| Show DISCOURSE BY A PRESIDENT bagnam YOUNG rf DELIVERED jn in ae the meetinghouse meeting house at leht aay aby sunday afternoon zug aug august uit m ath 1874 74 i REPORTED BY DAVID ir EVNS enere are a few ideas and reflections that thia I 1 wih wish to give to the people I 1 shall have to make my remarks brief in order to be prepared for our journey northward you hear hean a good deal from time to time and you yoa think a good dea deala deaia labout bout boat the condition of the latter day saints and what we are trying to do with them conc concerning eming the united order I 1 wish you to understand that this Is no new revelation it is the order of the kingdom where god and christ dwell t has been from eternity and will be to eternity without end consequently we have nothing particularly new to offer yo you 1 b but t we e have the commandments that hate have e been b e en vrr from aront the beginning with retard recard to those who wish to have new revelation they will please to accommodate themselves and call this a new anew revelation on this occasion I 1 will not repeat anything parti ular ulan gar lar in respect to the language or of revelation further than to cosay say thus saith the lord unto my servant brigham Brig bam ham call ye call ye upon the inhabitants of zion to organize themselves in the order or of eu enoch och iu in the new and eyer Ever everlasting latting covenant accordI according nL to the order of heaven for the furtherance of my kingdom upon the earth for fon the perfect lne inc of tle the saints for the salvation salvat lon ion of the living jiving and the dead you can youn elves by calling this a new revelation if you choose it is no new revel etlou cllon built Is the express word and will of god to this people how now many do dejon you yon think would ilka lika and have hearts to enter into thia this order let me ask you a que tion you fistere as well weli agthe as the brethren who have read the bible and the book of doctrine and covenants whether you have read the book of alor mop mon and the sermons or not note who is there among you yon who does not know and un der det tand that the people called the saints of the most moat high or the disciples of the lord jesus must be of one heart and of one mind I 1 do not think therea thenea reany or of you who do not know feel and understand this just a as 1 I 1 do and yet perhaps you do nut realize lt it we IV ca can cau gee see that it do does biot sit upon the hearts and take hold of the of the people it does not I reak break up every particle of the fallow ground of their hearts so that thegean they can receive this into their affections and bring burtn furta fruit to the glory of god if those now before me brethren and sisters u who ho profess to be latter day SaInts were of one heart and of one mind lu in the sense of the scripture that Is given to us revealed in lays days of old and in our day we vve never should have to bay say to them pay your but the feeling fling of every heart and the language of every one who has come to years of would be if there la ii a temple to be built bulit ahat khat can I 1 do to forward this temple do you want my work I 1 hare have abundance for my family to eat cat they are capable of clothing themselves with a little help from me I 1 can spend a ail all 11 my iny ti time ui e and the sis bisters I 1 ers era would say we can make the stockings and the shirts and we can make up the cioth cloth if you will give ulve aitto il to us for the b ind sand we can ean make their hats and it II kec necessary ebsary we can make their shoes shoeb 11 inthis if thit this was in the hearts and affections of the people it il would no longer be tithing alone but the inquiry would tx what do you want we nave have abundance we ask nothing but the labor of the people and if the latter latten day saints felt the importance of the mission that is upon them and of fulfilling ig the requirements of heaven that are resting upon them you would see temples bribing here like magle magie it would be nothing but a breakfast spell apell for fon forus tonus us to build a temple how do you think those feel buo do understand the mind and will of the lord and view the condition of the latter day saints as it really is unless you see it by the spirit you yuu know nothing about it IL we can say to the latter day saints it is the mind and will of god that we organize according to the rest best plans and patterns and system that we can get for the present we vve can do this and thus far give to the latter day saints the mind and will of the lord but we cannot can not make a men or a woman yield to the will unless they are disposed to I 1 can plant I 1 can water but I 1 cannot give the increase I 1 cannot cause the wheat and corn to grow it is true I 1 can break up and prepare the ground and cast the seed ther therein eln ein but I 1 cannot cause it to grow that can only be done by the people having willing hearts ready minds ind s and a disposition t to 0 o go forth furth with a firm determination and a willing hand to la blied gilld up the kingdom I 1 will do my part I 1 have hate done edone it brother brothen erastus snow has made certain eulogistic remarks a bout about my career in the church but I 1 will say this with regard to brother brigham I 1 do not k know now any anything thing about what he has earned never inquired about that or about what he deserves all I 1 have to do is to take good care of everything that the lord gives me improve upon upil every means of grace au and aud devery deveny eveny every talent me improve upon the vi visions ions lons of the spirit and speak the word of the lord to the people my mind has been and itis today to day that there Is 18 not an elder in all israel that can do his hia duty in declaring the things of god to the nations of the earth unless he declares tb those truths by the power of revelation he must i peak by the power of gud god or he doea doci not magnify hig his r t ailing the theory olour of our religion will not answer the purpose of saving us I 1 can call upon the people ile gle but will they orga arga organize nize themselves some L e li inquire quIrt quire ilis Is this exactly the erder that the lord require requires it is juat exactly what the lord requires I 1 will say eay to you sou with regard to the kingdom of god on the earth here hers is the church of jesus christ of latter day saints organized with its rules regulations and degrees with iho tho quorums of the holy priesthood from the first presidency to the tho teachers and deacons here we are an organization god called upon joseph he called upon oliver cowdery then others were caned called through joseph the church was organized he with his two counselors comprised the first presidency in a few years the th quorum of theT welve weite was waa organized the high counsel was organized the high priests quorum was organized the seventies quorums were organized and the priests quor quorum tim the teach em exi quorum and the deacons this is what whal we iye are lu iu the habit of cailin callin calling cailing g the kingdom of god bug bui there are arc f urther further organizations the prophet gave a full and complete organization to this kingdom the spring tx fru he was killed this kingdom Is 1 the kingdom that daniel dardel spoke of which was to batet be acet up in the last days it N I 1 the kingdom that Is not to be given to another people it is the kingdom kindom that Is id to be beheld held heid by the servants ger ber of god to rule the nations of orthe the earth to send forth those laws and ordinances that shall he be suitable and thal that shall shail apply themselves tu to th the e church 0 of f jemus jesus christ of latter day saint saints that will apply appis themselves to the mother church tho abo holy catholic church they will commend themselves to every protestant prote tant lant church upon the earth they will commend themselves to every class of in nuels and will throw their protecting arms around tho the whole human family protecting them theiu in their rights it ir they wish to worship a white doc dor they ril will have the privilege tege if they wish to worship the gun bun they will have the privilege viege it they wih to worship a man they wilt wiit have the privilege and it if they wish to worship the unknown god they will havo the tho irini lege irge this kingdom will them all and will iesue laws and ui dinan dihan ces to 10 protect them in their ria rig rights tits lits every right that every people and person cau en enjoy 0 and the full liberty that gud gd has halgran grunted granted d to bothem them without molestation can n you yon u understand me this church of jesus christ of latter day saints sainta its la organized forthe fon for the I 1 iuli tuil ding up of thi alone it la Is not for the building up tip of catholicism it is not for promoting any or all of the dissentients from the ule muther nother Church churchly lt Is alone for the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and for no other body of people when we organize accordia accor dm to these llva ilva and ordinances we make this abis people one but we do not bring lu iu the methodists presbyterians rians or ca cai are in independent depend en I 1 of themselves but the klu kiu dom of god gud when it Is established and bears rule will defend the methodists in their rights ju ja t as much as latter day saints but bat it will not allow them to infringe upon the rights of their neighbors this will be prohibited these sects sec bec la may want to afflict the saints just as now they may want to persecute each other t r just as they now nov do they may want to bring everybody to their standard just as they donow do now but the kingdom of god when it is het bet n up upun the earth will le be after the pattern of heaven and will compel no man nor woman to go contrary to his or her conscience they would compel us na to go contrary to our oun ces they I 1 recollect when the thel e nvere ivene hut but few when they were poor and when I 1 here there was scarcely a col lege ored minister on the continent of america in the methodist church I 1 re them in their infancy but bat what would they do now then they were persecuted and thought they bore a great deal for christs sake perhaps they did now I 1 want to give you these few words the kingdom of god will protect every person every sect geet and all ali people upon the the whole carthin eart cart bin hin their legal rights I 1 shall not tali ta 11 you yon the names of the mem bers herb of this kin kingdom dom neither shall I 1 read to you yon its constitution but the constitution was given by revelation the day will come came when it will be organized in strenge strength and aud power powen now as the church of jesus christ of latter day saints we work our way along the best we can can you yon understand der stand this A faw fow worda words upon the organization of this united order we regret that we are not ina lna in a capacity to make our own laws perta pertaining inin to our domestic affairs as we cheese cli cil ocse if if we were in a state capacity we could do so EO the legislature could then pass laws by which we would have the right to deed our property to the church to the trustee in trust it we chose or in any other way the people would like to deed their property to god trod and his kingdom but we can not do this now ware not a state we are in the capacity of servants Eer ber yanta vanta have to bow to the whims and ca prices of the ignorant and to the prejudice of wilful ignorant sectarianism rian ism consequently we are under the necessity of getting gelling up or the articles of so that they will agree with existing statutes and be ae legal that wi can cany on business as we arh wash without being 11 ringed upon or molested by any anybody body some have complained and say this does not incorporate the whole wo we want articles of agreement under which we can give all that we have got lel let me say to you that our art artl cien IcIeK of confederation agreement or association will allow us ns to deed ete eve every ry particle artico le 0 of property that we have zot got go t to t pil phi this cooperative operative co p c m tive tite insl insi I 1 t u tion our houses farms sheep cattle horses borses our labor our railroad bank fetock factories and everything that we hate have we can deed to the tin of this association socia whatever you have here in lehi that you wish hish to ta deed over to those you have selected teci to be a board of trustees you jou can deed to them to take the supervision lon ion of it and ind then you will put it out of the handa banda pet haps of unruly frow arli arel children and spendthrifts and do good by so eo doing and if you can car put in every of your property properly and have this governed and controlled by the hest best men meu you hate have here why not do this just as well as to deed it to george A smith the trustee in trust does dm northis not this answer every purpose pose it does look at the reas reason of dur purpose it t it il you yon wish to if it la Is the word and the wish and the will of the organization here hereto to deed only part of the proper property tv I 1 expect they will take the liberty of doing so but this would not suit sult me if I 1 had property here in hi this place I 1 should wish to deed every particle of it to this association I 1 wish to deed every particle of my property in provo just as quick as there is an opportunity and haye hate it done in a way that it will be beneficial to the people I 1 am laboring under andera a certain embarrassment and so are mahy may others with regard to deeding property and that is to find men who know what to do with property when it is in their hands I 1 will relate a circumstance here which I 1 related to ta some of the brethren the other day there was a very excellent good man in this church who found it very hard to get aloni with his large family ile he received a very fine pre ent elit eilt for he was very thankful to the donor but after it was given to himy himl him he be said he did not kaow what to do with the elephant now that he had got it he called his prel present ent an elephant on his hands he be could not plow with him he be could not ride him to meeting he be could not harness him to a carriage and in fact he could not do anything with him the elephant was too large for him to handle when this factory at provo can go into the hands of men meu who know what to do with it it il will go when my factory in balt salt lake county can go into the hands of men who know what to do with 14 it it will go there is my beloved brother james NV cummings who has worked my factory tenor tenon ten or twelve years he counts himself A no I 1 in all financial bun bud business bunnes nes neb I 1 have offered the factory to lo him and his workmen menon on the operative cooperative co system in the 0 den lier that we wl wih wih h to adopt I 1 sala sali to him take it and manage it you are wel 1 come said he if I only had plenty of money to fui fai fomish nish it I 1 suppose I 1 could do it haye naye not I 1 furnished it without money ye I 1 had bad not the first sixpence tu tobee bebin with I 1 furnished my factories and I 1 have built what I 1 have built without asking how bow much they coa coal or where I 1 was to get ket gautie the money to do it when we find flud somebody some souie body that knows what tu to do with property somebody who knows how bow to handle the ele elephant eJe we win will give them charge of it it if I 1 I 1 had him I 1 would make the elephant get down on his knees to me and kaei keei ree rec him there until I 1 allowed him to get up and then teach him to up with his burden on his back and carry it where I 1 said As quick as we can tind nind men who know what to do with the elephants we will put the elephants into their hands bat here as elsewhere you jou will |
