Show by elder eoder brigham dofing laun taun zT sim jim un old M tabernacle cr nadle nacle nov 1867 H r BY ETC G 1 r WATT I 1 I 1 am g grateful crateful for this privilege of speaking s to you for a short icino this afternoon ter a and d I 1 trust that the spirit of the lord W will i 11 ll be de present to bless i and edify both the speakers and add hearers beare rs by our experience we can testify testily that the spirit of the almighty is al aldays always present where hla hia saints sainta congregate ind and 1 no person can come into their as sem bemba biles blics es without feeling tb thre thie inu vence nence ence of that spirit although he may way nou not personally possesses it I 1 have met with i religious b badiea 9 d 11 k of people in na various rious n nations but I 1 have never experienced that heavenly influence anany in any of bf their meetings that lil iliavi Ili I 1 have ave Inva invariably felt while assembled with the saints there Is fit something about this people that is truly peculiar and this peculiarity I 1 IY consists in their enjoying the R holy oy spirit to a greater degree than it is is enjoyed by any ally other people of the present day and for many ages past the possession orthis of this spirit makes us happy unde ii der circumstance estan ce of life except in committing sin the lord has enlightened our minds by the spirit of revelation hence wherever you find a latter day saint upon the face of the whole earth you will find a happy person faithful latter day saints everywhere triumph over all thell thellas the theli ills lils ls that humanity is subject to because they know that the lord has redeemed them and brought thein forth to bless them with salvation in his presence we as a people cannot sufficiently realize what the lord has bus done for us when we reflect upon the siu situation atlon of this people in Miso missouri url uri illinois iowa ohio and other places anci and contrast abl abt our present r besent position with our circum circumstances stan ees ces then t en we can in in a measure realize the tho lord has done for us and we begin to understand that he has leti jed us from irom the midst of our eD enemies emles and planted ua us where no man mabeth us afraid this has not been done by the feeble effort of man but by the power of the almighty and I 1 the praise and thanksgiving of all his Sainta saints are justly due to him this people are greatly blessedly blessed by hy receiving the Spi the almighty and by beim being privileged lo 10 house and make covenants with him and in return receiving the keys of eternal life from his hands bands we are are ire peculiar in this there is no other otner people upon the tho face of the earth that we know anything about who are permitted to make such coven covenants abts with the most high god if we do not appreciate these blessings it is because we do not live faithfully ftp tak the covenants we have made because echaus e we do noldo all in our power to f com commandments in and ments of the almighty and obey full fuli fully and fr freely the words and counsels of those who w 0 hold gods authority upon the earth who have led us thus far efficiently and who can lead us into the presence of our father and god these servants odthe of the most high have called upon us as a people to step seep forward and do our utmost to deliver dellver our brethren and sisters who are now in the old countries the lord has placed means in our possession to do this he has led us forth from the tho midst of our enemies where the lives of our leaders were constantly sought and where no man durst say ho be knew that jesu jesus was christ and that he lives in delivering us he has given us new life and all that we require to sustain us and to make us happy and comfortable now shall we use a portion of thi this s means which he ae has given us toga to gather ther th the Q saints the people of thid this city are better prepared today to day to emigrate every latter day saint from foreign lands to these mountains than the whole people of nauvoo and surround surrounding ing eo country ry were prepared to emigrate one hundred families I 1 believe this statement to be true and that it will bear scrutiny while we feel very poor we are really increasing in wealth yet as awe awo we increase in wealth our wants increase if we have lave a fine carriage we must then have a nine fine horse and harness har to go with it but instead of spending our means upon unnecessary luxuries it is far better for up u to Bac sacrifice every thing an in liro pro perty that our hearts are set upon and an d let it go gb where it can bo be used to the gathering of israel this is the stand ard to chall thail all ail the faithful hing and the sooner booner wo we reach arez aren it t the ketten ketter vorus forus us we must sooner I 1 or later give drvie our dur whole hearty hearth to our F pa a ther arnd arid iod lod glod sod if we wish to gain salvation I 1 aiom we owe to him every energy af all the earthly wealth we he calls for fon servants wo we should jock upon god as were he not notto to give us the blessing we are aro entitled to through rough TOUgh his beo bea Ther eare aare hundred in this congregation the situation of the tho saints in a the old c countries for they lexe oneo onee in the same condition themselves hem bem s it has hns not improved impi oved any bince I 1 J you left lert bw 4 you were not able to real iza it as you should would now be able toi toi when N Vi lenyou you were there lif of your enemies I 1 when your children wanted bread and were destitute of clothing cloth cioth ipg and the tha comforts of ilfe life there were none to help heip you to pre preserve sirve them from perishing crip hi ing w with ith hunger lunger hero you are comfortable and the great m majority a orlay of this thi people in these wealthy and an it hag has all been given them of til the tho lord then shall we refuse to subject all nil we have io to him whence when we identified ide biti fitl nied fied our dur bur interests with this t we made a covenant with hipa to aid all ali in ou on power to gather together i the honest from vom every land kindred tongue and we are t tod too 06 apt to forget our covenants and to bealow b e iowan Jn the performance of our duties t an immense Ammense labor has already been performed many thousands are now in this territory who have been ga gathered from the nations of eur europe and from other parts pants of the earth oil 11 thera there are thousands to lir these landi lands who are praying for deliverance and whose greatest hope in ift life is to identify their interests ite rests with ours in this our bur mountain home and join with us in building up cities and temples to the most high god they look to us for help sh hall hail I 1 they look in vain shall we not vot with uplifted hands covenant afresh that we will wili devota devote the means which god has even given iia us for the building up of his kingdom and the gathering of pie ale of or the house of israel those who agrenot are not living under broken covenants will feel ready and willing to do this if afe we do not hot put forth our hands bands to strengthen streng ilien the cause of zion on the earth with ith all we have and areiti are it Is sa a derill wip dip fi of duty on our part vart tobay to bay say the least of if it and aud for which we stand accountable to god in a few months the emigration of bf the year 1868 1808 will leave leam england and now la Js the accepted time for fot the means to be supplied ahe the sooner we put forth our means for this purpose the better that our agents may not be pressed for time to make every nex sary arrangement if it idu you vill will show me me a member of this church in this or any other country who has faithfully paid his bis tithing although he might only got get teli ten shillings shil ahil Tings a wee liand kand have to support a larga large famil farall of bf it if he has beani been i obedient to the of the servants of god there you will wili find a man who h has as pros proa continually it Is invariably ln arla aria lily the t he case that men who have been honest with god have been beon b greatly g blessed of him aven even until 1 tj they e y h had ad not room to contain his ills blessings r have known men in the old country whose wages did not exceed 2 50 peu per wee kand out of this small sum they have supported a family of nine persons paid their tithing and in three years saved money enough to emigrate the whole of them this could not have been done if it theford the lord had pot blessed them this is their testimony I 1 have seen it and it is my testimony we have seen his blessings so often and so visibly bestowed upon the faithful that there is no room to doubt his word or his ability to bless us with all that we need the words of the apostle may be very fitly 11 aly applied here I 1 and he that doub teth is damned for whatsoever is not lotof of falth faith falt fait hissin is sin 11 every intelligent latter day saint who has made himself ac acquainted ted with the de dealings akings of god w with t h this people has no room to doubt the hand of the almighty we cannot doubt and at the same time enjoy en j 0 tho the th blessings which are for the faith falth faithful f may god cod bless biess you amen 1 1 I 1 gen la marmora oa I 1 has A I 1 to the french government t that Garibaldi and his two sons will go h td the united states me mexico ico is said tobe to be again on th the eva OV Q of a revolution the vote on the th e con vo catoria showed a widespread wide spread dissatisfaction with the administration of juarez juare A A correspondent of a waggish turn declares that syrian syllan women are so hide hideously ugly that th they ey cannot smile after twelve saturday night nig without breaking the sabbath several eastern papers p 41 erab iia lia avo ave now nov 1 a separate department foi for fires pires V 1 which either from incendiary or accidental 41 causes are sufficiently nume numerous rous roua to occupy a respectable portion of each daily impression Impress ibn politician was recently caught by a friend in the tho act of perusing the scriptures scripts res upon asking him aim what particular ud portion of the good book he had selected for examina examination ilon llon he replied I 1 1 I 1 I am a in reading the stor about alou t the loaves and shek fishes fi 11 L A modern amazon on n her hek way ion uv eatlo asked aked for fod a beat seat in a crowd ed fed tai tal car A an 01 old ola I 1 fendleman Fent gentleman leman with keen eyes inquired I 1 be yu one of the women brighters right ers 1 JL I bel bell answered the undaunted lle lie heroine rolfie 11 do you be va cievo that a woman has haa the same rights as a man 1 I doil doll emphatically well then stand up and enjoy cm em lik ilk like ilke eul eui a man wall PAIRING the tho teacher of one of our pt primary f mary mars schools overheard a conversation between two misses who are down on the arnister register as four year years sold old oid which shows a aspiring inina mind on the part pitt of the little folks 0 I 1 maril marit dear hays says one with a sieb 1 I wish I 1 had a feller adeller 11 1 lve ive got gotong one 11 replied theather thep the bhe other ther with a look of pity at her unfortunate play playmate mitte milte as she confidentially imparted to her the name of the loved one who is borne on the reg register ister isten as aged six alx well replied the first one and a look adof as of pleasant memories flirted flitted across her fhe face 1 I used to have one when we lived in biddeford Bid deford lewiston ie wiston ste ire journal the new york triune Z abune says bays gen sherman announce the conclusion of a treaty between the government and the alowis manches Co Apa apaches biles blies and this 1 includes n every troublesome iribe tribe except the kon frak the in 14 gen a 4 gent s 4 and the fro fro cr glahs As these three the most troublesome of all have not been consulted the armistice Is s temporary but even aa an armistice is better than indian hunting A proposition is to be presented to olon Clon congress gress for the use of storm signals i especially intended to benefit agrie nl ture two trw cannons are to be stationed at each county seat when the tele graph brings the newy newa of in an approach ing storm the tho cannon will be fired at ht different inter intervals vaits valts which will indicate indi cate cata the direction whence the storm comeajx comes and it is expected th that atthe the sound can be heard through most parts parta a r ta ef of the county the signals ar are also T 0 to be used along the coast for the benefit of navi gallon I 1 A remarkable ie evidence evI denee deDee of presence of mind was recently given in france monsieur J 1 was talking with hla hia mother in ln law at dt hei country chait chrit chateau ehu when a streak of lightning almost instantly reduced her lyer to ashes the dom doln estice rail rall ran into the room when without moving a muscle monsieur J said john sweep up tip my botner in law is ls in france more rapidly than the them other modes of using tobacco horse flesh is growing h in I 1 popularity as a french article of food the people complain however that the prices of 0 ahls this luxury are aro too high the lillet for instance is sold edid at twenty cents a pound the question of the repudiation of the national debt is now become becom e a prominent one in the plat piat platform forn of every p political 0 li party in the country some are for total repudiation some somo for paying pa i the debt in greenbacks green backs and some maintain that the honor lionor of the nation demands it should be paid in full fall in gold the repudiators are growing in numbers and influence BABIES one of the features of this season is to consist of babies bables receptions rec e t loo llo n 8 1 babies from one month mouth to pt two years old dressed in state are at home on certain days fortnightly perhaps and between stated hours to receive all their juvenile friends who are brought and taken care of nurses while white their thein mammas compare notes lotes and exchange of mutual admiration two maine basket going a honie home with irregular the freight of new rum and salt fish which they their had bad received in ex exchange chAngo for their charcoal coal and baskets one jim jimo drove the yoke of cattle while the other bob sat an on the tongue or pole presently robert nobert bobbed off and the wheel passed over him at his outcry jim hawed cawed alid and sh sh d and banged his cattle over V 0 r the head till they backed directly 1 over ver a 0 bob theother vay ady yay this was more than human nature could stand espe especially clafay when prostrate and bob sail bali ang Z 1 0 out ut ith H gro exo nh you hatki hae been I 1 and ind turi turl rudi ruri right fight over dve r toe joe TA 6 wib you da dutt dott again q ili lii M 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