The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-11-12

clined to he Jealous OF IL. Say (, wake up, "
Saints Of Zion while it is called to-day lest troy,
BILE nd sorrow come upOn. you, as thief In the
night. ... -. ....
Suppose il is Il coming, will it hurt you to
lay up the products Of the earth for seven yearsT
viii it hurt you if you have your guns. swords
tnd spears n good condition according to tia
law Of the United States2
Some Of the States give man his clearance
at do years Of age, others at as; they call men 10
train when they are Is years Of age, but we call
upon all from u to 800 years old; we 10 not ex.
cept any. and ] want the world to know that
we are ready for anything that comes along
II it is good, we are ready for that, and if it ia
evil, we are ready to stand against II.
| Weare calculating to SOW oar wheat carly this
Fall, in case of emergency. | throw oct these
things for you to think upon, and If they are
not right, they will not hurt anybody.
| But wake up, ye Saints of the Most High, aud
| prepare for any emergency that the Lord our
God may have pleasure in bringing forth. 81.
We never shall leave these ValIeys-tilfw Wa
get ready; no, neVer-no, never. We will live
here till We 20 back to jackson County, Missou-
n. prophesy that in the course Of Israel God.
The congregation shouted "Amen," and
President B. Young said, at is true."l
ards and our property, to destroy aud lay waste
our houses, fields, and everything else, we shall
never build aud plant agailtill We do it ia
Jackson County. But our enemies are not here,
yet, and we have not yet thrown dowa our
houses.
wEARE TIE STATE. See.
Let me tell you, if God designs that Israel
should now become free, they will coma aud
strike the blow, and if He does not, they, will
notcome That is as true as that book lpliai-
ing to the Bible).
Go to work and lay up your grain. aud DO net
lay 1t out Tor tine clothes, nor any other kindof
lne thing, but make homespun trowsers and pet.
ticoats. 2.
What would please me more than fot' a. !,
iamlly y, instead OF wanting Re to 60 totlls ltGes
Tor petticoats and short gowns, to see tueni' 70
to work and make some good homespunf What
would be prettier than some Of the EngliSiLstri.
ped linsey and a bonnet made Of our own strags
Those are the women | would choose for wives.
you want virtue, 60 into thNfsrmnz
try, for there 1t is homespun. FsSming tistrloa
contain the essence and virtue ofOlgs England.
DO not know as you know whathomespun is,
but 1t is that which is spun at home, anG it ia
for your welfare, both men, women ard children,
to max your own clothing 1t is also your
salvation to equip yourselves according TO law.
Now will tell you have about q hundred
shots on hand aI! the time; three OF fogr fifteen
shooters and three or four revolyers right the
room where sleep, aud the devil eS1Ot like
to sleep there ioF he is afraid they sFil gO of
half cooked.
you lay bowie knife or loaded revolver
under your pillow every night, yoH will not
have many unpleasant dreams, nor be troubled
with the nightmare, for there is nothing that the
devil is SO much afraid Of as weapon Of death.
You may take this US some of Heber's wild
visions, if you please. have acknowledged
myself as one Of the people, and now | say we
will take our own name, and we vii not be
false named auy more. We are the kingdom o!
God, and We are the Slate Of Deserel, and w
will have you, Bro. Brigham, as our Governor
Just SO long as you live. We will not have any
other Governor.
Brigham himself is equally sanguine, and nc!
less savage. Here is specimen Vi one Of
sR:GHANs PRoPHEclEs.
God is at the helm. This is the mighty ship
Zion, You stick to the ship and honor it and
zee that you are in favor with the ship 2ou.
and you need not worry about anything else
God has the hearts of the children OF men in his
uu"NS, AS PubS AJVAb III tublI Jaws dhu LuEAs
them about at his pleasure. God is here, the
Holy Ghost is here and reasts upon this people.
and am witness to it. know that the Holy
Ghost dwells in the hearts of this people; and
the world are afraid of the unlon that exists a.
mong this people. They were afraid Of that 10
the days OF Joseph, and it has been their fear all
the time. You might take Democrat, Re-
publican, ranting Methodist aud an old, stiff.
necked, ranting Presbyterian, and when they
came to consider J, seph Smith and the Saints,
they saw that they were one in faith. and il
scared them all. They would say, ave are
"Methodists, Baptist and Presbyterans, but xs
''are of different politics; in our churches may
'6e found all kinds Of politics, but you, Joseph
smith, alter mems politics; you change them :
"and make them all one'
Brethren and Sisters do not be angry with
them, for they are in the hands of God. tnstesd
Of feeling spirit to punish them, or anything
ike wrath, you live your religion and you will
see the day when you will pray God to turn
away fromyour eyes the sight Of their ufilctious.
There are thousa1A ia the Uui.
ted States and in |. learts are
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like an aspen lea handful
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