Show jah lots C 10 bu quy president YOUNG yoa YOU deliver delivered edin in shenew the new tabernacle oct sai sal 1868 REPORTED BY DANID DAVID W EVANS I 1 wish to say a few words to tak the congregation gre gation but if they are not perfectly pe factly still it will be very difficult for them them to hear as usual I 1 wish to speak to the people on salvation and to teach them as my brethren have been doin dolD ghow to preserve themselves the objects of the teaching at this conference and I 1 may say for years yeara past has been to teach the people how to save themselves daily in a temporal point of view and also spiritually that when the morrow comes they may be saved that lay day and the next da yand BO so continue in a state of salvation every day that they live according to the traditions of our fathers the salvation of the body and the salvation of the soul have no connection the one with the other this is not in accordance with the doctrine which has been revealed to us in this our day the kingdom that th the e lord is about to establish and has commenced co m on the earth will in every part and portion be a literal kingdom a temporal kingdom and a spiritual kingdom but while we are in a temporal state and possess our temporalities ties our abilities must correspond with the spiritual kingdom that we believe in consequently we have a kingdom that is actually spiritual and to the natural eye it looks like a temporal kingdom still it is the kingdom where god dwells even in these earthly taber dacies consequently these tabernacles must be P preserved in the truth in righteousness purity and holiness or the lord will not dwell therein we are called upon as individuals bachof each of us who form this community to come out from the wicked world from babylon all those who believe the history given by john the beloved disciple know that the time would come when the lord would call upon all people eople who believe in him delight to X do 0 his llis will and seek to understand the requirements of heaven to gather out from the midst of babylon john wrote plainly in reference to this gathering a and we have believed it wo we are called upon to come out from among the wicked as it is written come out of hero her 0 my people that tg come out of babylon what is babylon why it is the confused world come out of other her then and cease to partake of her sins for if you do not you will be partakers par takers of her plagues this people whether they wished to separate themselves or not from the rest of mankind have been forced to do it ask the latter day saints if after aften embracing the gospel they had the privilege pd ri v elege of associating with former frie friends n s and neighbors on the same terms as they did previous to receiving the gospel and their answer will be th that it the thread of affection that formerly existed seemed to be severed that former friends forsook them they passed them by and turned their eyes eves another way and would hardly speak even when they met in company Is not this the fact it is as far as my experience peri ence has gone and I 1 have had a tolerable opportunity of testing the matter we have been forced to separate ourselves been under the necessity of leaving the society of those who did not believe as we did we have been driven from our homes time and time a again nin ain without the privilege of disposing of our property and have taken joyfully the spoiling of our goods repeatedly peat edly until we were under the necessity of fleeing to some land where there were none whom we could annoy if we have annoyed our neighbors 8 so seriously the question natu nata natura llly arises from what did this annoyance proceed was it from drinking and carousing or hallooing hallowing hallo hailo in ille the streets by night was it from re velling by day or night was it from intruding on the i rights of our neighbors no not from any of these causes by any means what was it then this people believe in revelation this people did believe and do believe that the lord has spoken from the heavens they did believe and do believe that god has sent angels to proclaim the everlasting gospel according to the testimony of john it was this that gave rise to the malice hatred and vindictive d feelings that have beenson been so often made manifest against them some may say it was the political world it was nov not eo 60 although they had a share bhare in IV it may k besard wd that lt iwas ahe I 1 moral world wor d butchy should lithey Sithey an entertain tar tain lain these feelings towards ts us are thie the latter day saints immoral 0 no their faith teaches men women and children to be as moral as people can be this cannot be the reason then it was neither the political nor moral world then whence did this hatred proceed from the fanatically religious world there was the therise rise and foundation of that hatred and malice that ulal ultimately forced us to separate from the rest of mankind what are the teachings of the christian world many of you have had an experience among them and can answer this question very well I 1 have had an experience in their midst though I 1 never bowed down to their creeds I 1 never could submit to their do doctrines crines erines for they taught that which was not in the bible and denied that which was found in the bible consequently I 1 could not be a co livert convert to their fanaticism I 1 am not today to day when I 1 can hear a man on his knees before a congregation gregat gre gation gatlon iop lop pray for god to come down into their midst and be one with them come 0 lord and dwell with us open the leavens heavens heavens to us give unto us the holy ghost send thine angels and administer to us and then get up and preach to the people that there is no such thing as revelations no gift of the holy ghost no such thing as the lord a speaking baking from the heavens or men knowing kp n ow ng anything any thing about heaven I 1 cannot receive nor bow in obedience to such absurdities I 1 have asked of the christian world where is heaven where does the lord dwell what kind of a being is he and la is he a being of tabernacle to all of which their reply would be we do not know and they have mystified the character of the deity our father and our god to that degree that every persen person is left in the dark feeling his way to the grave through a dark cold unfriendly and benighted world as best he may la Is this the state of christendom yes verily itis it is they have mystified everything concerning god heaven and eternity until there is no man on earth 1 when you turn from the latter day saints who is capable of teaching the people the way of life and salvation this is the grand difficulty this is what stirs up the people the priests are at the root of the matter in the whole history of this people you cannot find an instance of a mob ever being led on except by a priest and then the political world would take the advantage of it and come in for their share of the poli spoil now although it is so popular to iry delusion when referring to this latter day gospel I 1 frequently ask myself if it does not circumscribe all that is s good and true possessed by either the infidel or the christian world by our mother church or any of other her daughters inthe world were to embrace the gospel we teach would they b believe belleve all that is true in the faith of the catholic yes every iota lota would they believe all that is true in the faith of the episcopalian or in the faiths of the whole christian world yes every particle every excellency cel lency every good word and work they possess is circumscribed by and contained in the gospel as taught by the latter day saints then go to the sel scientific or philosophical world and this latter day work circumscribes all the truth they possess well then we besk ilsk why are we worse than other people do we teach our people to swear or to take gods name in vain oh no to the reverse we forbid it the lord says thou not take the name of the lord thy god in vain Is this good in and of itself it ia is are we worse than other christians if so wherein do they pray so do we do the christian world believe in being strictly honest so do the latter day saints do the christian world believe in intruding ng upon the rig rights ts of their neighbors no 0 neither do the latter day saints do 0 the christian hristian world profess to believe in charity yes and the latter day saints more abundantly do they believe beleve in god the father and in god the son yes so do the latter day saints do they believe belleve in the holy ghost they say they do so do the latter day saints then wherein do we differ why the latter day saints believe that bod god has spoken from the heavens the christian world do not believe this they do not believe that the lord has called upon his people to come out from amongst the wicked world but the latter day saints do believe so Is there any harm in their believing so I 1 frequently ask myself if there is any harm I 1 in n a man having his own family around him or in in associating with his friends and neighbors no there is no harm in this the christian world be lieve that atis a mans B privilege 1 revile oooo thi Is there thene any aby harm in the latter d day ay saints doing the same thing not t the ha least there is no law against it in heaven or on earth that we know of then wherein are ore we worse than our christian friends that isi is the so called christian world are they christ like ilke or are they not this is a matter we can test by reading the bible if we choose to do so do they lack wisdom apparently they do if they as individuals vi duals do not acknowledge it their neighbors acknowledge it Dothe bo they ask of god od if they do they do liot bot receive where is there a christian sect now on the earth except the latter day saints who preach the gospel that jesus taught faith falth repentance baptism for the remission of sins the laying on of hands for the gift of the holy ghost the gift of tongues the gift of healing 7 and the discerning of spirits who in all the christian world believes such a doctrine none that we know of except the lat ter day saints it is this which separates us and draws the division line well is there any harm in us gathering out and living according to the revelations that have been civell to us not the least do we injure any person in so doing no we do not this people have got to be self sus if t they ey believe in the revelations given to them you will find by and by that this same babylon which the saints of god are required to leave will fall will there thero be anybody left on the face of the earth yes probably millions who will they be why the Ber ser servants and handmaidens hand maidens of the almighty those who love and serve him now I 1 will ask the question suppose this is true concerning the gathering out of the saints and that babylon or a confused and wicked world will cease its operations as they are now going on and the time spoken of shall have come como when the merchants will mourn and weep because there is no one to buy their merchandise will the inhabitants of zion go down to buy their silks and sa satins and keep up this trade no by and by there will be a gulf between tho the righteous 0 and the wicked so that t hey they can not trade with each other and national intercourse will cease it is not so now they can pass from one to the other with ease but if this is the kingdom langdom of god and if we are the saints of god I 1 leave you all to judge for yourselves about this are we not required to sustain ourselves and to manufacture that which we consume to cease our bartering trading mingling drinking smoking chewing and joining with all the filth of babylon you may judge for yourselves in relation to this but I 1 can say that behave we have havo been Bt riving striving for twenty one years in these tal Nal valleys ieya leya and before we came here to bring ri ag this deop people le to this point when we look at ladies ladles and gentlemen we can see that their wants are many but their real necessities are very few now let the latter day saints see that their necessities are supplied and omit their wants for the present and until we can manufacture what we want we want you henceforth to be a self sustaining people hear it 0 israel hear it neighbors friends and enemies this is what the lord kord lord requires of this people we have been driven from our homes time and time a again ain aln I 1 have been driven from a good handsome property and home five times without having the privilege of selling it or making fifty cents from it and what for because I 1 was a thief no because my brethren were thieves no because they were liars no because they were swear ers no because they were swindlers lers no because they thay were adulterers or fornicators fornica tors no because they loved and made lies no but because they believed that god had spoken from the heavens and had bestowed upon his servant joseph the keys of the holy priesthood of his son the latter day saints believed this and because they did so the christian world said up get ye out of this place we want y your our houses and possessions and they took them but ut I 1 will swear to them that they will never take them again the congregation said amen when colonel kane was here I 1 and others said to him colonel you will find this the entering wed wede wedge e for the division of our government said we I 1 if the government of the T united states consent to rout this people again and take it into their own hands tb to reak break us in pieces they will go to pieces did they did they have war answer the question yourselves have they made peace yet answer yourselves for Is there any such th thing ing today to day as the thirty four united states tuat once composed the federal union or is there not answer this question for yourselves and then I 1 will answer it by w w w sa ying there n eve kriwill be again u unless they are brought together and cemented by the power of god well again agaibi I 1 ask what worse w orse are ard the latter day saints than other people have we the privilege of planting and eating the fruit thereof like others yes politically morally religiously and financially have we the privilege of building and inhabiting our houses bouses yes we have bave and there is no law against it but this Is not the question at all I 1 W will III ili say eay to my brethren who have talked to the congregation the question is not wh whether ther we have the right hialit to be self sustaining or not but will wyli we be self sustaining this is the question and we say we will be what do you say brethren and sisters all of you wo who say that we will be a self sus people signify it by the he show of your right hand handy the motion was put and unanimously carried this is what terrifies the christian world not the moral noi nol nor non political portion of it but it is the fanatics the priests who are afraid and they continually seek to stir up strife and mischief they are not all so but our past experience per peri perl lenee lence enee ence has given us good reason to come com e to this conclusion 4 I 1 bro george A related something in the historical discourse delivered by him yesterday and today to day about the brethren going to solicit donations in reference referee ce to this I 1 will say that when we found we were obliged to leave N nauvoo au to deprive this nation of all excuse and to clear our skirts of their blood we wrote to all the governors of the spates and territories and also to the president soliciting aid and redress we did this to deprive them of the chance 0 of f saying at the day of judgement jud gement you could have had an asylum with us if you had bad applied for it the there result of our appeal you have already heard redress or sympathy there was none but 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