Show f I 1 tfx ad X IS S 00 0 S 3 f m by J president YOUNG YO UNG de delivered liverM in the new liTa tabernacle bernade city october 1870 f REPORTED BY DA vib VID vm W EVANS I 1 lih ill I 1 can say to the people as I 1 have frequently said if we were apt scholars to learn leam the truth and to understand the tho nind mind and will of god concerning us and w would 0 uld then each and eveny every one of us with fervency perform his duty it would not i be necessary to talk quite go so loud and qu quite I 1 to so I 1 long iong arwe as e do go now but we are still children andean nd oan can learn lehn but little at a time and we need n eed to b have bur I 1 lessons esson a repeated in our hear heering bearing i ng very frequently for we are apt to lay down our books when we go out of these schools where instructions are given we are ara very apt slum blum slumber lyer iyer and sleep and forget norget what whal resolutions we have made in our own minds and to forget have heard beard from the servants of god if we could err ern gilr iea lea sonis sotis treasure them up tand and practice upon them it would not be necessary to spend so much time timo in talking or jn in listening ta those who talk but it is necessary for us to talk and practice mid and bibow the people is aa well as I 1 teach them baw now dow to build up the kingdom of god goa upon the tho earth earth barth it id quite quita a pity tha that tive we do not understand ti things lings take etheln the inhabitants habit babit ants antt of the earth as they are and in mady things pertaining to what is ia called railed worldly wisdom mechanism the sciences and the arts there seem sto to be ia a great deal of knowledge displayed but therard th eyare ignorant rant at the astae aarne is tae ome time of the fountain of this knowledge they cannot conceive of anything seuy any broader or deeper than the extension of their own minds and that of their thein neighbors if we that is mankind gehe rally raily could coula understand that whatever we enjoy wha whatever lovec lover wisdom and knowledge ure pre we possess is bestowed upon ua comes from god we should perhaps be more willing to acknowledge him in these blessings and gitil until the people called lat ter day saints do this thih we ive shall continue to talk to them and to ourselves the uve word of wisdom lias has been preached bathis ta this people first and last a good deal deai thatis that is the written word wora in the Doctrine and covenants it has been read and aught to the people now gonia thirty feigt eig elg t years and yet we wo neglect to observe this trifling lesson concerning our health Is it not strange yos yoa it is it is passing strange it is how bok many there are of our brethren who say 1 I cant dispense with my toba tobacco cco cdo I 1 cant cand lay down my pipe or cigar and let it alone monel I 1 lautt laust take it lip again ican icon cant lin liva unless I 1 have ul dulittle ittle lttie to tobacco acco neco in my month mouth ar in my nose I 1 haye have no knowle knowledge oge of their using it in their lears tirs i mep hiep middle ased aged men in and 4 physical force athletic mon will sar say 1 I must have a little blittle tobito 11 la Is jho case ithe tho the elders eiders bt t israeli you recollect that here a year aso ago I 1 til think lah ial it was lit last conference if my me memory mory ser sen serves ipg kpa me aright wright when 0 of f uhe the church was presented jon jor acceptance ce 19 p pi ft people an and ana then his counsellors coun dano pane p p 1 l madd baoe this reservation 1 I would wood vote for lor or them if they would let their liquor and tobacco alone mid and I 1 believe belleve the people voted for them on the ground aund that they were to cease tease using a ardent edg t spirits and tobacco if they ha used it from that day to this there thero were but few days davs that they did not use it they should be examples 19 the church they should be bolike ilke like J tp the church if they ara are rely the tho counsellors counsell coun drs ot of the bishop they should practice evor everything ng that is good thad that he practices 1 addla and ana if the bishop himself him self should neglect they should perform their duty as c counsellors coun 0 d llor ilor and should teach guide alro alre direct c t aa and d cop coy inel mhd bishop to improve in broin in his bis ilfe life L i but to return to bie bhe fie brethren and the use US p of toba cop cep there are aro many of pur elders eiders who tik isk say 1 I cant live without indulging in thy Vo seemly unseemly appetite 11 to say asay that thai the nature of man requires tobacco and und spirits is absurd I 1 do not know but we might provo prove that the nature of a dumb brute desires this at certain times I 1 am not sure but hut what cattle would drink liquor if it were reduced considerably perhaps they might drink it when rather strong I 1 think I 1 have heard orsome of some few instances in tile the course of my m life but you put cattle into a field nield where there is tobacco land you jou will see that none of them will eat it unless they are sick they will take it then but at no other time if a horse ox or sheep be in ia good ordinary health it will gat touch it fc and to say that thai it is necessary for man is absurd well is it good for nothing was it created in vain ho no the word wok of wisdom tell teli tellaus sus aus that tobacco is foy for sick cattle battle and the dumb brute will aiu demonstrate this if it is sick and can gerst gedat get at it the tobacco plant and the lobelia plant are similar in taste and outward appearance though not in their effects but the former is for cattie cattle the iatter latter for man the difference in their effects ia chi ohi chiefly eliy elly that lobelia lobella has no narcotic influence while has I 1 wish to ask those brethren who are in in the habit of using tobacco wont you leave it alone and try lobelia and see if you can become attached to it ayou banit can it will prove that it possesses narcotic properties per ties h L you cannot it will prove that it possesses no such liach propertied properties mankind would not become attached to these unnecessary n eb essary articles were it not for run the poison they contain the poisonous b or narcotic properties in PP spirits brits tobacco and tea are aro afe the cius caus cause of their being so much 1 like ilke e Tb those who use therm thorn bhear I 1 hear some something think occasionally about otea tea toa but I 1 say if the ladies would take the natural leaf from the stem and dry it upon awood wood they would not become attached to it as thes they do to the green tea the young hyson son gunpowder and other popular brands brandy s for these kinds hinds are cured on copper and they partake more or less of the nature of the e copper on which they are dried through being im with its poisonous qualities 1 I say this to the breth broth brethren renand and ana sig sisters tars that they may see if they can become attached to and really crave cravo any of these stimulant ij that do pot contain quite a quantity of poison there is no doubt whatever that the food we eat cat and which is absolutely necessary to sustain us contains poison polson I 1 do not dispute that the ithe poison polson olson contained in the bread that has had E baen been ien een distributed from the table this afternoon if extracted ay by a skilful chemist chemlik would be enough to kill but still as combined bin edwith with the other constituent elements of which bread is composed it is not injurious and we eat it without harm but where we find so much poison polson in articles the people will become very strongly attached to them in a very short time for instance how quickly persons become attached cl to the practice of opium eating they cannot live without itt ill if there therb was no poison in it it would not operate upon the system as ft it does in easome some somo countries it la is said that the nair lair sex are in the habit of arsenie arsenic eating and this is for the special purpose r P se of improving the gomp pomp complexion lexion re olidy let t a lady comme commence tice ilee taking the smallest possible particle of this arti anti article eib elb and if she continues the practice in a few years she will not be able to live without it many wany of our sisters think they cannot live without tea I 1 will tell you what we can do 1 I have five frequently said it to my brethren and sisters if they cannot live without tea tes coffee brandy whisky wine beer tobacco ac they can die dle with without outi them this is beyond controversy if we had the determination that we should have haven we would lve live ive without them or die dle without them i let leb the mother impregnate her system with these narcotic influences is bringing forth a family antho on the earth oarth and what does she do she davs the foundation of weakness palpitation of the heart nervous affections and man aan lother iother ills and diseases in the system of heroff her offspring i that will afflict them from the cradle to the grave Is this or unrighteous ri oteous good or evil dyll let my toy sisters WT ash ask and answer the question for themselves and ane ilie conclusion which each and every i one of them theau ma may come to is this it if I 1 do an injury admy ta my child ibin 31 sin 1 i wo we very veny weil well know knoo that the customs custo mise which prevail in the world are buchas AS to tol 1 causa millions and andi million millions of children to go to untimely kraves graves infanta children youth young men and young women thousands allds and tens of thousands of them gol got I 1 to aa untimely grave through the tha dis diseases eases dases i i engendered in their systems by their pro genitors genitor geni tors s Is ii this wrong or br is it right fal if it is wrong we fre should abst abstain miti alti from ted every ter y 1 influence and practice which produces thesel these evil effects effect if it is right then than practice prad tice them but we ky s ay it is wrong god says its it is wrong and anclle he has pointed out ou ble bie in cafer a fow few instances the path for ua us to walk in by observing the word vyora of wisdom and he has declared that it is fitted to the capaci capacity tk of the saints yea the weakest of all who are or can be called saints and this word of wisdom prohibits the us use k of liot hot drinks anda arid tobacco chave havo have heard it argal argued tea ana and coffee are not mentioned therein that is very true but what were the people in the habit of taking as hot hob drinks when that revelation was given tea and coffee we were not in the habit habif cof of drinking water very hot but tea and c offee coffee the tiie beverages 1 in common use and the lord said hoti hotl hot drinks are not good for the body nor the chef belly beily liquor la Is not good for the body norr norv nor the belly buffor but hut for the washing of the body kee kec fee tobacco cois is not good save for sick siek cattle and for bruises and gores sores its cleansing properties being then thep very useful now then will we observe the word of wisdom wadom will we let our tea coffee whisky and tobacco alone shall I 1 answer answerl for my nay brethren and sisters yes I 1 will wilb answer A large proportion of the elders of israel will let these things alone they do let them alone but there is a certain percentage of them that you might as wel wei peri well weil talk to the wind as to talk to them about these things As for my sisters ican I 1 can answer the question for them they thoy may not have their tea on the table when the husband sits down to breakfast or supper affa aff their teacups tea cups saucers and teapot tea pot mayb may ba out OX oj tse a sight ht but I 1 will insure that many ahny 0 of them take a little tea for the stomachs sake inthe course of the day whether ili til tho father or husband knows anything about if ii or not and if the question is asked why I 1 think so I 1 answer from the statistics 0 of the sales of tea and in our ey I 1 prove this we were very urgent a y yeal xeal ear ortho ago with regard to the word 0 of r wisdom and the influence then raise ralso raised made an impression on the people chloa caused them to forsake the use uso oathes unnecessary articles for the time being it was our wish then and is still that th the money generally gene gone raly paid out for far tea tet and coffee liquor to tobacco iacco lacco ac be used to send foi the poor saints and bring them to a land where they can cau accumulate the com corn mon necessaries of ilfe life in instead stead of g id the ir own lana land and going down to 6 an un tim grave for fon or the want of food I 1 recollect on e sister said sald to me one day brother ilg cee eee am TA is that was the l 61 1 givel this into the poor fund at such such sueh a time you advised us to let our tea and coffee alone and contribute the same amount that we would expend for these articles in bringing the poon poor from the old country it would have hide taken me twenty dollars t to 0 supply I 1 M me e with these articles to this time suy BUY I 1 K have bave av e saved toe the the e money my health now is more than fifty pe cent better than when I 1 left boff buff tea I 1 can noia now work ten or perhaps twelve hours a day easier than I 1 could two or three when I 1 took these stimulants 11 some others have sent ina lna in n few dollars thus accumulated for the relief of the poor but I 1 think most of our sisters have taken to their old practice of drinking tea again perhaps I 1 do not judge rightly but my conclusions ard are formed from information in my possession as to the thel amount of this article sold As far as I 1 can leam learn the cup of tea stands on the stoves in the houses of my near neighbors associates asso elates clates and those with whom I 1 am best acquainted I 1 go along occasionally and take up a tin cup and say what inthis is this it is a little xea tea we have just made a little tea this morning or wo we thought we would have a little tea this morning I 1 have hava not seen any on my table but frequently iam ISM I 1 am asked wll willylu will Wil lyou xou you have a little tea t I 1 can say sayi X haye hare tasted it to see seo whether 1 have liked it or not I 1 have desired not to like ilk e it I 1 never was in the habit of using it except a very small portion of my life but I 1 do not like it it has got to be bernade made very delicate about as weak as if for a child and then a good share of nice cream and sugar in it for me to like if it atal atai at all ali I 1 I 1 have frequently taken a and said pilet filet let us see what apu are drinking oh ob yeste yes tea Nl I 1 it a little bugar sugar sugar bugar and ana cream eream in it ayou f you who use ylse yire iise ii se jt wiil will drink a large sharo hare of ol sugar ard and oain main cream in iti ito it it will not have that same influence on your stomach as it itsou you drink drinka it raw I 1 mean without the sugar and cream it wiil will will not injure the coating of the stomach to the same extent and if you adopt this practice adding addinga a little more sugar and cream and having your tea gradually weaker and weak weaker enyou eryou you yoa may finally get got rid of it 1 I ask again will we observe the thie word of wisdom 10 lo no we will not unless we have a mind to 11 that is the answer if we have a mind to and feel disposed to do so we will observe it but not without I 1 bay say to all the elders of israel if it makes ru yoa you sick and so sleepy that you cannot keep beep butof out of bed unless you have tobacco go to bed and there lie how long until you can cati get up and go to your business like rational men jaen liko like men moa who have heads on their shoulders and who are aia not controlled oled by appetites I 1 haye hate said to my family and I 1 now say to all ail the tho sisters in the church if you |