What Shall a Man Give In Exchange for His Hie Soul SoulI I u ky lY Elder Eltas Eliu Conway Aeton at Liberty Stake Con Conf AdJi f tence e of oE O the Church of Je euI u Christ of Saints San in n The Salt Lake Lac City Chy Sunday Oct 10 1909 lir lv r P L W Otters OIl rum ro IOU lb tn eI eIf tl u I I I Lish most inOt is I to W b my nY III 1 1 f I 11 00 Iw t br th 01 In b 11 r that your joor our Mit III tI 11 iI b I 1 inert iriM aid d that my h heart art 11 fl b Into 10 tnt a 1 more devoted lA DV r t i lowly r f f c I j I p t my mI remark tn o from the Uti III t fO r 1 14 1 0 J I I uhl nIlI l t 1 7 tn 4 MIt Jesus wHo eto 0 his ii bl disciples ren nl u tat 11 hIm t I S H and AM d take lAke up tip his hk era c rIi 01 V II r will save his hl F r 11 will lose I Ii 1 k 1111 Mke k ke find It Itt i t I I I f I r f T r I l r a Ii man mall profIted n If h nc hii h V r IA r I i hok world anil and Ws hie kt hien e en n i Lii or r what bol shall hall a man mun manI munt I K 1 fr his hi soul ul ulC C t l M ii 11 of t C man mn shall hall cum come In Iti 1 F with his hili hI angels angel r f i i Father r Ith 7 t a r ft n th 1 g giN ii lull inward I rd every ev ry men man mann mani n 1 I works rk in Iii h hd i I 11 k t t r n brief M 11 to h that a 1 t d U i 1 I 4 1 fl i 10 I r waxes IX uncertain Im ImI i lie unsound and an l 1 1 I in 01 everywhere pre nj and nd a man who will wW P Ii nun tUItI IlI 1 1 J 11 oo l must mut believe f j I attention to the Ihl I aJl a t m Ut r 14 Tk t th lJ 1100 t All 11 1 ho Wilt 11 d 41 lurn urn I ft I 1111 I 11 by to hu hui hl h hL plU 11 j i L I IMI h I will a 11 man mn give or u ui i tike m 10 U I Pr r hI hl Ol a fur tui answered by the tha th tI 1 i kuo nu V f fiti a I know n I e Int tut to IU N tl oIO II of Q u would Uld w uc C n 1 11 t 11 u li 1 I II In hi ul In the U lan MI Ui 1 I MB by tty to t 1 have add udd ad l lI 14 I 4 hr tu e inn III td It value Iu enough if r ii tI I il I h T i K f r Ih ln orid 11 1 Nor SOl would 11 rr rn ut to t the thc away awa uC tiC uChI lii hI hit Ml i t vi It I nr or worldly po lIon him hii ItC if f such aue an un unx i if ff i IH b Hi 11 ot t 1 to x T 11 T I hIt with o i u iJ I 1101 h I ii e atto IIo out OUI u i t g OSK I With the coven cove cover CO COt A t r j i in hi t 1 with bargains in ii flit In fl irn In tOt kA in Tt bonds bond trl Id 1 t I v d i ours ourI lv f lt t 1 ii t ii Of f eternal life T U Ii Saints II ln I t i t 1 it I in tut their th r worship kIf t f IP l pi pt on ii of or th Ih ll tr walk 11 haji haa h Iwin IMI tt d i i n fl I hir hII t worship har ler of itt r rh IX t I Io 14 a to I the the h if I r f thai Iha th 1114 s have hv cherished Tho rb J taunts hat h believed hE firmi IU hd i Mi nt on 01 the Ih questions J C e oil II I hI r oun of uC eternal 1 f 01 n uI UK th t he a have had bud their I Ct iMn I i t nc II up III with rt 10 urt i l hien en p j I m rul fo ro fi iu U for rr Mood good morals t f 4 n II 1 P i iii nhip hup hIJ as al s their tiit It H t l I TI It mi I n ll have ha been w 2 j i l I hi iJ i h h Hound N MI u uk d fit utI It down don In InU M U i Mil II r mo t ItO terinA of a t ui La I 11 1 il Hw i nt that thal hi w I MII ul I id jd lip 11 I 41 n ii d 4 for tuti dominion for tor pw tuna it n k fur for herds f nl fbi i lands landsi i 1 11 1 dr ih i nan III yield up U Ills his hI soul loul soult t r n k I n It It full value alue Iu for th the 4 of tum bot 4 in dill ami the Ih transitory till nut f u th iff f I e lived lI cl In lii lent U II i i tn iV kinK king who ruled rull IMP jiP JI l I fn I i ni I d Pt pi of ot II t itt ia of ur r tim him that thaI of all vt It iii ilu mi ti of or tie Ito war wu warr WAt tit t or r tio t t t if I I i i t i life Indulgent In lit Inn litI IiiI n I ii I Ill I u nf f his liis lIi f rii pj i U t he It came eam to tot t H i n ii II wI t philosopher I 1 if h was WAIl not nt I Wi ai Ih g J ort of oC the thu prince 11 11 n l lI I 1 i i i replied M No J I after fter he Iii Is la IsI laI 4 I I 1 l u 18 e rou rosus hv by tin n mo moi m mpr it i pr it pd 1111 captured bv hi h i into rt i I sn l lits r its 1 fi r i b M I overtures for thus the th rl or oC his ilia lioy bo DINt imd hod h hi known the th v lae of hM hIA soul h hiu would have MYe uv 1111 tot for its It rv r 1 loa had bud It U hoen In bondage bonda like Ilk his H hin n who m to In hove h had hada a vi ni for tor the th after life lit would haw j all cli 11 that thai Im hut had he hl possessed an to mh wealth a fr er M n and lUid In addition would woId gladly hasp j up his bill tire lire M U b cin ry for Cur forthe forthe the security ut tiC his bitt tl soul No NCI rikan It In m d rn times tiun or In lit this Church who wh Is I of or the tit Ui which this life and of the thu tit future hopes buttes h which tho go el gIves elves h ii e for fur would fur for a II single Ingle moment any or 1 thing of ot value to lo Induce him hint to 10 barter IJ away 11 wy his hi birthright in the It eternal Kingdom DI or of heaven hven In story there seems mil to lo have Jav h bt hn buon buonone n none one olle man who wIt consciously bargained awRy A hi Ittu hIli soul During his hla hi Incarceration tion lion awaiting the th death lIth penalty he h wul WH told that If it he In a 0 nIght copy a certain code lie Its would bo ho b released II I from his hi Incarceration Inc Ho ito was wa Va furnished with materials and HOI eAt t tout out to 10 accomplish the Ih task tuk lie nIl soon BOOn discovered that the tusk task was W entirely too lengthy for one olle nights night effort Jo lie the hut Mid aid of uC thy the Ih prim int of lie the Pandemonium and received In to his hili hi summons the as all assistance of oC the the bargain was waa wa med made that he would as aa assin slAt sin IH In the lilt copying of oC the code If It the In h monk would promise to lit up UI his hi bl soul The Th bond WH enter entered ed Into I he work worl of coining was a au com corn completed completed anti and the soul of oC this hiM lOor poor be he beclouded clouded monk I from him Here lisie II then In Jn story l III Ic a man who willingly bargained away his iii hI soul for fr the Ihl re ru release r rules lease les 1 of ut his hi flesh tish h Threatened b the tenors of ot the th dungeon dUll und and lid br tr b ho tho tears fears nf of earthly death deth he II uy to a his hI soul voul but It was II aa because doubts like Ilk u If swarm warm of gnats nal clouded Ills blue and darkened hi spirit lI That temptation comp comes com to of ot us u Un In our ocr d dutily ll ni professional bU ss teaching anil otherwise our mind me so engrossed n In Ute the thIngs of ii f thin world u orld L ne u e A Night MI hl of C tile lilt value of oC our souls 1 we welo w lo lucu sight of oC the th Ih value alue aIu of oC endeavor that thai looks look toward the th enriching of oui ph It and nui nt the of it our spiritual horizon horlon ThIu monk he he h doubted the existence of ut a future lift life he hu th thu of oC ii Jod bargained his hi soul lUul for Vol the Ih safety I of tiC e his hi body lootS We are in ii mun butt ant ane In III our ll U ilee x MI un In Inclined 10 lit 0 run after aCtor the Ih ho thee lea of ot till this that we wu up con fou dolI Bly or I I prefer urfer to think the opportunities for ual growth th Ih foi rOl a richer etcher lark laris ei I anti and helter better life lit AVe 8 yield up for tor forthe forthe the if tiC this Ihla da dl day dayall all aU of ot the th lile that I the lIt prophets l have promised to us UI U In providing we e faithfully r ItJI ibid abide the In itu Instructions that have h ha o been gUen to tous toUt us Ut For lor the tho gains h of ot the present we welond II bond lond and mortgage morl our future life IMBECILITY OF iF NEW NE In this Ihla haM slipshod a age e of oC ours men would make religion million as ae a easy M as 8 the thea would multi mak their dally daily dati tusks tuk In Inthis Inthis this lilt age when nhen commercial hysteria I K taken I lon of ot all an our mind minds we t would trade almost our birthright In the th kingdom for a mess In of pottage 1 or for 01 success uce In the material world orld for or In tn the professions or for lur In hailing chasing i some IOme mie other phantom that luau has grown 11 n dear to our h Only Ollir a II new religion has been blell promulgated 1 r nt lIot altogether In I keeping k with lIh the tha ten tn cut of the age ha lus hili lute into oui ouo time tune what witt he lie h cells calls 11 a I new re ru religion ligion 1011 divesting df Uie scheme of oC salva salvation I lion tion of r nil aU of tiC t the es that were well ile doomed me l under the Ibe old forms form By Uy tutu ht theory he lie re ru relieve ruthe lieve U the religion of this era of nf the Ihl obil obligations uund duties dulle that made e that re ru religious life Ills under the d 1 onerous m I desire delre to 10 ill call 11 attention to iL n thought expressed d In tho the lunt laHl Issue of rC if the tl itt Literary Digest OI Mt Referring to th tIui new 11 ri ru I Doctor tOt r says say tn Itu the new nf religion there will trill be no tin In Iii all Its I theory and nd In all 11 l It II tie It will t be mutt com completely na tin A I it wilt will lit 1115 e no lit m tt lInc on an n sort port rt of nf magic or mir mil miracle acle Mc or other violation or r illon to the laws IA of nature It 11 w it III perform no rites 11 use u us no occult ull proof count on no flu n abnormal Interventions of a an l admit m no ton It of sifts gifts ifill by b any n tribe clues class 01 nuts or ot family M of men insult It whether transmitted or r conferred It will admit or ot nc tic sacraments except tho which III the tibi spiritual gr ce Cr r of a cu t m mIt It ft may mar m preserve rites slid anti In th times pact l list t have IM the t of or or effects butt It will lie be I Content with natural ut of such lh With tune ono roke he lie II hAt li sought to 10 sweep wp away a nil of ot the cherished no ut It was a uy III ure II itt during doting H it ee t to have hae listened to he the famous au of oC Abbott on oil olt the Godhead and 1 I remember butt boll well the effect tho doctor hail upon upun 01 the I fe anti and ui religious life lit nf nr th the ther country 0 copies an another another other olber scholar who has ha ox n to him the thet th thirN irN ri nf itt t the tM prop with hut his scholarship endorses a 1 faith that is shadowy Indefinite upil uncertain ami hematite because It II Is shadowy and ami because It Is 15 i uncertain and because It does not re ke require 1 quire loire vigorous believing or vigorous thinking it cannot in lit the th very vet nal ro root of ot things hope bOI that thai men mens lives will bo bu mode unade by h It Il moral morl vigorously virtuous or vigorously anything It seem III entirely Immodest In a IL ayou ayoung you youn young UK man to criticize the Uti work of ot a II aman aman man of oC such uch scholarship and attain attainment ment as a Dr but In view of nf the tI revelations rev which Gaul has h committed d to 10 the th care of ot this ope le I feel tHI no hesitancy In criticising what whal to my III thinking strikes at the hue III vary ey foundation foundation tion of the hI I system that tha t has h grown and endeared Itself twit to 10 you and me Uy fly his bl theory there IK tM no mani manifestation there wee was no ito revelation oC ot God power powel to Joseph Smith no resurrection ur no ito powe In Jesus Christ noth nothing nothing ing In In 11 the promise of the Master Come unto me in ye yv that ar are heavily laden Id and 1 will wIlt give you u ret r l no divine Interposition coming as ell a conte conre quence of earnest prayer there thre hi Cu no visitation lion of lit angels ngel there it iS J no rut receiving ing oC ot strength from Crom a Q superhuman source We Vue e are left without the th alit aid hl nf of that thal strength which cornet comet om from a with a It person 1 allty allt than the personalities that lust we its e fleet maet III In mortality I 1 ask uk saInts Is I that a rt Jt or ot form torm of oC that Is III likely to tn encourage to tu encourage morality to entourage sound ethical thinking and living Uy fly II y his hi theory there was a no nut n enunciation that John Jobu the lie would be born bom no flu enunciation that Jesus Jemis would lie be I burn born i n au temptation tion that sorely 0 tried the tho th soul lOul of Christ ChristAll ChristAll All that savors of ot th the miraculous or the tb to the lilt Unite mind this man with aith a Ii single Ingle stroke of oC the hand would ti and ami destio d 0 and amid with A Ith It must go tie the vry v shrine at V ll hula bus To Tous nil us If itt accepted pled his hili th thor theory or there would be no Hill there would be no temples of ot the living Hod flod there thela would be no sacred er places place fila that have leave en endeared dred themselves to us because of oC the tilt thing that had occurred In tho thosa place 1 I Main to the words oro of oC If belief w uncertain un practise too becomes become unsound l and stid nd Injustices and ml f rl F everywhere prevail at all tilt turns tUniC anti and anda antia a man titan who will do faithfully d must believe firmly Any n ny careful un vu unbiased biased bill observer who has tuI h watched tn I no II s life of or Hi th that Saints 11 from a but have MH loIo viewpoint cannot been d with tutu Ith the th vigor anti vitality of tiC their social life lite Any man maIl manit who it ho has made but a 11 annual OR Iua I ob observation of oC a Mormon Mansion congregation who woo lisa hu seen etl the Ih Infinite of th the Hut people alt all au dow a religious ull work would be tru lr k with wilh Hw the I foo 1111 that o ohu has hu ha d a II to Intel ot t tall all oIl of or 0 and all allkind kinds kind of oC nd all hinds of and lid bol men IN DIVINE IA TION TIO One of or the th allet oll it factors that Hut f Cue 1 i vigorous religious life lit In III this community Is III the nu 10 of ot the hut l eJI f of or the SaW Saints that Oo 00 l 1 dus hili lit mind and alsi lId iv will ivill til to 4 IlLS his children Nothing Ix ha more inure Inherently l III In our mir faith ful In iii our ur On than th Ut the thought that thet God has revealed f that does d iune no reveal revl Jf f anil that God fod wilt will y YM yet t reveal lf to his hi us Rill the and nOlI ties manifest themselves In lit our outu r rH ru n H tou Ufa lit ban nt Muses Moses tn to restore thu th it to birthright he its did U tl it by jy miraculous u l When hell be he sent sant t and Kara sea to II ii rebuild the lie wate wiste P the walls wall tub t a stud ul n rebuild the be he dW Ilk It under II a new fleW nil r v When fK o 4 io tru lod 4 Noah NO Jh os to save ve his bill hi family i and sati n B lIIl t U Ut the e u th with wi a ui race ios h he be r I l that thai to tn Noah 1111 the th lortt Ool will do nothing but bul he Ms Me unto hi his H vII nta the Uw Huoh Is I the tha th of the Old Te lI A VITAL FAITH I Our OH faith NII my nug brethren and ulster is Ie s 11 a vital f faith rUh h bus It requires of lit lM a firm solid fixed faith III In In lit a aol oti w who ho t tH lit CHI of eating hi k lieu An n nd l ms hili I ue approval n It thud lot WM who Is III n Ul bJ of nt snowing Ills his dis disapproval dl di approval for our had d and I ap up tt 1 for tot our virtue I e In tn the tit I 1 rejoice In th the testimony that I of U it him bun come como Into Imo my UI III life that to w me e ns quite ac II aa that ut it me mft as lea many hopes hope and MI as sll roc for growth mi us the many i fo 1 way of ot f J Josti u If I wonder und itt It atthe the showing that tbt Mormon Morn tl sin haP baa matte mail In th UI thu few tw years earH an hut It Ith has h i been n le rt l No N oilier O I faith rUh faithan hu beau shown the vital vitally 1 an Its far as I n ha th it II ly that Iba tins lias I 11 to 10 In Interest int terest t reut tt the v VI vetted rl sl UI iU of ot men It I was ws at t e I 1