Show 1 discourse 1 er eldar elder va A fultn S tabernacle taber Taher nac i acl lbs f april 7 li 10 a mt T r BY atry jevy rong for when for to the ibe time ye ought to be ye b asre lve need that one teach you again abich ibich be the first principles of the I 1 I 1 braces of god and are become such as have need libed of milk and hot bot of strong meat for virtry onel that auseth milk is is ih n the rord word vord of righteousness far heis hels he is is a babe but strong meat mat belo ngeth to them tha that are of full age rge een even those who by reason of bf use lse have their senses exercised sed to discern both good and evil 1 lle Ife hebrews brews V 1213 12 13 aid 14 verses irmay srem sem to my br brethren ethien and sisters a I 1 little surprising that I 1 should I 1 i traduce the re narks which I 1 have hae the privilege of address rig rid ng to you this morning by reading the he sentiment which is IB conveyed in in this text for when for the time we ought to be teacher teachers we have need that one teach us its again ibe ube ahe first principles of iff the oracles of god bat how otten often is is it necessary nc we essary and has it been beem necessity necess nry iry for those who are inspired of the lord to complain of the brethren mak in ing sum suA biow blow progress ro gresa in in the things of the kingdom langdom of god how often do we hear bear our presidency lament the un orance folly and vanity that are exhibited by man many of those who are c billed coiled upon to 0 o le be and arid who should be teachers irdee 1 1 I have bai e thought that in some I 1 I 1 t ances there was a neglect in the bra branches 0 of lf preaching to and rehearsing in I 1 th the ears of the ris ns ng rig generation those girst first principles of the gospel which were taught to we received the work of the last days das and especially the pe of faith we grow tip up in this community nind rind nd the principles of the gospel become to a great extent natural tl la us but m ny ity af of the young soung are untried and without experience antl and they lack the I 1 power to contrast the principles of truth with 1 thoo ahoo lh oo at error and hence it is 13 regarded as important bythe by be elders eiders that thal abey ubey rie tie swu sil silas liias as the at some period of ang g n abbod lo 10 preach the gospel and hav have e a chance to test by actual experience the power ot of the principles of truth kihen i hen brought in contact witly 1 the wild which the tile world hav haver e d dignified unified with the title of on le I 1 was I 1 yesterday that the progress dr dathe the beope e nasr nasi so go slow that the pre could not develops dev elope those principles chiti were for the 1 H nebil of the tile people for their glory and exaltation exalt atio atlo only at a very ery slow rafi rae powerful aa as ve we aitay may th uk the I 1 mormon mill mili t to be the president tells us that lie he h hes his ts to the ned oed very moderately or ilij ire ine the weak k c ined in cd some of the he bre bro hren bren for nant baht a bof ofa a manye mote i 1 I 1 per hays bays cie cle ve way to tem temptation stion and turn tuu tun away sand yand and beco e 0 it to a considerable consider ablo extent like ilke a man mana 1 wes les out odit ot of the dark into a well viell lighted rooi dooin hilie he Is blinded with the light tight his ecea are ared atea area to meet such sub suh brilliancy ibis is bid rid ira fra ted vety very m clearly in the organ organization oe of aho thi several branches branc ilea lica and at I 1 I 1 of I 1 zion throughout debet Dee Dei eret et to use a fa T f I 1 in almost all the branches containing from one ope oil bundled id turee three hundred bundred f tao tac aca fulea rUiea it bas had le found necessary necessary to combine all the cullity 4 aily hley of presidency ciresi ency in one man kanj a at 1 ast I 1 vi 84 I 1 y thus this hau tau abr en en the case in bally many in ln Bt staige ace there thera are a few exceptions to abia luls but not many A bishop while he pre prel ell Eid iiLa illa the meetings s looks after the ritual we warre warra it re 1 I thel the settlement he be preaches on the I 1 sak sab a a 1 th da aj gives i cou counsel ansel to the people epif spiritual 41 and te temp Tyral ral be gives gues counsel in rela reia aff to don donations allons public buildings the er ec of school houses ani awl an I 1 almost every ceery tb 1 mae to devolve dev del oh e upon tile the head of the 13 bishop p ju in th tha the e first cst instance many of these wera were organized with yi uh a P pi resident and bishop who ho wera were expected to act in conc covert rt 24 anTEl ith with gith itU ilein their counsel couns slora k vork vork york and arld exert exer for oie the general good oth people and with harg barg tong hand all pull toge together be an adi aud strive to each gach other and when hen for the th time thes thed ulen ought to have haye been tead teachers they have plots n that the they require required d to ba bo taught for the very first question that would anse anso was lich ilch deniis the bi biggest at man inan forit for it is is important baat bhat should know th the precise line between our aag tj to ku where the tion of the olie oile ends tw nic t w tha the tats other othen begins 11 A iuan inao of hlll scolia n a i d f eeli would woul d want va ri t a T rul u I 1 d ma tapo tape iti fi e to dr lis his line of iona the ground and arid stale stake it out then tjien it would ba be lisbon you buet toe top this line and arid president y V u must keep your side of it no familiarity you yom must not tread on my toes toca re remember r that now I 1 haie hale bad experience in these mattera hersto coomo little artent by visiting and at tempt nato regulate explain and set in order iii ill 11 be s at ajr one ose place containing ab about t turee vireo hundred bundred ia faini milies ilea liea the president held the doe dor dormillie tillie tha that the Bi bishop was moere a cl gro crt cerand therefore hp he bad po jio rubt r ahl or to 0 o talk lalk en cil he Sabbi Ui dav da on en tem tern noral norai rii ril matter IE it he wished to 0 o talk about donations emigration earms earns building meeting houses for tithing he was told that that was temporal business and that he e roust must call a meeting on a week dav da elder eider E T benson and myself wont went to that place after wey tha the had been contendo cont contending endi endl f ng upon this subject and it had 1 bec bee me well understood that no man mus mua talk there on temp temporal oral ozal subjects on the sabbath day daj but we e occupied the whole day in telling how to make bread build cities make farms fences and in fact we told them theal how bow to do every useful thing that we could think I 1 of we asserted that a certain about 1 of temporal reparation preparation was kas necessary in order that a man aright enjoy i his religion we also asserted that if a man made no preparations for the future he was constantly subjected to annoyances for in instance stange a man ilves jives in in one of our agricultural vilia es he makes little or no preparation for takings care of what lie he has around him he riel neglects gala caia to t f nce nee his field and aach a ack yard ard nowa have thought that a man could not enjoy his hia on as he shou d do unless lie he had bad a good fence around his field and stack ard for if he has no fence or only a poor one she nhe j be gets ready for praying there is perhaps a rap at the tle door and when the do r is 13 opened tile file message delivered isi isy is there are of cattle destroying your wheat in your slack black yard the devil there is says bays the tim man mail and whose are they he puts pu s them in in the astray p antip und udd and be he puts an exorbitant tax upon them and charges the poun t heeper keeper not to let them go un il he gets tn th pay say damages to the a mount amount of 50 th the e next th thing is 13 another neighbor who ho is is religious reli rell grous also IN but ut perli peril perhaps aps a little later in his devotion devotions sis is arous anus cd d by the report your our oun cattle are all in the astray and there is 50 damage ag dinst their thein the devil they are who pit them there why brother i 1113 hia hi a f elings clings of reverence ree rence and devotion having been bad aad y shaken by hy this report he be rises from hig hie prayerful mod in a rage and uses very fyvolent V lang tang language langhage wage mage and ana au bagts BG ts vt VL to 0 o say vhal thal much trouble is caused by men not having haviel abood a good fence fencer and it is 13 exceedingly doubtful whether many men call can preserve an even temper of 0 mind under euch such now kow all this was the result of ignorance if that presidency had bad known their the r w ouid never have closed a meeting asking the bishop if f lie he bad anything to 8 y or any an business to attend to it was vaa a matter of courtesy and of duty duts also and instead of pulling palling against each other they should have bave united and alt all pulled together for tile the accomplishment of the same object for this reason we have had to fo organize several bi anches blanches with a bishop and his counselors only and as I 1 express pre s it sometimes in in the sett settlement lemen s whee I 1 visit behave we have had to use a wheelbarrow wheel barrow instead of a six horse borge coach the ibe dishop bishop must do this that and the other in in fact everything lie roust must preach collect the tithing 1 for if we set another man to assist him lilen men are so ignorant they have learned learna po 0 o little that they abey will wili immediately start up tip and att stripe strive ive lve for the mastery arid and hence contentions conten tiona have risen mong among a the brethren acting in the capacity of bishope ani an t presidents in most of the settlements here there have hard been bean of 0 uisu priest Priel LILs and arid they call meetings arid and watch over oter en er each other ether bloir blow the coal and keep the file fire alive within each oth others erys erps bosoms and ard see it chev ean can keip kel kep kelp p one another wide awake the 8 sim am ems 1 thine has haw occurred io in reference to the seventies and the organizations are very ver ter numerous well the q arises have these quorums a right to tar call meetings at the sam same time tune the 11 resident president has called a public meeting of the wh ali ie le branch here comes a question of jurisdiction for instance when half of the toe males in a branch are leventi s the president of the mass quorum notifies them hem that they are to have a meeting at 10 or 11 the very hour bour that the president dett of the branch brantli has his meeting has hag the pres pros dent of the seventies a ri ht to do this no he be has not it is a discourtesy every quorum should so 0 ar arrange its appointments that there will be no biffi im culty no nce itce galty falty for any law to regulate the the matter of common comi flon fion de decency c en a and d common manhood and it does cam ral cpm m that a man inan with lebs lees than half a share thare of or discernment dould could see that while the meet fg called caled by y the president is going onali on ati all ta the e branch 1 ought D U 9 1 to ba ther there and therefore that ibbie chete should be no other Meet meeting ilig llonel at the 4 kame time time y bre brethren thren we our appoint iwa ema ki whon when our out high priests and whatever meet ag as not to conflict and arid ill in th s have bave and show our respect to the president louiie branch have hive our of coursey course to the prescient of the branch aa as tile the euto muto be attended at ended to and ti i len nen en have our oti other rae rat t ings subordinate in I 1 joint of time well now almost any man it in i fh wo d vou would rou id s bay bax that fl i fool hai bai mat hat ralie rano guiti bohu bohn a aw stion tot bot mel mei wat have liivi been ordained oria orJa ined alders 11 ligh lih h presa omd anile ce elt ent 13 ar eJust stich tc te ahers aAers for when for the time blat tt at they should be teachers they llave have need to be taught for they seem to operate like ilke children and pull against each other they labor labur abor to denine define each others duties to mark out the whereabouts of therrie the line hrie of whereas wh reas they should each and every one strive stav e to build up the kingdom of god and so jive fiveas as to benj enjoy oy the holy spirit cach each c each man hould strive e lo 10 be humble instead of exalting himself bimi elf instead of dr draving drawing axing the line and say ng I 1 belong juat here and nobody must enters inters fere fore with my rights lie he feel tv ta sustain the hands of his brethren 1 will ime hore say that there have been places where these two no organizations have expiated for years without xit hout any ady difficulty and there thore are other places where the two have existed at the sanle same time lime anti anif an the matter has been i taken up by the peo and worked at until it has been found necessary to reduce the organization by unit udit 1 lug ing in the presidency and bishopric in one person 0 01 aei ael ae I 1 term it the wheelbarrow ar ran gement or if it you please a three wheeled coach coachi f there was one oie settlement where the people got FO very wise that the B shop had to have two sets of counselor and they had to be i selected according to the wishes atthe parties thab took sides with the Pes peb ident tp or rather i that were in favor of having one and abd then thae thoe who were willin willing to be contented with a bishop had to gave have their choice and thus I 1 was wag formed what I 1 call an unlimited demce d amoc racy tracy the fact is that ag as soon as the brethren can call realize that they are to be evants of god and t atit is their individual duty to 0 o sustain each oher other and arid put away that jealousy ivich wh ch ili lit many cases exists at the present time and which in fact is the chief cause of all this trouble and so soon as they find that they are biot lot i ol 01 to be aa as lai lar laige ge as they thes desire to be and as they think they ought to be it M he be found fould that these organizations organization swill will be in in will alo aio increase in faith ill bodd work corks sand and in po power and influx 1 an ene e the heavers heavens and it i they will be fa arua the file idea idest trill be fairly mast Wast il rated that giat glat a man with a wheelbarrow weel barruw barrow cannot travel travet as as rast fast nor accomplish as mench rench as the man mho who it lio lie drives trues a four foar horse horbe coach shil SHII I 1 know knox v that owing to the i ignorance and cd 1 ness of the people a case cf of ulna llna ki kind lidwill will occasionally occasion aih occur there seems to bea be a dis dia F position to p t ever a nut hut shell for iastan e a tew years yearb ago there were some 1 B shops sent butof salt sait lake city to explain 1 to the tha countr country bishope their duties ditties these brethren w 0 u ld go into a settlement where there b both oth a bishop and a president and ard they would go on aird tell the bishops what hat their auti were and in doing so embrace the adole circle of duties re of botu botn bishop alil aill and ct pees pres president ident and arid r eve ever think that in that branch of bf the church th the ne were rot united or centered ill lit one man but div ded between tivo two and i i rome nome some gome instances there would be a sort of lair laif sharp abari looking fellow fallow get up tip and ald ask what the predl 1 dent was asto as to do if all those explained and fully ir defined du were centred in the bishop 0 01 O they would say eay we were ere ete not ant to any body but blit the Bisbo bishops ps and as might be result waa a contenti contention 1 if not amon 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