that tha t t b ere ard are not hot a great many of those men with us ui naw now in comparison with the that are ate in these mountains i I 1 discover one on e thing however tha that may have es escaped the noti doti notice ce of many viz that qula a rumber num beof beor of those who ho are edw in the church originated e d of ot sprung from those who i first firs obey obeyed eTtlie the gospel there are a great i many manof 91 their children who ilbo are now numbered with us s yes there are hundreds oe of people pe aple oble with aitu Us that have bave been born in the church I 1 frequently see some of them thim per I 1 have known from fromm their childhood and whose parents I 1 knew before they were born this is very gratifying to me many ot those who receive received the gospel al at ari learly day lave turned away from the we truth others have died and gone to the spirit world but their heir children are arh arbbie arb here ere eie they have come and taken the position of their parents a and aid lid will eventually be the means of redeeming them taisy th y will act as saviors raised up by the almighty and they wIll become very useful inthe latter jatter days in restoring their parents into uli the presence of god these things because they were the t be first presented to my mind when I 1 arose to you and I 1 will now take the liberty of sayin that mat I 1 pray continually that this P people and all the elders oe ol israel may honor tb their ir calling that they may be blest with us and with their children for evermore I 1 pray that we ma may y live long upon the earth and that vie we may acco accomplish a great and mighty work in this last dispensation and that we may be so guided as to enable us to accomplish pil the work which we have the privilege of assisting to perform this gospel will accum alcum push that for which it was sent and there is no q power upon this earth ear th that can stay its progress foress fo 1 ress there is it no combined power upon tie the the face of this earth that can stay this gospel in its course no not for one single moment this is accordi according rg to the design of our heavenly father for he has said you cannot do anything against the truth but for it these things are truly so and I 1 have never knon known a man whether in the church or butof it but what has pio plo promoted this ause cause and increased the influence of this people and it hlll be e so from this time hence henceforth henceford for th and for j ever even er then why do you fathers in israel want to lay jay down and go to sleep and neglect the duties that devolve upon you if you con to do this some of your chil chii children drin will have to rise up and become your benefactors belef actors why dont you step forward set an example before your children become their benefactors and ay a foundation for them and your chii chit 1 drans drens children to the latest generation it is your sotir privilege and the power is in your possession for you have the priesthood and andl you have a portion of that apostle apostleship ship which I 1 will help you to attain to all the blessings promised to the faithful ons ong of god but many I 1 am aware will let the candle of the almighty that ia within them go gd out and when that once goes out it is very hard to light ilat it ift up again and to have it A as brilliant as ds eit elt it was wads the beginning I 1 in regard to the world ivoria at large and my i views in reference the lord performing his bis I 1 work I 1 have only to say that I 1 look back and trace irace aca bcd the revelations that god gave to jose joseph ph j with great pleasure lie he told the tiia prophet at ati one time timi to go gd forthwith forth with his brethren and import importuna tana tans nna una for redress at the beez ee of the gov lov gov I 1 1 erners a and nd the judges and fi 11 aily ally tally to president of the united states to give them thein the privilege of redressing their wrongs the lord lord then said bald if they will not redress your I 1 will come out of my hiding place ald and in in my hot displeasure I 1 will vex those un just judges that are placed at the head bead of the nation lia iia tion ilon and f I 1 will cut them off from the face jot the earth and I 1 will appoint their por pori i tion tiou to be with the hypo hypocrites crits and with A ith the ubbe unbelief lievers ers brethren do you not think that day is dight right here ardive are arc we not receiving 14 news every few dalsby the pony express that tha t the lord is fulfilling his word I 1 think the last two to or three days has brought us news that ought to satisfy all up upon n th thai that at point it is now for you and me to rise risen up in the strength of air heavenly father and let the light of heaven heava n shine upon us that everything that is not right may he e purged from our midst aret us idd say to every unholy thing b bonel let us honor our tabernacles let iet letus m hano ho northe r the earth and let us hodo hono ithe heavens that we may enjoy the blessings that flow how for the man who diah diab dishonors 0 nors bis his tabernacle and and theearta the earth upon poll which we dwell will not nov inhabit them the nu again for abi some bome e time to come it will trill be with them as prest youn young was jalk ing this morning about a certain class afan of individuals divi duals there wilf will be a dissolution not only of the tabernacles but of the spirits 16 for foi the b lody body 0 d is not accountable to td the spirit ant itis it Is i re rendered accountable for the acts of the person that dwells in it that is fo to some extent but in reality it is the person who dwells in an fn the tile house that will have to pay the debt I 1 am now streaking aking I 1 about the spirits that thai dwell in r our b boules J ies les I 1 knois that these things will beas be aa isay ibay I 1 say I 1 have seen been the time when I 1 did not know inow the he meaning of the phrase second death but ii now comprehend it to my satisfaction there will probably be thousands who will be bv brought forth in the resurrection in their sins sing and their conduct in life will have rendered them worthy of the second death I 1 have no desire I 1 i to see an anhof 1 the ther human family become subjects of theos ape second death and I 1 especially desire that I 1 may not see any of my iny bi ethren brethren and sister transgress the law of god to that extent that will render renden them theme subjects of the second death my aly anxiety on orf this lint point ia is sometimes very great for I 1 desire the e welfare of the saints and arid my interest in your behalf is dally daily increasing I 1 desire that we may so live llie in this life that we may maynier ever dwell together that we may rise together in the resurrection ot of the just and then dwell together as men women and children in the I 1 lord I 1 now brethren and sisters bisters do we knewt what is right for us gs to do yes every one of oti us I 1 can safely bay eay there thele is not a mail man or woman here but knows what 13 right in the sphere in which they move for instance there is not one but knows better than to tell a lie or steal or bear false witness or go and get drunk or to our fellow creatures j we all know that with that measure we mete we shall have it measured back to us again then it is necessary for you and me P if we have been wrongfully and unkindly unkind by treated treated to wait until we see a eha eba change t anaa anal anbi andi if we are patient we shall see that to that man who measured to us will be measured back again and we have no need to say anything about il it the law has gone forth with that measure ye mete it shall be measured back to you again i vve ale may all rest assured brethren that this law will be carried out and that as we measure to each other so will it be measured back to us again in order that justice may have his demands you will all admit that this is true for those are the words of 0 f our savior they are the words of the prophets and apostles yes ves they have all borne burne testimony same doctrine and so has every pure minded man mar that has lived upon the earth now let in me e ar ask of you latter day saints if it you think we do not know enough to lay jay aside our selfishness can we lay aside our precious selves and pur proneness to do evil yes we can when I 1 returned from froin the south I 1 had quite a bundle of stories laid lafa before me and they were calculated to prejudice me in my feelings but I 1 declared after due reflection that I 1 would not enter entertain them in mym my mygind myr mind aind for I 1 felt satisfied after a a mot hents reflection that it would not do for me to acknowledge such stories as truth or to permit them to have any bearing or weight upon my mind because if I 1 had prejudice to which we are all more or less susceptible would have taken hold of men when I 1 investigated arid frid fathomed the thing to the bottom there was ivas not a word of truth in the reports if men who are ire accustomed to anre olt off big guns kuns could take such blich buch yarns for wadding and thus blow them away it would be a good thing for this community we are the greatest people for believing evereth everything in that is reported that ever lived on the earth it was just so in br josephs josephi day when I 1 went to kirtland they told me stories 1 about br joseph but I 1 would not believe them in those days I 1 would not belie belle believe belleve ve that a prophet could do a wrong thing but there are some now who will try to make it appear that ahat prophets will tell lies but I 1 tell you they will not do it I 1 might reason in the fan language a guage of paul and dna say that if I 1 could bring more into the kingdom of god by te ling ling a li lie lle e than by telling the aruto tr uto would do if it kut but but I 1 know that the ille truth will bear its own weight weights and accomplish that for which it was sent and there is no need of any lies lles being told or of any misrepresentations being made about it there them used tobe bl great reat many bic biz bi stories oid old told in nauvoo and the trio only way that I 1 got aion alon along givas was by frying to put them down I 1 speak of these thebe things to show you what has been and if you can draw any good conclusions from them I 1 shall be bei satEs satis satisfied fied my princ principal lph iyA object in speaking thus is 1 I want yoi yol oil to know that we ar are arc a people who are very wry much ih inclined elined to believe lies and to encourage that whitis ignot ot right if you know a man who is 19 guilty of a crime is is it best for you to reveal it I 1 will tellY oli oil what I 1 would do if fir I 1 knew of mell i inthis ibis church who were wele quilt yf crimes rimes that thai were 1 not unto death I 1 would never llever reveal that thata knowledge for I 1 consider would atwould it not be good bic policy ulato to throw my brethren into hands bands that w would be a areat keat heat deal deai worse than they were the themselves but I 1 would woula kee iee bee see that the law of god was waa executed I 1 1 ahe the bible bibie pays we should have charity and increase therein and we are furth further er instructed ted to increase In creasa aha multiply in all good works that the capacity of bur minds may be enlarged that we may grow thrive and increase in the knowledge of our father and god brethren my heart i biskind A towards douall you all I 1 feel towards yott yoli as a father fees towards his own children and alid it is the pride of my heart to see you rise up and honor and magnify he lie callings tb that at are placed upon you 1 you tott cannot honor god upon a any ny pie than by honoring he lie has conferred upon you give honor to all to whom honor is du dud do right in mail pall all ail things and b by y so doing your mius minds will expand and you will lil ill be enabled io to comprehend the thing god it js is not for you who hold the priesthood to take the sickle that is given you to reap with and bun hun hang g it up upon on a trees tree but you are to carry it with you and be faithful in using it fori foria if leave leavle it aft enemy will come a and nd rub ail ali all the edge off let us take a course that our spirits will be keen i and bright to understand the things of god and that th the revelations of esus christ may be with us all i the time that we ire may be natural men and women and that poi pod may be with us and open our hearts to see the things of his kingdom 0 in regard to the olit tide side pressure dessure that is so often spoken of if those woo so make it do not get pressed or squeezed it if there is any juice in them then I 1 am Ml mistaken ljean I 1 mean those that killed jeseph and hyrum smith david patten and many others who have beem been slain for the gospels sake the lord is going to finish his work for be he has promised to cut it short in righteousness I 1 will now turn from the spiritual to the temporal and advise you to finish your work put the eo vering covering on your houses bind on the cornices cornicks cor nices for if you dont the devil will raise a wind that will blow the he tops ON off I 1 have concluded that I 1 will hold still myself and not say much for fear my roof should blow off the same as many have been thrown off up north brethren be diligent in gathering up the honey be humble kind and merciful and then we shall obtain mercy god will mete unto us according to our deserts he will bless the righteous and the meek the lord will reckon with the wicked and those that have committed ted abominations in the earth ile he will shortly reckon too with those who hold the priesthood who have been acting as ministers of justice and mercy he will reward them according to their works may alar the lord our god bless the meek and contrite in spirit may he bless those that leal you ou and inspire their hearts that they ma may M be e like one drop of water or like a auni u nit fc and may he grant that you maybe one with ith them anc ane and mai mar may he grant that we may all walk valk before him in righteousness all the days of our lives may the god of our fathers father bless |
