Show DISCOURSE liy by RESIDENT R YOUG YOUNG delivered in the lower bowery V at al darie paris oneida co idaho sunday aug 31 1873 REPORTED BY DY jonn JOHN Q CANNON tim THE boyel gospel of life lifo and salvation that wo ave embraced in our faith and that wo profess to carry out in our all ali truth we frequently testify to each other that wo we know that this gospel is true frue and aa as I 1 have ag a great drea grea t many timos said to those that listen to my conversation upon the principles of life ilfe and salvation I 1 believe this work I 1 believe this gos aos gospel pel pei I 1 believe thes v doctrine hau hat Is brought to us through the prophet et joseph in these the latter days in this our alog IM timo time 1 for the simplest plainest and most t palpable reason that ean can be ilven given eiven given 11 what 13 is it why be because because it is true the gospel that I 1 have embraced comprehends all truth how much of or it is true all of it how much does it embrace all the truth that there is ia ln the heavens on the earth under the earth elud aud and if there is any truth in hell this doctrine claims it it isali isail is all ail tile the truth of heaven the truth of god tha life of those that live forever the law jaw by which worlds were ere are and will bo be brought into existence nce and pass from one degree or one state of being to an another pertaining to the exaltation of ino intelligence telli gence from the lowest to the highest state this is the tife doctrine that tile the day saints believe whether they realize it or not well now upon apostasy apo stacy what have the latter day saints got to apostatize from everything that there is good pure liol holy hols godlike iod god godlike god like ilke exalting ennobling exten extending ing the ideas the capacities of the intelligent beings that our heavenly father lias has brought forth upon this earth what will they receive in exchange I 1 can comprehend it in a very few words these would be the words thatIs that I 1 should hould uge use death hell and the grave thab that is what they will get in exchange wo may go into the particulars tic ulars of that which they experience peri ence they experience darkness ignorance doubt pain sorrow grief mourning unhappiness no person to condole cond trio iYlo with in the hour of leno arm to lean upon in the day of calamity no eye to pity when they are forlorn and cast down and I 1 comprehend it by saying aach death hell heil and the tho grave this is what they will get in exchange for their apostasy apo stacy from the gospel of the son of god goa this is their reward and it is foolishness nod nos merai moral merely y nonsense a person can have a little 1 nonsense and pass it over but this is foolishness there is not ot good sense about it no light no intelligence nothing that is ennobling elevating cb cheering cering comforting consoling that produces friends ar or anything of this kind I 1 call it foolish fool ism I 1 do it this time consequently we will not talk anything about apostasy apo stacy when people receive this gospel what do to they sacrifice why why death for life this is what they give darkness for light error for truth doubt and unbelief for knowledge and the certainty of the things of god consequently I 1 consider it to be the biggest piece of foolish that can be etched hatched up imagined or entertained or follow ed ad out by any human being icing leing to leave this gospel for what they will receive in exchange so much for apostasy now a few words my brethren and sisters with avith regard to our position tero there are many in this church who have been with it a long time this church has been traveling for many years the time that this church has been traveling exceeds the time of the children of or israel in the wilderness at this point tho water for the sacrament was blessed bles bies sea I 1 will give you a word of counsel here liere with re regard ard to consecrating the bread broad nun RUN and the tiie water which I 1 want the S saints to remember when you addressing the bishops and elders eiders administer tile tilo sacrament take tilla this book tho tile the book of doctrine and covenants and read this pi prayer player ayer tako take tile tho opportunity to read this prayer until yon you call can remember it you cannot get got up anything that is better and not even equal to it and when ashen you read it read mad m aad ad it so that the people can hear you this is what I 1 wish visit of you it is what is right and that which the spirit will wili manifest to you if xou you i auire inquire and if you cannot commit this prayer to tb manury mc mccory mory mury jhb one thatis that is given by ie revelation expressly for consecrating the bread and tile tilo wine or water if tho tile latter ho be used take the book and read until you can remember if I 1 were to come here next sabbath and me see you breaking bread would this that I 1 am now mentioning be thought of the people have various var jious ideas with regard to tia pT prayer ayer dyer they h ey some sometimes times cannot hear six feet from the one who is praying and in whose prayer epmyer perhaps there are not three worda of tilo tile prayer that is in this booc book that the lo bod lord lod d tells us its that wo we u use ube be this is ls braf pretty lt bani hani ril rel on tile the elders is ihnot if th could remember liber ilber one thousandth part of that which they have llave heard it would have sanctified the and seirs years sears iago ago but it goes in 16 A at one ear and out put at the other it at is like the passing through the web naw I 1 am going to tell you some more thin gsand how long remember them until you get home perhaps there are a few who will ivill remember a few lew wards of counsel that I 1 shall shail give to you kou I 1 am here to give this people called latten latter day Saints counsel ta indirect tham in the path of life I 1 tam lam ala aia herd herg he re to answer L 1 shall bo be on lian llan d to answer I 1 bim am c called for oon all the counsel alid and for ail ali all ull the instruction st that I 1 have given to this people if there Is an au elder here arany mem berof this church called the church of jesus chrest christ of lat ter day saints who can bring up the first finst idea the tile finst first sentence that I 1 have delivered to the people as counsel tounsel that is wrong I 1 really wish they would do ft tuut tout they cannot do it for the simple reason that I 1 have never given counsel that is wrong this is the reason this people veople called latter day saints faints have been laboring now over forty years forty three years tears last april the sixth day this church tas cas organized gani zed people have been corm com 1 ing into it maby mapy man have gone out of it diaby many have died in the faith but there is quite a number in in it that a ae c now living who have held on to it from the beginning and they th ey have lave been striving to increase in their thein R knowl edele edge to enlarge their then faith and their thein the ir comprehension of tile the principles of eternal life but it is slow progress I 1 wonder if there are any particular sisters hero here who have lave lavo lived humble and faithful to whom the spirit has manifested that their progress and advancement are slow that by the spirit that I 1 receive from the lord the tho spirit that is given to me at times I 1 can see that wo we are far in the rear of what wo we should be and wo ave have not come up to that status of perfection and purity that the latter day saints should reach are there any alfy sisters who ilae live experienced any such filing are there alty any elders eiders who can bear witness to these things I 1 expect expect there are I 1 expect there is any anye number of sisters in this church who can bear witness to this and testify that the people called latter day saints are very tardy in tho the practice of th he things of god s 0 o now tow with regard to th tho the blessings there thero The roaro aro are blessing blessings that the lord pron prof proffers fels feis to his hia people has he any conditions this esthe is the question the blessings that the lard wishes to bestow upon udon his hia people in the latter days as he did upon them in former days are they proffered to the people on any conditions whatever or is it the voluntary act upon tile tiie involuntary popie peaple ate are they given to us whether we want them or not nov whether we will enjoy them or dot not or whether we ire will profit by them or not nora how is this latter day saints Is this the way the lord does you and I 1 understand this rivery every blessing the lord proffers to his people is on conditions these conditions are obey my law keep my commandments walk in my ordinance observe my nay statutes love mercy preserve the law that I 1 have havo lave given to you inviolate keep yourselves pure in the jawand jaw and then you are entitled to these those bies dies gies sings and lot not until then now is this not tile the fact I 1 leave it to you you have the tiie old and the tile j new testament from which wo we can learn doctrine you have the book nook of mormon to read from which we can learn doc doctrine teine you llave lave the tiie book of doctrine and covenants which is more especially necessary to this generation it does not contain different doctrine to the book of mormon and testament it is explanatory of these there three books corroborates the doctrine that is taught in them thiem and p points out ut the path for of this people to walk arito in today to daso dav day po that wo may not cm but know t nore how to order dider our oun lives from morning till even evening hig from evening till morning from sunday morning till sunday morning again from new year to new year yar and every day of our lives the doctrine that the lord has lias taught usand given to us through his servant joseph points out alo rio tho the path for us to walk in and while Aval walking king in this path wo we do not lose sight of one iota of the gospel but you must hold it secure and alva aiva always lys iss keep it before you by preserving those laws and ordinances and continuing to hold them precious if the saints will do this the holy ghost the cobi cobl comforter tie the the spirit of our father and god will avill enil enlighten I 1 ten their minds and bring to the their r remembrance mem brance things talat transpired in the past and thin bilings i ga t to 0 come to pass in be tho t future and they the y may way lay a foundation for everlasting life and eternal lives in the ce celestial 1 8 kingdom of our god you may ob tain these blessings by keeping in mind and observing the principles doctrine and the laws and statutes that are delivered to the people of god for their edification on for their perfections for their comfort and consolation to prepare them for entering into the celestial kingdom if td live in the observance vanc 0 of these principles pius plus and do not enjoy the spirit of revelation they deceive velvo nelvo themselves no person deceives the lord every elvery individual that sofiat lives according to the laws that to his big people and has ihas received the bless blessin blessings ln that lie ho has in store for the faithful should be able ible fosnow to know the things of god from tha the things which arkich are not of god the light from the darkness that which comes from heaven and that which comes from somewhere else this thit Is the satisfaction and tile the consolation that the latter day saints enjo enjoy yby by living their religion this is the knowledge which every one who thus lives possesses these aro are to the books tho the old and new mormon testament the book of normon lor monand and the book of doctrine and covenants and we take like all that has been said to us by the spirit of truth bring it together live to it ift and this brings us into a condition that wo we have fellowship with the father and with avith his son jesus christ and the tile people of christ are cleansed from all sin walk in the light and no more in darkness we have received in the first place the first ordinances pertaining to the gospel that jesus introduced that nave have been sent to the tile earth for the salvation of tile the children of men before the ordinances are performed however the people hear ilear the namo name of christ declared jesus is preached to tho the people faith springs up in the hearts of the people we the people believe the spirit of truth bears witness to our spirits that this is correct this is the tho christ lie he is the savior of or tho the wo ive begin to have faith in him and aen men when wo we begin to have havo falth faith alth aith in him and believe on him and the father who sent him we begin to look around ourselves and eay why is it that we saw nothing so familiar and perfect year sago gago all ali this is so familiar and plain and simple how is this they that declare christ it unto nto asare they ready to teach uell us yes certainly do you believe belleve 11 yes do you wish to be a disciple of tile lord jesus Chris christ VII uyi yes do you wish to enter into ills his family mily la I 1 yes I 1 do you wish to belong to this quorum of disciples yes Is there anything for mo me to do to got there says the candidate yes certainly says the tho elder we well weil 6 what is it to togo go down into the waters of baptism this is tho the finst first ordinance and be baptized by one having authority well now this tilis people have received all this they have bavo been convicted of the tru ati they have believed the truth they have repented of their sins they have rocc received pealed rece reee cc d baptism for the remission of their sins mils and the next ordinance or blessing the laying on of hands so that they may receive tho the role holy hol rol ghost what accompanies this tooly holy ghost I 1 have been telling you it brings to our remembran remembrance cO things past present and future and dwells upon poll poli th tile things of dod god hero here are arc the orde ordinances I 1 and wo we have commenced to obey them wo we have the tiie pro raise of receiving blessings if ir we hold on to the faith and not turn away from fr om this tilis principle and although t ough temptation may present itself to us we will ivill resist it and we will clington cling to the things of bod god and believe belleve on his promises and will ask aik the eat fat father eather herlit in the name namo of jesus to heln hein us to overcome these temptations tat ions and we wal free ourselves from this darl darkness nie wo tva will bre ak the chain of doubt and unbelief and we will emerge into tile full faith of the lord jesus when temptations come to you bo be humble and faithful and determined that you will overcome and you will receive a deliverance and continue continuo faithful having the promise of receiving blessings what atre are these blessings there Is a variety of blessings a different blessing being probably given to one two three or four of this tilis congregation thus one will have faith to lay hands upon tho the sick and rebuke disease and drive it from the person afflicted many may receive this blessing of faith the gi girt gift eft ift of lie lle heiling ding jing some sonic may receive faith to the discerning of s spirits ilir its they can discern the tile sp spirit it to of f a person ferson whether it is good or evil they have such power that when a person enters this congregation gre gation they can tell tile the spirit of such person erson enson then they have received tile the gift of discerning of spirits some may receive the gift of tongues that they will avill get up and speak in hi tongues and speak in many other languages beside their mother tongue the language that they were brought up in that they were vere first taught tau glit and bo be able to proclaim the gospel af 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