Year: 1867

undisputed, and against it the civil en-
actments of the general government are
powerless. AS an index of Brigham
Young's position, we give few extracts
from his Remarks on the Sabbath
before Christmas:


THE GENTLE MOTIVE.


There is much envy in the hearts of
men with regard to this city. They
want to possess it. They see it as the
great emporium of the west-as the
great nucleus of commercial wealth in
the interior of America. Who will make
it soT The Lord. But they do not know
this. They imagine that this will be
done solely by the industry of the Nor
mons. We could burn up this city and
lay it waste and go to another district
of country and make a city just as good
as this and as desirable in few years
by the help of the Lord. / have fire.
quently wondered why our neighbors
do not go and settle in some other place
and build up great city the same as
we have done but no, they want the
Mormons to build cities for them to pos
sess. This we shall do no more for them
if can help it. If we build cities we
mean to possess them. There is class
of men who are here to pick the pockets
of the Latter-day Saints, and then use
the means they get from US to bring
about our destruction. They want my
houses and your houses, and the privi-
| lege of defiling our beds and if there is
anything said or done about it, lying dis
patches are sent to the general govern
ment TO get an army sent out here as
| quickly as possible, for "Oh dear, We
are in danger and need protection" ="
What are you in danger off You have
have not the privilege of driving stake
on any lot of land you want for the pur-
pose of claiming it, when it has been
owned and improved for years. There
is a lot opposite the theatre that / took
the fence off and rented to the city
council for hay-market a man whom
now see in this congregation suggest
ed its occupancy. Said he, why does
not somebody go and sleep on it, and
survey it in the morning and claim it.
If anybody had done so, undoubtedly he
would have got a pre-emption right that
would have lasted him as long as he
would have wanted it.


NO JEWS NEED APPLY.


Let me here say a word to the Jews.
We do not want you TO believe our doc
trine. Ifany protesting to be Jews should
do so, ii would prove that they are not
Jews. A Jew cannot believe in Jesus
Christ. Brother Neibaur, who thinks he
is a Jew, is a good Latter-day Saint he
has not any of the blood of Judah in his
veins. The decree has gone forth from
the Almighty that they cannot have the
benefit of the atonement until they
gather TO Jerusalem, for they said let his
blood be upon us and upon our children,
h.l, -,
until His second coming We have a
great desire for their welfare, and are
looking for the time soon to come when
they will gather to Jerusalem, build up
the city and the land of Palestine, and
prepare for the coming of the Messiah.
When He comes again He will not come
as He did when the Jews rejected Him
neither will He appear first at Jerusalem
when He makes His second appearance
on the earth but He will appear first
on the land where He commenced His
work in the beginning, and planted the
Garden of Eden, and that was done in
the land of America.


WORD To THE SISTERS.


You run to this store and TO that store,
and you do not think that men who are
used to and acquainted with the tricks
of trade know how to- buy you. You
want an article that has been sold, we
will say at two dollars at the other
stores you get it for two-thirds of what
you would have to pay them. BY means
of this device, and a proper use of velvet
lips, and whine of sympathy, this sis
ter and that brother are bought. "Oh,
il is hard that we cannot go and spend
our money where we please" You may
| go and trade where you please, tell you,
/ u u Il. l. 4
will go out of the church, and you will
go TO destruction.


THE LAST DITCH.


am disposed to make few remarks
with regard to a circumstance that trans
pired here a short time ago. / refer to
| the death of DIR. Robinson. l have
preached a number of times since he
was killed in the street, and have never
referred 10 the subject here. Ex-Gov-
ernor Weller was assisted in the inves-
tigation of this matter by the best coun-
sci that could be got. The great drift
of that investigation was to trace that
murder to the pulpit of the Tabernacle.
If President Young is guilty of any such
crime, trace it to him. There are some
things that Brigham has said he would
do, but has never happened TO do them ;
and that is not all, he prays fervently to
/ his Father and God that he may never
be brought into circumstances to be
obliged TO shed human blood. He never
has yet been brought into such a posi-
ton. Still, let me find dog in my bed
room, would not say that he would be
very safe / hope he will never get
there. If I should find dog in my but
terry or in my bedroom, as some have,
I fear they would give their last howl.
l hope and pray they never will come
there. If they jump my claims here, l
shall be very apt to give them pre-
emption right that will last them TO the