Show DELIVERED BT jmems I 1 TAYLOR JL at ephraim county St sunday inday morning august t 1682 1882 i GEO gho F V gibba r the work of god Is onward and we as his hin servants and people pro pose with his help to carry it on to completion some people do not like it very well but we cannot help that idonat I 1 do not think lucifer likes it but we cannou cannot help heip that either we are here as the representatives of god upon the earth to nedom his purposes and to carry out his ris Is designs to spread forth his gospel to build up his kingdom I 1 to establish eata esta blish his zion and to promote the welfare and happi happl happiness nem of all people of every color and of every hlo blo clime cl e according nem new to tu the mind and will of the lord as it bhail shall bo be made known to us from time to time this is what we are here for borasi as I 1 understand it and thesis this is what whai we will dos do god being our helper and no hlo man nor set of men meri merl can cah stay the pur puy purpose poses posea of jehovah for the e ene no mies of god WI will I 1 wither and weaken from this time forth and for ever I 1 will say that in iry the name of the lord the lord kord is mith with his people but utHo ho does not approve of all ail our aati still we afo afe ame are generally striving riving Bt to do enthat is right and observe his laws wo we have a great work before us a 1 very great work to accomplish god hab has laid it upon us andee and we expect to do it with M etli his asal agi tance stance vre ve have the gospel to preach to the natI bati ous ons a massage that the lord urd has given unto us to promulgate to all peoples ike lid oples and to accomplish this purpose the of god is organized with presidents and apostles with seventies arlesta Pr lesta E elders eiders ider lder s etc A large amount of this labor is being done and audam has already been done do ne by my brethren around me as well as by myself wo bave lave veen keen among mo the nations of christendom traveling velling tra without purse or scrip trusting in the living god to make known own to the peoples of the earth the great things which ile lie he ele has revealed for the salvation and the exaltation of the world our mie mit has princ principally been to preach the first firs 9 of the calling upon mon men every vette to bel bei belieka levein lovein in the lord god of heaven he that created the heavens and the earth the seas and the fountains of water vaten to bel bei believe belleve levein in his son jesus christ repenting of their sins to be baptized for the remission of the same and then we have promised them the holy ghost in doing this the lord has stood ato od by us sustaining those principles that we have advanced and when we have ministered unto men the ordinances of the gospel they have received for themselves the witness of the spirit spirits even the holy ghost making known to them for a surety that the principles that they had received were from god and in regard to this I 1 can say eay aa no paul said on an a certain bertain occasion tye lye ye are my witnesses for this whole congregation with few exceptions know this to bo be true the twelve and the seventies the high prie priests ts and sud the elders eiders are called upon to visit the various nations of tho the earth and see seo that the word and will of god pertaining to them is carried carrie cl out oun for we are all the offspring of god gods and arwe as we are interested in tho iho welfare of our children so to our heavenly father is interested in the tho wei wel fare of all his children ho he hassent has fent font forth the light of his truth and the spirit of revel nevel revelation stion to gather together bla hia sheep aud and in this re ap t ct ss it jt was in the thedac days s or of jesus vo eon bon it is la sheep he fie eald hear bear it jt was s eon bon sheep he fie eald hear bear today to day my lle ile my voice they know mo me and follow me and a stranger they will iii not no follows follow for they know not bot the tho voice of a 15 stranger trauger under the inno inho ence once of this spirit and gospel w wo a have nave men been gathered toge together athen ather la in one in our stake organization timp LIMP in III our ward organizations in ri our priest pries i hood organizations and in all those principles that god has hag pealed re for the guidance protection and in of the balents that wo may be prepared to operate and cooper co oper open ate lite with god in all things in the in terest of his people inthe in ahe iho interest of the nations in the interest and end welfare of all men who will listen to the words of life and then to do the very best beat with others as god ged does that is about the position we occupy today to day we are ate gathered here to the piao wo zim zion there hav been mons before enoch had a zion which was translated and which Is reserved till the latter days and we have a zion to build up which we shell shall do with the help of the tho lord nord we certainly ab shall shail all nil accomplish com these theeo things no matter what the ideas and feelings of men may be le in regard to it zion is onward and upward and the lord la Is directing and anti manipulating the affairs of his church we have our temples to build and we are doing ity its it and sud I 1 certai certainly have no complaints to make and I 1 do not think that the lord has I 1 think that the lord is well pleased with tho the actions of the people in this thia respect and with mith their zeal in car ryang out ibm some bome d of these leading ledding principles which he has had in his mind from the commencement of the world we are living in the latter times i in the dispensation of the fullee of throes when god will gather all things in orie one whether they bo be things in beav heaven on or things on the earth we are living in a time when we have to operate and coop co op erate crate with the almighty and with the priesthood that has existed the earth before we vre came here for the benefits benefit blessing and salvation of bf the human faintly family many of the purposes purpose sot of god hae have been spoken i of and pre pro figured in some bome instances darkly and dl dimly in others more vividly and plain pointing out mid wid portraying the o of god pertaining to the human family camuy and thesa these purposes wili will al alt be fulfilled they will not be thwarted iod iad god lad will not permit them to be he has his work to io perform and he is interested ed in the tho welfare of his israel and in the accomplishment of spoken of by ali all the holy prophets sirce since the world was and he will carry out his hia own purposes ees ves in Ms his own way and time as ho he sees bot bat now what xie are we dong doing wo we are sen ren sending dIniz the elders abroad and they have been and are still going the twelve end and tho the presidents of seventies are selecting sele and calling upon them and t they h ey aro are going to the dime dITe different reut na to eions I 1 and I 1 am to feo fee eo the 9 p frit generally manifested I 1 think t that at the brethren begin to comprehend the nature of their trib missions and calling from the fact that thoro there are very few excuses made nowa bowa now a dayao the tenor of the letten that I 1 in answer to those tent sent to brethren calling them thom to perform a mission is something me jibe thib this I 1 haye hare received your letter latter mid and am grateful to bo considered worthy to bo be called I 1 will vill ba be ready at the time appointed ap when men nion comprehend their position they feel it an honor to be engaged in bull buli building ri up the kingdom of god and of uin boing being heralds of eai Eal salvation to the nations of the iho earth when we build our temples what then the brethren of the twelve have been calling conca men and women to go and labor in them thiam rho me old men whose heads are whitened with the p of time aro not without zeal but they thoy haye have nol not the strength to cope with tho the hardships r attending a foreign misson mission au and nod d therefore some somo of them will be called to minister in temples I 1 abound should esteem it a very great privilege privileges if my time wt ato c not engaged in other things to bo be engaged in such a labon labor there is a spirit and influence about that kind of work that Is ing producing peace and joy and tending to enlarge the mind of those that aro are engaged in ministering for others as saviors on mount zon Z on whilst the kingdom la Is to 10 L bo lo o the lorda lords wo we feel in ja our cur hearts a desire to bless and benefit mankind and to present the gospel to all t to whom the tho lord give gives na tu the tho power that is one ono work that wo we have to fer ger per form fona another is the building ot temples another I 1 is the rearing rearing of our obil dren drea in the tho PI Inci ples of righteousness and la in doing thia do wo need tho the assistance of outsiders X 1 think not when our elders go abroad they arn aro bent to teach not to be aught taught and if they should need teaching the tea of christendom could not teach them for they are not nol competent tent to do so that reminds mo me of a statement that I 1 heard in which a pious minister mirl miri lster figures conspicuously it was this he stated and his statement was published widely throng h out the tha states in the tho religious journals la that whilst preaching pren prez ching to some borne of you people he heid held the bible in one hand and ivas was wab obliged to hold a pistol in the other Is this thia said eaid to have occurred pres peterson answered in this house over here pointing to the old meeting spaso but then ha lie 4 ws a pious inan man prid and other pious men published it and it was copied in ift all ali 1 I the pious newspapers news newa papera and pub as truth and probably many pious men made it the text for their sunday eter eer mon what a fortunate thing you did not hurt him laughter now do wo we want our children taught by such people I 1 think not we A e want B une thing of truth we we want something of integrity and honor we want something after the character f referred to by david lord w who ho shall dwell in the holy hill he elg that hat walseth uprightly and work eth and the truth in his heart heard he thab that to hib his own hurt and chanreth cha ngeth not apt he that boeth these things shall never be moved we want men and women of integrity and truth as the teachers of our children in order that our children may grow up in the fear of the tho lord and aud fuli full of integrity and righteousness then they talk to ua us about our virtue I 1 think that some of these people had better attend attena to their irown own aff affairs airs wo avedo do not want their belr hys eye tem lem of what wb at they call morality introduced trod among htwe can 0 do o without well weil tyby do we speak of theto theeo because they t he y spat are ate watters matters eteri which concern ua up whilst nen men nea nd women come rome here ostensibly fj promote your welfare they hail nom hom where the most outrageous are perpetrated da we wish corrupting influences introduced into our midst I 1 think not let them cleanse their thein own augean stables where they came omand fr then talk to us it ther they wish about purity do we want them thern to teach oun our wives and daughters how to murder murden thi ir children a 3 practice that is prevalent in the places they came from I 1 should rather think not nor do we wish tha the influence of people so educated to introduce their contaminating tamina ting corroding and i damning practices among up u the e emanations manat lins from such a source are lie inte a ceroua plague endangering ng polluting and c contaminating everything that cormea cornea within its roach reach newe now born children arb murdered by the tha thousands in the large cities as of the east cast and do they stop thi chii i evil no I 1 have been told over and over again agaid that it Is not fashionable for women of the places where many olour of our oar would be christian 1 teachers eus ets bali hau from I 1 to have more han than ban one or two children and what do they do with vig vil th the leav iest to toll tell it in plain terms term ethey they have a fashionable way of murdering them elther either before or after they como come into the world shia thia started with what was called beati resti it ift was thon denounced aa as infamous the has now spread until nearly mearly tho the whole nation Is inoculated with it are these the hind bind of people pie that we wish to correct our oun morals I 1 speak cf of these things for your information but what will you do with these people would you persecute cuto them ko no but we do not want them th em for fa r our teachers I 1 would not introduce such people to my family neither would I 1 cintr duco thomm thorn to our chiola to contaminate our children with the vices that vint prevail in the places they come from I 1 do not know anything about the persona that aro are among you neither have I 1 heard anything about thomm thorn excepting this heroic minister of pistol notor notoriety lety laughter I 1 am reminded toj toa to of a move that a number of these eo so callad ministers of the iho go gorel gospel rei rel made a short time ago in appealing to the nation to help them tu root out the abominations which they affirm ex lat iq here thero why do I 1 speak of this thin thing 33 I 1 have a duty to perfo perform rm as your isacher teacher cr we ob servo serve all laws lawa and principles that are aro correct true and virtuous vir and any ehe che contrary to this thia wo we have from time tima to time called uen our cur bishops to purge themselves selves and aad their wards from it and I 1 call upon them here to do the same rame thing I 1 ohavo have hate been abroad armong the nations of the earth and so have many of my brethren and did I 1 ever go into eng and scotland france franco wale walo gormany germany or any other nation I 1 have been and attempt to stir up sedition and trouble cr or defame the th 0 people I 1 was waa among no never TheElder the eiders elders of this church have men been taught differently ferent ly and they have acted in accordance cor eor danca dance with the teachings they thay received wo we came to this land as religionists to serve god fleeing from the race face of persecution we esmo camo hero here because we could not be protected in the places we leite left leito now that we have cume cime here have we practiced anything that is contrary to correct not that I 1 3 know of have wo we the rights of american citizens we most assuredly have has any person parson in this nation any more rights than we not if we have our rights given unto us As american citizens we possess as mady many rights and privileges lany many as any other citizens in these united states what have we to do we do not propose to barter thern them away nor to rein raIn relinquish them with out a struggle do you mean to get up a revolution 0 no we mean to contend for all principle pies ples that belong to free american piti citizens zens and while there thoro la is law justice or equity in the land we degn deign to con end for our rights inch by y inch and we do not mean to io be dla dia polled of our rights without a struggle we propose to maintain our franchise jin a this boasted landof land of liber ilber liberty tye jye thia this la in the position vun we propose to take if they disfranchise din us aa as they did bro jiro cannon if we have men who do not mot know the difference between 1300 and we dp des and we will contend for those principles that god has committed to us in reading ome rome of the histories pertaining to the deal deai dealings logs of gid with man and tue dealings of the devil with him you will find that satan sought to rob b man of his fre free agency a as i m 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