Discourse 1848-01-20
W. Woodruff—some ma[y] think if we run over a few moments of time—we run into service of dancing hours—I feel thankful at having
priv[ilege] of hearing teaching from this stand—shew me any ppl who [h]av[e] rulers or Governors' who disregard virtue & I will shew the seeds of their dissn [destruction].
I want to look at Govr to [k]no[w] the sit[uatio]n of ppl—this ppl [a]r[e] led by men who aspire to lead you to sal[vatio]n—they get up for home to teach duty—
a word from proper auth[orit]y ought to be enough—we r as much bound to help poor, Wo [widow] & needy—Prest Young house is filled with poor every day
& shovelling out the floor all day—the Great God requires not only our property but he who will not la[y] down his life is not worthy—
where r the martyrs? free! Abel Jesus—Amos—Jos S. & H. S. & D Patten they r free—if there's no court hereafter our faith is vain
they r gone to take their seat in Court of [illegible], the Supreme Court of Heaven. av not the Pres[idenc]y who av gone from y[ea]r to yr
gone home to save souls—& now they set ex[ample]: to go to mountains ag[ai]n—they ought not to be calling all the time—it makes me feel curious
some times when I hear El[ders] rising up all the time to teach you your duty—your fields av been blessed four fold last y[ea]r—hearken to God S[ervan]ts
Counsel. I want to see these things carried out—go into Courts of Et[erna]l world—will you see men drunk—if you av Sp[irit] of Whiskey
the Sp[irit] of God will not dwell there—I [h]ad ra[the]r see men expelled entirely than traverse that course to bring that disgrace upon them—some
men steal—& a man who has the name of Mormon will be punished by our land & then [cd] of to the powers of the world—
Id ra[the]r live with 10 men who do right, than with 10 thousand men who steal—it is not with us as with o[the]r men—we r unpopular in
the eyes of devil & wicked men—we shall go where every man will av to bear his sins—we r going to a place where blessings will
be showered down while the judgments of God go over the Nations who serve not the Lord—those who wont quit lieing ^swearing^ stealing & getting drunk
let em go where those things r—dont let the counsils given from this stand go in at one year [ear] & out at the o[the]r.
We ought to let our Wagons & teams go to take over the families of those who r in the Army—& ma[y] the L[or]d bless you that you may
be sober temperate honest virtuous holy & do things which r right—& the Lord will bless you
