Show HE REMARKS MARKS CT tri t daisel dassel daiv DAiS KL 11 II taber i t alciel zvika blur n I 1 ur 15 1562 RETORTED din dim birj r V LONG L certainly feel it a privilege to listen to cucu cuch instructions as we haive lart u ait dil this morning hibel that we are a favored people andl andi harwe barwe we can call have instructions continually bottge poised ia out upon us day by day and arid sabbath by a are calculated in the their nature to reform 0 elevate alid and instruct the mind the principles oc or cur ur religion exercise an in I 1 the ibe he minds of tue the people h Is calculated to lead them in me the paths of virtue truth nd sobriety arid and in that way which will best beet conduce to their happiness here and hereafter many reflections s pass through my mind when I 1 look took abroad throughout the and breadth of this territory and view the position of he litter day stints who are gathered in these valleys of the mountains and wilen when I 1 consider the object and purpose that have brought them theau here and that are Ie keeping leeping the them together view the vastness ot of their desire A before high heaven their wishes in regard to themselves and posterity their strong faith arid and unison of p which haie hate caused them to take the course they are now pur pursuing aing I 1 consider it is a sublime spectacle to behold think of a comma commit ity of thousands and tens of thoua ads actuated by onland the same burpoe pur poe and bat hat that the most jiorle in its nature and that they are using their exertions for the establishment of peace and righteousness upon the aarti continually seeking beekin to produce a on oneness enest in all their mani mini mani fes tationa towards each other in their public instructions and in their daily walk and c conversation n using their life to 0 o to do those things that will exalt the human fahily and scriv striving in to walk wak sin and iniquity tinder under their feet the e consideration ol 01 this subject causes very ts tranae and yet good reflections to pass through b my ml mi d when I 1 look upon this beope pe and consider consid erthe the subject of their thein pres nt progress when I 1 view the matter in this licht I 1 conclude that thit the feeling and dearie desire with the great thajo majority rity is to have righteousness prevail ald and I 1 know that this feeling heling exists to a greater extent here than it does anywhere else i the surface of this globe As was remarked last sunday by br i taylor if it sin and iniquity bear sway away al ali ail alj j people may have here and there good principle among them that is calculated to do good here and there an i item of essential doti ine lne and occasionally a few good men who seek to sustain good principles to exalt virtue and truth yet these are overbalanced over balanced by the wicked and ungodly and hence that people cannot bijoy pure and unalloyed happiness thre th re is no power but that of the almighty that can sustain gustain these heavenly principles anait can only be accomplished by drawn g the people nut nub ut from the nations and placing n them where the can overbalance all w wicked L influences and have the predominance over the evil this tins is our situation and how bow dos does it become us its to act as the repositories aries of these f fadore agori sh uta uld uld ula we sink into luto sin nl nd or should we continue cont nue to improve in th the knowledge of god and to increase in in those moil principles which lead to exalt exaltation exa atio lUtio P we should endeavor to eradicate evil from our midst what is our pryer la Is it riot not that those hose who w rk wickedness may be rooted olt wit and anti mat oat those who work righteous es ess may be left to inherit the land and but how bow often do we see in our oar own experience li tie tip departures from these principles of right nen men this way and arid the other b by y the influence of evil just as br cummings said though laough it ma may y be bie ever so alix slight lit yet it gives the enemy the advantage it leads men astray I 1 akca akes them into darkness and error we can nee bee the individual who is thus swayed aade become completely darkened in hir mind and finally we see him stray from the fod fo d of christ this is the way with some come ot of our young men who have been brought up by good rood pious and r parents and it is also to ba be re that thae we sometimes see ee those fathers who have ione lone been in the church lead their children to do evil by their improper tx examples amples ana not petha pei hap iQ I 1 designing to use that kind of influence which will lead their offspring to the commission of crime but bat I 1 that when a child comes to maturity be will bave have to stand and act upon his own volition when he comes to this thia state he has bas both loth the knowledge and the power to act for himself and in that case me the responsibility attaches to the child and not to the parents how row often do we see children following in be he path of their parents it the parents are in we naturally expect that the chil dren will follow in that path ath but if parents learn their children to do that which is dot not right ahr thy y are apt to grow up in sin I 1 believe lev ley that the child is naturally honest but when this fe feling feeling ling to do wrong ferat first penetrates sh fth a mind of the child it causes if it to iok lok lork and anil wonder in astonishment and it c can can cin in acance scarcely ly comprehend what the mean I 1 ha have v e thought frequently upon this subject and I 1 have seen circumstances where the child could not comprehend the evil or the cheat that was intended when it would appe r to be of its senses and to tobe lobe be completely astonished when it comprehended what was intended by its p prents rents no v the child has the utmost confidence in bitsi parents and when it comes to maturity that chufi lence will be retain retained d provid provided td the parents do not forfeit it I 1 believe that he lie ct cl ild ia is a astonished when it discovers any departure from truth on oft the part 0 ia is parents I 1 consider therefore that the responsibility to a great extent is wl wi h the elders eldera and those who are over overlie the people in the community if nce is impaired in the parents then all the chi children lilien have to look lock to for instruction and guidance are those who hold bold authority among the deop e I 1 know there are people here who are lawless and who do not consider the rights of their neigh bor and it is as it was said anciently 11 my people do not con consider biter parents do not consider that the eyes of their children are upon them reading in their looks acts and words that which will be inc incorporated rp orated in their own nature and manifested in their future career children are continually watching and thy imitate everything th theysel they eysee see aee and in fact generally speaking they are very great at imitation then how circumspect aind nd how careful should parents be to instill and ard holy principles into the young and tender minds of their children remember to teach them principles of honor teach them to avoid everything that has the appearance of evil and let them be taught to look down with disdain upon those little peccadilloes oes and little nasty tricks that are sometimes indulged in some have been taught that certain little mean tricks are according to the way of the world woid and therefore uney luey have indulged in them I 1 despise such performances and I 1 like F to see a man maa above that wb wh cb ch will lead to dishonesty here liere are my brethren and sister who have come from different parts parta of the world and who have been to do a great many things that are contrary to the i pint of the gospel but wa we have had bad instructions i in this kingdom to put away far from us all those practices that are c m n to the spirit si irit and genius of our own religion rel hloi Lioi who will act in this way when they can see very clearly darly marly that these little thines wil wad if ad them on to still grea greatel tei it has been quite a common practice with some to steal the soap and the clothes of those for whom they were washing such practices are as cumm cumin n as anything hat that bat occurs in their lives they have been trained up to such euch things all their days and their fathers before them from generation to generation well shall they carry on these little petty lings in this gane gone generation ration or shtil they quit them and teach igear children to do so to 2 has not the gospel placed them upon a platform where they can live without continuing jin n these thebe evil practices they doubtless have their apologies for these thin it in the old oid country where they are oppre bed ded and aa as it were trodden under toot of men bu but t her here it is not net oto pio for the golpl gospo I wili wilt redeem d e them e el m exalt them theio and brin bria bring them up to ite jue where v joe ere they can jive live better without thee practices than with them and where they can ie le ve these things ott off and traye the condi conn lence ence of their bre hren and friends frien dg so song tong ong as they do not ilot attempt to drag these evil practices with them into the kingdom of god I 1 tell you the kingdom oc of god goa will do you but little good unless you forsake all your evil ways and turn unto the lord our god with full purpose of heart let us not have such thinea ba hanging nl in around us nor permit ourselves to transmit any of them to our children but let ua us purify our own hearts arid and then iet set et us u set act before them pure and holy exam examples plas pias I 1 speak if cf thebe these thines with a view to have the same remarks apply to all the evil influences with which the bevil devil his hais hats afflicted the them world I 1 am aware that there are those both around us and amongst ii that would be glad to see these kind of brae tices cices triumph just as in the and ind then the enemy of al ai righteousness would have the people in his own hands just juat as he bas baa iu in the world dut but we have the privilege of overcoming those things and have been placed Tn a position position where we can combine our energies tor for or the accomplishment of those which are required of us ever seeking to do good having baying had our hearts touched with those principles alisch have come in lit ibis this way we can ran rid ou selves of three evits evila which prevail with the rest of the world let tha that father who sends his child to feed his horse in his bis neighbors pai pal pasture iture sture over nigh night and to arii g him home before morning ernins Eo consider what nhat influence it will have adon u don oon his son in after life would it not mak maka a a thief of him it would and it would frame his lug mind for trespassing tres passing upon his neighbor when whenever ever he might have hake the turl turi ltv k man maa ia Is the ju m s at lud tui pendent blo bio upon goda gods footstool for he has his free volition to do right or wrong be he has the power to reject the e evil vil vii and arid chose the g fiod grod if it be chooses and if he be wants 0 consign himself to oblivion and arid go back to native element clement let him follow in the path of the ung ungodly but if on the other hand he wants to endure and anil dwell with god alid holy angels angela to haye hays knowledge and power to understand all intelligence and finally become one ohe of the gods of eternity let him take a course to produce that fleet and et him use his influence to bring to pass that which is calculated to evalt an I 1 bring him bim up finally dually upon the platform of the gods of or eternity we hereupon are her ber upon G ds footstool and behave we bave bare all the privilege and the power powen howerto to take either course to take road we please here through fhe the good ess of god in these last days mankind have a pr which they have not had bad for many generations that are past ard gone here a man can live and pursue the path of righteousness huth nuth and virtue and none eare force ably drive him nim from the path ath of right but it if on the other hand a man e F Is not hon honest est be he can join with the wicked and anti ungodly A man who has a disposition to do right can here prove his bis integrity in all the relations rel rei irions of life in dinall ail ali all the intercourse be he has with men on tho the earth be he can increase bis big powen power to do good and none will attempt to binder hinder him bim this is a great privilege and one that dees not belong to all the people upon the face of the earth but bet it accrues to the eople people of these valleys because they have been been gathered out fr arm m the nations and brought under the influent ei which prevail here and where these principles are cherished I 1 and taught by ahe servants of god where they are urged continually upon the attention of the people where the people practice them ad shun the evil and irve live lor for chappin ss sa and glory elory t there h ere eue la is present peace but it ubey they take another course and neglect those principles of oth ight and intelligence they will be led to ruin and be subjected to all kinds 4 if f disasters we can see clearly that thebe these who are s supposed u to be rib rip righteous teotis can be so in the nati nations 0 ne f the earth though not BO so easily as they can here for it is very easily to be seen that the influence of the goo I 1 spirit and the principles ot of eternal lre ice we ire cannot be used to the same extent there as in these valleys of the mountains anen joseph was in E egypt apt he be could preserve his integrity briore before potiphar Pot ipher and pharaoh and arid so it is with our elders who go cut from hereto bere here to perform duties tuat may be assigned them among the n inions cf the earth they can preserve their integrity and by cleaving to those principles caples which they have learned while here they will have power over the tempter and t ey ley will return when they have accomplished their missions in peace and safety for the lord will preserve them from those evils which are calculated to ie le d then into ci til grace this is th advantage of those who po go forth from the midst of this people they have the f ith iab and of all israel ro to shield them from the powers ot of darkness dar kress kreas ana those influences which w wua uli ot berwise otherwise lead them to commit sin gin by these means are the elders eiders of this church preserved re when in the midst of wickedness wic edness this ph 1 I 1 is 11 a great power that is upon the earth and it is here hire because holy and righteous lihte ous pies exist and are practise I 1 among this people these thega are sovie boie of the benen benefi a derived from irom obedience to the falness of the gospel and it becomes us as saints of the most high nigh to strive to preserve ourselves pure and arid holy before batore him to take hold of good and righteous principles like men and women of god to labor to sustain our present existence to sustain t ail all a ourselves by drawing from rhe the elements all those good things which he has placed wit wi t in our reach and thus become a really indel inde eident people to be no longer dependent dent upon those who w uld gladly sell us for the cloth we have to wear it becomes an expert m nt for us to sustain ourselves though not factly one that is liable to faila fail fall but it is to ce ee whether a righteous and hoid hold holy people coming out from the world can draw raw law irom the elements that hae have been previously scattered around them FT fir their own immediate sustenance and support or whether they will for ever be dependent upon those who would destroy them ve e have made good progress in 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