| Show RET REMA remarks res young tabernacle barch march 23 1562 issa r 1 nEron TED zen MV BV c G D WATT WATT 1 I arm amm now looking upon the ime e best people on 0 the earlb earth that we have any knowledge kow how k ledge or of there is ig not another community that presents the same amount of honesty pur ty of heart and life and inte integrity Erity to ci od and to one brother arother yet much can be said upon our oar weaknesses eai eat shortsightedness short sightedness and p anness to wander from froin r and do evil I 1 do not know ta tia I 1 rhoalda do right in giving full vent to bome some of my views and feelings concerning this peo people pie while conversing with some brethren the tile other d iv upon he the conduct of this people as vied viewed red by jr the intelligence of heave 1 said that it was a wonder to me that god had not rot ling ing ago ago destroyed u all his mercy and long iong an cering fering are truly marvelous aga no p when I 1 realize rea aze the object of our creation tie tle ta e diy dey of our trial we are now new through gl the weaknesses th the eLord lord has hag odain cd to come upon ibe children of men and the steps tobe to be taken for the ex excitation of the human famil family my may heart is filled with mith gratitude to cf it exults in his bis great benefi ere I 1 gh glorify ay iy his name that he has spoken efrom from tnt the th beavens heaven beaven ana and lactic noticed edul ui moTt mortals als ais I 1 agn an aln exceedingly rejoiced that we vve afave ilav ithe ethe thi 1 l privilege revile ge of livin living in the day when the lord liag liaa spoken apol en to the children of men and re ral daw the priesthood and placed it upon men giving i g them the pr privilege aprivie phi ivie lvie viege ge of attaining to glory t immortality iino mortality orta lity and eternal lives in ill the tn dst ast i four great weaknesses and ind manifold failing vo aft vea e have abundant cause for exceeding L great yin yan in the gospel of our salvation ar are e these f great reat leae weaknesses weakness nesses ps to be found in the bire bir bine s I 1 of tae air in the fishes fi hes hea of the sea or in the beasts beasto af pf f the field no the animal vegetable t and fineral kingdoms king doTs doms abide the lav ial law v ot or their creation 6 creat reat lop iop the th e whole earth and all things per tai kalning tal ning to it except man mano abide the law daw of their their cr eaon rl 1 1 I now see bea beare re me as beings who are in the I 1 coage n llie like of those he heavenly venly renly personages who are ea enthroned brona brond n rory noty rory and crowned with eternal i liars in tle tie very image of those beings who i org organized the earth and its falness ful ness and who the Goil godhead head bead still be here re is the evi evl a and P d we vve are the ones who are accountable for we ire lre are the be lords cords of creation we hold in B the creation we avail ourselves of lne ine great agn at truths found in lri the arts and sciences ye navigate ull ulf sea lve e survey the land ye e renvey intelligence with i ith lightening tightening speed we it ness Qs steam and make it our ber ter servant vant we sunvey time ame the animals and make them do ou our i r udgere ud gery and administer to our wants in ariy alij 4 any ivay yet man alone is not tamed caned le e rs liot ilot subject to his bis great creator our lg jg crant anit nals are faithful to us and will rill eO sour mour as I 1 rg P as they have any ath yet et man who is the he of learing of the not become to the most roost rp reasonable conable nabie and self stif exalting principles how al have bave we witnessed witness ea a fail fall ihil animal s conveying hll his master bame so drunk that be t sapid not see his bis way or sit up yet his falth faith fill fail animal a imal imai will vill pl pi pid d through mud shun Fi lump jump limpp trebe and ard bd b d places place s and land him lihn 0 feay at home va oare vare are lie lne tie e even obedient to oun cun better beiter judg 4 and to truth that is self solf evident nany many shave shava sha ha vc been taught the doctrine of cotil total a Y that man an is not natural naturally lV inclined t nl i 4 I 1 a in latifie afi ati bie bhe l 1 th that t hp he is 13 more I 1 g n id A odo ri ht bt than to do wrong the there re as a arreater arrealer tower power min hin him to ph hn n evil and ind perform good than to eo do the opposite i 1 we ve the po vers of dar darkness kress kness or the influences opposite to good to contend with for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against a principalities a against 11 ainest powers against the bair rulers of the darkness of this world against spi bpi igual wickedness ili in high places there are two classes of influences one tends to lood good and the th other to evil one fo fb truth atila and life the other to falsehood and death evil is sov sown soan n in our nature but there is not a person who is not prompted to do good and forsake evit evil evi evl there are but few fei who from their own volition will subject them selves bives to be perfectly obedieh t to the law of 0 christ yet mere there are dispositions that will be subject to the truth through cruel cockings moc kings and urgings bonds an ani imprisonment truth is for ur u right is for us life is ours ouy ou enemies accuse the leaders of this church of having too mulch much influence over the people ilow how much mach influence have 1 I or any other oiher man that ever lived in this his kingdom over an apostate it is now as it wati nai in the days daya of juseph joseph while people retained the spirit of their religion they looked upon him as one of the best men on the earth but when I 1 they gaie gate way to the spirit of apostasy apo stacy then he be was the wort worst of men this has been so in all ages ayes with nith n with ith every prophet prop haer faer apostle and righteous man and oman moman A hey have had hall the warmest frien fri le and the bit bitterest enemies no man was has ate lilke ALC those who are righteous their friendship is even unto death and then it reaches throughout all ete anity the friendship of the wicked must faie fale away sooner or lateri later while the friendship of the righteous will last ast forever and ever when we understand the truth jet us abide by it a d boast not in our 0 in atren strength h but glory in in the tiie strength of the almighty the ehora often tell how many they have converted and how ra ny churches they have built up in different par a of the world when persons apostatize the pith path 0 right I 1 think some of them are man made converts as a methodist preacher remarked to a drunk ei man I 1 lying i by the way wars side who hailed him with deig delight delg dei ight lit say ng you are my mv father in christ yu you converted me 1 I shout i think so 22 said the preacher for it it ii very clear that you yon are not one of the ue U e lo 10 ds converts 12 we canno make latter litter D daiy diy ty saints of anybody on this earth but ourselves we have not even power to make a of a wife or a child a brother or sister biser in the least degree unless they will 1 hearken barken to counsel and obey the principles of righteousness which I 1 contend they are natu raly inclined to do were it n t t f r the awful apos tacy there is is in the world all persons must possess their inte free and independent in ie pendent I 1 before god I 1 preach the gospel to the latter day saints and if a person comes into our community TO and ani ashes w bhea shea to know further with regard to life ilfe ani ana salv salvation aou 1 I wull will tell him as freely as eer I 1 breathed the mountain ax but you cannot find one person that I 1 ever crowded my religion upon either in 10 0 out ol 01 the charch I 1 have ny my reasons for taking his course I 1 never preach bich anch sermons as weli weil well weil ta M C or D have hare you head heard any ot of our elder eider preach do you know any tny anything thine thing about mormonism 11 no why our gospel i the gospel of ef life and salvation it is the only true plan of salvation for the people a and nd you must be a normo Af onnon nl if you are not a I 1 mormon you yon must epco ti t be damned it if a person wishes to know rny my religion I 1 am willing thit th it he be should inow gow mow the whole of it there is not nothing bing a laior hidden bidden i i r it the whole plan of salvation bil sil is for t the h e human family raid and is as free as the waters that flow from air oin 0 ir mountains into the valleys if you thirst thira drick until 3 lou yon oil are satisfied for you yon are truly welcome this is 13 the nature of the gospel and the character of ilm alm who fas las as gentit sent it Itis it is free for all dut but I 1 am not disposed to copel cor pl any per sonto partake of that which they dislike or have an aversion for this maty mrry not be right n every case why it t is right with me is that if a arson p urges upon ine me that uhl h I 1 am not dis disposed rosed to receive it creates in me moe an alienation of feel i ing toward that person I 1 am naturally opposed p d to being belig crowt crowl crowde 10 and am opposed to any person who undertakes to force me to do thi hi rr cr not do tha in my youth I 1 was sut sui supposed to be an infidel and perhaps in ore ope respect I 1 war was tt ti ough I 1 would have freely given all the gold anti antl silver I 1 ever could possess poi possess sess lo 10 0 o have met with one individual who aoud evv showie show me anything about god heaven or the plan pian an of so that I 1 could roald pursue thi th lat ial path that ha t leads leals to the kingdo kingdom of heaven but I 1 did not rot t want to he be urged ant ani I 1 am so inclined inclined to this day att yet I 1 am convinced that it would no not do for every manto man to pursue this corse lorse in lvery ivery very ci ci curn comstance stance we can gulde guide dir direct ct an and end prune a tender sprout ant ani an I it inclines cin to 0 our direction if it is wisely and ap ip implied plied piled so if we surround a child lith with healey and salutary lutary ai influences give hm lm s suitable instructions a A d store his mind with t traditions ono may be that will direct hs feet io in the dav n av of 1 r there ther are persons of twenty forty and ard sixty years of age who it ho never saw a day in in which tey knew their own minds they seem to be u undecided in in all their action like a child a few years old and need some person to direct thern them I 1 am somewhat different from this class of cf per persons should I 1 be told that it is 13 tude tune to wash wah my face and eat my breakfast I 1 should be strongly inclined to notify my informant that I 1 knew that hat as well as he be did so some of our elders eders abo bo pre in the worl world 4 will go into this or hat ehat house honse begin egin agin to converse with the bembe s of the family aird aid tell them they must be baptized or be damned this will turn some persons pelsor S against them and the truth simply became they will not be compelled to do anything while there are others in the wold woid who would not embrace the truth unless they were or derd der d to do it y they are arc those who iho will be compelled to come in there is a class of people that will rot move to do themselves good only as they are urged arid and commanded comman led there chere is a wide difference in people in this respect there are re instances in in this community that if a wife d doey 0 not t ii use uge ge her husband to pray in his amli a amii lly ity ahe elo ilo t 0 would neier neter to do so and again there are men in tig ci city tyland tand gand throughout th settlements as good knod denlas men as need be who are driven this duty eray ty by the leaping 1 ing of oe a wife now pa come do iio let us have prayers I 1 have got all the children here and th the bible and I 1 do want to have prayers he cannot bow row low to that kind of compulsion to ti save him aal if he h should be damned he be will not be I 1 nade aade n ade to pray pra in lri such a manner for when he be rays prays he means to do it for his god and not be ruseaw use a w man min teases him to it if a wife of mine nine sho hould ild lid undertake to direct me in such fuch a manner I 1 shou d give her to ird and ind that I 1 would tell her and the children w ento enlo come to prayer suh when n to go to parties and how to r derence priesthood and their god I 1 i crould never pray it in creation if I 1 c uld not do da it independent of the dictation of a woman I 1 know that the people need more or less anguring and urging 11 1 ll it the time S inday after sa sanday drayo to 0 o keep them in the path of safety H low fow mv easy we get out 0 pati patience encel we get a hasty and d do 0 a little wrong because we vve 0 not train ourselves do rot not conquer and subject our ourselves seles to the law lair of christ sisters speak evil of sisters bisters they hear of 11 i and straightway t return the com om aliment in a spirit pint of elders lla lia lae re contention con tenion ion lon w th eders edere they ahe do not rot un darst nd alike ally and are not disposed boin to in thir th ir deal elders are agreed on anthe the wa way and manner necessary to obtain celestial glory b but bub ut t hey quarrel q larrel about a dollar when the 1111 11 11 pies ples of eternal eterna I 1 life are brought before tl irm godana the thet things bings pertaining to god and godliness they apparently care rot hat har 0 o much n uch about them as they uley do about hive five cents WP we want tile the collais dol doi lais lal ial 13 what abat are I 1 they geoa biml eol tol dollars doll doli ka will do good if you yoa r can n keep th them em until they will do good using thom thal in n the right way men will scramble ver each other to get gold and siver and when they have it they waste it it passes pisses from them and they know not lot how d doing oln oin them then no good you call cail eo co in into lo 10 many houses ho isea isca in this territory and ani find H id for cooking utensil an old skillet in which they cook their meat heat their dish water waver wash wah their heir dishes n x up pia pig aig feed etc etc nd rill when they set theirl table able it is in keeping with tile the old skillet you joul I 1 iod ind little to eat nd tid that is ha hait half it burnt and laif half cooked unpalatable e and unhealthy the I 1 wite wife v he and children have scarcely a decent dress and all around in the house bouse ar and d out ot of it is a picture of misery m yet if you ask the tho owner of oe the hous hotis he has any an cattle on ile he range 0 ye IP ilow how marli marij kanj 1 I do not kneir ahad I 1 had girty girly head the cali aday but I 1 am not sure how hou many mary oxen and cows I 1 hare have low ilove many miny caties calves have hav eyou esou vou you 1 I think I 1 have haie 1 fifteen or twenty 1 du do you have any butter for break breal breakfast fast N no 0 11 and when ti they 1 ey have any it is about the size of a walnut and as white as cheese curd they kney do not know how hovi to 0 o make butter and ard cheese yarn aej cioth cloth nor do they try to learn the cool wool wooi a wasting the flix 11 ax if any is gron groan gro n is is left to rol ro 1 indolence dirt and aid scarcity reign where cleanliness beauty orde and il be produced ly by the hand band of industry economy frugality and care there is is a wonder wonderful tui tul amonn amoun of ignorance with regard to our temporal 11 lire life to say nothing ol of our spiritual life A sanding standing ot 0 olve five dol ark ari ars in in a settlement wll will omet omat mes me set some of oe our elders to quarrelling at aid aid d cont contending priding and rand pending amending me tle time of the high council and bishop courts anti and making a cost of a hundred dollars you cannot tring up lip adv alv thin thing 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