Show DISCOURSE sr heu HEB E HC H C kl M nall HALL awry jally 1 I rss ass rosted BT J Z V 1 LONO lomo 3 I 1 hayao hayano hanono ha vOno yano doubt that the people in general jaup crup up poe pwe it is a very easy thing thin for for fon me cue to arise iss las Ads abid atud apak peak to them but I 1 realize nv mv weakness wea kness knoss aa as wall as other men and probably I 1 aej feet as diffident dillof at as most othar other men when I 1 first went forth to toli toji preach roach raach to the world I 1 suffered a great deal in my feo fee ings inga probably ai am much u annj any nan aan tbt eter ever attempted 0 to o preach wheat I 1 reflected fan pan my evita ovita wn inexperience J I 1 fett fat ilke like a child and ani ido today to day fr this magn I 1 think manch ranch about those young men avio tylo who have haten baten geno gene forth to preach the gosp coipel biot elof of jesus christ they will feel the need of be Is ig assia assisted ted BI liy the almighty wh enthey are tc tb th ough th euro Huro european countries pirt eart or of theia them ara are ar under twenty years of age and they will realize their dependence pon apon gail more mors than so fr or they have done before I 1 was oter over thirty years yearn oli oil when I 1 commenced pro preaching aching the gospel but they ate afe all young and wl woi wo wel I adapted for learning hence benr mey they hare many advantages in th those thosa ose oso early umes unes t we did not know one oae hundredth part of the the principles of the aftel gospel th thit st we now know in tact fact there was w as but t very little lutle revealed aad and we vre had bad got cot learned to u dr stand the script scriptures ures except t to a tery tory limited extent we wo hud hid a little understanding of what was already revealed reveal and written liun jn in the kioa gitig joseph the lok loy levver ver thess ekr who i a I 1 am m thinking of those ana aba L is not all I 1 pray for them I 1 ho bokr boky before god without asking akin liin ilif in tho the tb name of ili lil lita ilia son on to remember bonim men f and end nd I 1 know he be will bless them al ri h a the of uis HIS spirit A t garde kurde thea then in 11 the wy wiy of or lite life thay do fiot flot not liot know scarcely at present whether they much abeal abott the principles of t the th capal goti goil pel pal or not pot ad d thoy they thy will not rot not ral real rai y know they thay hey kate hara bd had mine some ex perlen perien e mor nion thai ni they had d hr her at it houde house they are br brought into a position aher they aill will feel the of eallie g U upa paw pas god and when they jet get gei home hone again tiley they will 10 id d that they here hare had bad quite aa an biering such auch an elpe too sa a will be of lasting beneri benefi to them theu I 1 luedt think that any body b ody oay knew aj ILA much am a I 1 did for I 1 had YF acry ry litt e co continence na ence in myself but I 1 had con eon confidence fidelice in god or I 1 coul coult t nl nil darc nare pr pra mra hed at al tey ther ter will have haye just sueh such feelings antl add if it they have any at all it will be botin in god well this alls is the case with irith most cf of and it is right our confide nes net should hould be in him and koe bot id ourselves yourselves mour moun selves tor for wl awl hout uis wis we are not rot hib biB and cad can do bebbin toiv ada rda tie the ike salvation bai Bal of the human buman family to be aire atre syre ayre th the yord vor vord d are an a ignorant an we wey wevner wera were ver yer in relation to th tha the goigel of christ bt biet we are of the lord ail axi he will sui sul support port its u in fh mt all our in righteous ries ties s jn in abi those oil bil bearly garly times we me w a mini to realize the truth of he be scripture which paul addres aei aid to the corinthians fon pon for ya ye see your calling conr t that at not many mani nans wise men nen a ter the hesh desh not riot warty mighty not ot many mawr nobie noble are ara ar called but bitt god h hittl hitti atti attl chosen choden the foith thin of the world to confound cun found tiba tibb thea wise and gad god hath chosen the weak thiap of the lb wrid world to confound con tauni faund the things thin gs which are ane re and ase age things the th world and things whig are disposed dispi sed ged bath hatla god chosen yea and ahinga lin s which are not hot no te to bris bring brig topi ight are abat no flesh should glory in hn ric presence prea preb ence ribe 1 1 1 C I 1 chap 26 29 vel fol versea ses the world are in the same or a more ignorant condition c thau than iv were wera before iba ibe gospel found ua Us we W live in a vry very lar zar time tim it is a day of warnon warning and not of f leany reany words toe too eiders eldora new now have hate to labor libor a great deal dea to bring kring people into the tha cherchi cia cla virch than they dia did in the bist list rise of it there is not rot awne maa raa brought brou ht t to the thee knowledge knowl edro edre of the truth by rec alving the th gospel to where there wa was a hundred thirty tears teays ako aro lt it deeths aa as though the people ayt aie abdi der now noty than they wre w re bara yara age aga and ignon abuce prema in to a greata r extent than it did at thit th it time jesuit says come unto me rae all ye that labor and are bavy laden and I 1 will div yea yaa rest take ray yok ypke upon yih you and learn of me for I 1 aln ace ipek ind and iad ilo ly in heart and ja yo ahall find rat rt to your 0 u rs soua boua fr my yoke la Is eaby easy and nai ray buran burden is light matt it now urethra br ethra and sisters bisters Bisle rB reflect upon luport these thi things and that thos those who have eya eia braced the th gospel aus aud aud ans do d not ako it their study to promote the intres inte Into ef of lh the kingdom of ged gowd hiett thir their duty ta ila thit klug king dota doto of wh ch ell they are aro ar subjects it ia Is tae the deity wt f aery oa to labor day by day dy to promote ot each othra ogbra happl happi tirso and abo alto toi udy the weil well being beme of man kiria whan when we take a cours cour opposite to this we badome bee orae oraa x easy unhappy and 1 kon conrad con tad we are afe net rrt with yAil that bat i lii lit around us bour our tood our fiur an end and all that w wo possess ff annoyance to u at ia is the caus of this thia it certa certainly ihly does roea not pol with tb spirit of goa for nr readar reader azy aey ona oca finh tinb appy all understand when yaa yae aro in ix the thi bat hat it is the spi spirit ot iab the wr wrt ici or wt spirit which controls control tha the world waria ahiah cabes deop e ft to feel ia lit this thia way aad aniess unless they iriv it far fram frani them it will asti lac thein them down to sorrow borrow misery iby and death it br a spirit that incline inclines to kill kui arld arad and destroy ia in cilibe me the wicked f to waste away gway everything thiera ia upon the earth the e p particularly artic al ariy arty r careful to abold the th ingutti ia fluence ce cf of spirit of fw uial it effot net et of god idd edd we canall canali can all ali see now it leads mankind to 1 destroy each cacti other r jesus says baya Verily verily 1 I say aay unto thee except a man be born again he fie cannot see the kingdom of god i it is very easy to understand der stand that a man wait can tan see very little ot of a kingdom unless be he goes into it and a man 0 o see and ii u derst deratany ahl awl the kingdom of god must mut ers fro r become azember odthe of the church of ot christ and then be progresses until he be has baa in opportunity of locking into the kingdom of becoming corn coin ing acquainted with its officers and 1 aws swa iwa and hence it it 1 is 7 s that jesus says verily verily vertly I 1 say sty u to thee except a man be born of water and of the spirit he cannot anter enter the kingdom of cod god 1 when the k nadom of god is organized uon u on the eath it ie is done to 6 protect the church of christ in lit its rights and ad privileges ao sd that you see eee tile the church makes a government to prot ct iteld but who knows shat thas hat that that gov ahm rement nt is A I 1 those to whom it bas bern bean revealed and ani an ani 1 no olbers oth rs let tiie tile saints alnas redl redd ct upon hese heie matters I 1 am ants laying before them think of A aier h ly endowments dow ments and what yog you yoa have been choin ted to bec bee me and reflect upon the bleg blei in s which have bave ben beo be ben n o placed upon you for they ar are e the same in part that thit th it were placed upon jesus lie ile was the one that lri iri ducted inducted his apostle into these ordinances it was ile he who sit set up the kingdom of wh loh job we are subjects this thia is 13 the kingdom of which all a the prophets spike and to which daniel baidel alluded he be said raid and in the dy of thebe these kings shall the khe goa ot 0 act up i doga dosA ona oca shall i ever be destroyed and the kingdom shall not be left to other people nut out ft shall break in pieces and contu ie e all these theae king domland dom doros sand and it sha I 1 starl stand d for ever it is a blessing bles bies sing bing to have the of entering ilig into the kingdom of goj god and part partaking akinE of tiie the privilege sand and bies bles blessings a i 1 ca tr that teat are bestowed uon upon its members the teh tea testimony bas bat ba gone forth that thab ho ever even wil will repent repentant anif anti bf be baptized forthe remission of sins sing shall 11 ay ghost tois la the only way whereby mankini i caribe can be a saved a sayed still mank da urt will devise systems of their weir own in preference to walking in the way which god bas has marked marled out and it ap pears that thai every man has his own way and wishes to walk in the path which he himself marks out and it ig ig a good deal wib wih in non uon in kind lind as a the writer of the proverbs Je scribes describes il there is a way which r richt 1 unto man but the end nd thereof are the ways of death I 1 when people embrace the he gospel they thet are jesus jebus then thea alid alad trailed upon to do alt lall thing which lesui haa baa commanded com mandod them thih to tb live by the in Bruet berue loris tiona of iho lh apostles and E aldeis iders of the tho church it been guilty of vt steal in they must steal no more for if they tiley are found guilty they ther will be cast out as the law of god prescribes pre bribes thy they not bae faise false witness 7 nor ilo do anything that is forbidden in the texy texi command commandments ghents which tou you know we were all taught t reverence reference when to the th sunday school in our childhood Is that th atall all ail that is required of t us no those ten do not constitute cons tiute nhun I 1 dreuth the commandments that lod kod god iod i gave gaye a aye to danl dani in abe beginning beginnings J juat let iet us look at thee the e commandments command nenia and arid theil then com eom pare them thom with those given in alj bli aur air own day an ii the chap ot exodus we find the lord by byre reas re a as suring baring the israelites elites that he ile was the lord I 1 their god who had bad them out of the I 1 land of egypt K T apt and out t f the house bouse of ax b x dage ind and then be he proceeds to speak and to command minand co them what to do and what not to 1 demand do and in these c in mand ments which vi aich I 1 will read to you the alm almighty aty shor elba ig a is very jea louir of IM h honor ono r and that he requires the bervice service and aoi worship of his bis people it will not knot do dons dona us an barm harm to 0 o look took oyer over those but it may ray d do some e of us a grett areat ifal tood food anit anil thre therit iff I 1 lynll cali call your attention to them we wel wet in the wun vin in 1 vin lin guate t thou ahalt shall halve haive po no other olber edds gods before me khal unto any kraven graven 1 haage or any li kene t 11 f a y thing that Is in keaten be en above or elhat that ain tin ii an the earth beneath cr or th that t is in the water aier ater ii derAhe artly tani shail shall rol nol baw down thyself to them hor nor serve them faem for ithe lord thy Y god asa aia a jealous god visiting the iniquity of the fathera upon B the children unto the third and fourth generation of f them that hate trip pi ald and aid dhe zhe chewing ying ling mercy unto thousands of their them I 1 that love me trig and arid keep my corn coin commandments Mand ments h tbt sk ailt not take the th name of the lord thy god in vain for the lord loril will not hold hir hii netless hat that bat taff h bis iame rame tn in vain tairi r efi the day daj to keep it holy x days t ohai obal thou hou labor and ard du do allaby all iby work t i but bat the se y day is the abb ith uth of the loril lord thy goa godinat Godi nit thou thon not do any work troup thou nor wor thy khy bons eons eon noo not malt maiT by fhy daughter ta thy mi berant sant rant cikor or thy maidservant maidservant maid mald servant nor thy khy th cattle lier tier dby iby stranger that i is within th thy gates I 1 1 pan par or in six siz lays th lr L lri r rd 4 made heaven beaven and arth rth the sea bea and nd all ali a I 1 hat that bat in them ia is and rested tik ilk afee se day da wherefore wh the lord alfi Us the sabbath dav day and ballow hallowed td ltv iti honor thy rather father and arid iby jbv mo rao her that thy tot iya aty 4 aay esy ce long upon tha the laud which clithe the lord 1 tay wiy god bieth the thie 11 li 11 tho iho hiot ahalt Not kill thoa ait alt ehalt not compit adultery 1 I tho thou 11 ahalt kal ial rt it afi theu then halt hilt not lra ira ra fla fib tib fatse witness against 1 thy thon ahalt hot hat covet thy house houie thou thau ahalt not erthy neighbour beig bours wife ur nor hig his hi ax bif bip N maid waid servalia ervant nor bi his ox oan nor T r bis his aar ar non nor any ari art thing that thatis i is tb of 9 ay exodus 20 cha chap p 3 17 i bese wese these theae items contained contain elin erIn in the above com mand ments are feinga that we ou ought bt all to consider and hive ave a more lively iiii interest erest in we should read them thein nally as well as other parts of the word of god and we should davor endeavor en to cultivate that which we aee see to be good we have the priesthood of tb e living god in our midst midat that priesthood which is after the order of it is the authority which God instituted iu in the bem beg ginning and there is no salvation sar sah aton aion ilor tor exaltation without it if it the present generation exalta ion in the kingdom of tod od and desire the benefits arnd arad blessings of the pries priesthood thod of ilie the most alost high they must bow in abt obedience diance ta the mandate mandates of heaven through this prest hood the law of G Q d has been revealed P man nan in fills generation to let iet manki mankind did fid know inow that he still dill ilves lires and that he 91 guil guli ill lil bas has a care cale caje for his children and watches over them aith alth pa paternal among the revelations revelation s w ich we bind find in the book of doctrine and aa covenants there is is one which was waa given in feb 1831 in which is contained the general geral tout outlines lines iines of the law which is to govern the latter day you yu mav teja reja theo them the aboe boue boie of or that revel resel ou have time I 1 will only call jour your attention attenni n now OW to ti V dih dib and ath 7 t h paragraph p A r ag r a p h s wh v la cb c hor read e a d aa a t io 0 1 lows 0 w s fahd and now behold I 1 speak unto the tha church thou sha lt not kill ind he that kills shall shail not have forgiveness torgi enea in bla uta his hia wo nor la lit 1 tiao liao corce como and aud again I 1 say thou not kili kilt libit he that kelleth shall die thoa thou halt 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