Show escourse DISCOURSE aS BT nider elder GEORGE georgs Q CANNON MED at me tha annual conference C can cun tn thellas thel the yaw law tabt anade salt sall lake city october gih 1873 IMPORTED REPORTED BY davil DAVID W V EVANS THE tur subjects that have been dwelt upon this morning are ore such bueil as must interest every one who has a desire to comprehend the tho principles of salvation as us believed in and practiced by the latter day saints to my mind there has haa been an evidence den ce of or their truth accompany accompanying ilg evely word that has been spoken the spirit of god bears testimony to the things of or god and there would be no difficulty in oon con convincing vInc the inhabitants of the earth ot of thu the truth of the tile principles believed in by the I 1 latter atter day saints were it not vot lor tradition and the tile prejudices which exist in mens minds in relation to the truth let a man start out with the bible in his hand determined to receive the truth wherever Mr ever even it may be found and com corn alence mence examining the various institutions und and ell cli churches u reiles relies that exist among men ruen and ho he would if he belley believed beli bell eyed ed the tiie bible bibler and were weta hot pr prejudiced i by tradition and education n expect t to find when be he found bautch church of christ a church organized in every respect respect like ilke e that of which the new kow tes tea testament ment div gives es us an account lie he would expect to find apostles apo sties atles and prophets and the of baptism and the laying in on of f hands for the reception of the t h 0 holy ti ly ghost in that church he would expect to find the gifts of prophecy revelation tongues the interpretation of tongues nea hea healing lingo wisdom the discernment of spirits and all the gifts that thad existed in the church of or christ in ancient days he he would look fon for lorjust just such a church na if he lie did not flud find it be would conclude that that church had been withdrawn from the earth the evidences that abound in the scripture all go to prove that this thib wah was the character of the church ot 0 f calinst christ in ancient lays days and that there be no chango change for fon the scriptures tell us that god is the today to day yesterday arl all and forever ever and that it inen in tills this day do th the same exert asting the same faith filfli as they did in ili ancient days the tile zaine aniu z blessings will follow their obedience it if we examine tile tilt bible there la 19 nothing to sustain the colva atiat there should be any chango change in ili any ans of or these things and men oliell ilear lifar r it proclaimed that th at god ihus ihas has hus restored cd the eve everlasting rl asting go gustiel gusi 1 1 lia iel and they have a desire in til their e ir hearts to comprehend the tile truth there is a spirit accompanies 1 the testimony odthe of the servants of god which bears witness to their spirit a that these things are true but immediately another spirit steps in and the reflection arises in the tile minda of many what will m p barents parents iren trents arents tren ts relative relatives or friends sa sav I 1 what will tile tilo world sa bay say Y if I 1 believe belleve beile belle this lue there I 1 is 9 ignominy associated soe soc socia ted with belief in ili these doc trines brines there la Is shame shaine to bo be encountered if I 1 go forward and jiosi lot 11 a leople people bo io despised as these IV what hut but will will men nien say of or me lil in ili what ilg light lit shail I 1 bo viewed these reflect lons ions arise and the testimony of the t this Is extinguished ili in the tiie hearts 9 of many it requires therefore on the part of people nowa now as siu sin in ancient days great strength of or mind great miral m courage and great love of the all an overpowering desire to obtain salvation and the spirit of godio god to aid thain them in order to enable people to receive the gospel of the loid lold jesus christ hence nence it is that so few comparatively speaking in every age ago have received the truth it requires courage to t sustain men when opposed by every NJ kind nd of or treachery and of violence it required courage to enable men inen to go forth to the st stake aketo to be cast into dons dens of or wild beasts or faery fiery furnaces to be crucified beheaded headed be sawn asunder or to be exiled as was john the revelator rev Bev elator it required in ili ancient days and if ii requires mn itin our days daya this kind of sublime courage to enable men and women to receive tho the truth and in view of all ail tills I 1 w wo e I 1 ean can see and comprehend dpn tha tho truth of the words of te the he savior when he stid sid bid 1 strait is the gate ate and narrow is tho the way which jordeth unto life and few t there here be that find it and wide is tho the cuate and broad is tho the way that lead oth to 0 destruction and many there thore be b which go in thereat therea tV it has b echi neen so e eair for ar men to reject the trat besth h I 1 rith tuo tto diroa uffe it has baa beenson been so easy for men to spread their sails catch the 3 popular breeze and glide before it jt and audit at has been so difficult fer for men ipen totem the tho tide tlde of opposition wll wil which ich ieh they have llave always had bad to contend with when bey hey havn embraced the truth that it ift requires oil oh our part brethren und and sisters devotion to the work which god has restored everyman and w aman who has entered this church however ignorant and illiterate and has been numble humble and and truly repented repeated lias has received a testimony from 0 god sod od th that at this is the truth god bes beso joins shig hig big holy spirit upon those who obey ills his gospel as he bestows bestons light upon tho the tho earth there have not been beona a privileged few row there has been no ho hierarchy there has been no monopoly monopolio lym lyo inh knowledge for somo some exclusive set to 10 receive while the resu rest would be desti destitute tute tufe but it has been olliT diffused used j i like the blessing of air it has been b een to all who have believed it and every man and woman has received a testimony for himself and herself respecting the gospel of jesus christ as it has deen been revealed and ta taught fight in these last days bence hence youtha you tia tta vel vei from one end of this territory to the other and you find a all ali the people bearing testimony when called upon that they know thib this Is the gos gosp elof the lord nord jesus jesu a christo christ restored in its an ancient clent purity aud and I 1 city you go to X foreign 1 bands MTH n a and they bear ohe the same bame testimony everywhere humble uneducated educated weak melr mefi have gone forth and proclaimed this lruth truth authorized by bogod godi and god has condescended descended con to confirm the truth of their testimony and administrations among the tho people and we are now how eow brought together in this tiuis land we are surrounded by peculiar circumstances wo arg in ili a place bia to b be 0 tiled i and nd tested 6 as we never neven have been beform before there are many tests I 1 temptations and unit trials wow now now assailing the later latter pa day y saints with which they neve never had rhad lo 10 contend before we have had bad mobs expulsion from our lands from the emple temple of god that we jve reared 1 anid and from tb the ellea eilea es we had lerea larea created ted from the graves of our friends and kindred whom we buried after they had fallen victims to the land which we had redeemed from the conoll condition lloil in which we found it avd fi have havia passed through these scenes an and aud therm there has hns lieen been but etue fait falt faltering bih bib ons the circumstances wel aej v ej have had had bad to conti contend with men I 1 llave bravely stood all these things ital feeble feebie women have been filled with courage and strength to pass through these pe privations ovations without ut their faith falth falling failing them I 1 I 1 hope that wo we shall not natt have uch aluch scenes to endure again I 1 pray that we may be delivered from the violence of our enemies that they may not havo hivo power over us again is they have had in tile the past pact but we must make makel calculations on an hav ing trials and aud difficulties to co X en ji lii lit ch tests 1 farour I 1 til tik to ta be endured and passed pissed thi through ou we can riot expect to accomplish plis pils the work that god has laid is without being tested and pro proved I 1 men uen and women need n ot ex expect act that they will attal attain th unto iho he etory ory which god has in store for the faithful without being tested teim in all things thinus if it we have laie ii a weakness or anything about us that I 1 is boott thoroughly sound bound we may exp eap expect et that sooner ar or later that weak SO spot 0 t in our kattre will be found and we will bo be tested to the very uttermost if we expect to sit dovon dourn with and the apostles and those who have fought the ahe good fight of faith and who have laid down their lives for the truth in past paa ages ageg pr or in our ago we must expect like them to th be proved and tried jn all things until everything in ou our nature that is drossy shall be puri purl purified fitol and we bo be cleansed and made fib fit to sit dow down n w with ith them pure and holy their peers can I 1 then thon ar or cau can aa n you div give i 5 5 way to lust just can you love the tho world worlo and the things of the tho world moret morel than you do the things of god hene hero is the danger that is ig beform before us as a people 0 it is tile the lust of th tile L fles flea klesli li the fust of the edethe lust mat of wealth the fondness for worldly seand ea easland seja sera n d comfort wo we are being assal assailed lel iel lei by these trials As a people wo ire lre are aro increasing in wealth wealth th A multiply multiplying inq up upon on u us s on every evoy hand I 1 know ot orno go people tad today ay h ho 0 aro are pro prospering as tho the latten latter day saints through through these valleys valloy 4 bhe are J god has blessed our land laud re rendered do red it fertile and m made ade ado it most prodoc duc due tivo hehns place placed I 1 vs us in tra tho centro centre of tho the continent continents we reoccupy b occupy c c u p y tho the keyston key pos position conand and maybe may he termed tho the keystone territory or state of vy wealth balth eaith is pouring into our lap and wo cannot can ean not help belp being wealthy that Is df wo follow the course that has beeh indicated to us we are as bare to be a wealthy peo poo pie pio aa imbat the sun bun shines iltis the inevitable coni eone sequence quence of our idun tion habits ja t i there are more dangers in ln wealth than in where is more morn danger in havin having abundance of money houses muses lands comforts carriages horses honses amid and fine raiment than in aalthe mobs that ever am arri rayed themselves against us as A people from tha the beginning until ms ww came here we Wet hould should real realize izat this and cherer Is only one way that mutt we can car escape tiie the evil call consequences thereof wealth has rained andi alith corrupted every people almost thad ever attained unto powen it hist has sapped the foundation and vitality of the most mast powerful peo peb ajea jes and nations that ever existed an an the oace face of tile tilo earth we ara ard humania human aa we aro exposed d I 1 to the same trials and tem tempha pta ulie mile tion as us they weBe Were and we are liable to be they were and aho ahe ails azis isoo is to hold everything thab that subject 16 0 the counsel tind find willi willior of god our hea bea heavenly beaverly venly fa ther until a different arder of things shall LQ be instituted among unas inas us as a people I 1 pe mo young men gr awing growing up and abd ud in a their thele crowth ls the love of lore of ense ease and worldly comfort and the desire aud greed fo fon for r m money 0 n ev I 1 I 1 will ivill tell you that the man nan tan oan tau who bas baa the greed or br hunger buinger cormoney or money within him and does not repress it cannot can not bea be a latter day saint A 4 woman who has the loveion annery finery earthly ease and comfort within hen her alid arid that is the he paramount feeling in her heart can tan not be a latter day dry saint no man can be a latter day saintil Sain tiu thi tin truth and in ju deed who does miot riot hun bun hungen hunger ge after rafter rig righteousness an and d the things of god murp marp than lie he does after evert everything liing else elsa elsei upon apo n thed therace ace aee of the earth and whenever cousee lowsee pr or feel feel this money li hunger tills this d dress res ros h un gent gertzis gert his bis hungen hunger for oon worldly ease and yourselves or others you may way know love of gad is hein being bein i withdrawn from you or of them au and d soo Boo sooner nevor or later it will be extinguished and athe ithe love of tha tuo tho world will wilt grow until it blomes predominant I 1 do donot not know anything inore cor con kopting than gerand forthe things of this lire life or anything more degrading and do basing in its effects except I 1 it tile vile be the love or lust for women As a people we believe that lust for women h h next ext to murder shedding innon lunon bent blood ruthc thel most deadly of all sins committing whoredom or Adultery destroys the man mai iwho wilo wito in dul gesin it and next to thabiti tha titi my es estimation I 1 on is tile tilo to jove ove of I 1 wealth ca t the 0 lusting efter after er t the e this thid life ilfe 1 an and thero there ero pu aught ggut to be and is in ever even every eveny rig rightly ht I 1 y constituted nas nad ture a constand constant nV warfare against this evils lie ile we have this ty to contend with we should watch it loin itin jit lit our aud nud we should endeavor to govern and bring allour feelings fee lings linga and desir oslin eslin to such a position that they cabbe ean can te controlled by the me love iove god liase wisely designed in my humble view and opinion that as a people we should bo called upon rom time we to ajae to make malm bacri baeri cices n order that wo may bo be x weaner seutia from rom the love this ide ife e may way ba concentrated tra e d upon him and udon upon the salvation of our follow julen for the mission that is Js entrusted to us is to gaye gave tho inhabitants of tile the earth parth and what a glorious field spreads out beford before lis tit direction when we ike isee see the thousands of poor perishing souls who are dying for thewalt the mant want oti bebless ings inga tha that w we enjoy we huud hnud ples pies we organize ties and expend owr our means may be U the tho ke instrumental in inthe luthe tho the hand hands Q f f guji of saving alit ailt allt and bring ing salvation to the inhabitants af pf the earth carth bret brethren lArem aud nud 01 r bisters sisters i il i god abraham floetha glee fice that A which vh ich ieh wm was most moot leant le ayt art hin hito and 11 r at our that avd and most andt t us if hied ire tre le increasing w j IA V oai ean tl ri ono one I 1 of tiie ale best things tinder under such circumstances so is to tobe be always particular ji hi doce I 1 in which abich god flod require p af pf lisi H H 0 require bof got us oud oua oua DUB tent tont hoal hoai t hat that w we e h have dve ave leu let letus lotus us bo be libe ilbe ralin this thi he requires that y mealia fars the a emigration nig tiie tile 1 poor from 50 0 ear earth t h let letus bo aliv a so then thena j bofty itil 0 and gei gel taleah awe andau aidau thirty thia thil tY hll MIX it qu let iet be willing lyo aye 4 work rhe every evers thing amt our hearts desire there is me ev ever |