Show REMARKS aident I 1 are Ti 91 dent gent it gilt C U KI 11 ILLY anber tabernacle acle acie ino ISO munday sunday 1 lerv bers irb rb 9 1562 REPORTED BY J V LONG 3 we 7 have had from br joseph fielding and 1 I with the beat of feelings in r that they aue sue good and true I 1 am witness rie s s that ill ili h i is the road that br fielding has trave traveled led ltd I 1 anys lrus church and ki nedom kingdom st striving rivin to do nay all the th time it was in the spring of att abt att lie he was waa ordained a high priest d wiil be t yeara years next april tw left teft englad En giai glai after performing the arst ision mission that u was as ever sent out to inland england he was wag ordained a priest I 1 think in canada and he traveled tive led with ith me ine on that mission to erm Eim eidland land his llis life has been an upright ohe one and I 1 know enow that he has made a statement ef facts arld and he be has told the ahna that and his deter initiations are good and dictated by the richt spirit I 1 take taken pleasure in making these state I 1 in my tny beart heart and awl my prayer prater is that tha tiati Palt halt may live lne in the manner that he has done and be as good a man as lie he is his ilia salvat aith lh is sute euie if he continues in welt do ng rig and every bing hing that be he is capable incapable of ili isi residing over wili will be given t him and this will be the portion of every other good man it 8 good icib that makek maker about all the difference between tween one man and another ano ther lher y you find one man mah a little better than another ani an I 1 one woman a little better than her neighbor what hat is it that thit th tt makes u bertei I 1 is the righteous act that we perform pei pel form and that we work ont out before yoi tod iod jesus baya saya work out your salvation as it is my will to work within yot ou ly then again we are cire commanded to work out our salvation with fear and trembling all that hind hinders ers us and arid prevent prevents a capro rr eising faster raster and arid going on from one stel step to I 1 another een even as it was with our oni father even the father fattier and arid god pertaining to this earth is our lack of confidence in the alm aim aghy gh y and om oui a is in the daigs of god joseph the prophet said that our hea eniy enly father went un on from one degree of knowledge to another other until he obtained the knowledge that made anade him god so also will it I 1 e ith aithus us ve we shall have to advance from one degre 0 of faith to another until we ine get that knowl knowledge edle that wiil will prepare us for exaltation in 0 ohr our tir fa theis kino king kingdom T om dat but we must first prove ourselves in its thi state of hrobat on then we rise from step to step till we reach that position that is promise i to the people of god jeus jesus je us says iain 1 lain I am the way the truth and light and I 1 and my father are one on one occasion the he widow came aad a aud ad begged that her two sons who wre were wi h jebus jesus might sit bit one a at t his hia hand band and the other cat eat at ids t is left and jebus jeoug asked ner tier if they cud walk him in the regencia regen era cra ion lon for said be carife are ye able to drink of the cip c ip ti that at I 1 hall rhall and to be baptized with the baptism 1 I 1 im am baptized with those who can alth aith jesus jesua in the regeneration now will receive the great that are promised to al all the faithful chit chil iren of god what mat is reppe ration it is a cleansing purifying purify inz ins proc ess by which persons persona are cabled to adi adi vand vani cancin in the L knowledg bowled ot of god and grow stronger in the principles of 0 et eral eternal lite life to beco become rde netter retter more truthful more of a berie bille benefactors factors blessing th n we may ask what whid Is degeneration it iq departing from the good old way imbibing evil becoming impregnated wito wita falsehood and ail all other oiher evi evl a tha that tare tate are ate calculated to produce a deterioration in bo tuune thUne body and spirit of man a wicked at aid ald d adulterous enera which we live and but few of them kno khov what they are doing for them elfes elves to me it appears that they are taking every possible pos bible aible step to degenerate themselves ana aua those a around round them I 1 know hat what bat tha the world V lg I 1 understood it to a great extent before I 1 ame tame into this church it was wag wasa waga a common saying amon among the thet i people where I 1 lived livid that it was impossible for a man t be hons bons and get a living ilow how did they get a living think sou tou ou where they did not believe in be being ing honest B living in by lying by pilfering from their neighbor a 9 the way they managed and it is eo so managed at the present time there are but f ew things that it is poe possible sible sibie to adulterate in this age of the wo id oar tea la is adulte adulterate ratel il our ginger and arid p popper and almost everything every thing that we e have to purchase is treated in the same samme manner anul and I 1 think we aty m ay iy safely conclude that this thia is an adulterous genera generation lion tinn and by their evil practices they are bringing upon themselves swift destruction they have bave com commend commenced meed the work of their own extermination and who abo can help it no one except the almighty they are now doing that upon each other which they had in their hearts to do to us they have got the same hatred towards each oher other which they formerly lyhal had towards us and arid the lord will let them have bave their full ebare I 1 noticed the other day when reading about abdat th war that one man inan sald vald the war could be j completed and up in thirty days everything settled and the south entirely subdue they think that the great number of men which they have in ih field are going to 0 o wind it up tip quick but I 1 can cali tell you that they do not take the right course to accomplish that they let the devil lead them that is what f I 1 mean if you are looking forward for peace and thinking that peace will seon saon be made i yati yon are mistaken the lord is 13 permitting things to be prest prolonged longed aa as they are for the purpose of getting his people out from babylon just aa as he did with sodom and gomorrah anti anil the cities ot of ti e plains that were round about them f for or he kept back the destruction destruct io r I 1 till he got lot out and so it Is new now in thebe these days wel well no now x what course shall we take tadeas as saints it ii for u to do ofir our duty in all twines to do our best for the spread of truth for the gathering catherin of the poor F I 1 we were to i i do our best we child send a thousand teams this season to gather the poor but 1 I can say itha ltha tha we shall do all that is 13 required of us and that will lil be satisfactory and pleasing to our heavenly father I 1 some say it is rather discouraging tl 0 I 1 this people because so many of them acosta tile and deny the faith but we should remember that lesus jesus says again the kingdom of h aven is 19 like unto a net that was c cist into the bea tea and gath galb gathered ered of every kind kindt which when ii it WAS full the they y drew to shore and sat oat down ard arid gathered the good into vessels but cast the bad away so chril it be b at the end of the world the angels angela shall come forb for b an t i sever the wicked fr from om among the just and shall cast them into the furnace of fire there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth 1 matthew 47 10 0 now not vi sui suj ul posing I 1 should be at tb the e expense of gathering ten persons persona and bringing them bome home to zion and by so doing I 1 save one rie riv righteous ah t bous man wll wil not that secure me a re ward hereafter I 1 say aay it will wi 1 l gat what dud did the uwe lord say to oliver cowdery about laboring all the days of his life in preaching the gos pei pet of jesua jesu 1 christ io to a dark and benighted voi vol id the following fol orting is fro 0 a revelation p g ven in june 1829 1929 to joseph smith jun oliver oiiver cowdery and david whitmer and now BOA biver cowdery I 1 speak unto you ayou and also alco tint P D vid whitmer Whit mer nT by the way of commandment fory fon for behold I 1 command all men everywhere to repent and I 1 speak unto you even as unto paul mine apostle for yon you are called even with that same came calling with which he wa ws called remember the norih of souls soula s great in the sight of god for behold the lord your redeem redeemer r buffi suffered ered death in the flesh wherefore he suffered the pain of all men that all men might repent and come unto him arid and be he hath bath risen again f om iff he dead that he might bring dil all men unto him on condi ions or of repentance and arid how great is bis his hi s joy in ili the toul soul that teth I 1 i wherefore you yon are called to cry repentance unto this beope and anti if it so be that you should labor ail your days in crying rep repentance nt i this people at aid a d bring save it be one so bom som soil M unto me how great be your joy with him in atje tite kingdom of my fath Fatt fattier ter ier and cand now if your joy wu will be great with one toul that you have brought unto me roe into the kingdom of my fa her how great wai wal be I 1 your jov joy if you should bring many souls unto I 1 me behold you have my gospel before bedoe yon on and my ray rock lock and my salvation ask thel the father in my name in faith bel bei bellenir g that you shall receive and you shall have the holy ghost which m nife a 1 things chaie expedient unto the children of men on and arid if yn you hav have not faith hope and charity you can do nothing contend against no church gave saie it be the churco of toe top devil take upon you the name of christ and speak the toe ruth in soberness and as man many as repent and anti are bap sized in my nami name which is jesus christ arid and endure to the end the s me shall be saved beho d jesus christ is the name which is given of tha the father and there is none other name given giyen whereby man can be i aved wherefore all men must take upon them 1111 irli the name which is given of the falber for in that name shall they be called at the last day I 1 wherefore it if they know not the name by which they are called they catino have place in the kingdom of my father doc C cov sec bec pars pairs 3 34 4 T these thebe are re ny my feelings and always have hare have been since I 1 became ac acquainted with the principles of eternal life and I 1 know that this ia is the spirit that rests upon nt tit young ana also upon all faithful men and women in the church of jesus christ of lat ter day saints it ia is our duty to feel for those that are scattered abroad in the world and that are poor but who desire to gather to the promised land we used to pray 0 lord put it into the hearts of thy people to do unto us aa as we want ta to have them do now it is our turn we are gathered home to zion and end we are able to assist our poor brethren that are poor and unable to bring themselves where is there a people upon the face ot of the earth that are blessed like auto us and then again I 1 rray iray s bay aay ty that a great many do not realize nor appreciate the blessings they enjoy but b ut they th rounder this a lard coun ry to live in there are very few people in this country but are much beter be ter off than they were in the country where they came from there are hundreds and thousands and arid I 1 think I 1 may say tens of thou thousands sands sanda that were poor and penniless and arid that were dependant upon their every day labor for their living anti and if they did not labor six days in each week t hey they had bad to togo logo go without something some bome that vas was act aati laly ally ialy necessary to nake make them comfortable cou con for table lable and unless they were at their work every day they could cou d not ot get enough to eat ear scarcely any of them ever owned t cow a horse a sheep pig pim or chicken ht irr their lives brother george 6 D watt here knows tho thu to be true for he has hag seen enough of he poverty of his big nati nahne e country 0 understand un exactly how it is 13 Is it any crime to bs be poor no it is not I 1 have seen the day when I 1 was just as poor as I 1 could possibly be as regards the cotef co i for or a of this life and I 1 honestly consider that it woud would be a pretty hard case or a man to be poorer than I 1 I 1 have been some people when they come here think it rather shameful to speak of how bow ii or the people are over in the old country bless you if y u had not been poor and oppressed t i own in the depths of pov erty iou lou ou would not hae have heard leard us at all when we went to proclaim the gimpel that is the case with those who are well off as a general thing but if you were w ere not all poor when the gospel found you I 1 vill will guarantee that you have been since I 1 never knew a man who came into this church rich but who had to become poor that he might rise up with the rich and anti be exalted in the kin kingdom doln of god we have been led here bythe by the hand band of the almighty and se tied in a birren Is arren wilderness a thousand miles from everybody eiery body that are called civilized we came here bee use we were driven from OUT our homes hence we came to luese tuese mountains because we were compelled to for we could not live in in tha thi th anted un ted led states any longer and ana you that have hive been driven from the days daya of kirtland to the present time know that we ae could lot cot live any longer lonzer among the eni ehl and civi c I 1 vi zed of the united states after joseph arid and hyrum were mobbed and slain by their enemies there was no lon ion lonner longer er any home for the saints ili in the State stated 3 we could rot stay in kirtland to make a permanent home there although ne we succeeded in building a temple and in it received our blessings frum from the al I 1 mighty here liere is is P resident young in self and others that used to lie upon josephs floor every night to preserve his life from his bis enemies and that too among the presbyterians rians baptists Methodi methodists ses and devils devil sand and there are a great many men and women who know it iye ive e had bad to flee and leave all we had behind brother jseph J seph brother brigham and many othe s father sini suit h among the number and some of us had bad to watch while luke johnson helped the od mn out of the wn wit dow tien ti en how much ranch safety was there in in miss uri url illinois or anywhere else in trie eastern states slates could we stay there gentlemen lo 10 0 no better thin than we could coald be in a smelting sm eltin elting furnace without burning was there any thit ne we should come to the mountains yes and there ivere wele predictions in in the tha old bible that we should come here and n w we are here we are combo table and blessed above all other people upon the face of the earth I 1 do not care where you look you may loik to the east to the west to the north and to the south bouth and in all nations you will find rind them ready to go to war with w ith each other androu and you yon may calculate that there will be war war and that things will gradually ga g dually plow glow wo se the therefore we should always endeavor to do tight light when I 1 reflect upon the instructions of president young ario is our leader I 1 see the im poi tance of our sustaining himin him in alkhis all ail his hib plans and des aeb aes gns agns for he is gods delegate and arid he represents the authority of hea heaven heaten en and we e eiders elders and apostles are his associates called to represent heaven heavens to preach the rig righteousness ot of christ and to strive to |