Show S C 0 U n g pa by ELDER GEORGE Q CANNON vod VOI V 0 delivered in the new tabernacle 1 sunday oolf augello 1873 BY DAVID W EV EVANS A N s A GREAT CHEAT Mally many duties devolve upon us of which we have to hacon bacon bo constantly reminded there are no people within the range range of or my acquaintance to whom so much instruction st has been imparted concerning the various duties devolving upon them as to the latter day saints the loest talent of the community is at their service ail xii ail all the wisdom which god has given has been freely bestowed upon pio plo without money and without price andas and as has been remarked upon this stand repeatedly there Is an independence about the elders of this church in preaching the gospel unto the saints and aud unto the ther world that is not to be witnessed among the ministers of any other denomination the reason of this Is that the ministers of tho the latter day saints do not live upon the tha people and are not dependent tipon pon their favor lor nor for salaries 0 o sustain them and there is a consequent freedom in discus disgusting ting measures gfa afa tary character por for the gene gli good I 1 when under other q circumstances a delicacy might be lit nelt felt we read in lit jesus christ in speaking with his disciples asked them whom lie ho the son of man was peter answered him that lie he was wms the christ the son of the tile living god jesus then said salt to peter blessed art thou simon bar jona flesh ah xh and blood blood hath not revealed this unto thee thes but my father who wilo is in li heaven caven and I 1 say bily also unto thee that thou art peter and upon this rock I 1 will linold my iny church and the gates of hell tell shall not prevail against it and I 1 will give unto thee the I keys eys ays of the kingdom of or heaven and whatsoever thou shaU shar bind oil on earth shul shut I 1 be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou loose foose on ou earth shall be loosed in heaven here was great power and auit atit authority hority bority given unto a man it might be said that tills was one man power peter having the authority to bind on earth aud it should be bound in heaven to loose en on earth and it should be loosed ili in heaven but yet these are the words of or the son soil of or god unto ono of his apostles I 1 now what did this authority consist of can anybody tell outside the church of jesus christ can carl anybody outside the church of jesus christ of latter day saints understand the saying of or malachi where he predicts that theford Th eLord thomye whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple tempie do they understand why temples are built now 0 or r for w what at purpose they were built in ancient days can they tell how the tho au ati dhority tho rity which was conferred upon peter vas exercised bahlin by him 0 or rin in what way it could be ex exercised arcis c d by ily any lly in man all nil who might possess it all these things are mysteries to the so called christian world but god in his mercy and condescension has revealed them again and as we frequently say to the latter day maints and not to them alone for this is no monopoly of knowledge god has not created a m monopoly nio poly in ili organizing this church be he aswill is willing to extend this knowledg knowledge e unto IV a air the inhabitants of the earth without money and without price it is this thib which causes the latter day saints to bo be BO so nir fir firmly rilly united and which makes them willing if necessary to buffer suffer persecution when it overtakes overtakes them it was this knowledge which bound tho the ancient saints together and which caused them to elduro martyrdom gladly gladly and joyfully in view of the blessings which they knew werd word in lil store for the faithful while brother george A smith was speaking I 1 could not help but think of the wonderful work that ie Is being wrought in this generation among the children of men in consequence of the power that lias wis been wielded through tile the erection and completion of temples and the administration of ordinances therein men iden wonder how it the lat ua maday day duy 8 sainta saints a oro aro so vo tinted pulled tha they my brits 1 I 1 ft inet W dul dui 10 4 no menon they attribute it all to president young they say that lie he has a wonderful intellect that he lie is a good organizer that ho lie possesses great executive ability and administrative power and that through the gifts and endowments which lie ho possesses the works which wo we and the tho union that is every where manifest ri among tho the latter latten day saints are proda produced u ced but wo we who are connected with the church while we do not wish to detract in the least from the merit which is due to t o him as a servant of god and a faithful la laborer borei in his causa cause through 0 all the years of his ilfe life since lie ile he first became acquainted with the truth while we do not wish visit to lessen the merit of these allese labors or to detract in the least degree from them wo we understand principle better than to give the glory to mail man it is god who or originated and who has preserved this tills work ork and who has built it up and developed in ili the lle ile lie hearts of the children of men this long dormant i nud long lost principle which binds them one to io another as we are bound together and there is no pe ople opie on the face of the earth be adre whom there is so bright and anil floii glorious 1 ous a prospect for this tills haq audi dudl alio also for the life which vi is 4 to come as AB the latter day saints through the blessings of or the gospel which god lias has rev revealed paled we live in a different day to the ancients they had llad before them the prospect of martyrdom and the overthrow of or the work with which they were connected but 11 in tile tiie these se d dalp god las has given unto ul wi dait ditler diller ent pro prociso miso these are the ii la st maysaud day days baud band saud and lie he lias has said that his kingdom t shall triumph in the last days daya it shall not be overthrown or go into the hands of another people our prophets ilava been slain the blood of saints has been shed but these scenes shall not lung on contin continue pe there may be other blood shed aled there may be other sacrifices offered and other requirements of this ulis k kind ind made or rather the adversary may have power to efel effect act bloody results of glis tills but hut they will be short lived the days daya of the triumph of tee the wicked are numbered they call can not prevail over this work for any length of time it will grow and increase and spread abroad until it nill tile the whole earth and we and our children after us will enjoy tilo tho earth carth and all the tho blessings ling to the predictions of the tile holy prophets the prospect then before us concerning this life lire is adif a different ferent one from that which presented itself before others who have preceded us and the prospects for eternity are as bright C and glorious as any that were ever presented to any of or tile the children of men we are sent here for what purpose to eat and drink to clothe ourselves and to build houses I 1 and to live anadio and dio die like the beasts Is that the ilc lic object for which godhan god hns has sent us here hero by no means this is a low view to tako take of existence god lias has revealed to us toa to a certain extent tile the object of our existe existence rice tice we arm are archIs his children the children of deity with deity delty and godlike godif mie fic aspirations within us we have bave these tuese aspirations in common with all his children and it ia Is night right and proper eliat wo should ha have v them atheni every man inan has a desiro desire to rule govern and somo lasome some men it to gratify their ambition in this respect have trod bloody paths annd have trampled down their fellow men in their march to power pourer and when attained it has been of 8 hort short continuance but god has hm revealed to us a principle by which we can attain to dominion and power with wilh vl h out having to do as they have done ho he has revealed to us the gospel which tells us we are faithful here over a few things ho he will mako make us ruler over many many men inen wonder how it is that wo we can believe in celestial il marriage we believe in it because it lies at the foundation of all future greatness lra ira if a man rule in heaven ne tie will rule over his own post errity the apostle john sald said that they sang a new song in heaven band and hast mado mada us unto our god kings and priests and wo shall shail reign anthe on the earth reign on the earth this was the song over whom were they to delgo over whom more properly than their families the authority to seal seat wives to husbands for time and all eternity is the authority that is restored by the everlasting wiest priesthood hood und and this is the authority that was given to peter by which children 6 can ean an be scaled aled and joined to their tein Ir parents arents far tlde aniu arid for far nil 01 ulim they realize the tile blessing that wats wads was pronounced upon auraham abraham AU raham when the ibe lord lorat haid said unto him th that atas as tile the stars of or be heaven averi averl waro were coun countless countiess iless liess fur for multi multitude N or the sal sat sands ids on oil the sea shore could not be numbered so his hia seed should be and he should ruie rule over them this thib was the blessing which was pronounced upon him and it is the tile bles bies blessing that has 1199 been beeh pronounced upon every faithful man who has lived in ili a day when the priesthood was vas upon th thu the wearth earth why vonder wonder til tit en at latter day saints laving having this view this anticipation why should they hesitate one bit e moment to contribute all their means meanes to build temp temples lesanI and to accomplish tho the wark of or god I 1 we should be thankful all the daylong for blessings the tha which god has bestowed upon us lis and add should bo be willing to use all our means meads for hor the accomplishment of luf 1114 lii ili work upon the e earth oarth arth no matter what enterprises we may be called upon to support whet whether lier iler it be iq t build temples send por for the poor or 61 any thing else elbe arizona has heen been mentioned the president ili in his remarks this morning alluded to arizona and to the labors of gilr our oun pioneering r breth that thai territory 1 I was wasi very mush pleased pleaded to hear what he sald said in relation to that I 1 am thankful to hee bee that in his remarks there was no tl fa 0 let it up i oi or to tes say 1 hafti I ath in years now antl anil awill lay back and take my ease easse and leave the burden of tins work to younger iner inez who ought to step sted forward rd and shoulder it he lias the the plon pion pioneer eer in h him I 1 m as in much uell to today day probably aa ma ho he ever bad had I 1 am thankful th that at G god od tills hum him with this zeal and strength I 1 believe it was a true remark that if h lue lie c li had ad been in lit arizona thare would have i been good place places s found r beut I 1 have no there will be yet but there thero Is one thing that we must mua understand th that atwith w ith our ju r pres present but surroundings and at least while in lit the circumstances in which willoh we are arc at present placed good countries r re are not for us tho the worse worst places in ili the tile land we can call probably get andee and we must develop them if lf we were to find a good co mitry couii couil try how long would it bebe hure forc the wicked would want it and seek to strip pus s of oui our oun possessions jf if there be deserts in lit arizona thank go god d for the tile des deserts erts if there be a wilder ness there thank godfoy god for fon tile the wilderness der ness as wo we thanked him for these mighty ramparts and those extensive plains which we had to cross eross when we came here we thanked him for them because a 11 mob iob lob could pot co pleas they did ld from carthage and take away our out prophet and the saints sainta fc and aid ald rid hail ball them to prison and dos destroy til ahta 64 a as they uy did then when we eatna came hero here I 1 th thanked hiked biked god for the isolation ls olat toft of aliese mountains I 1 thanked him for the grandeur of the hills and bulwarks bulwa which he ha had bad reared around us I 1 thanked him mid for the deserts and waste places of this land and we have all doubtless thanked him many times and when we go hence to extend our border wo must not nob expect to ind a land laud of oran olan orange or lemon groves a hind land where anut tree trees sund and hard timber abound where bees are wild and turkeys ehn can be had for th thu the gr sho shootings otin g afi I 1 is vain iraln foru for us t to 0 expect to kettle kettie in su sueha sucha sueh such ehia clia ehi cli 8 a ladd land al ill tiie the prea present ilme lime but if we nind find a little Oasis jui oni tile desert where a fes few eail call settled settle settie thank god for the oais and thank him for the almost interminable road tha that it lies between that oasis oasis gasis and so called civilization we expect there will be resettle settlement through all that country the tima tiia tila latter day saints and when I 1 say latter day saints I 1 all the hottest who will yet embrace tiie the gospel gospel when the Latt erday saints wll wit will extend throughout all north and south america amerle a and we establish tho the rule of righteousness and good order throughout all these new countries rhe the tho president is desirous that a hundred men supplied with mith provisions sufficient clent to last tile Wili winter winten tep should go down to the th southern country and bestow their labors on building the templo tempio at it t george othere if there could nut be he good places pound found in arizona for oon settlements thene there was vas a good opportunity to sta stay stav and help to build t that hat temple temp leand and it is to be regretted that the brethren although BO so easer eager I 1 to pome como back did nol pot stay say until iv fprd april could have be leen en sent that they 1111 illi might glit gilt stor atop and help the le korthe the south bouth I 1 jf it thes they haa done tills this they might have done a good worl they would have bave been on hand for any thing farthur farther that nil nii might ht ithie b ham hwi ppdro arvet we ill ili p n til I 1 ll 11 waite wf N eto ero ere iTe L R ika I 1 i ourselves to be deterred from accomplishing shing missions by apparent difficulties cul ties how long iong would it be before the tilo influence and pm prestige tige which ought to attend the cf of the elders would be lost wo we have had a reputation heretofore of ae accomplishing every everything thing boiallis of this kind that we undertook let us be fainthearted aud and we los ios our JaMp influence rice tice and ana power both bod god and pian plan AU AM oun onn lour our labors haye have to of faith weare we are told to do ft it thing we wo should go to work believing M a nephi says that thal god never gives rt a command it rito the of men save savo savoie he pre prepares pares parts a way the they y ahall fullil that commana command pat he lie never yet sent a mail man to tp do a work without giving him hini power ower to accomplish it we vvo caia can ido lito these if we yve will wili we cap cilli build up the kingdom of god on bit the earth and we can train our children in lit the lova of this work and we can surround them by a wall wali no power can surmount or br break brelik dugi down J ilin flin am thankful elhat ilat we are thus situated although to some the prospects appear gloomy blany of oar our eri eil enemies ennes say piat that 1 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