President Young arose & said, I dont expet to speak much to night
I have learned to governed myself in talking as well as in other things
it may be asked if this is a new work it is not a new work but our
refermation is the work we begun in when we embraced the gospel. I
have pointed out the errors of the people all the time & shown the people ther
faults & told them what to do, but here is the difficulty as soon as the Elders
come home from their missions in a few days they lay down their Armour
while they should keep oit on all the time & keep it bright but their minds
are engrossed with the things of the world & lie down & go to sleep theyir ownly
ambition is to know how they can get theis House built or a farm, Horses
cattle &c, their whole soul is in the work of the world not the building of
the Kingdom of God but any man that gets property upon this principle
it will carode him he has not wisdom to use it. I have told the people
a hundred times they do not know how to get rich. The way for the
people to get rich is to do the will of God & they must be governed by the
revelations & spirit of God. Brother Woodruff has told us here to night
how it is when I look upon the conduct of the people before the refer
mations commenced as I was teaching them the way of salvation daily
& they would not give heed to it pained my heart & I felt as if I
should die but when Brother Jedediah M Grant steped forward
& took the Burthen off from me I was relieved But it has cost
him his life. Had he not have taken that burthen upon him he would
have lived a few Years longer in our midst. I have felt that unless
this people would awake & live their religion I must go down to
the grave. But the burthen of this people was taken from me & rested
upon him & it has not yet returned to me although he is dead should
it returne to me as it has been I shall soon follow him to the grave
for I could not live long with that wait upon me. When you first
recieved the gospel did ^was^ not your heart filled with love & you put on
the gospels armour & would it not have continued with you all the time
if you had lived your religion all the time but you have had bad
feelings in your Breast & against your Neighbour but if the spirit of
God had continued with you it would have overcome those evil
feelings and what if we were all to put our armour off & partook
of the spirit of anger & Hatred God would spue us out of his mouth [Revelation 3:16]
& we would go down to hell together & He would raise up another
people to do his will. After all the stuper that has rested upon this
people they have been gaping for more revelation I do not mean one
man but I mean the whole people while they have already a great deal
more than they are worthy off & if this people do not wake up &
live their religion The Lord will take away the sources of revelation
which they now have from the people, it is not a few men that have
got to live their religion but it is this whole community. If we as
a people will return unto the Lord I know he will receive us with
open arms. I am glad that this winter has commenced without
Fidling & danceing. But would their be any harm in going into the
Hall & haveing a dance if we felt right & kept the spirit of God with
us, No there would not. But as soon as we should open this door
how many would keep the armour on & live their religion & keep
the spirit of God not many, some would but many would say come
let us go & take a drink & begin to get the liquor in them & then they would
say come Brother Brigham I am ready for any thing stand out
of the way here. Hurrah for Hell sware a little, Dam a little steal a
little gamble a little, & raise the Devil. But we will stop Fidling &
danceing untill the Brethren get power to overcome these things & keep
them under their feet. I do not intend to start danceing again untill the

President Young arose & said. I dont expet to speak much to night I have learned to governe myself in talking as well as in other things it may be asked if this is a new work it is not a new work but our refermation is the work we begun in when we embraced the gospel. I have pointed out the Errors of the people all the time & shown the people ther faults & told them what to do but here is the difficulty as soon as the Elders come home from their missions in a few days they lay down their Armour while they should keepit on all the time & keep it bright but their minds are engrossed with the things of the world & lie down & go to sleep their ownly ambition is to know how they can get this House built or a farm, Horses cattle &c, their whole soul is in the work of the world not the building of the Kingdom of God but any man that gets property upon this principle it will carode him he has not wisdom to use it. I have told the people a hundred times they do not know how to get rich. The way for the people to get rich is to do the will of God & they must be governed by the Revelations & spirit of God. Brother Woodruff has told us here to night how it is when I look upon the conduct of the people before the refer mations commenced as I was teaching them the way of salvation daily & they would not give heed to it pained my heart & I felt as if I should die but when Brother Jedediah M Grant steped forward & took the Burthen off from me I was relieved But it has cost him his life Had he not have taken that burthen upon him he would have lived a few Years longer in our midst. I have felt that unless this people would awake & live their religion I must go down to the grave But the burthen of this people was taken from me & rested upon him & it has not yet returned to me although he is dead should it return to me as it has been I shall soon follow him to the grave for I could not live long with that wait upon me. When you first recieved the gospel was not your heart filled with love & you put on the gospels armour & would it not have continued with you if you had lived your religion all the time but you have had bad feelings in your Breast & against your Neighbour but if the spirit of God had continued with you it would have overcome those evil feelings and what if we were all to put our armour off & partook of the spirit of anger & Hatred God would spue us out of his mouth & we would go down to hell together & He would raise up another people to do his will. After all the stuper that has rested upon this people they have been gaping for more revelation I do not mean one man but I mean the whole people while they have already a great deal more than they are worthy off & if this people do not wake up & live their religion The Lord will take away the sources of revelation which they now have from the people, it is not a few men that have got to live their religion but it is this whole community. If we as a people will return unto the Lord I know he will receive us with open arms. I am glad that this winter has commenced without Fidling & danceing. But would their be any harm in going into the Hall & haveing a dance if we felt right & kept the spirit of God with us, No there would not. But as soon as we should open this door how many would keep the armour on & live their religion & keep the spirit of God not many, some would but many would say come let us go & take a drink & begin to get the liquor in them & then they would say come Brother Brigham I am ready for any thing stand out of the way here Hurrah for Hell sware a little Dam a little steal a little gamble a little, & raise the Devil. But we will stop Fidling & danceing untill the Brethren get power to overcome these things & keep them under their feet. I do not intend to start danceing again untill the