| Show REMARKS sf by pie rie BRIG YOUNG tabernacle Taberna clell ciell june 15 legg REPORTED ny BY G B D WATT I 1 love iove loveto to speak to the saints when wilen I 1 am ability to speak in a manner to please myself I 1 have proved that when I 1 can become fully satisfied with witti moy roy myown own actions I 1 and am ain well pleased with myself then I 1 please and satisfy my nay neighbors people ought always to be pleased with themselves when they do the best beat they can it icib ia fully proved in all the revelations that god bas bag eyer given to mankind that they na farally love iove and admire righteousness justice just icet and truth more mire than they do evil it is however universally received by professors of religion aloi I 1 as a scriptural doctrine that man roan is naturally opposed to god this is not so paul phul bays says 11 in his epistle to the corinthians bub but the natural man recel veth not the things of god but I 1 say it is the unnatural man that receive th not the things of god paul another place says if our gospel be bid it fahid to them that are lost in whom the godif god of this world hath bath blinded the mindi of them which believe belleve not lest the light of the glorious gospel of christ who is th image ofa of goj god should shine unto them J that which was is s and will continue to endure is more natural than that which will pass away arid and ba be no more the natural man is 0 of god we are the natural sons and daughters oe of our natural parents and spirit spiritually nally we are the natural children of the father of liht ight liht aad and natural heirs tobis edbis kingdom and ani an 1 when wed wedo a ai evil we do it in opposition to the p ampt ings of the spirit of truth that is within us hoe noblest work oe of god was waa in his creation creat itin designed for an endless duration for which the love of all good was incorporated in his nature it was never designed that thai tha he shoud ahou d naturally do and love evil when our first parents fell from their para disa ical state they were brought in contact with influences and powers of evil that are unnatural and stand in opposition to an end so far as mankini mankind yield to these influences they are so far removed from froam a natural ria tural to an unnatural state from life to death adam and eve ere did not sin because it was in their nature to love jove sin but bur as paul sa saya says liol a in lix his bis epistle to timothy adam was waa not dic deceived elved but the woman being deceived walan was in the transgression Noth withstanding wils wlas banding tan ding she shall be saved in fir child bearing if they continue in id falto and charity arid and bo holiness liness with idith sobriety 3 the enemy of all righteousness deceived the woman and ade adaa adam amt went with her that man mail might be and that she might ae b e saved ia in childbearing child bearing I 1 hold that it Is easier to do n wrong ong and that it gives more rea real satisfaction more inore sterling happiness and more self to any an V person to do a good deed than to do 0 arlvie an wil wll deed man is born unto trouble A omme a tha the sp sparks arks fhy fly A y upward il and that in consequence of sins being in the world bro G D watt bias has exhorted us to let truth be the standard to all our sayings and actions at bons while he was ii vias vlas as so berlent for he the I 1 thought of the harlot rahab who by I 1 faith falth perished not cuth with them that believed not when she had rece reveled led the spies with wih piece peace it appears that this ancient harlot told tild the king of jericho that the two spies bples went kvint out of the city when it was dark about we tiie time ot of the shutting shutting of the gate while at the same time she had hid gid rid them on the roof of her ler house under some stalks of flax flak this is an instance where a slight blight 4 from the truth produced more real good than a strict observance of the facts in the case would ifould have done for fot by sc se the two spies from the custody ot of the king of jericho the harl A 1 I saved herself and her fathers house bouse we call simple facts truth but the truth must be held in righteousness who is wise ils ais and he be shall understand these things prudent pfd pad nit fit and he be shall know them for the ways of the lord are right and the jast just shall walk in them but bet the transgress transgressors ors shall fall therein it is more natural for a person to tell the truth than to lie all the works of god are founded in truth and that truth must be held in righteousness yon you isyou remember thata few feir weeks ago the elders of israel were advised to practice e what they preach and not do a thousand things they are glad the people do not know there are many acts of some of the best of mankind that they are thankful are not known in the streets and in their families I 1 would not riot be willing to eay that this is the case with all men man or that it ibi iti is i so in the midst of this people because the best beat of this people do as well as they know how bow and live lires lives they ne me d not be ashamed ot of before god and the hosts of heaven and heil hell A great many wrongs are committed more from mistake and ignorance than design and arid in judging of wrongs done it is more just to judge according to design than according to the exterior appearance or the bight eight of the tte eye it is much easier to live the life bf of a saint than to live the life of a einner sinner there is more inor ereal oreal real la good obtained and arid laore real profi gained in bing b ing honest and in telling the truth aa iti atlis than in taking the opposite op 0 site course i are sellin belling an ri animal 1 I ai and a n d it ii is a little taly faly abuy deceive purchasers to get from lim him more than the an imalis worth but reveal it 1 its 9 faults and ai lings and dral drat upon upright principles I 1 will explain this by relating a circumstance when I 1 was quite young p a man by the name of hezekiah wales a great gre at horse jockey traded upon this principle ile her had a horse that seemed to be the embodiment of every wrong ia way ay A traveler rode role up on aborn X worn out animal and must have that very hone bone and would exchange in the trade the one be he was waa riding mr wales wanted five live dollars and the worn out horse for his bis animal the traveler thought this was rather too much and asked nir kir mr waey what his horse was good for will be work in harness no 11 la Is he lie a good riding horse no can he do a at alla all ali yea if he lie has hasa a mind to ils Is be he worth anything no not a cent 1 the traveler could riot not be ti beat orf off and made the exchange T is circumstance cum stance also illustrates a leading trait in ili he be character of man roan lie will not be turned aside from his bis purpose if it is within his power to accomplish it should he undertake to travel to the south east west or north a recital of all the dangers that lie in his bia path will not turn h m from his purpose sep sey he be will follow the bent of hia his own inclination should be he lose his life in n so doing this ibis is human I 1 will take the liberty of differing with many of my brethren with regard to how we should conduct ourselves toward our wives I 1 am a great lover of good women I 1 understand der stand their naf nat nal lff iff the design of their heir being and their worth I 1 have been acquainted qu quain anted ted with hundreds of men before I 1 came bito into this church who believed that it if they did not dictate every five dollars or fifty fity cents that they had in their pockets their wives were rulin ruling over them on this point I 1 shai shall differ with all who diner differ with ith me it I 1 have five dollars and I 1 can spare it and my roy wife wire wants iti ita it I 1 tell teil her hershe she is welcome tolt to it what do you want to get with it wife 0 something that pleases me 2 I 1 do not believe tie lie lieve in making my authority as a husband or a father known by brute bruter force but by a superior intelligence telli gence by showing them that I 1 am capable of teaching t them if I 1 have a wife that wants to be humored with five dollars yes take it I 1 would humor her if I 1 commit wrong towards my family it is because I 1 let them use what they should not nor or that shirb f might bestow upon the poor I 1 may humor them too much I 1 will wiil humor a child with everything I 1 consistently can noer does not gd G d in his hia provi dences bear and forbear with us in nur weaknesses and d tins bins how many times shall I 1 forgive a brother and bear with weaknesses in him that are com camron ron to al men S long as lie he loes toes foes does not riot intend to commit wilful bin sin sin aiu when OUT little children handle things thin s that are in choir way the knives borka forks pins nr needles edles edies anything and scatter waste and lose them ani and ilese these 1 li I tle tie faults are committed every few minutes throughout out the day shall we forgive the children or whip them we will always forgive them until they are tau taught ht better and learn to know good from ayi evil 14 right from wrong our oui fath r in heaven wimm witt us his children upon this principle do I 1 believe in humoring too far no my aly pries hood bood and calling as a mini ater aler ot of salvation must be honored and it the lord has placed me 0 o be the head of 0 a family let pie nie ne be so in all humility and patience not as a tyrannical ruler but aa as a faithful companion an indulgent and affectionate father a thoughtful and unassuming superior let me roe be honored in my station chrt ugh faithful diligence and be fully capable by the aid of gods goda spirit S irit of filling my office in a way to effect the salvation of all who are committed to my charge when I 1 was first married I 1 was koia tou that my wife would rule over me because I 1 was too indulgent I 1 do not thlik thi ik k that she did wife when you spin you may set the wheel where you please and when I 1 come in to 0 o sleep if you have moved the belfrom bed from the northeast corner of the ro in to the southeast corner it is is all right if you are pleased this co roe is much much more manly than to quarrel with her because she has moved the bed without your bermiss on or has put the shovel and the t neues on ibe left instead of on the right hand band side bide of the be fi 11 e place at the same ti tio ne giving her to understand that you are the master of the house but wife I 1 have made you a good water bench arid and a sink ind under the sink have ma e a place for the swi I 1 pail pill and I 1 would like to have you to keep the tile pails in their respective pi places ces if it you will tut iut the swill rail pall all ali ail where the wa er pail should ep e I 1 must go somewhere else to dri k water and not run the risk of drinking out of the swill pail in the I 1 can show you wife where to put everything in in your house if she wants so many tucks in her dress yes put in as many as you want ant for you have to spin and weave the cloth make the dress as you please that is your business and if I 1 have five dollars that is not appropriated you are welcome to it but out if I 1 have five dollars in my pocket that I 1 owe and live promised to pay tomorrow to morrow morning it must be paid if a woman can rule a man and he be not know it praise to that woman they are few who know well the office pr or a woman flom that of a man imbecility is in irked upon the people of the present age all who have their eyes open to aee eee ard and aid their minds enlightened to un der stand things as they are will subscribe readily to this declaration when the servants er of god in any age have consented to follow a acopan aw opan odan for a leader either in a a public or a family capacity they bave baye sunk bunk liau eit eil the tho standard tind ard their thein organization has thas haa fitted them thea ae peoble people ott oft of 1 god gl submit to that theirl priesthood iari isi taken from fromm them and kheyli acome as an rother people I 1 shall humor thie the m wife ife as f tar far ar as I 1 can con distantly antly and if it you have any crying to do wife bif e you can do that along with the children for I 1 have none kind of business to do let our wives be the weaker weak er vessels and the men be men and show the women by their superior ability that god gives husbands wis dom domand demand and ability to 0 o lead their wives into ili lii presence I 1 want the brethren and sisters to kindly manage their aff irs indoors in doors and out taking good care oe of that which belongs to them and being a contented in their lota jota and stations I 1 god bless the rt libeous lite ous andi andl do not care j how soon boon the wicked are overthrown over thrown amen I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 f |
