| Show bis byS discourse DISCOURSE COURSE 9 sr ar ZY imo ito UY L olli at ogdon afternoons J ady aay tsi 21 1878 TT geo OEO 9 gibes GIBBS ei ej s IT f t I 1 I been very much j interested ilithe remarks madg madd by the tho several speakers who have addressed the coh conference ference farence aud and mith with the assistance andem sf your 11 prayers 1 I 1 will try to lay before you voll a few principles r that may perhaps be benefit td I 1 might reada text but I 1 will only refer reper from memory to a bacsa of scripture and jeane you laim to hunti u up p Y yourselves aul wui mui selves the disciples to hiim on one acea acca siad taing hird them how to pray ai john had taught lill hla hia s disciples sid said he wh when enyou you ra y t ray lay v our ul batner WEI wel which ch arl arc in mavery dray eray even ai nab bab halweil hab all ali weil be tily thy chime name thy come comi thy will be done doue ot earth wt 23 jt is in Ji eaven etc ete I 1 ta 1 4 in hearing the by to the tha behn been an trek treated ted up ups oo 00 iny my mind was led to reflect up on certain principles cn talked in the e s and aad AUH A UH 1 in D ponder pondering in V oyer oyen myerin in my own gaind the passage or prayer which I 1 li have ve alluded to occurred to me prompted I 1 presume by certain 1 remarks tat anac have aha aba mad maa which which were weke lu substance as that at there thera were some persons how id 6 66 not t hn i p ilgap i vay very tebe tiie iden idea that mlp mip atje 1 1 day we had no thing thlu thiu s jiu sit at vall all to co do with anything p r to the M tt i ab 1 have difed dired already mentioned taugh fc ills hla disciples to pray I 1 OarE Atner etc to approach arol 00 ithe father fat heror ar the ir and to tto hallow ballow and abd be thy nahi yi the tae next tir principle pre 4 bream mg th tho lnater prayer Is thy kingdo king doni doai nucome come whenever Wn enever I 1 read an anything I 1 like to it if jie jit ardd arid the question arose naturally lu in roy iny mind what can be tle tie the yavira 0 njg in those thy kingdom comee come nyhya ahall iwu pray piny that his king kinc dp cip ml binay may come that his hia will mi may mak be done 1 n the earth as it is in jn heave he avenAnd fiand hhand theato anea wards towards the latter part of the prayer will be found an ansly answer pr 0 o those skeptically inclined people who think that god Goc eha I 1 nothing to do with the ma management meat meak of lof the affairs of the human family he baysy bor bon for thine is the king dai and the power and the glory forever amen ameni these words worda aro are pregnant with meaning they aig are full of intelligence and ang tuey they convey to our minds principles prin cipres of ance associated with subjects that have been discourse dupon in your hearing we have of us certain ides more moro or less lesa confused and more or olsa it rs distinct according to circumstances batice Ua lice tice we talk very frequently and anu and we ply pray a good dea deal aboul about Wha twe calet he church and aud kingdom d of god aubut which as I 1 have havo more or less legs distinct as the case caso may inay be andi and I 1 thin thih thinht i ia Is 1 roper that we should entertain correct ideas in relation to these thie rs a and nd have of the pos position we occupy in regard to the church our ideas dempt am not hot confused or mixed on this point the ideas of the latter day saints sainte are that it wa was something introduced by revelation through joseph smith the prophet that the church as it was introduced ayas aa thio the same as that which exists existed d among the ancient Nep hites on this conti well as amborg the apost apostles lei lel and prophets that lived on the asiatic continent at the time when jesus was upon the earth aird and our bur idea is that the organ organization azat longhat lon ion that wo have in which are set bet forth the ahe various offices office sot of the priesthood I 1 is also given unto us by revelation and as latter day saints we aro agreed in the beliet belief th that atthe the world generally isili isali is in respecting religious matt matters bre that mankind generally haye have departed from the principles wd laid down by our lord and savior in hla hia day and taught by his hia disei disel pies ples we U believe that the priest g other things has be come corrupted and gere geri brally SQ har far pr as wa bave have knowledge are ac ing to proclaim the dospel or administer in tho thereof we belleve believe that thiu under these circumstances it was waa nece necessary ciary por for or god to tp again goma gomm in muni un lc cate at e with man and foreve to reveal unto him the orde order of the holy priesthood andio and to show him how bow to organize his church upon the e earth th and hence the various revelations tha that have been given on this subject and which are very clear and pc pointed anted pertaining to this matter and hence apostles were chosen of whom joseph smith and aud oliver cowdery were the two fitsim and af afterwards there was a quo quorum rutn ruin of twelve apostles eb chosen choser oser and elected othera others holding the holy priesthood bavo have been chosen to preside over the organized take sot idt 6 zion thierl then there lute were high priests and seventies and elders all having theli oe separate parate organization a and quorums qu patriarchs were also chosen as well as as bishops with a presiding bishop and his two counselors to preside over them wd and there were also priests deacons chosen andall and ait all these thebe officer officers to fulfill fulfil the Ivailo various uk duri dual duties which you have heard explained tp fu you time to time and an on which the therefore defores it is moe poe nou not necessary for ni me speak in in detail then 2 for the trying of small of offe fences deeb dees there were introduced bishops courts the bishops themselves being calle called dand and denominated by the lord as common judges in israel who in connection with their counselor are called to sit upon and adjudicate such cases as may come before them then there were the high coun councils ells whose members were chosen from frem the high priests quorum W who ho were set tet apart according to the revelation given to regulate this matter who were td to hear cases that mi might lit bo be appealed from the bish bishe pd court now all ball these are ilithe in the church authorities as I 1 understand it and have to do with the mana mata management genie nt achurch bc bl hurch affairs andias andas a whole adein facts fact what m may y be called the ch church elich ilich and furthermore we have thought and still think tb that dt these thise organizations thus instituted ted hye are patterns eins of or like organizations as they exist in heaven aid we understand that lle ile lie he priesthood 0 d is eternal and that i a person holding it here upon the earth if falth faith faithful fili fill tolt to it will admiel iter aster by virtue of the seif self selfsame same game priesthood liate hereafter aate r and also under er the saime same rind kind of organization I 1 for it emanate emanates 6 from god good an and I 1 hence it Is or tife the great grear greatest esc importance that we comprehend its ila tr tre a position and our relationship thereunto and that we reflect with a view of reaching an understanding among ourselves as to how far we are fulfilling thed the duties and obliga devolving upon us there are one or two things I 1 would speak of in connect connection ion lon with this namely the duties of some gome portions of nf the priesthood I 1 would refer more especially to the seventies embracing also with them the high priests and elders it is especially the duty of the seventies to go forth under the direct direction ioli of the twelve to all nations and to prepare themselves for this work for when they were ordained and set apart to this priesthood they took upon themselves this responsibility I 1 to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature as the lord llord has made it known unto us through the prophet J joseph oseph what with power even to the forgiveness gi veness of bins sins yes with power to baptize believers in christ for the remission of their sins and then lay their hands upon their heads saying unto them receive ye the holy ghost and as god live and you are faithful whenever you go forehand fort forth hand and men comply with the conditions and requirements of the gospe gospel god will back you up in your ministry fulfilling to the entire satisfaction of the honest in heart the promises that you as his ilia servants make unto them and I 1 would remark remarks that it is not c consistent 0 11 with the calling of a seventy for a man to sit alt down all the eimess time as though he be has nothing i to do for god has given unto un to us a mission and be he will require at our hands the blood of the nations of the earth unless we fulfill fulfil our missions and prepare ourselves to go forth as his bis servants carrying carrying to all peoples the message of glad tidings in trusted to us and then it is expected of the eiders elders a also aiso go that when they Pey pershall shall be bB called upon to perform miss missions that they will be prepared to go forth for they are ordained to the priest prier hood aud and so are the high priests who also ought to hold hoid themselves in readiness at all times to baunder be under the direction of the priesthood in carrying the gospel of life and salvation to a fallen and cori corl generation now then we copie come to another that is le ohp kingdom of god when people e are re in the church of god accord according ing to au our r ideas and those of all good latter day saints bainte they are subject to the counsel of the authorities that are over them we all understand that and we believe t hat that god ia Is at ut the head and that the priesthood ought to be prepared to receive the word of god from him and that the various in the various positions which tl they occult occupy y ought ough in their several capacities opacities pa citi cities to bd under the direction of them and under sueh euch circumstances there could only be one lord one faith one baptism one god who is indall ina lna and above A all ali 11 and through ail alj opa operating through tigh the head to the various associations of the church of god and then each for himself operating before god in the dignity of his calling and in the power of his priesthood to receive from irom from god that light arnd arid that knowledge which ia Is necessary for him to have ltv enable tenable bli bir nto magnify his bis call nj frig and priesthood so that a among mong the thousands af israel there rn might i 9 ht be many channels of communication open to god our heavenly father our hope haying having ealter entered d cithia the veil where christ our forerunner has gone gonrand and all oper by the same spirit will all be subject to the same bame law and all under the government of the same spirit for god is not the author of conf confusion udon but order which order should entus into all of the saints it in is not for every in dividu arto take his bis own cour sebut it is for everyone every one to sustain him whoever he may be who presides presided over him by his faith and prayers being directed by his presiding officer and if need be heck beck together for the mind and will of god and then trace it from dom one to another until we get to the lord that thatis a the way I 1 understand these things we do not expect for instance tha that t avery every individual member will jaker taker his hib own way and follow his own murse that is not the order older of the churchard chur church chand and kingdom of god it is not the order of thel church 0 ot t god to begin with in tho tha first place it is right that we should listen to the voice of our teacher what should a seventy or a high priest listen to the voice of their react lerr res yes ripa P yes whenever the tead teachers ners hers come to my bouse house am always glad to see them I 1 say bay to them brethren come far take seats teals I 1 then can cau my folks togi together aber Aher td to hear what they have to bay say to us and while they wait upon us acting in that capacity it is their duty to teach and ours to listen nuthie but nut he cannot come to me cha facter of an apostle becomes he comes W M me as a teacher 2 and I 1 listen to him as a teacher and should I 1 iu in turn talk to biche w would 0 uld listen to afi me a as an apostle he listens likens to his bis bishop and to those who preside over him and so the may be continued and does the president of the teachers need counsel yes to whom does he go to get it to his bishop and does doea his bishop need cou neel yes and from whom does he be obtain it 4 from the president of the stake e and add to wh whom in does he seek for counsel from erom the twelve and do the twelve need coun seM yes from what source do they get it they get it from the lord through his ministering agencies and thus communication is opened up from one to the other until it reaches the iha uttermost ost extent of zion and all her stakes and when we get into the celestial kingdom if it should be our good fortune to be thus privileged we will th then enand enaud and there find our prope proper r position there will be no disorder der will ba be found gut out of place and then Aup supposing posing the bishops disten to the twelve and the listen to the twelve and the high priests listen to the h e twelve add and the elders listen to the twelve and the tho priests teachers and deacons listen to their thein proper authorities 4 and all listening listen ing log to their constituted authorities how bow far would it be from the will of god being done dono upon theearta the earth thy kingdom come comb thy will be done on earth as it ia Is iu in heaven however r I 1 have been speaking epe aking more particularly of the church of god which ig is necessarily composed of people cannou can you make a church without penpit I 1 would like to see you try you may get pet up soma eo me spiritual concern and gift ll we were told to po go forth to all av tile the world an ada add d preach the gospel to every creature and we went forth and wo we were told to gather the people together to alous ion lon iou and today to day wo we tind a people numbering or upwards from mody many nations ini habiting hariting ha biting this territory all of whom are con COD connected necked with the church of jesus J esus christ of latter day clay saints what next why we have certain other duties to attend to we have for instance a legislature iti to organize and men to vote for we have probate judges and county judges and our municipal off meers officers to make in fact we haye have nn an organism which constitutes us a part of the body politic odthe of the nation contrary to law no contrary to the constitution of the nation no but in strict accordance therewith now what has god gathered together fol foi bays says he rt 1 will wiil take tako you bone tone of a city abd and two of a fai family nilly filly and I 1 will bring you to zion 31 and what then theu and I 1 will give you pastors according to mine heart w which ich ieh shall feed you with knowledge and understanding and I 1 read that a certai certain n time will come when the law shall go forth from zion zion aud and the hordof word of the lord from jerusalem and the elders have preached it over and over again and you hardly hardi y knew what you were preaching about when you were declaring such things but nevertheless it is true trul yes as true as GOA liv lives ilves esthe the law will yet go forth from zion and ano the word of the lord from jerusalem and I 1 read of bf another scripture abic n in speaking of their rulers says it is written in the prophets and they khall beall be nil all taught of god I 1 did you av ever over r read lead of such a |
