| Show REMARKS nar far pres preg president ident young ua tabernacle taber nacle nacie am aa of april 6 lag REPORTED BY G D WATT instead of giving a text to bf be dwell upon by byi hyi those hose who may address us during this con coni 1 ferfnce as I 1 have done on s ms me occasions I 1 say to 0 ia the he elders speak upon such suj guj acts as may be t in your sour our minds munds open your mouth and have bave falth falln that goy gox w will fill R luein tein vidhl with useful and instructive information that alt aits who hear bear may be ble bie blessed ased and built up in the astren streng strength 1 ih b of god if we w meet do as we shoud rhoud cond conduct u ct ourselves as we should while willie we are assembled and live as we should v when hen we are separated our meetings mil A ill certain y advance the kingdom of god on the earth As formerly I 1 present myself before 3 you this morning in the capacity providence has lead me to occupy acknowledged and sustained by you as the dictator counselor and diser of the people of god hundreds and thousands ands ards of the later laten dy saint saini exercise ex ercse faith for me and pray for me and my couns councel el ores orb orp and for the twelve apostle and others who are leaders and nd dictator dicta torBin sin bin this church and kingdom but neglect to pray a for themselves they apparently have more faith falth faither fai fal thor 4 or me than the have for app r antly they will be more fervent in sprit while in prayer before god for the I 1 aders adars of off this people tharl than ahe they wilbe wil wll be for tor themselves i they wish nish the r leaders to be 6 far more holy to be filled with more liht ight more intelligence more faith more compassion more charity more love more humility than they themselves I 1 are they wish vish their leaders to be fifles with the patience of job aid aid ard the integrity of the angels while they themselves neglect to attain to all this falness ful ness they to do not sufficiently control themselves they give way too much to passi n and the idle fo lles lies of life I 1 seek as diligently as you 3 ou do that the leaders of this people maybe may be and do pre precisely cisel v a as a god wishes them to I 1 pray as fervently as t ou oi to do that the will of god may be done on the earth is as it is ia in heaven and that we may roay be and fashioned in all goodness after the image of christ I 1 hate haie the same faith that you have for the leaders of this and I 1 have all the fervency of aestrea leople people am capable of that god will make the peo lejuste le just as pure as they want their leaders to e ilis this is a great and good god pe pepie people pie I 1 am well acquainted with their inmost wishes and desires for what they pray and what whit they tavor and toil to ac accomplish complis la Is their labor and their tell teil altogether cal related to bring them that which they desire no in mitter itter what our exercises may be before the lord for the advancement of truth and the power of the kingdom kirg dom of god upon the earths earth if our evely day life does not accord with our profession our rellious religious exercises are all in vain we may have all ail faith so as to remove mountains to pluck up trees bythe by the roots and plant them in the a a and be et e ablee to perform greater wonders than have ever been performed by man in the iame lame of J jesus esus christ wih with his priest priesthood booi upon n us w 9 yet if we are not pure in our affections true and fervent in our love for tor god and ard ho holy hols y in our out spirits all tha will avail us but hut little ittle our spirits spirita should reign supreme in our bodies to bring the flesh into subjection to the will and law of christ until the carnal devilish spirit that fills the heart with anger malice wrath strife contention bickering fj faultfinding it bearing false faise ii witness arld an d with every evil that afflicts afflict c s men is entirely subdued IS if this evil power is not vanquished by the power and love of god gorf the whole course of nature will be set on fire with wilh the fire of hell until the th whole body and spirit are consumed this is the way I 1 read the order of god the will oi of god the law of god and h a holy priesthood the love iove of god and all that per ains bains to his kingdom on the earth the apostle paul sasa sass we are buet nothing wit im caiar charily 1 ity whatever ese we may possess sess besy using my own langu language age I 1 should ras hay without the pure principle of the love iove of god in the heart beart to subdue control overrule over rule an and d utterly consume every vestige of the co consequences 1 l of the th e fall the fire that is kin kindled d 1111 within the nature of every person by the fall will consume the whole in an utter and irretrievable trie vable destruction we meet to be instructed and at the fermi termination mi nation of our conference we should be a little farther advanced toward the holy kingdom of our Father and godana be better prepared to build up his kingdom on the earth earthy than we were vere at its commencement in speaking of the tongue the apostle says is but the tongue can no man tamey tamed tame it is an unruly evil P full ruil of deadly poison 5 if 11 th the he 0 tongue cannot be tamed it can be bridled ltd ird if any man among you seem to be religious and bridle net not bis tongue blit bilt his oan heart this mans rel gionis vain if any aran offend not in word the same is a pert et ct man and able also to bridle the whole body bod r it if this unruly member is not held in subjection it will work our ruin for the tongue is a fire a world of in so is the tongue among our members and it def ileth the vi whole hoie hole body and set eth on fire the course of nature and it is set on fire of hell if the tongue is unbridled and i i ri controlled it sets in motion all the elements of the devilish disposition engendered in man through the fall the apo tle tie has lias represented it well in comparing ita it influence to the fire of bell which will eventually consume the whole man we ate ale mel met in una kwis conference expressly for the purpose of enlarging our vie views a upon the importance of our priesthood and guties that our love for go truth and the household of faith may be increased that thai our sensibilities may be sharpened to a keen relish for goodniss and a just benee bense of us that our ju j u ghents may become more impartial and discreet in all their conclusions so tint thit when hen we go from this conference ce bether whether 4 as bishop v elders nigh high priests bests high counselors or as members of the church and king kingdom dorn doin of god in the last days we may find ourselves sensibly improve improved ij our aspirations more elev elevated abed our natures more mora divested ot of low selfishness and in every way better p spared to judge ju dg e in israel and to lead the sheep of the fold of 0 christ in a manner more laor acceptable to the graat gnat sheperd shepherd jt it would ba matter f great sadis saVis satisfaction faction to me if 1 f a ail all 11 the I 1 bishops were per perfect fecil I 1 to 1 I partial when sitting in judgment judg men on their by ethren brethren and arid completely invulnerable to the influence of bri es ad deanin leanings s to the dictates of prejudices formed in favor of this or that person I 1 may not be entirely f ee e from such buch uc prejudices but bui if I 1 am required to sit in judgment upon an individual against whom I 1 have lae entertained a prejudice it has ever been my manner to inform that pardon person of it up upon 0 n the first opportunity port unity that presented itself will you do this bishops and frankly acknowledge that you are ar unqualified to a t in judgment upon any person against nhom whom you yot are strongly prejudiced so far as I 1 have rower and with all the understanding god has given me moe I 1 seek to base all my conclusions upon facts when I 1 am alli judging my bret brethren bren hren men when they are penurious nuri nurl nu rious ouy and for a trifling gain of some I 1 kind lind ind will overlook right frown upon the he majesty of truth disregard justice and in in all the r actions manifest a strong preference for the god goj and glory flory af f this world I 1 am aul prejudiced against their unrighteous toua preferences but lut not akal akai against riat them as individuals vi fr f r it all the th good and the evil eril the strength and the weakness of which hiah they are capable w will ill lii range within the limits of oe a few square inches inched as india digalis they re require quire my sympathy while I 1 abominate their heir sins sing I 1 lambot am not ignorant of the of mankind and in many instances when hen they would do a good act the devil by s me meads meana takes the advantage of them and leads theatt to commit an evil as the apostle says when I 1 woi wo id d do good evil is present ath me 21 there is ia a number of people in this thib capi ch who when they would correct their lives ilves ana conclude to perform the greatest good in their power do that which brings disgrace dib dis graca upon tipon them the very thing they did not wanto do this me weakness akness we sheula strai straggle gie gig bravel bravely Y to overcome we behold hold themen lull film fila fellowship ship in the church of christ because they design in their hearts to do right but do not at all times cimei manage to perform it all men are not equally afflicted with these weaknesses 1 behave e have B shops A evidente esl esI jente dente men of stan ing and experience in the kingdom of god who according to my noy edg me n t d 0 very wrong in many instance instances but they b ey may a y be blinded through selfishness I 1 will here refer to a principle that hasl basl not bee been ria named me d by me for years with t te e introduction tro of oe the priesthood upon the earth was s a also aiso iso introduced the se be ling oj dirance that the chain of the priesthood from A am to 0 ahe e I 1 latest a test generation enervation ene ration might be united in one ne unbroken nib continuance it is the same bawa power power rower and the bame same keys that elijah held heid and was as to exercise in the last day daye behold old oid I 1 awill I 1 will send you elijah the p ophee bi br fore the c nim DIM ming ding of the great and dreadful day of th the lord eLord and he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children aid ard the hear bear a of the children to their fathers lest I 1 come and smite the earth with a curse bt by this power men will be sealed to men bac back bace to adam co and making perfect the ch chin chein chip ip of the priesthood from his day to the tae winding up bee bce e I 1 lave known men tren that I 1 positively think would fellowship the devil if he ha ouid would agree to be sealed to them goo 0 be sealed to m brother I 1 care not what y yem yom ck do you may lie and ans steal or anything else I 1 can put up pith ajl ail your youn meanness if yott yota will only be sealed t tj ti i me now the tha JA not so much ss as as it is fishiness selfishness sel bel it is a great and glo gio glorious rions rious doctrine but buethe the re son I 1 lave not preached it in the midst of this people i I 1 could not do it without turning so many of them to the devil some would go to hell heli for the sake of getting the davil sealed to them I 1 have had visions and revelations revel alons alona instruct in me rne how bow to organize this people so that they can live 1 like ke tue tle lle lie family ot of heaven but I 1 cannot do it while so much se be fishiness fish ness and w ck edness reign in the elders of israel many would make one of the greatest blessings a curse to them as they do now the plurality of wives the a buse abuse of that principle will end thousands to heli bell the e are mady many great and gi gillious olious privileges for the people which they are not prepared to receive how long fong it will be before they are prepared to en joy the blessings godhan in instone e for them I 1 know not it has not been revealed to me I 1 know the lord wants to pour blessings upon this peoples people but but bul were be to to do so in their present ignorance they would not know what ahat to do with them they ahey can receive only a very little and that must be administered to them with grea care A portion of this thi 3 community will not im improve will not plant out a truit ruit tree nora shade tree expecting to be driven from their homes home 3 such uc h reflect of duty is 13 the very way to bring the paver p iwen iwer of the devil upon yia lia I 1 1 I 1 let le every man go to with his bis hi s might and build a good louse for bis his famil family ancha to 0 live in anit antt and nit I 1 make them comfortable and happ harp P py yand and gather I 1 around them an abundance of the llie blessings and comforts of life and do it by the he rower of god and the spirit of the holy one in all diligence an and faithfulness and let us preach the gospel gospe be send bend nd the elders to gather torather the joor oon and in meek e ek of the earth each one doing all ali the airie tine tin e all he can to accumulate means to accelerate this great and glorious voik in the be name of Is israels r aels god goa being full fuli of faith la hu I 1 mili H y and d charit charlt then we have lave doie doi dore e hiir our duty and li ii all ali 11 we e can do to further the kingdom of god when we are aming the cf f the le lord with a aa I 1 our ight and the eni evil within us in jal subdued by the power if f got and ane the light of chri t so shines within us that v q cant can cab see bee cleary the things of e gad god and men truly a BB they are and all is judged by a righteous judgment then we ae may max look at and talk about the faults of each olber oiher without in the least dis dig arbing our peace when we do thi working fatefully f for the ibe be of gods li ill adom we are ready to jh ledge all thing things we dosseos to be the lords holding them for him in time not rot knowing I 1 what whal he e will do with them thern in the fulir fu fui fir tir ar I 1 I 1 let us teach our the c t righteousness by our coji conduct duci duck which wilm further than tharl mere words letour let our private life be worthy the imitation of the best beat on j earth earlb forit for it preacher ea a more 1 lasting sermon bermont than the tongue can preach if we pursue thi this course the lord will never buffer us to be driven from our homes 1 I always thought said one oae that you were driven from frona jackson county for your wickedness wicked ness nees j yes and I 1 always acknowledged it it was to bring us to our senses the lord wants us to live up to be the spirit of the times and in the ratio the wicked nations are going down he be wants his bis people to rise in intelligence and importance as statesmen noblemen and rulers first learning to gov sov govern rn and control themselves ife ile 1 I IV will ill lil recur again to the sealing power powei I 1 have hive already glanced at it men are sealed to me it is because they want to be and if th they iel lel will be good and hearken to my counsel an and live a righteous life I 1 will wil I 1 agree to dictate and counsel them thala but when men want tc cc be sealed to me to have me feed and clothe them and then act like the devil I 1 have no more feeling and affection for avem vem tem t em tha than n I 1 have for the neatest gea g eanest test stranger in the woi wol coill 11 because a man is sealed to me moe do you suppose that be can escape being judged according to hia hla works no were he sealed to I 1 the savior it would make no difference le lie would be judged like other men let us do what we do from a pure and holy pie ale pie desiring only to promote the king kingdom OM of god and be as nigh right as possible that when we 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