Parley P. P. Pratt led the van upon the Gathering
and then President Brigham Young further laid before
the Conference the subject and design of this mission
of the Twelve to the eastern churches.

Synopsis
of the
Discourse of President Brigham Young

I wish to make a few remarks
concerning the subject of our faith. We hear the
Elders represent the feelings of the brethren concerning
the gathering

The Spirit of the Lord Jesus
Christ is a gathering Spirit. Its tendency is to
gather the virtuous and good—the honest and meek
of the earth—in fine the Saints of God.

The time has come when the
virtuous and ^Lord has^ determined to fulfill his purposes
"Had we lived in the days of Christ," the people
say, we would have received his work. But judge
ye if the people are better now than they were then.
They are not.

When the full set time was come
the Lord came in the flesh to do his work whether
the people were prepared or not. And now
the full set time is come for the Lord God Almighty
to set his hand to redeem Israel

We are not bound to make the
people beleive but to preach the Gospel and then
our garments are clear.

The Lord does not require every
soul to leave his home as soon as he beleives
but he requires him to hearken to counsel and
follow that course which the Lord points out

The Spirit of the Almighty and
of this work is on the elect ^alert^ and those who keep

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Parley P. Pratt led the van upon the Gathering and then President Brigham Young further laid before the Conference the subject and design of this mission of the Twelve to the eastern churches.

Synopsis of the

Discourse of President Brigham Young

I wish to make a few remarks concerning the subject of our faith. We hear the Elders represent the feelings of the brethren concerning the gathering

The Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ is a gathering Spirit. Its tendency is to gather the virtuous and good — the honest and meek of the earth — in fine the Saints of God.

The time has come when the Lord has determined to fulfill his pruposes "Had we lived in the days of Christ," the people say, we would have received his work. But judge ye if the people are better now than they were then. They are not.

When the full set time was come the Lord came in the flesh to do his work whether the people were prepared or not. And now the full set time is come for the Lord God Almighty to set his hand to redeem Israel

We are not bound to make the people beleive but to preach the Gospel and then our garments are clear.

The Lord does not require every soul to leave his home as soon as he beleives but he requires him to hearken to counsel and follw that course which the Lord points out

The Spirit of the Almighty [an[d]] of this work is on the alert and those who keep