Show REMARKS by president heber u all mendy din nin t vet let ct 6 iss wig BY J V I 1 wonder if there is a person in this vast cori corl corigie congregation gre atlon aaion today to day but what feels that all those instructions g given i ven apply to himself I 1 feel disposed di dir posed for one to 0 o take what hat has been ea sa d to Iny self telf a aid ald d I 1 11 0 riot not think there is a man here vi bo ho ia is so righteous that he cannot apply the gre greater ter portion ct of what br Brig brigham Bri giam glam liam has baid said to himself I 1 know it is very common for us to inake observations like me thia ibia when hen any of the rr tr ethren elbren have been cha aLisee well I 1 guess some of the brethren have received a pretty good chastisement today to day but it doit at touch me dont you know that this is very common 1 1 I hat bat jacket does not suit me bays says one why did it not suit you because you did not put it on if you had patit on it would have been like a pit ce of raw rawhide bide hide or a piece of india rubber then it would have pinched when it become dry now I 1 do not no t believe that there is a peron person here bu but might be benefited by these lessons of correction andin and instructions tor for we can all make improvement in ourselves in our daily walk aci ani aud acl conversation I 1 know can cultivate myself and lim improve prove in many ways and I 1 feel that I 1 am aul improving and advancing in the things of god some will say are you not too eld aid to learn I 1 say no for I 1 consider if I 1 am too old to improve rove I 1 am too old to live when a man ras hab has dine learning he bad better leave and go bence becce I 1 think I 1 understand correctly what president young has been tahir g about and arid he wishes eve eye y one of us to accept of it and put it in practice in regard to those independent companies alluded to I 1 really do not know I 1 would lead them or not I 1 know that the first company that I 1 wab waa gath erel tied with wib wih oe of in president young has spoken today to day and which ich embraced nearly all the male members there wis in the church br joseph said come coma bT brethren ethren bring your money with you and brid brin bring all you have we gathered brethren from novia scotia and from all the states u where here we had any and then we traveled forty miles in an independent condition that is every man bad his money monty in his pocket and was wag calculating to have but when we got to P stage joseph called upon that independent i company and organized it with captains of hundreds of fifties and ten with officers to lead and control them then he bomin nominated abed and we accepted a paymaster pay master and treasurer and every officer necessary essay to a permanent organization then he be said brethren I 1 want you yeu to come together toge lher and b bring ring I 1 your in oney money wilh with you I 1 do not want any donations but I 1 want every one to bring every cent te ve has got some bad not any tome bad a hundred dollars some had bad a shilling and the brethren handed over what whai they had to the pay master matter we rethen we taught that we should be subject to the law and government of goj god it is an important thing ihirg f r a man to lead the people of god and unless they will subject themselves to h m and to the officers of ot the church a prophet cannot lead them it is an impossibility this course of obedience is the one we have to take talk about building up the ka higdom adom of god on the earth how can you do it except you go to work with your might to practise as well as preach and ani labor and toil with ith al all your might by day and by night and by this means every man in the church of lesus jesus christ of latter day saints will become independent I 1 was reflecting upon these things 0 when br joseph brou brought t things to terms then if we are read ready y t to odo do as we arel are told to bolow the counsel of the servants et god wont cur iuga s be ac opted 0 pled eted I 1 bay eay they thay will when vb en we went welt A ent on that journey joseph told ua us there wab wag an endowment laid up foru for what because we had done just as we were told and I 1 can bear testimony that we received ceia ed that endowment have we got through with our endowments nolvie no we have no we have only just commer merely received the initia initiative tie tle ordinances and arid we are only children in these hinga yet but if we are faithful we shall all our hearts san can can dire doire for the almighty wi I 1 withhold bood rood d thing from them that love him and t ula uia i commandments com cornand nand merits yon un will doubtless recollect reading of certain woman in the scrip scriptures tures lures who rather ambitious and therefore wished to have her sons bons occupy a co spacious spi cious clous place about tha the saviors person tiie tile account of the be circumstance is related by st qt Blai bial malthew thew in the following language then came to him the mother ot Zebed ets children with her bons sons worshipping wor shipping him mand and desi ringa certain thing and he said unto her what wilt tabu tt ou she eaith saith unto him grant that these iny two sons bons may sit ait the one on thy right ba handland han d danl dand and the other ohr on thy left in thy king dom but jesus answered and sald said ye know not oot v what hat ye ask are ye able to drink of the cup that I 1 shall drink of or and ani to be baptized with the sim sira that I 1 am baptized w with it I 1 but to sit on moy toy right b h nil and on my left is not mine to irive gave but it shall be given giten to tb m for whom it ia is prepared of my father matthew xv 2023 2023 2093 here we find set forth by the savior the doctrine that belongs to the father rather to give each yach one his place in that kingdom hereafter to be inherited by the faithful saints now let me ak ardc can we wa k with jesus in the regeneration that is spoken kofl of bit bat B it before I 1 proceed fusilier furt far lier her let me ml able abie what ia is tue the there te generation I 1 should call it an improvement or an advancement in the of god by some itis it ia said to be the change and renovation of the by the spirit and grace of god then again it is called the titus is somewhat more explicit upon the subject lle lie ile he says but after that the kindness and love of god our savior toward man appeared I 1 not by works of which wa have done but according to his arcy he saved u by the washing of egen era tion alion and the renewing of the holy ghost which he shed on us abundantly through jesus Chri Chris tour four savior that being justified by hia hla grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal I 1 fe 31 and our savior speaking to nicodemas Nicodem ui ap says vei vez ily lly I 1 say unto thee except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of god in another place jesus says verily I 1 say unto you that ye which followed me in the regeneration when tle son of man shall sit in the throne of ills his glory ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes ot of israel matthew i many other passage pas sags might be quoted to show show ebow how the doctrine of regeneration sas nas wab was taught by christ and b bib bis 18 apost apostles apo sties atles but these will be sufficient for my purpose at the present I 1 know that we the elders of israel are walking with jesus in the and we are becoming regenerated in christ J jesus jebus an and d he the blessings of the kingdom are being leing multiplied unto is 13 day dar by bf day and we hall shall c dinue to be enriched for ever and for ever in property properly yes yea and in every thing that is good it if it were not so bow could you possess all things which are certainly promised through progression ald and faithfulness ful ness I 1 suppose I 1 felt as the apostles did ancient iy ay when I 1 went with the elders into the state of ohio and through the new england states to the sate state of maine blaine we called the people together and oga organized n iced them into c conferences nce 3 and we went to w ank irk and anti sel acted wise men to receive and take the moneys of the brethren and purchase lands in missouri we performed our and were faithful unto the lord a d it if all the people had been as faithful as we were we shoud have gained an advantage but as it is I 1 know that the day will come when we shall possess that I 1 land and and I 1 can tell you that I 1 expect to have and posses all that I 1 merit in the on due time of the lord when the kingdom triumphs every man will be rewarded acco acco ding dins to his works and will receive that aich which is designed for him and in all au things be blessed accord according tn tobis to bla hla merits merila by merit I 1 mean that wh ch a man earns and you will see the day when you will get nothing but what you earn byyoure by your works and your integrity to god and your brethren I 1 recollect when we returned from our m mission his ils to missouri joseph said now bre b ren it ia Is a good time to ge get property prop erty eity now is the time for you to get rich well it was 0 e of the most trying times the church ever saw most of the twelve went into speculation and half of them turned away I 1 went went sent to joseph and asked what I 1 had best do and be he replied that it was a good time to get an education orlaid bayon may po go a preaching just as you please and god lii will ill bless you in either 1 I 1 went out preaching and also some other sand some went to speculating and we have never seen them sincee bince since excepting one or tw two 0 of them it was eo so with the ancient apostles when jests was crucified his disciples said aeme brethren ht let us go a fis fishing hing bing and off kofl they went fishl fishi fishing Dg but they did not make much ranch till jesus came alonz by the sea side made a fire and broiled some tome fish gish and when he asked them it if they had any nig lie diat erat at they answered him no then he said unto th ro cast the net on the right side of the ship and ye shall find lo 10 regard to thib thia work I 1 know knew that thai it will roll on and the kingdom will wilf be built up the elect gath galb gathered ered and the chosen ones go back to the centre stake of zin min there are a great many hat that are remaining in the states till we go back but I 1 can tell them they will have to code here for this thia ia 13 the only way there is for the true saints to get to jackb jacks n county and they will find it out tobe lobe so in due time let us serve sette god brethren and sisters with all our heart beart minds might souls and strength and all will go well and arid we shall triumph As it was anciently so it 13 in this age the saints sainta mut come cortie to the mountain moun tail tall s the depot of the kingdom f god to get their blessings and prepare for the future glory of lon zion ion let us take that course which ch will make us independent of all other people upon the earth I 1 know that this is the ibe course for us to take all the time thu thil th ii we shou d put our minds minda together and our mites also to build up the kid Lin kingdom b donl doni t f god and if we will do this being of one spirit we shall pro per in all things I 1 know of no other way tor us to become of one heart bear t and one mind in regard to the things of or th the kingdom in adom of god by pursuing tl ti is 1 course courso 1 we e shall increase in the 1 knowledge mew mow ledge of 1 the ibe bint e t truth alu t and nii nil ere long the angels will come to visit us and father eather will wiil talk to us in reavon to tobis hla hia purposes and the introduction of his gove government emerit let us endeavor to attain these blessings for they are ours through faithfulness and diligence in well doing no good man wishes to force anybody into heaven but it is for every one cne of us to strive and labor in righteousness to seccie e an interest there for ourselves the righteous have no reabon reason to fear though all the combined powers of the wicked visible and invisible be arrayed against them fai lif hf ulness will wilt preserve them brethren and sisters ra we should all be like clay in the hands bands of the potter and I 1 want the pe pa pie to learn that we shall all be rewarded according to the amount of our works just as the potter is paid for his bis labors in proportion to what he does god bless this people for ever amen |