Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-08-06

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SERMON nv BRIGHAM roUSG- Do
Orac;es--The sunerinEs of tino Hes~
mons-PoIItices.
Brigham Young, IN q sermon prsaehed In
! the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, on
| the occasion Of the last celebration Of tho
LoId's Supper, said : fq-.sf..
| will tell you whom need them when
my family Is sick, and they need tomethtnG
| to conterAct the principle q death working
ia their systems. Uuder such circnmstsn--
| ces some might want TO administer
an emotie to the sick, which might be very
well iC they lacked faith but " We hEve'
| faith to feel that the issues Of life and death
are In our power, we can say TO disease
aBs ye rebuked In the name OF Jesus. and
| let life and health come into the system of
/ this individual, from God TO conLteract this
disease :" aud our faith VIII bring this by
the laying on OF habds BY administering the q
ordinances ef the holy gospel. AN hsppy
| 20 say have never been under the necessi-
! ty of calling doctor TO my family for 40
] years. have had them in my family, buy
not from necessity. l like them when'they
| are gentlemen :. when they are wise and
| full Of intelligence am very fond Of them,.
but do not ask them to doctor my family
| 10 any case, and there are no circumstan-
COS under which i think them nsces-
sary except 10 case of broken bone, or
where skiilful mrchaoiosl or surgical aid II,
necessary. But to call q doctor TO my
to administer physc to them-I am not un-s
/ der the necessity Of doing 1t. Is this 20 3
| Yes. il is 4: and if the experiment could be'
tried, independent Of the gospel and %
faith In any community, care not where, :
nor for what length Of time, OF having any
flnF FI %
physicians TO attend them, and the samea
number without physicians, but who viii
doctor themselves according TO nature aud
their own Judgments, among that portion
without doctors there would be leas sick
ness and fewer deaths than among thote
who had their doctors. The experience of
the Latter day Saints IN Utah confirms this.
When We first came here we had no sick~
ness, aud we had no sickness until we bad
doctors. When they began to obey the
gospel they did not want to dig In the held,
hoe potatoes, go to the cknyon for lumber
or wood, to secure for themselves and FAM,
lies the necessaries Of life, butthey wanecd
to live by doctoring tho people; and om
that time on as wo g,t richer ana buiit'
indugng IN sweet-cake, plumfudding-
roast beef, and 50 on, we have bad more or
, less disease among us. Perhaps l ssSo'
g. Id enough about DOCTORS, nave lizard q
great many ten about wis. thy hsys suf-'
fered for Christ's sake. Lam happy to say
never had occasion to. have eujoyed .
great deal but so far as suffering goes
have compared IL great many times 10 my =
feeling aud before congregations, TO man
wearing en- old. wo, ont, tattered, and dir
. ty coat, and simebndy comes along and
gives him one that II new, who's, and bear,
9 tfnl. That is the comparison = draw when
IS 7 think of what have suffered f5r tho Cos
aIA 4.
y and put on q new. No man or woman ever
e heard me complain OF suffering. Did you
y not leave a handsome property In Ohi"r
i Missouri, and Illino sf' "Yes." "And
d have You not suff red through that p N" =
:, I have been growing better and bstter all
. . the time,- and so have this people. AMI
r you may take the history Of ths world
: from the days Of Adam down, and ! sm at
g the defiance Of any historian to prove that
the Saints have evcr suffered as much as
i the sinners. This Is my brltef about the
religion of Jesus Christ. Some m y say.
Q "Now, Mr.. Speaker, you have been driven
a from your home, was IL fJr Righteousness r.
. No; expect n't,. ! expect u was To-
:. chAsteu me aud make me better. I never
q attributed the driving Of the Saints from,
o jackson County to anything but that Il,
u was necessary TO chssien them and to prot'
ID pare them TO build np Zion. They were,
p driven from Ohioto Missouri, from Missouri
TO Illinois, and from Illinois here, only for
the advancement of Zion, and the work, Of
God on the earth. ! do not complain Of
persecution. have left q god deal of
property in. diG rent States. Conzidsrshs .
in O',io, NJ ssouif, and Illinois. Do care
u anything about II 2 No, we have more land
here than we'can occupy. God led us ftom
a sickly 10 : healthy country, and thank
p him for II. The accusation brought egaiest
70 the Latter-day Saints was that shey tam
Is -
ui design Of sstiing them free, aud because Of
10 this the people were driver, aud the Lord
o. suffered II. But 1 ask did the LAttcr-day
$ Saints ever suffer In Missouri az the Mis-
ne sourians did IN the lato struggle No, not
Ve q drop in the bucket compared with it,.
is The Missourians have been drivoH from
r. their houses and hung mp, their property
ed conhscAted, ,'thsir women and children MUIR
ng dered, and every c6nceivAhe evil heaped
ar upon them. Did we ever suffSr lie thai !
J" In a few instances and II Is q shame fos
ns the batter-day Saints t5 talk about so fior.
lin iug.. want nov TO say a few words on Do
r,i hucAl matters. FrT, 7 will -sy We are {
by very relg ginus people; the world know,
nd that and it was our religion that inhuenced
So. our minds TO leave onr homes and our par.
al ents, and In many instances our companionl
IN. aud children Are we a political people
TX. Yes = very political indeed. But what par
iic " do yon belong TO or would you vote for
err / will tell whom will vote f,r We vii
Id. vyte fprthe man who will sustain the pripcl
nd Plies ofevil aud igious liberty thu M an VIII
'en knows the most and has the best heart auf
snt Drain for a statesman and we do not car,
he a farlhiug whether he Is a whig, demo
rvs crat, a burn n-bnrncr g repub lear, q new
for light, or anything els". Tdese are our D I
ro tiles. Ii we could havs got Fasn 10 coiltro
will the AGAirs Of the nation who had sufficieu
Of f,r s,sbt and f'rsthousht to know the Ss
ist, suits Of their own actilns, I, would bav'
~ been better for the nation than II is at bro
Iia- sent. But We are jnst N VIZ are no mat
red ssF what bronght about the present eoudl
not tion Of things. Leave ths people 10 lndg
snt whether Il Is righteousness OF sin that ha
ees brought upon this nation the evils Il Ia
oso been called to endure. g'eat deal coul
'ps, be said about o'k peculiar faith, and on
aud peculiar Internal insiitntions, as the vosl
the terms them. I do not want TO say apythln
vi. about thom act them ou'. havs cot
u.i family, and pretty large one. am vii
ieir ing 10 compare them with any family O
line tho face Of tho earth, whom this privilege
'ec- they have enjoyed are considered. i THU
)ro- that 30 far as myself am concerned. wire
ews Il Is remembered that l never went :
ing school bnt eleven days In my life, aud th,
lore un'il commenced 10 preach tho Gospel
ome had 10 work hard every day for my brea,
zsd | have made somo Improvement. / thin
) TO this people are Improving, sni think v
tor. shall eOntinne our work until She Who'll
nlar human family will give up all notion Of n
AVE ing to- war With each other. y expect
rep see the time when this people shall posse'
Dus. -yry good thing. All knowledge an
u q Wisdom, sni every good thing that u
i'm heart of man eau desire, is within n
hey circuit aad circle OF the faith wo hsvu on
nh. hraced. Tho day viii come when the O..
ugh pei will be prs s-nled 10 the kings, on
\ 30 aueens,. and great ones Of the earth \ b.
has L viii be presented with different Ind
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