| Show REMARKS by ELDER JOHN 21 lylor aylor af at tho he Fun funeral cral services cervices cef ger vices of elder bider hoi 0 lit JW pitt in ah thewl aith ward mard assembly february uary nary ra 1873 REPORTED BY D W EVANS 1 I 1 been very much interested lu in the remarks made by bya elder woodruff lu lit regard to his mission to ardd arid more particularly in regard to bruther brother pitt whom I 1 have always regarded as a high minded honorable man wan one wao who feared god and worked righteousness a abid llda tida a man min from fram whom in all my acquaintance with him hirt I 1 never heard one ond remark that was way inimical lih lid mical to his character or reputation as a man as a saint or in any capacity we vve han hang 6 often ofton be butr envery very veny much delighted with the music that he made for us both in this ton town and in other places races where we have sojourned sojourn ed now nov lie has gone and has lias taken tile tilo same course as every person that ever lived with the exception of two or three individuals divi duals there is something peculiar pecullar about theo these things that always creates with me a solemnity of feeling not a brother woo wood ruff said that I 1 mourn the loss of a good man when wilen hb hia has gone kone I 1 do not I 1 have not the slightest feeling of this kind but tout when 1 I reflect 0 upon the of the world world that we lavein live ini and kind of humanity in general look back through gil gli the dark lapse of ages that have halve transpired and contemplate the mil mii liona upon millions and hundreds of thousands of millions who have inhabited this tills earth and that they have all of them gone wo we keo ai ico that there is no of theme things thin thiu 98 no arresting the tile course of destiny no stopping the tiie hand haud bandoff of the tho power of ilo lie tile destroyer an eternal decree lias ilas gone north forth anait and it is appointed fovall for all ail men once to id die it js it impo i Kible for us to evade t ti I 1 14 and with navi the tiie exception of the very nery few to whom I 1 havo have before ix referred f all men have paid the tile great debt of nature the human buman body may be propped up through the tiie ingenuity nursing arld and eare care of moin man for some bome time but like a sweeping flood although you may da dam up tip tile tiie water witter from its natural cou coune ro r o and arrest it IH ilk its progress and keep it back back baek back for awhile a while yet by and bild by irwill it will rush over its ita barriers seok beok its natural channel pursue jursic Jur sue suc ith its own course courso c 0 uc and find its own resting place pla pia N so 60 it is with eith the human bamily we nye come into the world we exist for a shoat short tinie tinley then wu we are taken away no hietter what bur feelings ideas or br faith malth may way be they have nothing to eid cid dovith with this great universal al law which pervades all nature we are here to exhibit our sympathy and for our brother whom we respect and esteem that is all ail we can ean do who is theme there that cauntay ean can stay the hand of death what talent what ingenuity what philosophy religion science or power of any kind who possesses ses th that t power individually in this ala assembly ably or combined to say to the great monster death stand bad th thou ou shift not take thy aly victims there is no such such sueh jar no su c h power ho no kru such h influence such euch a prine princ principal 2 iuni iral docs does not exist and it liever llever will exist until the tho last enemy is destroyed which the scriptures Scrip tures turey tell us is is death but death shall be destroyed alid and all then even all the human family shall burst the barriers of the tomb and come forth chope who wiio have done good to the resurrection of the tho just than and not till then will wili that influence that fell tyrant be destroyed them there is soine something thin about that lat Vat interesting ereMin 9 to us while whim na the wold wald of mankind are and arid carolest car alessi oless and alid desire not to retain god in their knowledge dge and w with wish kh to put away from them everything pertaining to him and eternity we N e as latte latter day y saints if our hearts feelings affect eions and desires are placed upon tipon those things that pertain to the fu turo ture tu bac back k to our associations aa 9 brother woodruff runn ruff looked back to his i first associations with bro pitt tutt when first the tho liblit of eternal truth beamed upon we lok iok wk to the feelings that influenced brother Woodruff when inspired by the wa spirit odthe of the living god to goi go to that place pince inco inee where those people ila lia had d beeri been eal cal calling ling upon the same god for fur light and ind tir tit truth luth intelligence and revelation and a knowledge of hn hii hi i law and of his purposes urpo ages oses and while god was lead ing them forth lie waa was lei leading iding brother woodruff by the sabio rime spirit and power we reflect those ebebe things with plea piea pleasure ure it i at satisfactory to know that tiie ilie han hau daf god has been with us that ills power lias been beon with this thi priesthood that tho the fhe spirit of bf tile lord lond en associated with them and pro promises of god have hilve been fulfilled to the tiie elders when lie eald enid c ald aid caid he would send fiend his hig angels and spirit before them I 1 have rejoiced d thousands of times with brother woodruff over these things and abd I 1 t was brother Pitt about them thom not long ago and his ills countenance nee nce lighted up hla hia eye eve was waa bright and brilliant and his Is soul seemed to at tile tiie the recollection it is pleasant basant to reflect upon these princ prine principles les ies of the tile gospel and there U 19 something ing in rela reia relation tion to the future t that chatila animates our feell feelings nv and ind desires ave ve are aro gathered here a peculiar people under the tile direction and spirit of the living god gody and our gathering ciris been men effected by the reth revelations lations of the lord some of lis vis have been gathered in one way lome some in another operated upon and influenced in a variety of ways and what is 19 our idea laa in gathering Is it simply to plant sow reap and to accumulate a little worldly goods gooda around us and then lie down in the dust an and ae occupy a small space of CUTI two fe feet by six Is thia this the object of our oui gathering vernly verily no something thin 9 higher than this dwells in the bosom of mhd latter da das day saints they ahby are actuated by atler another spirit spirit and influence the spirit of the livin living god has hns beamed upon their minds minda drawn back the dark vista of the future and unfolded unto them principles principle fr of eti eternal brual ilyes ardd arid they are afe looking forward to honor hondr immortality and eternal anal lives ilves liveston th th the 1 kingdom of god these are the feelings and influence haud yand and this the lift by which we are iw ac fuated ale ve have obtained a knowledge of our father who dwells in the heavens we have partaker partaken par taken of the tho spirit of the living god which has har flowed unto its us through obedience enog to the gospel of jeoug christ our been as it were tom torn from the grovelling gro velling things of time and sen sense ke and wo we feel as though wo wd are eternal heffi beffi beings gg associated with an eternal religion with everlasting principles Vo sustained by an eternal god who w governs controls find tind and mana manage aesa gesa aa 11 II the affairs of bf the tile human family on the tile face of the earth and will in the world to eom come e Feeling hus thus we rejoice in t the ie fujii falness of df the tiler blessings of the gospel of peace this thiais Is the spirit tha th tIthe atthe living god has imparted un tousand unto us and though the world are thoughtless careless and forgetful and sometimes in iri their ignorance seek to oppose us ur we care nothing nothing about that why wiy our life is ill lii hid with christ in god dodou do nou you know it dothe do the world know it no they can not perceive it they know nothing about it it is out 0 their ken th they b can not comprehend tile the principles rincie ea feelings feeling spirit light if intelligence li gence visions and manifestations of the spirit of god that dwell diell in the tha hearts of men mien when they ra are un darthe influence of the spirit of god they neither know their peace nor the prospects which ho before them they are lidd the brute beasts which tiie the scriptures may way say are made to be taken ani and destroyed juat just like the ok 0 that you feed until he her is fat fathe lie ilo does not ilot know that the knife L is 9 going I 1 ng to pierce him by br and arid by gut sut but the saints faints understand something about the future they have havo begun to live llie for over oer eer they have obtained tile the spit it or life and truth and intelligence they have a hope that blooms with immortality and eternal life they whey know thal that if the earthly house of tabernacle dissolves they have a building of god a a house hot made with hands eternal in the tho heavens knowing thia thid they they feel that all IH Is right they feel just a jerus jesus said gaid to iria liia disciple dont care anything about awni the thee wiio can y only kill the body and when they have done that thit there is of their rope the tile extent of their power they can eun go na no further but bilt like th tile 6 other worms of bf tile the t earth tarth they havo have got to fall down and crumble and be preyed upon by worms but fear him who aften after lie has bag killed has power to easl cast into hell yea said gald lie lle lei lii say unto you fear him you latter day sainta saints fear not tiny any outside influence fear no power or spirit that may be tie arm arrayed you put your trust in lif the living god and allwill all ali vill win be right in time and und in ln C god will take care of his hh people he lias jias commenced a work and ho lie will roll that forth and woe to the man that tights fights against jehovah ho hd will move him out of the way like the gna gra grass gnass s or flowers of 0 the field all such suck will pas pass s away but blat gods kingdom and will live rye and extend grow and increase until it n the tile kingdoms of this world shall become the ohp kingdoms of our god and his libi chant christ then that man whose remains now ile liei before UA da and mill millions fohs of others shall be heard to say gay IGlo glory and honor and power aad and might and wid hla majesty jesty jests and dominion domidion lwy ascribed to him that sits on the tile throne and unto the lamb for ever god blesa bless you it is if all right with brother pitt ir it night right with liz ite us let lettia letzia us lle ile lie lile our religion keep kee the commandments of ga god WAT walk according to the light of truth follow ats asi brother he did the iea Jea headings leading dings dinas of the spirit of god goa and that will I 1 lead ad ua into all ail truth and by and by to thron thrones ea principalities and powers in the tho eternal worlds may god help us to be faithful in the name of jesus amen |
