Show I 1 ac DISCOURSE J by y freb fres Brigham young delivered in ghe the taba met flacie r great satt sau lake city eeb feb 3 csc reportedly bay DAY BY DAVID W evarts EVAM if the people can hear me as well as I 1 can cau hear their noise walking there will not be much difficulty in ilk my y making myself understood th this I 1 walking in carelessly are lessly with heavy boots makes biti quite a con confusion confusion fusik fusio n in the hall in addressing tre Tle tsing the saints whether by the woid of exhortation admonition cor or in doctrine it requires good attention for a person to retain even a small portion of that which they hear 1 I this Is why it is so necessary for us tb j be talked to and preached reached to so much 1 if we read the bibble it soon goes from oswe gather principles and have the pleasure of perusing the experience of have lived in we soon forget them our obrown own cares and reflections and an dithe the multitude of j thoughts that pass through our minds tale take away from our recollections that which c h we hear bear and read and our minds are upon present objects our woes boes our trials our joys or whatever seems to be present with us and directly in the future and we forget what we have heard when I 1 address the latter day saints I 1 address a people who wish to be saints indeed I 1 look upon my brethren and sisters and I 1 think what have you come here for what brought you here into this territory this mountainous country into these wild regions why the answer is at once 1 I came camo here because I 1 vas was was a latter day saint I 1 wanted wantia to gather gathen with this people my heart was with alth those who had embraced embraced the gospel and I 1 wished to be with the faints saints 11 there are none who have doneso done so but would like to gather what for what is the object of being a saint for the express purpose ef of en j the blessings of the pure in heart of those who will be prepared to dwell in the presence of the father and the son for this I 1 have left my all reft left P perhaps haps father mother sisters brothers Ser fr ends relatives a good home in inmany many I 1 instances ns tancos left a wife left a husband husband left our children for the sake of the society of the saints and when we are gathered to together gother gothen we can look around and inquire q ul re of f ourselves if we are really what we profess to be do do we walkin walk wair in that path that is marked out for the faithful and obedient as strictly and as tenaciously as we should devoting ourselves entirely to the service of god for the building up of his kingdom and aud d the sanctify ing of ourselves striving to overcome every evil passion every unhallowed appetite seeking to theford th eLord for strength to subdue every obnoxious weed that seems to crow grow in our affections and overcome the same to that degree that we may be sanctified we can examine ourselves and decide upon this question without a asking k ing the counsel of bishop or presiding sid I 1 ng elder or apostle or any man or woman in this church Weare we are capable of deciding this for ourselves ifancy if any of the latter day saints would like to have the path of duty pointed outto them in plainness and simplicity and the road that leads to perfection in marked irked before them BO so as to travel therein with ease they should seek unto the lord and obtain his spirit the spirit of christ so that they can read and understand for themselves do they love god with all their hearts do they keep keel his commandments Dowe know whether we do love tife vie lord do we know whether we keep his commandments do we know whether we are walking in the path of obedience or not there is a trait in the character of man which is frequently made manifest in the saints it is simply this to see faults in others when we do not examine our own when you see people professing to bo latter day saints ex the faults of others you may know I 1 that they are not walking in the path of obedience as strictly as they should for this simple reason it is all that you and I 1 can do as individuals as members in the church and kingdom of god to purify ourselves to sanctify our own hearts and to sanctify the lord god in our hearts it ma may b be bb served observed or the question may be as asked ed are we never to know the doings doing of others are we never to look to see how others are walking and progressing in this gospel must we for ever and for ever confine our minds to thinking of ourselves and our eyes to looking at ourselves I 1 can merely say that if persons only understand the path of duty and walk therein attending strictly to whatever is required of them they will have plenty to do clo to examine themselves and to purify their own hearts and if they look at their neighbors and examine their conduct they will vill look for good and not for evil evil it is true that under some circumstances we may have to look at others for in instance stance 9 tance here is the high council they are ure called ailed sto to act upon cases that come before thein them rf of course course their duty thenis thenia then fito lito to examine into the conduct of their brethren and sisters and this thia is required of them and if they do I 1 it t without prejudice without selfishness by the power of the holy ghost divested of every improper feeling judging righteous judgment between man and man the performance of this duty will purify themselves just as much as a any ny other labor if a person ia Is not called to sit in the elgh council he may be called to be a bishop and if he is ix through his ward faithfully looking after the wants of the poor examining into the conduct of each anti ana every family to know whether they are orderly and respectable respectably and whether they conduct themselves accordingly to the word and law of god seeing there is no evil backbiting back biting mischief or any aby conduct unbecoming christians he is laboring faithfully in the discharge of his duty and ia 19 entitled to the spirit of the lord lo 10 sanctify his own heart limi rt and to purify himself just as much as if he were on his knees praying ifan if an elder eider is called to go and preach the gospe gosper and he travels over the plains in a train or in the thet coach or by the rail bail road boad or goes aboard a ship and crosses the ocean he is attending to his duty in this jus just as much as though he were in the high council or on his knees pray praying ingall all ail the time if a man is called to go and labor for the poor if his bishop calls upon him to go into the cannon after a load of wood for the poor and he goes there with his heart uplifted to god and with his hia eve eye single tingle to the building up of the kingdom and gets the load of wood and lays it at the door of the bishop for the poor for the widow or for those who cannot help themselves he is just as much in the line of his dut duty in so doing as though he were on h his is knees praying and so we can proceed wl wilh with the whole duty of man no matter what the person Is called to do if it is to build up the kingdom of goa god on the earth if he cheerfully perform the duty he is entitled to the spirit of the lord the spirit of truth the holy ghost and nd will most assuredly possess the same there is a time for preaching for praying pray ing for sacrament meetings for 1 abor labor and when we are attending to any or all of these in the season thereof we are entitled to the purifying influence of the he spirit of god if a man is called to go and farm and be he goes faithfully about it because he is directed to do so by the authorities that wat are over him and he raises his grain his cattle and brings forth his crops to sustain man and beast and does this with an eye single to the glory of god and for the building up of his kingdom he is just as much entitled to the spirit of the lord following his plough as I 1 am in this pulpit preaching according to the ministry and calling and the duties devolving upon him nhim if a man is called to deal in merchandize merchandise dize for tue the th e benefit of the people of god in traveling to buy his goods and looking after them and their safety until they reach their place of destination and distributing those goods to the saints and taking his pay for foi them let him act with an eye single to the glory of god and the building up of his kingdom on the earth I 1 and he is as much entitled to the spirit of the lord and the holy ghost as a man is preaching if a man is called to raise stock and to procure machinery to manufacture the clothing that is necessary for the saints and he be goes at that business with his eye single to the building up of the kingdom of god on the earth he be is entitled to the spirit of the holy oly gospel and he will receive and enjoy oy it just as much as if he were preaching ng the gospel will he have the spirit of teaching and expounding the scriptures ures no he has the spirit to know how to raise sheep to procure the wool to put machinery in operation to make the clothing for the advancement benefit and building up of the people of god on the earth and the spirit of the lord is here in these labors far farming mingo merchandising izing and in all mechanical business just as mch it llis ibis Is in preaching the gospel if men lenwill will live for it i suppose we bring d a tew few illustrations ps in regard to the p present resent feelings and know ledge of the elders of israel we need not go back to nauvoo or kirtland to find illustrations among our merchants but take them as we find them here if they enter upon their business without god in their thoughts it is I 1 how much can I 1 get for this and how bow much can I 1 make on that and how much will the p people give 0 for this and for that and how f ast fast can n I 1 get rich and how long will it t take tahe a e me to be a millionaire which thoughts should never come into the tho mind of a merchant who professes to be bie a latter day saint sahit bewham can I 1 do to benefit this pe people 0 P ae 9 and when they live act and do bu business 1 upon this principle and think what can I 1 do to benefit the kingdom of god on the earth to establish the laws of this kin kingdom to make this kingdom and people honorable and bring them into note and give them influence among the nations so that they can gather the pure 1 in n heart build up zion redeem the house of israel and perhaps assist though I 1 do not think there will be any need of it to gather the jews to jerusalem and prepare for the coming of the son of man alan and labor with all their might for their own sanctification and the sanctification of their brethren and sisters they will find that the ldes ides of how much can I 1 make this year can I 1 make sixty thousand dollars can I 1 make in my little trade a hundred thousand dollars never would enter their minds they never would think of it but I 1 am sorry to say they 10 do lo not our merchants may turn round and ask us if we expect them to make anything yes we are perfectly willing they should get rich no matter matters how rich they are but what will you do with those riches the question will not arise with the lord nor with the messengers of the almighty how much wealth a man has got but how has hasy he come by this wealth and what will he I 1 can reveal things to the people if it would do any good give them the mind of the lord if they could hear and then profit by it with regard to wealth the lord has no objection to his people being wealthy weal thyl thyi but he has hag a great objection ob I 1 ec to deop people e hoarding up their wea vea wealth th and not devoting it ex expressly for the he advancement of his cause and kingdom ined m on the earth he has a great object objection on to this and our mechanics do they labor for the express purpose of building tip up zion and the kingdom of god I to say that I 1 think there are but buttery very few into whose hearts it has entered or whose thoughts are occupied in t the he le least ast with such a principle but it is how much can I 1 make if our mechanics would work upon the principle of establishing the kingdom of god upon lupon the earth and building up zion thoy they would as the prophet joseph said in the year 1833 never do another days work but nit with that end I 1 in n view in that year a number of elders came up to kirtland I 1 think there were some twenty or thirty eiders eldera bro joseph smith gave us the word of the lord it was simply this never do another days work to build up a gentile city never layout lay out another dollar while you live to advance the world in its present state it is full fall of wickedness and violence no regard Is paid to the prophets nor the pro of the prophets nor to jesus nor his big sayings nor the word of the lord that was given anciently norto that given in our day they have gone astray kand ind they are building up themselves and they are promoting sin and iniquity upon the earth and said he it is the word and commandment of the lord to his servants that they shall never do another days work nor spend another dollar to build up a gentile city or nation I 1 I 1 now if any one is disposed toasa to ask whether bro brigham has ever since then worked a day or half a day oi or an hour to build up upa a gentile city or the gentile world he will most emphatically cally eally tell the latter day saints haffits that he never has hag I 1 could hiu niu strate by circumstances and could relate if 1 I were disposed to give 4 them em to you the provi dences of sod eod god and how favorable they tiley lare are to those who walk humbly before him in the summer of 1833 in july bro brg joseph gave the word of the lord to the elders eiders as I 1 lavo lave been telling you I 1 returned east and in september bro Kim balland J went vent up together with when we arrived in kirtland Kirt anil laud if any man that ever did gather with with the saints was any poorer than I 1 was it was because he had nothing I 1 had something and I 1 had nothing if he had less than I 1 had I 1 do not know what it could be I 1 had two children to take care car of that was all I 1 iw was As a widower A bro ro BrIg brigham hiam fiam had you any shoes no not a shop to my foot except a pair of borrowed boots I 1 had no winter clothing except a homemade coat that I 1 had had bad three or four years oarb oars 41 any pantaloons anta loons no what iid bidjou you do did bid gid lid you go without 11 I 1 no 1 I borrowed a pair to wear till I 1 could could get another pair I 1 I 1 had travelled and preached and given away every dollar 0 of my ny property I 1 was worth a little property when I 1 started to preach but I 1 vaa waa waa something liko like it was life ilfe life 10 with me everything everything el sawas sopas secondary I 1 had traveled traveled and an bre fre breached preached ached until I 1 1 had nothing left fo to gather with but joseph said come ura uha ap and apol I 1 went up ta the best I 1 could hiring birling bro kimball to take my any two little children and myself and carr carry yusup us up to in those days provisions and und p plotting glo plo 0 thing ipg were as dear as they are j in thi t ip place and a mechanic in ulm country who got a dollar a day and bg ardd ardo himself was co considered rather n extra man A dollar a dayl day and my brethren when they have three or five dollars a day and chaye nave have worked a year will lil be bi e sure to come out four orfice or six ih hundred undre dollars in debt if they can get ih iu we did not live uve so in that country we neter used anything more than our eida edda m eans pans as wilen when I 1 reached kirtland 1 I venti to work as soon as the word was that I 1 could dould work and not preach I 1 know that ahat I 1 could get plenty for I 1 knew how hoTY could gather around me and aud make property i there were some thirty or forty 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