16th Sunday [FIGURE] the mail came in to day & brought me
a letter from Mrs . Preached to
the People in the forenoon upon the practical duties of life
but I was at home writing. President Preached in
the afternoon & I reported his sermon the following is
a synopsis of the same
President Youngs text was Arise & shine O Zion for ^thy light is come^
& the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee [ Isaiah 60:1]. He said I have
always felt since I have been called to preach to speak of the
practical things of evry day life instead of some great misteries
a long way ahead in which the people do not know nor
never will as the thing tought does not exhist I felt in the
begining of my being called to the ministry that I had no right
to preach except I was filled with the spirit of Revelation
& prophesy as the Ancients & I feel the same to day in order
to be qualified to preached we should be filled with Reve-
lation I do not consider that any man is qualified to preach the
Gospel & the sayings of the prophets unless he is filled with the
spirits of the prophets. We are commanded to arise & shine
but for us to sit down & say that we believe in this work
we believe that ^^ was a Prophet, and still not carry out the
work which we are commanded to do, not to build up or
beautify Zion we shall find that we shall miss of our aim
we shall not enter into the Celestial kingdom we shall not
enter through the gates. We must show to the Lord that
we are willing to fulfill What he requires of us and
this we shall not do unless we are willing to arise & shine,
but how are we to [do] it, we have got to build up Zion, and
we have got to make Zion the most holy and polished, Refined
& beautiful place upon the face of the whole Earth. So we may
expect to see Zion in all that beauty majesty & glory which
God has spoken of. But the people do not understand the
things of God. I will prophesy that unless this people
will rise up & build up Zion as God has commanded
them they will be removed out of their place & another
people will be raised in their stead who will perform the work
& this I say in the name of God. I also say in the name of the Lord
that the desendants of who are among the Gentiles
