| Show sa za W REMARKS a by rr isi liebe IlEnE WC C KIMBALL tall Ir natie natle i rf sunday afternoon I 1 may 12 1561 ab DY BY jl V lono loag treel eel today to day as I 1 do a great many times ti mes ii as bough hough it was considerable of a task for far me toe to attempt to speak there are thousands of things to speak about for the edification of this people and every truth is like ilke the root of d B tree it has many branches many of you have hade pio probably bably babiy observed that the top of a tree is lucli like the root rooty in this thas particular it has many br inches branches aad from those spring arring forth thousands of twigs and leaves and it is just so with the truth trueh then again it is a good deal so with the english english lamai language age words have their roots riots acx and ana some of our linguists can give us the e etymology lisai of almost all al the words used in th the english language in regard to the ras was ideas that were advanced by prest young this fd forenoon they are just as true as aa it is that you are all here I 1 was thinking what a blessing it would be if this people woud would keep these things in view treasure them up in their minds and live so that their conduct will correspond with the rell reli g gion glon ion lon they profess then they hey would honor tha t priesthood priest hood bood which ch is conferred upon them when I 1 reflect upon this I 1 pray that we may all a so live that god our father may endow us with every necessary qualification to prepare us to honor our calling what powerful what mighty men the elders would be if they in that way the almighty 0 is willing to bestow upon us every necessary gift to enable us to honor our high callings in ah an a acceptable manner and to qualify us to magnify the holy apostleship that is 13 conferred upon us Alt alb although hough bough you dy do not consider yourselves apostles yet there ja is not a soul boul oui out of you yoa that holds tt e pries hood bood but ba has received a portion of the apostleship for you all sprang out of the apostleship this priesthood comes cornes from the father to the soh sah from jesus t to 0 peter james and john and from them to the prophet joseph smith and from joseph to us at ard aid d it still continues in one unbroken chain down through all the members of be fhe body of christ kows kowk now is not that directly directly y from our father does it not hou originate in the heavens it certainly does then is it not necessary that we should all be like one man or r one ne tree every one ot of us are costas most as connected to the gospel trees tree andee and we are bk anches blanches and members thereof I 1 merely I 1 bring up this figure so as to bring the principle more forcing to your minds minda I 1 wish you t to understand flat fiat we should be like a family connected to tb herr heir ein head bead or benefactor we also should be one as cur father and his hib son are art ar ori orl one ode all that have received the priest hood from the beginning 0 of the creation down to the present day now the lord has sald said that all old oid coven I 1 ants have I 1 caused to be done away in this thing add aoi this is the new and everlasting covenant eren even thab that which was in the beginning where did he begin this covenant wh why he be placed it upon adam adain in the gadden gaeden gar den dan of eden Is it not so this is the new covenant that is ordained and sealed seated upon man in the beginning of this creation and we are arc here imitating it or should we believe with all our hearts that jesus jebus is the son of god and we imitate him by going into the waters of baptism and being burled buried in the likeness of his death and then be entitled to come forth in the likeness of his hi resurrection then when we have complied with this the holy ghost is bestowed upon esby the laying on of hands by one having b authority these things have come to my mind midd and I 1 consider that they are very good and it is for you and me whence when we rise from the water to lead a new life to go p forth walking in the newness neine sa of life it is a births birth a baptism for the remission of sins a preparatory work to the receiving of the gift of the holy ghost that it may bring an ali things to our remembrance that are past and show now us things thing sto to coment com eyt that those things that we have forgotten may be brought to our remembrance now I 1 know that when the holy ghost is upon me all things look took naturally to me and as it if I 1 had been familiar with them before by the spirit of prophecy youcan you can become acquainted with things tor come and declare theato the saints by the inspiration of the holy ghost when men prophesy with this sp spirit irit upon them they will wiil L come to pass pasa for the holy ghost cannot lie brethren let us take a coarse course to live lne that we need not commence again to repent from dead works but let us continue in the the e ne new covenant and be faithful in all our duties a and ald nd increase in integrity teg rity one towards arother another and towards our god this should be uppermost in our minds contin continually all ali you air ali remember what hila was wag said this morning strive and im improve rove upon it the world hate u us and hated hater lebus lesus jesus jebus before us and wicked men kave have kil kli killed lid iid almost every prophet thit va i bee cupon the ca earth rth ila lla 3 pot th united states done their best beat to make a final end of us they have tried all in their powei power to destroy this people from the earth parth the only reason they did not do it was because they had not the power the lord lor d was on our side brethren it is for us now to be industrious liveous live our bur religion lay up our grain and prepare for the times that are coming upon the earth do any of you think that this war is going to bi be over in a few days if you yu do you are greatly mistaken but when it is is over they will be ten times more fierce and wicked towards this people than ever they were vere before by fighting they become angry they lose the sp spirit irit of god and they then take pleasure in killing and slaying each ach other and when they become hot 1 in I thia this way they will combine to serve us in the same way do not dally nor trifle with president youngs word nor with the words of his brethren for those who do tr true dle with the almighty after all that hai been said about sei bel ing frig wheat flour and grain in general to our enemies does it stop it no they are still at it and in what condition does it place them that do it why they become like a barren tree they bring forth nothing where as it is heir their duty to strive to b bring 1 I ng forth fruits of righteousness I 1 know that some will be ready to say that br heber is 13 on the be od 0 d strain berain again but I 1 du do not mind that it f lou yoa you ta trifle M e with br brigham brn Bri gnam guam bam and with b bla bis a words 0 da or with the words of 0 the apostles i the he Se ventis seventies or the bishops by and b bie e you w wi I 1 feel it and learn the effects of it in due time you may not feel that today to day but you will ere long iong suffer for slighting the words of i the servants of god I 1 know snow inow this thia pepie people are advancing in knowledge they have got more ilg light ht and intelligence than they ever before enjoyed they are a blessed people and ou ought ht to appreciate their privileges as saints of the most high and as we are arc grow browin ingin in light anai anal and knowledge Inow ledge the wicked are growing m more or c wic wac wickel ked every ivery day they are becom becoming I 1 ipg f ferocious c iotis foils they hey are full of death and destruction I 1 biond they are becoming just as the Neph Nep hites ites itea of old I 1 T they h got so desperate that they would sing and howl h owl all night for tha blood of their brethren and it will wilt be just as bad in the united states when our enemies seek to kill us they seek the destruction of ct their saviors I 1 if this people will do as they are tod toa we shall soon be independent of all importation import atio atlo alons ns from foreign markets to do this effectually we must set ourselves to work ork to make every thing we need ourselves then we shair not need to bring goods from the states from great britain or any other nation natlan upon the earth excepting perhaps a few articles but so lorig lorg as we allow ourselves to sustain a foreign market instead of our own we shall be poor indeed I 1 desire with all mv heart that the way may ie be shut up so that we may betau belau be taught t by experience the neves necessity sity of clothing in our oui ourselves sel sei set ves see how de dependent dent denv we are when we have got no bre bread aaen aZen clothing sugar tea or coffee and lose tose liose iose who possess these articles hold us in servitude it 11 is the duty of every man to go to work and raise or make what he needs for disown his own consumption this ills is one thing that causes president young to go down south so that he be may ascertain it that country Is capable of producing our cotton sugar coffee and grap s 9 1 I know that we ve can make the sugar as well in this coun i try as they can in the ibe southern states the ther reason it is not done is because we have got men here who are so anxious to get a large quantity of molasses mo asses from their crops of sugar cane I 1 am satisfied that we can make good bugar suwar here if we will only take a little time to do 0 it I 1 design to do it myself if nothing happens to prevent we make our flour we saw our lumber card our wool we spin a great deal of yarn and make a great deal of cloth but still there are but very few of this thia people keople who dress in homemade home made cloth cioth clothe we are dependent epen dent upon the states and the various nations of europe for our clothing now you all see these things j just as I 1 do and I 1 have an anxiety for you as a people I 1 want you to take this course for I 1 know it to be necessary for our salvation t when I 1 go to my father and god and to joseph he will say come in here sit down with us and enjoy yourself would not this be a happy time yes and what would you not give to be in the society of joseph and and his brethren you would all give elve everything you possess in the world then see that you live for this day by day nog sog a man woman oman m or child need to suffer in this territory ry it if they will do just as they are told the L lord ord will provide for his people and bring them off victoriously industry and perseverance will enable us ua to mahu manu fac ture the tha most of what we want at present we have but just commenced in home manufactures fac tures but if we we are faithful and diligent we shad shail increase rapidly in hi our adl ani lity one of the most grievous ibin dehate have hate to endure duie is the evil pric cea of bome some who bat 1 feel teel td rejoice that I 1 these are only on I 1 Y the few brethren I 1 rejoice in in spirit 1 and in in speaking to you this day I 1 A although hough bough I 1 am feeble in body I 1 am buoyant and strong in spirit and I 1 feel that I 1 am going to live a great many years yet but if I 1 am called to pass behind the veil veli all will be right with me if we are faithful and humble the lord will bring us off conquerors I 1 feel to bless this people that their hearts may nay be comforted in the things of god I 1 rejoice in the performance of all my duties and I 1 never feel weary in doing good in blessing and comforting ay ay iy brethren some seem to take pleasure in finding fault with every thing around them but tint they woud boum not do this thia if they had done rl right when men neglect their prayers and other duties they theia lose the spirit of the lord and get into the dark daik rk you have the brivil privilege ge of baving saving men temporally and spiritually into your hands bands is committed the power to become saviors of men meo we have to save sav ours ourselves elvei and others othero temporally at ai d then spiritually I 1 feel to say god bless you peace be with you and peace be multiplied to the righteous and to their seed after them for ever this is my blessing upon you brethren and aisters sisters in the name of jesus christ amen |
