Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-11
Lecturing the Saints.


Mail, is doubtless almost vervatim
report of one of Brighams 8 short
sermons. We have heard him in
his younger days, stir up the faith
ful even more vigorously
After two or three milk and water
speeches had been made this morn
ing at the Conference, none Of
which amounted to anything, Brig
ham Young arose with the air OF
man who had something to say, aud
he said it, "you bet" r@
Looking down upon the shrink
ing subordlnates before him he said:
You Apostles, Bishops and Elders
of the Church W 10 ask what you.
shall do. will tell many of you
that YOU lamentably fail in the
commandments OF the Lord with
regard to tithing and consecration.
The poor men inl sisters of the
church pay their tithing well ani
truly. but when We come to the we'll
to TO Elders and psopla, We tinl a
wonderful falling oil. You who
came barefooted and bare backed
almost into this valley, poor as jobs
turkey, dog poor. ani WHO through
Us aud the church ehave become
rich, now kick against the laws aud
com nandments Of the Lord. You
complain that you cannbt pay tins,
and you cannot pay that, but you
can buy your own beer, your
whisky ana brandy too. If you
can get it. You spend money
upon your ii thy habits of tobacco
chewing and smoking, running
around with your nasty pipes in
your mouths; you must have your
tea and coffee, bur, meanwhile, the
Temple watts do not rise to compile
ton. If you get a hundred or five
hundred dollars, you take your way
straight to the devil. There il Al
Bishop in the church who has grown
rich as II holder of the best Off ite in
the Territory, who says that he is
going to the Cea-ten-ni-al drawing
it out in a mimickiag way as Brg
ham only cam, but VINO cannot aft 1rd
t, give to the poor when he is asked.
No! He had rather take his money
ald buy his way to he'll!
am going to ask you twelve
apostles, you quorums OF seventies,
you bishops, you teachers and relief
societies, what are you going to do
about building the Temple over here!
You can all give something poor
women can knit pair of stockings,
make vest or a plir of pantaloous.
We want two hundred young men to
go to cutting and quarrying granite.
learn the trade, aud then let us turn
loose the miserable sticks of stone
masons who dawdle about and Shirk
their work, while they would exact
$40 day. We want workmen who
arc willing to do fair days work
for fair days pay.
l"For you L.tter-day Saints who are
smiling around for knowledge of
what to do, why, you do not half do
what you know you ought to do.
iit NiiilC has toilu " roy ,lutS iHCit
to the line and righteousness to the
plummet. am sick of your excuses
and your pretences. You farmers
will raise good crops Of grain, and
then you pay away for 'ransporta-
ton all the profits you might make
to send it off for the building up of
gambling dens and whisky holes.
The Gentle nations are rotten to the
core; the Latter-day Saints are the
best people on the face of the earth,
but they are bad enough. 1t is time
to wake up and be in earnest d
Here the President got red in the
face threugh tit OF coughing, and
complained Of the cold air of the
room. He announced that after
singing an anthem the Conference
would adjourn until o'clock this
afternoon, when he will probably re-
sumo the haying process and give
the hating saints "gessie. n9c7er