| Show REMARKS ny by provident dent YOUNG tabernacle oct 6 iwo nt at tha the cloie close of the forenoon rl meeting BY 0 D WATT brethren and sisters slaters I 1 rejoice exceedingly for the manifestation of the spirit of god I 1 have witnessed here today to day we have heard good testimonies and good counsel and the spirit of the lord ia is upon the people and I 1 trust that I 1 shall se see e an inar increase ease easo of this spirit which I 1 have felt in a signal manner today to day and which I 1 also feel day by day the world could not hire me to be a mormon morn mo n 1 unless I 1 enjoyed the spirit of my religion I 1 need that spirit in my business as wl well weil 11 as in my worship and I 1 surely would need it if I 1 had to go to the kenyons and drive cattle I 1 would need a double portion of or it whatever we do should be in accordance with the mind of the holy spirit wo we are arc not at all under the necessity of falling into the mistake that the christian world falls into they think when they are handlin handling or dealing in the things of this world that those trose things have hive nothing to do with their religion our religion takes within its wide embrace not only things of heaven but also things of earth it circumscribes all art sciences cej and literature pertaining to heaven earth and hell Is there any good it belongs to you and I 1 Is there virtue it is ours Is there truth it is ours cure Is their knowledge Itis it is forus for us all eternity is before us let us deal with ourselves like men and women of god let us deal with one another like intelligent beings our oar religion drinks up all truth and the lord almighty will gather unto zion all the intelligence and wisdom that has ever been exhibited among men when I 1 see men craving for and lusting t after the things of this world it looks very childish to me these things belong to the lord and we are arc his ills the gold and the silver the fine flour the wine and the oil and all the treasures of the earth are his ills and ile he disposes of them as he will when we are pre pared we shall have gold sufficient to pave the streets and we will tread it under our feet shame on men and women professing to be saints who worship and love the perishing things of earth love god and his work ana and all is ours in time and in eternity ilay may the lord help us so to do amen |
