| Show 11 DISCOURSE 1 BY YOUNG 1 deag delivered i vered at logan logon cacha cache valley I 1 sniff I 1 flir fill A preb BY gcoy G ginus I 1 q pretty weh understood by my and sisters thamy labors aa as speaker p ker ken a are e somewhat limited rp papare d W with h what they ibey used to to be the first season afie twelvie twelve went on a missi faission nals sion slon ginas binas aa the twelve apostles acquainted the father rather of brother wm win hyde who h has hns 4 just addressed yo you vou u hy hyde de deceased wa was kahon bAhon then thon a apy jay jie aie with his fathers fatherly ti nilly gather ad ed w with ath the saints I 1 he w went en k to houri missouri a and i nd return returned dd ta to illinois an and i I 1 got gob narried arid and this afternoon noon wp have heard beard of speak to us it is forty years yeats this spra summer melr since ance I 1 first knew know abd hd fathers father br this young afian man 1 for fo r three years s previous v iotis lotis to this T 1 had been engaged preaching th the 6 9 gosnel gospel W viel J and a d the spirit of pod would rest d down dari to that degree adree t that if I 1 did not tool open opeil my I 1 mauth 1 to preach to the people it seemed as though abo f gh my m v Ja bones onesi would consume con gurne within me consequently t 1 to 0 preach long an and doud loua loud for forty three rats hats shavo hav been aen more or less engaged preaching ap i to the people my talking orka orga naro now pretty much exhausted but my rpy general health beaith is rood good P even peen ve better than when 1 was a boring man X never felt better betten than thau mi an I 1 id ido at present I 1 have lypka enough me to preach ih hundred ye years ars arb providing the talking organs of my sto sio stomach maehand and body cpr 0 correspondingly despondingly kly kiy gly ly goldi alcamo I 1 came here hero t to 0 I 1 rest resh to get away bom nuch talking since blik being here been keen waited on by the thin indians who are aro passing ing through und una aud and chiave haa had to do a good deal of talking to tb them besides beides havi bavi having g to converse converge with the bret brethren hren bren 1 I 1 sometimes feel that I 1 ly desist from flom telli tig fig the latter batter day how they should live but iny talking organs will not permit me to say aa as much aai to the celestial kingdom of god is worth seeking for and there are times timea when I 1 see the importance of the people living their religion that thata I 1 almost feel to cry aloud and spare not afi had the strength to dol dd it il when I 1 consider cop sider the greatness of the kingdom of godi and the privilege afforded us of bec bed becoming bining heirs tp god our father and joint be heirs irs with our eider elder brother brother arid ahei then ie sense of the t atter day oay saints 1 dumot db not onder wonder bat hat the tho question was Fiske ilof of the savour urby ty his disciples chothen Wh othen can be saved paved there are very few of the of vf father adam and und mothe Mot heid heie EA eve ve who will be prepared fated to ko go into the celestial kings dum those who prepare themselves here below through obedience to the gospel receiving rec ree biving ng thi through au gh their faithfulness the keys of t the h priesthood and sanctifying sanctify ing themselves through the truth they ard are preparing the themselves meles melts t to 0 become the sons ons of god if it we become the sons of god we shall be joint heirs with jesus christ to all the inherit the father hath prepared for the faithful 1 but therl there are few of all the human family that will ever oyer ever even attain to this highest state of glory we havea have work to do just as important in its sphere as the flav sav bours work was in its sphere our fathers cannot be made perfect without us we cannot be made perfect without thi them m they have haye done their work nna now sleep weare we are aro now called upon to do d 0 ours which is to tc bo be the greatest work man ever performed an ohp earth millions of pur fellow c creatures who have liviu d upon the earth and died aled without a knowledge of the gospel must be officiated for in order orden thai that they may inherit eternal life that is all that would have rec received elved tho gb and we are called tipon upon to enter into this work the latter icat ter tor day P saints paints who turn I 1 their attention to moneymaking money making manring soun become cold in their feelings toward the ordinance the hauso libbie of god they neglect their pra pr aera aers sers ep b become unwilling to pay any anadon dona eions the law of tithing gets too great a task for them and th they thoy Y finally forsake their god and the provi dences of heaven seem to be 66 shut out from them all in coup conse conser i quence of this lust after the th things didgs of thi this world which chmill will certainly perish erih in handling and inea elt cit use uve they will fader onder a dt go f from A us iveas esthe whole world of mankind know that our age time I 1 as short our bur days buet blet but bitt a t aad A nd yet w after tah filthy lucre the worlds weal HI it matters n nob bow how much orthis man ma sess his hla few feir dayss soon ex espiro roand ro and he sleeps sieps with the theja fathers to him his niches riches are no more it was wag only 8 seeming wealth we cannot expect to receive real wealth until we re ithe riche eternity which are fe eternal those thosa riches will not no be committed to us until we khal khai have filled our measure here herb having done all the lord requires of 0 us towards perfecting ourselves ours oure elves olves and assisting him in the work of the salvation of the human buman family not until jesus shall present al 1 I things to the father saying hale bale hae completed tho the work thou in me 6 to do here hare aie afe are the nid ie results 8 of in my 1 labors then and nob not b until tuen then can chant we possess 1 rey ref near rear riches true rig rid rickes lies lles eternal riches how vain faint it is in man to allow himself to think hink that be he can rii make a he himself with the pleasures gif this world there ig is no bastin lasting 9 pleasure here unless it is Js in god gd when men leave the kingdom of pod fod od I 1 their 11 lives ilves I 1 ves are filled with wilh with bitterness ter r ness esi their tbt thi thoughts aie ale are full ol 01 Q fearfulness tearfulness e rf ulness and th eyare sorrowful day by day they may tell you they lire liro bre are happy but when i you ou probe them and find out the inmost 11 most recesses of the heart it I 1 is 8 a cup bof gall they are not happy they mayi mays seek to the uttermost parts of the earth for happiness bout tout they find it not where is happiness real happiness no where but in a god by possessing the antrim of our olur holy religion we hr are happy in the morning we are happy at noon we are happy in the evening for the spirit of jawn jave dud and iud union ia Is with usand us and we wort wert rejoice joice in the spirit because it is of godi and wd rejoice in god for he ische giver of every good thing each and every latter day saint who has experienced the love of god in his heart after haying having received the remission of his sins through ba baptism and the baying on of ban hands d realizes that hedi 9 luied with joy and hap happiness pi ness and consolation he HD may b be e in pain in error in poverty or in prison irison if nece necessity sa I 1 it demands at still 11 e he e is joyful this his bis is is s our experience and ah each an and i eve every evert r y latter day saintjean bain saint lean tean can bear witness to it there has much been sald said with regard to pun pur becoming a united people jiving liv ing together in what is called the united order one man nise rise s up h ere andino and another ther viere there saying saving the lord lond does not want a n t my eity elty it is brother brigham or it esthe is the bishop and dont feel vi ed tot tol enter inte into this lor organization this admit is partly true the lord does nou not cafa caia care any thing about hi property who made the earth and the fr iches riches thereof to whom does doea the earth belong the earth is theloris the Lords and the falness thereof do you suppose that the lord cares eares anything a mans farm nothing at all nil far the whole earth is his at his command it is gone and mhd man who claimed possession of any martof part of it not whither it has rone gone but what does the lord want of or his people it is written in this bible and i ald aid to be the words of the lord aon son give me shine hearl heart without ailt tit lit you are not worth anything with it tx he has your gold du aud and d silver your houses and lands acair your wives nd children your all I 1 have taught from the stand in in this place and in other places for years the necessity of one I 1 can say to the latter lutter day saints you have haxe never neara heard brother brigham lam make a demand for your property all ali I 1 want is to see this people devote their means and interests to the building up of the kingdom of god erecting temples and in them them officiate for the living and the dead and be lui ini tru ments in iii the hands of god of bringing up from th their air graves th those ose slept without having had bad the privilege of receiving the ithe gos pel pei elhat that they maybn maybe may be crowned sons and daughters of the almighty we do not want your property wo rant want you when we all become ond end in falth faith and inspirit in spirit WA shall be one ond in our acts having tile the kingdom of god at heart hearts and thein the an will be from thi the brethren what can I 1 dei den fj my fellow creatures can I 1 11 be the thin W means eansok of saving aboul a soul soui can I 1 do anything any thing for jor my friends who have bave slept without a knowledge of the truth orca nilda nildo anything for those who are living g inJo in foreign rel Tel FuJan lands ds yes I 1 canvy canei T these should be besenti th ments of gur pur hearts and this thia asre is required of us many of us hate have spent considerable of oun oar preaching the gospel atheme at home tome and abroad and in otherwise assisting to establish the kingdom of god upon the earth land we are still engaged in this work Yoji ave aye donated towards the deliverance of the poor from foreign lands bringing bo eie ell ng them bero bera rethey have the eriv privilege ege of being taught further in the plan of of salvation and where they can assist more materially in the establishment aliment of zion in a tha arth many of the he poor poon after havin hatin hating having 1 been brought here relieved reli rell eved eTed in many instances from the depths of poverty no sooner do they become the possessors of a little means than they lift their heels the gospel this is painful to the iatter latter day thea them assistance it I 1 is cr grieving levIng to god who delivered them salu it idour is our oun dilt duty ato to send bend tho the gospel to all nat nal nations loni and to continue to donate maans means to gather out the poor the tha lord will bate eave a few all that will accept salvation according to the design which the lord has devised he has made the plan notus not us it is not the conception of man it was a the he gods who sat in council together ent crt they bey plan pian planned planner nef ner it and now it to us will we accept of it there are only two churches on the earth only two wo parties gud leads the one e the devil the other As soon as a man hears bears the gospel preached and becomes of its truthfulness he la Is tem tern ted te led orthe doft deni devil whenever there thera la Is an opportunity suggests doubt for his bis reflection if he entertain these doubting influences fluen ces it is not long before what he believed to be true becomes a matter of con jecture another may receive the gospel travel and preach it falth faith faithfully faily fally feeling in his heart to exclaim glory to god in the bating baving no other motive chanto than to do good to his bis fellow by and by he perhaps is I 1 left ef t to himself he now begins t to question himself say saying fiig elgi eigi 1 I won der if I 1 really was right this single doubt is perhaps the beginning of his apostasy apo stacy ac i am from the church in the days ap of f je joseph ph people were inclined to turn away IV mhli frota the faith and go into apostasy apo stacy as much as theado they do now in proportion to our num mum numbers bers and I 1 have sometimes thought more so you allow the devil to bugge suggest t to you jou that I 1 am not leading you right and allow that thought to a abide in your hearts and I 1 will ivill promise you that it will lead to apostasy apo stacy you allow jours yourselves elTes elyes to doubt anything that god has reveal revealed hd and it will not be a great while before you begin to neglect your prayers refuse to pay your tithing and find fault with the authorities of the church you will mill be repeating what apos states all say bay the tithing is not used aright etc there thene Is i a feelen feeling that sometimes prompts me to dar ask did yon ever pay any t tithing to ine lne me that I 1 kept if BO so let ns be informed about it god has las BO so cheesed me with regard to things pertaining to this world that if ifa ja can te be shown that I 1 ever received the benefit of any mans ti tl thin thine ir I 1 am able to restore it a hundred fold this perhaps is a little lc levity ity in me the but I 1 indulge in such thin things gs woe eoe come times aben brother joseph was alive he halap appointed me to appraise property in ln the nauvoo temple tempie on one occasion sion sinn a saddle was wab wik wag brought in ln it was valued at two dolla dollars and being i in need libed of ai a i saddle 1 il I used it bro jo joseph lepir sent bent me the half of a pig which weighed ninety three pounds and ard while preaching in boston I 1 received two and or a half dohara in tithing which I 1 alsa used and ra reported va rt e d tob rothen rother joseph eph 0 otherwise ther wise not a dime dlin e of the tithing did I 1 even ever use nee in the days of joseph and since his bis baythe day the right to dictate the use of the tithing belongs to me and I 1 have used what I 1 thought though wab was necessary collar but ut I 1 have no knowledge of using 1 one dollar of tithing money for my own purposes though after these statements I 1 will say eay that I 1 dictate the tithing very little neither the bishops nor my clerks anything about it they do what they please with it I 1 do not card care what is done dona with it if it be rightfully and properly used they are perfectly welcome to uso use my roy tithing in common with yours the lord wilt will hold them responsible apo esthle ifor its use ape if my pay brethren who whom m I 1 employ to take care of and raise my stock do as I 1 wish them to do they pay ay my stock tithing no man in this church pays hia bia full tithing I 1 do not pay mine hut but apay as much as us anybody and I 1 never inquire what Is 1 done with it we neglect an any one ohe of these du il tics bics the nemy enemy says saye 1 I have naye nave made inide BO so much ground 11 if the devil can induce an elder to dilak a little he is not satisfied w with this triumph but buk saya says to him hidi your wire wife and children know 14 it dont pray tonight to night the elder says to his family enily 1 I feel tired tonight tonight we wont have prayers the enemy says I 1 1 I have gained another point you ladal indulge still further and you will cinq other excuses your head Is not night right your heart ligart is not ii liht bt your conscience is not night right and you retire retiro again without praying yIng baand by and byton by you yon begin to doubt something theford the lord nord ba has bas 9 revealed to us and it Is not long before such buch a ono one is led away captive |
