Show 0 a COURSE e E 1 f BY PRE ati 1 0 rl ON Y 0 in the erl orl eri acl ogdon ogden sunday r na maith 1877 BY i JAMES TAYLOR j 1 J I 1 CAN diler tho the reflections s of my with colt t lib fib discourse afro geo goo Q Q cannone take his lext text we have lave a great reat work to pui pur performs form 1 not nut that I 1 X have time timo to take tako up item by item itom and explain and give gise you ort orl so eo that you jou ou call cin understand ih till to this thia goolt wen but I 1 will gaib a few vf wo wod oL 4 you urd ard are ed to receive them in good and houi est estt bl beams hearts ams jorni jund diest digest niem them by tub the ua iriton revelation and understand what I 1 have havu ill my mydah viii heart eho edo improvement ement tant we are tinder taking ia 13 not a small labor it is not tile tho work wo rk of a day ar or a we vt ea or a month mouth but a work of a life time nole and und whon we end nur career lero lere to leivo thoe beli bell belind ind I 1 us ow the barili own awn posterity betten better to g go 0 on with this work who wilt will do la completed comi letell what is h this forue alio im 01 0 condit loTi mau am lly liy ily tha thi s mothr tin ie hueil the jile people that livo lavoon n this thib earth ara arf prepared to receive mit wiy bm wit t lord andel and il dwell well weli with the and to as belate with angels angela ana and with preparatory to entering into the presence of our bur heavenly father now thib asalie jothand wor Wot hand 16 how V are wo 16 to this work quest ibn which woich ami will iiii 1111 be ve abie able ta I 1 wish you had mhd spirit ofa revel atlon ailon I 1 bouldi donghi dought lii iti tho latter clay day salna do that eSpirit til tu of god would bee within them go so that they cou could I 1 d see sed and understand all these al I 1 will byad attention to tiet hy of clart hero earth we 0 see red dur durl L elves selves olves hero here ta today day herol herel are did gray headed ulen aleid indies ih tants lants ian tan tsin lu their arms faiad barnd persons atthe different lerent lif condition hind und stages stage afife of ife arf varied re d feeding feeing fe eing sympathies ana I 1 wet ea 0 ah 10 yar yan variety V be roro foro us today to day but awe we ali ail all tall ganin at ht fhil thil foot of atiq tiu hll hil vve wee gee fhi the instant ih its illo 1119 mot mol mothers hers hera MA IF 1 aa 1 this lint llyal t here herte abr what is wad mad sigh creat creation ion iob ili rii iii E little atle infant childs it lies iles li eroin croin ero cro in 1 its L mothers bothers arms atwould it would bot resist in the least if I 1 ib k were dropped into a caldron of boiling oil if it were thrown into am A not know it uNtil it t feit felt the flames it might bo be laid down lere herc and the tho wolf lick liek its face and cl atwould it would not know but that it mather ther then wa av soothing it yoi YOO se taj this foundation tho starlin I 1 i ng point the germ gorm of intelligence i embodied jn ili this infant calculated to grow eid eld rid irid expand luto into manhood manh pod then to ino iho dapa gaPa capacity city eity of an angel and arid ao so onward to eternal exaltation but here is Js the foundation sent to ip school the child read naj and continues to improve as a long as it jives lives Is this the end of the knowledge of man wan no it is only the b beginning it is is the tho fiat stage ot of all tho the ibo tho intelligence that the phi io os sopher opher in his reflections taking the he starry world bea before ede eoe him an and d lo 10 oking looking into the immensity of tiie the creations of god GA CAU imagine here liere is the first place where we learn this is the tho foot of the tho hill hlll rdv rov low P dw gho rho the object is to improve the n mf the ahe he earth carth until wo we learn what hat weare we are here for and become one before the lordy em together and be equal not to a e aj all ail 11 poor no the whole world i be earth alb ia here ere and the made sob sad man iman alia arid on bonyman on mary maly was as not made tb tr trample amplo bis his fellow mahun mani mahi Under der dek his aeeti feet and ep enjoy joyall all nil bais fala hariart while the sands sanda suffer we will take amoral view a political and we see bee the inequality that eiss elss in the human family we take jinke the inhabitants of thu ihu civilized horld vad and bov bow labor Jabor orid orld Jp inn ina are aie ih ere in proportion c to he bobik bolik one vo biery every nive five that ap litho altho 0 appo apio bup sup po sifi ohis Is thag thAi teil Jeli baurs ark rk by the the zhe daib to thi in lu the eche four hours houra will support the nive five it isan unequal bond of mankind wei wel ve see servants that labor early and ansi late lite and that ibave have not ot the ea their hours f ten in twenty four they cannot gotto go to school nor not hardly gel get goto meeting in 1 jia ae seen duany cases casts ot pf thi this 3 kind jn ju europe when athe y young oung lady would have ito take her clothing aix krc oix orl a saturday nigh night tadd tand and sh itAn o order that sho she might go to meeting on the sunday with pta iab jailor ilg fal 1 who enany g athena ahei living jn jil augury and to ito sarye the leases that are living jiving on them the poor laboring men and women are toll toli toiling I 1 dg working wording their hives rives gut but to earn that which will keep a littie life ilfe within them la Is this equality nol not what is going tb bri done the latter will t never miek ackoff accomplish their mission anul this inequality shall cease we say bubb very ettje a bout poll iles lies lib tib i if we have laws awe we shoud should have halve good laws aud and we should get good men to co adjudicate those laws and if we are at vaila valla nee uee ith luh with tur our neighbor and are in want Ob etter judgment than we have to settle our hucall iu us cail call tive twelve meny and it tb t beal beai to decide between us adopt this arcq ned nea ord t earm omi oti im ardd arid ia bet wo ih I 1 lawyer ta ia hs fg own and wheat instead of bulling gadlli pa the people mug liv live e on of those will wiil r I 1 thet theto es is no boother 0 other er if wa we ati few hurs ay daye dase wb could cheti spend th ma oil dae dUt itne IH dest test anid arnd arid the i ment af bue bur hibits hi bids T tilis lis ils I 1 would ga hii H daj pon it TO roble be ble educated n althe ll the e wis bf mah why ay 3 1 1 I 1 I f but bul abl ak tei tf ouan onan otan L f 1 I world va y afify cheadl aay il gaiato can c U W iab idu lau ill liy T abut do know it is the woi wol work W of t the almighty and it ha his spirit to teach the people true prina print wa huval a mb a the the truth to the people without inter and nien uren have no bus bub business ineis to r raise also their anger leeo pid hid jl when werm were merely telling tilling the truth to the inhabitant got ol tile earth and instructing them how they can better their condition I 1 but we have something more alano fol tso tela teach eli cli t the h e people what is it how hofto to r ahe human hn adam thatis Js this book beok jthn P bible and bellave the h thai that moses gava of our kurfirst first parents an and d of the inhabitants inh abitanta of I 1 inui eed td depend dofa for V we 6 ue ure are bho fio hot in possession bf brany aay otus lai stor our firse pirt phie parents ant fare eon edn coneo obliged to refer to this till a h history lr lawe we ON this I 1 ahu cansay ay that as leadam in ln adam alf all die even so feo in piu esi 2 alt all s it r is can cah believe bellevo I 1 moses hoses and Apostles the wo we die in consequence of sin siu iu in thee conduct of our one parents unest ing lag that which they kew kem werts forbidden foru fort I 1 iden theat to eat that thit we vve ute ure shut out and cannot elee eq and understand heavenly beings awe NV o cannot see their faces we wp cannot hear bear their voices we can ean cannot ilot behold their glory lory we are outi from this the dallof vail of being dropped between en us and aud the creator has to bedone so ahat wor woe demay may return and aud bt behold hold bold those that are exalt exalted td thie is a the latter day saints arnd arid the tho pro professed fessell bd christian chri falan world shall L remark akon on this i wo me leach our children that weara a god who has an au aarto ear to hear bear an eye to neo peo ee ho lic has a mouth to tu speak it hand liand to handle handlo he has a body ho ifo has tho the he component parts of I 1 min man be re mo moves v e s in his own sphere diw fie dwells at his own place hils fils presence and his power fill immensity he has filled we the heavens and the eartle avith li his works and placed man mikii here bere hereupon upon the tha earah and in the latter iatter dapshis days his greatest work it Is th the 4 greatest greatest wor work k for the balva salva beely been revealed to man mail since the mil fall I 1 of adam I 1 hope you chlain this in the bunday sunday school that we are serving gerving a god who lias has a ibid body parts and passions and who has le ehrig and a fellow feeling vell veil veli air startle at this you have aj B fellow feeling if the Chr christian tian I 1 world were to benr hear me declare that bur Father eather in heaven could know and this morta mortality lits by experience and has a fellow feeling and duals kindly and sympathetically and mercifully with those who are they would bestar be startled tIed yet this is our father we belie belle belleve believe vein in him yes ask we tae christian world do you believe in auch a god no they gay say wat kind of a being db you believe in such sach aa as described in ld the inscription 1 which nui paul sd saw written on tap altar at Athen athens sTo to the unknown god we worship that unknown god but the fiig god that the latter day saints are worshiping and that we teach codr children to worship ia Is the god and father of our lord jesus christ chnat and the fetherof Fathe our spirits iho tho author of the tho existence of our bodi esHe who placed them here upon the eaith he ho gave existence to us all he gave breath and being to all and yet linan man has his agency this truth we we must never lose eight sight ef of we must teach our children that christ beame came in of time thai THe suffered and died defor for the original nal nai hin bin adam committed in ane garden of ua eddu deu den and tasted death for every man ile he suffered for every man upon the earth this is the tho character of him whom we receive as our savior we want you to bell uell belleve eldin an fn him fim him my iny son my daughter believe in nis BIS father and that they have k compassion 0 m passion upon us and we should hearken to his ris counsel what is nf tiu tia rici ibri annn ft WB to the years of accountability it as required of us for jor it is an i of heaven the oft which you and I 1 cannot tell teli telli for or the simple reason that it has DO no beginning it Is from to eternity il it la is required of us to godown go down into the waters of baptism herb iss iff a fountain or element typical of iio ilo the tho lie purity of tife the eternities oo 00 in waters and there therb be baptized mor for the sins ans have hands to confirm us members of the church of jes cesis is christ of latter oti opi dy sal p 1 s then j lecel ecel leeel s atrit 0 of or pr tile the holy ghost then live according to io every word that arp aeed out of the mouth of god through th those lose loee men whom dho pUe hias fias appointed here hera upon t the earty un lii lil awe we are pert perfect If f wp wego go and preach lb the tho gospel me men and women ot of age fina find children believe our testimony copie eople forward and desire to receive a remission of df their their siris by obeying of the house of llod elod that are placed in that house for the express purpose sia sip of remitting sins T ben hent hen they ai e y com commence mence to live ilva moral hyes as become be cometh th those who have embraced the ithe truth and continue to uve by py the truth until they ire are prepared to enter into an exaltation how long will they jive alve here na xo matter if they jie jive as longas methuselah lived JC tiley they co commence mme ame nce nee e that moral reform re ulta ulra r th their air lives those pho vho aho bave have been 14 in n the habit of swearing swear no more ney nex never q use tle taj hiame fiame name of the deity Delty w without ou his au th ih brity if we are in the habit of I 1 telling that is not arn to speak the truth jf we speak evil or 01 our neigh neighbors ars cease to speak eyll byll covel covet not that which ia is not our own keep be ibe ten ton commandments mand niland ments and then go goon on until we are perfect loving our neighbor than we love ourselves ima imparting to nil ull that kind fellow j elang tha that t we ca can n take talo those who nho are 1 i poor and strick ell eiX af lifland life ilfe and raie raise them that they i may come como up and possess the ir fruits tilts of the bearth earth and add enjoy all that we can enjoy in ral rai ment food and possessions raise our own horses our own food and let every one be a producer and then we can with a good grod grace be consumers infringe upon no one instead of or making aily any poorer make all wealthy 6 A few words upon tho the minerals found in our mountains nv v hv hava had a great many men examining among a ul 0 n g the wa mountains un bains and through gh g the plateaus and ranges in the i south the whole scientific world d ago pledged id 4 their reputation that there was wa not nod any mineral in the sandstone e range along the rio kio virgen river biver now they are aye finding it in many nin A ganv have told me that there was no mineral now found of the e southern portion of this ibis Terri territory torr what can I 1 say about it tha the lord in isaiah says I 1 for brass awill bring gold ler ier or iron I 1 will bring bring silver and for wood br brass aass jass and ard fox foj aanes iron r E edn can attribute it to no other agency eython than tife life power of diffusing it in these mountains I 1 will refer it scientific world you may as well take a piece of wood and anti say that it shall BMW become ii a piece of san sandstone drone dAone as a atop to bay fay that apu will tind find silver in sandstone jid pid you ever know sandstone to become a petrifaction jt it is hard to ay my where it will not be found now that it is found intha in ahe the bark barks 80 of petrified trees it Is no matter the lra lord is managing all this and he does just aa as he pleases with legard regard to td the treasures of df the earth and und we may look for them but if we are not to find them they will be hid when god od says saya to his agents remove this gold this silver this gop goh cop copperi coppery per itt irwill idt be don done e you do rid did d ric lidd understand q rbt rot and this philosophy apt but I 1 tib lib and rny my philp philosophy sophy out put reaches the philosophy of men that atu dy boako I 1 b have a v e sai sal sald Pai said dAnou tv with regard to td tho the minerals of pie hie ea rth 1 I 1 ked jed see a man grow up from the infant stage to be a seil sell scholar alar a V ud aby by and by be has an empire e and cirii can give laws ta tor the people that can call equalize theland the them mand and bring fhern them to a happiness and excellency ant and ank give them all the advantages that cancan mati matl can possess upon the earth hia and d make every man happy and comfortable i this is the work that we have hilve upon our hands handle teach the people the faith of the teach them what god Is ana and alad what his work is q and that were here never was a time auch as pia our out philosophers speak of who drift baek back and back baeli and come q this tile theory iry and that theory and ami go bael baek backi and ands back to the time when we were all reptiles when was |