_THE SETTLEMENT IN THE WEST_
_The Journey Across the Plains_--A short recital of the reasons,
why these children before me were born here instead of being born in
the States, I can give to you, and will endeavor to do so in a few
words.
In 1830, forty-seven years ago last March, the Book of Mormon was
printed and bound. Joseph Smith had received revelation, and plates
on which were engraved characters from which the book was translated.
Before the book was printed, before Joseph had the privilege of
testifying to the truth of the latter-day work, persecution was raised
against him. On the 6th day of April of the same year the Church of
Jesus Christ was organized. Persecution increased and continued to
increase. He left the State of New York and went to the State of Ohio.
The Gospel was preached there and many received it. A settlement was
formed, but Joseph had not the privilege of staying there long before
they hunted him so determinedly that he was forced to leave Kirtland
and the State of Ohio. He then went to Missouri. In the year 1838,
in the month of March, in company with a number of brethren, myself
included, Joseph arrived at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri. We
had not the privilege of staying there more than for a few months
before the cry was raised against Joseph Smith, that he was guilty of
high treason. This aroused the people and the government of the state;
and in October, thirty-five hundred of the militia of the state of
Missouri were marched against a few of us in Far West. They succeeded
in taking Joseph and Hyrum {723} and sixty-five others and putting them
in prison. When Joseph had his trial, the great accusation against him
was that he believed in the fulfilment of prophecy--the prophecies that
had been made by Prophets of old and contained in Holy Writ. When Judge
King asked Joseph if he believed the predictions of Daniel the Prophet,
that in the latter-days the God of heaven would set up a kingdom which
should succeed and finally rule and hold dominion over all other
kingdoms, Joseph replied that he did believe this scripture as well as
the rest. This was considered treason! Joseph's lawyer turned to Judge
King and said, "Judge, I think you had better write it down that the
Bible is treason," and this was all they found against him. But the mob
continued until they drove the Latter-day Saints out of the state of
Missouri. We were told if we remained there the people would be upon
us. What we were guilty of we did not know, only that we believed in
the Bible and the fulfilment of prophecy, or, in other words, in the
literal reading of the word of God. They succeeded, after killing many
of the Latter-day Saints--men, women, and children, cruelly massacring
them--in driving us out of the state to the State of Illinois, where
the people received us with open arms, especially the inhabitants of
the city of Quincy; for which kindness the hearts of our people who
passed through these scenes have ever been lifted to God, petitioning
for blessings upon them. And they have been blessed. We lived in the
State of Illinois a few years; and here, as elsewhere, persecution
overtook us. It came from Missouri, centering itself upon Joseph, and
fastened itself upon others. We lived in Illinois from 1839 to 1844, by
which time they again succeeded in kindling the spirit of persecution
against Joseph and the Latter-day Saints. Treason! Treason! {724}
Treason! they cried, calling us murderers, thieves, liars, adulterers,
and the worst people on the earth. And this was done by the priests,
those pious dispensers of the Christian religion whose charity was
supposed to be extended to all men, Christian and heathen; they were
joined by drunkards, gamblers, thieves, liars, in crying against the
Latter-day Saints. They took Joseph and Hyrum, and as a guarantee for
their safety, Governor Thomas Ford pledged the faith of the State
of Illinois. They were imprisoned, on the pretense of safe keeping,
because the mob was so enraged and violent. The Governor left them in
the hands of the mob, who entered the prison and shot them dead. John
Taylor, who is present with us today, was in the prison too, and was
also shot, and was confined to his bed for several months afterwards.
After the mob had committed these murders, they came upon us and burned
our houses and grain. When the brethren would go out to put out the
fire, the mob would lie concealed under fences, and in the darkness of
the night, they would shoot them. At last they succeeded in driving us
from the State of Illinois.
Three congressmen came in the fall of 1845, and had a conference with
the Twelve and others; they were desirous that we should leave the
United States. We told them we would do so, we had stayed long enough
with them; we agreed to leave the State of Illinois in consequence of
that religious prejudice against us that we could not stay in peace any
longer. These men said the people were prejudiced against us. Stephen
A. Douglas, one of the three, had been acquainted with us. He said,
"I know you, I know Joseph Smith; he was a good man," and this people
are a good people; but the prejudices of the priests and the ungodly
{725} are such that, said he, "Gentlemen, you cannot stay here and
live in peace." We agreed to leave. We left Nauvoo in February, 1846.
There remained behind a few of the very poor, the sick and the aged,
who suffered again from the violence of the mob; they were whipped
and beaten, and had their houses burned. We travelled west, stopping
in places, building settlements, where we left the poor who could not
travel any farther with the company. Exactly thirty years today myself,
with others, came out of what we named Emigration Canyon; we crossed
the Big and Little mountains, and came down the valley about three
quarters of a mile south of this. We located, and we looked about, and
finally we came and camped between the two forks of City Creek, one of
which ran south-west and the other west. Here we planted our standard
on this temple block and the one above it; here we pitched our camps
and determined that here we would settle and stop. Still our brethren
who tarried by the way were toiling through poverty and distress. At
one time, I was told, they would have perished from starvation, had
not the Lord sent quails among them. These birds flew against their
wagons, and they either killed or stunned themselves, and the brethren
and sisters gathered them up, which furnished them with food for days,
until they made their way in the wilderness.
Children, we are the pioneers of this country, with one exception, west
of the Mississippi river; we established the first printing press in
every state from here to the Pacific Ocean, and we were the first to
establish good schools; we were the first to plant out orchards and to
improve the desert country, making it like the Garden of Eden. 19:60.
We wish strangers to understand that we did not come here out of
choice, but because we were obliged to go somewhere, {726} and this
was the best place we could find. It was impossible for any person to
live here unless he labored hard and battled and fought against the
elements, but it was a first-rate place to raise Latter-day Saints,
and we shall be blessed in living here, and shall yet make it like the
Garden of Eden; and the Lord Almighty will hedge about his Saints and
will defend and preserve them if they will do his will. The only fear I
have is that we will not do right; if we do we will be like a city set
on a hill, our light will not be hid. 14:121.
In the year 1845 I addressed letters to all the Governors of states
and territories in the Union, asking them for an asylum, within their
borders, for the Latter-day Saints. We were refused such privilege,
either by silent contempt or a flat denial in every instance. They all
agreed that we could not come within the limits of their territory or
state. Three members of Congress came to negotiate with us to leave
the confines of the United States, and of the public domain. It was
understood that we were going to Vancouver Island; but we had our
eye on Mexico, and here we are located in the midst of what was then
northern Mexico. 11:18.
When we were driven from Nauvoo, our Elders went to the east to lay our
case before the judges, governors, and rulers of the different states
to ask for an asylum; but none was offered us. We sent men through
the eastern country to try and raise some means for the destitute
women and children, whose husbands, fathers and brothers had gone into
the Mexican war at the call of the general Government, leaving their
wives and children and aged fathers and mothers upon the open prairies
without home or shelter, and the brethren who went east hardly got
enough to bear their expenses. The great men of the nation {727} were
asked if they would do anything for the Lord's people. No; not a thing
would they do, but hoped they would perish in the wilderness. 11:17.
When I was written to in Nauvoo by the President of the United States,
through another person, inquiring, "Where are you going, Mr. Young?" I
replied that I did not know where we should land. We had men in England
trying to negotiate for Vancouver's Island, and we sent a shipload of
Saints round Cape Horn to California. Men in authority asked, "Where
are you going to?" "We may go to California, or to Vancouver's Island."
When the Pioneer company reached Green River, we met Samuel Brannan
and a few others from California, and they wanted us to go there. I
remarked, "Let us go to California, and we cannot stay there over five
years; but let us stay in the mountains, and we can raise our own
potatoes, and eat them; and I calculate to stay here." We are still on
the backbone of the animal, where the bone and the sinew are, and we
intend to stay here, and all hell cannot help themselves. 5:230-231.
Mark our settlements for six hundred miles in these mountains and then
mark the path that we made coming here, building the bridges and making
the roads across the prairies, mountains and canyons! We came here
penniless in old wagons, our friends back telling us to "take all the
provisions, you can; for you can get no more! Take all the seed grain
you can, for you can get none there!" We did this, and in addition
to all this we have gathered all the poor we could, and the Lord has
planted us in these valleys, promising that he would hide us up for a
little season until his wrath and indignation passed over the nations.
Will we trust in the Lord? Yes. 13:216. {728}
The Saints were poor when they came into this valley, twenty-five years
ago. They picked up a few buckskins, antelope skins, sheep skins,
buffalo skins, and made leggings and moccasins of them, and wrapped the
buffalo robes around them. Some had blankets and some had not; some had
shirts, and I guess some had not. One man told me that he had not a
shirt for himself or family. 15:158.
I will venture to say that not one of four out of my family had shoes
to their feet when we came to this valley. 11:288.
We printed the first papers, except about two, set out the first
orchards, raised the first wheat, kept almost the first schools, and
made the first improvements in our pioneering, in a great measure, from
the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean; and here we got at last,
so as to be out of the way of everybody, if possible. We thought we
would get as far as we could from the face of man; we wanted to get to
a strange land, like Abraham, that we might be where we should not be
continually wrong with somebody or other, and have them crying, "Oh,
you Mormons!" and have the priests preaching, the press printing, the
drunkard swearing, and all, high and low, rich and poor, wishing these
poor "Mormons" were out of the way. We got out of the way as far as we
could; and if we can get out of the way any farther and do any good,
we are ready to get out of the way; but I think we are as far out of
the way as we need to be; and we have got on the highway which has been
cast up, and I think we had better stay here. 14:208.
_Mormon Battalion_--When we were right in the midst of Indians,
who were said to be hostile, five hundred men were called to go to
Mexico to fight the Mexicans, and, said Mr. Benton--"If you do not send
them we will cover you up, {729} and there will be no more of you."
I do not want to think of these things, their authors belong to the
class I referred to yesterday--the enemies of mankind, those who would
destroy innocence, truth, righteousness and the Kingdom of God from the
earth. We sent these five hundred men to fight the Mexicans, and those
of us who remained behind labored and raised all that we needed to feed
ourselves in the wilderness. We had to pay our own school teachers,
raise our own bread and earn our own clothing, or go without, there was
no other choice. We did it then, and we are able to do the same today.
16:19.
With regard to our going into the wilderness, and our there being
called upon to turn out five hundred able-bodied men to go to Mexico,
we had then seen every religious and political right trampled under
foot by mobocrats; there were none left to defend our rights; we were
driven from every right which freemen ought to possess. In forming that
battalion of five hundred men, brother Kimball and myself rode day and
night, until we had raised the full number of men the Government called
for. Captain Allen said to me, using his own words, "I have fallen in
love with your people. I love them as I never loved a people before."
He was a friend to the uttermost. When he had marched that Mormon
Battalion as far as Fort Leavenworth, he was thrown upon a sick bed
where I then believed, and do now, he was nursed, taken care of, and
doctored to the silent tomb, and the battalion went on with God for
their friend.
That battalion took up their line of march from Fort Leavenworth by
way of Santa Fe, and over the desert and dreary route, and planted
themselves in: the lower part of California, to the joy of all the
officers and men that were loyal. At the time of their arrival, General
Kearney was {730} in a straitened position, and Colonel P. St. George
Cooke promptly marched the battalion to his relief, and said to him,
"We have the boys here now that can put all things right." The boys in
that battalion performed their duty faithfully. I never think of that
little company of men without the next thoughts being, "God bless them
for ever and for ever." All this we did to prove to the Government
that we were loyal. Previous to this, when we left Nauvoo, we knew
that they were going to call upon us, and we were prepared for it in
our faith and in our feelings. I knew then as well as I do now that
the Government would call for a battalion of men out of that part of
Israel, to test our loyalty to the Government. Thomas H. Benton, if
I have been rightly informed, obtained the requisition to call for
that battalion, and, in case of non-compliance with that requisition,
to call on the militia of Missouri and Iowa, and other states, if
necessary, and to call volunteers from Illinois, from which state we
had been driven, to destroy the camp of Israel. This same Mr. Benton
said to the President of the United States, in the presence of some
other persons, "Sir, they are a pestilential race, and ought to become
extinct." 10:106.
Have not this people invariably evinced their friendly feelings,
disposition, and patriotism towards the Government by every act and
proof which can be given by any people?
Permit me to draw your attention, for a moment, to a few facts in
relation to raising the battalion for the Mexican war. When the storm
cloud of persecution lowered down upon us on every side, when every
avenue was closed against us, our leaders treacherously betrayed and
slain by the authorities of the Government in which we lived, and {731}
no hope of relief could penetrate through the thick darkness and gloom
which surrounded us on every side, no voice was raised in our behalf,
and the general Government was silent to our appeals. When we had been
insulted and abused all the day long, by those in authority requiring
us to give up our arms, and by every other act of insult and abuse
which the prolific imagination of our enemies could devise to test,
as they said, our patriotism, which requisitions, be it known, were
always complied with on our part; and when we were finally compelled to
flee, for the preservation of our lives and the lives of our wives and
children to the wilderness; I ask, had we not reason to feel that our
enemies were also in favor of our destruction? Had we not, I ask, some
reason to consider them all, both in people and the Government, alike
our enemies?
And when, in addition to all this, and while fleeing from our enemies,
another test of fidelity and patriotism was contrived by them for our
destruction, and acquiesced in by the Government (through the agency
of a distinguished politician who evidently sought, and thought he
had planned, our overthrow and total annihilation) consisting of a
requisition from the war department, to furnish a battalion of five
hundred men to fight under their officers, and for them, in the
war then existing with Mexico, I ask again, could we refrain from
considering both people and Government our most deadly foes? Look
a moment at our situation, and the circumstances under which this
requisition was made. We were migrating, we knew not whither, except
that it was our intention to go beyond the reach of our enemies. We
had no home, save our wagons and tents, and no stores of provisions
and clothing; but had to earn our daily bread by leaving our families
in isolated locations for safety, and {732} going among our enemies
to labor. Were we not, even before this cruel requisition was made,
unmercifully borne down by oppression and, persecution past endurance
by any other community? But under these trying circumstances we were
required to turn out of our travelling camps five hundred of our most
efficient men, leaving the old, the young, the women upon the hands of
the residue, to take care of and support; and in case we refused to
comply with so unreasonable a requirement, we were to be deemed enemies
to the Government, and fit only for the slaughter.
Look also at the proportion of the number required of us, compared
with that of any other portion of the Republic. A requisition of only
thirty thousand from a population of more than twenty millions was all
that was wanted, and more than was furnished, amounting to only one
person and a half to a thousand inhabitants. If all other circumstances
had been equal, if we could have left our families in the enjoyment
of peace, quietness, and security in the houses from which we had
been driven, our quota of an equitable requisition would not have
exceeded four persons. Instead of this, five hundred must go, thirteen
thousand per cent above an equal ratio, even if all other things had
been equal, but under the peculiar circumstances in which it was made
comparison fails to demonstrate, and reason itself totters beneath
its enormity. And for whom were we to fight? As I have already shown,
for those that we had every reason to believe were our most deadly
foes. Could the Government have expected our compliance therewith? Did
they expect it? Did not our enemies believe that we would spurn, with
becoming resentment and indignation, such an unhallowed proposition?
And were they not prepared to make our rejection of it a pretext
{733} to inflame the Government still more against us, and thereby
accomplish their hellish purposes upon an innocent people, in their
utter extinction? And how was this proposition received, and how was it
responded to by this people? I went myself, in company with a few of my
brethren, between one and two hundred miles along the several routes of
travel, stopping at every little camp, using our influence to obtain
volunteers, and on the day appointed for the rendezvous the required
complement was made up; and this was all accomplished in about twenty
days from the time that the requisition was made known.
Our battalion went to the scene of action, not in easy berths on
steam-boats, nor with a few months' absence, but on foot over two
thousand miles across trackless deserts and barren plains, experiencing
every degree of privation, hardship, and suffering during some two
years' absence before they could rejoin their families. Thus was our
deliverance again effected by the interposition of that All-wise Being
who can discern the end from the beginning, and overrule the wicked
intentions of men to promote the advancement of his cause upon the
earth. Thus were we saved from our enemies by complying with their, as
hitherto, unjust and unparalleled exactions; again proving our loyalty
to the Government.
Here permit me to pay a tribute of respect to the memory of Captain
Allen, the bearer of this requisition from the Government. He was a
gentleman full of humane feelings, and, had he been spared, would
have smoothed the path, and made easy the performance of this duty,
so far as laid in his power. His heart was wrung with sympathy when
he saw our situation, and filled with wonder when he witnessed the
enthusiastic patriotism and ardor which so {734} promptly complied with
his requirement; again proving, as we had hundreds of times before
proved, by our acts, that we were belied by our enemies, and that we
were as ready, and even more so than any other inhabitants of the
Republic, to shoulder the musket, and go forth to fight the battles
of our common country, or stand in her defense. History furnishes no
parallel, either of the severity or injustice of the demand, or in the
alacrity, faithfulness, and patriotism with which it was answered and
complied. Thus can we cite instance after instance of persons holding
legal authority, being moved upon, through the misrepresentation and
influence of our enemies to insult us as a people, by requiring a test
of our patriotism. How long must this state of things continue? So
long as the people choose to remain in wilful ignorance with regard to
us; so long as they choose to misinterpret our views, misrepresent our
feelings, and misunderstand our policy. 2:173.
We made and broke the road from Nauvoo to this place. Some of the time
we followed Indian trails, some of the time we ran by the compass;
when we left the Missouri river we followed the Platte. And we killed
rattlesnakes by the cord in some places; and made roads and built
bridges till our backs ached. Where we could not build bridges across
rivers, we ferried our people across, until we arrived here, where we
found a few naked Indians, a few wolves and rabbits, and any amount of
crickets; but as for a green tree or a fruit tree, or any green field,
we found nothing of the kind, with the exception of a few cottonwoods
and willows on the edge of City Creek. For some 1200 or 1300 miles
we carried every particle of provision we had when we arrived here.
When we left our homes we picked up what the mob did not steal of our
{735} horses, oxen and calves, and some women drove their own teams
here. Instead of 365 pounds of breadstuff when they started from the
Missouri river, there was not half of them had half of it. We had to
bring our seed grain, our farming utensils, bureaus, secretaries,
sideboards, sofas, pianos, large looking glasses, fine chairs, carpets,
nice shovels and tongs, and other fine furniture, with all the parlor,
cook stoves, etc., and we had to bring these things piled together
with some women and children, helter skelter, topsy turvy, with broken
down horses, ring-boned, spavined, pole evil, fistula and hipped; oxen
with three legs, and cows with one teat. This was our only means of
transportation, and if we had not brought our goods in this manner
we would not have had them, for there was nothing here. You may say
this is a burlesque. Well, I mean it as such, for we, comparatively
speaking, really came here naked and barefoot. 12:286-287.
_Settlement in the Great Salt Lake Valley_--In the days of Joseph
we have sat many hours at a time conversing about this very country.
Joseph has often said, "If I were only in the Rocky Mountains with
a hundred faithful men, I would then be happy, and ask no odds of
mobocrats." 11:16.
I do not wish men to understand I had anything to do with our being
moved here, that was the providence of the Almighty; it was the power
of God that wrought out salvation for this people, I never could have
devised such a plan. 4:41.
I did not devise the great scheme of the Lord's opening the way to send
this people to these mountains. Joseph contemplated the move for years
before it took place, but he could not get here, for there was a watch
placed upon {736} him continually to see that he had no communication
with the Indians. This was in consequence of that which is written in
the Book of Mormon; one of the first evils alleged against him was that
he was going to connive with the Indians; but did he ever do anything
of the kind? No, he always strove to promote the best interest of all,
both red and white. Was it by any act of ours that this people were
driven into their midst? We are now their neighbors, we are on their
land, for it belongs to them as much as any soil ever belonged to any
man on earth; we are drinking their water, using their fuel and timber,
and raising our food from their ground. 4:41.
We have faith, we live by faith; we came to these mountains by faith.
We came here, I often say, though to the ears of some the expression
may sound rather rude, naked and barefoot, and comparatively this is
true. 13:172.
We had to have faith to come here. When we met Mr. Bridger on the Big
Sandy River, said he, "Mr. Young, I would give a thousand dollars if
I knew an ear of corn could be ripened in the Great Basin." Said I,
"Wait eighteen months and I will show you many of them." Did I say
this from knowledge? No, it was my faith; but we had not the least
encouragement--from natural reasoning and all that we could learn of
this country--of its sterility, its cold and frost, to believe that
we could ever raise anything. But we travelled on, breaking the road
through the mountains and building bridges until we arrived here, and
then we did everything we could to sustain ourselves. We had faith that
we could raise grain; was there any harm in this? Not at all. If we had
not had faith, what would have become of us? We would have gone down in
unbelief, have closed {737} up every resource for our sustenance and
should never have raised anything. 13:173.
I cannot help being here. We might have gone to Vancouver's Island; and
if we had, we should probably have been driven away or used up before
this time. But here we are in the valleys of the mountains, where the
Lord directed me to lead the people. The brethren who are in foreign
countries desire to gather to the gathering-place of the Saints, and
they have for the present to come to Great Salt Lake City. They cannot
help that. Why did we not go to San Francisco? Because the Lord told me
not: "For there are lions in the way, and they will devour the lambs,
if you take them there." What now can we do? Why, instead of being
merchants, instead of going to St. Louis to buy goods, we can go down
to our Dixie land, the southern part of our Territory, and raise cotton
and manufacture goods for ourselves. 9:105.
A great many wanted to go to the Gila River; that was proposed when
we first came to this valley. It was said to be a lovely country, and
that men could live there almost without labor. What if we had gone
there? You see what has followed us here; but what would have been
the result, if we had gone there? Long before this time we would have
been outnumbered by our enemies; there would have been more against
us than for us in our community. Suppose we had gone to Texas, where
Lyman Wight went? He tried to make all the Saints believe that Joseph
wanted to take the whole Church there. Long before this, we would have
been killed, or compelled to leave the country. We could not have lived
there. 4:344.
We came to these mountains because we had no other place to go to. We
had to leave our homes and possessions {738} on the fertile lands of
Illinois to make our dwelling places in these desert wilds, on barren,
sterile plains amid lofty, rugged mountains. None dare come here to
live until we came here, and we now find it to be one of the best
countries in the world for us. 10:223.
Five years ago we were menaced on every side by the cruel persecutions
of our inveterate enemies; hundreds of families, who had been forced
from their homes, and compelled to leave behind them their all, were
wandering as exiles in a state of abject destitution; but, by the favor
of heaven, we have been enabled to surmount all these difficulties, and
can assemble here today in the chamber of these mountains, where there
are none to make us afraid, far from our persecutors, far from the
turmoil and confusion of the old world. 1:376.
Seven years ago tomorrow, about eleven o'clock, I crossed the
Mississippi River, with my brethren, for this place, not knowing, at
that time, whither we were going, but firmly believing that the Lord
had in reserve for us a good place in the mountains, and that he would
lead us directly to it. It is but seven years since we left Nauvoo,
and we are now ready to build another temple. I look back upon our
labors with pleasure. Here are hundreds and thousands of people that
have not had the privileges that some of us have had. Do you ask,
what privileges? Why, of running the gauntlet, of passing through the
narrows. They have not had the privilege of being robbed and plundered
of their property, of being in the midst of mobs and death, as many of
us have. 1:279.
When the pioneers came into these valleys we knew nearly all the
families which composed the settlements in Upper and Lower California.
10:189. {739}
The most of the people called Latter-day Saints have been taken from
the rural and manufacturing districts of this and the old countries,
and they belonged to the poorest of the poor. Many of them, I may say
the great majority, never had anything around them to make life very
desirable; they have been acquainted with poverty and wretchedness,
hence it cannot be expected that they should manifest that refinement
and culture prevalent among the rich. Many and many a man here, who is
now able to ride in his wagon and perhaps in his carriage, for years
before he started for Zion never saw daylight. His days were spent
in the coal mines, and his daily toil would commence before light in
the morning and continue until after dark at night. Now what can be
expected from a community so many of whose members have been brought
up like this, or if not just like this, still under circumstances of
poverty and privation? Certainly not what we might expect from those
reared under more favorable circumstances. But I will tell you what
we have in our mind's eye with regard to these very people, and what
we are trying to make of them. We take the poorest we can find on
earth who will receive the truth, and we are trying to make ladies
and gentlemen of them. We are trying to educate them, to school their
children, and to so train them that they may be able to gather around
them the comforts of life, that they may pass their lives as the human
family should do--that their days, weeks, and months may be pleasant to
them. We prove that this is our design, for the result, to some extent,
is already before us. 14:103.
Talk about these rich valleys, why there is not another people on the
earth that could have come here and lived. We prayed over the land,
and dedicated it and the water, {740} air and everything pertaining to
them unto the Lord, and the smiles of heaven rested on the land and it
became productive, and today yields us the best of grain, fruit and
vegetables. 12:288.
There never has been a land, from the days of Adam until now, that has
been blessed more than this land has been blessed by our Father in
Heaven; and it will still be blessed more and more, if we are faithful
and humble, and thankful to God for the wheat and the corn, the oats,
the fruit, the vegetables, the cattle and everything he bestows upon
us, and try to use them for the building up of his Kingdom on the
earth. 10:35.
You inquire if we shall stay in these mountains. I answer yes, as
long as we please to do the will of God, our Father in Heaven. If
we are pleased to turn away from the holy commandments of the Lord
Jesus Christ, as ancient Israel did, every man turning to his own
way, we shall be scattered and peeled, driven before our enemies and
persecuted, until we learn to remember the Lord our God and are willing
to walk in his ways. 11:274.
Many may inquire, "How long shall we stay here?" We shall stay here
just as long as we ought to. "Shall we be driven, when we go?" If we
will so live as to be satisfied with ourselves, and will not drive
ourselves from our homes, we shall never be driven from them. Seek for
the best wisdom you can obtain, learn how to apply your labor, build
good houses, make fine farms, set out apple, pear, and other fruit
trees that will flourish here, also the mountain currant and raspberry
bushes, plant strawberry beds, and build up and adorn a beautiful
city. The question now arises--"Do you think it best for us to live in
cities?" Lay out your {741} cities, but not so large that you cannot
readily raise the whole city, should an enemy come upon you. 8:288.
I do not know that I have prayed for rain since I have been in these
valleys until this year, during which I believe that I have prayed two
or three times for rain, and then with a faint heart, for there is
plenty of water flowing down these canyons in crystal streams as pure
as the breezes of Zion, and it is our business to use them. 3:331.
When water is brought to the termination of the canal, which we can
accomplish in a few days, I presume that the reservoirs on the line of
the work and those portions which are excavated in full will contain
water enough to allow the people to irrigate when necessary, and thus
do away with the practice of watering only two hours a week on a city
lot, and much of that to be done in the night. And that is not all,
for by the time the water is fairly on a lot it is taken by the next
person whose right it is to use it. And lots which have had thousands
of dollars expended on them, and which would yield more than a thousand
dollars' worth of fruit and vegetables, could they be properly
irrigated, are only allowed a small stream of water for two hours once
a week, and at the same time an adjoining lot planted with corn, the
hills six feet apart and one stalk in a hill, comparatively speaking,
the balance of the ground being covered with weeds, is allotted the
same time and amount of water as the one on which the fruit trees and
other choice vegetation are worth thousands of dollars.
There ought to be a reformation in the distribution of the water. The
man who will not raise five dollars' worth of produce on his lot, has
the same water privilege as the man who could raise a thousand dollars'
worth. For instance, brother Staines gets the water for two hours in
a {742} week, and what are his fruit trees worth? He could make his
thousand dollars a year from them, if he were disposed to sell the
fruit instead of giving it away, could he have a fair portion of water.
I have a lot just below him well cultivated in fruit trees, a nursery,
and choice vegetables, I also can only have the water on my lot for two
hours in a week; when lots nearby with but little on them except weeds,
get the same water privilege, and that too in the day time, while
we have to use it in the night. Water masters ought to look to this
matter, until they have arranged a more just distribution. 3:329.
The river Jordan will be brought out and made to flow through a
substantial canal to Great Salt Lake City. When this is done, it will
not only serve as a means of irrigating, but it will form a means of
transportation from the south end of Utah Lake to Great Salt Lake City.
11:116.
As soon as that is completed from big Cottonwood to this city, we
expect to make a canal on the west side of Jordan, and take its water
along the east base of the west mountains, as there is more farming
land on the west side of that river than on the east. When that work is
accomplished we shall continue our exertions, until Provo river runs
to this city. We intend to bring it around the point of the mountain
to Little Cottonwood, from that to Big Cottonwood, and lead its waters
upon all the land from Provo canyon to this city, for there is more
water runs in that stream alone than would be needed for that purpose.
3:329.
Until the Latter-day Saints came here, not a person among all the
mountaineers and those who had traveled here, so far as we could learn,
believed that an ear of corn would ripen in these valleys. We know that
corn and {743} wheat produce abundantly here, and we know that we have
an excellent region wherein to raise cattle, horses, and every other
kind of domestic animal that we need. We also knew this when we came
here thirteen years ago this summer. Bridger said to me, "Mr. Young,
I would give a thousand dollars, if I knew that an ear of corn could
be ripened in these mountains. I have been here twenty years, and have
tried it in vain, over and over again." I told him if he would wait a
year or two we would show him what could be done. A man named Wells,
living with Miles Goodyear, where now is Ogden City, had a few beans
growing, and carried water from the river in a pail to irrigate them.
8:288. {745}
INDEX
A
Aaron 222; literal descendant of, 222.
Aaronic Priesthood, conferred by John the Baptist, 220; Bishop head of,
222; Aaron held, 222.
Abraham, 161; received Priesthood, 162.
Accountants, ladies can learn to be, 337.
Acts, more essential than words, 510.
Adam, greatest desire of, 94; receives the gospel, 159; creation of,
160.
Administering to the sick, 252; duty of fathers in, 252; remedies
should be applied before, 253; can be done by mothers, 328.
Administrators of Law, opposed to the corrupt, 555, 556.
Agency, Free, see Free Agency.
Agriculture, more lands must be brought into cultivation, 455; canals
built, 455; redeem lands which now lie in waste, 455; prepare children
for, 455; cultivate your farm and gardens, 456; plant orchards and
vineyards, 456; produce that which can be used for food of man, 456;
part of our religion, 509. See also under cotton, flax, indigo, silk,
sugar, wheat.
Allen, Captain, friend to the Saints, 729, 733; death of, 729:
Angel, duty of, 63; difference between, and Saints, 64.
Anger, pray when in, 70; check your words of, 412; never speak evil
when in, 412; no Man possessing wisdom will give vent to, 413; cease
your, 413; wicked, 414; righteous, 414; not to rise in our bosom, 315.
Annihilation, no such thing as, 73.
Anointing the sick with oil, 252.
Apostasy, 126, 132; the, 163.
Apostates, condition of, 130.
Apostles, priesthood of, 207; hold keys of Priesthood, 211, 218; to be
in Church of Christ, 211; calling of an, 216; obedience of, testified
to by President Young, 216; called from members of Zion's Camp, 219;
can be brought before Bishop, 223; to do work set them, 230; what makes
them special witnesses, 527.
Ark of Covenant, sacredness of, 633; place of its keeping, 634.
Astrology, 115.
Atonement, 42.
B
Babylon, what is, 491.
Baptism, by immersion, 245; not necessary for infants, 245; has been a
law to all worlds, 246; for all who apply, 501; a temporal act, 704.
Baptists, 9.
Baptize, you have not power to, yourselves, 248; who can legally, 248.
Beautify, build beautiful cities, 465; your gardens, 465; and make
your mountain homes a paradise, 465; and plant shade trees along the
boulevards, 465; by cultivating flowers and shrubbery, 465.
Begging, if Saints will feed poor willingly, their children will not be
found, 336.
Benton, Thomas H., attitude of, toward Saints, 730.
Bible, Gospel doctrine in, 9; words of life in, 191; Saints believers
in, 191; is true, 191; Gospel contained in, 192; to be voted out of
Christian world, 193; guide of Saints, 193; Saints preach doctrine of,
194; words of, not to be wrested, 194; standard work of Church, 195;
what infidel world says about, 196; plainness of, 198; language of, 199.
Big Cottonwood, a canal to be built from, 742.
Big Mountain, 725.
Birth Control, 305.
Bishop, should be filled with power of Holy Ghost, 206; office of,
belongs to Aaronic Priesthood, 217, 222; rights of a, 222, 223; not
called to travel abroad, 223; to act as judge, 223; and members of
ward, 223; {746} to be a married man, 223; to be perfect example, 224;
duties of a, 224, 226; to be prayed for, 225; counselors of, to be
examples, 226.
Blessings, proportioned to capacity, 146; my heart is full of, 350.
Blessed, are they who obey direct commandment, 340; more, are they who
obey without direct commandment, 340.
Bodies, will be resurrected, 570.
Body, importance of, 87; returns to Mother Earth, 564; the resurrected,
573, 574.
Bookkeepers, ladies can learn to be, 337.
Book of Doctrine and Covenants, 18.
Book of Mormon, 167; printed in March, 1830, 722.
Boynton, John F., 704.
Bridger, Jim, President Young's statement concerning corn to, 736, 743.
Business, ladies can conduct, 337.
C
Cahoon, Reynolds, one of first High Priests, 220, 221.
Cain, 160.
Campbell, Alexander, 707.
Cana of Galilee, miracle performed at, 522, 523.
Canal, to be from Big Cottonwood to Salt Lake City, 742; to be built on
west side of Jordan, 742.
Capacity, blessings proportioned to, 146.
Capitalists, need your labor, 462; honorable men, 462; want to make
money, 462; build up your farms with earnings from, 462; should bring
price of labor to a reasonable standard, 463; should create business,
464; do not oppress the poor, 465.
Capital Stock, is time, 330.
Carpentry, how to teach to children, 325.
Carthage, where Joseph and Hyrum were martyred, 724.
Catholics, 15.
Celestial beings, 150.
Celestial Kingdom, who enter, 586; where God and Christ dwell, 594;
highest of all, 598, 600; men to obtain, must battle, 600.
Celestial world, 150.
Center Stake of Zion, 174.
Centurion's Servant, healing of, no miracle, 524.
Character, of Saints traduced, 532.
Charity, show, 420; only a few men understand, 420; we should have,
420; will extend, 421; of God, 421; administer charitable gifts, 422;
true gentleman possesses, 429; Lord will bless the people that is full
of, 432.
Chastened, Saints will be, 349; we will be, if we neglect our duty, 350.
Cheating, men must quit, 351.
Child, training, guide to, 328.
Children, duties of, 313, 314; how and what to teach, 320, 321, 322;
Gospel to be taught to, 320; when and how bound up to parents, 322.
Children of Israel, more rebellious than the latter-day Saints, 351;
government of, a theocracy, 544.
Church of England, 9.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the Church, 11; has
Gospel of life and salvation, 11; how guided, 63; God is at the helm
of, 132; warfare against, 171; led by Lord Almighty, 212; who can
organize, 214; government of, 227; to be a theocratic government, 227;
how to become members of, 236.
Church of God, definition of, and kingdom, 670; object of, 671; to
develop gradually, 672; effect of, 673; filthy cannot enter, 674;
government of, 674; will continue, 676; Jehovah head of, 678; business
of, 678, 679; individual labor required in, 679; is of real worth, 680;
give best you have to, 681.
City Creek, two forks of, 725; camp made on, 725.
City of Zion, beauty of, 184; New Jerusalem to be, 185.
Civil War, forebodings of the, 560.
Cleanliness, to be taught to children, 326.
Close Communion Baptists, 707.
Clothing, proper care of, 325.
Columbus, inspired, 551. {747}
Condemnation, upon parents, if they do not properly teach their
children, 320.
Congressmen, desired Saints to leave United States, 724, 727.
Commandments, none to be dispensed with, 341; the keeping of, 342; none
of, tend to evil, 342; given for our benefit, 346.
Commerce, we must command, 461; unless we can command, better without
it, 461; railroad will furnish us a market for our, 461.
Common Consent, how to vote by, 229; authorities sustained by, 229.
Compassion, let us have, 418.
Communication between God and man, 49.
Confess sins to those sinned against, 316.
Confession of sin, when and how to be made, 244, 245, 316.
Confidence, to be established between each other, 316; established,
423; cherish, 423; want of, 423; if we lack, 423; unshaken, 423; faith
and, 424; in each other, 424; if we wish to establish, 424; if, has
been lost, 424; let us live to create, 424; treasure up each particle
of, 424; in my neighbor, 425; restore, 425.
Confounded, Saints will not be, if they live their religion, 347.
Confusion of last days, 170.
Consistency and Sincerity, practice what we teach, 360; thou art the
fairest jewels in the life of a saint, 360; flatter not the people
in their iniquity, but chasten them for their wickedness, 361; our
religion must last from Monday morning till Monday morning, 361.
Constitution of the United States--an inspired document, 550; is
theocratic, 544; will yet be saved by the Saints, 553; Saints opposed
to corrupt administrators of the, 556.
Contention, between Christ and Belial, 117; how to prevent among
children, 324; avoid, 425; a disgrace, 425; frequently arises, 426;
take measures to prevent, 427.
Control, of a people, 348; of self necessary, 407; duty of Elders to,
themselves, 408; let every man be the master of himself, 408; appetites
must be brought in subjection to spirit that lives within, 409; subdue
our own passions, 410.
Cooke, Col. P. St. George, leader of Mormon Battalion, 730.
Co-operation, be of one heart, 433; become one as the Father and Son
are one, 433; perfect union, 434; unity of purpose, 434; Church can not
exist and be divided, 434; is-stepping stone to Order of Enoch, 442;
become one in temporal things, 445.
Corn, conversation about, between President Young and Jim Bridger, 736,
743.
Cotton, raise, 459.
Council in Heaven, 82, 83.
Counsel, 338, 339; is not given without the spirit of revelation, 339;
in temporal matters, 339.
Covenant, Latter-day Saints enter new and everlasting, when they enter
this Church, 427; to sustain the Kingdom of God, 248-9.
Covetousness, the sin of, 470; Devil will play with a man who worships
gain, 470; Elders who have, 470; men who are greedy, 470; men who place
wealth of this world above the things of God have no eyes to see, 471;
takes advantage of neighbor, 471.
Cowdery, Oliver, testimony of, 168; early missionary, 220, 707.
Creation, purpose of, 87, 88.
Creations, work of God, 27.
Creeds, entitled to protection, 98.
Cumorah, plates hid in, 706.
Cursed, who ought to be, 350.
D
Daily duties, 18.
Damnation, know enough for, 6.
Dancing, go and enjoy yourselves in, 373; let God be in your thoughts
in, 373; exercise to the body and mind; 373; not in houses set apart
for religious meetings, 375; who should not be, 375.
Day of rest, needed, 258.
Dead, should not mourn for righteous, 567.
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Death, came by sin, 117; defined, 141; opposed to, 151; and
resurrection, 564; separation of body and spirit, 565.
Debt, pay your, 467; do not go into, 467; man who goes into, who has
no prospect of paying, is dishonest, 467; man who will not pay, is no
Latter-day Saint, 467; borrowers who do not pay, undeserving of the
fellowship of the Saints, 467.
Deceive, cannot, the Lord, 30.
Declaration of Independence, signers of, were inspired, 550.
Decomposition, 75.
Defiler, how to treat, 300.
Denying, revelations of the Lord, 345.
Destiny of man, 31, 33, 147.
Devil, in heaven, 104; cast out of heaven, 104; does not own the earth,
105; power of, 105; mission of, 106; has not power over body, only as
man lets him, 107; enemy of God and man, 108; angels of, 121; servants
of, 348.
Devotion, to the Gospel, 353.
Devotion and Humility, essentials, 509.
Diet, 290, 292, 293.
Disease, 289, 290.
Disgrace, not to take care of poor relatives, 488.
Dishonesty, cease, 432.
Disobedience, effect of, 36; effects of, 349; causes persecution, 537.
Disobey, those who, in ignorance not punished, 344; those who,
knowingly, are punished, 344.
Divine laws, of no use unless observed, 344.
Divinity, within us, how to feed, 256.
Doctrine and Covenants, purpose of, 197.
Doctrine, righteous decision in, to be had by unanimous vote, 206;
apostles, prophets, write same, upon same subject, 209.
Douglas, Stephen A., friendly to Saints, 724.
Drive, parents should never, children, 323.
Duty, what it is, 347; if we neglect our, we will be chastened, 350.
E
Earth, millions of, 29; end of, 45; eternal abode of man, 154; and
resurrection, 155; abides law of creation, 155; baptized with water,
603; see also world.
East Indian Archipelago, 490.
Eating, 290, 293, 298.
Education, physical and mental to be given to boys and girls, 327;
continuous, 382; shall not cease in the spirit world, 382; never see
the time when we shall not need, 382; we need constant, 383; Lord
Almighty designed us to have, 388; effects of, 385; of children worthy
of our attention, 387; of the youth is important, 388; builds up the
Kingdom, 389; establish schools for, 389; what to study to obtain, 392;
improves our minds, 393; teaches to be self sustaining, 393; to apply
your labors to advantage, 395; religious, 396, 402.
Effects of Disobedience, 349.
Elder, Priesthood of, 207; not to dictate his superior in office, 228.
Elders, to do work set them, 230; should have generous natures, 430;
should exercise faith, 430; should pray always, 430; should serve the
Lord, 431; should cease speaking evil; 432; should deal honestly, 432;
course of, to save every person, 492; should improve, grow in grace and
knowledge, while preaching the Gospel, 497; successful, must have power
of God, 516.
Elements, eternal as Gods, 24.
Elohim, see God.
Emigration Canyon, named, 725.
End, when will, come the, 87
Endowment House, all ordinances can not be administered in, 612.
Endowments, 162; given in Solomon's temple, 602; men must hold
Melchizedek Priesthood before receiving, 607; given to some means their
destruction, 608; for Church of First-born, 608; definition of, 637,
638.
Enoch, 161, 179.
Enthusiasm, 12.
Ephraim, blessed by Jacob, 493.
Error, to pass away, 14.
Esau, house of, to be saved, 489. {749}
Eternal Increase, 138-146.
Eternal Life, what it is, 147, 148; condition for obtaining, 345.
Eternal progression, 24, 31; law of, 133.
Eternity, is here, 24; course of, 384; incomprehensible, 148.
Evangelists, to be in Church of Christ, 211.
Eve, in Garden of Eden, 156; temptation of, 164.
Evil, purpose of, 85; power of, 104.
Exaltation, proportioned to capacity, 599.
Exalted, Saints who live their religion will be, 345.
Example, parents should teach by, 322.
Excursions, prepare suitable places for, 376; should be made for the
comfort of families, 376.
Exercise, bodies should have, 295, 296.
Existence, object of, 24.
Experience, life a school of, 87; needed, 92; necessary for salvation,
529, 530.
Extravagant, men as, as women, 330.
F
Faith, first principle, 236, 238; is eternal, 237; is inherent in man,
237; maintain integrity by, 238; a gift of God, 238; blessings of, 240;
be full of, 241; good works follow, 241; not dependent on miracles,
525; and works, 446; do the things that are necessary by, 446; in God,
451.
Faithful, young men admonished to be, 317; will exercise faith, 430;
will pray always, 430; serve the Lord, 431.
Fall, The, 157, 158.
Falsehood, cannot be overtaken, 540.
False impressions, never give, to children, 326.
False Spirits, 110-114.
Family, 300.
Family life, 314, 315.
Fanatics, defined, 6.
Far West, 720.
Fashions, 331, 332, 333.
Fast day, origin of, 262; purpose of, 263.
Father, see God.
Faultfinding, 127.
First Cause, 38.
First Presidency, 212; influence of, 213; have oracles for human
family, 213; prevailing desire of, to save the world, 213; apostleship
not taken from, 215; privilege of, 216; powers of, 217.
Flattery, 124.
Flax, raise, 459.
Food, proper, for little children, 327, 328.
Foreordination, Saints believe in, 85, 86.
Forgetfulness, 93.
Forgive, when to, 243.
Former-day Saints, like Latter-day Saints, 168.
Free Agency, in council in heaven, 83; all rational beings have, 95,
96; man can dispose of, 97; explanation of, 98, 99; the law of liberty,
101, 347.
Freedom, man's own will and, 348.
Free grace, 86.
Frowns, a child loves the smiles of its mother but hates her, 323.
G
Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve in, 156; in America, 157; mentioned, 725.
Gathering, purpose of, 185; reasons for, to valleys of mountains, 186.
Gentile, to be made seed of Abraham, 669.
Gentleman, defined, 429.
Gift, of Holy Ghost, 218, 219.
Gila River, why Saints did not go to, 737.
Give Freely, to build up the Kingdom of God, 357.
Glories, number of, 585.
God, governed by law, 1; has power of truth, 7; elements as eternal as,
24; the Creator, 27; the Father, 27; nature of, 27, 35; his attributes,
28; omnipresence of, 30; one, 31; our Father, 31; of organization, 33;
all desire a, 34; many, 34; his abode, 34; Fatherhood of, 36; source
of all, 36; personality of, 36; Father of our spirits, 37; of temporal
experience, 37; communication with, 49; man offspring of, 76; known by
seed of {750} man, 77; his wish for his children, 89; governs by law,
90; attainment of, 150; all intelligence from, 230; sanctify, 353; live
by every word that proceeds from the mouth of, 353; desiring to know
the will of, 353; saved in the kingdom of, 355; be faithful to your,
355; all knowledge that men possess is from, 355; has in store for us,
410; at helm of ship Zion, 528; not the author of war, 562; removes the
curse, 430; who are loved of, 431.
Godhead, 27; unity of, 44.
Gods, exist, and we had better strive to be one of them, 351; our
religion is designed to restore us to the presence of the, 351.
Gold, is not wealth, 473; what used for, 473; true happiness not in,
473; true wealth, 474; with no possible chance to change, would be
destitution, 474.
Gospel, defined, 1-13; power of, 1; system of law, 1; includes all
truth, 2; comprehension of, 5; holds Priesthood, 6; purpose of, 7,
8, 9, 11; offers salvation for all, 10; is perfect, 11; saves all,
12; a daily guide, 12; not theory, 18; temporal nature of, 21; first
requirement, 32; founded on revelation, 58; what it brings, 82;
unchanged, 158; revealed to Adam, 159; importance of principles of,
235; need to have, sounded in our ears often, 250; to be taught to
children, 320; to practice requires time, faith, affection and labor,
344; devotion to, 353; apply your hearts to, 354; loose the spirit of,
364; believe the, 364; comprises every art and science known to man,
378; preach the, 415; the poor made happy by, 486; to be preached to
all men, 489; testimony of, gives solid satisfaction, 514; preached
with authority, 505; why some men reject, 665; to go to uttermost
parts of earth, 671; nature of, 682; best institution of all, 683;
why called "Mormonism", 685; effects of, 686; What it teaches, 687;
will bring peace to earth, 687; perfection to be obtained through,
688; gives desire to know things of God, 688; personal joy in, 689; a
continual feast, 690; blesses all, 691; dispels gloom, 692; proud of,
693; carries all, 693; blessings of, conditioned upon good works, 695;
increases blessings, 696.
Government of God, how to understand, 349.
Government of United States, has lifted its heel against Saints, 531.
Government, political, 543; republican, 545; how a, can stand, 545;
what is true, 545; belief in true, 546; self, lies at root of all
effective, 545; theocratic, 543.
Grant, Jedediah M., 572.
Great Salt Lake Valley, see Salt Lake Valley.
H
Happiness, cause of, 119; Saints should have, 362; the whole world are
after, 362; he who has the love of God within him has, 362; found not
in gold and silver, 362; found in peace and love, 362; incorporated in
the great design of man's existence, 363; nowhere but in God, 364; only
one way for Saints to have, 364; we are all searching for, 364; made by
wealth, when used for the Gospel, 481.
Hatred, never encourage, 420.
Healing, the sick, 251.
Health, law of, 289, 290, 294, 295, 296, 298, 299.
Heart, pure before God, 261; the people to become of one, 341.
Heathen, enlightened, 49; defined, 82; upright, 93.
Heaven, no one forced into, 99.
Heavenly beings, 341.
Hell, defined, 97, 589; is to strive to grasp truth with one hand, and
error with the other, 345; no music in, 374; covenant breakers to go
to, 589.
High Council, should be filled with power of Holy Ghost, 206; duty of,
231.
High Priest, Priesthood of, 207, 217; first ordained, 220, 221.
Holy Ghost, a minister, 29; one, 35; explanation of, 46; work of, 47;
received by laying on of hands, 248; special, gift of {751} the Father,
248; is Minister of the Father, 248, 249; mission of, 249.
Holy Spirit, all quickened by, 47; explained, 50, 51.
Homes, for young married men, 301.
Honesty, be honest with yourselves, 358; men must have, 358; honest
hearts produce, 358; in labor, 359; deal with, 432.
Hooper, William, remarks on Mason and Dixon's Line, 560.
Housekeepers, mothers to teach daughters to be, 326.
House of Israel, is objective of missionaries, 493.
Housewife, 329.
Humanity, see man.
Humble, will live, 353; ourselves and become like little children, 353;
are full of joy, 353.
Humility and Devotion, essential to Kingdom of our Lord, 509.
Husband, should be head of the family, 306; should set example for wife
and children, 306; should be affectionate and kind, 306; should learn
to bend his will to will of God, 306, 307.
I
Identity, will be preserved, 567.
Idler, wicked to give to the, 423; never give anything to the, 423.
Ignorance, of Christ and plan of salvation, 342, 343.
Illinois, persecution in, 724.
Imaginary wants, of young girls, 337.
Imitate, duty to, everything good, lovely, dignified and praiseworthy,
262.
Improvements, we make, add to our comfort, 465; learn how to build, 465.
Impure, anything, must perish, 351.
Increase, Eternal, see Eternal Increase.
Independence, sacred, 95.
Indians, who massacre are guilty of murder, 563; See also Lamanites.
Indigo, can be raised, 460.
Individuals, receive visions, 519.
Industry, build up, 465; beautify, 465; plant good vineyards and
orchards by, 465; learn how to build, 465.
Infidel, 15.
Influence, of mother, 319.
Intelligence, why given, 80; eternal, 147; received from God, 230;
misapplied, does mischief, 350; given by God is to carry out purposes
of his will, 350; good thing, 377; to become Gods by, 377; true, 377;
belongs to Zion, 377; gratifying to the Lord and angels, 377.
Inventions, 62.
Irrigation, advice to watermasters, 741.
Israel, in wilderness, 162; who are, 669.
J
Jackson County, return to, 174; Center Stake of Zion at, 174.
Jacob, blesses Ephraim, 493.
Jerusalem, 186.
Jesus Christ, his revelations sweet, 9; atonement of, 12; who he
is, 39, 40; appointment of, 41; testimony of, 43; mission of, 44;
completion of work of, 45; second coming of, 46; begotten by God, 77;
on earth, 163; coming of, 43; mission of, 44; completion of work of,
45; second coming of, 46; begotten by God, 77; on earth, 163; coming
of, 175, 176; says "Distribute to the poor," 487, 488; performs miracle
at Cana, 522, 523; first-fruits of the resurrection, 573; died for
every man, 594.
Jews, to be gathered, 187; to prepare for coming of the Messiah, 187;
to see Savior, 187.
Job, expresses idea of resurrection, 567.
Johnson, Lyman, 704.
Jordan River, to be turned into canal, 742; a canal to be made on west
side of, 742.
Judgment, do not deal out, 427, 428; eternal, 584; according to works,
584; of God, God-like, 586; to be out of own mouths, 587; honesty of
action will temper, 587; measure of human, 590; given to Saints, 591.
Justice, Lord to mete out, 420.
K
Kimball, Heber C., 215, 219.
Kingdom, of God, defined, 37; a government, that protects every person
in his rights, 544; definition of, 670; to develop gradually, 672;
effect of, 673; {752} filthy cannot enter, 674; government of, 674;
will continue, 676; or nothing, 680; give best you have to, 681.
Kingdoms, not controlled by holy and pure principles must pass away,
351.
Kirtland Temple, Joseph commanded to build, 686; Saints built, under
trials, 637; preparatory ordinances in, 637.
Know, how to, that we obey God, 346; those who, Master's will and do it
not, ought to be cursed, 350.
Knowledge, is divine, 17; by revelation, 57; of eternity learned only
by keeping commandments, 343, 344; do everything possible to bring, to
ourselves and to the people, 344.
L
Labor, Gospel in daily, 12; all, in gospel, 13; for ourselves, 35;
indispensable, 447; manual, 447; building up of Zion requires, 447;
mental, physical, spiritual, 447; cannot produce without, 462; timber
will continue to grow but not brought into service without, 462;
precious metals would remain in mountains without, 462; capitalists
need your, 462; price of labor should be brought to a reasonable
standard, 463.
Labor and politics, 548.
Lady, defined, 429.
Lamanites, children of God, 188; duty of Saints toward, 188, 189, 190;
of House of Israel, 188.
Lamb's book of life, all names written in, 593; names blotted out of,
through own acts, 593.
Land of Zion, where it is, 183; American continents are, 184.
Last Days, the, 170; the terror of, 171; in Zion, 173; rapid movements
in, 178; to increase knowledge in, 180.
Last Dispensation, 165.
Latter-day Saints, like former-day Saints, 163; have your children come
to meeting, 321; not as rebellious as the children of Israel, 351;
gather the poor, 492; character of, traduced, 532; refused privilege of
settlement in any of the states of the Union, 725.
Law, Gospel, system of, 1; God governs by, 90; nature of God's, 96;
not capable of receiving fulness of, 146; should obey every good, 340;
divine, of no use, unless faithfully observed, 344; no, against doing
good, 346; no, against love, 346; no, against serving God, 346; no,
against charity and benevolence, 346; no, against principles of eternal
life, 346.
Law of Liberty, see free agency.
Law of Moses, why given, 160.
Laying on of hands, 252.
Learn, to know ourselves, 414; liberty, religious, should be observed,
553.
Life, present, more precious, 23; eternity of, 38, 76; object of, 133;
business of, 134, 135; purpose of, 135, 136; defined, 147; long life
man's first duty, 288; fills all matter, 565, 566.
Light, if people reject, they will be condemned, 349.
Little Mountain, 725.
Lord, the, has sent forth his laws, commandments and ordinances, 340.
Love each other, 417; our fellow man, 417; our neighbor more than self,
417; God, 417; Mercy, 417; you are in the path of life if you, God,
417; labor of, 417; our enemies, 419.
Lucifer, plan of, 82; his angels, 84; enemy of Christ, 536; See also,
Devil.
Lying, men must quit, 351.
M
McLellin, Wm. E., 218, 704.
Magicians, of Egypt, perform bogus miracles, 524.
Magnetism, animal, 113.
Malice, never encourage, 420.
Man, may save himself, 7; communication with God and, 49; is eternal,
74; offspring of God, 76, 160; King of earth, 76; organized spirit,
76; child of celestial parents, 78; in image of God, 78; spirit of,
79; differs in talents, 79; power of agency of, 85; volition of, free,
85; gifts from God to, 96; desires to do, good, 102; spirit pure,
107; endures forever, 134; stained creation, 152; creation of, 160;
has degenerated, 162; {753} should live out his days, 567; desires
salvation, 645; delights in good, 645; searches for salvation, 647;
loves truth and righteousness, 647; spirit of, loves truth, 647;
honest, in other churches, 648; alike in sentiments, 648; has variety
of gifts, 649; power of, limited, 650; to have confidence in himself,
652; is dependent, 652; must fight own battles, 653; know thyself,
653; cherishes good character, 653; needs leaders, 654; duty and
responsibility of, 655; should strive to be righteous, 655; duty of, to
listen to truth, 667.
Mankind, our friends, 8.
Manner, children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind
and affectionate, 323-4.
Manufacturing, depend upon our own, 459; may the Lord hedge up the way
against foreign, 459; close the gate against foreign, 459; save your
wool for, 459; if we have not factories sufficient, will send and get
more machinery for, 459; build a tannery for, 459; glass, 459; own dye
stuffs, 460.
Marriage, early, advocated, 301, 303; relation, 302; foundation for
many blessings, 302, 303; to unbelievers not approved, 304.
Mason and Dixon's Line, 560.
Masters, deal honestly those your hire, 432.
Matter, organized, 27; eternity of, 73, 74; decomposition of, 75; mind
and, 89.
Medicine, to be used carefully, 297.
Meetings, Saints instructed to have their children come to, 321.
Melchizedek, 161.
Melchizedek Priesthood, conferred by Peter, James and John, 220; Moses
held, 222; to be conferred on men before receiving endowments, 607.
Merchants, dishonest, 461.
Mercy, let us have, 419; genius of religion to have, 419; merciful men
shall find, 420; should love, 420; let, soften every angry temper, 421;
be full of, 422.
Mesmerism, 113.
Methodists, 9.
Methuselah, 161.
Millennium, 172; consists of, 177; privileges of Saints in, 178;
temples built in, 178; work for dead to be done in, 178; men to have
own beliefs in, 182; work of building temples in, 615; purpose of, 616,
618, 619.
Mind, and matter, 89; condition of to worship the Lord, 250; keep pure
and clean, 434.
Mind our own business, Mormon creed, 415.
Ministry, Christian, sin of, 490.
Miracles, mysteries and visions, 519; providences of God, 520; only
required by the wicked, 522; performed at Cana of Galilee by Jesus,
522, 523; is knowledge how to command elements, 523, 524; bogus,
performed by magicians of Egypt, 524; for believers, 525; faith not
dependent on, 525; cannot save a person, 525.
Mischief, caused by misapplied intelligence, 350.
Misery, purpose of, 85.
Missionary work, 489; helps to Save every person, 491.
Missionaries, words to departing, 494; must be examples of good works,
494; to go without purse or scrip, 495; to go with clean hands and
pure hearts, 496; to dedicate families to the Lord, 497; modern, have
greatest work to do, 498; minds centered on bringing souls to Christ,
499; in the field, advice to, 499, 500, 501; the returned, 503; advice
to, 504, 505.
Missouri, persecution of Saints in, 722, 723.
Morley, Isaac, 221.
Mormon Battalion, why called, 729; line of march of, 730; how gathered,
731; proportion of, in regard to Nation, 732; severe conditions of
march of, 733.
Mormon Creed, Mind our own business, 415.
Mormonism, see Gospel.
Moses, 161, 162, 222, performed miracles, 524; not blamed for Pharaoh's
hard-heartedness, 539, 540.
Mother, influence of, 319; to teach children early, 319; to be strict,
320; appointed missionaries to teach their children their duties, 326;
to teach children cleanliness and purity of {754} body, 326; to teach
children the principles of salvation, 326; to teach daughters to be
house keepers, 326; can administer to their children, 328.
Mother Earth, body returns to, 564.
Mount Zion, established, 489.
Murdock, John, 221.
Mysteries, 13; visions and miracles, 519; to be left alone, 520.
Mystery, what is a, 520.
N
Nations, who make war, guilty of murder, 562, 563.
Nauvoo, 532; Saints left, in February, 1846, 725, 726.
Nauvoo Temple, burned, 632; the Prophet Knew how to build, 638; built
under trials, 639; passed into hands of enemy, 640.
Neglect, if we, our duty, we will be chastened, 350.
Negro, the seed of Ham, 430.
Neighbors, respect for, 429; treat with kindness, 429; can you live as,
429.
O
Obedience, required, 31; 338; expected to the word of the Lord, 339;
has to do with stern realities, 340; effect of, 345; and free agency,
347; benefits of, 349.
Obey, every good law, 340; how to know that we, 346.
Oneness, be of one heart, 433; perfect, will save a people, 434; unity
of purpose, 434; as he and the Father, 433; except I have, with my
brethren, I am not a Latter-day Saint, 438.
Opposites, need of, 102.
Opposition in all things, must be known, 530.
Order, principles of, to be taught to little children, 327.
Order of Enoch, unity in, 440, 442.
Ordinances, temporal labor of, 21; need of, 235; baptism an, 236; of
house of God, 341; none to be dispensed with, 341.
Original sin, 31.
Overcome by spirit of the world, results of, 350.
P
Parents, how and what to teach children, 321; to see that children go
to meetings as well as Sunday School, 321; not to chasten neighbors'
children, 322; if righteous and faithful, not separated from children
in eternity, 322; to set examples that they wish their children to
imitate, 322; not to drive but to lead children, 323; how and what
to teach their children, 322 to 328; when and how children should be
sealed to, 322; should never drive children, 323; need of training,
328; to teach children to pray, the law of health, the principles of
the Gospel, to be obedient, 331.
Parties, political, 558.
Partridge, Edward, busy in spirit world, 579.
Pastors, to be in Church of Christ, 211.
Pass away, that kingdom power or person not controlled by pure
principles must, 351.
Passions, must be moulded, 14; embitter life, 160; overcome, 411; check
your words of, 412; no man possessing wisdom will give vent to, 413.
Patriarchal doctrine, 9.
Patten, David W., 218.
Peace conditions for obtaining, 5.
People, should become of one heart and one mind, 341; must be
self-sustaining, 450; should live within their means, 451.
Perfection, gospel has, 11.
Perish, anything impure must, 351.
Persecutions and trials, 529; purpose of, 531; bring blessings, 531;
may be expected, 531; cause of, 535; caused disobedience, 537; result
of, 538; comes from efforts of a few, 541, 542; of the Saints, dangers
of, 541.
Pharaoh, hard-heartedness of, 539, 540.
Plan of Salvation, see Gospel.
Political government, 543.
Political parties, 558.
Politics and labor, 548.
Politics of the Latter-day Saints, 549.
Popularity, would send us to hell, 540.
Poor, set to work, 423; Lord has chosen the, 423; what kind of, 423;
the Lord's, 423; the devils, 423; the poor devils, {755} 422; the, are
the people of God, 486; made happy by the gospel, 486; are covetous,
487; rich to distribute to, 488; disgrace not to take care of own, 488;
the, gathered by Latter-day Saints, 492.
Possessions, uncertainty of temporal, 469; like a shadow, 469; unseen
hand of providence controls, 469; today they are, tomorrow they are
not, 469; true riches, 469; Lord can't take away, 470.
Potter, Saints like clay in hands of, 344.
Practice, has to do with stern realities, 340; of the gospel requires
time, faith, love and labor, 344; if we, what we profess at defiance of
hell, 350; is greatest sermon, 515.
Practical religion, need of 17, 18, 22; Zion built by, 19.
Pratt, Parley P., early missionary, 707.
Prayer, 65, 66; how to pray, 67; Spirit of, 67; when to offer, 68-71;
if neglected, spirit of darkness comes, 264.
Pre-appointment, 84.
Preach, what to, 13; temporal labor, 21; by the Holy Ghost, 47; only
that which is known, 511.
Preachers, hint to, 511.
Pre-existence, 72.
Presence of Almighty, strict obedience to the truth will enable people
to dwell in, 340; our religion is designed to restore us to the, of
God, 351.
Present, gospel for the, 12; of first importance, 13.
Preserve our gifts, 31.
Priestcraft, 115, 116, 117.
Priesthood, system of government, 2; part of gospel, 6; purpose of,
7; bestowed upon men, 201; perfect system of government, 201; what
it is, 201; comprises kingdom of God, 202; where keys of, are, 202;
on earth at various times, 202; purpose of, 203, 204; obedience to,
brings blessings, 203, 204, 205; power of, 204; laws based upon, 204;
exists in spirit world, 204; who shall hold, 205; everything subject
to, 205; to gain influence by, 206; of Elder same as of Apostle,
207; not destroyed at death of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 208; gives
same counsel, 209; man has no right to build up church without, 210;
Apostles hold keys of, 211; will of God made known through, 211; keys
of, committed to Joseph Smith, 213; restored in our day for Salvation
of Israel, 489.
Printing press, first, west of Mississippi by Saints, 725, 728.
Profess, if we practice what we, at defiance of hell, 350.
Progeny, man is, of God, 388.
Progression, see Eternal Progression.
Promises, always keep, made to children, 325.
Progeny, man is, of God, 38.
Prophets, to be in Church of Christ; 211.
Property, accumulate, 466; let every man and woman gather to
themselves, 466.
Prosper, we shall, if we live our religion, 349.
Protestants, 15.
Provo River, mentioned, 742.
Purity, of body to be taught to children, 326.
Purse or scrip, missionaries to go without, 495, 501.
Q
Quails, sent as food for Saints, 725.
Quincy, people of, open arms for Saints, 723.
R
Rebellious, Latter-day Saints, not as the Children of Israel, 351.
Reformation, defined, 244.
Reject, do not, anything that comes from the Lord, 346.
Relief Societies, some duties of 334; members of, should enlarge
their sphere of usefulness by study, 335; should organize industrial
societies, 335; to relieve necessities of the worthy, 336.
Religion, practical, need of, 17, 18, 22; purpose of, 24; of heaven,
way to establish, 341; how to live, 341, 346; will prosper, if we live
our, 349; to restore us to the presence of God, 351; we have embraced
must last from Saturday night {756} until Saturday night, 361; our, one
of improvement, 378; not contradicted or confined, 378; to lead men
to a state of intelligence, 378; our, comprises every art and science
known to man, 378; duty, Latter-day Saints to live their, 380; of Jesus
Christ makes the people acquainted with the things of God, 380; prompts
them to search after knowledge, 380; of the day, 386; and science, 397;
false, brings on persecutions, 535.
Repentance, made manifest by obedience, 242; without, atonement of
no effect, 242; not upon the scaffold, 243; from false notions, 243;
should never cease, 244; what it is, 244.
Respect, for one another, 421; for neighbors, 429; treat the stranger
with, 429.
Restoration, the, 165.
Resurrection, faith of Job in the, 566, 567; Jesus first-fruits of,
573; necessary to full salvation, 575.
Resurrection and death, 564.
Revelation, about daily duties, 18; explained 54-58; continual, 59; how
to understand, 60; personal, 60, 62; nature of, 61; to come through
appointed channel, 212.
Revolution, inspired, 551.
Richards, Willard, 215.
Rigdon, Sidney, 214, 216, 221.
Righteousness, triumph of, 172.
Rulers, fitness of, 548.
S
Sabbath Day, how to spend, 254; those who go skating, pleasure-riding,
or on excursions on the, are weak in the faith, 254; should be observed
for temperance, good and spiritual welfare, 254.
Sacrament meetings, if neglected, spirit of darkness comes, 264.
Sacrament of Lord's Supper, 265; duty of Saints to attend, 265; more
sacred than other ordinances, 265; necessary to our salvation, 266;
required of disciples until Savior comes again, 266.
Saint, whole man a, 8; not perfect, 11; calling of a, 258.
St. George Temple, 641; site of, had been dedicated, 642; Spirit of
God in, 642; Tuesdays and Wednesdays appointed for baptisms in, 644;
Thursdays and Fridays for endowments in, 644; for work of Lamanites in,
644; completed, 644.
Saints, will not be confounded, if they live their religion, 347; know
how to be, 354; made perfect by suffering, 531; dangers of persecuting
the, 541; will yet save the Constitution, 553; and politics, 549.
Salt Lake Temple, duty of Saints to build, 629; vision of, given to
President Young, 629; to have six towers, 629; to stand as a monument
of Saints' love of God, 631; will be for endowments, 632; address at
laying cornerstone of, 632; cornerstone dedicated, 641.
Salt Lake Valley, settlement in, 735; provided by God, 736-737; reasons
for coming to, 737-738; purpose of coming to, 739; a blessed place, 740.
Salvation for all, 10, 12, 44, 49, 86, 87; present, desired, 23, 25;
secret of, 88; who will attain, 88; graded, 94; when entitled to, 242;
conditions of obtaining, 345; universal, 592; for those who overcome,
592; for heathen nations, 593; for all except sons of perdition,
594; way to, 595; through gospel, 595; comes through work, 596; and
individual work, 596; free agency in receiving, 597; degrees of, 597;
proportioned to capacity, 599; all not to receive same, 599; man
desires, 645.
Salvation for the dead, 602; when revealed, 611; not fully revealed
at first, 611; purpose of, 611, 612, 613; pertaining to parents and
children, 613, 614; do not wait until Millennium to work for, 616;
who shall perform, 618; for those who have not had the gospel, 620; a
law to be obeyed, 62; who should represent the dead in the work of,
620, 621, 622, 623; doctrine of, revealed from God, 625; greater than
worldly wealth, 626.
San Francisco, why Saints did not go to, 737. {757}
Satan, see Devil.
Savage, why so, 82.
Saving, a good house-keeper will be, 330.
Savior, see Jesus Christ.
Saviors, on Mount Zion, 623; meaning of, 623-624.
Sayings, brief, of President Young, 340.
Schools, established, 725.
School of Prophets, 32.
Scriptures, use of, 197-198.
Sealed, husband and wife should be, 301.
Second death, what it is, 590.
Sects, have some truth, 4; to deny Savior, 508.
Seed of Ham, the negro, 430.
Self-control, 107.
Self-discipline, necessary, 315.
Self-sustaining, people must be, 450.
Servants, of the devil, 348; deal honestly with those who employ you,
432.
Settlement in West, 722; journey across plains to establish, 722;
trials to make, 722; made on City Creek, 725; made by establishing
orchards, etc., 725; to be made like Garden of Eden, 725; made by
building roads, etc., 727; work to reach, 734; condition of people and
animals when they reached, 735.
Seventy, Priesthood of, 207; not separate body from Church, 221; to be
teachers, 221.
Sewing, how to teach to children, 325.
Silk, raise, 460.
Sin, purpose of, 85; permitted to come, 94; explanation of, 117-122;
doing wrong when we know we can do better, 242.
Sisters, to teach young girls as to imaginary wants, 337.
Slaves, of our own passions, 348.
Smiles, a child loves the, of its mother, but hates her frown, 323.
Smith, Joseph, 8; Priesthood restored by, 48; early revelations to,
54; appointed in councils of eternity, 165; visited by angels, 166;
was President of Church, 213; keys of Priesthood committed to, 213;
mentioned, 217; illiterate boy, argument of the wise, 492; a pure
Ephraimite, 493; a Prophet of God, Saints should testify to the wicked,
508; why persecuted, 537; persecution of, made him more perfect, 538;
had the right to establish a religion, 554; worked in stone quarry for
the Kirtland temple, 637; witness of truth, 666; a Prophet of God,
700; laid foundation of kingdom of God, 700; explained personality of
God, 701; a great teacher; 702; a good man, 703; called by God, 703;
directed by God, 703; had to do with temporal things, 704; development
of, 705; received Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods, 706; received
knowledge of plates, 706; God sent John, the Baptist and Peter, James
and John to, 706; sent missionaries to West, 707; received revelation
on work for dead, 707; teachings of, 708; could explain heavenly
things, 708; taught Gospel, 708; result of labors of, 709; persecutions
of, 709; lies circulated about, 711; not an impostor, 712; harassed by
lawsuits, 712; of good character, 713; why, was killed, 713; sealed his
testimony with his blood, 714; in forty-six lawsuits, 715; works in
spirit world, 715; nature of family of, 716; successors of, the Twelve,
716; sayings of, 717; God delivered, from enemies, 718; doctrine of
governing, 719; promised protection of Governor Ford, 724.
Smith, Joseph, Sr., busy in spirit world, 579.
Social amusements, ordained of God to bless his people, 364; we are
made to enjoy all, that God enjoys, 365; are the order of heaven, 365;
a blessing for the Latter-day Saints to associate together, 365; follow
only the path that leads to life everlasting, 365; privilege of Saints
to enjoy, 366; provide innocent, 366; are necessary, 368; to satisfy
natural organization, 369; resist all foul spirits in, 369; if you
can't go with the spirit of the Lord to, stay home, 370; to promote
healthy action to the whole system, 370; no harm in Sunday School
parties, 371; pay more {758} attention to public exercises in, 372;
noisy and boisterous demonstrations in, indicate little sense, 372;
improve the body and the mind, 402.
Solomon's temple, David commanded to prepare building of, 634; pattern
of, given, 634; why called, 635.
Son of God, see Jesus Christ.
Sons of perdition, 45; sinners against Holy Ghost are, 182.
Sorrow, purpose of, 85.
Space, no empty, 30.
Spencer, Brother, lived beyond common age, 469.
Spirit, makes converts, not logic or debate, 506.
Spirit of God, how to obtain, 18. See also Holy Ghost.
Spirit of Truth, how engaged, 22.
A of the world, what it does, 350.
Spirits, cannot be baptized, 581; can preach Gospel, 581; can bring
information, 581.
Spiritualism, 112.
Spirit world, 576; all go to, 576; where it is, 576; good and evil
spirits in, 577; labors in, 578; Jesus, first to preach to spirits in,
579; dead go to, 580; spirits familiar with spirits in, 581; life in,
582; cannot be described, 583; transportation in, 583; Joseph Smith in,
715.
Stake presidencies, duties of, 233.
Standard Church works, 195; what they contain, 196; Saints' belief in,
197.
States' Rights, 559.
Strangers preach, youth urged to hear, 264; teaching in Sunday School,
264.
Subdue, our own passions, 410; to conquer and, 411.
Sugar, raise, 460.
Sunday School, we should have more children at, 372.
Swearing, men must quit, 351.
T
Tabernacle, opposed to theatrical performances in, 374; opposed to
making it a hall of fun, 374.
Talents, to be used, 208-209; hide not your, 382; put them out to
usury, 443; to be improved, 581.
Task, to undertake to live a Saint and walk in darkness is a hard, 350.
Taylor, John, 724.
Teach, mothers to commence with children in their lap, 319; how and
what to, 320.
Teachers, to be in Church of Christ, 211.
Telegraph, a new revelation, 62.
Temper, even temper to be maintained, 315.
Temples, temporal labor in, 21; to be built in Millennium, 178; to
be built, 275-276; Saints commenced to build, 602; endowments given
in Solomon's, 603; for God to come to, 603; indispensable for higher
ordinances, 604; hundreds of, to be built, 605; endowments to be given
in, 606; ordinances of, for salvation of human family, 608; work for
dead in, 608; instruction pertaining to ordinances in, 609; during
Millennium, 615; built expressly to save people, 617; sons of Jacob
to work in, 626; angels to converse and explain work of, 627; angels
to bring list of names to, 627; some to remain in, all the time, 628;
powers of evil opposed to, 628; Saints built two, 629; to have groves
and fish ponds on, 629; David not permitted to build, 634.
Temporal, and spiritual inseparable, 13-20; labors necessary, 20;
nature of gospel, 21; revelations, 54.
Temporal matters, counsel in, 339.
Temptation, explained, 122-126.
Ten Tribes, to be gathered, 187.
Testimony, how obtained, 43, 52, 53; by revelation, 57; of gospel,
gives solid satisfaction, 514; where do you get your? 517; all Saints
may have, of gospel, 657; must have, of Jesus to know truth, 657; how
to get a, 658, 659-660; miracles do not give abiding, 661; people join
Church by reason of, 662; gained by experience, 663; is positive, 664;
not built upon man, 666; concerning Joseph Smith, 666.
Texas, 737.
Theater, is there evil in, 375; built to attract the young, 375; to
provide amusement for the boys and girls, 375; to amuse the people,
375; stage can be made to aid the pulpit, {759} 375; tragedy not
favored, 376; to improve the public mind, 376.
Theocratic government, 543; what is, 543.
Theory, amounts to but little, 340.
Time, 72; is capital stock, 330; if properly used, brings many
blessings, 330.
Tithing, law of, 269; consequences when not paid, 269; will be willing
to pay if we live our religion, 272; for what used, 269-272-273; we
pay, for our own benefit, 273; people not compelled to pay, 274; people
not cut off the Church for non-payment of, 274; is an eternal law, 274;
is for the salvation and exaltation of man, 274; use of, 275; President
of the Church to control the disbursements of, 276.
Training, importance of early, 318; guide to child, 323.
Trinity, 46.
Trials, meet cheerfully, 533; are necessary, 529; and persecutions, 529.
True believer, definition of, 241.
True riches, who obtains, 472; what are, 472; gold is not, 473.
Truth, eternal, 2-4-6-14, revealed by God, 2; is gospel, 3; gospel,
a fountain of, 14; purpose of, 15-17; love and remember, 15; not
disproved, 16; accept all, 17; is obeyed when it is loved, 340; strict
obedience to the, will alone enable people to dwell in the presence of
the Almighty, 340; gather up all, 382; in all the arts and sciences is
part of our religion, 509; manifests itself to honest persons, 662.
U
United Order, 276; God's people must enter into, before building the
Center Stake of Zion, 276; how to start and conduct, 279-280.
Unity, be of one mind, 433; Church cannot exist without, 434; perfect
union, 434; in God's work, 437; advantage of temporal, 439; in
all things, 439; in Order of Enoch, 440; does not mean individual
uniformity, 442.
Universalists, 15.
Universe, organized, 73.
Urim and Thummim, 706.
V
Vancouver Island, 727.
Virtue, 300.
Visions, personal nature of, 519; mysteries and miracles, 519.
Volition, see Free Agency.
W
War, 106; against Saints, 170; declared against Saints over 27 years,
531-532; who prompts nations to, 561; God does not institute, 562;
between nations is murder, 562-563; instigators of, guilty of murder,
563.
Warfare, between Christ and devil, 648.
Water, of itself will not wash away sins, 247; has been the means of
purification in every world that has been organized, 247; God did not
curse the, but blessed it, 247.
Waste, let nothing go to, 449; made by children, 449; poor families,
449; if you wish to get rich, do not, 450.
Whiting, Brother, man of few words, 518.
Wealth, elements of, 453; learn how to gather, 453; in the mountains,
454; belongs to this world, 454; belongs to the Lord, 468; concealed
in elements God has given to man, 468; given to wicked as well as
righteous, 468; not ours, 468; our business to do what the Lord wants
us to do with, 468; man who places, above God has no eyes to see,
471; true, 474; how to gain, 474; eternal salvation brings true, 475;
obtained by paying attention to building up of Kingdom of God, 475;
do you want, 475; few men know what to do with, 479; amassed at the
expense of others, 479; do not hoard up, 479; put to usury, 480; to
beautify Zion, 480; brings happiness when used for the Gospel, 481;
produces comfort, 482; {760} and does not bring happiness, 483; some
dangers of, 483; used for selfish purposes, 483; not used to build
Kingdom of God, 483.
Wesley, John, 210.
Wheat, save your, 457.
Whipping children, effects of, 324.
Wicked, have no power over truth, 109; what they should hear, 508.
Wickedness, 117-122.
Wife, not to lead husband, 308; responsibilities and duties of, 308-313.
Wight, Lyman, 220; wanted Saints to go to Texas, 737.
Will, the, 100.
Will, God has placed, in his intelligent creatures, 406; a trait of
God's divinity, 406; power to accept or reject, 406; ours, should be
controlled by the will of God, 406; first and foremost, 406; human
family die to gratify, 406; learn to direct, 406.
Will of God, this people must know and do, 341.
Williams, Frederick, G., 214-216; 704.
Wisdom, obtain, 20; apply your heart to, 402; seek diligently for,
402; sow in your hearts, 402; more profitable than gold, 402; obtain,
from best books, 403; if any man lack, let him ask of God, 403; our
privilege to have, 403; pray for, but add with that prayer works, 404;
this people are increasing in, 404; search out the, of God, 404.
Wives, many, not cause of persecution, 536.
Woman suffrage, 563.
Word of Wisdom, 282-283; people of God commanded to keep, 283;
Elders of Israel have no right to transgress, 283; consequences of
disobedience to, 284-286; Elders of Israel commanded to cease drinking
strong drinks, 284; Church authorities requested to cut off those who
will not cease getting drunk, 284; everlasting life in it, 285; for
what purpose given, 285.
Words, not so essential as acts, 510.
Work, 290.
World, will not receive gospel, only on their own terms, 349; See also
Earth.
Worlds, many, 31; composition of, 74.
Worship, desire to, 34; needful on every day, 257; on one day only a
folly, 257.
Y
Young, Brigham, mission of 13; has had revelations, 60; spirit of
Joseph fell upon, 214; sustained as President, 214-216; never to
apostatize, 215; brief Sayings of, 340; gospel did everything for, 629;
blesses people, 697.
Z
Zion, built by practical labor, 19; where it is, 181; make for
ourselves, 181-182; pure in heart is, 182; peace and joy in, 183;
knowledge of, shall reach the uttermost parts of the earth, 380; let us
go up to, 380; build up, 381; establish, 415; strength of, 437; come
here to build up, 438; beautify and glorify, 453.
Zion's Camp, 219.
Zion's ship, God at helm, 528.