| Show REMARKS ny by pres president ident tabernacle february lt ree REP REPORTED orten nv liv G D WATT I 1 have only a few fer remarks tha that I 1 w wish ish to make this tins morning and I 1 chielli relate to our practical dl and immediate duties we amuse arid arld enjoy our elves a gret gre t deal in this territory if dancing antt anel in other amusements I 1 dm am as fond or of amused amusement ent ad any person and love loue t to 0 sie ste bie ke others enjo eijo rational amusement in in its season I 1 have to cou fort me lee in all our assemblies for amusement tills this winter I 1 have not seen or heard anything that has serious lv anno ando ed my teelin s the people have been very civil and have conducted themselves d streetly ly and as stints as far as I 1 kno know w I 1 have now no a request to make of the people through their bishops that during the coming seok seek ve he br rig ilg our dali dancing chig parties to a close alid oid prepple prepare to to attend to mat ers of greater the vinter sinter is drawing to a cia cb seand and add the sea 0 o for busine business a is 13 approaching la in a few weeks now we intend to give the people a tev tew few ev ninga entertainment in our new theatre which will not be entirely finished after m which as the spring 01 Q ens eng WP we aall attend to preparing material lor tor building vw our temple to gathering the poo poor r to farming ara ana garde gaide gardening ning t to building a a ren fen ing ac the exhortation we have heard this morning is good just a d true we can gather much from froin it vouching the evidences of the gospel upon this point the people in many instances do not understand themselves they forsake the gospel turn away from th holy commandments and turn to fables it is ver very rem rew e hough though tre tr e that sovie soule persons y who prof as sa to be in intelligent eil ell igent beings at aie never 14 easy ersy unless they ate aie in pain nor happy ut uin less they are miser miserable atile IV ahen b ell eil ey a ae e comfortable tor for table tabie well fed and clothed have havic good health and the society or of the just juat comparatively aspea speaking king they must pinch themselves luem them horstick or stick pins and rie lle oles ates into tilen selves in order to f el happier when the pain has hab ceab coas ceased ed this ii ia marvellous marcellous marv ellous to me 1 it is disgrace disgraceful fid for a member azember of this corn coin to turn away away iway hoin holn the anith wen wt en a person receives the lIas ihas a knowledge othe thins things ot of goj god is instructed wih regard to his position relative to the he be heavens beavens avens aveni he knows a great dral and antt it is astonishing to ras laa that there is power poser elou enough h among the wicked nicked on earth and among devils in hell to turn such a soul away from righteousness A few in our community teem to be in i their 10 lo they are doing wrong though this portion is compa comparatively ra y very sma small 11 we vve do not see in jour our community quite so much drunkenness as heretofore nor a many gam tang shops but how lorg this improved state of things will remain I 1 know not for a fe tv loees bafus behave also had a respite lom ma thieves are the people righteous and pure enough in hean beare not ilot to turn to fables when they are presented ed to them not to cemmie iniquity when they are tempted not to join hands bands with the t lin tin ungodly godly when the ungodly ai ebere to take them bythe hand band if we have attained to tut power that satan and all his fo foi ces cei will teil feil to turn us away from the holy command the lord tora jesus jebus we never again will be afflicted through the I 1 ower of the wicked when we are med wed by afflictions we are apt to forsake the faith falth of Cb christ rit and then the wicked are permitted to bear rule over us then unrighteousness surround ua band and the influence of satan and of hell pr prevails vails valis in our midst have deyet cayet to endure diction as we have bave at the hands of our newles newl nea liea lies the ungodly gentiles llave have we again to see armit annus a here herh and again be driven fr rn our homes ila lia llave ve we to be visited with peti pestilence lelice famine and earthquake Is all this necessary IC ac our hearts are pure we shall never see an or of those afflictions poured out upon this deop from this time henceforth on the contrary ule ehe lo 10 to bless such a people until there i iv ii v not room to receive more mote still in our afflictions affliction we e will not complain for the lod lord has haa his own way of tr twining his people how liow joyful my iny heart w uld be if the people woud would receive receive the q gospel if they would understand it as they understand tein daily avocations I 1 Yet yetchen when I 1 realize that gol goi dwells in the aidt ol of eternal barnin burnings 11 s that evereth ng must be pure and holy that comes into his hid presence that he has marked ou out t in the tile gospel os 1 I lie he path for the be heverto walk in to 10 attain to holiness ild iid nd jid that no man maii oi 01 woman can receive the Z gopel go pel M humbling before the lord forsa fors akini kinst their allies and reee rece iving the holy tit is a matter of oe loy joy oy to me that unholy beings le sie thereby prohibited fron tron entering into bis his predence presence no unhallowed or unclean thing can en ei the heave heavenly tily rily abode abide of the righteous id d jt it is b jod jo d the capacity of moan maa to in ke a safer than that thich god has tor he righteous jeans in consideration of this said laid lay not up for tur yourselves treasures upon earth IV fuere liere moth and olt tilt uit iii til t doth cor rup anti antl where thieves ureic bre k through fand aind steal but lay up for tor yourselves res rea treasures in beaven heaven n where neither moth nor rust doth cor bupt a d where thieves do not break through and steal let us bind to heaven all ali that is near and dear unto us arld and if our treasures are alere there also will our affection be it is thirty years the fifteenth day of next april though it has accident accidentally aby been ed and aud printed cited tle ue U e fou since I 1 was baptized into this church and in lii that time I 1 I 1 have gained quite an experience I 1 will wol tell I 1 you a little of it though k t will kill firby maae mane a few te remarks touching ours ourselves elyes elves as a pe people olite we are prone to do virro wrong ilg tig or as the prea criz pr has reco ded yea also aiso the heart 0 01 the sons of oj men is full of evil and madness is in their heart while they live anti and I 1 they hey go to he dead we are nier merchant chants speculators traders and jove t e best eid of a bargain we delight to talk taik abou our n mit mii 7 bors 0 how I 1 do delight to go over to 0 o such buch 9 u c it a house to see aee that sister slie she is ia so sociable elfull full fuli of oe cult chat arid and kiews everything that thal thavis is going on and arid t us ua they meet to bera e t e char deters of oe their ne dubois and there is not lot an ii evil that can be imagined but what will ill be told after they have finished d their chatting bacab ting and und slandering they conclude it all by a apologizing bolog izing really I 1 jy sister I 1 do not know khow but th thit thil t 7 1 hate hase said more that than I 1 ought but let us pass it der you know we are all brethren and at tera 11 again says one brother in ill the church chuich to another 11 welly vell veli wd lad a good time I 1 st at evening ervinm eyt evi nm we enio enjo enjoyed etl eti ours ourselves elv a pretty well weli jt it is ia true we gol goi drunk and it is 13 riot not quite right to get drunk my aly head ached this morning and I 1 feel a little sorry that we indulged su so far tar another has indeed too tow in making liquor and antt in putting the deadly dracht draught to his neighbors lips lipa another has indulged too in swearing another is ia troubled because he ta ras i in taki laki R g the advantage J of ot his hi 21 neighbor gitig abor i i a trade nd to make mak e a cent has bas cheated the simple and good hearted who bruste t ili in him another has a olen a little or done this and alid that wrong and alt are apt to excuse themselves jundef under the plea ot of the sees of tinman lieiman nature now I 1 c me to fo my 0 own wn experience and say is ia not an individual here but what has power and goj god has given it to him to drink whisky or et iet it alone to swear or riot not swear sear to lie or not lie deceive or not deceive cheat and take advantage of a neighbor or of not do so 60 lander iander and backbite d brother or a sister this power is our own individual property prop propel eity elty ty and we shall be brought lutu into judgment for the manier in which we ve use it and for all ali our actions in the flesh thirty deaia has taught me that every moment of I 1 ny my life ilfe must be holiness to the L ing from equity justice mercy and apri uprightness bt in ali ail all my act ac actions tlona lons which js is the only course by which I 1 ican lean caru cart pre seive selve the spirit of the tte Ali almighty to myself what is your exper ence it is the same as own you cannot cannoe constantly bo be sinning a little and repenting pen ting and retain the spirit ot of the lord as asi your constant companion my experience tip up t to 0 th is lime ilme lias has ilas been to do as aa I 1 would that P others should do 16 unto tinto me under like circumstances and aud if riot noi a man nr r woman on the face of this his earth tha I 1 have dealt with contrary to this rule add avd this practice I 1 have continued continue deach each tach day when monday morning breaks upon pon t the eyes of the peon e they must be as faithful to god and righteousness as they are here when pa partaking pata taking king kirg of the sic wic or lose the spirit of the lord we have no permission to sin bin for one moment you may ask me f I 1 ever do wrong I 1 answer yes ye like every bo ay iy y else eise owing to td the weakness of the flesh but if I 1 do froug knowing y then I 1 sin when this people can ive lve and ever alo do a wi on knowingly it if they should bin sin in th ir ignorance god will freely forgive that sin if the are ready to repent it is made known to tein t imil idil and refrain filkorn it in the fu ture let us live in this way war and the do m is ours it is the kingdom ot of god with us or nothing no hing it ii in our possession and god will mil have a pe pie that will preserve ir inviolate there may be some iu if our midst midat who do not honor the character of our religion yet the them lord will preserve his kingdom there are some who wish to regain r the spirit of the lord they have I 1 st at a and nd others othera desire to go on a mission to get that spirit my advice to ak ali suh persons is so live dai dal ly t that all the light of gods spirit elven eiven civen to you iii will ill be preserved in you and in inre rease afe bibin day to lay klay until you become perfect in your sphere as our father rather in heaven is perfect thila 1 ny my experience wr we cannot believe any truth t at exists in lly all the e erni ties of the gods that is not emb amb aced acea in our holy religion corn only r called mormonism it incorporates every truth tha hathas allas been known is known and arid will pe be known in all the he eteri cities and in all the eternities to come in short it 1 is eternal truth upon which clithe the throne of god la is founded and cannot be moved may the lord help us to be fai ahful again in M 11 the duties and labors pertain ilig lilg to our mortal existence let us remember that may plant and apollos may water but it is god alone who gives elyes the increase and how bow long w will wili ili ill it be before we shall earry learn early to take goo good cire care oi 01 the increase gc god 4 gives us our labor is our wealth it is the best capital hat bat any ony nation can we e have an immense capital capita that will wilf br ng us a large inte it is 13 expended judiciously and with hat that bat wisdom which cometh from hearon cleav on eve ete y maii mali and woman capable of labor h ve e their stock of capital on and h nd dispose of it wisely let eairy thing be put to good ius the best ros rossille rossi sIble ite kie manner to b bahil lindup up the kingdom king dorri of god and to make ourselves our seles C comfortable and arld happy on this earth and the lord will p estive us and give tie ine ia all we ask for the kind kinga in is ou a amen 1 |
