Show REMARKS LH teasia president ent lienen lierer C Kl iball IDALL in fhe athi mar ail nacie nacle GS G S L wy city april ath ISM REPORTED BY 0 D WATT it helt belt preservation is the first great law of fia nature ture it is true wh whether ethell etheil it be applied to temporal or spiritual salvation if a man does not try to save himself himsel through throng h the means which are provided provide iii in the gospel he cannot be saved if people will not stop committing sin and learn to do better my doing so wll vil wiit wilt not benefit them it would be just a as reasonable to argue that I 1 can eat drink breathe and reflect for them when a minister of the truth arises to address a congregation it aid aids shim I 1 him much when the people give their undivided attention to him but when their f attention is drawn off by some trifling interference that nias occur in the house their minds are closed to the enil effects acts of troth and the spirit of the preacher is grieved and so is the spirit of the lord paul says iet at let the prophets speak two or three and let the others judge if anything bo be revealed to another that by let the first hold hoid his peace for foi ye yo may all prophecy eyono eyone one byone by one that all mayle mayie may learn arnand annand and all may be comforted for god is not nob the author anthor of confusion but of peace bace as in all the churches of the saints 11 no one man eve everything thing but the manifestation of the spirit is alvelia given to every man to profit withal I 1 ly 4 now there are diversities of gifts but the same spirit dividing to every man sev severally brally as he will if we exercise upon the gifts we possess in simplicity as little children striving to do good to ione one another and to build up the kingdom of god upon the earth then we shall shail be entitled to greater gifts and greater blessings let no man lay a snare snake for his neighbor because of the simplicity of his words and because he re proves in the gate if the truth simply told is unwelcome to people it is because they are themselves guilty of sin of and by this ye pay may know that ye need repentance I 1 the faithful love the truth though it may be told in the we most simple manner it is them than honey or the honey comb they are no more afraid of 1 it than they would be afraid of bf eating mating at A piece of good honey and to the same extent that they iove love the truth plainly and simply told do they hate a lie and theore the anore so aben when it is dressed up in the garb ol 01 of truth to deceive the unwary truth is the sanctifier of those who love I 1 it t and are guided by yit alt it and will exalt them to the presence of god while falsehood corrupts and destroys or to use a common scriptural figure it lays the axe ale at the root of the tree As the axe cuts down and destroys the fruitless trees rees thalcum that cumber the ground so do wicked acts destroy and overthrow overthrow all who persist in th tham m r ruth th is an attribute of the nature of eod gitl 1 by it he is sanctified and glorified jesus christ proceeded from his fa nather father thir he is called his only begot bet ten son 1 and inherited germs germi ofle of his fathers perfect perfections ious lous and the attributes of his fathers nat nature kattire tire lire so that he sinned biot so mith M with ith ua uz if the attributes of our I 1 I 1 4 X nature bec bee and antl anil r regenerated e e n e r a t e d truth our inherit those perfect perfections lons ions more or less rhen rhon then how essential it is that parents should by living their religion improve themselves for the improvement of their race we too are the children of god but we are the offspring in the flesh of fallen and degenerate parents and we are prone to sin as the tile sparl sparks fly upward but by observing the hand n d by following the direction 0 of f the holy priesthood which has been restored in our day we may overcome the evil that is within us and that is in the world begin to improve and perfect the attributes autes of ou our oun r nature which are like the attributes of the nature of god and lay the foundation of goodness and truth in our offspring the devil devir was a liar from the beginning truth has no place in him dut lut it bein being a princia prin principle elp cip q 0 of power asso associated elated with a all ali f I 1 goodness ilie pile lie lle hates it and so do all his faithful followers it is written I 1 and now verily isay I 1 say unto you I 1 was in the beginning with the father and agthe first born and all those who are begotten through me ai are 0 o partakers par takers of the glory of tile the same and are are the chur church chef of the firel born bor 01 truth I 1 is s a knowledge of things as they are and as they were and as they are to come and whatsoever is more or less than this is the spirit of that wicked one who was a liar from the beginning he that keeneth the commandments of god re truth and light until he is glorified in truth and all things truth is a principle of power and is independent in that sphere in which god has place placed d it to act for itself aa as all intelligence also aiso iso otherwise there is no existence under president young I 1 have presided over the giving of endowments I 1 for the last fifteen years last saturday there were over twenty persons in tile the house to receive their endowments J I 1 they capewell cam came well ewell recommended by their bishops as being worthy good and faithful members of the church of jesus sus christ of latter day dwy saints I 1 had previously had an impression that many of the people were becoming lukewarm and even cold in the performance anca of some of their duties after annei the company had got through I 1 gave them a lecture and it caine to me by the spir itaf god to try if my impression was correct or not after instructing them that they must not lle ile steal nor bear false witness etc I 1 asked tasked them how many of tha them prayed in their tuell families and it transpired that there were many who neglected their duties inthis in this respect yet they were all recommended by their bishops as good faithful in members embers of the church of christ it made me think of the parable of the ten virgins ta 1 five foolish and live five wise shall we thus cea ceased 90 to perform our duties while the wicked are striving with all their power to introduce their wickedness in our community and into our families while they are seeking to influence our wives and children to be disobedient to us and to god should we not rather be more faithful in the performance of every known duty that god may hear us when we pray to him for strength to aid us to resist the encroachment of evil the revelations which joseph smith has given to this people were given to him by jesus christ the savior of the world and this people cannot bables be blessed if they lightly esteem any of them burthey but they will 4 bli bil lose the spirit und and sorrow and vexation will come into their families the lord designs that we shall be separate and distinct from every other people anid arid alid wishes to make us his peculiar people analo and to raise up for himself a pure seed who will keep his law and walk in his statutes for this tins purpose did he gi give the revelation on plurality of wives as us sacred a revelation as was ever given to any people I 1 and fraught with greater blessings to us than we can possibly conc conceive elve eive of if we do not abuse our privileges and commit sin this doctrine is a holy and pure principle in which the power of god for the regeneration of mankind is made manifest but while it offa offers rs immense blessings and is a source of immense power to gods it will bring sure and certain damnation to those who seek through its means to defile themselves with the daughters of eve all those who take wives from any other motive than to the great purpose which god had hadin in view in commanding his serva servants lits tits to take unto themselves many wives will not be able to ret retain in them wives are arg sealed to men en by an everlasting covenant that M ca cannot n enot be broken if the parties liv live e faithfully before god and perform with a 8 single I 1 I 1 0 eye to his glory the duties of that sacred contract jesus christ said to the pharisees Pharis ees when they tempted him upon the subject of a mans put t a his wife 1 fon foi for the hardness 7 w ess A of your 0 r heart moses allow cydil to gue gye a ua 1 0 f divorcement bub but treathe bein begin be in ning of the creation it was not so 0 ll 11 what therefore god hath joined together let iet let iet no man put asunder I 1 speak of plurality of wives as one of the most holy principles that god ever revealed to man and all those who exercise an influence against it unto whom it is taught man or woman will be damned and they and all who will be influenced by them then will summer suffer ufler the bufie tings tinga of satan in the flesh for the curse of gadwill god will be upon them and poverty and distress and vexation of spirit will be their portion while those who honor this and every sacred institution of heaven will shine forth as the stars in the firmament of heaven and of the increase of their kingdom and glory there shall be no end this i will equally apply to jew Gent gentilla Gentilo iloa liea and n d and young the words of the lord to the church through joseph the prophet in sep 1832 will apply apply very well to many now an anu your minds in times past past wast have been d darkened ark ened because of unbelief and because you have treated lightly 11 g whick the things you have received which vanity and unbelief hath brought the under condemnation and this condemnation upon the children of zion even all and they shall shail remain tinder under this condemnation until they repent and remember the new now covenant even the book of mormon and the former lormer commandments which I 1 have given them no not toniy tonly only to say but to do according to that which I 1 lave have have written that they may bring brin g forth fruit meet med for their fathers kingdom otherwise there rem aineth a scourge and ind a judgment to be poured out upon the children of zion for shall the children of the kingdom pollute my holy land landi landa unless we keep our families in order and instruct our children to be faithful in keeping the commandments of god not suffering summering sull suli ering ening our wives and children to speak lightly of the priesthood of the almighty and of the holy order of marriage which he has revealed for a reat purpose I 1 say unless we do this areat od will wiil visit our families with a scourge and if they continue in their disobedience they will be removed out of their place and their names will not be found on tile the record of the faithful but on the contrary if we are righteous and keep faithfully all tho the commandments mand ments of god we with all ali that portion of our wives vives and children who also have been faithful will go into the celestial inheritance prepared for us in the presence of our god will the unfaithful disobedient and unbelieving of our families enter with us into the celestial kingdom they will wiil not the lord said to ezekiel conof son of hi inan anthe the house of israel to me has become dross I 1 so with the unbelieving and disobedient of our families and of this people they will willbe be separated from the pure pu silver sliver to occupy a place in the mansions ol 01 of our father according to their worth if our wives would remember and keep 6 p faithfully the covenant they have made a e they would observe the laws of their heir t husbands and teach their children to honor every law of god and to love honor and obey their earth earthly ly father if I 1 keep my covenants covena lits tits I 1 shall be saved in the presence of god if I 1 violate them I 1 shall be damned and so it will vill be with my family and what applies to me in this respect will apply to all I 1 let us carry out gift the great purposes of god and be separate from orom the ungodly woe unto him that has the law jaw given yea that has all oil the commandments of god like unto us and that transgress eth ihm ihl them and that the days of his probation for awful is his state and woe unto the deaf that will not bear for the they y shall perish woe unto the blind blind that will not see for they shall perish also woe unto the liar for he shall be thrust down to hell woe unto the murderer who deliberately kelleth kil leth for he shall die woe unto them who commit whore doms for they shall be thrust down to ta hell heli if ell eil and woe unto them who die in their sins for they shall go to their place ard and suffer the wrath of god may god bless the but the men or women who raise their voices or use their influence against that hol hoi holy order of plural marriage will be cur cursed se and they will wither away for th they e got gol have undertaken to fight against god for behold the day cometh cometti that shall burn as an oven and all the proud yea and all that do wickedly shall be stubble b le and the day that cometh shall burn the them m up saith the lord of hosts and it shall leave them neither root nor branch I 1 A church advertises verti ses for members |