Show I 1 REMARKS C I 1 xa at B the J juab jb b stake conference dephil fe phi saturday kovec ber and 2nd 1895 by J ELDER BRIGHAM YOUNG vz ke la l ar a IMPORTED BY BV ARTHUR WINTER i t t 1 I believe I 1 had bad the pleasure of meet aag fw with the people peaple here at their last conference and I 1 am thankful for this of saying a few words now t trus that the people feel a desire in beir hearts to sustain me I 1 am quite etore they sustained president george qa cannon annon when he was speaking this tor for I 1 enjoyed his remarks very much irli indeed deed and it others felt the same as my self their hearts were touched and djey felt fel t they had received instruction imick as would benefit them in th the r future ekls fac the little things that tell the on dropping chopping of the water that wears j solid rock we are not no capable of retaining hing a great deal of instruction at yae aae time more was stid said this morning go it would be possible for me to remember member though every idea that was ad ed was familiar no doubt to all of iia As it is written it is here a little there ere ja a little line fine upon line and r pt upon precept a little in this conee tit another conference e a little in it is that we gain an experience waith makes us men after gods own hen henl L we cannot be that in a day nor ini in i a month nor in a year it is the grid bof a lifetime it is not ony only the child and the that is instructed but it is we ible man in ia his full vior vigor and in his old age that is instructed and comes to a per of that knowledge requisite to bring brina him into the presence ot his father we do not all learn alike aike some coW comprehend a great deal more than others we do not advance in the so aade e attio in the knowledge of god but bat god does nut require impossibilities ot of his children that that is possin possible le bad reasonable and tight right lie he does awe of us but not impossibilities imp in 4 abil we fife are slow to learn we are dull scholars at best the holy spirit how brinis brings a man forward and nearer hearer to H god but it i by constant la or that this holy spirit becomes the com kanlun oi man I 1 have m some aloes in far off lands in in germany bihy ihy or in switzerland surrounded by at rangers i have aw ke in the middle waier W aier night tight and seeking the lord I 1 baie lund ft und that he was not absent it abas betat so ut my life athas it has wo ato differt differ trice where aas I 1 was or what uno ings god was alwaes pres fwu add more atun abundantly dantly is he pres ejof wita kh the ibe latter day saints where affy V are gathered together as they an the these mountains because there are many that are uni ted he is not in the presence of those who re pulling a art who are dissatisfied who grumble and complain and who find fault with god and his organization fie h e is not with men of this class they donot do not awake in the night and find him present but where the spirit of perfect harmony tests rests in the heart of the creature harmony with the organization that god has instituted not with some other organization then the spirit of god flows freely to toe individual this is your experience as well as mine his eyes are never closed he is constantly watching over his people by his spirit and by his messengers what manner ot of people therefore ought we tu to be now I 1 do not speak unto those who have no obligation rest ing upon them but I 1 speak unto that class of men and women who have gathered out of babylon and have taken upon themselves the name of christ and of whom it may be said by the water ye keep the commandment by the spirit ye are justified and by the blood ye are sanctified you who listen to my voice have rendered obedience to those principles which were taught by adam to his pot posterity erity when adam taught them unto his sons and daughters they were new to this earth so tar far as I 1 know it was in the morning of creation the same principles were taught by enoch afterwards and those who li listened steed to tj his voice and were one with him in the holy city were translated why because they obeyed those principles when they went down into the waters of baptism obedient to the comman commandment commande dm nt atif god they received that covenant and acted upon that thai law it was not by dis regarding the ordinance of baptism that thai thic the people of the city of en ch were saved so it is w with i th us by observing this ordinance in the exercise of that agency which god has given unto us we show to the heavens that we art are obedient to that commandment of god and we are thus far justified can a person who has not noi been baptized come to to you and instruct y u in the thit thir gs which god has revealed in this ordinance ot of burial with cariti Is the e a man living who has not received this principle that can come to this people and enlighten their wind mind iri in relation to being buried in water for the there re mi sion of sins and coming forth ton h out of t tte tie te water in the likeness ot of the resurrect re tion of cn I 1 is no N not une one ot of all the hosts oi of the suns sons and daughters ot of our father can come and enlighten bour minds in relation to this principle tor for they know it not it is by the water that we obey the co i man dment and testify before god ange an ls Is and men th that t we are obedient to 10 that mat which our father has required of us I 1 testify that we are that people that have shown to our father that we do obey the coinman commandment man dment because we have entered into the waters ot baptism we have entered in at the door by which we can approach the throne of grace inthe in the direct road that leads to it in no other way can we approach him only through this straight and narrow way of obedience to this commandment brethren and sisters is this your situation are you a people that have shown your obedience through receiving and acting upon this principle if you are and are walking on this road to heaven then by the spirit you are justified how can a man be justified by the I 1 can give you my views in ia relation to this we are justified by the spirit because we have entered in at the door the spirit of god who has seen it I 1 have not but I 1 have felt it A hat is it like Is it in the torm form of a personage the spirit of god according to my understand understanding inz is not a personage of tabernacle but it is a spirit th the e spirit of life if you could s see ee every living thing by the spirit that is in man yuu you would see it lull full of the spirit of god it is in man it is in beast it is ii 19 the vegetation in fact it is in all that god has created it it is in all tind and through tigh all and everything exists b by y it if it were nut not for this spirit deato death would step in but it is life now when men and women take upon them themselves selver the responsibility of baptism they are then in a way to receive the imposition of hands for the reception ot of that spirit LE it comes upon them and abides with them through the laying on of hands and it operates on ahe the spirit in them now what is it given us for or atals spirit by which we are justified and which leads us into all truth is given to us fot for the 9 grand rand purpose of our exaltation in the presence of our fathera father the latter rd day saint that hasbah has had laith faith that ha has repented ol of his sins and been baptized has this holy spirit conferred erred upon him for the purpose of guiding his le leet it t controlling coni rolling his tongue control controlling liing I 1 his body cuni controlling roiling the passions of the boly body controlling tue spirit that is in we body controlling the whole creature re and he can no more lay this spirit aside than he can lay aside tae the baptism that lie he has aced upon ur or than he be can lay v aside fail faun lii anti ami repentance because tho the spirit is is what justines justifies the creature this spirit is div n to the latter day saints that they may be justified NM N iw M if I 1 have nui not cultivated that spirit then I 1 am guing backward instead oi 01 having this spirit and gettig getti g it solidly so lully fixed in me I 1 am letting it go perchance pei pet chance I 1 deny the baptism that god his has permit permitted tea me to rec receive eivir and the repentance I 1 have passed through th rougo and the faith that has entered into my heart I 1 am either advancing with that spirit in my heart or I 1 am retrograding until I 1 throw overboard everything I 1 have done aid abd deny the faith this is the situation as I 1 understand it though men do not believe it altogether but my experience of nearly fifty years teaches me that I 1 am either advancing toward my father and toward his sal or I 1 am retracing the steps that I 1 have made I 1 am not standing still there theres is no such thing in this church we are either in the light or in the darkness when the sun sets in the west gradually darkness steals upon us irom from the east until we are enveloped with it the sun has not deserted the earth but it has gone from us while it is setting to us it it is rising to somebody in another part rt 1 of the earth but when our minds cco become me dark how great is that darkness I 1 have seen darkness steal over the minds of persons and yet some of them will say they never felt better in the church in their lives dissect the life of such an individual I 1 say to him you never felt better in your life in the church no do you pay your tithing brother oh ob no I 1 have stopped that do you pray in your family no I 1 do not pray in my family do you attend to your secret cret prayers no and never felt better in your life no never felt oetter 11 now I 1 know from my experience that a man cannot feel well in the gospel unless he attends to these things how do y ou leel feel toward the presidency of the church how do you feel toward the twelve how do you feel toward the presidency of the stake how do you feel toward your bishop how do you feel toward your teachers how are you toward your neighbor well I 1 dont consider anybody around here fit to associate with and really I 1 am not very comfortable in the presence of the president of the stake what is the matter do you differ with him hemf yes he dont preach the right kind of doctrine to suit me but I 1 never felt better in the church in my life now as strange as this may seem a man said that to me practically not more than three weeks ago that man told me he was not doing the things I 1 have mentioned and yet he said he never felt better in his life Is that encouraging the spirit of god in his heart that will justify him before his adser I 1 say no he will never be justified by the spirit ot of god while he lives in that darkness that he has seemed to allow himself to get into I 1 know the spirit by which he said he never felt better in his life I 1 have seen it and it is a snare and a delusion but I 1 try to love my neighbor as myself I 1 have sought earnestly in prayer and fasting for the spirit of the lord but I 1 feel sometimes like I 1 am so poor in spirit and so weak in determination and as if when I 1 would do good evil is present p with ith me that if the lord tw did not help me e I 1 would fall forever what is that kind of spirit in a mau it is the spirit tuat that prompted prompt edthe the publican when he said god be merciful unto the pharisee in me a sinner while the pride of his heart thanked god that he was not as other men it is the hum ble lowly spirit that wins in t is church men may hold their heads as high as they please men may be arrogant arr full ot of vanity and of lies men may be wealthy and ride in fine carriages but if the spirit of humility is not there then the spirit of god does not reign there it will not do for roe me alter after having received the ordinances of the church to see how little of the spirit of god I 1 can get along with and still be held in fellowship if a roan man cultivates a bad spirit it will like the measles come out on him sooner or later and he will show his true colors but we who have entered into covenant and have determined in our hearts to serve the lord are justified by the spirit if it is in our possession and we keep it there determined that no act ot of ours shall grieve that tender plant which may be just springing into life within us or it may have been there for irany years until it becomes a fixed inhabitant of the heart and never leaves the creature to wander from his maker I 1 know that by experience this spirit must be in men and women like a well of water springing up unto everlasting life it must shine through their eyes and be manifest in every act because it must I lecome acome paramount to all other spirits if they would serve god with undivided hearts if these things abound in us then are we servants and handmaidens hand maidens of the lord and by the blood we are sanctified I 1 cannot but think of that sacrifice that was made for me christ came on the earth to offer himself up as a fice he knew the agony he would have to endure he knew the terrible death that was to be inflicted upon him yet he offered himself up for whom for himself no for every man and woman no matter what their color or their nationality he died for all men mein when I 1 reflect upon his innocent blood that was shed for me and know that thus far in my life I 1 have conformed to his will and served him to the best of my ability according to the light I 1 have had the time was when I 1 did not have muc much I 1 am not at this day going to lose that spirit and allow it to get beyond my grasp if god will help me to keep it within my breast I 1 cannot do without it I 1 was writing a letter the other day in which I 1 stated that I 1 was staying with president woodruff not that I 1 be lieveld my presence was necessary for his welfare but I 1 could not do without him I 1 cannot live without the priesthood because I 1 cannot have the spirit in me that will guide me in the things that pertain to the knowledge that my leader receives it never comes to me it comes to my leader the comfort that is necessary for the creature and fur for my family that spirit is in me constantly if I 1 live for it but that which is beyond my jurisdiction and rule must come to my leader and be given ghen to me by the mouthpiece of god those are the ahe facts in the case we talk about aboaf having the spirit within us to guide us and it is an absolute necessity that we do have it but I 1 tell you there will noth ing come to the body of this church only as it passes down from the almighty through his organized priesthood I 1 can cannot nott reak off by bv myself and become a law unto myself but I 1 can have all the revelation that is needed to guide me and my family individually we are told that christ will come and appear in the eyes of all do you not suppose that his priesthood will vill inform the latter day saints when he shall appear and at least give us time lime to dress I 1 think we will have plenty of cf time to out dut our shoes on the latter day saints sains that are living according to the light and intelligence of the spirit ol of god will have time to put on the wedding garment and they will not go out naked into his presence nor will he take them unawares true the day nor the hour no man kno but the latter day saints through the channel of the priesthood shall know all that is necessary for their salvation god gave him sell self for us to bring us into the position where this obedience and this justification might be wholly efficacious in our behalf it could not be without it one is not perfect without the other any more than this body is perfect without at ail 1 its members all these things are given expressly for a perfect unity in the heart of the crea creature and beside that man is given his agency that he may receive receive anem 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