sesmonSERMONbrby Eeldermer AMASA lymanIYMANI delivered in the

oth ward school house G S L city dec2523

REPORTED BY J V1 longa

I1 feel very much to appreciate the privilegeand blessing extended to me and this oppor-tunity of meeting with the brethren and sistersin this ward and also to have th opportunityfor a little time to discuss with you thosethiniethingsa that are of interest to us as saints

Ttherere are a great many things connectedwith the publishing of the gospel and its beingbelieved on the part of the people and beingreceived by them aaas a rule of practice ththatatisisinteresting for us to consider there is agreat deal of variety connected with it al-though its principalprinciplespl es are ever the same andthe truth is unchangeable yet truth nevereven with us puts on all its beauty until wecomprehend it fully and realize the great in-fluence that the views we entertain with re-gard to the truth may exercise over our ac-tions it becomes important then that weshould learn to think correctly and that wenyeshould learn to adopt correct views aboutthings which we believe for as we think ofa matter so we will treat it if we adopt suchviews of the gospel that will lead us toco con-clude that a large amount of all that has to bedone for our benefit and salvation is the work

loflotoe some other individuals besides oursourselveselvesieelvesititwouldwoula be very natural for this in its tendency

t and in the influence it would have and exertover us would lead ourout nunda from thatwhich would tend to our emancipation fromsin and iniquity

there are certain prominent things connect-ed with the gospel asa a it is generagenerallyfly treatedand as it has been revealed to us the son ofgod the savior of the world in the way thatit has been taught to us is made to have agreat share in it and a great deal to do withit some suppose that liehe has done BOso muchthat he has made such peculiar kinds of pro-visions for our wants and necessities there isbut velyvery little left for us to do little more per-haps thantijan to attend to a few ordinances thataarere instituted for us this is about all but thatthe great plan ana work that are to bring sal-vation are things that belong to the mission ofjesus christ if this is correct it is what weought to believe if it is not it is that whichwe should expose and we should labor to un-deceive the people for we certainly ought tobegin to entertain correct views if there isa work left for us to do it will be accomplish-ed asas the result of our exertions

when we cling to what jesus christ hasdone for us do you not see that our part willnever be done we may pray and singsing andpay tithing and go to church and attend toall the outward forms otof religion and attendto all those things that thousands believe indoing and then we will find that our salvationwill not be wrought out

now I1 am not myself very much in favorof preaching long sermons about things that

are a great way from home some people in-terestterestaththemselvesemsel S at times by telling andunandani un-dertakingdertaking to explain how gods are made andwhat they are made of and all about it thereis only one way that I1 have any idea of know-ingin 11 anything about gods there is only oneclass of them that I1 have hahad the privilege offorming an acquaintance with and I1 wouldonly wish on the present occason to alludeto this matter with a view to bring it down toour capacities to our circumstances as a mat-ter that is practical

we entertain various notions with regard tothe savior of the world now whether thisexcellence that he possessed constituted himthe son of god the heir of all his fathersvast dominions whether there was any ofthem that he inherited or whether he acquiredalllall the great and glorious qualities that hepossessed we will not now stop to enquireINnowow itif jesus is regarded as god and if wewish to learn his history let us read it as it isdeveloped in the scriptures and if he lais godand you would know the history of the fatherlearn it in the son for he assures us that hecame to do the works which he sawrawhiahis fatherdo of jesus it was said he was anointed withthe oil of gladness above hishia fellow and forthis reason he loved righteousness and hatediniquity

this is the way matters lookjook with us theway we examine everything that is presentedto us we are promised a victory over sin ifwe will break off our iniquities and our sinsby turning to god there is no remarkabledifference between us and jesus it he wasanointed because he loved righteousnesswhat is the difference we have the promiseof becoming heirs of god and joint heirs withhim to all thoseilose extensive domains possessedby the father upon the conditions that weare as obedient to the commandments of godas jesus was jesus was anointed and pre-ferred before others from the simpleinp le fact thathe loved righteousness better than others andhated iniquity more and hence it is writtenfor it became him for whom are all things

and by whom are all things in bringingbrinling manysons unto glory to make the captain of theirsalvation perfect through sufferings he-brews chap 2 verse 10

INwere are told you perceive in the history ofthis son of god that he was made perfectthrough sufferings and therefore we must con-clude that it he waswaa made perfect he must atsome time no matter when that time mighthave been have lacked that perfection whichhe appears to have gained by the sufferings heexperienced well but says one of whatpracticalpractical benefit is that to us it alwaysaawar hastracbeeneen told to me that jesus that individualwhom we have been taught to adore from ourIfinfancyifancy to worship and revere god our fatherpossessed of an infinitude of power abilityand capaccapacityI1it for happiness and glory and forthe accomplishmentTi of his own will and plea-sure was once as we are then to think thatthe same opportunity is extended to us thatwe may become all that he is that is greatand good to think that with all our faults andweaknesses with all the temptations thathang around us that the same privilege thatis extended to haimof attaining ssalvationistsalvata

prvatiionis alsoaiso

extended to us that itisit is simply salvation thatwas extended to jesus and that the same as I1

that which is extended to us that heaven ofglory and perfection that is offered to us in thegospel is the same thatthai was offered to jesusand the right to the possession 0off all thoseriches anand this great glory that 1vaswas attained i

by him are equally open to us it is encourag-ing to me why because I1 am not onlycoucotcontemplating myself aaas a mortal worm a i

creature that is annoyed with the faults andfoibles of fallen humanity but I1 view myselfin connection with this principle that is asso-ciated

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with the work that is to prepare us tobe associated in that better conditionconditior in whichdeview the satsaisavioror of the world as existing inthat perfect sunshine of bliss enenjoyingjoyin therich reward of the saved and sansanctified inin thepresence of god

this view of the subject should create withinus an ardent wish for the same glory remem-bering that this is the door this is the salvationthat is offeredered to us in the gospel that we havereceived but upon what drinvrinprincipleciple shall weavail ourselves of these blessings has jesusdone anything that will bring salvation to youanandani me the chief of what he has done isthat he has revealed the plan of the gospelthe scheme of human redemption and mani-fested himself among his brethren and wemay baygay he has done a great deal more borlefor hehas shed his blood for it so have others shedtheir blood but whose blood has cleansedyou and me it is said that the blood of jesuscleanses from all sin then why is it that weremain sinners it is simply because theblood of jesus has not cleansed ugus from sinbecause itat habhag not reached us what is thereason it is because webehavehavehaye not been foundn that perfect path of obedience that ensuresus a freedom from sin

one of the old apostles boasts of havingeen made a king and a priest washed in the

I1 blood of jesus what was required of jesushe was required to be baptized the same aaasyou and me he was required to walk in thepath of obedience in order that he might be anexamplerupieruple of that obedience that is required ofyou and me by which we maybemay be cleansedfrom sin

we will suppose that jesus had come intothe world and died on calvary aaas he died butthat he had not left the principles of life inthe world suppose he had never called thehumble fishermen and endowed them howmuch wiser would the world have been whowould have been delivered from sin whowould have realized the blessings of the gos-

sel of salvation but jesus lived and jesusielselled then what is it that should make ueurrejoice it is that jesus who was here has re-turned to the heavens that hisbis work is donewe should also be thankful for the truths thathe taught for the many good things that hesaid for the priesthood he left through whichthe gospel is revealed and a medium openedthrough which you and I1 could be brought tothe knowledge of the truth accomplish thatwhich will produce a deliverance from sin

alen let us not rejoice altogether becausejesus lived or that he died in the world butthat in coming into the world he brought withhim the priesthood that he brought withNN ith himthe power the right to officiate as well as toteace the gospel of life and by virtue of hisappointment he hadbad power to appoint othersto act in hishig name when he was crucifiedand for a few days left this state of existenceit was to open the door of salvation to a fallenworld wellivell then it is the gospel after allfor which we respect jesus thereTherewaswas no-thing about jesus but the priesthood that beheld and the gospel that he proclaimed thatwas so very singular but he died for theworld yes and what man that ever died forthe truth that he died for did not die for theworld prophets have died in our day menhave testified to the truth and for that truthhave died but has their blood redeemed ususfrom the sin and transgression we were previ-ously guilty of have weave found redemptionthrough them As far as we have obtaineditatitit has been by walking in the truth jesuswho was the bright and full reflection of thecharacter of hisbis father was himself aperfect pattern of obedience he not only re-commended to the world obedience but washimself a living pattern and example of thatobedience which he taught and through thatobedience merited that which was conferredupon him hence we read that he was exaltedabove his brethren simply because he lovedrighteousness and hated iniquity and it is thatsame principle that saves you and me wemay talk of men being redeemed by the eff-icacy of his blood but the truth is that thatblood has no efficacy to wash away our binssinethat must depend upon our own action

can jesus free usits from sin while we go andsin again what is it that frees usits from sindid not jesus preach the word of life yesbut who is it that shall believe that shall bebenefited and instructed it is we that are tobe redeemed jesus could preach of heavenof the works of omnipotence the vastness ofhishib creations because he understood themand if we were only a little more enlightenedwe could probably understand a great dealmore than we do but in our present darknesswe need further instruction truth exists allaround us to a vast infinity yet we pass on inour darknessdardarkknesskneesnessnesa from year to year and add follyto our transgressions and still continue tohope that yet through jesus we shall be re-deemed but it will be when by our own ac-tions we shall be released from the thralldomofif sin

well says one you do not think much ofjesusesus yes IX do how much I1 think he waswaaa good man but says the enquirer I1 thinkthat is a very low estimate of him whatthen would you have him to be better than agood man what and whochoisis he why saysone he is the lord florn heaven who arethetha characters or beings of whom the apostlespoke when he said there are gods manyand lords many I1 suppose them to be goodmen jesus I1himself

supposewhenen sneakingaking inin thebetheseinesebresTelastast days and explaining to tthee prophet of this

greareatt and last dispensation says uanman cfloliness is my name man of counsel is myiamelame well what doeshes this all show similyglyly that jesus was a man we also learn thatilsis father was a man

jesus came to do the will of his father andionepode other work than that which helie saw hisfathertather do and we through our obediencebecame brethren and sisters with him andjointint heirs to the rich inheritances that hebe isgieir to why the practicability of this unprin-ciple is demonstrated in the case of jesus him-self

imliehe came to this earth as a living ex-

ample of the truth of the fact that it waspossible that man though weak and feeble cane exalted saved from hisbis ignorance and ex

altedgilted to the capacity of a god that we poorworms of the dust partakerspartakers of the atvila andanil

that trouble and torment moimotmortalitymortamoitabalitylitythathat we could bsbe exalted that we could come

iintonto ththis 10low cond n band pass ffrommomnom thatstate of aliat we were in addahu thereaffabby fgain an exexperienceperlenperienve blatth at would fit us for ex-altational tationtion then thete gospel chiescomes to usui as asourcebeurce of encouragement and comfort there-fore it should give us strength in our weak-ness when the way may appear dark and al-most without hope when afflicted throughthe perplexities aniandand hardships that we haveto encounter for jesus has traveled on thewayyay himself he has traveled it step by stepand piece by piece and degree by degree andhas experienced all the grievous afflictions thatflesh iss heir to has he been exalted bby itwe shall all sayeay that he has ilehe has beenleenexalted from that degree of imperfection inwhich we exist to his present condition withpower might and excellence even all that itis possible for him eenjoy0Y then itif it is possi-bleil e for you and I1 to traveltraeI1 this same road letus begin to enquire if we are doing it for beassured that if we obtain that victory and ex-altationalbatal

illrilthat he possesses it will be by doing

as he didd ilehe was obedient to the truth hedid not even presume to shrink from the bittercup though his feelings as a man rather in-clined him to the seat of life hence said hefather I1 would a little rather that this cupaouwould pass by but on reflection he said Fathernot mv will but thine be done

wewellweliI1 now how would we have distinguishedbetween this offering and one similar to thenatural eye but different in its design sup-pose a thing of this kind had transpired with

s supposing that it would have taken placeun our midst would we have any idea that it

waswabak as a good man a man of integrity that diedhow could we have known this when hegives his own account of himself he simplyslsarssayss man of holiness is my name hedldid not wish to have it understood that therewas any being in existence no matter bywhatwhit majesty might and power hebe mightmi lit besurrounded that couldcoald go beyond ehgthe goodmen the holy men

what view does this lead us to take of thegospel that this jesus has led us to look intosimply that it is a practical system of pietypurity holiness and truth truth that is to beexhibited in our actions purity that is to ex-tend to all our motives and designs and holi-nessnesi that ieis to be a characteristic of our livesandio extend to all there is connected withour lives our actions and all that we do andsay for the action of the mind is considereditif thisethese thoughts be correct be pure the ac-tions that will reflect those thoughts will begoodgoad andarid beneficial and the body that seesseea itwill veue correspondingly purethen whereu here is this purity to be wrought outthis propriety of thought thisthi perfection of

haliholinesstness where is it to be read of that weinalnamay be benefited by it that we may travel inine-

ythemayivay that jesus has traveled that we mayfollow in the example that he has set canwe get ourohr neighbor in the way to be the holymanadan thethi righteous man for usus and we reapthetha reward in heaven 0 no we must betuft obedientel lent men andaad women ourselves wemustmgt behebebebe tthe patientadient men awany women and feelaliallal that forbearance andabd mercy that lovingiovinkindness and charity ourselves wete must bethe menmiri and the women that will put on thehabiliments of truth the garments of holinessarddarid wear them for ourselves we must wearthem day by day month by month year byafaryear and forever

1 I1 want you to see this and to comprehendthattha the whole matter of your salvation is yourown business andarid work what else has jesusdone what did he require of man you ex-amine principle in the gospel asitas it is taught tobuindOU tandland what requirement of that gospel hasmnbeenbeer obeyed for you none

weVe arere required to be obedient from the be-ginning91 unto the practice of every virtue thatapsythe gospel can open out this is what is re-quired of you and me that we may be savedandarid become just like jesus then you seethat it is entirely a practical affairaddair with everyone of us we may theorize as much as weplease and talktaik about puritypurityandand holiness indandas long as we theorize about them we shallfind that they will do us no good never untilwe reduce them to practice and adopt thattiiakind of holiness that is acceptable to godhowhov can we know that one great principle ofobedience excepting we comply with the re-quirementsquirements of the gospel how can we knowwhat is good for us axceexceptingting we be tried inI1

these thinthingsthinss the albigalmightytty is gratified whenhis purposesdurpos es are accomplished aridardd when weare preparingr ourselves to be exalted and ad-mitted into his presence that we may be pre-paredared by that education to be filled with thatknowledgenowledge and clothed with power as himselfbe filled with that infinitude of capacity thathe himself enjoys and thatthab those principlesmay be so implanted in our being and soughtbyy us during our existence upon the earth thatwe shall increase our own greatness and theglory and power of our god

well but says one where boesl this powercome from does it come from god weshould answer yes well then where didbe get it from diddie he inherit it noNohheediddidnot when we talk of the father and of jes-us we can say they did not inherit it why

t do we say that jesus did not inherit thisgreatness and glory because he is recom-mended to us as one who came to do nothingbut what behe had seen his father do who likejesus had once been imperfect and that likehimyhim he had risen to might majesty and pow-er and clothed himself with the hand withknowledge that endowed him with power toact and to be acted upon to design and to ex-ecute those designs well then the power ofgod is what why it is the gospel and theapostle saidsald that the gospel was the powerpott er ofgod unto salvation and it is the salvation of

every individualindividual Aand eieryevery thing that isothathclotheeddetyefywith it it Vy

I1 ftwho Is saved avychy the thatthai

has power and the possessespois essesknowledge has power it is just as the apos-tle says he was not ashamed of that gospelthat was the power of god unto salvation that j

was revealed by him that loved righteousnessand hated iniquity

theube gospel then as preached unto us isthe power of god that saves what does itdo it enlightens that which is dark it givesus power where all Is19 weakness before it en-dows us with capacity where before there wasno capacity and where therether ewaswas no astrenstrengthtb

this is what the gospel does for us it isthat which saves and fills our minds WAwith thatwhich we need not be ashamed of and it isthe simple fact that weire should carry to ourhome to our firesides to correct the evils thatexist between man and iraminam between parentsand children husbands and wives but it isnevertheless theltholpower of god that saves itis that which tranquilizes the power of thesoul that is not wholly under the principles oftruth it is not like the empty proclamation ofenthusiasm but it is deliverance to ththeecacap-tives it is freedom to the sin sick sosoulboul to ye

thesoulboul that is in the dark that knows not thetruth that has no hope that reaches into thevast future and opens up prospects for the im-mortality and the salvation of the souls ofmen this is the way that the gospel opens tous in regard to the salvation of the boullt willmake everything in the soul tranquil aaas theblestlestiest in heaven it is that which must abideconstantly withinwithin us it is that which mustroust bedevelopedlevseveloped in our homes why that all themembers of that home may become legitimateloversovers of the truth be truthful in all they doand hayand be rcalculatecalculatedly dby their good worksto0 o the ends of righteousness andpeacebace and to bring about the purposes of godwhy saysbays onodetheonethaethe gospel seems to be a greatmatter totobebe carried to the simple circles ofbf ouriomelomesand for it to enter into the trivial alfairiaffairsof our everydayevery day life it seemsbeems to be a smallpimatterplatteratter to that vast infinitude of greatness andgloryviorylory in its falness that we seek to enjoy in alaturefuture stateslate

brethren and sisters what greatness youexpect to enjoy what you intend to enjoy inthehe fountain of bliss that lieslles before the saintsthe origin of all thistlethis the region where it mustbee commenced is in the soul at the firesidesiff this is not developed around the firesideswithin the circle of your family where is it tocome from if the blessings developed thatconstitute the happiness of the saved and sanc-tified that enrich the pleasures of those thathavehayelaveelayfe passedpass ed away are attainattainableabiabl L why havewee not been blest why has not the gospelbrought salvatsalvationionioa to our firesfireside69 and to ourhomeslomes why we have noughtnaught but imperfec-tionslons of our own but these could not stand ininthemaythe way for the blood of jesus could havecleansed us from binsin aside from durouroarour ownworks according lo10 the feelings of some thenwhywh is it that ikeivewe are the blaiblatblatesslaveses of sin andare afflicted with the contonconsequencessequences thereofwhy is it that the sanctuary of home is de-rivedpriced of these blblessingsestill s thetile gospel that

saved jesus that clothedclothcioth eThlinhimmhita with power thatbestowedicstowed upon him all the perfections that hepossessedloss essed as a godwaygod why has it not wroughtoutut its work with us our firesides have notdeenbeen blest with the harmony and bliss thatisaffected by its puri y and hallowed influencewe would not inquire where is heaven or sayhowlowhow farfai is it from our homes for therewould be a fountain of bliss to any one whowould partake af the food that angels feedteed up-on who would partake and realize the per-fection in which they dwell and the harmonybychichay which they are associated and those thatdwell with them then it would be no matterof uncertainty with us neither should we carewhether heaven was a littlelittle way offoil ororataorafaat avast or immeasurable distance for then in ourouthomes within our ownon family circles wouldbe that heaven and happiness for which weare seeking there would be perfection therewould be nethe beauty of holiness ininspiritspirit andin truth

now this estheis the religion that should bbee deat hoheit should be of domestic man-

ufacture as well as the clothes that we wearvearand their beauty you know we ireare told shouldconsist in the beauty of thethi workmanship ofour own hands

itif we realized that our silvsalvationatlon dependedupon our living in peace at home with ourwiveswives aridand children and upon our cherishingthe principles of virtue of holiness and of pupirity do you suppose that we should ever be ata lissloss for an opportunity of doing some gooddo you suppose we would ever be at a loss todo somethingsomething that would save the cause oftruth our lomestomeshomes and our heaven wouldWouldevereverbe with usas the constitution and establish-ment of conr homes in peace and making thathahappinessI1 ss and giving that satisfaction whichwlwillI1 produceproduce it constitute the burden of ourlabor at home and abroad

but we are called to go and preach the gos-pel to distant nations simply that the honestmay bee gathered together and have homes likeyou and I1 until a nation shallshail be imbued withthe arikprinciple of that heavenly government thatwe taltaitalktaik and read so much about that the willof god may be done on earth as it is done inheaven

according to this then the object is thesame whether you labor at home or abroadI1 want this riveted on your memories to haveyou think upon it every day I1 do not want touyououto think that you can live your religion anewhilevouyou are quarreling with your wivesstives every dayI1 10dolo not want you to thinkthinh you are travelingthe road to salvation while you area ratusquarrelingwith kieryfieryevery body around you what is the

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thiathis quarrelingwhy says the ganmy wife hasa 4contentioussadsag

sshebheedsejkis not going 0too heliheavenveni she is not9going0 1 1 onn affiefh e road to those pperfections that11will1 1leobringilhern her to a perfect and sanctified statesheehe has put far from her the day of sanctifi-cation then as ministers of righteousness I1want you to go to work at home why simplybecause home is the place where you shouldlive your religion

but says one I1 am going to wait until I1 goon a mission then I1 will devote all my time toserving the lord

if you wait till then when you0u are gonethousands of miles away what 1willai

1 1 your wifeeand children do who having wife and chil-dren and having labored to bring them hereand divedlived with themtheta here from year to yearthat will neglect to develop in them the princaples that will save and make them happy intime and exalt them in eternity I1 want youto save them by implanting in them correctprinciples and then if you are called to goabroad youyo can teach the people the princi-ples that will sasavebave for you will11 have learnedthem at bomehome then it they should acostatise when they I1havehava been gathered here assome do to our own sorrowborrow and to theirs tooyou would have the confidence and consolationof knowing that your own family were savedbecause you had taught them the principles of i

salvation while you were with them thenwhy do some seem so anxious to live their re-ligion abroad while they neglect to teach andpractise it at them it is evident that they donot enjoy the spirit of the gospel and if theyhave not within them the principles of purityand holiness and do nothot live their religion athome what assurance have we that they willlive it when they get thousands of miles fromfroiatheir friends

I1 wantawant you to go to work in your own circlealandclea and cultivate the principles of righteous-ness and let the world go their own way donot trouble about how your neighbors gregettingking along but seek to make your own homethe dwelling place of God beekseek to make it asanctuary where the richest blessings of godshall be enjoyed where the truth shall be keptenrich stores to bless you and yours thenthatchicepoint will become A point of attraction towhich your affections may repair with feel-ings of satisfaction and if you go abroadyour peace will be increased with the reflec-tion thatat you have left your family stationedupon the immutable and sure basis of eternaltruth and while time passes and the angels ofheaven carry you safely along your friendsand ions at home are still wending theirway onward to the haven of peace anand restwhere allali is rigerright where peace and I1joy abwflowlike a river to itoseilosethose who are sanctified throughthe truth

now do not excuse yourselvesyourbavessAves because youycare jbvseventies and arare thereforetherefofefoge

stetteaileda to goabroad as special witnesses to nwe are called to savsavee our own that is ofirour firstduty it is true we can do a great deal to-wards brinbringingbrininging others to a knowledge of thetruth and it we can preach to the world tothose that are afar off we cadalsocan also preach tothose that are near to us and save them andhow do as much to save them as jesus hasdone and then we shall do our duty whatis it that he has told us ilehe told us how tosave ourselves with the principles of virtuerighteousness andarid peace and let us so live thatthose principles may be in the thatare growing up around our hearthsheart hs thereis nothing that is importantim octant to some exceptit is a gregreatatwayway offJT tuttubbubbut the foundation of pu-rity should be at our homes there god shoulddwell there god should reign in all the great-ness of his glory and in allaliailall the perfection ofhithis tributesattributes where should this be whywhenever there is a good man a man devotedto the truth whose affections are didentiidentifiedfiufimwithit andhorand ifor itilandand who loves righteousnessesseggand hates iniquity as jesus didadid this is theway awantI1 want you to live and then there willbe less wickedness fewer lies told less tat-tling by the fireside about your neighborsthetha husbandhusliand and wife will hava difficul-ties of a character and kindhind that are unendur-able if we can come down from the exaltednessnebs of our feelings and humble ourselves wecan avoid most ofor the evils that aieare commonamongarmong mankind

who have these kinds of difficulties to whichyaichalluded people that are veryervery reli

bious people that go to church deop e thatare favored in various ways and who preachlongiong sermons fortor the beneditbenefit of such as them-selves what is the reason they are notsaved why simply because they never havetime to live their religion because they never had an idea that to live their religion wasto be at peace at home that thefhe payingpaying theirtithing was offering an offering that wouldvid beacceptable to godana those who did think soilsohad an idea that that would bavesava themI1 want you to understand that it is all non-sense to take the latter position What saysone should we not pay our tithing should wenot pray yes pray and pay your tithingtoo but this is not all I1 wantawant you to praygod almighty to bless you with strength withforbearance with charity that you mamayy bemerciful to each others weaweaknessesknees and thatyou may look with tender compassion uponone another as god looks upon us hisbig utonudoncchil-dren

ilall the day long this is what I1 want

you to pray for and your wivesspeak harshbarsh words dont speak another in re-turn but says one how can I1 bear it whyhold your tongue

you talk oft nations kingdoms prin-cipalities and powers and yet cannot hold yourtongue what wise rulersbulera you would make

I1 suppose when the bishop waswag made orordained you all thought that youzou oueoughtht to

haverave been cleveradso well qualified to ruleruie

hildour own estimation I1 want you tojto provethat you are capable of being keepheeping your mouths shut when a storm of passionarises within you let it didiedle enevernever let theworld hearbear the breath of heaven waftinghafting awaythe ill spoken word the hasty declaration nonever why not because if hell is withinyou keep it there why says one is it notjustlust as bad to think hellbell as it is to speak itout no not halfhalt as bad why because ifyou thought of killing me and were not to doit I1 should not be hurt but if you tooktoole awayawaymysay life then I1 should be hurthurl Henc ethenyou see there is a diffiedifferencerence between thinkingand doing I1 want you husbands and wivesto carry this home with you and learn to holdyour tongue when you have nothing but somemiserable provoking thing to say well butsays one man my wife acts so like the devilthat I1 cannot get along with her I1 thought I1was married to an angel but I1 have found outiwasI1 waswab deceived and that she is a fiend ifyou were such a fool as to marry a wife ofthat kind youyeu ought to learn a little by ex-perienceperi ence

now knowledge is power and if you havemarried a woman that does not answer yourexpectationsex that is not an angel that doesnotnoinot abound in goodness and that is not thevery quintessence of perfection what willyou do I1 will go and get a divorce thenwhat will you do live single no youyon willmarry another then you answer yes thenyou will live with her conquer her and con-trol

con-trotroi her I1 suppose yes sayssa s one that seemslike the idea and I1 will go amehome and let mywife know that she has got to mind meand obey me why what are you goingoing todo if she dont obey me I1 will chastise hernerherI1 will beat her 1I presume you mean to treather in the way that some of us are accustom-ed to treat our mules yes says the man I1will lether know that she hashag got to obey me

you poor miserable souls who think thus ifyou go home and whip your wives because ofwhat I1 say to you to night upon family gov-ernment

overn ment the sin shall lie at your own joordoorand the lash that will be upon you shall be farmore severe than any thing that you can in-flict upon your poor wiveswives

I1 want you to go home and let them knowthat touyen are better men that you are improv-ing that you are better than them and thatyou are improving in righteousness faster thanthey are theniben if your wife is disposed toquarrel she will soon get tired of it she willturn to r follow your holy ex-ample then let me urge upon you the neces-sity of proving to your wives that there ismore consistency in your conduct than there isin theirs and that you are capable of livingwithout saying harsh things yourselves

brethren thisis is the way I1 want you to gov-ern your wives and in ninety ninehine cases outof every hundred you will succeed in govern-ingin them inin righteousness they will be faith-fulfui and true to you and to the gospel that hasbeen revealed in this dispensation and ifyou get a little mortified with something thatmay transpire which is often the case yourwife would adopt the course that she has seenadoptadoptededbyby youou she would holdbold herless she couldcould say some very pleasing thingand in this way there will be peace establish-ed home whereverwhenever theresthereis peaceand the home circle lives inin peace and quie-tude the blessings of heaven and the cevelatins of the holy spirit will bebethetherereitsits inspir-ationaaion will be therlandthere and atwillit will be like a burn-ingwilaii n neverever dying flame within you and youwilli walkik together in peacebace AM inin harmonyyou wont stumble any

and die inin theoathe way therotherethereerowill be ho difference of feeling but tiltigthee twineof family affection will grow stronger day bydayaay and year by yearyc arandand the passing yearwill add intensity to that affection that iswithin you and you will have an increaseddetermination to live your religion 1 I

thenmien your children would see in their par-ents an example for speaking the truth andacting truthfully to each other then therewould beanbe an example before them and theywould na doubt obey the truth and regardyonyou as truthful and sincere in all your expres-sions uheubewhethertherinin regard to the things of godor those of a more trivial character theywouldvouid tthenhen see ththata t you struggledled nothot only tospeak of the truth but to exaexhibittit it in all theactions of your lives

this is the way I1 want you to live your re-ligion in thisthi swardward this is the way I1 wa At YOUto sustain your bishop that he ravyracymay nothotlllahiae tax-ed with all the little of your domes-tic circles ilehe is a little man and it is enoughfor him to be taxed with thethem general brubusinesssinessof the ward I1 want you to understand thathe has need you promised him didyouyon not promise him that you would sustainhim by your works as well as by your faithfaithiwaniwantt you to redeem that promise for if ithad not been necesssary for hoiu co ddo this itwould notrot have been asked then sustainyour Bisho uphold him iutbut says oneI1 do not know as it is myrny business notsmart enough let the proper authorities putin another why biessblesa you the authoritiesdid not want the smartest men butbui they want-ed to prove to the world that the lord couldmake those smart choinbhora he called and ordain-ed Why says do not think much ofouroutoui bibishopIsh0 you 4dolo not appear to 6estimatehim vcvery highly yes I1 do but I1 want youto understand has got his own weak-nesses and faults to contend with thehe same asother men and just as much of yours as youput upon him I1 want you that arare smartmen to resolve yourselves into bishops and toplay the bishops part at home and to adoptthe principles that be ininculcatesUlcates in youyurrhoma

circles how very few there arearc who do thisrionilok oblate thearn to judge right-

eously to create quietude and deacepeace virtueand holiness at youyou oaidown homeshomei then whowill therewere be to annoy the bishop with theirtroubles who will be sending to the presi-dent forfox a divorce when you all get your littlewards at home thoroughly disciplined thisyou can do by being united more effectuallythan he can for he cannot be always withyou then youvouyou can bring out your littlittlelittiee wardsand let him have the advantage of a leaf outof your books

butbutia you cannot do this hold your tonguesand be ashamed and just conclude that youwill fulfill the promise that you made andstrengthen him and simply because he needsstrength and aid him all you can afford himall the comfort you can and this will bringyou together in the principles of truth itunites you inin one so that your action will beone your feelings and your spirit will be oneand you will walk in the same path togetherand bebe agreed

take this course in regard to living your redo wellweil but possibly you do not

need aniany of this instruction if you d not I1am very glad ocot it and if you have quali-fied yourselves and cultivated your minds tothat degree of perfection that you do not needit hereyou may just pass it ovierover to your neigh-bors let ririghteousness6 be developed in thiswardvarawara and let that unanimity of feeling bemanifested that will cause the instructions ofyour bisbishopclip to be warmly received and letfaith be exercised for him that he may be fullof kknowledgenowledge and power and have influenceamong the people for whose good he laborsdabbyday by day this is the wayway I1 want you toact in regard to this matter indand to do this ef-fectually you must make all things rightlight athome do not leave this great work for thebishop alone but let it be the duty of everymalnman in the home circle and there will be una-nimity throughouthout the ward and to the bish-op willwili be given what is required in his officialcacapacity and be will havehava power and strengthandan he will be estimated to some extent bythe influence which he exercises over the menthat are in his ward

well then what else shall we do you maynow inquire there is another matter I1 wantto engage you in I1 want your help in a cau-tiousttiouslous but effectual crusade against stealingwell but says one the president said wecomCOOcould not stop stealing this is not what I1was going toasto askkyouyou todoto do but I1 want everygoodfood manroan in this ward to consider himself amissionary and a minister I1 want you to gethold of the young men and to advise them asfathers should advise them well but says

e young men here in this ward havefathers and if I1 should presume to give themadvice their fathers will be displeased I1 donot suppose they would at least I1 think youmay venture to carry out my advice

thethem spirit of thieving stalks abroad in ourland andnd it liasfias its advocates among the peo-ple it gets hold of the unguarded youth andcadiescauses them to steal from their neighbors be-ing unguarded by the truth you fathers dokearyouou know this to be true yes say somegome wehear that there is stealing donejone over yonder

pointingI1 towards the west and that it isbill hickman and his gang that do it but doyou know that there Is a thief who visits yourson and corrupts his morals ahland who is makinghamkingkinghimhimbim believe there is no harmbarm in stealingfrom a gentile

0 to be sure say you I1 know that such aman visits my son I1 dont know exactly wheremy son isis now but he is about the city some-where this is what I1 want you should know

make it your business to know where yoursons are for they have only to go into some ofthe streets of the city to meet with thieveswho tell them there is no harm in stealingfrom the gentiles and who tell them that theavidenpresidencycy ofpathethe church say so this is the

were told about lead the un-wise and unwary from the truth do youwant to save yourselves from the scorn anddisgracedisgrac that will cover your son wherever hegoes if you do watch over your sonspolls andalso over the associationassociations that they fformormto you that have daughters I1 would saywatch over them or by and bye you will cometo your friends with a pitiful face saying0 mymk poor daughter she is gone where tocamp floyd to the states and to the devil0omymy daughterau- terthigh that we have raised carefullyand webethoughtthoughtau lit she would live to honor usbut alasaias she isis gone

Zyeses but youxouyou did not know while she waswithth youyu that she was forming an acquaint-ance11ir ce with habits and making associations withthose thingsthins that have succeeded in removingremovinghesbeS beyond your reach true she went totr0

0 partyparty says the unsuspectingfather but how could I1 refuse her the privil-ege

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anlanperhaps the bishop was called to go90andd pray for them in order to sanctify the af-fair and perhaps she went with the son ofyour neighbor hom you regard and henceyouon wwillillosayay awhow can I1 refuse and offend myarotherdrotherbrother yes offend your brother for that isworth less than the salvation of your childbut says one shallieshall we not let our children goto partiesparses yes let them go I1 would dobnot i

dare idtd advise youyon inot to letiet ernboand why

because it would not do any goodif your daughters associate with those that

haveave no interest in the truth advise them todiscontinue their intimacy with such personspersonaand enjoin upon them the necessity of pursu-ing that course that will preserve themin purity and keep them inin the truthIf ybur daughter will go what then whyletlei her go do not break her neck to keekeepherforher for she would in haayen if her neckneckwas broken

I1 allude to this simply to elucidate thetruiruthana to show the waywiy those things arareaccomplished of which I1 have been speaking2perhaps your daughters have not associatedwith gentiles you may say I1 would as soonmy daughter would associate with some gen-tiles as with many that profess to be saintsespecially those who have nothing to talkabout but balderdash and nothing in theirminds but the wicked plans concocted by cor-rupt hearts

I1 allude to these things thus pointedly andminutely because they will affect your happi-ness and well being as well as that of yourchildren do not undertake to crowd thingsto extremes to obtain any of the blessings I1have alluded to do not commit a greaterevil than those thitthat already exist by creating

botherslothersothersotheraI1 pray that you may so strive to cultivate a

love for the spirit of god and a love for hispeople that you may constantly be under theguidance of that spirit and alway have itabiding in you that you may do everything in

I1 favor of the truth dwell happily beneath itsinfluence and lead your children in the wawaywax 0offlife that this may be your happy lot tirol01diligence and obedience in the gospel is myprayer in the name of jesus amen