Show SYNOPSIS OF OF instructions j by PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG 16 ang du during ring his visit t to davis weber boi bog eldey elder and Cache counties coun ties lies june 22 29 1864 REPORTED BY E L SLOAN 1 it Is not quite two beeks since we were here and shared largely in your hospitality for which I 1 thank you in behalf of those with me should we continue to pass here as we have recently done you might bezin begin to think we were taking pleasure trips well so we are in one bense sense for it la Is a pleasure to us to travel and preach among the brethren I 1 used to take my carriage rides on foot traveling and preaching from neighborhood to neighborhood and from people to fo people but we are now in the of the saints many times in my travels I 1 have anticipated the time when ye we could travel from place to place and see none noile but Saints though I 1 did not contemplate seeing that time so boom soon I 1 have never felt since I 1 began to preach the gospel as though I 1 could throw off my gospel armor and say tp myself go to the world and get your lii iii living irig u my feeling is that I 1 have still a mission when I 1 began preaching I 1 took the universal text truth and my subject has been eternal salvation I 1 took the world for tor my circuit and it did not much matter to me where I 1 went now we are in the midst of the saints all waro are with me have plenty to do at I 1 home were they to stop there and attend attena t tol their business busi buBi nees they would not have a moment to spend in visiting the saints this is the case with me hut but when I 1 go out I 1 have nothing but tut what I 1 take ath me the rest I 1 leave in the hands bands of god if I 1 was to be so covetous as to stay at home and attend to my F private busl busi business ness neEs do you think others would leave eave their private affairs and come to visit with and preach to you would br taylor no for he has two milis fihs and is full of busi bust ness how would it bs with geo A smith br woodruff and the rest of 0 the brethren they also are full of business I 1 lam iam am setting an example I 1 trust in god who gave me what I 1 have when we come together and devota devote a little time to meeting it will not mako us a particle poorer br taylor has just given us a good exhortation and I 1 will not longer lobger occupy your time may the lord bless boj and may you realize our blessing messing you do realize it every time we pass your p ace for we are filled with blessing we have in our hearts love to god and his children on the earth let us not love the things of this world above the things of 0 gadbut strip for the race and harness for the battle of the gospel plan of salvation god bl bless biess ess you brigham CIT CITY Y the kingdom we are talking about preaching about and trying to build up is the king conf domhof of god on the earth carth not in the stary heavens nor cor in the fun sun un we are trying to establish the kingdom of god on oi the earth to which really ani and pr properly perly everything that pertains to men their elings feelings le their faith their affections then desires and every act of their lives belongs that they may be ruled by it spiritually and temporally the brethren have been talking about temporal things we cannot talk about spiritual things without connecting t with them temporal things ansher can qan e t taik tain a itz about temporal things without eting bpi epi spiritual ritual things with them they are inseparably connected the thee spiritual portions of the gopel go pel have been with few preached to many of us in foreign lands the elders go forth and set before the people the spiritual kingdom of god upon the eai eal eaith th the people hear bear and believe many of them receive the truth in honest hearts aal ani gather here to the valleys of the mountains the provi evidences Ovi dences of god have planted our feet here her barid and we want to do the will of our father in heaven I 1 do not know of a s sect of christians on the face of the earth whose religion does not more or less embrace temporal things and the tem temporal lo 10 r a I 1 atts acts act and conduct ot or its members we as latter a t ter day saints really expect look for and we will not no be satisfied with any ady thin thing short of or being governed govern til ani controlled oled by the word of the lord in all of our acts both spiritual and temporal if we do not live for thia this we do not live to be one biti christ we wish to be one as jesus prayed while here in the flesh that bis his his big disciples might be one we wish to be one in the lord and we ve can agree with regard to faith repentance baptism bap laying on of hands bands and the sacraments and ordinances of the house of god pod and yet it if we contend about land the water our cattle etc we never can be one if we jive to the age of methuselah we must become one in all of our moral and social associations in life when we talk of politics we are one the world complain of us with regard to our politics and esquire enquire are there any democrats here are there any republicans here herey wv Te e do donot not dave eave c a re who rules we are sat saied with god who zetteth up one man and down another all people have to live in this temporal world they eat temporal tein loral lorai fool wear temporal cloth cioth clothing irig live in temporal houses hae ha e temporal horses oxen farms etc and it they have families esthey es they are temporal ores if we are go going 1 n 0 to live to secure life everlasting 11 we require to live so that we ive can be judged according in to the deeds done in these temporal bod bodies ies les and be found worthy to live in leaven heaven and that we cannot do unless we live here according to the word of codi weigant we want this people to bed bee become iome lome wealthy b but tuf there is an if in the case if it this people prope can at the same bame time possess riches a ald ld glorify god then we want them to be i rich but I 1 would rather see this people half clothed and biting r in the den and caves of the earth than that through riches they should forsake their thein god when the people ci 11 en ensure ure wealth and lire live and glorify their father in heaven it will be p pi easing to him to have us wield enough of the wealth of the i world to send forth our elders by thousands and then agather gather home the faithful by theu then thousands an and millions who are just as honest as we fre there are thousands of good nen n en and women on the earth who are praying and leeking seeking unto the lord to open up the way to bring to them the words of life that they may be saved if we will cling closely to the lord be more humble and be filled with the spirit of life the lord is willing that we shoud should have the good things of this world in the first place awill will wiil we be of one heart and mind financially I 1 you will at once say oyes yes we are of one heart and mind and desire to be one in 14 every good thing it has been said here time and time again and been prophesied cled for years and years joseph said it when alive that the tims tima would come when men would be glad to take a bundle uner their arms and dlee flae to the I 1 mountains when ithen thy aby will beek seek unto this people for fon succor already is tabla coming to pass people are coming by tho thousands and arid ot t thousands into these mountains moun tans are we willing they ahoua have succor yes and some of us are a little too it is written love your enemies but bat when I 1 hear of what I 1 have heard beard and what I 1 am a witness Is true of ja a poor woman taking g a sack of flour and delling it sack and all for a dollar to a man who berha perhaps 3 helped to kill the prophet joseph while ker ter her children are left without bread I 1 do not thlik thirk that is right that is loving our enemies a little too well it is said self belt preservation is the first law of nature then let us preserve ourselves well enough tosane to save bave cur lives will we sell our grain yes but bat I 1 will bay say to the inhabitants of these mountains who aho have been here for years and are raising grain it is their privilege to be paid paia for their labor we will sell flour at a fair labor price and reserve the bran and shorts to feed the cows and fatten the pigs do not say there are men ulen in the midst of or this people who cannot get work for it is not so and you sisters who lack work if ie you cannot get washing sewing or house bouse work to do go to your neighbor and tell him you jou you will go into the field held and pick rake take e and glean if jfe he will pay you in wheat you brother go I 1 to your brother avld apa say you wui will want your place fenced I 1 will cut the poles and make mane you a fence I 1 will make get the timber to saw into lumber and make you a house bouse will you pay me in wheat there is plenty of work for every body in this terri torr and the reason many are so be poor now is that in years gone by if it a carpenter a ta lor a blacksmith etc was offered cheit in payment he woud say 1 I wont take wheat I 1 have so much now it is a curse this is the way thing things 8 have gone and when they sold wheat they sold it at one third its value this laa las has brought evil upon the deop c e you are a gcoy good people her and I 1 say to you one and all receive my thanks for your attention to us as a company to ilav ilay I 1 thought we had got right into the middle of the eth of july that in independence dependence deper dence day had con come core ne whee cheb I 1 saw those little ornament ings 9 the litle little ones with their flags and resettle rosettes e 0 and the abe signs of gladness around I 1 do not think you di dil I 1 this because br taylor or orbr br kimball or anybody else was coming but to adow snow your respect for your brethren and I 1 b bess beas less on for it but if you do not do whai whal waa I 1 counsel you your I 1 will tell you of it care though tt ugh all the world bowed to me roe it would not make me one ore particle proud iveel I 1 feel reel pi prouder to be a son of god aid a member oe ot the he kingdom 0 of god than anything else still you are disposed to pay us respect in this manner and I 1 hope you will be blessed for ever and ever which abu you will be through 1 faithfulness in good works the kingdom of heaven is first and foremost with us when the pe people 0 pie do 4 right I 1 am satisfied but when ahey th e y do d 0 wrong g I 1 will tell them of it for that is my business it is also my bus business ineis to bless bleas and I 1 bless you in the name of elsue amen wellsville I 1 shall only detain you a few minutes the counsel you have received here from my brethren is just as good as can be given if you yoa will but heed it there are a great many things that are said and a great many have not yet been said which people will hear bear and learn when they receive truth and practice righteousness sufficiently to b he be e of them thea one thing we underhand under sand perfectly that we are to become one in christ jesus our faith is one our hope is one our belief is one with regard to our future and god and his ills holy gospel but ws we are not of one beart heart and mind until we are one in all temporal things aa as well as in spir spiritual igual things the th lord has many blessings for us he is now blessing us soon we will behold the goden 0 d e n harvest our fields are rich and it gli fills t the 1 e hearts et of the people with joy and satisfaction to see sea the luxuriant grain that now nov stands upon our mother earth and bids so fair for an abundant harvest do not forget the source from whence thebe theae blessings came it ia is written speaking of the church an I 1 branches of the church that paul baul may plant vaut aad and apoll apolla a may pay water waier but it ia Is god 1 who g ivet h the Inc increase relise 1 yo you may go and plant blanp your grain here and aid water it if bod you brin bring 11 out tho the streams but you cannot produce one kernel of grain and when the grain is maturing how easy it wohld be forthe for the lord to send crickets though we can war with them easier than we can with grabe grase grasshoppers hoppers that would destroy the fruits of your toil thein the increase is in the hands of the lord just as the people are in his bis hands it ia regard to the results of their acts the inhabitants of the earth have the pleasure of performing the labors they list to do but they have never enjoyed the privilege of controlling cont roling the results of their labors and never will wiil until they are crowned with glory immortality and eternal lives we have the privilege of going to the gold mine or staying at bome borne of servi bervig g god or not ser eer bervig vig bird him but the re results stilts of our acts 13 Is 13 not lin jin our hands bands it is in the hands handset of our father and god so it is with individuals with neighborhoods bo with communities and with the nations of the earth did you not think brethren you who were in hil Ali missouri bourl and illinois that the inhabitants of those places did just as they pleased with regard to driving the yes and also in regard to killing joseph yes they had power to lill him and now they are reaping the results of thein acts the war now raging ragin in the nation is the consequence of their choosing to do evil instead of good and the lord is rewarding them accod accord ins t to 0 th thelt their e I 1 works orka A so it will be e with wilh us ua there re are a few things we ire should constantly leave have before bur minds day by day and t hour by y hour becoming becoming of I 1 one heart and mind is is one ot thebe these things h becoming one in spiritual things one in in our labors and in all our actions here on the earth that our united labor accomplish the design for which we are here in building up the kingdom of god let all our thoughts feeling and actions point to this end som some e of the brethren think the saints ought not to be rich and they have their various feelings A great many brethren who have been in the states do not want to build fine bouses houses or make many improvements here for they are re going back to their inheritances you know there is a certain class who are fearful of gettig gettling the good things of this life 1 saying the lord has bag chosen the poor in wealth and rich in faith ac my feelings lead ouke oui to obtain every good thing we ire can obtain as a people the gold the silver the flocks and herds berds and to building 9 beautiful cities to having good gardens or orchards and vine vineyards y ards and to making the earth like the garden r d e a 0 of eden to gather all we can tio fio nestly neatly y or ok dishonesty no but ahr through ugh laboring faithfully and honestly and treasuring up these things and thanking the lord for them and ana 1 it we have bave substance given us from the lord it should be devoted to building up his kingdom upon the earth but let us not forget the spiritual fellowship we ire shoud aboud enjoy I 1 never torget forget that it is first of all and if i f we can have only the one let it be the good spirit of gody god to make us one in the th spiritual i ritual things of nf the kingdom the f e lord desieno to build up a kingdom that will be both a spiritual and tempo al kingdom upon the earth the earth and the kingdoms thereof will be given anlo uhe the saints of the most high god will they be rich i do you not think they will possess the gold mines and the treasures of the earth yes but some bome cry out that is not yet that is ri right ht how long iong will wil I 1 ft it be until then As boon soon as we are prepared to receive them let us ul try to improve until we can say my peace preace is like a river rivet and my righteous righteousness ness nees like the waves cf of the sea baa we tave lave come here to encourage you to do this and may god help us to |