| Show REMARKS ny dy pres president ident lienen irenen c L taher taber nacle sunday afternoon jan jau 19 itu it U BY J V LONG lono brethren and sisters you have all hc hear ar I 1 what has been said by prest young anti and others othera I 1 can say that I 1 algree agree with them in all those things of which they have spoken I 1 have been very much annoyed ever since I 1 came into these mount mountains aind by those thieves that have been prowling around and stealing our property I 1 cannot think what fathers are doing to allow their children to mingle with those who are known to be thereby creating a propensity to interfere with other mens property my ather tather wa wes not a religious man but he be always taught his bib children good morals and strict honest honesta hones hodes tj he albo albi paid due respect to the re religions ligons of the day he instructed them against lying stealing and every species of vice and I 1 presume that there are not many who have been more strictly educated in in the principles of morality ta atan lan tan 1 I have when people sent their children to school in n those days they were taught among other things the ten commandments the prin pon inculcated in those commandments command menta menla wre w re impressed upon their young and tender minds mins such as thou not thou bhail shall not nut covet any of thy neighbors property thu th u not bear false witness 21 these and many other good principles ples pies were strongly enforced upon the C childrens h il r ens minds and thia this prevent d them from being led astray in the book of doctrine and band covenants we have these things fet beet forth in great plainness read the 5 6 7 and 8 paragraphs of a revelation given feb 1831 which is as follows 5 and again the elders priests and teachers of this church shall teach the principles of my gospel which are in the bible and the book of mormon in the which is the falness of the gos gob gospel el and they shall observe the covenants and achurch church articles to do them and anci these shall be their teachings as they shall be directed by the spirit and the spirit shall 1 be given unto you by the prayer of fa th tb and it if ye receive not the spirit ye shall not teach and all this ye shall observe to do as I 1 hate haie commanded c nc enIng your teaching until the falness of my scriptures are given and as ye shall lift up your voices by the comforter Comfor ter tei ye shall speak and pro prophesy hesy as lt me good gool for tor behold the comforter om forter li ii all ail 11 th tangs and bearett record of the father and of the son 6 and now behold I 1 9 break braak eak unto the church thou bhail shall not kill and be that kills shall not have forgiveness b in this world nor in the world to come com e 7 and again I 1 say thou not klui but he that kolleth shall die thou bhat shat sh it not steal and he be mat ste aleth and will not repent shall be cast out thoa thou not lie he that lieth and will not repent shall be cast out thou love thy wife with all thy heart and ana shall cleave unto her and none note else ardd abid he be that upon a woman to lust after aftel her shall deny the faith falth and shall not h iva ve the spirit arid and it if he repents not he shall bo be cast out thou lyou not commit adultery and he that commit teth adultery and repent teth etli not shail shall be cast out but he be that has com comm bitted adulte 3 y and repent repents with all his I 1 eart and orba orsa keth it and boeth it no more thou sha t forgive butia but if he boeth it again agaitha he shai not be forgiven but shall be cast out ont thou not speak evil of thy neighbor nor ui OL him any harm thou my laws cor these things are given in my scriptures he e that linneth and teth riot hot eha tha I 1 1 be cast out 8 if thou lovest loves me thou rhall bhail serve me and keep all in mi commandments and behold thou wilt wiit r me member hber the p pi or and consecrate of alv properties for their support that which thou nast hast to impart unto them ath a covenant me arc i a deed which cannot be I 1 roien rid nd inasmuch as ye impart of your substance sub bub blance biance unto the foor ve will do doit dolt it unto me and they shall be lain iala before the bishop of my church ana and irs hs h s cour two of the elder eiders c r high pris krists ts 81 eh cit as he be shall or has appointed and set abit for that pur purr purpose rose iose ose 11 in these days people act with their children aa it if they thought those wholesome doctrines were done away and they are very ready read in lri their ignorance to refer to pauls saying a aa out leavia g certain principles and going op to per faction fec tion but the true doctrine is not notto to leave leae those principles princ ries rles which we first learned but to b bear bean ear them in mind bind day by day to do unto our neighbor as we would wish him to do unto us and thus to go on to perfection this is 13 the law arid and the prophets th se e are in force upon us ua as much as afi they are others yo yoi boj imay may go and ri 1 1 I the leve revelations lations which h jc jeh St smith filth and you will their find lepe ze pealed kled cited i iu each eich of af them soine of those good old principles from the fist fi st or of this church until to hon honest e yand the strictest strip tesi test moraH morall jr have hare been taught taugh tin in a all ali it the revelation revelations i rrt arfe af n brough hr ough joseph and his hib successor then men f for fon or men to introduce those hateful practices 0 of lying stealing drunkenness and other vices into our midst at the same time professing to be saints I 1 cannot but feel to despise their conduct if al do not hate them it is ia taking a course to lo defile this community the taber n nac acles lesot lesof of men become corrupted by tl these wicked acts which they perform while under 1 i the control of the evil spirits which dictate I 1 them tham aam and that tabernacle that is defiled I 1 will destroy saith the lord god these are my feelings u upon on the subjects created treated upon by president voting young and bishop woolley As was remarked I 1 anav mav may also isk ask do diio we fear our enemies in the world I 1 answer no I 1 have more fear about those corrupt individuals who alio divell in our midst let us endeavor to live up to our privileges taen the worn world have nothing more to do with n 3 than they have with wath the angel of god whom they never saw know ye not brethren and sisters that you are angels to the pt pr sent generation as well as those behind the va I 1 P you can red rod in the scriptures that the lod promised to make peter and james minis ers era to his servant john whom the lord an pointed appointed to barty on the earth until jes jess a should come aaen it if michael the atch archangel were to come be would appear as osuld fild peter peer james and john when they appeared to jaseph J aseph smith it if we are the elect of god we be among that number who will assist fo Q gather the saints in the last days it wont bi done by angels that are said to have wings I 1 b W it i wilt will be accomplished by those that havi have L ands hands and feet and who travel about upon td a earth it is for us who are chosen vo to 1 r in the flesh and men behind the 1 va i minister to us I 1 feel really giad glad in regard to what has t f lien iken place of 0 late that hat bae hae lae tae been prowling around annoying their r neighbors and sf ealing stealing f from fron rom the r best friends itale been removed out of our midst and lit lii at abd ared aed ed where they can no longer afflict the rg righteous oteous this people know enough to be i honest pure aal ani virtuous and those who will not practice that wh ch the they know to be good goodwill will become habituated to folly and i e lust ost in the same way that men become b baat babe ab v abed to using tobacco to stealing drinko A 3 and alyin lying bo bomma borne me have tried to hide their ies iniquities aties by a yang ying they only stole from the gentiles les but I 1 entend that a mai who will steal from a bentle centle Len een tle tie will wiil steal from me it if he ever gets an I 1 opportunity unity when the the time tima comes that the I 1 L ataya garl gari aasand ansani An seand sand sani sagi to your tents 0 israel ted tso teo 0 o men must be pure inside and out they v r si s be for godor god or they will have no part in t e blessings conferred upon the righteous lighte ous y v P f sometime sometimes stalk taik talk about utting cutting men off from c baurch now I 1 want to td know what is the t ae of retaining dead beadi 1 nibs nabs upon a tree it if a 8 b h limbs are allowed to carld continue dinue they im t att aft death to fo the branches brother brigham A this subject very cearly we are all connected with the one tree trie and one member buffers suffers the other are affected VC IV tien tieu we get fet intelligence it is through the 1 ther having revealed himself to bojes hiis jais sani bani sand prid prod i sus to his chos choan n onek ones ones upon the thel earth Carth 1 lu the beginning of this thia church hl jesus sent pel lel pr cr james and john jolin who committed the awer unto doseph joseph and then he engraf en grafted tid tad it i 0 o us but suppose the graft die like ilke many iv rh we put int into 0 trees then we have to cut ar or the tle graft and lut tut put in a new ae that the rep re ref may thrive an ani and prosper IV on en I 1 see seo dishon dishonesty esly among this people peopled I 1 i rl pi sorrowful if I 1 find men out once I 1 t will have to do do with them afterward and bre herl berl ahre bisno law in heaven nor on the eaith f ta jo requires ie quires requires me to mingle with them but I 1 at ar required to cleave to every honest virtuous a d tru tra hial man this is the nature of the ri i fl I 1 gion of jebus jesus christ which is the power et 01 izod unto salvation bret Brethren if any of 0 us have erred in the past pas tIet iet let as do better belter in the future let those who have ore wrong do wrong no more lt us cast 0 t ati ail hatred haired malice and bad feelings from T r hearts we are very subject to be charged ath w h falsehood to get wrong impressions con ern ng our brethren although we may maybe he P joen anen en yf vf god judges in israel and have a right tithe he power which will enable enible us to judge bi tw tween en truth and error the anan gnan that tells th tb trueh truth and him that veth to deceive a tt H wa w are ae apt an i liable to be mistaken and 0 impressions for instance we k a ireat deal deai of our children and of ou our IV v ve and nd we are aptt beleve them in pre f farence derico to men of god and in this way we b corne charged with false imp sessions con aning rn ing our brethren we should be very 1 I how we receive report one pers c concer nir nii g another especially if that re r r vr ir be unfavorable brethren and sisters it a 3 our duty to tell the truth and falsehood and misrepresentation misrepresent aton alone these a e i yi sentiments ments and feeling ft hing aing and i if I 1 have gone i a 0 tary ary to this I 1 have gone wrong this tinaa is a doctrine you vou all believe in in as a well weli as me you came here with the feeling in i y our oar li hearts carts it I 1 can 9 ae e a people kivini living thus au atil aill I 1 so all will be right 11 but I 1 wa want n t to know what it is to you or I 1 whether another penson person does or wrong it is for us to do ight r abt and an heverto never to suffer elves to be caught la in a snare or walking id in the path of the an un g a y it matters not what another does we should honor the priesthood alt ali ant I 1 work right Vat liness all the day daylong Prig this is the duty of avery every min man in tb the priesthood and ind and every mem treav 44 eu go yell ivol with israel and our out our gur enemies J will lii ili lilha 1 ha haye ve no T rower 0 war I 1 over us the world may combine combiner against u but the unalterable decree of the almighty haeo habo gohe f forth orth 1 I will fight your battles have we not proven thi thle yes we ha hate haie e and we shall prove it again and again god bless the upright the humble the pure the poor and the meek of his people and may inay 1 i the time soon come when his bis kingdom shall triumph and jesus reign as king of kings and lord of lords amen |
