Show 1 1 4 REMARKS 14 14 B president BRIGHA 11 youngs tabernacle I 1 march 3 ISOL isai REPORTED nv BY GD WATT there are a humber bumber of subjects I 1 wish to etya fay a few words upon and I 1 will first make a few remarks pertaining to the kingdom of 0 0 god on the earth it is told us thattie earth eaith is th elord cLord and he cie fullness thereof it is also told us that hat ere cre long the lord nord will possess the earth christians are exhorted to be faithful for eventually eventually jesus mil gli crown his brethren as kings an and priests not only the twelve t elve eive apostles that br broderick Bro denck referred to this morning but also all that keep his hib commands and live faithfully to the requirements of the holy gospel we are arc exhorted to be steadfast at ai d immovable always abounding in good works 1 this is our tradition it is the doctrine we luye ivye baseboard from our youth many of you are acquainted quainter ted pd with the various various doctrines of the world some believe once in grace always in grace gracey 2 others A saint today a sincer sinter tomorrow to morrow and next day again a saint etc etc the kingdom of god on the earthal earth hag illas has not this kingdom been es long iong and iong long on 0 ago why does bof the lord jesus come to take possession of the earth as it is his these are questions that arise especially in the minds of critics cf those who are inclined to be infidel inre lure in regard to revealed religion and they inquire of the chistian why does not your god do th usand eo why does he bedela delay dela deia why does he permit the enemy to hold possession of the minion dominion io of the savior with many other in in quinies that rest in the minds of the people perhaps some of you have satisfactorily an questions to yourselves and perhaps vo idu u have heard them satisfactorily answered to your minds and understanding by of israel there is a 1 reason for all this f have not rot time this afternoon anterni on and arid arld do tio not wish to confine fine myself to say all nii that my mind would t te be e lead to say on orl th the 11 subject I 1 can cail say at once if jesus had taken the kingdom in the days when lie he was upon the earth he lle would haie hale spoiled the whole plan pian he would have ruined we object for which he came into lito the world it if lie he had established his kingdom directly after the flood and reigned triumphantly on oil the earth the earth could never llever have answered the ends of its it s creation the inhabitants of the earth could not have been accountable if he be had to take tako possession assess 1011 loll of the earth at this present time ke he would aou d ruin ills his own scheme thwart his own plans it maybe may be a mystery it is with the many why the lord permits this and that arid and dictates thus and so this is for want of intelligence in the intelligent beings that are upon the earth if they understood der den stood the be object cf the creation of this earth and the inhabitants upon it these matters would be au an easy a and nd pleasing theme to their understandings they would become natural principles to them easy to be understood they would compre comprehend helm heim the design of the i almighty in the formation of these intelligent beings in the direction of them the object of the creation of the earth and the final issue in the end when all that has been des designed ned of this earth and all consigned con signel signe I 1 to this earth earlb have come upon it arid and the work is completed the winding up tip scene has comes comp come when jesus shall have finished his work pertaining to man and arld his age agency cy you will then see that the kingdom will be taken possession of and that very quickly every mortal being must stand up as an in telli tell igent ment lent organized capacity and choose or refuse the good and thus act for himself all al must have that opportunity no matter it if all yo go into the depths of wickedness whether they sustain tile the kingdom of god and promote the gospel of salvation or not the earth must remain in the hands of man ilabe liable e to be acted upon continually by a superior power and authority tho rity mans independence must be held inviolate it must be reserved to each and every individual all must have the privilege of acting upon it until the last spirit that has been designed to come here and take a tabernacle has come upon the earth the winding up tip scene cannot come I 1 have not time to say fay what I 1 would like to upon this subject but will leave it to your own reflect i n marvel narvel not that the kingdom of god is not in its fullness marvel not that you see every man and woman subject to the passions that belong belom to fallen nature there never was a prophet orttie oil oll the earth but what hat was subject to passions as we are every son and daughter of adam that has come into this world has been subject to sin and prone to wander ivander they must have their times and seasons and ahen when the day has come in which all things are to be gathered in one the lord will gather those things when the day comes comnes in which Jesu jesus swill will take possession of the arth earth he will take possession of it when the time comes that satan will be ejected from the inheritance of oe the cli cil ildren lidren ot of the legal heirs you will find that ejectment will be served arid and it 1 will be effee effectual tuai it will be effectual upon every tenant or occupant upon the premises of the almighty and the they will be forthwith removed but the time is not yet come the work is not yet fin finished libed be patient be coworkers with our savior and master until this work is accomplished and we shall be blessed in our deeds 1 wish to make a few remarks to thi e brethren in this city in regard to rn reaching ching forth their hands and means to assist ingathering gathering in the poor saints at first some deemed it inexpedient I 1 to call upon the people in this city to assist in sending teams for the saints but we have otherwise concluded we expect that we have more power here than th they ey have in any other place in all the branches and associations of the church of jesus christ upon I 1 the whole laith larth we here see bee for the whole of them we speak for the whole and com ively speaking we have more power than is possessed in any other part of the body it we wish to have a great thing performed we must take the lead and when we feel that we are weak and feeble incapable ot of doing this or that with poverty staring us in the face and the want of mans is felt let every pers person on rise up and consider b hrs his is calling and arld standing and the design of the almighty I 1 I 1 wil wll present a comparison from our mechanics chanice cs you will find mechanics here who abo can go to work and build a beautiful house but they must have all the T necessary et essary tools and material another can build a carriage but lie he must mus kave have the necessary tools toola and mate pais glaia you can find a man who cah can build a steam engine but he must roust have the tools and materials but you find the mechanics that clin can go to lowith with an old three cor cornered nelea nereA file a jck jack knife a spike gimlet and an inch auger augers and build b bild a wagon n a 01 li manlik manner and you woud aou d ely bly that lie he is a eror work I 1 I 1 man nan As the bia bin says it is no trica to catch fish if you have the tools and know how itis it is done it is no development d nt of 0 skill for us to 0 preach reach the gospel to te the nations nation if we hafe hare have our pockets full of money and bible societies and tract societies and missionary societies gathering it for us to pay our expenses ex lenses scraping up for forus us the filthy lucre I 1 suppose that in such cases w e c should feel as others do you know how low some of those feel who can go from one side of or the earth have the privilege of gathering means to go with the way they feel is shown foith forth very forcibly in an of a Iiri priest est esl after a collection had been made ile he g gathered a tl red up the money arid and while putting it in 1 his pocket gave out the hymn hymns this is the god that I 1 adore take the elders who start from here without purse or scrip and cross the plains with handcart handcar tse and they have ingenuity enough to go from city to city from country to country from nation to nation and circumscribe the earth in that there is certain skill talent and ability great zeal or excellent good luck I 1 you must to something it would be no great affair for us ile to gather the saints if we had plenty of gold how many times I 1 have thought I 1 would like a handy place to go to for gold with which to za ea her the saints but where would be or co io y a ara ari I 1 reward to go from here hereto to EQ bibi c i t ui it I 1 travel east to china and home again having been preaching several years with our pockets full of gold where then is byoir great ability in your pockets in the god so much adored but take the men inen that call can travel the earth overy over preach the go gospel gopel pel pei without pure or scrip and then go to and lay their to gather the saints that hat t 1110 lobo looks like the work of oe angels does it not lt look ic like the work of beings to the common people do you know that we are called to this work if 11 the called upon some greatman some rich man some one of the prominent bishops in the roman catholic church or jn in the church of england or the pope popes to dig the plates out of the earth and translate them and publish the book of mormon ard then have furnished them with plenty of gold and other mearis means to distribute to the disciples plenty of iveal wealth tb honor fame and good name in the midst of the people would there have haie been any particular manifestation of a superior being in all this there would not the lord chose joseph smith called upon him in at fourteen years 5 earb ears ot of age gave ave him visions inions and led him along I 1 t gulled and aud directed him in in his ob until he brought forth the plates and translated them and martin harris harns it ivas mas was as prevailed upon to sustain the printing of the book of momon 11 ormon all this was done in the depths of poverty obscurity and weakness the book has been translated printed and hind ed cd to the world and every time that a man of letters ac or profound worldly learn in comes into this chul chui chuich chulch ch and undertakes to preach the gosi gospel lel lei relying upon his bis m worldly wisdom that man marl will ralf raif no matter upon the earth he lle undertakes to start this kingdom according to tile the customs feelings jash lash fashions lons ions arid and pride of the world it will sink as sure as he undertakes it I 1 recollect one remark that br joseph used to make frequently when talking to the elders no matter what he set them to do whether lie he wanted them to go to a foreign land on oll a mission mis on or to go into business he would say when you yoa ou commence go in in at the he little end 0 of the horn for if you ou do not but enter into the big end you will either have to turn round and arld come out at the end you went in at or go out at the small emall end and be squeezed nigh unto i death let an elder hire the best halls in large cities cuties to begin with and go to lecturing and it will take him a lonz ion lon tune tuna to raise a b branch ranch of this church him begin among the poor of the earth those who live in thi th cellars and ai d garrets and back street streets sp for fora rya rys the almighty 1 I am ariz griz to take the weak things of th s world an and d with them I 1 confound the wisdom of the WISP wise you will see that tint trait in every step of mormonism I 1 god has chosen the obscure and weak to bring them up tip arid and exalt therm them Is not that the work of a god the performance of this work without money maney and price tile tiie the ille gospel is sent to all the tile inhabitants of the earth to the high and the low the noble loble and the igno ignoble L the oung t and the old here is is the go gospel s el you arc aro welcome vel totne to it dont you ask anything 11 for it not a farthing ar it has to go to the world wi wi bout hout money arid and price now compare thia with carrying the gospel with your air pockets full of money and in the tiie latter case where ii your glory and honor I 1 As aa an instance we have men who quarry rock out of the mountains and we would say to those men can you go and quarry rock without the suitable ansti instruments says sav Sai sone one ohe 1 I must have so many picks and we ge gep and I 1 must have so many drills of diff rent sizes I 1 and so many sledges and hammed ham har s another I 1 man says 1 I am going to make nale the toos tools 1 I have hare tha ability aulty and I 1 will make the instruments from the ore in the mountain you f whai nephi dd did hen 11 hen hea he be camo came to the sea and prepared to build his ills barges baiges the lord showed him the ore and nephi made the tools with which he be formed his barges he lle did not have to go back fo 0 o jerit salem to 0 o get tools I 1 would fo like ilke ke to see a little more of that tha skill displayed here than I 1 do at tile the present time lam iam I 1 am using this tills comparison to how h that we vve in our poverty tys have this work to do As was observed this morning in a wholesome lovely excellent discourse we will have to go to work and get the gold out of the mountains to lay down if we ever walkin streets paved with gold the angels that now walk in their giden streets and them they have the tree of life within the their ir 1 paradise rade radl ise lse had ad to obtain that gold and pu put it there ere when wo we have paved with gold we will have hava placed lace d it there bur ourselves selves when n we enjoy a zion in its beauty and glory it will be when we have haie built it if we enjoy the zion that we now anticipate it will be after we redeem and prepare it if we live in the city of the new jerusalem it will be because we lay the foundation and build it if we do not as individuals divi duals complete that work we shall lay the foundation for our children and our childrens chi children laren as adam has if we vve are to be saved in an alk ark as noah and his family were it will be because we build it if the gospel is preached to the nat nations lono iono it is because the elders of israel go in their poverty without purse i urse or scrip to preach the gospel to the th uttermost parts of the earth if the eders of israel could see the true track and thread of faith they never would say they could not do this or that but would bae sae at once that we are the lead the lawgiving law giving department we are the eY esth esthe ears the mouth we dictate and it is for ua w to lead out in in every pooh good mork work if we build a tempe here it wll will be because we ve need one and if we realy need one go to work ahi ani build it will we count the cost no if I 1 am going to build a temple tempie I 1 am not going to sit down and count the cost I 1 care not what hat it will cost so BO long as we vve are occupied in doing a good work it keeps us out of mis chiff an and unrighteousness and at the same time enhances the value of our whole hoie hole property and beautifies our cities if we wish irish to send for the poor gather up the teams but say you 1 I have not got any 12 ihen then prepare yourselves to go as ag teamsters to do anything and everything ever thing As A I 1 have hate not time to make many reina relna remarks iks upon this thia let me say to the elders of israel and also to the sisters bisters one third or one fourth of the time that thai is 13 spent to procure af a living ivings would be sufficient if your jour labor was rightly directed people think they are going |