| Show REMARKS iby youna YOUNG tabernacle acro acre marcu 16 1662 7 reported Hr PORTED BY 0 D IN WATT it it is often remarked that we do not under blind things alike but I 1 am of the opinion 3 th atthe inhabitants of the earth understand in the thie spirit or in other words in the intelli gent portion of 0 their organisms neam alike thin than they have power to communicate we believe we are entitled to the gift of the cil gIl rely iely hely ghost in extent according to the diacre aio alo n and wisdom of gr god od and our faithful ireci beys ness which gift brin brings s all things to our re rc ju past present and to come that are ire for uj tn t know and as f ras minds inda are prepared to receive the know kno w ledge edg of god revealed by that ati all wise agent the tha bioly ghost is gods minister and is delag delegated abed to visit the sons and dau daughters liters of riem niem moen roen all intelligent beings perta pertaining inin a to this eartle garto are instructed from the same source in iii the new testament and book of mormon we learn that when the gospel is ia preached the people tople are taught to believe on tle tie lord jesus christ to repent of their sins sim be baptized for the remission of sin and receive the holy ghost by the laying on of hand hands the holy ghost is then tile the spee spec al gift of the father ard and is ia his min ster lie he also gives intelli gen len ceby angels as well as by the lil lii inspiration holy loly spirit and by opening the mind minds i ct at the saints to b behold in vision things is as thy 1 lur an in eternity when true doctrines are advanced though they may be ne v to the hearers yet the principles conta contained ined inea in them are perfectly natural and easy to be understood 0 su o much so 30 that the hearers often Iti lagine imagine that they bad always known them ihla ahls arises from the inna euce ence odthe of the spirit of bf truth up upon brithe blithe the spirit spi of intelligence that 13 within each lieson person the influence tice that comes from he beaven heaven aveni is alithe all ail the time teaching leaching the children of meri merl men thera there is a spirit ln in ma man and the inspiration 1 of the them understanding dar dan standing 2 again I 1 he be spirit of man manla manis is the candle of the larl lur searching all the in inward parts of the belly again how oft ts fa the candle of th wicked put out we have haie nothing independent of the thie almighty we lir preach dach each we hear heal and we are arc instructed we try to so live as to gain more information more light more command over ourselves and more influence and power to increase the 0 good and the evil until we can comprehend the great principles of existence and eternal pro progression we should be more happy it if we could more successfully carry inlo t fleet effect the knowledge we ri nw w have the lord said let there be light and there was wag liht ight 11 the council in heaven said let there be an earth and let ithe there e be a firmament Grm ament above and beneath it a an and yi I 1 it t was so they said let there be heat hlat and arua cold and land it was waa so they said let set the e be spang ang ana sommer summet anh ana winter ani anh it was so io we can say leahe let iet jahe p people ople opie be clothed and arld they are c cl thed I lt it t them be warmed arid arld they are warmed let thui thul them be housed and they lre ire are housed it if we put forth t the h e a ability bulit built y god has given us we can brinl brini i forth the very things nyi we say shall come if we say let there be wool or let there be flax they wh wiil come it w we e say say let etere be iron atee alee brags braga or any other metal wp we need it I 1 will come it we ve baylet there be cotton and i 1 woolen yarn and let them be made into cloth it will be done the lord said let there be in an earth let there be light halit to light it let there be stas seas seas and dry landa land air rocus trees fruits and shrubs of all kinds grasses and flowers and vinea rinea chatie that xie xia d fruit above the ground round dett and in the gro unil unit for the use of man and beast deit and tt it was so bof boi but butali all ali these production productions comel comet come according t to ii natural principles man is surrounded by these pro productive Itic tive principles ples pies and is lendow endowed edwith with power to act upon then them and AcS dc cording to the amount of intelligence he be possess possesses ps and the lador labor he be expends are the productive results this are in the u eidom hick which cometh from god and their power to organize the crude elements around them into the necessaries and comforts ot life is ia in rati ratie to their increase af pf int elig rice nce and application of labor in this way we ought to understand der stand th se great principles we need not seek geek for a revelation to know how bow to make cloth when th tha mode is plainly marked before our eye eser sheep produce a textile material and how to make it into cloth cioth has been ri ovin I 1 ime out iut of mind we can raise sheep in abundance I 1 do not look for power from the heavens th that atwill will produce for us wool wooi cloth iroff iron food or iny anything thing we need without be ing made with hands bands we should understand what ii 14 required of us ua to sustain ourselves it wag was observed this morning that the teachings the people are ic constantly receive ns are of a temporal character and I 1 should think that it if such teach n s were carried in to practice by them spi bpi spiritual 11 tuai blessings donld be attained through temporal means it is 18 all of god the earth is a the lords and the fullness thre thereof of the world and they that dwell therein 1101 bold old oid hast thou laid the foundation rf ft the bartt earth and the heavens are tle fhe tie work dvork of thy hands bands the mountains oll oli n t adio adit 9 k valleys and plains all the wealth of birc precious metals hid bid in their bosom all the te min ming fullness of vegetable productions and anS antall ansill ant sli ali all ail ani animal existences in their endless variety are the lords all that can be produced from the soil by the ingenuity and industry of nan man Is the lords lorda the lord has given the earth to the children of oe men that by the un unton union t ion lon of mind and matter inspired and directed by the power ot ottle ottie ute fue eternal priesthood all maybe may be made mada subject to the great supreme of the universe it is our duty individually as well as our pr to I 1 arn how to dispose of the earthly wealth we may possess to the glory cf him who has perm eted us to hold holg it for in temporal blessings angs honestly obtained and ard wisely placed to their legitimate use are concealed minea mines of spir spin luat lual ual and eternal wealth eaith if we magnify and arld make honorable t this I 1 temporal existence by tt e practice of every gcoy and righteous principle t that h at comes within our knowledge we h nor and magnify that spiritual existence and that heavenly intelligence telli 11 gence which the father of all has placed within us this Is the increase in temporal arid arld spiritual wealth if we pursue diligently this path there is not the least danger of any pek sons being lost b it A they will be prepared t inherit after death a more g 0 rious and heavenly sphere than they now dwell ill lri blinow I 1 know that th thereat efream majority mao maio rity 0 of f mankind 1 who are created for fon of a noble and anit glorious purpose are ignorant of these these heavenly principles and they cleave to their ignorance and love darkness rather than light they will not iut be taught by an authorized minister of leaven heaven but they hire rn men n who aie ale are as bind andas anaas and as ignorant as themselves to guide gulde them in the w way ay they choose to 0 o walk in from the days of the cre creation until now novy I 1 do bof th ilk th re relone deione isi one man out of a million mil mii liori who has nade made so much a as a scratch tip upon an the worlds to show that lie he was endrey devoted 0 o god and truth but the of mankind have spring up and decay deca ed like the grass 0 the bie bhe field d thle thee N when b n the h spirit of revelation from god inspires a 1 malhis J mind is opened d to b boll bold boid ni the beauty order and arid glory of cofene t the lie creation of this earth and its inhabit ants ams the object of its creation and the he purpose of its creator in I 1 peopling eo pling it with his hla children ile he can then clearly understand it flat at our existence here asfor he sole bole so le purpose of exaltation and restoration 0 o the presence of our father and god goa where ve may max progress endlessly in the power of after the mind has thus been bren il urinated laminated lumina ted the ignorance and blindness f the mass mais of mankind mankina are more apparent yet iet tet there is no son or daughter daughN rot of adam mam and nd but what has incorporated in their or aniz atlon the gem ot of endless ii life ilfe or the et idless ciless de ration and endless lives which they wey are a approaching are the peo le ie glorifying glorify ing their father who s in n heaven va bo they take every ster stet step possible 0 do the will of god on earth an and magnify ther her calling Is ev ry act of their lives nade made to increase their intelligence to add to faith falth virtue and to girtue know knowledge tage lawe abid audate to kno kuo knowledge w lidge iddle temperance and to temperence r pa patience fence and to patience to godliness broth brotherly eray erly kind iles ties pana baud to broth erly efly kindness eha cha charity lity fity and to improve upon every gift and grice grace which god lifts has bestowed on them through the gospel I 1 fear not there is yet to be seen a willful bous disposition disposito ion lon in some few of our brethren trethie n and sisters 1 I want a ribbon says a and I 1 will wiil have hate ji what nhat whatever ever the consequence may be and 11 says a bro ber liper 1 I 1 want a orse a d I 1 wili will have it if I 1 steal it if and run klun be the risk of being damned for torl fori I 1 iam jam am sorry orry to say that some few of thee the elders of srael rhel have such felin feelings fee linga s and desires one ofie f the Vr ethren brethren this morning was complaining of if sins rising in the ibe heart and of the self wil of fallen man and the evil which the devil levil had bad power to engender in the hearts of paren a 9 who have entailed it if on their hll hil children bilgren bil dren how phail we ove oye overcome come this ilin atlon allon to evil evi evl let the will of godare god pre ae over oser the will vill of the creature let the he husband and father learn to bend his will 0 o the will of his god and then instruct his ives and children in this lesson of self belf gov by his example as well as by precept I 1 anahis his neighbors atso also showing them how to be brave and steadfast tast in subduing I 1 ous and sinful disposition such stich a course as this will eventually subdue that unhallowed influence which works upon the human heart we are all endowed w th tb the resolution more or less to deal with ourselves as we would wood deal with ith a child or with ith a neighbor in case a child will not be controlled oled by his p parent arents but is disobedient and refractory to a hopeless degree P what would his parents be apt to to I 1 lean ican can answer for myself 1 I presume I 1 should a gay say ay to such a child leave me but auf I 1 have no such tich children and it is hard to say what I 1 might do were I 1 tried treed it if a child I 1 of mine miney who has come to years of discretion should say to me 1 I 1 will do thi twi thib this s and I 1 will not do what you require of 0 me m 7 I 1 should use the rod of correction touffic sufficiently e antly to teach that child be ter why not in the same way institute a pr proper operand and salutary correction over the rebellious spirit that at times arises in the human auman breast why not govern and control the tho appetite that it may be subject to the law ot christ but how hov is ia it why 1 I 1 must bave have a me tobacco if I 1 am damned for tor it 21 or 1 I must bave have a cup of tea I 1 tl I 1 am damned for it or 1 I must have this or that it if 1 should hav to goto go to he hell heil 1 I for it it is like saying to father 1 I will not mind vou von I 1 will not obey your commandments mand ments but I 1 will have my jay own way and follow the bent of my own inclinations my appetite shall bo be nursed and pampered tho it be at the expense of your dispi displeasure basure 21 2 1 instead of 0 pursuit g this course listen to that spirit god has given to all which teaches the ril ric night right t and how to avoid the wrong g and say to appe appetite t 1 to disposition to temper to the whole ut man map ri yogi yo i must do as I 1 command you I 1 am an officer a general in the army of chnat christ and I 1 will be obeyed every man and woman Is ia called lothe same office let us magnify it and exert a influence over this organization and rise up in the strength of the great I 1 am and by the power of his eternal irles iries chood command every power powdery every ery pulse of our natures to be subject to th law of ci god and truth arlid arild an d not buffer thi this s low sinful grovel groveling ng dark benighted cursed spirit we have received from the fall to bear rule in us all persons mho who suffer thenn thern silves thus thiis 0 jo o be ruled disgrace themselves and do not honor the belik belig god has given them it if men are ruled by the rower gower power principles and righteousness of oe the holy oly priesthood they will find themselves in possession of all the wisdom they need sead to meet every emergency of this changing existence and all i ey require to conquer t ala world the flesh and the devil how very far ahe the inhabitants of cf the fhe earth live short of their privileges how liow far hey they live beneath the blessings the lord has jrr in store for themi them Is it not more or less ff j with ua as individuals and as a community who profess to be the friends of god we vye ti t i live ive far sh short oe the blessings the lord hasin store for us ils when the visions of our are opened we cin can then more fully realize le alize his this truth and again when the vis vision on ia 13 i coed up we are found as a general thing doing the best kest we know how hovy sand and we may maz be considered pretty good men and women this is s true yet there is an eternity of before lefore us ua to lears itis it is as much as ican I 1 can dewith do with all the power I 1 lave laie with the heavens and with saints to say let there be a carding machi machine nim nir n this territory and it is done to say let iet here be a nail factory in t this his territory antl ana it is shale shaie ahre again all that has been said anda and all the praying that has bas been done a and nd ait alt the tal tai fal faith that has been exercised and all tl t e combination and union of effort among tha the have hare not brought to 0 o pass one say of the tho presidents in regard to roi iron irol rot he said let there be ie iron but there is no iron yet B welli wella has told you the reason this morning A man says 1 I am going to make iron and I 1 will have the ere 1 1 it of oe making the first irom irow in the territory I 1 will have the credit of 09 knowing how bow to flux the ore that is found la hi these regions region and bringing out the metal in abundance or no other man shall 11 Now northa the tha beauty and giry alry af pf f this k nd of is ii the blackest of 0 darkness and ard its ita is deformity we have said let there be a cardin carding ma ura 1 chine and it is here L t there be ahee abee sheep P and there are sheep wool and it is here and now wt 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