| Show khlare RE sr Pr ealden 11 youva tabernacle lilay may 15 1862 1863 BT BY 0 D WATT our mortal ortal existence is a school ot of elpe could we improve every hour of our time in the beat poss poi sule eble tle tie way until we attain a rip ripe e old age b there will be still much to 1 learn mria pertaining to this world pertaining to our natural live to the organization of our b dies and spirits to the object and design 11 1 1 ef of our existence exia tence and the will of 0 heaven conce n ing us some of our speakers ep eakers in their public ad dresses express themselves as seeing great reason to be thankful for the improvements we are making in self government and our oar rapid advancement toward the fountains of knowledge others hate have a long iong experience to relate of constant trials tri bulat ons on difficulties cul cut ties and disappointments which they have now 0 pass through and gloomy forebodings of more i the future they dwell upon how we are tried with each other an I 1 become dissatisfied sa isfried with each other aud and with avith ourselves etc now this is all good and if re celva ceivA is i tor tov ovir ont u ama uma edification dul dUi cation catlon and j advancement gi giving wt u much to fo effect upon and and ana lessins leins less ins to learn from the experience of each other but should our lives be extended to a thou thousand and yea years rs still we may live and learn every vicissitude we pass through is necessary for experience and anti example and for preparation to ajoy that reward which is for the faithful others consider it a lamentable fact that we have to send abroad and preach the gospel and gather he the people and then they will apostatize we ony only under stan I 1 in part why we are required to pang pans through those various incident incidents of li 11 e there is not n it a single condition of life that is entirely un necessary there is not one tours experience but what is beneficial to all those who make malce it their study and aim to imp ova upon the experience they gain what becomes a trial i to one person is not noticed 1 ty y another i among amerig toese triese two thousand persons I 1 am now a fd idress Idreas ing there cannet cannot be f und two that are arc organized orga organ nixed zed alike yet we all belong 19 to the one great hum in family tamil ba e sprung from one source and are organized to inherit eternal life there are no two faces alike no two persons tempered alike we have come from different dine reat nations of the worl I and have been raised in di Terent different climates 0 educated and tra in different and in many instances in fit opposite directions hence we are tried with each other and large drafts are made upon our p patience pi tience forbearance charity i and dood good will in short upon all the highe higher r and go godlike d qualities ot of our nature for we are arc required by our holy religion to be one in our conr faith feelings and sentiments perta ning to thin things time and eternity and in all our earthly pursuits and works to keep in view the building up of the kingdom of god in the last days our work ork is to bring forth zion and produce the kingdom of god in its per perfection and beauty upon the earth the impulses of our diffie different rent natures present I 1 an almost endless variety of pursuit pursuits I 1 manner and arid expression yet all this under a wise and judicious direction lil lii rill ill accomplish I 1 th great preat end enel of our existence and calling as ministers of the most ifsich br brigham teaches that it is essentially necessary to improve every moment of or our time in soi so i e 1 se ful and profi able labor and arid by frugality and arid honest care obtain property by cultivating the eaith raising useful animals etc arid and thus make ourselves wealthy and independent surrounding ourselves with everything to please the eye gratify the taste anu and and gladden me lie heart now both you and I 1 are aware viat there are persons in our midst who do not understand this kind rf 4 religion but we hail bail them as ag goed good brethren wilen men they address na kis t hey they are full of faith that the time will come when the earth and its fullness will be given to the saints S lints of the most high nigh yet vet should the lord hand out a small email portion of IE it now they cannot endure it we believe the earth is to be renovated purified glorified at aid aid d prepared for the habitation of the saints who will posse possess s not only the silver and eold erold now held by tb the wicked nations of the world but every good thing for ane young lions do lack and udder buffer suffer hunger but they that seek the lord hall shall not want any good thing this any good thing will embrace h horses chariots houses and lands gardens and orchards promenades and arid places for recreation and aery ei ery cry thing to abuse and delight the heart of man we ere re now beginning to get these things together and devote them to god but as I 1 h ve remarked some of this people cannot endure this kind of blessings it is written the earth is the lords and the falness thereof the world and they that dw 11 therein agan again and one cried unto an ther erand th and said holy holy holy Is the lord ot of hosts his hia glory la tue ibe tA baess ess ol 01 the whole earth he ile ww give this falness to the saints but the actions ot of some come of thir thin people speak in lan eglons aage jike like the following if 11 you give me any of this riches and arid elory lord 1 I mil 4 ill apostatize it you fill my lap with gold I 1 will cease servin bervin serving berving you nd go to the devil the revelation that br james cummings read is true the people at the time that revelation revel aion wab was given wet wei e slow to remember the lord in the day of their pro prosperity and were covetous I 1 was not there bui but was acquainted with many who were I 1 kaw them before hey went there and I 1 know they were covetous cove totis and filled with greediness 1 I know if the lord hid blessed them with the good things of this earth which he had bad prepared for the saints at that day ito ijo not hot any of them would have stood it would have hive been as joseph said to me in kirtland br brig baji haji if I 1 was to reveal to this P people eople what the lord ha lia revealed to me there is not a man or a woman would a ay with anel me in the day of ity fly now the people are slow to follow the lord if he were row tiow trow to bless this deop e with gold and silver houses and lands with efery everything thing to make them wealthy and comfor comfortable tibie tible hele hete in debert desert or utah a great maty maly maty awat glai turn ariy from him to wot wor worship their idols but J says one this will not do ifor for us if it we are the children of god we roust t be poor we must bee aee sorrow and afflict on and pass through much trib lation 11 I 1 have no fear but that very every child of god will receive all the aus auf dering suffering he can bear while passing to his lils exaltation those who ho ha have V e JJ suffered u ered from sore ey eps 9 I 1 am s fid are contented not to suffer another moment with that dreadful malady should they live on the earth a thousand years the sisters who have lieen been afflicted d with sick headache never want walli to suffer from it another moment do you wish to have any more toothache no you think that you nave have summered suffered enough from that ache a and nd net heh beer neer er wish to have it again while you live so we may say of f vers pains ached and diseases of every kind to which the human body is subject I 1 might inquire of the nauvoo saints sains whether thy they ever want to endure another chill and teer feer while they live liv I 1 am satis satisfied fid gid there is not one of the them M that ir uld wish felt to pass through rough ft another day of their na nauvoo idoo experience in sickness acain again 1 I 1 ask the brethren who have come from t atie be diff nations of the earth who have hare there buffered suffered ered hunger nakedness cold and oppression are you sa isfried with what you have suffered without passing through the same in this land I 1 think you are A have reen seen the time that I 1 had not foia foil to satisfy the craving of my nature antt anti w I 1 have buffered suffered enough in this line of 0 suffering buffering I 1 know what it is to be hungry ami aid ard need not stiffer suffer hunger again to give me that hat kind of experience I 1 know what it ia to be in I 1 ty and to be destitute of the raiment necessary to keep any body warm many of you have also had bad this thil kind of experience and we do de not wish to pass through it again many of us know what it is to be in the midst midat of false brethren which abich is the most hateful i thing of all ail aro are you bals eats faed fied with what I 1 I 1 rou you on have buffered suffered from tattlers battlers tatt lers and busy bodier bodies godlep yes do you wish any person tsi tai t bear false witness against you lo 10 take away your your liberty and turn you out from your hou hou lou es and possessions po poses sessions ion ron and thirst for your our life do you wi wih wib wih b to bee pee the heta beta arid and servant servants of god imprisoned bound in chain chains and sacrificed in blood bood when you yon are brought face to face with tuff buff ring you bce ece nothing bothin in it hat hat bat is desirable then why tt ly cultivate a morbid desire for suffering suf fenin ferin you will find all you can bear hear though you surround Bur hur round yourselves ourselves with all nil it the con cou comforts forts and conveniences of life and enjoy them aa as gifts from frota the lord acknowledging his hand offering unto him constantly the incense of a grateful fateful fati tui ful heart leave thir tin kinga DI in ard I 1 will promise you more buffering suffering th n the tongue ct ef man can utter until you are con umed acul and b body od artil you are wasted away the tho body 1 in t the e death pronounced upon it and the spirit in the awful sufferings arid nd torment hit tit attending i he second death then stick firmly to the kingdom kingdom and be sati satisfied sued with the pain pains aches and afflictions you have already buffered suffered the time has come for us to begin to glorify our fa her in heaven with the earth and its fi ft ness and let the gold and the silver and V ue e fruits of the earth and all precious things produced by the industry of man god and let all men acknowledge his name honor his ins character bow to his bis divinity elory alory in his bla supremacy and admire the wonders of his providence ever the earth and its ita tul ful furnese nesb nese the ile time has come for us to put forth our best efforts to bing forth the zion of god and gather all things in one even in christ jesus jens there is a great variety of talent among this people but an ar a people they know but little aa as to the thic uses of the orid world orld in which whick they incy live and the design of god in its creation there is not one in a TO ilion or oi mankind that la is filled with that intelligence that an at intelligent being should be filled with but they pass from this stage of action are no more and are apparently forgotten this ia Is decidedly the case with the world outside and very much so with many of this people who have been gathered out from the world here they have to think and do a little for themselves which gives them a course of useful experience this is not BO so much BO so with the outside world for the great mashea of the eople neither think nor act for themselves keople tut ent tit lit are fire acted upon and ard act accordingly and think as they are thought for it is as with th priest BO so with the people I 1 see too touch of this gross ignorance aman among v mk this chosen people of god vod I 1 will now portray a little 0 of tha the feelings and conduct of the laboring classes when a man can only earn a dollar a aday daysud and has bar no way of increasing his finances only by bib bia lab ra r he is obliged ta to be frugal if it be he is honbo harif lit fit and be he manages to keep a wee ve and a few children comparatively comfortable comfert abl by and by the times ami and eakes w ages akes rise go 0 o that lie he can earn ten dollars per week ir it stead of 0 six now wil wife wire le lve n will allow a little more forthe bread and more for the meat and more for the tea the coffee sugar fruit apices spices etc we must buy our OUT daughter a pair or of fine shoe and our little ab b y must inus tha have e a al thistle hist leand and the baby a doll and you dau rau ba have bave ve a new b anet by and by and I 1 must have a pair of fine boots and a new coat and other things in keeping for you know wife I 1 a I 1 now getting ten dollars per week and ind by and end by I 1 ma may y get double or treble that ai aro guz gun duz t in this way they manage to live ou all means this is a peculiarity ir in ta tie tte ae majority of the old country people and yu yu can cao bee gee the same thing here you say you wid rather bear something else than tuis I 1 would rather hear this I 1 am as g far ahead in tb we freow ospel aspel and power of god as any of you yoli I 1 now as much abot abol it as a any man in th s church yet I 1 need to kno know 11 a in avre re I 1 t think h ink it is necessary bo however leever that vc yon yen a should leara cleint to live today to day and tomorrow to morrow this year ft ark next year and learn to honor 11 ue es continually continual f we must prepare for that which is COMI coming loska lossa and nd be ready to rece rege regent recent if that the ibe lord ha it la in store fo for ua us I 1 know ho w y alive oi if ve do vre we see BM dorelty here WO vio do how many are there who dclark that tey ney cannot pay their ecle eule emigration ecie tion expenses wand land nd elland eliana give glye anything to their fj oda Y you yon could 1 if you 5 ou bad lad a dis disi position an to it 11 try ye uise e bj juat just t 6 nough bough 0 of f your ril to me make y your r bodies les ies und and your faai faosat lies happy and end comfortable comfor able arid and sate aate th thi residue I 1 probably support more than any I 1 ten men in the territory rr or in this state I 1 feed and cioth cloth multitudes of men women and aci children and I 1 like the man nan hat that gets me in debt deit to birn blin I 1 cons filer that such euch a man hns hes calculation and ia is prep pre parlOR arifi himself to be useful and to have something ja a bis hands bands to ube nae and anti to tb devote to noble pur pur poses roses but I 1 pay men nire nipe ten twelve and tewy sive five dollars per week and when thit thi year comes comps to a close they their are owing awing to e br imn i dreda of dollars when if they had marla maria ej properly prop eniy enny there would hees tees a lc lare cc r ta their favor avor th thare la is clas cias cias clag af of alp men 18 hern herp 1 who donot donov know but b V hat they wh will apost tiza by tand land by and they do not wish anybody in debt to them nor norbo 0 they wish to owe a anybody yow you had better bettler be about aboa square t the e whole of you that wish to apostatize and go off for tor you cannot leave the country with ith your debts unpaid th tb better way ia is to keep in the faith and pay your debb deba when some kmen men are doing well they the will become anxious toe foe a change and they want to raise stock or possess a farm in weber or C che cue valley they go and stay 3 ear after year until they are reduced to poverty inconsequence of their inexperience in hat class of industry and by an dby they ahey y come back their lick lack or of rense tense in not knowing known wujen they werf werd well weli 0 1 I havo have such bucl persons here to dea deal with willi and I 1 have hava to ke keep kerp 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