Show REMARKS DANIEL baniel II 11 WELLS tabernacle ale aie 1 sunday p m larch marcu 6 AY J V LONG 1 I 1 1 I eel feel f thankful to beath be pith you today to day loit tolt to sl it and li listen to the teachings we have heard P to fa be associated with the saints of the hibst most mosi ghighi like our brother who has hab open I 1 do dd feel thankful that I 1 am here and dare gave have hase a part pare and lot rot in this great work in fa whitly we are engaged all ali enraged it is a work capable of filling in the utmost desire and capability of the human mint mind or br wish xv sh or thought of individual whose laiad has been ripened into an arl understanding of the principles which lead to eternal life and exaltation in the ki kingdom ing d om of god man alan in this kingdom is placed p laced upon a bas basl a found foundation atlon by he be can cultivate himself with the graces and the attributes t ota ot ott a cod coa uka luu a walk oe we are caught in the world by the net inah condition in which people of all obar 0 her are rou tou fou found tid we ire are found intas world ansin in sin bin ignorance and degen degeneracy gracy iracy surrounded by all the influences of evil having our traditions in common with the rest of mankind and from all this the gospel is capable ot redeeming iu from all that thal is hateful nate rul rui such as strife discord dissension and every species of sin and ini otty olty our religion is e ilc mated and designed to save and redeem us it if we will let it by abai availing 0 ourselves of its power this is the work which lies before each and everyone every evers one of us as sain sainta As of the most high god we have this privilege within ourselves our it if we choose to cultivate it i it has been said by some and I 1 it to be true doc doe rine rime that god is truth but bat that does not prove that truth issod is god for truth like love wisdom and goodness ikan lean attribute and not a person all these attributes of deity lie in our pit pathway hway and thy they are ari strewn strawn around us tv to be laid hold of aid arid ald atrev calculated in their tendency ti to 0 im hn prove and exalt us as well as the gods and we ve have the privilege of assuming a apposition position in in which we can clothe ourselves with the blessings bles blea singa which lead to life everlasting wor vor or we can disgrace ourselves with the excesses and deformities bt bf the wicked and all tb those 08 e things that lead to der AeA ruction and which do not continue the principles of eternal life are laid before u both good and evil are present with us wa have the rower power of rejecting those good and wholesome pies 0 bithe the other hand band we have the privilege oie and d the h power of our volition I and directing it in in that channel which will WIH clothe cloth ethe the mind witti the gracas graces gra casan casab and d beauties of 0 the gospel which are calculated to bring us up into that position where we shall have haie a right to those bless biess blessin blessings ln s which emanate from heaven and wh ch will make the boci ety where we dwell dwelt beautiful and glorious and ultimately had iad lad on to exaltation in the eter eternities pities to come eternal life is 13 here my nay friends my brethren and sisters we wea a e in a piri put of that existence which is eternal true we are passing through that portion p or tion which ts is called time but la is not lot MIS ris a p part art ore or e erdity W we have nothing in lori loii but what is lent leat or given to us to improve upon for eternity no not even our present lives vye vya do not pay sufficient attention to the lite itte that we v e at present plesent enjoy or we should understand at that h it if is 13 as aa much eternal life as any that we shall shail euen eren a tain tala to for surely at the prese arese it tima time ve e have no e existence in dlf dif 11 of the aa eter netiea but in this we may not have to pass through changes in the lite which la is to come as i we e da here but it is for us while here to comprehend and appreciate the beamut beauty y and glory which lie in our pathway we may have to labo labor rand and dig and delve in the earth but if so we should remember that there ii u a dignity in labor when that is diorec ed by the intellectual power with which in all the brea area crea ion of god 0 ly jy man is is endo bedfor the dev elopement and ani combination of the ele ek s with which he be la is surrounded pur rounded for the use and aill he benefit of the world in which he I 1 lives ilves jt vit Is true that evil eui is strewn in our puth pathway bit but we should labor to net get et all evil thoa thou thoughts ats from our minds minda and strive to cultivate those graces which come through faith anui arsi which are calculated to eradicate from irom fro iro n our being those thi things which lead downward instead of lea iea diri us u in the path which t is unto eternal lives ilves and eternal progression white whit here hera as well as a in th the world to come comet tto live here and perform the duties ato tto f to da say y is 14 th tao tae arx sauk saut 0 day 77 ie S T 3 S and to lly liy lay g I 1 will carry garry nt us s safely through h thle thie thi ind a for lor abit life which into come an andrit t i s mso our obey thle e princia principles i 5 es which are revealed through obedience to the falness of I 1 the gospel ot of J jesus esus CHRIST if we will continue to le be faithful and seek after those principles that will tend ta exalt us here then we I 1 will be exalted hereafter hers heri sifter but it is of no ube I 1 thinking of bein being exalted jn in the ahe e ernal erdal worlds uless unless we apply those principles in our conduct here if wil we suppose that I 1 becan we can gb through this life into the kingdom of bcd and attain to exaltation by being clothed wita hy by pouncy and falsehood we are simply mis mistaken such a course of life Is ia not calculated to lead to tha end ead if we are ara exalted it must mutt mout be by putting in practice th those se principles nah vh ch are exalting in ill the r tendency and arid which are given iven us through the inspiration of arett the albig almighty y thus will be fornie forme i a character in this life that will endure in that which is to ume cume come I 1 lean can endorse en lorse the sentiment ex expressed pressiA ty by lr br Il ayliss who g before me mathat that it Is ohr pitr duty to id do all ali alewe we can iian inan for tha th spread of 0 f truth and ta ornament our gur minds mith with the truths truth sot dt the gospel that we may ma com combine ne those principles to form that charac character tei tel als ais ans and connection with the heavens which we hare haye the opportunity of d doing 1 n moie aban abundantly gantly here in thesa these se sequestered r d vales thail than in in the scattered condition of the saints inthe latha in the midst of the nation of the earth witness the power that we vie can nan wield n h the earlb by gradually spreading abroad those principal s which igwe we have received until it finally righteousness 11 shall spread over and land cover tle tie whole earth put rut an an fd end fo the tha I 1 power ower of fhe the wicked bind satan a and n cast him im from the earth as bas has be bee e u n apo spoken gehb by the in inspired writers I 1 suppose it will be accomplished in this way by filing up uki fhe the ih measure of our ciettia ciet tio a in union truth and oneness and by officiating noa nom annaus of the priesthood prie strood which shall seeni beeny good unto the almighty ainis avnis li pot us to prepare to io walk in that way wak which shall be ba marked out and to go and perform Ier ler form every act ai as we shall be dictated the int lne in of the servants of vod god whom he has appointed to dictate and guide gulde in oi or er that his purpose may be accomplished at least in tle be valleys of the mountains where he be has provided an asylum corbia for biad people this kingdom is established to the ext extent of the power that is now wielded and there is i no other place upon the face of the earth to which good men who cesire to promote virtud virtue I 1 and establish Justic justice ii can ean rally except to this and t it is is accomplished through the tha instrumentality of the gospel we have embr emir ced others have their ins tiu ions lons some of which are very good gord but thre th re is inore more than an over balancing amount of carru corruption tion irm which those who would do good tave have rot lot biot the power to io themselves i there is such un unlimited limited P power W r to di evil which the iv eked lse use ise for th the oppression of bt the feeble to cepress the poor the honest in it I 1 heart whom they rule by craft cratt 1 and ever every other othen wicked craft that man kin I 1 in their dege eacy can devise so that it would seem almost propos ible even for the almighty to establish his kingdom an I 1 haye have dispi without withdraw ing them from the wl ked nat nations ions lohs people come here aria ana have roif rolf liberty to do or liotto not to do to live jive their ther hoy holy tel rel religion igdon or not to ad live it to he honest cemini and true or to reject those principles and clothe themselves with nith that is evil they have the freest volition to exercise their tat zut tl t ot cju win ive iva vw expect however bo wever that thit thoe who come there here are jre those who have elected ani an chosen for themselves to dothe will of god at ala aia 1 I to follow the counsel of him whom he be has lias chosen to rule in his hla church and kingdom tle we have reason to believe this but then when we reflect upon the past we wa are satisfied that others othera must fiust have come with a different motive some of us are apt to forget that wa e should furnish and adorn our own minds minda with a c in brehen sive knowl knowledge edge of bf the gospel that we should furnish tho the material materi aJ rather than expect that some grea er and more powerful influence will do us we sometimes betimes so I 1 find i that people are careless in regard to their duties in this respect and satan la is always reay to step in and take the advantage of ori such an op ort unity now we should hoi boi be indifferent and lay down own the armor of the ga gos gob pel and say this is no advantage to me no I 1 j my dear dean brethren it will be an advantage and a bleasie ble bie lessing asin to a I 1 of us it if we honor the kin kingdom J ot god and ani lve live ive Us its principles and it i we wei do not it will still st ill til rollon whether we ro go with it or rot not we VA have ave no rieba lo 10 be indi indifferent Terent to any p principles r e revealed in this kingdom but lut we shou shon should feel an arl interest in that is laid before us 0 that we may be of some use and benefit bereft to the church fili up our days in usefulness in any department of the kingdom of god in i we may be called to act I 1 pray god aoa to help us to do this to it help heip ep us by giving us of oe his bs to strengthen our minds in b that we may overcome the vil that we e may seek sek to do everything every thiu thlu that ia is good that thai we wa inay luay secure that aid and assistance that will en bieu abie bleu nsf to bring bria our oun spires back pur puro and holy into the presence of him who cave eave them unto us that we may not give satan the thea 1 power over us ua nor not strengthen those thore chains which he has through the agency of the fall obtained over the hu human man family but that thai we mayover may overcome cow com that evil as a far as st possible 1 even to the obtaining that knowle knowledge dge and in which was massaid said tok top have been een ob b i by th ryot hafed wl cip efu alth aith f n iff was as sq so gi greald bea rea k t lib lih hat t 0 film birn i frota looking bloking 0 wilin otien tie tie vail vall nah 3 net bet J cause a use he hatt hait hade bade clothe ajl aji h m rosair eif elf vilh t pr it i 11 at c ip les ies lei w to exaltation I 1 tation si so mat that h nel nei could see beyond the vision ot 01 human ken and 1 ahe e lord ord could not mot keep him from penetrating behind the vail iffe ar e go ilo lib anything excellent it is for far us na to look ro k if after ter it abd not let the devil rula over oser ji but minds by our own vir boua bious acts and sur our bodies with the thet workmanship of our own jf if we take ti ke ibis course co the lord lora wel wei tel wilhel 1 heip help P U us s tty placing the elements that are for the welfare welfare and comfort of otro afkind within h our re ach during be travels uc of the cedren of israel ile lle provisions upon them altern thit they the in might ight not hive have to labor in the wilder nesb ness land and jand ordained that th jr ir clothing should nok not wear ou out at but otherwise than that and a few other such josi instances ances jap not klow that he lle evir ever even helped a h tunan aunan being by placing 1 in within his ills reach the elements for him to co nome naine for his hla support lia iia bas put pat into ioto our hands handa the power to com combine iliene the elements and V ti provide ourselves with those things that we need and as I 1 said ii the com of ny dy ther is ia a dignity in labor in draing drav pg from those elements elemen tg things necessary jor for beneal nd advancement van ante anti cement aa as lut iut ellig beines beings L alst lei t 1 cus ous Us t therefore f re endeavor endear or to q improve 1 the he e earth h upon 0 9 we Ii veri verl make it pleasant leasa b af to lo d the ie sight or of god addman and man I 1 may god help us li t compres comprehend e lid ild iid an an q johtain those creat great blessin s be hea qt 3 ri soro sora for his f dittfu abuts I 1 is my pra prayers jeri f n the ajile of 3 sus busi alden allen at AiDen ev i h |