Show remarks by ny pret prest D 11 II wells tabernacle oct 7 1 REPORTED BV BY 0 D WATT the pr president es ident in his remarks this morning dropped a sentence like this let us manfully man the ship zion to do this I 1 conceive to be the duty of the elders of this church and kingdom kingdom it is a privilege which the almighty has conferred upon us and one which we should esteem as the greatest that could be conferred upon us but do we realize this fact do we realize that the lord has revealed to us true knowledge and intelligence that we have become the happy recipients of true principles of life and salvation revealed from E heaven eaven in our day of us with our present limited understanding of god and his dealings with mankind can realize fully the extent of our present privileges leges but do we understand enough of jern them to stimulate us to make the work 0 of f god the business of our lives Is the lord about to establish his king domand is ile he beating about in the world for recruits to man the ship and have we enlisted under his banner to sail with him and then do we falter feel cold and lukewarm this ibis guestion cu ou estion is for each one to answer for himself what is this ship zion this great reat work we have undertaken ho how w can we do the most g good 0 od and ho how v accomplish the work we have undertaken in the best and most approved wayt way these are questions we must answer for ourselves are the people of these mountain valleys israel if we are arc can we no not control and bear rule in a proper manner over all matters that come under our supervision if we have faith which it is the privilege of all the saints to have can we not exert a powerful influence among the nations of the earth for our protection and salvation as a people and may we not be yet more successful in disseminating the principles of life and salvation among all nations that righteousness may be exalted among men by our efforts we must nurse and cherish the principles of righteousness in our midst can we rebuke evil and walk it under our feet we can if we have faith as we ought to have it and have that oneness the president spoke of this morning if we have this we can do all things because faith is mighty when concentrated in a oneness of action let israel arise and frown down evil and the fear and the might and the power of the almighty will burn more and more in the bosoms of the saints how can we serve our master and the cause in which we have enlisted in the best possible possible manner by being perfectly obedient tco flo to those vrho who are placed to preside over us in our various wards and settlements and by living above the power of the lawas has remarked are we ready now to take holdrith hold hoid with on one heart eheart and with one minato man the ptiip zion build a temple for ins instance talce are you ready by a and judicious husbandry of the solito soil to bring forth its rich fruits and store them up until you are called upon to contribute your stored wealth as well as your energies for the further development and spread of 0 the power and influence of the kingdom of go god d I 1 are the mechanics ready should a call be made upon them to go as preachers of righteousness to the nations or to en engage age in any other work that maybe may be allotted liem item them isay I 1 say are the elders of this church ready to spring t at once into these various avenues when they shall be opened again without a single word of complaint are we all willing to devote ourselves our interest and all we possess to the building up of this cause and kingdom upon the earth I 1 believe a great majority of this people are willan willing to do this but I 1 think they might improve in in this respect as well as in many others pertaining to their duties as saints I 1 think if they felt to devote themselves and all they have the hand of the president would be loosed more than they are in many respects the public works would begin again and israel scattered abroad would begin to flock by tens of thousands to the gathering place of the saints and I 1 think those who have received benefit from the PE fund company would strengthen that company by rolling back into ienir their hands the means they have expended for them the treasury of the lord would be replenished and these gentiles stores would be less patronized and handle less of your cash we have been instructed over and over again ai n how to make ourselves independent and a these M are some of the things that have been told to us it is for us to build up tip the kingdom of god individually as well as collective collectively union of effort and feeling practice as well weli M as precept is what is required let every man thus do his duty and things would be as you would like to see them very soon there would be no necessity for millions of dollars worth of goods to be brought across the plains every ye arnor of patronizing atron izing those who spend nothing whatever 10 0 build up our cities or improve our country there is a lack in this r respect s ec in this community a lack which rests wit with ourselves I 1 think our good friends are beginning be i ing inq to learn that the people called mor in mons on 9 who should be saints are really the people of this territory and have some rights which they would strenuously preserve from being trampled upon by B y respecting rep re p e ati m themselves the saints would p patronize at 0 az e each ac h 0 other ther as far as they can do so in instead s tead of patronizing those who stand ready to cut our throats on the first favorable opportunity port unity A few however cannot bring about that state of things so desirable to the many it requires a union of effort by the whole the many can freeze out iniquity from our midst by simply letting lettin them tham severely alone and they can patronize patronize onize some lome home manufactures it if they are disposed to do so and be united in it this is of great importance to our community many would like to commence manufacturing useful articles if they could by be encouraged C by the patronage of the people we known not how soon we ire shall be thrown upon our own resources and I 1 say t the he sooner the better but I 1 would like to see the day when israel will do themselves good of their own will and accord without being b obliged 0 to do so it has been said that the devil could make the saints consecrate when the lord could not the lord may permit the devil to do so but he does not force any man he leaves all men to act upon their agency we have enlisted to build buildup up the kingdom of god and who are tre ire so blind as not to see that much of this depends upon our producing within ourselves that which we consume but what is the truth why the hevery very moment a few goods are brought bro tight into the market a little cheaper you get them in exchange for your money and home manufactures are suspended suppose the gate was shut down upon imported ee arted good for one twelve months you would be in the same situation you yon were in eighteen months ago I 1 wish to impress this strongly upon your minds remember that now is a good time to produce for our own support everything we can do not suffer your flax togo to go to waste because goods foods can be bought cheaper than you can make theland the mand do not let pour dour bour wool waste for the same cause Re recollect colled that what you do yourselves is within it is not an outward expense if you are obliged to get some things you cannot make unite together and send for them and buy them where you can get them the best and cheapest and not suffer yourselves yours elves to be bled to death by those who have no interest in common with you by this procedure you can plainly see that the temporal interests of israel would be consulted and there would be some means left to build up a town or a city and he help heip P gather scattered israel this vils is our business all other considerations sink into insignificance in comparison to our duty of building up the kingdom r of god my mind continua continually ltv iTy dwells u upon p this all absorbing subject and I 1 would like to see israel wise in regard to these important items if those who are en engaged a ed in home homo manufactures were fully patro patronized ed they could anford afford to sell teil cheape the objection is they ahey charge more f for or home manufactured articles than letter better articles of the same kind can be bought for of those who import them but if they had your our best pay they could probably produce better etter and cheaper articles instead of giving them your best pay you expect them to tace tave take firewood fire wood or some other kind of pay upon which they cannot sustain their business and you take your cash to the stores that isan is an insurmountable difficulty the home manufacturer has as to encounter hundreds of articles can be produced among among us that are now brought from the states ana and there are those in this community who are skillful in the manufacture of them I 1 would like to see those artisans arti commence to produce every kind of useful article within their power and let the brethren in the diffie different rent wards sustain them by freely giving them their support and as long as they can produce as good an article as can be imported here fila give e them as good a price as you would give the e importer and in as good pay I 1 do not care so much what the price of an article is but I 1 think it should be manufactured and sold here a little cheaper than it can be afforded by the importer for instance to the dis disgrace race of this people they buy brooms that have been imported from the states they can bring them here and sell them to you from fifty cents to a dollar each can they be raised and made here cheaper than that they can twelve and a half cents per pound is tariff on the importation of brooms to this country which the home manufacturer has the benefit of and he can certainly produce the material almost as cheap as it is s produced in the states IJ think then we should manufacture and sell this article cheaper than it call can be afforded by the importer this principle would be my guide for the price of almost every other article of home manufacture I 1 have dwelt a little longer on this subject than I 1 had intended but my mind has been led out u upon on it ana and I 1 acknowledge I 1 think a good den deal deai about it for it is an item of vast I 1 importance M to us to produce that which we consume at our meeting yesterday I 1 was much interested my heart was full to overflowing I 1 felt very humble I 1 knew the spirit of the lord was wa with us I 1 feel so today to day when I 1 heard from the congregation how they felt how they desire to do right eight when I 1 heard them exhorting their brethren how they might do this and that for the advancement of the cause of christ and to be faithful faitha til in the service of the lord I 1 felt there was a good time near at hand for israel that the ungrateful influences that have been around ua us were mellowing mel mei lowin down that the dark cloud was be beginning inning to break up that we were about to be e greatly blessed of the lord our god and that he is near unto us I 1 feel so today to day 11 mormonism is not a thing of or today to day only but it is a lifetime work let us take hold of it in the way that we can sustain ourselves and build ul up the kingdom of god to manufacture the articles we consume is all in the line of our daily duty everything Every thin that is necessary for our subsistence as a kin kingdom kindom dom as families and as individuals has to i be furnished we have to live and we must have rules regulations and authorities we have to dig plow raise grain and produce everything we need while w we e live make rules and regulations and walk bv by them we are building up the kingdom of god cod there is every variety of talent and genius needed and there is a place for every man and woman wherein they can be useful in building up his kin kingdom kindom dom all these in ingredients are necessary we want what any other community has thatis that thab is good and great wo want to make the desert blossom blossom as a rose to build up cities and make useful and orn ornamental amenta I 1 I 1 improvements prove that will beautify the dwelling places of the saints make them lovely and fit habitations for angels should heavenly messengers ers be sent to our cities called zion what have we to show them that ia is gratifying and pleasing become wealthy yes it is for the inhabitants of zion to become wealthy if they only use their means for the building up of the kingdom of god we hav have edone done very well in a great mally many res respects acts considering the difficulties we have natto had to encounter but the word is continue to improve do better and never for forget et that the building up of the id kingdom dom of goy god is the oni only onix 1 business we have on nand land I 1 ha have ve choul thought t the nople people are arc not aware that the spirit of the lord lor ia is with them as much as it really is when people are striving to do ao right 1 all the time they become accustomed io to its influent influences luene and they are not apt to mark the progress of their individual improvement i ro as they go 0 along in the faithful p performance lerta armance of their eily daily dally duties if the visions of our minds had been 0 opened twelve years ago to see tip tig tha saints ns is they y are situated now in this country what a vision vision of remarkable events it would have been to us and how bow few would have believed if we improve in the same ratio ten years year to come and could now see sea in vision our situation as a people eople at the expiration of that time it would ee be to us a most glorious vision and almost past belief we have been greatly and marvelously blessed but we are sometimes forgetful of our blessings and of our ability to do a great many good acts and ana too often think there is nothing to do when there is a great deal to be done thus many have become slack in their duties and have made shipwreck of faith so far that they cannot reclaim themselves they do not realize they are living in the blaze of the tha glory of god continua continually liy iTy let me exhort you to be faithful prayerful and humble that you may realize the blessings you enjoy continue to progress in in improvement im pro and lave have have more abundant blessings poured upon you for the lord is willing to pour out blessings as fast as we are prepared to receive them let us its spring forth when the word is given to perform any and every duty we are called upon rollo to perform let us present a firm and unbroken ell eil lp phalanx h alana of strength against evil of every description and be united in frowning it down we pray that ri righteousness ess may be exalted 5 let us exalt it ourselves then the habitations of the saints will be beautiful in the eyes of god and angels although some of them may be homely in the eyes of men let us build up cities towns wards and families wherein righteousness shall be exalted and it will not be a great while before it will spread over the face of the wide world and wickedness will be walked underfoot the latter day saints are on a mission to perform this labor and it is a great one as well as a glorious one let us take hold and do it manfully manfully always being mindful of those duties we are called upon daily to perform let us be faithful to the covenants we have made we have made them of our own free will and accord and have delighted to make them and blessed god for the privilege shall we then utterly disregard them walk va lk them under our feet as it we were r e or shall we treasure them as the most sacred treasure in the life of the saint let the duty of a saint bethe first and 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