Show D 1 0 a 1 S 0 BT lif T join JOM TAYLOE taylor delivered at logon sunday afternoon august 1 1880 aJ REPORTED BY GEO F V gibbs 1 HAVE trave been very much interested in the proceedings of this conference and tind I 1 now feel like making a few remarks wo nyo are it is true as has been observed by brother cannon occupying I 1 g a very peculiar position but after all we are not suffering very much are we we might to use a common expression go further and fare worse than we are doing here to judge from frona appearances you do not sumer suffer from want of food or are not at all destitute of clothing and if we are deceived at all it is a very happy deception and as long as we are re satisfied we think that other people should not complain I 1 see scores of gentlemen who pass through our territory and anion union among 9 them members of congress who always speak very highly of our delegate brother cannon and I 1 meet with men of prominence from other nations from england france germany and various parts and they always manifest an interest in pour four our a affairs airs an and wan want to know OW some c thing a about ut our ideas and principles and notwithstanding the inroads that civilization ils hag has made among us they give us credit for having one of the most beautiful and peaceful cities that they meet with anywhere so the leaven of corruption that others bring with them not ameet affect us very much and it is us to so live our religion that it shall not with regard to the principle Js persecution there mno is nothing thing new that it I 1 is written there needs be an opposition in all things d r the establishment of the work god in every age of the world has been a struggle we talk of sometimes and the conceptions have of it are very beautiful yet leam learn that one third of the famil of god rebelled against him and be cause of this action they had to leave and they came here bid did you th think about that upon one occasion we read in the book of job when vilen the sons of god assembled toh gother gather satan presented himself also fe and when asked from whence h came ho said from going to fro in the earth and from walking up and down in it it seems then from that early date he be has been beon quite busy and that there was a power in istance ex opposed to the power of god and this opposing power before the world was said unto the father give me thine honor again this same power said to jesus jebus when upon the earth and after he had fasted some 40 days if you are what you profess to be if thou art the son of god command these stones to be made bread ButT but jesus esus said to him it is written that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of god have we evils upon the earth yes yea did they have them in heaven yes alewe are we to baa bag have p anew a new earth yes are we to lieme nave a new heaven yes one wherein dwell eth righteousness we are arg told there are certain principles which have been developed from before the foundation of the world pertaining to this opposition and this great struggle has existed and does exist and will exist until satan is bound was it so at the commencement of theearta the earth we read of adam having two sons he had numbers of others but these cain and abel were two proper representatives if you please of this principle rin ciple elpie and the one killed the otter other it Is true adam had other sons but I 1 wish to point out a cerain berain principle that has existed from the thip very commencement and had I 1 time to enter into details I 1 60 could uld show you that it will exist to the latter end and of time that is as far as ae thia ear eaf earth th is concerned this powei powel apon the minds of men int h world before the flood bandsuch and such was s control over them that the lord saw that the thoughts of their hearts were evil and that continually the prophet sent to them to tro Iro proclaim proclaim claim the gospel told them of t the 0 destruction that should come udon upon upon them and of the prison house that tha t should be prepared for them did it come to pass it did in those days enoch gathered the who believed as we are now others engaged in n the work of sal bal salvation v a had revelation instruction and guidance from god as we have at i last enoch and his people were caught up and what was left nothing but evil and corruption excepting a few of the pro missed seed who held fhe the th priesthood and who kept goda gods commandments commandment 45 who were preserved to perpetuate the human race and recommence the peopling of the earth after the deluge what then when they got through were they all perfect no tha the race accursed of god was preserved through the flood in the person of one oc of the daughters of cain or canaan for it was necessary that there should be opposition that men should be tried that they should be placed inn ina in a position to do right fear god and keep his commandments or to be overtaken by evil for god was prepa preparing ring a celestial glory an inheritance for those that were capable of receiving it but how few there have been from that time to the present that have been capable of receiving were worthy to become gods even sons of god yea how bow few of them I 1 Stra Str astraitis itis altis the gate and narrow is the way which unto the limesand live sand few there be that find it but wide is the gate and broad is the way that to destruction and many there are which go in thereat Is it anything strange then when we consider these things that we should have evil among us or that men should be opposed to us why said the martyr stephen in his day in n speaking to the people which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted and they have llave slain them which chewed them the coming of the just one of whom ye have been now the betrayers be and murderers this was said to his own people need we be surprised then tilen if these debased peoples who cannot be governed by the principles of honor integrity virtue holiness and uprightness and who bend themselves to the adversary to assist him liim to carry out his purposes need we I 1 saybe surprised if we are opposed 1 by such men I 1 am not surprised at atall all nil but when they shall have finished their work of persecuting the tho faints saints and serving their master the tho devil will they not go down to death dea t h and end and be damned As sure as they I 1 live le they will and all who follow tl their i air pernicious practices now we are here to do right god has established his kingdom and his church among us and he expects pacts us to operate and operate cooperate co together in furthering the interests of his brath in the earth which we will do in the name of god that is a great grent reat rent many of us will and a number gf of us will not it is in that respect as I 1 remarked yesterday in speaking on the principle of tithing one man pays a a whole tithing another pays hys half another quarter and another none at all well are all these peole pie going into the same heaven I 1 do 0 not think they are I 1 am of the opinion if people cannot attend to some of these very little things as a test they are in rather a poor way are those people that fight against polygamy be lie they ever so good saints otherwise are they going into the kingdom of heaven I 1 tell fell you no they are not wo to them that fight against the principles of truth wo to them that oppose the things which god has introduced As sure as god lives he will sustain su etain his people and his wrath and indignation will be upon those who violate his laws and depart from his principles we cannot serve god and mammon we cannot carry water on both shoulders and be a little for god and paid a n little for the world and a little for the devil just as it happens but bu t we have to be men and women of truth men and women of integrity suing such a course as will draw pursuing Sur awn own upon our heads the smiles and approbation of god and of his be holy angels and of the holy men of god who dared to serve him and him alone in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation genera tim it is not every one that saith unto me lord urd Ij ri that shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that boeth the thin will of my father which is in heaven for while we are blessed with the light lighton of truth and the re ve lations of godana the holy oly priesthood and the organizations thereof and while God has seen proper to send forth his servants to the nations of the earth to gather his elect from the four different parts of the earth he expects sus us to be true to our re ligon to be true to him and to be true to the principles that we profess to believe in to honor him and to obey his laws and keep his commandments mand ments again he expects husbands to be true to their covenants with their wives and wives to be true to their covenants with their husbands he i expects child children rento to obey their th air and andio to obey their god he ire expects parents ts to treat their ch children ildren ari aright glit and to train them in the fear of god which I 1 am glad to say many of u us q are trying to do but there are many evils among us a great deal too much vanity folly half heartedness and yet there is a great deal that we may feel proud of our elders eldens are beginning beg ining to do their duty a little better than they were awhile ago and seventies and high priests nry are an and d we wish them to double their dill diligence because god expects all ali israel to do their duty and if they do not his spirit will be proportionately withdrawn from them societies are doing a great deal goo good d and I 1 pray god to bless them and help heln elp them to do more good and inspire them with principles of virtue and holiness let that spirit pervade our youth that our young men and young women may grow up pure and be true representatives of god upon the earth that by and by they may be swift messengers to the nations I 1 am pleased to find the interest that is manifested in our sunday schools and also in what we primary Association sand the desire that 1 ia 14 4 manifested to train our youth generally in the principles of truth and after all we are doing tolerably well but we ought to do better we expect by and by when the temple we are building here shall be finished to administer in it ita and who among us let me ask are worthy examine your hearts and see and if you were to ask god to search your hearts and prove you and to try you and if there la Is any manner of wickedness in you to bid it depart t would not do any harm and let us feel that we are the representatives of god and that he is our F faglier atil er and aud andee we are his children and that we vve are seeking to carry out his purpose zes and establish his law and government in the earth let every mando man do his duty and every woman d do 0 her dut yand all be found walking in the pathway of libei lire life and we will find that god will bring us odd off victorious and he will at last sweep weep away the refuge of I 1 lies lles le les 9 and he will wili elevate this people yet aifong ailing the nations of the eart kart carthand earth hand and zion xion shall yet yut be the glory of the whole earth and kings and princes prince and emperors and potentates will come to gaze upon her glory god bless you and lead you in the path of life in the name of jesus amen |