| Show IS a 30 31 A 35 W JS S by president jr sfa Y 0 UNO delivered in the tabernacle Tabe madg maUe S L city sunday jan 2 ER REPORTED BY johs JOHN I 1 0 after contemplating what you have lieen been hearing I 1 want to say for the consolation of these my sisters before me I 1 give yoa yon my byword word for it if your children were counted and their number numbers compared with that of the children boin born in the tha healthy city of boston that boudo not lose three where they lose five nive 4 and I 1 think the ratio would nob not vary much from three to six I 1 want to say this for the consolation of thos those or sisters who live in utah and bear children As for what hasteen has hag been said here of our children and their state of health and gone general ap appearance and how they present themselves them themselves serves to strangers and to friends I 1 am perfectly willing to compare ours with any in the world and if the result is not favorable to us I 1 would be willing to part with them but if the contrary be the case lebus letus have theirs this revelation about our children came through anna amna dickinson when she came here I 1 was not at home she stayed here one day and one night understood she was riding a good part of the night with a stranger for the benefit other health I 1 suppose these great statements about the children children of ulah utah have come through the great wisdom and experience of anna dickinson how much does she know about family affairs here she stayed here at ht the townsend house I 1 suppose nearl nearly y twelve hours bours did sister townsend make the statements which anna dickinson gives to the world anna may say so but I 1 do not believe it I 1 will give you one specimen of her knowledge with regard to the ladles ladies of this city in one of other her statements she says that brigham young will wilp look after the young ladie ladle sand on becoming acquainted with them will find some of them are his own daughters her researches in this community were immense but bat lehme let iet me tell boushe you she is hired by some cackles to lecture against mormon ism esmand and the mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 say bay go ahead lecture away until you get into and then continue your lecture sand after aften afterwards ards hire men to lecture they may hire lecturers to say this that and the other about this people I 1 do not know that it makes the leah leat leahti difference to you and me it matters not to us what the press says or what that judge or this offic eror what congress says we wo are here in these moun bains the lord has called and led us here and sustained us and given us strength I 1 know more about the rising generation than most 0 of the people who live in this city I 1 travel great deal and aa as I 1 go into a small town and seethe children strung out a quarter of a mile 1 often say havo hava you yoa borrowed these children where did you borrow them from lam iam I 1 am answered 1 I guess we own them here 11 igo go to the next settlement and see another group stretching perhaps half a mile la in length ready to receive us with their banners and flags and their merry greetings I 1 go 0 o to another and see them by hundreds and aid thousands go through this territory and what 10 lo do you see that which you connot find elsewhere on the face of the earth with regard to children not only in in numbers but in intelligence strength power of mind and general scholastic abill abili 1 ity liy Y suppose e some one says it is not so does that make any difference to us no 0 not the least I 1 have never feared but one thing in rel gard to the latter day saints in the perse cautions they have received or that are in prospect and that Is that we shall come short of doing our duty it is only when we live short abort of our privileges when we neglect to serve our god and to do as we should doand do and ana as the lord our godre godro god goa requires of us that I 1 have any apprehensions for lor this people and I 1 have certainly seen just about as much with regard to eions as any othe othy oth y man that lives in this church still I 1 never had but this one fear are the people doing their duty are they neglecting their privileges or are they living so as to have the spirit of the lord constantly in I 1 heir their hearts if we are right before the lord it is i s no matter how wo we appear before the tile wicked we are just as obnoxious now aa as we can be why are we so Is it because we have drunkenness in our midst no Is it because we have houses of ill fame no Is it because we are a gambling people no do we horse race bet drink quarrel and go goto to law with one another from monday m morning 0 anin to saturday night no nothing of this find kind is claimed against us then what is the matte matter r with the later day saints our enemies cry out polygamy it is a faise false idea very many of them believe in polygamy down onder vender east t I 1 won wont teven even except pt the e lea iea leaders ers of our country only they believe it on the sly while we have our wives and acknowledge them anything that is unlawful ia isi swallowed by them Arly aily anything thing that is in opposition to the law of or god goes down with them anything that tramples under foot the ordinances of god ia is all right with them but we love our god we honor his laws we obey his precepts and we honor our father abraham and arid perform his hia works we should live to the best of our ability in accordance with the revelations god has baa given to us but bat why need the tha wisdom of the nation troubie trouble itself about the mormons cormons Mor mons the whole cry according to the newspapers is about this people reli rell religious g i ous teachers scrib biers publio speakers and everybody join in this murmurs taur maar mur against the latter day saints let us keep tho the law of god and the lawt of oui our country and preserve ourselves selves es in these mountains without much quarreling guar rellna relina an and contention and where ls is Is 19 t thee bej her great reat teat lault fault that can be found with the latter lader dav saints we observe the law of god and it makes us one it is the priest priests hood they are op opposed ased to the wickedness of the wor world fi d is opposed to the priesthood of the son of god it was opposed to jesna jesua when he was here on the earth oarth in the flesh it appears that the whole world of mankind was opposed 0 P ased to the gospel in the days of noah who believed the say ings inga of noah his family who else nobody what was the result why noah kept crying to the people for a hundred years tha that t the he lord certainly would avenge himself upon the nations unless they repented who believed the gospel in the days of or enoch A few who gathered together and built a city to the lord who believes in the gospel now just a few this gospel is the gospel of order and rule it la is the law of god brought forth to the children ot of men by which they can save themselves by hearkening to its counsels who love iove it the righteous who hate it the wicked we have been hearing about the latter day saints preaching I 1 think if our elders were to go without purse or scrip and had bad nothing to fall fail back upon and could not write here for means but were obliged to hatake take their valise in their hands and preach the gospel a as we used to do they would be much moie successful th than anthey they are and would find many more who would be willing to listen to their testimonies I 1 use U so to travel without purse purge or scrip and many times I 1 have walked till my neet feet were sore and the blood would run in my shoes and aud out of them and fill my appointments go into houses ask for something to eat sing and talk to them and when they would commence questioning answer them converse with them until they have given you yon what you want bless them and if it they wish pray with them and then leave unless they wish you yon to stay longer if jf you have an appointment and are obliged to go here and there on your mission ME t go 0 o like saints humble before the lord lor aall luti full fuli of faith and the power of god and you will find the tha honest in heart for the tha lord 19 going to save a great many it is near twenty five years since sincer wele we left f the confines of the united states go back there and yon you will find hundreds and per hapa bapa thousands who are ready to receive the gospel only carry it to them as they are prepared to receive it but while we go 90 and ride in oar our silver carriages many never inquire into our principles they are looking lookin g for something else tha the meek and lowly jesus sent his disciples without purse or scrip and when the honest in heart see our elders go in the same manner mannen that jesus disciples did with the doctrine that he delivered to ills his disciples and preach without purse or scrip our elders will find plenty of honest hearted persons who will receive their testimony bat when the elders go into the great cities hire large halls and hire carriages to ride to their pulpit in the people say it is 13 a speculation and such elders do not have much of the spirit of the lord to preach to the people our elders who are in the states wil will I 1 do asgood us good there is no question about it but bat they will do themselves and the people good if they will go without purse or scrip if they travel without purse or scrip when they land in the mid midst of a community or wherever they want to preach and go into the peoples houses and talk with them pray with them and sing with them teaching them the way of life and salvation they will find there are plenty who are willing to receive them many of the lat ter day saints go and say 1 I lamazor am a mor mon elder will you take me in and give civo me shelter and feed mev me no 1 11 says the owner of the house get out of my ray house bouse dono do not want twant here it if you go and say 1 iam I lam am a servant of god and want to tarry over night and sing and pray you will wili find many honest id heart rea ready y and willing to receive you but here is the place to sanctify the he people they come here as lau leu ign ian babes they do not know their first lesson they believed the sound of the gospel they have been baptised baptized sed for tor the remission of sins sing and have had hands laid upon them for the gift of the holy ghost but what do they know about the kingdom ot of god they are mere babes they know nothing and they come up here to be instructed and to be taught how to live and walk before the lorland lord and each other when they come here they need this teaching and we are here to teach ch them and the people are improving i let bet any of you sister sisters a get out put into the world where you used to live and nd what you see there will have quit another aspect to you irwill it will appear quite different to your minds and feeling feelings 3 learn how they teel feel towards alis alls people learn what is the state of the worl world dand and then look back upon the people of godin these mountains and you will see sea thein them lifted up and perceive that they are axe pure yo in heart in comparison with the world and are striving with all their might and main to build up the kingdom of godon the earth you who are here do not understand it and cannot see it because all things are proved by their opposites vere were it not for lor darkness could you give any di of light ask the individual who never saw light and see if he can give you any des of jih JIL it he ile can not do so from actual knowledge those who come here find a pretty good people but in their estimation we should be just as holy as angels wo we are pretty good and we are trying ta to be better trying to devote ourselves more and more to the building up of mhd th kingdom of of our god trying to overcome our passions subdue our tempers within us trying to sanctify ourselves our children our friends and families and seeking to become saints in i deed the people are pretty good and if they were gathered together so that we could seethe difference between those who have been here for years and those who have just come you yon would understand the comparison brother kimball used to make of the clay that is thrown into the mill and has haa been grinding for years and prepared to make vessels ot of honor of but hut in comes a batch of new clay and you must grind again and when it is a taken out of the mill it ia is cut to pieces to see if there Is anything in should not be the impurities that are in tiie the clay may destroy the vessel you will therefore gather all out that should nut be in it and throw it away so it is with the saints some keep leaving and this renders the clay purer and purer we talk a good deal about building up the kingdom of god upon the earth according to the knowledge and understanding we have in regard to the kingdom of god it requires several things to constitute a kingdom if there is a kingdom there needs a king aking ruler or dictator some one to govern and control the kingdom what else does it signify it says in language that cannot be misunderstood you must have subjects if there is a kingdom there must be a king and subjects and there must be territory for the subjects to live upon well now if we are in a kingdom dom do you think wo we are in a kingdom without law no the tho strictest law ever given to mankind is the law of god it if we transgress the jaw of god we cannot be sent to the penitentiary to stay a few years in there it is before the lord and he will judge according to our works and judge righteous judgement jud gement we cannot pay a fine of one dollar doliar five or fivel nive five undred hundred and then be for iwin I 1 it I 1 persons persona neglect to obey the jaw law of god and to walk humbly before him darkness will come into their minds and they will be left to believe that which is 11 false and erroneous their minds will become dim their eyes will be be clouded and they will be unable to seo see things as they are why because they know not the las laws of god there are a thousand ways by which persons cm lose the ithe spirit of god they neglect their duties fall away into temptation and are overcome by satan the wicked one among amon the sayi bayl sayings ngsi 0 jesus there is a parable about a man who went out to sow he ile had good seed to sow in the field some of it however leil lell upon stony ground and thorns th at that was sown on ground camb came up very wery quick quickly lv but it was wms so tender thao thau the rays of the sun were too power powerful fulfor for it and it lt dwindled away and died it was waa so with this people they are re not prepared for all that comes to them in some instances the word of god seems cems to be like seed geed cast upon stony ground some of the seed was sown sown amoum among thorns tl iorns lorns but the cases of the world choked it and some was sown upon god good g od ground round I 1 where it took root firmly and brought forth fruit yielding some thirty some sixty and somo some a hundred nold fold 11 these are tle the ideas which jesus baroti brought lit forth to fo show the people wherein tiye tige they y might full fail and the danger of rece receiving lvina ivina the word unless they oid did so into good and hoth hota est hearld hearte look upon the inhabitants of bf the earth whenever any of you go and r preach reach the gospel to them they must dor acknowledge that every iota of it is true trite truth reason judgment teach them so the revelations the lord has bas given teach it do they believe it some will say they believe it they lecove receive the truth but do they receive the lo 10 love iove a of the truth if persons receive the love of the truth and are faithful to the laws god gives to them they will vill make themselves the elect through their faithfulness and they will be the |
