Show DISCOURSE Dis course counsE ey eld eid Z joun JOHN taber tabernacle nacle nele ach lj 7 I 1 L G X WATT NATT 1 the gospel aspel of lesus jesus christ is perhaps one at of t the e most comprehensive subjects that manof mankind markind manof manat krnican can reflect upon 1 it not only embraces thing L as they now exist as associated socia ted with the b human u ma n family but it takes ut back to gays days that are cofie gone to the organizations of this world a and ane 1 ria rid of other worlds and aud b toe i principle of revelation it develops Un tj folds Colds and makes mani mahi mansfelt fett felt unto the human family the he gleat great purposes of god aa as they shall transpire throughout every succeeding age ape there are thousands of detail details s or minutiae I 1 mixed up with thebe these g i e at projects pur purposes purposes and de designs some Q of f them thiern comprehend we correctly or think we do others othera are not noi so sor clear and comprehensible to our in mands f ands there are some things we aa as a people have to do with perhaps mole moie mores than any other p eople thau that exist though uey U tt ey elf have rave to do with all alt beope it if the people would have nave to do with them batin bat cat in relation more particularly to abb position that we occupy before god before wore the borla and before each otherl other and the faith we have jn in god id ariha his hrs work works in his big ardi ordnances win lin in his laws lawe and in his kingdoms and the reasons reason of that faith aie are to me ino and land to all latter litter day saint gaint s matters of very great importance we are lei led to inquire upon ampon what is our faith based labed why are we latter day saints why do we believe as we do in the doctrie es of this church and whence do we obtain our alth faith aith or mar war knowledge withe wi the case may L be e in n relation to ahse h se matters why y I 1 is it that there has been so singular a religious md movement aa as that which has lao cakl taken en place within the last thirty years introducing views view s that aie are contrary to the com commonly ionly views ct cf the whole religious woric why is it that this people eby eay in this territory embracing a scope of country of some five hundred miles of extent aiba wt b a population that comparatively speaking speS king may be called dense for fora a countey like this tais has haa assumed the proportions of a body politic if you please pleases that have organized organ zed themselves into pl territory ani have aked for admission aa as abate a state diate into khe ibe great american conf edera evera tion lion why is ii it that a thing so singular as this has baa taken place Is it it because there here has jias beena been a desire among the originators na tors tore of this work k 1 or any any part cart of them to i establish is h a M PO political it t cal cai power I 1 am not aware that this is the case jf if there has been beep an any y such feeling and ani desir desire apart from other ae leading idi idl i ng principles ie it is something 1 arbnot am not acquainted acquainted with we bave hive h lve ive commenced to gather ourselves together under ulder certain certion jr In fluentes and under a 2 certain faith IV we e hav have gathered ourselves together from various parts aarti and although there haib bais ha s been a strong influence used to separate MS us to scatter us abroad to produce disunion to sever ui one from rom another yet no lri iri influence fluence no power ho no nor anything whatever that has been yeen beouf brought lit to bear hear on this p e p e to accod alieh tha that 04 hig has succeeded there thele is 1 same cause came some reason there are mighty mo lve ives ive injen lying overruling and overreaching all mo it loa iua es or a i poli political character charit the dirst first abing that ever wab was proclaimed by de the elders of tb B s church wa was wag the gospel of peace bace on the earth and good will towa towards me nin tin men bas has ha continued to be preached e ached and atia among other influences there ul bas baa 1 been a certa centa certain in influence ip lp fluence that the people together there hab hag been no in flunce that could be brought to bear upon tb this I 1 s people 0 o p that could sever or separate them there most must st be therefore some rea reason reabon orr for movements orthis of this kind each movements are not very common in the world ItIs it is commod common for tor oranous i arlous arious religious societies to arise in the world but generally they are very narrow and contracted jn in their notions they kie hie are nov not no aphesis e or co beane belne they do riot not unite 0 or r combine you may take the methodist tj scle scie society ty the fhe pies ples ily lly eria erla ii society Bo clety the he baptist society pie the episcopalian Chur cli cil the roman any ag other you elease please 1 aie ake and aza you yau will hind bind find that of a political al character will separate then and make them enemies to one another and make mak etheln ethein them tarle ap n p arms anna against une one another fight one another and shed each others blood they not billy seek ta t destroy each other but they all pr pray a y to th the same bame me god to help them to do it there n strange or singular in t his this for theres there t is no motive principle or dr power to cement 0 or unite them together further ru than a sort cf fancied religion which roes loes does the principles of union for instance in in some of the great wars that thit took lii fal place lace in europe some years adof ope on e of the last stait with kith ti which whick we are we the most familiarly acqua acquainted anted was wab between betge en 11 russia 1 england and france who took up sides in the struggle there was the greek church under finders the russians protus Protis protestant tant england catholic france franc e and the mohammedan ed arh art or turk fighting against e each act other the catholics dite wite were christians the protestants were christians the russians were oattie greek or christian church the turks were edans ris rig all worshipers of the tile same god different forms thes theo were arrayed against each other in deadly all praying to the same abd to give on them power over their enemies and their td enemies emles were ivere also christians then they went to slaying aad destroying each other let us notice the difficulties between france and italy against austria in this case there here wa was wab s two catholic powers engaged against another power which was tiso ilso catholic religious considerations do lot confine or control them ip the beast thy tb thy y fought just aa as harato hard to kill their fellow christians aa as the mohammed dans or apy aly other people peppie would fight to kill their enemies they were allin ailin all ail in t the he same church all partaking ling zing of the same sacrament all believing in in the same doat declines ines and worshiping the same god how has it be bjern enin in the united states stater pre elythe cis same bame who weri werl were the first to separate li ii was the religious communities of the the couitt country ty that separated first baptist from rom J babp artist aist methodist from methodist metti netti odist baist al fr from 0 etc the chur ches made a d division divi bron baon n long before the States divided hat bat there was less virtue or unity in chuoc cs ies than in til ill thi i state 0 bo ly politic the northern and southern armies are corn posed of members of these different ent sec sed a that federal and confederate irate states I 1 me mention n thebe these things tp show ou that there is no adhesive sufficiently sufficiently y powerful powel powei ful to unite the people of any portion of the earth eaith similar tb to th the io 01 oi that has hag sprung forth in our day days and right among this people if there is anything of that sort abroad in n the tle world iain lain hot acqua acquainted intel with it ten it follows aa as a natural con cor sequence consequence that if there is nothing to unite the people peaple together they ari ati are deficient in some principle doerin dod doc tin faith faich or practice philosophy has not hot united the people together politics ici has bag lever leyer dohe dove it no social secial principles have ever it Fret freemasonry masonry irone istone of the strongest binding contracts contorts contra acta that exists between ian man xan and anif man yet am are mixed up in those different armies armies trying to ito kill each other andreo and eo they hae hate contin contended ded against each other f r generations gener aliona past there must be soi sol something t then b to c control this ihly people dill different brent bredt froin from that which seems to contri I 1 ceber people religiously politically or any other way there lissome is some bome kind of a 2 cohesive cohe cobe sive pow power err ery corti sorti e brid of an attractive prInc principe ipg ipe isomi something that unites and concentrates this people to together ether in a 1 manner altogether different t from tb that at of any othel other r people under the face bathe heavens and a si singular is it that it attracts the attention of philosophers of statesmen of politicians a dof d of leading mea meb of every grade hey they wonder at dt its ity it as they wondered at jesus when he ivas was upon u the earth barth they wonder what f bib hib bis stati stata it f will grow to they are fearful consequences and re results suits 01 this union we are naturally led inquire how originated from whence 8 this principle this thi ibal ence ente this power ower dor jor lor it is a ver very y import important antone one ltha itha ishag d dragged us from our homes it has sent hundreds of elders eiders wandir ing uil ull and an d down the earth for these ten tj twenty enty and thirty yea yearb years ra past it has bag made us lis in the esti tati estimation matlon mation of 0 our 11 r friends mende r we vre used to associate yih laug laughing hink st acke aud and ard fools and it ha hs anally finally brought urd udd together ni in this ibis place it has alsa also assumed a political dower power rower as a natural conoe consequence que ll 11 ce or lesun result eim bim simply fly beda ee se there thern was no otier r course for ais als lo 10 kursu body of p ople are thrown together the inevitable conff consequence quence I 1 a political power it cannot be they must have organizations representation laws and administrators of law there must be a body politic formed whenever a ardy bedy of peo pe are gatli gathered ered together ag as we ve alel alea are add and the very fact of our oui organization and politically the very fact favet of that oneie 9 that j so u iver sally prevails ils lis flarlong a mon non this people is that tha it it peo pio produces duces a terror to evil eril doers and to tot tol I 1 those who are oj opposed posed posea to us why Is it that I 1 a principle pl of this llna kind ifould exist among for r rc aa readily discover disco yerk in loo looking klin kiin abroad tn in the word mat met iti ili not exit any where else eise isit lait la jl because we ce are more learned than they ane ate la it because we are morr more intellectual and refined W because causa vr we ase greate r philosophers better letter tn more norm acquaInt acquainted ea with cahoe and studied more extensively the position of aa be w olid generally and its government and law lawr ti I 1 do not so there is something aing king besides r this naturally we are no smarter sm ar than thang 0 her bet men and noi hoi more intelligent tha than n they are arr but there is a kind of principle of bome some bort sort that infuses itself into our very vet nature is a great principle in in our body bode poetic aj alid is A mixed up with our religion a antl anil na with our rii ril morals orals it is a sort gori 6 rt of secret becot spring of some kind kidd that governs actuates con controls unites and cements ua us together tome toge thel in a manner minner that no other po people yle yie unde under rabe the face of the hegje hegie heavens beavens ns are united I 1 would like to jay ri and aad make it plain to other it if the lord will it help me fae why it is these things have taken place to will trill go back backa b the time lime when this ibis movement first hist commenced it would seem that a record had bad been ind up spoil this ibis continent for generation s past pst it would ouid seem that a people had lived in ed upon th hib his continent wilo were full ful lf emhe the holy aghos most who had bad a knowledge of wod god who possessed essia reve revelation bailon who bad prophets inspire inspired d bythe by oie pie spirit of lod sod as they were on the asiatic e con continent or in any oiher other pait of the it would seam seem that those prophets in com common 1161 11 with the prophets pra bets on the asiatic inerio and with the men inert of god in former ages had looked forward lo 10 a time that ive we r read e ad of A 11 in the bible call cali called edthe the dispensation of tb he f fullness lil of times when god would gatherl gether all things in ane one whether they th eydi th i a in in ahe heavens or things upon apon the tha eili eilf earah h I 1 1 it would beera beena thab that thesa these prophet shaa shao recorded these thin things go record that in the we time of or tle the dispensation of abb fullness of ti arme when god should commence his bia great arst latter iatter esy ay work that amori among other things men should be ve taught the laa laws a of ot ilif liff an alibe know knowledge legel of go god J and that the fhe conling coming T erlb of this work ws was to be the start nig nim p binl f a great 1 event one of sufficient mab mag wilif 10 lo hav cavat attention of all the ancient exits hat hat bat ever did live jive one of mag magnitude magn tude tuda lo 10 influence the atte attention rution ofee ofte gods ar 10 the tia eternity eternit worlds world 1 on one 6 of j mei ret preterit erit magnitude to amedi a medium urd ura of urn munica mulba iba ion should be de papered belive between the heavens hid kid bid ai d the earth that light aboul should jr achin binef bu B the heay beay enly world that the th e spirit of prophecy y an andje d hie wie elation 0 a tion should u again be u tb that t all ali an era ebol tabe be lna ina pregnant with life light id tal I 1 unto un lo 10 those that then lived that th they ibey might abt hae bae au hij cf ef becom becoming ing acquainted with god I 1 ekno f knowing int his bis laws p purposed pur posea ifa gei ad d designs esl egl I 1 his miel gospel t the e princia ep e of tina ezenial ete nial I 1 truth lie lle the J lams laws av of life ilfe that men should again be acquainted with tui lui aings abit boft ham with things that I 1 were lewd and add wua alca bica I 1 f that were fo carne ther thee ancient prophet pt the ib foresaw that me the issuing forth of tha that r ard M 1 I was wasta to be bl e the commencement of the iad alli ef erday work one bald sad ivull shall shall out ot 7 earth eart band and right down f 0 heaven the thi meila meek bhail shall ln inc rease I 1 h in the lord abd the poor among men ae in tue the holy one of isi isdaer it is one tda ida 0 f me sticks that ezekiel E zekiel saw raw should be b e N n upon ei eleft en the stick slick cf ja joseph h ic he written for ephraim an and add sei sex be ind te it the stick of ju allrand aa and become ck one ond onen in pr hicy atcy one cue in re revelation felat 10 n oba obe oteliu lit III doctrine one in ord nances narices na harices races rices one in hupf the purposes and dei del giTs of god 04 aad lin rin fin leading mank madl mankind ind to a knowledge of th it li P as it i was as lo 10 be I 1 introduced trod in the time timea of f tho the restitution of all things spoken of by bi all ail 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