| Show DISCOURSE BY bun ELDEB PRATT C 1 I 1 j denive 11 ED IN the nem new tober rober mirle himle salt zake zako city sunday borning morning t ii 14 ism 1874 ItE PORTED BY DAVID W EVANS Z therm thene seems to be dt at the pre present delit time a great deal deai of manifested among the ibe saints and even among those who ane are not connected with our church in recard regard ard to konic ionic soma some instructions that hayek havo been imparted imparted to 0 o the latter latten day saints in relation to their temporal lif fains fairs the instructions which have been bean impart ed cd and kill kili which dh the people are arc in some come measure meas urel receiving rec vec elving are comparatively new in their thein estimation I 1 that hit is it Is supposed they are ifer new and something which we in times faitt pait pai t have not practiced butlre but if we appeal tom to tol the of god we wd shall shtil ph til find that no new thing thine hib hab been required of us it Is ia generally termed however by latter day baines ints ants uhe the new order you tou hear of bf it in all parts of the territory what Is beant by the nw order Is it really new in hi the revelations of god or Is it something pew new ew for us to practise it we mye hiye beem in the yean year 1874 to com to an ali ol old oid dorden orden dorder as taught in ancient mormonism Mormon ism iem what I 1 mean by ancient mormonism la Is mormonism as aa it was taught some forty three or forty four years yeara aad a generation ing on the earth who seem to bo comparatively ignorant of thor wh eh ch were taught some forty years ago hgo to men who are now old and haxe have gray heads fiends and pray gray beards since that time a new generation has arisen and they begin to think that ff new n ewy something that will turn thris thim down Is 15 heng beng introduced into int mormonism i 1 will say bay ay to all who have lw afi are entirely mistaken it Is u i i ane anc trying frying to get the people to colip bilci bass again to the old oid principles of mormonism to that thit which god revealed in lit tile the early rise of this church er everyn rj maril maill whether he be Is or is bot hot a latter d day ay saint when he be comes W study studs our written vork the writ ten revelations which god goj has glyen giyen will acknowledge knowledge that the latter latten day saints can not be ikc the toe leopld they profess to be they cannot be cons consistent lAtent with the revelations they profess to believe in and live as they now live they wave ware got to come colac into the system which the saints fl cluts call the new order otherwise they cannot comply with the lions of god I 1 believe that aw I 1 will lii ili quote a few fely revelations this momin morning in order to show you sou what god said la in relation 0 to o property or temporal things inthe in tho the early caray rise hiser of this church charch the first revelation that now oc curb carb to to ajr mygind will be found in the book of doctrine ana lna covenants on page it was given in march larch 1831 forty three years ago last march in th third paia pain graah graph ot of this thia revelation ye we read these words 0 fon for behold the beasts of the field and the fowls of bf the air nhia and that which corneth of the earth Is ordained for the use of man fon for food and for raiment and that he might have in id abundance bit it is not iten given alten that one mai mar haq should possess that which la abote above another wherefore the world ill JIM in bin sin do you bel bei believe levoi levie this day saints olt OU yes tl says saly one ont alae we believe joseph smith was a prophet 10 have you practiced practised it itt oh that Js ia another thing how then are we to I 1 kaow pow that bogue you yow believe this revelation if 5 ou fo not practise it how hoi are the world arld to know kitow you nrc are sincere inyo buyo lu luyo your jour ur belief if yon have a revelation which you profess to believe in and yet glye gite no heed to it I 1 do not wonder that the world say keay that the latter latler day saints do oid not believe their own reve revelations Ution s why because we do not practise them laem I 1 it la is not given riven that one man maii should possess that ula which Is above another wherefore the world sin eln 11 there maybe some strangers strang eri erb here and they do not le be lieve this book ant I 1 will tell you jou you yon what they would say as men of reason reabon they would say that if you latter day dao saints call cali this youn yonn book boor of faith falth and doctrines and covenants coTenant ss to td be consistent you quo qui luhti wilk wilt to comply with it that la Is they would eay say and it Is really a true saili saying 9 and consistent and reasonable lf if e be lieve this let us practise it it if we do not believe in it why profess sito to believe in it I 1 will now refer you to a revelation given on the second day of it is on page 1120 1130 of the book of doctrine and covenants A will tell you yon how this revelation e was was piyen rori jorl I 1 was present at the thie time it itt was waff given the tle church thel theil iwas wab was about nine nina months oid old oid the prophet joseph who nii nil the revelations wn c on tamed tamea in this boolkin bool booi was then living in the state 0 new york in wan awn seneca county ile he called together the various branches of the church that bd hid been organized duding during the ning nine months previous in that state and they assembled together toC toe ther it in the house in which this church was organized organ lied namely father whit mer merb mers a house you will recollect in reading ing L the book of Mormon that the sons of father whitmer whitmen young men man are lre noted tedas as witnesses of the tao book hook or of mormon david whitmer whitmen having hating seen the angel and the plates in the hands of th the e d angal n c 1 I and blid heard beard him speak ina and the hand band of the e angel was placed on his head and he said sald unto him blessed be the lord and they that thit keep his bis commandments and he be heard the voice of the lord in connection with three othen other persons testifying out of the heavens at the same time that the tho angel was administering that the book of mormon had been tran imn slated correctly by brt he the gift and poyer of god and commanding him to bear boan witness of it to all people nations and tongues in connect connection lop iop with the other three that were with him these there were some of the individuals also who saw the plates and handled them and upon who gave gavle thein their testimony to that effect in the book of mormon it was in their fathers hous houfe c where this church was ou on the oth of april 1830 it was in their fathers father house bouse where this attio little conference Conf irenee erenee was vascon convened ou on the 2nd and of january 1831 and this conference requested the prophet joseph smith to inquire of lof the lord concerning their duties he did so ho sat bat down in in phd midst of bf the conference of less than thau one hundred I 1 do not know exactly the number and a scribe wrote this thia revelation from ills his mouth month one item con therein la in the fifth paragraph reads thus adalet and let iet every man mail esteeff 1119 illg brother as himself and practice virtue and holiness before me and again I 1 say gay unto you yon let every ruan man esteem his brother as himself for what man among you having twelve sons and is 13 no besix respecter afee of off oft hem bem and they serve him obediently and faith balth othe uthe one be eliou thou clothed in robes antl anti sit thou here and to the 0 oher ohen hen her be thou clothed in rags aad nhoi sit thou there and upon his sons had and saith am just behold Be hod this thia have I 1 glyen given unto you jou a parable anait Is even as I 1 rime time am I 1 say unto you hoone be one and it if ye are ure not one ye nrc are not mine uthie perhaps the saints may think that this has reference to spiritual things alone anti and means to he be one in doctrine principle ar din finances ances faith belief audgo and aud so on and that it has no reference whatever to tempi tempo temporal fral frai things but in order to show you that this has reference to temporal as well as to stil ritual things iceme iet lct me qute quote that which god salda sald a fai few months after this thia in w au uthen othen revelation I 1 have not time to turn tum to io ril rif these revelations but I 1 will quote thi th ra m the lord says except ye yc are equal in the bonds oe or bands of earthly thing things 8 how can gan you ho he made equal in the band of heavenly things hero here was a question put to us how Y can you bs be inadi auhl equal aahl in the theanus t ands of heavenly things unless less you arc equal equi in lne ine bands of earthly surely enough we can not bp b made equal if we are unequal in this life anci ancl are not one ne can we be hel entrusted with the true rici niches riches 1 es the riches of eternity I 1 believe I 1 will read to 0 o yuu yun a small smail portion of another revelation that was given on mie bit w hardships ard ships the lord commanded cerialo one ones among ilis his servants to tare take charge of bf these theeo revelations when they were in manuscript I afore they were published shed that thai they might be printed and sent gent forth among armong the thep people colIA and he also gaye dayd them change charge conce conee the of mormon and made them bie sie stewards winds oyer over thee reve lations and the avails avalis arising irom from them and the lord bala vald wherefore hearken and hear for tor thus thua saith the lbs lord unto them thero 1 I the lord bac hac bavo bave appointed them and ordained them to be stewards oter over he revelations and commandments oruru a which kh I 1 have given unto then them abitol chichi shall shail hereafter ber her catten cafter give unto them acdan and an account of this stewardship m will ill lii I 1 I 1 require of them in the day of judgment wherefore I 1 have appointed unto them and ibis Is their business bashi bushi ess im ia the church to manage them and and the tho benenty thereof wherefore a commandment give I 1 them thit thau they ibey shall not net give these thin things unto thel church neither unto the world nevertheless inasmuch as they receive more than Is needful for tb their 61 rn necessities and their wants want ll it bhail he be given in to and thod the benefits fi hallbe billbe consecrated unto onto the Inhabit inhabitant anIs or of dign and aud ad unto tha the their i r generation inasmuch inaina q ch as they become ber heirs according to the laws of the kingdom now you yoa notice herci hene the lord did not intend those individuals rhom he be named to leeome become rich out of the avalli avails ot oe the ale aie aleff alc of the book of if mormon ormon ari ali d th e book bogk of Docte doctrine ine lne and covenants and other revelations elat clat ions lons lind and the literary v cont cono concerns Serris vf of his never in tended intended that they should rih nich while others were poor that was apt the order but inasmuch as they received more than was uca nea needful fillmor thi I 1 r sni alport part that should they do dib itt should they them themselves selves while amle their poor brethren were wele destitute denti tule tuto no not tit itt atala were to give all the the surplus surp burp lus ius over and above what was vas really necessary to support them into tha lords storehouse arid and it w was as to be bic for the benefit of all the people of zion ion lon not toi only the living but for their thele generations after aften them inasmuch muchas as they became helma heima according to the las batra of the too kingdom of god there was a certain way iway to become heln hein according to the laws of the kingdom of god neira ol of what heirs of the avails arasin arising from the sale salo of the revelations which all ali the inhabitants InhabIt ants anti ot of zion were ut to be benefited by says ono one abut but p that was limited to those thor six max individuals who are here named aud and did not cot mean the whole church walt letea letna let iet us read the next sentence behold this is what the fprd bequir requires of every man indis lo 10 his stewardship evit everi as ag I 1 the lord have hake appointed or dball 1 here bere hereafter aften after ali all appoint point 1 from this glearn that all tho the stewards which the lord had all that he should appoint ina lna in a future time te were wae to hand band over all their surplus all ali that was not necessary to teel reed and clothe theli theer into the lords store bouc none who be longed to the church of the living god are exempt from this law does that law kw include us it includes all who belong belongs to tb the church not one is exempt from it have hate we been doing ahlie latten latter day saints forthe for fon the last fonty forty year nace mace I 1 thir hlf hit revelation was given giver naye haye wei wel been com plying with with the tilo order ve aye undertook in the year 1831 to enter into ils old coad order is not 1 new order tha it i talk so much alnut in the year 1831 we commenced emig emigrating m tin to the western part ur f the state of missouri to a county quite new newt then hen balled jackson county most of theland the land at that time aime was government land und when we commenced emigrating there the lord cave gave many revelations the prophet joseph went tup tip some bome of to that county and god gatch catch any auy cevela alons contained in the booc of doctrine and covenants cotenant in relation to how ples pies pc hould should cond coad conduct tiet thein their affairs among anlou anlon the reteia mus then given was the com corm mau maidment dment that every man who should come com lip to that land jand should lay lak all ail tili ligi abille h he possessed jenore jenoro the bishop of his church another revelation givan diven be fo fore foreve revie Vc to that tha t land speaking of a i land which the th elord lord cLord it at some fut fat future to time lime would civo live us ua for an u commanded that we should consecrate all our property into his storehouse jf we had haq wagons horses mules oxen cows sheep farming utensils Ino llou ilou sebold furniture tu re gold and silver jewelry wearing ap parel it mattered not what it I 1 was wab the Lord gald gaid said sald in ate ave given in february lwi lai th thit vit lit it should all tv be laid before the I 1 bishop f llis churchard Chur church chand and that it should be consecrated to the lords storehouse this reduced us ua all on alekel if a in mau mun n u had a million i n dollars dollari when he hil gathele gathered d u up p to jackson county if he complied with the law he be would te be just abrich agthe man mai who had not one oue far farnung tung why because he consecrated all he had and the poor bobr man could not do any more than thau that hence all who com complied plied piled with the labere la law were were vere equally poor poon or equally rich what was the next steb aft afir afir r thid thia consecration se in those days we had hid but bine bishop lils his name was edward partridge and he was called by revelation and the next step after this general consecration the lord equnn commanded the bishop two counselors to purchase all the land in 16 Jacc jackson son county andini an dinn dini iles i g round about that could begot IT got the tho general price henl henc helne heine one dollar and pa a quarter an n acre and what next after purchasing these lands ianda as far as they had bad the means to do so BO every mm conse conte crated his bis property was to receive an ini ln in herl heri herita herila tance nce now recollect none ex except capt those ghose who consecrated none who disobeyed ltv b 0 that law were to an inheritance or stewardship but cratem thein their |
