Show tt ilc 14 1 13 4 A A tel IEZ JS S I 1 by y elder waford woodrith Wood mood fito rito deliver adhered ad in the tabernacle G S I 1 city oct oot ath 1867 Ri PORTED BY FY DAVIDW DAVID W EVANS w yesterday morning when I 1 came into this tabernacle it ads was some little time before I 1 could tell whether what I 1 saw was in vision or whether it was real and literal but I 1 soon became thoroughly convinced that I 1 was in the tabernacle of the lord built here in the mountains bains and saw before me someren some ten or twelve thousand latter day saints I 1 have been interested in the counsels and instructions which we have received here in this house and when we as elders have texts given kiven us to preach f from rom I 1 feel that we in a measure are bound to confine ourselves to those chose texts in the few remarks that I 1 may nake make I 1 wish to speak upon them thein te tatt ghei first text was the emigration we have been gathered together by b y the gos fel fei 1 1 S of jesus christ we have partaken partaker par taken of its blessings andas andai and as far as lies in our power we should extend those blessings too llo oun our gur pur brethren and sisters abroad it wis is our duty to do all we can to assist in emigrating the poor from the nations of the earth for the lord requires it at our i hands the second text was the education of oun our children the subject suba act was address ded sed to mothers it applies also to the yf fathers athers this Is is a subject of vast importance to the latter latten day saints if c chiny yono yone one were to ask me when the edu liea irea rc atlon tion of our children begins I 1 in tei tel lyou you what you believe but I 1 will tell you what I 1 believe I 1 belleve believe believe belleve that twitt edu tion begins when the spirit of life en the tho taberna tabernacle of the child that 1 Is is the way I 1 view it if tift tifa mother has the spirit of god upon her when she g prays sprays and calls upon the lord for his j blessing hlis blis sing ging I 1 believe that that power and spirit affects her child and will doso boso do so until the day of its birth and will affect it from that time henceforth and forever ea while ue mother lives her influence example and teachings will affect her c child ild iid through life ilpo if she he teaches ligi lidi here hert hild bild ild iid virtue honesty und righteous principles fillici pill lei ici iles if she teaches hins hini ro to pray these deac teachings ings will have their effect lupon u 0 n him imo through tigh life if parents barents know knew me the effect of thein their example on their children I 1 we should mady many times do very different from what we do 1 when a father gives eo counsel to his hit wives and children about anything he desires done about his place his orchard his garden or farm and the wife teaches her children to obey their father that has hm its effect upon the children they work together but let the mother as soon as the fathers back is turned say to her children I 1 your father is gone and you may go and pick those apples or grapes or you may go and gather this that and and the other your father will not know anything about it and it will be all right s she bhe he sets a very bad example before her children she teaches them to steal and to take an evil course but let the mother carry out the counsels of the father and they both work together in teaching their children righteous principles and their children will grow up having learned to obey their parents diot Blot mothers hers bers in israel should remember that unless theado their best beat to carry out out the counsels of the head of the family they se beoo a bad example before the ohie chie children and take a course that the lord will not approve and bless but let them be one with their husbands in carrying out his counsels and the lord will bless them and their children Manya many a time when in the vision of my mind I 1 con template the great duties and responsibilities bil bili itkes ties that will yet rest on the rising generation among the latter day saints I 1 feel that we as parents are too slow in our duties towards our children no better legacy can we bestow upon them than to teach them every truth which we ourselves are in possession of then they will honor us honor the priesthood magnify their callings and carry out the great purposes of our god the next subject referred to by the president was the call for a certain number of teams to haul rock for the temple I 1 need not say much in relation to this the people have built this tabernacle and we have got to build the temple if the inhabitants of zion felt the lack weight aad 2nd blessings of the most high god that are with in their reach there is not a man in israel who would refuse for one moment to do anything in his power to further the building of the temple god designs to bestow the blessings of heaven upon the latter day saints there are very few in israel who have received the ve ful fui ua ness of the blessings of the kingdom of god while there are thousands thousands angs probably who are worthy to receive them vye vve we nye must have a 11 temple in order to bestow these blessin blessings s the next tex somo seme young men were called to go south to strengthen the country this is all right they may just as well go there as anywhere else when we received this gospel we entered into covenant to obey the lord we then received a mission that will never close as long AS we dwell in the flesh whether we go east west north or south we are fulfilling that mission whether we go to england or to dixie it is all the tho same as iong long as we are under the dictation of the holy priesthood then let us fulfill fulfil all missions and comply with all calls made upon us the next pleasing text given was for the young men and maidens to marry I 1 want to say a few words to the young ladies A great many men are called south they are required by the holy priesthood to marry now kow when these young men ask you young ladies to marry them do not ask them how rich they are or how much gold and silver they have but let the question with you be are they good are they virtuous are they latter day saints are they obeying counsel and trying to do db what is required r of them if they are doing th this 8 you ou should not require the young in men in israel to be worth ten thousand dollars in gold nora aora dozen carriages and any father or mother who throws obstacles in the way of the young folks be being I 1 n married arr arn led through such considerations ti ons does 0 e s n not at do right lel let them ful fui nil fil the he commandments you rd irian ay ask them if they have three straw beds all but the ticks and if the young men possess them then marry them the next text was to lay up your wheat I 1 do not want to say much about this the army of our god that has gone through this territory and which is about to visit the nations of the earth will soon teach us this lesson we certainly should begin to feel the importance of carrying out this counsel it nas has been given to us for years and years past and gone the next text presented by president young was upon the necessity of learning and observing the laws of health I 1 may say thesis of vast importance I 1 do not feel talt I 1 am particularly qualified 61 fled fied to teach tench you on this buti uel arh aih am satisfied that if we the them word b be temperate I 1 in hiir our lives 1166 an and d be faith falth faithful f ul before th theXor e lora iora lord dt that meshall we shall have hayd more of the of 6 the lord and may considerably prolong our lives it is a maxim with president young and I 1 believe it is true that a man naan should not teach what he does not practice we wo are intemperate in many things we are intemperate pe rate in labor as well as many other things I 1 have been intemperate in this myself I 1 have seen so much to do in the world so much around me that I 1 felt ought to be done to save things from going to waste that many times I 1 have felt that I 1 have done wron wrong g 1 in laboring so hard I 1 do not know however but that it is better to wear out than to rust out I 1 would far sooner see a man labor hard than see sea him a lazy vagabond depending upon the exertions of others for his livelihood theford the word of wisdom covers a great deal of ground and I 1 am satisfied that the day will come when hen we shai bhai change in a great man many mans things in our manner of life and sh shall shail alTmore more pro properly erly appreciate teachings on this subject subject than we do now the last text given was forthe for fon the elders to preach only what they know this is good counsel and as long as we keep within the bounds of this rule ruie cewill we will always be right I 1 ne no cr ck hab had had more of the spirit of god in my life than when teaching the first principles of the gospel and bearing testimony to the inhabitants of the earth that joseph smith was a true prophet of god that tile the boo book of mormon was true and that the first principles of the gospel as revealed through him were the plan of life and salvation whenever we the elders of israel go beyond these limits we are in the S swamp we do not know where we are nor where we are going but as long as we keep within the limits of our knowledge within what wai wa know and have been taught us by the holy spirit we are safe and we will wil ibe be saved with full salvati salvation oil even efen so amen |