Show DISCOURSE BY BRIGHAM ili YOU T zi zat ae the emd house sait sail lake city gunday sunday E euen even uen ven 1 branc ilni 1874 REPORTED BY DAVID w EVANS I 1 AM herein here in this ward ca especially pec lally to talk to you yon on my brethren and bisters I 1 think I 1 have ave ate been here only once before at the dedication of this house 1 5 1 I have a few things to bay to you yon which I 1 hope and expect will bo be received and appreciated ac bording to their merit perhaps quite a portion of this tills little congregation gre re hate bate left their homes their friends the landd lands of their nativity for the gospels sake for the sake sare of their own salvation and that of their families and friends who would go with them I 1 will appeal to the experience of my brethren an and sisters who have received the gospel and ask them this quest question lon ion Is nut not the gospel dearer to us than anything else and all else on this earth I 1 think I 1 can answer for all latter day saints and say surely it is 11 we hope for life salvation and exaltation we have the arh liege of the gospel and the ordinances of the house of god while the inhabitants of the earth earlb with the exception of com comparatively ively a very few feir have not as yet availed themselves elves eltes of this privilege ic a we enach pirt ach the tho gopel go pel pei to the people but they are ane so erroneously and aad so BO ignorant with regard to the acts perta pertaining luing to the tho revelations and will of god to the children of men that they turn tura aside from it and think it no evil in so doing they are aie bo educated that they can neglect the gospel and nna feel measurably justified this Is an item of experience that we cou con could d hilair before ourselves and others more fully faily than perhaps it would be voe prudent far sor me to spend the time to do this evening theaopel the gopel go pel pei tous tons to us is all nil in all to know the will of god godana and do 40 it is tho the happiest life that intelligent engg the 06 tho children our father in heaven heaten can live there Is no other condition in life that produces the same amount of good feeling fcc ling ilog peace ba happiness joy comfort co t and i ia elli elii gence genco trtat the gei vleo vico or of thili therl the lord will bring if a person is very poor and mid the love git gif f god la is within him bim he feels richand nich rich and happy and can meas meat measurably curably do without food that is longer and letter letten than they can who do not have ahli experience of the love of hod god within them the person who enjoys the experience C the knowledge of the Kinu kingdom dorn durn of god on oli the earth arid and at the tho satue latue time has hab love of god him Is the happiest any individuals on the earth we uell beli evelia tind and have edve obeyed this gospel look forward with the anticipation of ob taming a great amount of khow k knowledge ledge wisdom when we embraced tie tle lle lie essix the spirit opened up to our minds the that the wisdom the knowledge e and pawa would increase in the of the saints this la Is our experience 1 I knowing for myself whal what the ll of the lord brings to the ti testify what it reveals to others c pir spir it that is given to me to enlighten my mind Is given to others othere the same that given iven to you I 1 have received con cou I 1 I 1 speak from personal knowledge that which I 1 have experienced and understand and that I 1 live in and they live in and enjoy tho the spirit of our holy religion can cant testify to this t ethere re isa is a portion of this con congregation gre acho arc ra young and know but little about aburt the united states or al alvut about the there and there la Is a largo percentage of our community who know nothing by ex peri perl fence lence ence of the outside w world orld orid ak ask them ferrence ier Fer if f they know anything of california no anything about the states no dilyou did you not come from endiana Eni lana landY Iana no but my parents did conse consequently queAly they have not experience peri ence they have lived here they have grown up with us wo we have brought them up cheerfully and kindly and instructed and taught them and they have hate enjoyed the spirit of life and or of wisdom and r knowledge these children who have heen been bo x r rn here hero in the N cir cy and Everl everi astling cov COT I 1 1 e ep pc do not seem joren toren to realize lize ilze this thin elih Is corthe want of experience wirich they will obtain in future life but those of experience those who have left their home homeland and therrall thel their rall nali all ali for the sake eake of the gosp elare capable of judging ging better about these matters matt cra now we vre as latter day saints hope for salvation we nrc are living in anticipation of eternal salvation we vvo have hate left our homes and everything for the sake of our religion many women in our community haye hive left lert their husbands many men have hate ka bert their wives and cla children lArem youns hoy boys a have hare left their parents and brothers and dister rister sand gand young girls gidia have bave come away and left all they had bad friends homon homos plenty parents brothers and sitters yet when ahen th the espirit spirit of tho gospel came upon them they were so eo enamor enamored odwith edwith with lt it and it gave them such light knowledge and intelligence that they were ivero willing to lor bak Eak cail call calland and aud follow with the latter day saints for life eternal this Is the casc cago with quite lle ite a portion of our community we air alc all ali then ster blurted ted for life and salvation and wo we still have no other object ot jcck now wy rny brethren and aud sisters slaters I 1 wish to ask do we not anticipate further klu riu knowledge ow ledge wisdom and ble sings and further then lher comm communications by the spirit of the ilard ilo iio further demo demonstrations and further farther witnesses re revelations ons ous knowledge ac in this kingdom 0 we do every one of us leask we ask the h question again do we expect that we have already become perfect and that we are prepared to ba numbered with the sanctified and ana that unai we arm and irow pro prepared ared 1 to G ga gathered therod with gods tc a bat hat it 11 alra bra a ra to hla fair r the s voice v oace e d l A IN trio tilo uis ulf pa W groom 0 merlill we should be numbered tt with ON the h wise 18 do we anticipate thu arwe if we do we at aie ale a wrong for we are riot not prepared we have passed through a great many wany scenes we may say of trIou tribulation lation though I 1 would have hate all my brethren understand that I 1 do not take this to myself for fon all thit I 1 have passed through has been J joy jay y and joyful to me hut but we have seemingly sacrificed a great deal and passed through many scene scenes of trial and temptations no doubton doubt of thip we haqq had to suffer temptation mord more or less bm and we have taken the spoiling of our oar goods joyfully I 1 have myself live times before I 1 came to this valley left everything that the lord had blessed mo me with pertaining to this worlds goods which for the country wilbre where I 1 lived liked was pas not 6 tery scry little weil well passed assed asbed thebe thear ordeals and wo we are still going along now have hate we profited by all that we have passed through and experienced po P 0 that we really do consider that we aro are sanctified and prepared for the celestial 0 kingdom n dom of goi god we believe that 1 Is mord more yet to be d done one why all hearts reply there Is till still understand understanding inc ine in this lin kin kingdom dom every heart echoes we ve expect to learn more we expect to r receive more we aurre nhe zhe not yet yei we are not complete in our stature as men and women in arist christ jesus now I 1 will just ask liht here shall we ever be learning pend and neven never abl nhi to come to a knowledge of the thu trat I 1 no I 1 gay say we shall not hut but we ghail shall come to the knowledge of the tit truth ith this is my hope and anticipation and abl this is my soy joy the latter day S tsi as a eople copie in man respects nrc aro shortsighted we are but lint bates hates bat bai cs or suck guck suckling linz infants in the church and kingdom of god comparatively and especially ally gince since we have been in these luese valleys we have pt ace and plenty here we nave haye been blessed in our families and arld in in our fleets a and herds and in our fields and crops end nd we have gathered gather cd around us the comfort comforte and cven even the luxuries of life and some to td a small smail extent dealta now la in the enjoyment of all this is the kingdom of god first and foremost with ua I 1 can r fay ay fay taking us as a people that our hearts are too much on the things or of this life weare we arc perhaps too in our fc elines with regard to the i things of tho the kingdom we ve gather as we anticipate mental strength andave and we think we M c are capable of judging where we arc are not capable of jud ju delmr aluir and the riches or the things of this life I 1 can ran not in re lity city bay suy the but hut a little of worlds goods sometimes blin biln I 1 the and becloud the spirit of a person I 1 chri chii can appeal to the cuer czer experience lenee ienco of my breh brel cirei I 1 all ali and sisters ag aged and middle aged tuli tuii nna youth and even to the children ti io 0 o i 0 o the child and what does its joy consist inh int ln toys toye we may way call them tila tha produces produce as they think I pleasure pleasure and to io i o it is with our youth our young boys and elris they are thinking too much of tilli thit and the aeed aced are arc striving and earn rg ing to obtain the buol thine of this thib ilfe life and their hearts are to lo t 10 o upon ahem wilh with the aged enot this the condition of the Latt latten latter erday enday dry saints itis it Is well now take us asa asu as a peo pie we vve iwate life ilfe eternal we think aag arte rte ara nrc the best mst people on the batth and aud wo thih thin i lieson than anybody else tilou though h in my be iler iier andin this respect I 1 probably pru pro ha differ with most of the tho latter day saints for th pimple impie remon reaton rem reah on th il god our Ilea liea heavenly venly F fa a ther in his religion does riot not require men and women to suffer as false faise do take the religions of the heat heathen hen ben and false systems of religion generally afi aei and they require sacrifices that the lord doe not require the tha lord has offered his is sacrifice in the character of his son but he docs does not require us its to our children or ourse ourselves licis as the tee to their gods gode our sacrifices flee fice and our oun sufferings Buffe rings aro are not to be compared with those of the he athens there are professing christians in our oun midst who are BO their religious notions that they would rise in the morning at nive nite and walk wilk miles if necessary rather i han miss vales their rell reil religious lous ious services and they are th those se who arc nrc so BO zealous lealous that thit they would mea wea gre inure the soil boil from here into old jerusalem with their bodies if they could to pay penance as they call it god does not aily atly such sacrifice as this neither does lt hi require any of which involve the of blood orthe I 1 loss of life such bojt ni belong belofi to god gods ieli leli glon zion they comb through blu biu aud and trans gresslin wres gres slon siou perhaps they who show chow such buch manifestations of their faith strengthen it il and do themselves hooe booe good all AlI thatIs require dof sacrifice our reeling feeling i and to overcome the adversary by ing the lust lugt within us as for anything but the kle kingdom nedom of god on the earth the tap glora of god and the tho salvation of our friends friend df and families and of the human family from first to last that our whole houi honi may bo be devoted to the building up of flu kingdom of god on the earth and for the salvation of those who sleep who dleo oleo without the gospel we want to baci tecc to do the will mill of god in 1 preparing to bring up choso who hato bato not rot had bad thi P hearlie Z the tila gospel go acl while in the 11 flesh lor tho simple lo 10 reason that in the spirit world they cannet cannot officiate in the ordinances of the house of god they have passed the ordeals and are I 1 the possibility of personally officiating fo tol the of their bins blus and for thell theli exaltation consequently they aro sto under the necessity of trusting in their friend fric their thein children and their childrens child rei rel to officiate for them that they may be bc brought up into the celestial king kingdom dons dors 0 god all tb atthe lord requires ol of us is a 11 perfect submission in oun onn hearts to td lii will the lalar day saints 94 eay at atoned once this is correct certainly it is rie rig right tha iha ouid hag M latair and him halm hi ili our gut feeling sand sund but nut to do giov and to pr primate mote the kingdom of god godo oi the carth earth but bat tio tie weakness of mat mar is such the humanity with which or on SP 11 ii aai abi 1 S clothe C 1 I 1 ott Is p J if nt that v vre 0 t 11 W bo CO e ies jes are dull subject to sin gln and temptation and portray to barny from froni the kin rin kingdom dom of god and the ordinances of his house to lust lus lufft lutt t after riches the pride of life and the vanities of the wor world I 1 d and tuese things afe prone to be e uppermost in the minds cfall ofalla old and young even latter day saints Thel infant arant wants his toys toy the children want nice dresses and this is correct and when we understand how to rightly use the things of the world there will lie the meat beautiful children in zion that ete ever r lived on the carlut B but at we wish the wealth or things odthe tho the world we think about them morning noon and night they arc first in our minds winds when we awake in the last thing before we go to at lit fel eel night cint zint and we dream about how bow wo we shall do this and how we shall obtain that and our minds winds are continually lust laufter the things of tho ibo world Is not t is too much the casu case with the latter day Sil sll rits I 1 will ask this question of the few who arc are ire titre litre ilk lit re what boink ye yc my brethren and alid sisters of experience you jou tha thai have hive enjoyed the light uhl of the spirit 3 ou on that can tee t hee ee the travail of the saints I 1 do you think that this people called caled latter day saints arc are traveling in the path that they should go in do da you think that they ot 01 fer fir their oblations loris and sacrifices to iho tho lord as they should what do you think bout it what is tha general euprea 6 lon im through our community it 15 s that day saints as fast as they can into Idu btty drifting into the spirit of the wrid erld and arid into pride deana and vanity you read in the revelations given to john on the isle of patri Patti pattina nw the itter itten days dass that a voice was cheari heard bryin to the saints in babylon baby Biby ioli loii come out of har her 0 my people be not partakers par takers of her sin fin ica icat yc receive of her plagues for her sins have reached unto heaven leaven ac has hay this volee volme been heard yes yee the latter day saints have heard beard it lias ilas the angel flown through the midst of heaven beaven and dc delivered the gospel to the children of men wen yes we belleve believe all this do we believe that the lord sent his messengers to jo gep sep seph b smith and commanded him to refrain resep from joining any christian church and to retrain refrain from the he saw baw in itt the chur churchea churches cheB and finally 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