Show I 1 3 SC c 0 TZ S I 1 13 1 hoka lr i I 1 by drs president YO delivered in the new tabernacle Taberna 61 salt laica lajca city aug ath 1868 REPORTED liy DAVID W kne 6 S I 1 will endeavor to speak to the people so to that they can hear hoar me we very ire tre quen aly ta hear bear complaints about the people pue I 1 a being bg unable to hear that is very annoying to me there thero is no satisfaction in talking to people if they cannot hear I 1 talk a great deal in public and in private I 1 have labored for many years in preaching the gospel of the son bon of god and when I 1 first commenced it seemed as though I 1 was under tho the necessity of speaking very loud I 1 could not satisfy my own feelings without talking with a loud voice I 1 have acquired this habit and to talk loud and long for many years wears weara on a persons constitution this gospel that we have embraced ia is worthy the attention of the high and the low the rich and the poor the wise and the tho ignorant the then nobie noble and the ignoble it commends itself to the feelings understanding and conscience of every creature beneath the heavens that is endowed with intelligence there is no system that is perfect except the gospel of the son of god every artand art and science is incorporated in the gospel of salvation delivered to the children of men if the inhabitants of the earth possess ingenuity knowledge wisdom or understanding they receive it within the purview or palo pale of this gospel that comes from heaven I 1 have said sald and I 1 still feel it that outside the gospel of the son of gol god god the tho plan of salvation there is nothing but death hell and the grave everything eiso else is within our religion but when we talk about com comprehending pre hendin eur our religion why we vve might as well uli url undertake to comprehend eternity we have a little of it the lord has made manifest to the children of men a portion of it enough to enable them to continue on to grow increase expand to add wisdom wisdom to wisdom and knowledge led e t to 0 knowledge for light cleaves to light I 1 igat and d truth to truth the power to increase in knowledge is in our possession if we will improve the golden moments as they pass by we talk a great deal to the latter day saints what for to bring them thera to a knowl knowledge edgo of the truth to place them in a position in which they may be prepared pare to inherit that glory which they antici antiel anticipate pat and to obtain that perfection chic which we desire more will bo be required of us than me merely a spiritual exercise of the mind our outward works pert pertaining a 16 ifie to on our i natural ia tural lifland ilfe lifo and in fact our w whole hole hoie souls douis must be god and the up building of his HI kin kingdom dom wo we talk to the people to biang ehg them en to the knowledge of the truth and to bring ourselves for we are with you so that we may understand what we should do how we should labor how direct our lives here in order that we may be perfected and prepared to enjoy life everlasting in the presence of the father and the son I 1 still feel to urge upon the latter day saints the necessity of a close application of the principles of the gospel in our lives conduct and words and all that we do and it requires the whole man the whole life to be devoted to improvement pro in order to come to a knowledge of the truth as it is in jesus christ herein is the fullness of perfection fec tion it was couched inthe character of our savior although but hut a scanty P portion artio n of it was made manifest to the p people eople in consequence of them not being ab able abie e to receive it all they were prepared to receive he gave them all we are prepared to receive th the tho 0 lord gives us all that the nations of the earth are prepared t receive he imparts unto them th the inhabitants of the earth do not ae acknowledge the lord as they should there are very few but who believe in a supreme being but do they honor god no they take his name in vain valli D do ot they e believe elleve him to be what ho he is no I 1 to they so far mystify the character of D delty deity eit elt that it is impossible for the people t to 0 understand it do they reverence his name no if they believe in a i god he is eo so far off that they never can get near him they know nothing about the conduct of this being and he is so far off in their imaginations that he knows nothing about the children of men at least such is the feeling amongst t them and yet many of the tho so called christians say his centre is everywhere and his circumference nowhere they have mystified the affia affairs ira lra of eal bal salvation to that degree that the whole world of mankind have lost that reverence that is due to the supreme being the latter day saints have received the spirit of the lord the proof is here in the gathering and the onen oneness essof of tile the people have the elders eiders of israel been to any other country but this yes to preach the tho gospel yes have they been to england and preached the gospel gost t there yes have the people believed e yes yea where is your proof the proof is that they have left all if they had any thing and have come up to the gathering placa place where the saints are assembled sem bled the elders have also preached through the different nations of eu ropo so far as they were allowed to do so in some countries the law would not permit them but the lord will yet revolutionize those nations until the door will be opened and the gospel will be bo preached reached to all have t abe he people believed grieved A few of them but we gather the poorest of the people the unlearned and a few of the learned but gln gen generally brally wo we gath gather er those who are poor who wish to be redeemed who feel the oppression the high and the proud have made them endure they have felt a wish to be delivered and consequently their ears were were open to receive the truth take those who are in the enjoyment of all the luxuries of this life and their ears are stopped up they cannot hear but go to the poor to those whoa who are rein in poverty and want and they are looking every way for deliverance and when they hear the elders preach their cars are open to hear and their hearts are touched with the spirit of the tho lord and many of them thom have hava believed these are they that we gather together now when we look around upon the latter day saints in a temporal point 0 1 nt of view vieh we are proud of them I 1 ph have havo a ve been in countries where the men women and children had to labor wearying their lives out of them to get the bread necessary to keep their lives in them I 1 have chave gone to belmany bed many a time and when I 1 have turned down the bed I 1 would find the sheet patched from end to end so that I 1 would wonder which was the original sheet I 1 have also known young ladles ladies I 1 do not know that I 1 ought to say this but I 1 do not say it to their disgrace but bub to their praise come home from their work on a saturday evening and retiring to a room throw a blanket over their shoulders and wash every particle of their clothing that they might be able to go out on sun sunday day to attend meeting these are they that we have baptized why because their ears were open and the spirit of the lord found a way to their hearts and they saw there was deliverance in the gos gospel P ea the rich and noble as a general thing hug t have turned a deaf ear to ta the voice of the E iders elders of israel now the gospel that wo 6 have embraced comprises every glory honor excellency and truth there is in the tho heavens on the earth or beneath theearta the earth Is it ift worthy of the attention it of the poor yes it is Ac according accordia cordin to the reading of this bok book the old and new testament as well as the tho book of mormon and the book of doctrine and covenants which adre wo re gard gardas as the foundation of our work the lord has hag chosen the poor of this world rich nich in faith and the time will come when he will give the earth to his poor for an everlasting inheritance I 1 speak this for or the comfort of my brethren and sisters who have been poor they have come here and what do wo we see tho the youth the middle aged and the old iba proving improving in letters in mechanism and in the arts and sciences we bring them here to improve them and if the lord will bless us sufficiently and the people will bless themselves we will have a nation that understands all things pertaining to the earth that it is possible for man to grasp will this people be praiseworthy yes and honored and honorable will they be looked to as exam examples pies yes and it is the duty of the latter day saints to live their religion igi igl on so that all the world can say there is a 1 pattern attern forus for us not only in idour our bus business and worship but in oual our knowledge of things that are things that have been and of things that are yet to come came until the knowledge of zion shall reach the uttermost parts of the earth and the kings and great men shall say let us go up to zion and learn wisdom will they come here hero to learn how to govern yes one of the simplest things in the world is to control a people Is there any particular art in making this people obedient there is just one if you elders of israel can get the art of preaching the holy ghost into the hearts of tho the people eople you will have an obedient peone people this is the only art required teach the people truth teach teich them correct principle show them them what is for their grea greatest test good and dont you think they will follow in that path they will wil I 1 I 1 just as far as it ia is consistent with the their r weaknesses and the power of darkness that is over the inhabitants of the earth with us as with others we have merged partially into the light and we devery very thankful and obedient to the requirements of heaven that wo we may receive more and more ever every art and science known and studied yby by the child children ren reh of men is comprised within the gospel where did the knowledg knowledge e come from which has enabled manao man to accomplish such great achievements achievement sin in science and me mechanism chali within the last few years we know that knowledge Is 14 from god but why do they not nott acknowledge him because they are blind to their own interests te they do not see anci and understand things as they are who taught men to chain the lightning did man unaided and of himself discover that no he received the knowledge from the supreme being from him too has every evary art and science proceeded although tho tha credit is given to this andl individual and that individual but where did they get the knowledge from honbo they it in and abd of themselves no they must acknowledge that if they call can not make one spear of grass grow nor one hair white or black without artificial aid they are dependent upon the supreme being just the same as the poor and the ignorant where have we received the knowledge to construct the laborsaving labor saving machinery for which the present age al ge is remarkable able abie from heaven where have we received our knowledge of astronomy or the power to make glasses to penetrate t the e immensity of space we received it from efrom the same being that moses an and d those who were before him received receive d their knowledge from tho the same being who told noah that the world should be drowned and its people destroyed from him has every astronomer artist and that ever lived on the earth obtained his knowl knowledge edgo by him too has the power to receive from one another been bestowed and to search into the deep deen things pertaining to this earth an and every principle connected with it we can receive all this in our education here but to acquire a knowledge of these principles time and study are required let a child go to school and he commences with veith a b c and goes on to ab A b ab and then to words of two or three syllables until he Is prepared for a higher course of studies no child can learn algebra or common arithmetic at first but he has to go on day by day just as you and I 1 have to dp we have learned many things corx coiA concerning cernin 9 the kingdom of god goi upon the eart earth h and we can learn still more but WR with all we have haver learned are wo we prepared latter day saints to dutour put our trust in god implicitly no we arp not how do we know by the acts 0 of f the people and by pur own experience this is in ii consequence of the evil and the power of satan batan that isdn isan the world ahr through bu h the fair fait he ha has be gulled beguiled we the 10 inhabit a I 1 tants of the earth and has thrown a mist before their eyes so that they can not see the provi dences of god who is it can see the power by the leaves of yonder trees grow can cau canyon you see and understand it no why because there is a vail vall dropped over the eyes and minds of the children of men so that they can not behold the provi dences of god nor his handiwork in all nature we are deprived of f this knowledge but we can begin to see and understand der stand through receiving the gospel but we have still a great deal to learn it is said that obedience is better than sacrifice it is far better when I 1 look at the latter day saints and when I 1 say you I 1 reckon myself 1 I brigham am with you yoh where are we what do we understand how far have we advanced what do we expect to receive how are we looking at things pertaining to this world we have received the first principles of the gospel and we have received the spirit of the gospel but do we live so as to increase in this day by day that is the question do we live our religion so that we improve on all the knowledge that god has given ua us do we live up to the th light that the lord has revealed you may answer this question the latter day saints as a people are a very good people they are excellent they have come to a oneness that is most remarkable aston astonishing lhing to ourselves andallo and aiso also to others but bub are we one yet conot no not exactly we wa have a it great deal to learn before wo we come to a unity of the faith and see eye to eye as the people of god have to do in the latter days we lve see bee some borne things but we do not see all thatis that is for our best interest if we did we would live our religion now my brethren and sisters from the high and from the lower circles of life find if you can on the face of the earth a gentleman or lady that is one who is a true gentleman or a true lady we have many that are called gentlemen and ladies butyok find one in the strict sense sans jf of the word that is as I 1 would interpret the word and you will nin fin fiddaman daman nind find a man or woman thai that would border very closely on an angel every word that they speak will be seasoned with grace every act of their lives would be as nigh as mortals can come to angels nothing pertal pertaining ning to 0 them low degrading diegor or disgraceful you find a gentleman and you will find a man who possesses a heart full of charity faith and love full fall of good works whose hands are always open to do good to every creature you find a lady and she is one who is ready to impart wisdom knowledge truth and every virtuous and holy principle to her sisters and her fellow beings these are the true lady and gentleman but they are of a higher higher order than those we wb now call ladies d and nd gentlemen you may say my definition is incorrect be atso it mat not to me I 1 I 1 have my own views with regard to these things I 1 mook hook look upon the latter day saints aa as being a very good mod people but very far from what they should be well weil we must have time to grow says one very true we can not learn even the 1 First reader in a day when 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