| Show DISCOURSE t DELIVERED BY TRUST JOHN TAYLOR at Jogan Jm r 66 sunday afternoons r auget ber BEP ilk lik s oed ded ta lrea iBBS IF ir the tha congregation will try tri to be quiet I 1 will endeavor to malkito talk taik to them attle a irmy iny way fay itis IC is some time since 1 I 1 met WI with h he 6 faints Os lofs ints iny fqy a thle thie th lapaca saed waed not be e kh c abuso V was 0 dou got abot aeb aes irous irous to covael come I 1 because pec ause abse haver con controlled trolled strolled and prevented me N wd 19 here now more y to tol a attra affair alth th your I 1 temple emple there beems seems to about ito its construction and a as s we committee and aroh arch for tha the church we thought mit rit best bert to have the brethren com FRo this committee and the care itt lit ct present that we might confer with them so that everything pertaining to this thia building might be done properly according to order and correct principles truman 0 angell was sustained at the general conference as architect forthe churchard Chur chand elders william H HF folsom and truland truman Tru mano manD 0 angell jr jrp as his hia assistants and r were therefore the proper persons persona to I 1 consult in the ada adjustment of any matters that might be in question I 1 peak paak of this thia aa one of those things in connection with the holy priesthood and with the building of this thia sacred edifice that we are erecting to the name of the lord we found that a slight change hud had had bud been veen made from the original plan which however la Is not materi aland thero there will no difficulty aris arise 1 e I 1 thought I 1 would ment mention ibri this because people generally like to understand things as they exist jt t is much better to tell things night right out as they are than to hear of whisperings about this and the other thing which in many in ill stances are we are pleased to find the pro eress cress tou jou are arb making ma king kang in the erection of tle nal naf energy r und rind zeal ta being displayed and lle the the liberality labera lity that has been manifested by the people of this tem tempie temple pie dis triet we are engaged as has been mentioned by brother snow in a great work in the work that prophets and seers have gazed upon and prophesied of bf name namely ly the gathering ng together of bf the elect tue the building of temples for the redemption of the living if ving and the dead in lit fine flue the establishment of the kingdom of our god these bilings have been more mora or less onder understood der stood according to the power of the tho spirit and th elight of revelation that has rested upon his prophets ever since the world began it is difficult as has been remarked for jor ua us sometimes to realize the position we occupy the relation ibn we sustain to our heavenly eather father the tha responsibility that rests rest upon us and the various duties we have to perform in the ful fal ailment of the purposes of god in i the interest of ofa a world lying in wicked nessin ln the building up of the aloff of our god in the thle esteb liah ment of righteousness andin bring ing to pass those great and glorious k principles which have been contemplated tem plated by the almighty be fore the world rolled into existence 0 o bi f the morning stars sang together fon for joy it is our lo 10 iol lol to be placed upon the earth in this time it is our bur lot lut to have our minds minda IL ond end by the spirit intelligence and are vre revelation elation that flows froni from god 69 69 it 19 our lot to operate and cooper co oper ate ato with God our heavenly father 3 sandwith and aud with his son jesus christ and find with the ancient patriarchs apost apostles les lea and men of god who have lived before and while they are operating behind the vall vail in the interests of humanity in the ful 1 nil nii fil meng ment of bf the purposes sel ses of god and in the establish establishment ment meni of righteous ye ness upon the tho earth wo we are y cooperate tow tOv to Operate with them ahn that t we and abd meik teak thy taj they ma may act conjointly under the W We influence aud and guidance of the al mighty aud and the power and spirit oft fie living god godin in carrying out P the design s of the tho great jehovah is what we are here for and it is necessary that we should com eom pr chend hend our position for in the I 1 performance awo armance of our duties associated nabi with jtb this work it Is not as ag some I people beem to t suppose we hava havo ML ai botson got bon son emlu clelee to do besides fol foi fold a ing lag our arms arma and aud crying lullaby c babs dabs baby on the tree lop iop when the wind blows MOWS tho the cradle cradie will rock nock A we have something to do besides gilt tilt flitting and singing ourselves abay away to everlasting biles it ls id and god expects it of us that we should beek unto him for foe wisdom for fui guidance for revelation a and adfor tor for a knowledge of his hia law that yva we may be filled with the holy ghost and the god and that we may pay be to magnify our callin calling gaud gand and priesthood nd accomplish that work w bich god bas has designed signed d from frona foundation of the world it is in reality a labor we havo have gane and many of you od baso base 9 bidne dna forth arth to preach the gospel of ilfe life and aud tb a fallen world li gathered ift iff rono roue ione loffi city and two of bf a family we wo have J combated cefi blitek the 1 errors of ages andja in hed paw tle ile fie wicked tar far corruptions an and of michea r end and iid ild taa xin vin godlY codly pan who have opposed d us overy every hawd and vo have with of Bucce succeeded eded in gathering out oa many odthe in hean heart from among the different nations ps and we have colpe come here tol darry carry out the will purposes es anad atad designs of ao d I 1 never neven eup aup posed that we were to come get rich to increase in worldly possessions but we ve came aa as I 1 understand if it in accordance with an express command of the most high that we may be taught in ape the knowledge of god that we might come to an of his laws we are not here to follow the devices and desino own oln hearts we aren aron are aro othere to crry out t any particular theory of our ovin ow n I 1 we are not iov here to build up ul so any Y system of mans mana creation but we are here simply ta to do the will at df god in the establishment nt of his kingdom antho on the earth in many things however we have not lived up to that high and glorious privilege which bas baa been presented to us we have been thoughtless care caie lees and indifferent and it seems as though satan has been permitted to try and sod tempt us in every possible sible sibie way for a few years past a spirit of greed and covetousness has run ran through the land and cursed as with a withering blight every thine it has touched it is aa as bad in ita its effects upon the mind of man aa as ally arly or plague upon the human body we have bb begun agun to run after the thing of f t tho the world ouri outi hearts feell nga and affections in many instances have been leen estranged from goa god it is time that something should transpire to wake us up to a bense sense of the position we wp occupy it ia f s time we realized how god and angels look men who are absorb edlin ediin the things of thib this w world rid nid in instead B tead of living up to th their r po professions f 31 na and the covenants th they y ho have ve MJ made with him wo we have many of us however been doing a good work notwithstanding these grievous evils it is true it is 18 not always smooth bailin sailing sometimes we seem when a little di difficulty comes along 0 to o be struck with amaze amazement aa though something very extraordinary had happened there ia is no nothing thine very strange about these th things inga what are you yon doing what lathe is the position of al affairs lairs what are you going to do etc 1 th those ose words express the kind of feelings that actuate the minds et of neltte day rd saints there has been a a ce t the he comme commence a ce ment of tue the world to the pre present ant time between thel the powers ofa of light tand and the powers of aoam adam wa we am are told had had bad one one was a covetous man a wicked man who did not fear god the other was a righteous man who feared god tho the wicked son eon who was instigated sti all gated of the devel said eaid J 1 wiil will kill my brother and then I 1 will have his possessions he did so and it seems beems coat this kind of feeling existed until in a short time that influence had bad so prevailed that ahat wickedness and corruption made hlade such rapid strides that the world had to be swept aa as with a besom besora of destruction and only a wery very few men were left and then IL it seemed necessary that the same spirit and the same power shaid should continue and hence apart a part of this thin cauayani ish hh seed came through the flood why that theire there might still be the two powers the power of light and the tho power of darkness the power of god and the ole pow erpf erdt the devil that the struggle and warfare among men might still go on so that man might be made perfect through suffering hence the servants of god in the different ages of the world have had bat sat with the powers of darkness john tle revelator speaks of a great coni boni company pany of people whom the he faw saw arrayed in ing a new song and on his inquiring as ti fb 0 who they were he was waa told thau ihal they were they that bad washed their robes and made them white in hf lne lue blooml of bf the eams they were they that halcome had pome up through much tribulation therefore they the e th throne r one it is in con with the fore ordained plan of the almighty ai mi vhf that man mah should rough certain trial triai and awid difficulties cul cui ties and b e tested in every possible w way dyan jn order ia to be grep prep prepared abed for aa ala exaltation in the he kine king kingdom dolg doig 1 w 0 god it iwas iwasko so with job he fie was waa nias peculiarly situated it beema tuat that t the devil appeared amo among ng the dna 0 of f god in heaven as he doea on earth very frequently ahen the sons sona of godmere god were A as 9 together the devil was among them thom and be he went ablo as it spir appeals to instigate a feeling against joli job the lord said to him hipa 2 hast thou considered my sarv DL job yos yoa J 1 said he be fal 1 have htwe considered d him ohp lord baid said job was a perfect and an ap up rah aulaff mariete ma tiete fiete eab goh fob oh yes yee baid bald said he you think that job 1 iia lia sa wry very good gudd man but just juat leteune have a rap at him and I 1 will show what job will do 22 t weil well says the lord ciyou you may try him he wem went to work and concentrated tap light ping in n ope moc yoc s and hurled a thunderbolt against his oldest aiso sona sons als hio fio house hoube usey uses where all hig big children were feasting and destroyed them no moner woner had the me abenger reported tho thu resu result it of this catastrophe to job than the news came dame that a certion certain people I 1 was going to say christians had fallen upon his big oxen and asses and killed his servants they called them in those dayi dayl and Chal chai deans and hittites hiet Hitt ites I 1 think thirk we call them no now w a days daya byte rians etc they called things by different names in different age abut but hut they are aro the tha same class of people they went we after his camels his asses his 90 gosts goats ta and a all ail I 1 his property that they could lay their hands on leaving ea vinit him hin helpless and destitute and ho he was it is saidy eald eaid the richest man of the east jobin looking at his changed situation summed bummed edthe the whole thing up in fw few words I came I 1 out of 0 my mo mothers womb and naked shall I 1 return thither the Lord nord gave and the lord bho taken away blessed be the name of the lord I 1 well wells the devil did not succeed that time but like the lawyers who are after the lexe cutora however I 1 blip suppose P ose he thought he would t take ake another shoot servo serve some fresh papers papera he presented himself before the lord the second time and addressing him tho the lord said well what do you think about job now he said bib bis efforts had bad not succeeded very well aa as yet but ehin ekin akin for akin akiu all that a man hath will he give for his life let me lay my hand upon his bis body hody and he will curse thees to thy face welli I 1 put him into your band abut do not interfere with his hia life the devil then thell let lei loose something like small pox upon him only it was called by a different nt name haune in those days daya 1 covering him with bolls bolla from the crown of his bis bead to the soles of his feet jeet Bc raped scraped with a k potsherd wallowing in ashes and while he this condition some of his friends came along for the purpose of sympathizing with him and aber af ter ker offering a great deai deal of advice they came ezme cz camo me to the conclusion that job have been a very wicked man or such a calamity never could have come upon him hira and then to cap the climax his hia wife came along and in her way says saye job you are a fool for putting up with all this thie you have buffered enough and were J you I 1 would not litand it any longer I 1 would curse god and die like a man job replied you talk like one of the fhe foolish women of old rave have we not received good at the hands handa of the lord and bud shall we not aiso also receive evil the lord gave and the lord away and wiep wies blessed eed bitho bithe bp tho name of the lord 11 and then he looked around and ow saw his bis desolation stripped of nia hia children and possessions nek ock and weary deserted by friends frie nab nae laughed at by enemies and up braid braided edby udby by bis his wife wite veith with a loathsome disease lonely deserted antl anil desolate tio lio ti cried out oat I 1 though bow boj be blay alay elay me yet yep ivill I 1 trust in him the light ligh lightning ping may mai may destroy my off spring iho tho thes beana and Chal deans us may rob firof me of my possessions and satan may to la lay y his hand upon mb me and smite me with this loathsome 10 disease and although I 1 may bo clothed in sackcloth and haye I 1 to 0 wallow jn ju ashes audgo audgo down into the grave and worms prey upon this body and crawl and slid revel in my brain yet in my flesh shall shail I 1 see god I 1 shall see him for ireys elt eit elf and not for Ml another other 11 in by the spirit of revelation and the power and light of the holy ghost he be could bay aay I 1 know in whom I 1 have believed andal andai though I 1 do lunow isnow and tos not bot where I 1 may go or where my resting place pince in may ay bery bei bedet y e tl I 1 ahli ahll bland eland d in iii the latter iatter a ater day oie vie 1 u earth and bhail shall beh myre mytre deemer whom I 1 shall see for wy toy bel sel tand fand not noh forr another this is the kind of he bad but we think it very strange bom som sometimes betimes hat that wei wey should 14 havo have blittle bother we think we ought to go along peaceably having nothing to disturb 0 vr equanimity that tha every evers should shoud move and pleasantly along until we react ithe the abode of the Father eather to as aa wath with the gods some gome of w m would make curi cari ouia puiA gods if such were to b be a our apt lpt lot but we a 11 may MA real satio tied fied that buch such wiit wilt not dot be our dur lot the lord does piot fiot do things j in that kindol kind of a awby away way z I 1 when we vele were traveling bg abroad to mhd world orid timing other things wa we pre preached acted wih was that the world would krow grow worse brae and worse deceiving and being de ic elved 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