Show REMARKS lcy icy agi rel 01 31 tabor nacie nacle k April Apri aprile lT 7 abbl REPORTED ST G D ad WATT I 1 have been highly gratified at the few remarks I 1 have hare heard tina this morning from th the e brethren who are about to leave us to fulfill 11 their missions they have a great deal of talk in them and they w 11 soon be in their fields of cf labor where they can free their minds bro george sims remarks created considerable empty levity I 1 like to be please myself I 1 like to be filled with joy but it if I 1 cannot be filled with joy and gladness that is full of meat and arid marrow or in fit other words full of leahing and sense I 1 would rather ruther retain my gr privity itty there is but one step between life and death between faithfulness and apo apostasy stacy between the sublime ant ani ant the ridiculous we preach the gospel and arid gather the saints but are all saints when they tiley ore ire gathered no we ive gather the gats with the sheep we gather people here and then toe most trifling incidents that may occur in fit their live liver contrary to their wishes will turn them aside and they will forsake their religion and their god never gi kie kle gie e way to va it n laughter I 1 have beldom laughed aloud for twenty or thirty years ears cars without regretting it and I 1 always blush tor for those who laugh aloud without roeania to farn tarn 1 am often full of joy oy and gladness and were I 1 to give way to thi the the of my nature at such times it would lead ti 0 unreasonable levity which would be a bourre source of mortification and sorrow tok too t me I 1 noticed that the brethren gave way wat to that laugh which I 1 choose loose not to hear bear I 1 hope they wll wil accept ot at this caution and watch govern control and subdue their passions I 1 an aw satisfied that those persons who stamp cap and arid make other ether noisy and boisterous demonstrations st in the theater so and ond uncalled for have but little sense alid aid ald know not the difference be a happy smile emile ol 01 satisfaction to beer heer the countenance of a friend or a contemptuous anter sneer that brings the cur des ies bes ees of or man upon man I 1 am rejoiced my brethren when I 1 bear the elders of israel speak as they did this morning ing I 1 care little for a mauls mauld man langu ge if bis big spirit proves to it 11 ft that be he has the love of irl til fod lod kod mod w thin him br erastus 8 ow rem remarked irked that the time would c me when wha the law of god be written on the hearts of the people A pharisee and a lawyer asked jesus christ a que tion tempting him saying 41 master masten 51 aster which is the great commandment in the law jesus said unto him thou love the lord thy god with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with a I 1 by mind this is the firs and great co and the second is like unto it thou shail shall love thy neighbor as thyself on these two commandments hang all the law and arid the prophets men gen we can keep these there lw commandments do you jou not think keti kete t that at the law of gd god will be written in our hearts yea yes and it will never te be traced when I 1 have a manifest manifestation ationo t brough theat khat that guthat uhe the throve yov lov t ot at god is planted in meir weir souls that god rules and reigns in their affections I 1 care not what language taa laa a guage page thay tho thy thoy y make use of to express their ids ideas there is joy reace peace and solid satisfaction in lis ils listening g to the words of their mouths hr br erastus snow has been preaching since be he was fifteen years of age and has been a faithful minister to preach the gospel from that day to this and 3 et he is troubled with the same diffidence that others are troubled with when we look the human face we look upon the image of our father and god there is a divinity in each person male and female there is the beavely beavely there is the tb divine sandwith this leamae Is amalgamated t the human the libe earth lythe w weaker a k er portions of our nature and it is he ane human thai that shrinks in the presence of the divine andthil ans and this accounts for our oun inan nan fearing spirit and it Is all there is of it many public lecturers by faithful application in their studies and constant pratt practice ize ice in public peaking speaking have overcome to a great detree derree detree degree what la to usually called a man tearing fearing spirit I 1 am now looking upon beings who are expressly pressly tx created to inhabit the celestial kingdom of our father and god they are the children ot of god the brethren and anil sisters of jesus christ of the same family and descent my best efforts are ano feeble to portray before you u the A orth of the life we now pos cess sells robab probably ly there isnora is not a single pingle person upon the earth that properly magnifies ha we life to the fullest extent or aa as ii it was de signed he should sto ito to prepare him birra to dwell I 1 with god and holy angels many passages of scripture can be produced showing how the th ancients anci erts compla nd ned of the folly and wickedness of mankind hut but they never undervalued life the first ilfe life must be magnified magui magni nied fied ae 20 a pre preparatory tory step to the ild ija enjoyment ila 0 ament of the second 0 those immortal an and glorifia glori fiel 1 beings that inherit higher spheres this thia principe principle have havi magnified magni fiel their mortal existence and anil passed on ti immortality to possess exaltations in eternal life we ought not to speak lightly of and undervalue the lie lile lle we now enjoy but eo so dispose of each passing day that the he bours boura and mint mini minutes ites are peu pen it ving good or at least doing n no 0 harms harm in makine making ourselves useful in improving our talents and abilities to do more good cultis ting tins the principal of kindness to very every being pertain anif to our earthly sphere learning their nys ns ss s ald how to apply them to produce the greatest possible amount of good learning to conduct ourselves towards our faim fato families liles illes an I 1 friends in a way to win the love and confidence of the good and overcome every ungovernable passion by a constant practice of cool judgment and deliberate thoughts I 1 feel continually to pay god bless the people god bless the tha brethren who go on missions to preach the gospel and thos who are already in their fields of labor I 1 desire to 11 see bee ee righteousness pre prevail vaili this is my whole delight I 1 have no other busl buil business ness on hand I 1 I 1 wish to have no I 1 have no other liy lly or agg aff action for anything only the perfection oll of the kingdom of god and to 11 see ee righteousness reign triumphantly I 1 delight r to see my brethren and sisters live in a way to promote that life which will never end instead of preparing to die prepare to live in the midst of all the exaltations of the gods I 1 do not mean to leave this thia world god being my helper until bin sin and iniquity are banished from it and the reign of everlasting righteous ness is introduced ad ad jesus christ comes s arid arld rd reigns kingoff as he does king of saints and the earth with all the saints anat dwell up n it are brought into the presence of the father and sun there to dwell forever god bless bleis you amen |