Show sum V OF by bottno G to i jtb jai M VW visit ib lah ah lab Mun tips intine m june and anc july IM 1835 IRM REPORTED BY G D WATT the latter day saints in these mountains ats ard grow ingin grace and with god and His servants and we feel to bless then as parents par eats dAts as children as school teachers as mu musicians lolan as singers as elders eiders ili in israel ahdas and as saints in all ail aim alq their employments and honest pursuits As soon as the people spread out from great salt lake city to form a new settlement we have visited them to instruct and encourage them in this we feel satisfied that we have imire done our duty we are still traveling fram settlement to settlement and have save great joy in visiting and talking to the saints and in blessing them when I 1 leave home homo to visit the saints I 1 leave all in the hands of god and would not swe swerve from the fulfillment of my duties as a preather of righteousness and as the leader of this great people if it should save my property from being boing burnt to ashes this hafk hash has been my courso course from the beginning 1 1 I It gives us great joy to see the public manifestations of welcome which the people give every where the little children who take part tart in these thee demonstrations st dressed in their thein best receive impressions they can an never forget time cann cannot ot wear them 0 out ut they are imbres of respect and honor to the leaders of israel it is aduey we nwe owe to our child children rento to educate and train them in every principle of honor and good mant waft manners ners in a know knowledge dedge bedge of god and his ways and in popular school education I 1 am happy to hear the little children sin sing king and hope they are also aiso ledr learning ning to read and white write and are progressing in lia every useful branch of learn in ing g I 1 feel happy I 1 eel feel at peace with all the inhabitants of the earth earthy ilove alove my friends irl iri ends and and as for nl my enemies I 1 pray fortham daily and if they do not believe lieve I 1 I 1 would do them good let them call at my house when they wey are hungry and I 1 will feed them yea I 1 will do d 0 good to those who despitefully use and persecute me I 1 pray for them and less bless my friends all ail the time we arg are now located in the midst of mountains and are here because we were obliged i io go somewhere we were under the nors ners gity alty of df leaving our homes horns and had to go somewhere before we left nauvo Na uvo three thred Til embers members of congress told us that if we would leave the united states we we shoula should never be t py thama mem again alft alfh we did leave teave th ape united state and now congressmen say isyou if you will renounce pol poi polygamy aga m y you shall be admitted ahto 0 the union as an independent state and arid liedwith live Jive wih us we shall live ally anyway allaway Way and increase and andA pread spread and prosper and we ive shall shill know the he most and be toe the best looking people there is orthe oh the eartle aias AS fo for poly polygamy g aenk or any other the lord has ney fey revealed baled kaled it fa not meto change alter altel or li denounce enounce it 14 my buu bust to obey when the lord lora com corn 1 mands manduj andthil and this esthe duty of ail all aitman airman lan ian kind the past of n peaple at we are better batter able attale tp take aare care eare of ourselves than any othel other people popie that thai dby no w lives this fact i sta the world fy in the tho oace face when we eairs staga firse first came to these amoun mountains jacq j ins ag apio p 1 to dev develop elep their 1 re resources notices we w cerp reno rie poor an and ead had aci act bean been scattered and peeled ayour enemies y e our was in ME bod we wp ars hrs ara ar n naw V not only able to feed teed ourselves buto ta peed feed t thousands housa who travel through oia our settle gettle lits and give them from bhe the 0 savage foe N which otherwise would have haye infested this and made it daerius dam fo travel we re must watch and p pray r y a angloo and loo bil bli woy wog I 1 aval and conversation and nd live abak near tut au our GOA gog that the ave 6 or uia hia may not choke jeche ap precious us seed of truth and ana anu ana feel ready jf necessary to offer up all ail things even evel life itsel itself for Tor the tho khAya kingdom om of heavens s sake We roust A not lovo the world northe nor the thing the world until the apil world i sanctified aid and pr prepared to bo be presented fo tho the 0 pai pas ther ather with the saints upon itt it ettel then ihen en abey they bey hey will inhabit it forever arid anid eter etor i we are living ip ili a country where we are subject to be en dangerud dang ered by a aggressions egr T S lida s froat a hoe boe foe band and mw d advise the ing INQ n dwell together in 6 cities itie itle S 04 in a eat catter eatter cat etl ell On condition ditton and women cannot live together ge erin orin or in a it comin community anity unity close enough for self selo defence it denotes a lack of fellowship and ind friendship a lack of those bro brotherly theRy theby and neighborly beelin feelings as which inthe in the bosoms of all ki a e Sf xia tints ints I 1 and ands won woul jouleit eit elt to withdraw from ironi the j community and children rona their parent I 1 know that there is a spirit of alienation in them which they should it mot not 0 t possess s ies I 1 anro ire lre I pa ons w who lay gay ay tj they re believe belleve in josep joseph 1 i trl tri tny prop pro prophet godlier Bet et in th ae e boo book of mormont in the ithe gabber r f ing odthe of the h house or of israel atthe the intile ing up of zion and in all the blessings promised to the tho church and kingdom of god upon the earth but they do not like to be quite so nigh f their heir neighbors they be ont oft on one side from under the I 1 fl u f city re and from t under in de i mil wll th felling feiling q ye e r bil hil bishop shop when I 1 see this feeling manifested I 1 feathe fear those se p persons e have never neve r felt that brotherly feeling that belongs to the spirit oft olour ur religion if they ever aver did have it hey they certainly do not possess it when they ahr entertain such euch desires amires I 1 would like to seo see a disposition manifested to live close IG w the meeting house or tp tcp house where the saints can attend the public worship of gad god and can s nd their children t to school wh where ere th e so that their children can associate together add arid form lasting friendships that may selve seive servo serve akem hem for tor good in fit a daw day to come and an lyli where ere erp they cali can pass the dreary winter months tn n associations with peo people tk wilp are fe in farmed and aro are capa le pf af educating thew them in it singing biging in ig mathematics pell spell L ing jug and I 1 oter other othen wilches branches of deduc aalop i and when they want tope toye create that they can mingle pingle t together in th the tho dance without il having vink ving to go long distances through the snow and allia the cold and that in the case of sickness or accident of any kind the they t may be within the reach of sampat sympathetic betic hearts and the hand of kindness and benevol benevolence nce being ever ready to receive kindness inan is pr or tp give it to their neighbors ta kupse se who wiio possess passe ss this desire manifest phally the af pf the gospel this people are improving they ae siro improving in the cultivation in the study of horticulture both theoretically oreti cally eally and practically and in ln all matt mattered matters erod erot that ilat gre are eaic eale calculated to multiply around them every substantial comfort of or ils lis yet we are imper imperfect feU we are weak and we cannot see sec afar off though I 1 think wo we can see as through throng a glass ablass darkly and comprehend the outlines of ciany many things if we cannot see all the details detail we ve can see the future of this people and the d destiny tiny of the hat nations ions ious ve we houlb love tte the the earth we should love the works which god has ha made this is correct but we should love them iu in the lord as I 1 think the majority of this eople people do for what people would have bave done as ibi this 8 poop people I 1 0 nave were ero ere it not for afie trie kingdom of heave heavens sa sake k e they have bave forsaken their bathes and friend friends and end country to come up to t these mountains to serve god a od q and kd his kingdom on the earth we are doing well weli notwithstanding g all our failings and weaknesses weakness ps bu bua but jiho hc lord lon would like to haye us a little more diligent he would like us to 0 cleave a little more closely to the things pf af his kingdom have more of his hip spirit and inov more of him andoe one another that complete an and par perfect feat confidence may be restored the confidence which should exist among all ail people is is gone and ind iud thet them t ha wise men of the world ar are 1 e aawar rho j this fact but hut they are at a loss to to recover it the latter da maints alone know how bow to do this they knoy know how to sustain 1 u themselves aud and tiie tile coull confidence dence denee which has been 10 lost st ve are actually r restoring c sa s1 iring this thia con confidence arence the people abroad who havo confidence in our eldeka elde eide and hild in jn their tes testimony ar baptized baptised sed in jj witter water ac according to the ancient pattern aid aad ald are born horn of 0 the water waterland wat erand enand and are at also born of the spirit and receive e a testimony c s t 1 mony from fron itlie tile heavens to i themselves this ip Is the way in which confidence can be restored among men ju all men ought toj understand that confidence is ot oneff f tile uie lewel thair that they ean can possibly possession the earth and aud when we haye tho the the coarl confidence ofa of a good r man ilanor or woman we never neer should allow ourselves to do anat an act teat would in the least jeaa degree impair it it is an ap absolute truth that the co confidence p e of thia ihla people in the men juodis god has placed to lead them is daily daliy increasing of te heavens lin ain in crea erea 49 in 14 the gme me ratio as gur bur confidence increases in in on ea nother it will not do to lie to and deceive one aj nother another 4 ei either will it do to cease e toh tob chasten gh astaff and reprove the p people copl w cr when aben e nu it is nema neNa to do so there is no peenie on the earth corth that can ean bear to be spoken to in the language of reproof and haven their faults laid aid open before them as this people eu can ean all ohp are in n possession of the holy spirit of truth receive such re proofs as kindnesses kind and arid are thankful in this way waybe wego go an from truth jop jol struth truth and from light i it is interesting tp to follow this people from the Ile lie beginning ginning of their through ail all their dr ivings and 14 cu 1 diotis up to the present time it wiil will ambe be seen that they have steadily increased in ipp ift righteousness and in powering power inU influx influence nce nee 40 u up totals day aay note e crea erea of johei ovel af jy y arl arr d of peace od P deac flows oval like a river ils lis I 1 Is 9 glorK r TW WS haila halia hallelujah Halla al iti lujah praise belthe nhe the glod of heaven for he has spoken from the tho heavens and has ha called led us to truth and virtue and wishes to put into our pos I session the wisdom of eternity this to us is a matter of great joy awe if we will do right and seek the lord with all our hearts bo h will give unto us qs everything our hearts can hesire tle Ile sire gire the earth is asbe before befort fore fort tuk suk f heaven is before us and the thea fullness of eternity is before us and it iti is for foi us to liv por for all ail our hearts can de sire si bre lre in righteousness we have enemies they are us s all the time prompting the saints to do wrong 0 g t hat that their minds maybe darkened ane 1 and they be plunged into sorrow and grief rief are we ready to receive an enemy we should be as ready to meet an enemy in one ono capacity as in another every time the enemy throws us oft off our guard and we give way to temptation be lie gain gains so much he be weakens us and strengthens himself when we re gist temptation it streng strengthens theng the saints hed and weakens weaken weak weal en tha the enemy we should be ready for all emergencies at all tamey in fit ail all places and abid under all circumstances ine lne meeting eting the uhe the eneny enemy at ahe the door and ht apt waiting until he takes possession of the house we should at all tims be well qualified by faith by thip thep the lower jower of af the holy spirit of the gospel which we possess and be we well weil I 1 fortified filed on ever every side sidd t Is we aloiv should do spiritually t this his we should sh duif dulf do dot temporally ampo if the enemy binds that we arbe arfe p re pared parea 40 he will be vat verv very y apt bokee to kee olat out of doors tho Theeart ear M lt is before us und all the bastil blessings of the earth there is not a mafi who is callad called now to receive the blessings which pertain to the spiritual world worlo and the things of eternity but what chatis is first called to td learn how to sus tain his natural life here hero in this world this life is orth as rauch enuch as any life that any being can possess til ill n time or in eternity there is na no jfe ife more precious to ils us in the eye of eternal wisdom and j justice ustine than the life ilfe which we now possess oun our first duty is to talde taide eare care of this life andin andl in this duty iare as a people tolerably skillful shill ful fui I 1 i I 1 do not think that another eolla eom com can be found anywhere more of taking care of themselves than are are the latter day saints it is rrue true that t we do do not nob iMse raise our own tobacco lobac cp we might ralso raise it if we would wo we do not raise our out tea but we might raise it i if we would for tea raising this is as wor ook gooda a country as china and the bea bean R can be ral rai raised sedA short shorn dis tance badee us our ladies ladles wear im lin ported pored silk when in reality this is one of the unest silk countries ili we tue world the mull muil mulberry verry verny tree which produces the natural food of the silk woral norih wil will flourish an n all our bench lands dd arnd arid our climate is exactly adapted to ane healthy condition of the silk worm I 1 would ro commend recommend the planting and kropa propagating at ng of the mulberry ty tree as slit shade trees s and as ornamental free tres they also yield a 1 great reat abundance 6 of 9 excellent fruit trull iet let pur cities and gardens be adorned adarae with wit ii trees ardes that are both ornamental aid ald ald useful our young ladies can be amu amused ed and profitably employed in feeding g that yn useful insect in winning and sp spinning bilig their silk abito into sewing sending silk aid ald aid ald anto yarn arn which can be converted into int silks and satins gatins of the finest texture and qu quality alit for we jave h ave in our community afisana who can do this as well as I 1 it edn cn be done dohe anany coun country tryl in I 1 the world we can sustain ourselves and as for sueh such so po called luxuries as tea tobacco and whisky hisky iv we can produce d uc I 1 e chemor cli do without them when i we produce our our food and add clothing in ift the country where we live tilen alewe are we so far independent of the speculating moneymaking money making world outside cereas if vve ive yvere to bodig lav rold id and nd mako make this tills our business afi relf reif should we become slaves 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