Show REMARKS by ny president ident brigham youn toung young tabernacle june 19 REPORTED BY G it ia Is recorded in the new testament and said to be the words of the savior while speak ing ins ft of hig bis doctrine and the things he taught he that heareth and boeth my sayings shall know of my doctrine whether it ie is of god or men whosoever keeneth my sayings shall know of my doctrine I 1 labor faithfully to instruct the people in the way of life and the most important point of all my preaching and sayings ia is that they rest upon the words of the savior whosoever readeth the doctrine of the son of god and obeys it does know whether it is true or false chiist christ is the light of the world and ligh teth every man that cometh into it no human being has ever been born upon this earah without more or less enlightenment by that spirit and influence that flows from the fountain of intelligence all people eople have been more or less taught by the spirit spirit of revelation and let me ine say further there never was a child born upon this earth that was not naturally endow uron wron e d with that spirit and when we try to make ourselves believe differently we are mistaken it is extensively taught that nature must be subdued and grace made to take its p place lace I 1 wish to inform you yon that it is nature fo for r the cubid child to be influenced by the spirit of god it is nature for all people to be influenced by a nood good spirit and the evil that is spoken of is the power the devil has gained upon this earth through the fall ile he gained eidness Eed power powen ower to tempt the children of meny meni men and win wic wickedness ness nebs is produced through their yielding to his big temptations but it is not nature in them they are not conceived in sin and brought forth in iriqui t ay iy I 1 pertaining erta ining to their spirit tp it is the flesh tiati anat ia s alluded in that passage p desage theli then why not follow the dictates of the good spirit we ta labout it lt read of it believe in it that which gives liy soy joy and peace to the chil dren brenot dr enot 61 men and w wishes es and does no evil to any person and that ig is the spirit of the gospel if would linten to the whisperings of that spirit they would be led into the paths of truth and it hex hey they would overcome temptations to evil cause their spirits to over oveT julme jaime the would bring them themselves selve seive into subjection to the law of christ and become becom saints if god you yda discern evils in your neighborhood neighborhoods ia in your families and in in yourselves the disposition ilion to produce evil to annoy to disturb the peace of families neighbors and society is produced by the power of the enemy over the flesh through the fall every person who will examine bis big own experience who will watch closely the leading of his bis own desires will learn that the very great majority prefer to do good rather than to do evil and would pursue a correct course were it not for the evil power that subjects them to its sway away in wrongdoing wrong doing their own consciences condemn them they are tau taught ht what is right they read what I 1 is right and at times the spirit of the lord I 1 is upon them teaching them what is right and would be upon them from their youth were it not that they give way to temptation and let the gesh flesh ever overcome come the spirits that god has placed within us I 1 feel to continually urge upon those who profess to be saints never to grieve that spirit that enlightens their minds teaches them righteousness to love god and their fellow creatures and to do good to themselves and to all around them to promote righteousness upon the earth and overcome iniquity in those around them alfast as fast as possible some may imagine and really believe that I 1 am opposed to tb the e great majority of the inhabitants of the earth to the religious relle relie lous ious and political parties of the day but it is not so go to individuals divi duals as such I 1 am not opposed the doctrine I 1 preach is not opposed to an individual upon the earth if I 1 am opposed to anything it is to sin to that which produces evil in the world I 1 believe that thai I 1 may say with perfect safety that I 1 am as clear as the i tars stars that shine in the heaven heavens with regard to opposing any mortal being on the earth though many construe the opposing of their sins into an opposition to themselves I 1 do not feel opposed to an individual on the earth I 1 have not any enmity in my hearton he artor at least I 1 should not have it if I 1 have I 1 am thus far wrong if we harbor vindictiveness vindictive nebs nees hatred malice and a spirit that produces evil within us we are so far given up to the power of evil but when I 1 say that I 1 am opposed to evil principles and their consequent practices I 1 use an expression that I 1 think you can understand I 1 am much opposed to men and women who say that they belive in god the father and in jesus christ his son and treat their names with lightness light neb nes I 1 am very much opposed to a dishonest spirit and that too in this community as well as in the world I 1 am very much opposed to deception I 1 am very much opposed to evil speaking now understand me precisely as I 1 mean if it I 1 should bear a man advocate the erroneous principles he bad imbibed through education and oppose those principles some might imagine that I 1 was opposed to that man when in fact I 1 am only opposed to every evil and erroneous principle he be advances his morality so far as it goes is good in the christian world thousands and millions of them are as close to the truth as any man abet ever over lived upon the face of the earth so far as moral christian deportment is concerned I 1 can find a great many of this community who live as moral lives as men and women can Is there anything else necessary and important yes to so live as to have the light of the spirit of truth abiding within you day by day that when you hear the truth you know it as well as you do the faces of your fathers fathera family and also understand every manifestation produced by erroneous principles I 1 plead with the elders of israel day by day when I 1 have an opportunity to live their religion to so live that the holy ghost will be their constant companion and then they will be qualified to be judges in israel to preside as bishops presiding elders and high counsel oi 01 a and as men met of god to take their families and friends by the band and lead them in the path of truth and virtue and eventually into the kingdom of god let me roe now tell you latter day saints that you do not live to your privileges you do not enjoy that which it is your our privilege to enjoy and when I 1 see and kear hear of contentions broils misrule bad feelings ill conduct wrong in my neighbor or MY myself self seif I 1 know that we do not dot live according to our profession why not live above all suspicion and above the power of satan this is our privilege so far as morality is concerned millions of the inhabitants of the earth live according to the best li light bt they have according to the best knowledge they possess I 1 have told you frequently that they will receive according to their works and all who live according to th the e best beat princia principles jes in their possession or that the they y can understand will receive peace glory comfort joy and a crown that will be far beyond what they are anticipating they will not be lost I 1 was highly gratified by a remark made by the reverend mr vaux the gentleman who has just addressed you voia that the terror of the lord never can neither should in the he nature of things bing men to repert repentance anee anre those of you who are acquainted with the history of the world reflect upon the conduct of the inhabitants of the earth and when did tyranny ever cange canse re repentance enhance of evil never it produces crime when men are arc infringed upon in their rights and tyrannized over they are prone to rise in their might and declare we vill ivill do doaa as we please and will let you know that we will have tbt the ruling of our own rights and dispositions tyrannical power may possess the ability to behead them hang bang them or sentence them to prison but resolute men will have their will unless a ruler has the power of the priesthood he cannot rule the minds of the people and win their unbounded confidence and love to illustrate my ideal will relate an anecdote Ayo angman entered the ministry but soon learned that he could not rule the minds of the P people eople ile he tb then en turned bis his attention to the tudy study and practice of medicine and d directly y discovered that the power of evil had bad induced the people to care more for their bodies than for their souls but that profession did not g give i him the influence he be desired for he found th the 5 will of the people first and foremost with them he then studied law and could command all the influence he desired for their wills they would gratify in preference to either boll soui soul I 1 or body you cannot break down the indomitable will of the human family I 1 have known children to be so abused and whipped as to render them almost or entirely worthless and still the indomitable will remained now how came it there god organized us to become absolutely independent and the will I 1 am speaking about is implanted within us by him and the spirit of every intelligent being Is organized to become independent according to its capacity you cannot break nor destroy the will it is influenced and controlled more or less by the evil that is sown in the flesh but n not ot in the spirit until the body has grown to years of accountability then evil when listened to b begins eg inato to rule and overrule the spirit god has hag p placed I 1 c ed within man Tb the apostles and prophets when speaking of our relationship to god say that we are flesh of bib bis flesh and bone of bis his bone god la Is our father and jesus christ is our elder brother and both are our everlasting friends this Is bible doctrine do you know the relationship tion ship you sustain to them christ has overcome and now it is for us to overcome that we may be crowned with him heirs of god ia joint i nt heirs with christ I 1 f eel feel to urge upon the people continually to depart from every evil we wish to see the kingdom of god in arl all its fullness on the earth and whoso choso beholds it will see a kingdom of purity a kingdom of holiness a people filled with the power of the upper world with the p power v er of god and sin will be overcome and tha thib this independent organization will be brought into subjection to that law we call it the law of christ it is the law of eternal life when we speak of the law of christ chiist we speak of it as the power to keep matter in its organization you read of the first and second death we witness day by day the dissolution of the he body and there is also a second death let a person observe the law of christ as set forth in the bible the book of mormon and in all revelations ve god has given from the days of adam until now and his conduct tends to eternal life ilfe ife it will not save their bodies from death for it is the decree of the almighty that the flesh shall die they will be made pure and holy and be brought into a celestial kingdom through the blodys being made pure by falling failing back into the dust sin has entered into the world and death by sin in so de death ath has passed upon all mankind and there is no excuse they must meet this change it may be said that enoch and his hol bol holy city went to heaven deaven that elijah was baugit caught up and that it is generally believed that moses did not die still the sentence that is passed upon all mankind will come upon them at some time or other they must meet this change to be prepared to enter into the celestial kingdom of our our father and god it has also been decreed by the almighty alright that 9 spirits brits upon taking bodies shall forget ati afi they kad ead had known previously or they could not have a day of trial could not have an opportunity for proving themselves in darkness and temptation in unbelief and wickedness to prove themselves worthy of eternal existence the greatest gift that god can bestow upon the children of men is the gift of eternal life that is to give mankind power to preserve their identity to preserve themselves before the lord the disposition the will the spirit when it comes from heaven and enters t the e tabernacle tater tabernacle nacle nacie is as pure eure ure as an angel the spirit from the eterna eternal worlds enters the tabernacle at the time cf of what is termed quickening and forgets all it formerly knew it desee desce descends ads below all things as jesus did all beings to be crowned with crowns of glory and eternal lives must in their infantile weakness b begin egin with regard to their trials the day boff 0 tt their h air probation ahby must descend below a all I 1 I 1 things in order to ascend above all things th there ere could not be a more helpless child born of a woman than was jesus christ yet he be so grew and increased in wisdom and might that in childhood he could confound the doctors and lawyers in his questions and answers he increased rapidly in hia hie metal capacity for be he was the son of of the fathers who dwells in eternity and was capacitated to receive the wisdom of ea eternity ernil faster than we can but we are capac capacitated irate to shun every evila evilia if we listen to the still small voice and to those holy principles plea piea that flow from the fountain of all intelligence cleave to light and intelligence with all your hearts my brethren that yon you maybe may be prepared repa r to preserve your identity which is the greatest gift of god god bless you amen arnen |