Show 7 DI 80 0 SE by OR ORSON SON syde hyde delivered iribe j th mard maid assembly rooms wk salt sult laim lake city sunday affet noon jan 1873 carted BY DAVID W E avans vans it IT 19 if some time since I 1 had the pleasure re of lilile meeting ting with the saints sainta in the fourteenth ward of salt lake city I 1 only regret this afternoon a severe cold that I 1 have taken take U since gince I 1 arrived in the city which I 1 fear may disqualify me at least in part from doing justice to any subject that may engage aitay itay my attention I 1 discern but a small por portion tilon of the peo pie of this ward collected together on the present occasion I 1 do not express myself thus aitu the idea of finding fault with them for their nonattendance non attendance at meeting I 1 only ionly wonder how so eo many of you were enabled to come together at this time and I 1 almost wonder how bow I 1 got here myself without being stuck in the mud how ever we are here hero to wait upon the lord that we may renew our strength and certainly in sheso ames imes of wonders WO we have elsh much omen occasion tor for food adapted to our immortal spirits spirit to r strengthen and invigorate them ai wo WH h anve ave fr for food to nourish and alm tho the body we mayb ompre or the wang want of tood food for r the body lhnn wn we are ar of the want of food for the ant mill a lack tack of the latter iatter preys phiys upon the interior man as much ouch aa abl a lack qt of the former dim dip us j for the discharge of chiso arduous duties which pertain to our mortal allon I 1 hardly krio kylo know my brethren add ard sisters bisters what to to you about thi thin 4 afternoon I 1 have tit n bermon hermon arpir prop ired tred d had I 1 do tot int tnt nt know that 1 should hove b h ve ove prep prepared tred ode one ne if I 1 had bad bad had lime time fo ft a discourse delivered by any aay individual tnt thi t i 14 not the outburst of inspiration by a higher power wn oan not be ba pr productive d octive of any lasting rood rond though moral principles may way be beret beset set forab ank ant chattoo that too in an engaging and interesting point of light course of my lire I 1 have traveled over a considerable portion or of the world and have bad opportunities to mark the different customs custo mr oas fas fashions bloos anil and talea f of plop people 16 and not onty only people but hut the diffen differ ent styles stylea of archi which prevail thom them every variety which the mind is capable of imagining from the princely mansion down dorn to the meanest novel I 1 have found foud that all clabea hage hime some romet kind of shelter nr home bome it in rarely thant I 1 have met with one who ha h rill gill to titi biti ale ane 1 it I b hat vf un thorne no sh lter now nowhere here to sm 0 o 1 11 even tbt luxl acm ana nn no t vl 1 I y nia fia wild ani animals nials have home bome kind mud of ret rot rn tige romme rothe place to fleo to in the time of torm lorm storm our oar utes who roam over the mountains mountain their wicki ups not very vory desir able to us but they serve them a purpose they shield or at least partially shield them from the inclemency of be ine stor storm in all oia cia elates mes ses ot 01 people then we say have bave a bome home place of or resort or refuge and the pre pro Bump hump tion tiou is that all have built oc according cording to their taste coupled with their ability this gis is about tho the idea that I 1 have formed I 1 whence came the idea of these forms and structures structure 3 where did they originate I 1 believe belleve that everything that la is of servi service ceto to ind that Is designed desik ened for fur a blessing to man carne came in rome some way by the revelations of god I 1 do not say ray that thai they thoy have all ali been revealed through a prophet or through ugh ngu an apostle god has organized every human being oia OB the earth and has bar as given to him it a temperament and a disposition susceptible a d though he be may not linow know their origin still they play upon upun his imagination and disclose to him many important matters connected with hig big hi earthly eirthly existence A carpenter has man many tools in hig his box not ail ali the same y hind kind yet in the execution of the several branches ot of hla his art he finds a them they are not to be thrown away and so it seems tame taine that in the great family of man there is not knot one to be thrown away but all may be used by him who created them the alt ait of printing was no doubt revealed from on high the matter or facsimile fac simile bein being imparted to some instrument some vess voss vessel vossel I 1 chosen for that peculiar purpose not neo nee essa rily an apostle or prophet by which to open a door to flood the world with intelligence to organize and establish the king dom of god nut nat whoever it may be through whom such revelations are made his own individual organization is pl played upon by the light of revelation though he may not understand it and give god the glory to whom in realia reality at to belongs it was not necessary that the power of steam to facilitate business and journeys by land and sea throughout the world should bo be revealed to joseph smith brigham young isaiah or jeremiah but there was an or orr ore ion lon prepared to receive that corn cora munica and so might say in relation to all the arts and sciences that exist 60 the to a earth garth if I 1 might be beallo allowed wed wod the expires slon bion I 1 would say that the celestial kingdom Is ia a central college where all ali true sciences patst exist we have them here not in their pure ure a and ad refined state but bui merely the coarse arld aud shadowy outlines no doubt many of you yon have had bad your youe portraits pencilled upon the canvas by the artist and after he be had drawn the oui outlines jnes vit b 0 tit til nili fill Ingup or embellishing R at all you lok iok looked ed at it and hald haid that is nut riot myself it deeb not look like me it balonga to some one 0 oise else 1 but when it came abe to be failed filled up d p yon were ready abl pi adit U vp we have the shadows of df things thattie tha ihal taie tafe are and not tile tiie reat leat things themselves in many respects the question arisen in bihy ihy my mind whether or not there are mansions prepared the tho other side the tho vail adapted to every human being who ever did or ever will live upon the earth jesus jasus said kald to his disciples on a certain occasion 1 I am going to leave yiu you la jrp my Fi leathers therso therlo hoase hoube aie are ar e many mansions if it were not so ao I 1 would wohld have bayou told you I 1 ko go to prepare a place or you it seems beems that at alila tuis time there wis was po place prep prop prepared ardd for them that those tuat that were alread already constructed were des designed for bt others liers and nai not f fir ir them hence bence said bald be 1 I go to prepare pre parts paris a i place nor for or you and if I 1 go I 1 will wil come again and receive you to myself that hat where I 1 am there ye may be also it is iery kery verr very natural natura foor for evory eveny person who dwells dw bilson n when w weary ea ry or when mib his task ask Is done or Us nia journey ou eudea elded euclet clel clet vi t seek his hom bom 1 will venture to say that when you KO go from thib this a is assembly you will naturally meek moek jour your own abiding pl places laes gaes you mk ma p pi maps call in at lit a sick neighbors but your ultimate purpose is to retire toy to your our own homes and aud y u are aro not content until yun yuu arrive there the question with me if whether al all ali people will not dot na da turnley tu seek the place designed and prepared for them on the other side bide of the vall vail whether there does r rot dot ot exist a sympathy between the moral qualifications of the human beart lle ile iru tru and the character of that mansion mit mft nalon which its owner is destined to occupy a kind of attractive attract ye power that will lead each one to his respective abode brethren and sisters we areail are all ali forming characters which will entitle us to the different styles of maislo mansions ns in our fathers house bouse it if I 1 seek and do obtain a ru t perlor superior degree or of intelligence if I 1 do labor to acquire purity of heart aud and uprightness if coh coi conduct duct in all things no matter how bow hiah high my standard is there not a mansion with the exertions which I 1 laake make that I 1 am hoir heir to and des dea destined tiLed to inherit I 1 am inclined to the idea that this la Is 30 I 1 have beard some bome say 1 I would ouid like to know what my condition and situation will be the other side of the grave grate 11 we are solving that problem ieni leni in our present state of existence we are determining the matter by our actions in everyday every day life I 1 re collect once in my travels standing stan dinon on the deserts of sahara where I 1 could view ibid the wide expanse and motion of sand nil nii filling mig tho the air as the drifting snows do the atmos phere here many times eair no ti nr I the air with rand sand so eo that it was with difficulty we could open our eyes without ring our eight I 1 saw anu ant T ol oi uny and there nor even a shrub on which a camel could browse abere tire lire places I 1 suppose in the desert where t of water burst forth that are aro green breaking the monotony that reigns over that wide expanse but I 1 did not yot see them and yet yet I 1 considered you will drink every drop of moisture and every drop of dew that distill from heaven and find in return you rou send forth po no plant or flower ungrateful soil come northward a little or northwest north dorth west and land on the southern borders of europe Euro peli peio say ray italy and there thera la is a beautiful country delightful fruits of a very fine grade grado grow there almost spontaneously spontaneous lj tiro the weather or climate is adapted to almost everyone every one but bul particularly ticul arly to those who are natives of 0 f the country come further north into germany for instance or to england there theta it is much colder more hardy fruits farow aarow row there well continue on northward to denmark dearn Deara ark norway sweden lapland and indeed into the arctic regions what do we find there hardy races of men adapted to the climate and they seemingly prefer residence to any otner portion of the tha earth there is the Esqui maux dwelling in his ha dilation of ioe ice ice ica i forming the walls of hla his d welling hels Heis he ia wrap ped pod in the 1 skins of animals andee ilves lives to a great extent on oh the blue blubber ter ser bf whales would he like ilke to exchange situations with the tho inhabitants of warmer countries ho he has no disposition to emigrate emi gratt that seems to td be the place he be is attached to all this for aught I 1 know may reflect somo something thing of the climate of those regions that we may here bere hereafter antor annor inhabit 1 I do not know but th the 0 very heavens reflect their existence upon earth I 1 do antt wn k n w abut but that iu in a shadowy form norm the earth eurth its itself elris eiris is a rho tho fio oho simile of the heavens now on another subject what would you think brethren aud and sisters slaters of that man who would reluse refuse to pay his bis taxes to the government under which he lle lives there are some who decline to pay their taxes in this country as if the original I 1 inhabitants were exercising g a jurisdiction which the dignity of modern civilization affects to despise and repell repel what do we think ot of any man who declines to pay his taxes we think him not entitled to the protection othe otho of the laws jaws I 1 believe there is one statute which saya baya that every man shall have the privilege iego lege of voting a at t the polls after a residence or of six months provided be be it a taxpayer within its ita boundaries this la is an important clause I 1 do not speak of this because I 1 want to urge the collection of texes t xea I 1 oare care nothing about that in comparison I 1 ute ule this ai an illustration in reference to home bome fc ome other matters mattens which I 1 wish to urse urge upon your attention go where we will we find we bave have to pay our taxes nixes to pollyl politic oi organizations and governa governments e ants tiie tile savior of the world poor as he be was was t 11 not nol ot exem exempt t from this abil obligation atlon allon or habit ltv hence be said to peter py taxes i b we have no mguey ll 11 well go gi and casty easty dur hook book into the sea and you jou will take a fish and in that fish you will find I 1 money take that and pay the taxes for fun thee thea and me thus we mee see that ho be wll T 0 made all discharged this lla iia ll abi bli abl we also should pay our taxes tares to the goern ments meats and powers of this world ii if we never should pay our taxes with what aud and or of a grace could we appeal to the chanty court for aid to construct a road here a bridge there or ad an improvement yonder you have not paid paid your taxes how cau you expect anything to revert to you W when ben hen you have not aided to replenish the tr treasury s or to keep the fountain fali fuli you nave dave no right to expect to bhare share iu in the advantages enjoyed by loyal citizens 11 again if ifa I 1 ref reluse refuse use ube to pay my taxes to the covern ment is it not pretty conclusive evi evl evidence dedio dodie that I 1 am an enemy to that government it beems seems tome to me that the ado ade beats in that direction and bows that I 1 am disloyal if I 1 pay all my taxes taxed and discharge all my obligations to the ibe government under wider which I 1 nive hive live I 1 should be cal cai led a loyal citizen says one 1 I dd not know what la Is d no ae with the taxes I 1 would like to know hi how bow w they are applied and what use is made of f the money and before I 1 pay I 1 think I 1 will ascertain isyou if you u undertake tuli thia I 1 twink think you will have a beavy heavy y aud and difficult job on your hands I 1 would not like liko to ferret it out when igel igee my receipt for taxes paid a I 1 au put t it in my pocket and iud py ey good by bye sir bir r it till he call cali 11 again I 1 fat bat is all the care I 1 have it if the col coi collector letor makes a bad use 0 t the money he be colleas collets col coi lets or appropriates it for other than leg ioa legitimate eftim ate purposes somebody else will see to hija bija not 1 I 1 I have got his bis receipt I 1 have don dane my duty I 1 hive discharged the obligation dev devolving Iving upon me we all look brethren and sisters for the kingdom of god to be established at some time if it is done andyes some 0 of f us usi complain very much about paying our tithing the very word grates on the ears or of some as taxes lacea are to 10 me the governments of the political world so is tithing to the kingdom of god thad that is my understanding and if I 1 pay my tithing I 1 come within the promises and protection of heavens laws and I 1 am considered a loyal subject of and a friend to that government ern ment I 1 will notice here a little pet pec peculiarity uli uil arity allty with to tithing there Is pot not much aia ala balda baida aid about bont it ft in the new now testament scriptures except morg more allusions it atia is the bamo bame with regard to Oly polygamy namy gamy but you turn to the old testament and you will bno that thal these two subjects run parallel one aviv wV iV where one the other follows as a matter of course cours I 1 might ask a question herb here as to 0 what our savior meant when he said I 1 the first hall t bo last and the last shall be first it uhe the first order of things is to lap over 0 A to us who are engaged in forming the last fast and 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