| Show dy president tabernacle pm pin ut of april 7 isu run llE PORTED BV nv 0 D WATT 1 f i thi this s is the ai place to give items of instruction i n s t ru c to the people I 1 am auf avi sats satt fief hief rief it is my duty to improve this opportunity and should be very lappy if I 1 coull could coull speak with ease if I 1 could do so I 1 should talk a grat gnat deal more mor than ethan I 1 do I 1 ask a bishop by what authority he be is Is acting in aa as a bishop 1 I suppose I 1 am a bishop according to the priesthood by vh h t priest priesthood hood bood do you act net as a 1 I really cannot answer that question 1 are 3 oil oti a high priest yeb yes why do you yon so officio ate because I 1 bave have been ordained to eo so officiate the first presidency lency ordered bishop Hunter hunterton to ordain me ine a high praest an and d get tet me roe apart to be a bishop in thi district t after af te r a peron is ordained a i high b priest he lie then hits bits authority to act art in all the ibe t e aquties cuties of the priesthood ashen called ulon upon by the he proper r 1 bir authority so 6 to 0 o do S sony ot c the bi bishops ahns their true position tian and oyne olae do not or which reason a few tevy remarks in addition tk topse apse I 1 made this thia forenoon will wiil per bapty hap bap uge eiji mibs miss there ia is no movement ipg a high priest I 1 of a bishop for properly speak liaset apart apart to pt in tha torice vicen la 11 a bib bis bibat bT 3 bo 80 9 co to C t o 4 nat hot aw k faw iu in da 1 1 a ie bul lul li has haa a right when ordained aa as a bishop to of gic fic ia t and preside over oser every temporal and spiritual pi ritual interest in his district by virtue of his bishopric bt b believes that be ought to go nto a seventies council in his ward and breide pr eide because he is a bishop and under this impression be dictates guides and directs all things in his district he be baptizes con confirms confirm firms firmi and administers the sacrament aa as a bishop forming performing pei pet under this impression every spiritual and ane temporal duty were we to inquire of the tile bishops of this church what duties are assigned to the priesthood they bold hold and abat ahat what are assigned to the mel alel chi sedek those who could answer correctly are in the minority I 1 am satisfied of this I 1 fir I 1 ha have haie e been placed in n positions that made it necessary to propound questions otia to some of our most in elligant ell igent bish ps p relating ng to misunderstandings and difficulties that have occurred in their districts touching toi tol ching their authority tho rity when their answers convinced me th t they knew little about it perhaps fr fu in I 1 I 1 not having an op ort ott unity nily of out or I 1 in a word they have not so lived that the I 1 eavens have leen gengl opened to tb th in to teach them so fully and e effectually t ily lly their duties that I 1 they need no man t to teach then the eutimi utie I 1 and powers of a bishop ce se the verv very very mo ment lie he steps over the ance chood which is to officiate in temp temporal oril things thing when he passes this lie immediately begins to oell j I 1 chate by the authority and power ot the 1 sedek bedek priesthood though he may not know it WP we have scores of branches of this church in of fe ent parts ol 01 0 this coun country try iry and had bad we better now place officers helps aid alid ald govern ments men tsin in ti these iese lese bran brah bes bee he or wait until the people come to understanding and learn to ap precia e and honor such appointments it ia is chiefly because of the ignorant e of the people thau thai we often concentrate in one man the e different offices cei and callings carin caUin ss but lut nhen when the P pope pule ule ute are aye ai informed and bave have advanced luither ustler in the 1 knowledge howlee ge of the truth it win ill lit not be every bid uth nth W will ill lil hate have babits its full quota of officers a patriarch nt bishop council and all OR wa cers that are necessary nece seary for the work of the ministry alid and the of the body of of christ until the can receive and I 1 onor these hel bel a and add gov goy rumen lumen sadid be benefited by til them em the diff rent trent oft ies les willbe will be concen grated in as few men aa as possible for men I 1 wiil will contend for power and as to which sha shail rhall 11 be they are better informed t if the people f ful fui ua y mider wider understood stood and would observe the relationship these offices have to 1 ea ii i other there would never be a oid wold woid old of altercation in this city we have no alter 1 cation about auth ritus we but seldom get got 1 up tip a trouble for a high council case when mien the people come to sufficient understanding k we vve plia rila I 1 not put the onerous task upon one i inan man to acl ace both as president and bishop but 1 we aill will give you a full organization orga mation matlon of helps government tc but at present we shall 1 i tak a course to confine lle ile lie the offices of the church in lit such touch a manner mannen as to gue gup ti e least aus aub canse cause ans e for conter contention tion and trot trouble ble there ar are e meg meu who woo have a content oln oin disposition they tiley will bat SI yosl inet a bijoc a magistral magistralli nagi strate ei t I 1 a i ge or r any man holding an office lil ill i short auti juti they ish ibb u ish to cestr destroy 0 every power in ini heaven ani ant an i on oil earth that hat tiey they they fo eo dot not hold bold j themselves this is the spirit ot of satan that was made so visibly in heaven and which brov proved ed his overthrow ad he le i a ow afflic afflicts te this people with it he be wants to dictate and rule e every very principle and power that leads leada to exaltation al tation an alti ete eternal hat mat life and those hom whom bom h fluentes iii ili wish to walk underfoot every ezery dierson person who ubo stands in authority over them I 1 now ebli to say a few words ab ut assisting the ma I 1 and telegraph companes companies it his has been ased asad aa cd shall we assist these companies shall they be supplied with grain and that help which thich is necessary to facilitate t the e expeditious and safe carrying of the mail maii I 1 a say bay a y y yes e 9 shall the te telegraph company receive favors at our hands yeb yes I 1 donot do not know of two greater temporal blessings of the kind that can be bestowed upon flis people lre ire if lf we e happen to lay by in ill bed a tittle ittie later than usual by the aid ald of the telegraph wires we cm call read the thenes baws odthe of the morning Washington and baand be f favored with lle lie news new s of reste iday from london paris st petersburg and all the principal cities in the he old world we are among aanon the apo ie of this corli our buk bodies bre tire of the earlb earth alid our spirits are lle ile tle tie spirits of other people and fram the fhe salte sauie 1 source only we are trying to establish th tile tife e god one on tho me earth to introduce rig righteousness and prepare we the people for the reign op ot jeisus the earth one mah mati says gays III igi 1 I have agreed to do thus thua and eo so phen then n fo r 0 and arid do it 0 fugill 1 ako apo abd v sacredly ncr net polly kei kek keep yourl 1 mord word what should b be he life course of af t 14 lt them act bythe counsel couns conns tel cl af tio ti reo rea o te re LL 41 4 efter eater 1 01 tot not ing rig y you u will 1 11 be f othera otherwise ise lse you yon wi wil wll I 1 not i IE I 1 might dictate this matter abd ah get my pay for it I 1 would fill this una whole mail route with mormon bys who would labor faithfully conduct honorably and see that the mails were carried safely safety and promptly if it were left to me I 1 would mi fill this whole route as we would have done a few years ago if the contract lad not been unjustly taken from us with a line of conveyances wherein herein men might sleep by day or by night in perfect safety as to their ansons arsons and property and if a I 1 book dropped out of a pocket it would A ouid be as safe as though 11 it were under lock and add key so far ap its being atole ii is confined conc ined how is it now if A B and C say they will begin to 16 sell whisky than thon if it is right for them to sell whisky in the streets of this ibis city it is right fur me whisky is s useful in making tri trl vinegar negar and a nd v we e need eed it for cutting ca camphor gum for medicine washing etc but is it necessary to iokepa k ep a whisky shop no iso and if i it is ri ht for one man roan to keep a whisky shop it is right for adoth r until all become whisky peddlers and whisky drinkers abd all go te to the devil together to ether it does not require much illumination of mind to comprehend th t unless the selling of spirituous liquors is managed by proper persons it will result in i i the ruination of many of the comm community unify so ath ith anh the selling telling and disposing of our produce e to outside interests for those who expend their means and labor in a way that does lots not enrich and build up zion will aill apostatize andio out of this kingdom or later when you are appointed to haul grain here or there you will feel leel justified or if it you wih wi h ii to drive drie a train or to go as a guard on the mail roue rouie or to alend to this or that and anti the counsel is ves yes go and be hengst and upright before god and man and deal justly with everybody and if you do not so conduct yon yow will be brought borne bome ard and dealt with ith then if it you go in this way vou iou ou will be justified wt alever la is doe let it be b lone done by counsel and common consent th n we can be pa paid N for our labor and our produce m wea ea th will increase around us which we can put to use in home the noor poor poor poon i saints from all nations by b a and nd hj by thousands in the course the people have taken they vill will make themselves poor while we might be rich incel I 1 feel very friendly toward mr street and many con acted with the telegraph line they have trea treated ted tec tei this community a as s gen lemen it tt ill I 1 have rendered them some assistance and a am in ready I 1 0 render thu ibm more anti anci tily alliy have been very ng to us 18 the overland mail company bringa brings oil our letter letters looff took magazines etc and is aa as gre great at an all accommodation as can well be until we have haie a ril road th ough here abich which I 1 hope koho we shall have haie ere long if it is right they should be assisted and that by the he counsel of or the kingdom of go goi i 1 in these mountains ald aid and let iet et it be done ly by common consent or no longer say that we are one with the interess s f flais thiis h kingdom if you are one oue ath the vine you are one ones with the main branch P it I 1 ou on are nol thus this one tou lou lii lil severed fron from tile tilo vine and will nil wither and aud die I 1 I may ue lord ord mess the latter day she sie Saiji I 1 ti tB I 1 Is a my prayer all the time amen |
