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Show TJIE MOBXIXU Here Is the Place REPLY MADE BY ELDER BLUTH EXAMINER: men: goeth before the face of him a ho altteth up. n the :hr..ne, aad and executetta a'.l slung. :m.1 He roniprehenderh all thing all things are before him. and all things are round about him: and he t above all things, and in ail thing, and ia through all thiuga. and Is round about all things: and all thing air by him. and of him. even God. for ever and ever." Another revelation given iu the tear 1843: WHY ANY MAN SHOULD YIELD TO WILL OF ANOTHER. there m Grocery lt ' you waal Verily I Bay Unto You That Which Governed by Las is Preserved by Las." d Line. We Have a shipment of the beat grad of Herrin la email kega and (Continued from June 28.) kind that Bella tooa. Ha alaa Had-licLet ue then take up the other part W- - .elect White Flak. Flnnaa Kippered and Smoked Salmoa of ihe subject. Is it consistent with man's full and complete freedom of ad Salt Mackerel. SOTH PHONES conscience, of conviciluu, of thought, of action that he should yield his will to another? Why did the Saviour vleld his will to that of his Father Because hie Father was all wise, had all knowledge, had all wisdom. He had AYE. WASHINGTON 2364 proven that God knew ell thing. He loved him end It had become a fixed habit with him to will to do what his Father willed, and that he diligently Gert'a Planaa. Bum ought to teach to the children here on earth. He had every confidence in Brea. Nawmaa Organa. the power of God. We have full confidence In God. We believe he Is all merciful, he ia righteous, compassionate and desires our welfare and we therefore, H. C. WARDLEIGH that no law la givenbelieve, by God except that K has for its ultimate end, not hie glorification, but our own salvation. Now, if we believe that, it immediately follows that when a law ia given, we should be willing to obey it, PIANOS because It will bring us the desired result. This layman declares an alaolute ORGANS AND MUSICAL truth here when he says that obedienoe to law is liberty and salvation, and he ahowa It plainly in a beautiful illustraMERCHANDISE tion. Let ua ask where he obtained that Information? Of hia own wisdom, of his own Intellect, of hia own reaBaa-Job- , Hound, Guitars, Aeeordaoua, son? No doubt they helped out, but Strings. after all la said and dune, that Intellect, that reason Is the gift of God and Latest Publications of Sheet Music. he cannot call It hia own, and that very Intellect bee been elded, helped Bee the Wonderful Pipe Organ. and strengthened by what he has learned and he hsa learned some i end still dlnga to it. Let me 2371 Washington Avenue. read you of something which was ' spoken thirty years before hia birth OGDEN, UATH. by the prophet Joseph Smith, In a revelation received from Jesus Christ himself: And again, verily I aay unto yon, that which la governed by law la alto preserved by law, and perfected and sanctified by the same. "That which breaketh a law, and abldeth not by law, but apeketh to become a law unto Itself, and wlllelh to lOCUMDANO DEFENDED. " OfMWtU.IJfMrt abide In sin. and altogether abldeth in IfMMpBlt ArUitf Frsa iJrloo. bow to Mii plwn, P4b BMwb gin, cannot be sanctified by law, neithwmiMfte. IN all countricb. er by mercy, justice, nor JudgmenL Umlaut Hrrct mJi Without . Hmt, muuf ami tfitm titpmtntf. Therefore, they must remain filthy Hi Pride Elded u. iite l T. B. Evans & Go. GROCERS e. m . . lnMunt UmbI Mteneif.MklBeeMUaea, WaSNINOTON, D. C. hM Writ, oreoM Berlin, Jan. 28. Following the Kaiser victory nt the polls, the announcement la made that Germany will shortly have In readlneea five shipbuilding yards where battleship of the largest class can be constructed. At Kiel warships of 25,(00. tone and ito feet in length will be still. "And all kingdoms have n law given. "And there are many kingdoms; for there Is no apace In the which there la no kingdom; and there la no kingdom in which there la no apace, either a greater or a leaser kingdom. ."And unto every kingdom la given a law; and unto every law there are certain bounds also and conditions. "All being who abide not In thoae conditions are not Justified. "For Intelligence cleeveth unto telligence; wisdom receiveth wisdom; truth embmceth truth; virtue loveth virtue; light cleeveth unto light; mercy hath compmaalon on mercy, and clalmeth her own; Justice eontinueth iti oourae, and clalmeth Its own; Judg- In- "Whatever principles of intelligence attain unto in this life, it will rise with u in the resurrection. "And if n persca gains more knowledge and Intelligence in ihl life, through his diligence and otiedieuce ami another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come. There is e lew, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of thia world, upon which all blessings are predicted; "And when we obtain any bleaaing from God, It la by obedience to that law upon which it is predicted." So we agree upon that point. But let me quote one further passage from hie remarks, after having shown how law worka; "Obeying the lew of steam, men ha an engine. . . . Obeying the law of speech, he has eloquence., Obeying the law of sound thinking, he has leadership." Then hf aay a: "Nature loves paradoxes, and this is her chief paradox - he stoops to wear the yoke of law, because a child of liberty, while he who would he free from God's law wears a ball and chain through all his years. That la Moraionlsm. We absolutely agree with him, that he who lives tiod's law becomes the child of liberty. While there are paradoxes In nature, there ure also paradoxes in the gospel of Jesus Christ. A paradox Is that which la contrary to conceived opinion and still true, end this le one: The moment you yield yourself to the restraint of law, you become free- - He aay that here, end that doctrine ia true. Bo then It la possible to yield to law but still he free? Well, why not, if 1 ia possible to yield your will to God and become free? And If to God, why not possible to yield your will to the men whom God hsa appointed and commissioned to speak fur him? Ie there in the pages of sacred history e single place where the message of God did not come through some man and if you wanted the message f God you had it through that man? Ton aay you don't believe In yielding obedience to a man, but only to the law, end fur Heaven's sake where do you get your law? Thie men says: From the essence of the wisdom of the wise men of ell ages. I aay, no: the only giver of law that exists le God himself end we, taking his law, seek to prepare laws for ourselves, for our own social organisations and our own government! In the earth. If He le the giver of law, we must acknowledge it finally to Him. When yon yield yourself obedient to that lew, you are practically yielding to that whtrb le the production of one man, not from his own power, but because he draws It from God. That la, If God calls a man and commlulona him with a message to hie people and gives him certain laws to give to that people, by which they shell become free, doesn't it follow, paradoxical aa It is. that when yon yield your mind to the will of that man. It makes you free? Doesn't It follow that this la aa clear aa the paradox in nature, that by yielding yourselves to law, yon become free? Not by being a law unto yourselves, but free! Free from the results of Ignorance, from the result of prejudice end error, free from the results of false traditions, free In the sense that you will to do everything that la true. If that man be God's mouthpiece and he speaks God's words and I yield to It, does that nun become the master of my conscience or of my srlll? Not my any manner of we e vIlfTEB2fj:ZZO TUB PMHO tBy CLajszmz J.JRzmnr CosrBiGirr Erjr.J.GEirjmir t OGDEN, UTAH, mean. Do you meaii u .i. j(pr-I!.: .if ;M frph F. Smith. church, rules m cuiisim, u, tii'auv yitld to the ft if horny ,:i.l pr;ctu,,.ii! - b- -it l : . 1 i' ig - e man-mad- t :..irci:m:ie .',1 i ha: ti!,.:c!' I :ba: he b:t receive.! tr..n: God? O that President Shtir:.? .,r t' F. or N. C. Klyg:irr. hi c..uit rs, or James Winlitrjp.uui. i,.v bi!i op. and consequent l iu Mipcrioi in a mure limited rapacitt. i.n: rn. u.i conscience, because of hr f iri I . f G.ni ;iml lit them as servant . l (in.) You are the one and it is my will to vtri.i it brings nte g'.vaicr jo; exaha-tinn- . " it progress and nd .ip.t-n.riIt ridiculous to make the is one of the paradox? of Mormon im. i yle.d myself to to n.,t:i called n uf God." The moment I ' wll! to 'God's to God. 1 become 1 lielaw end by that ten t cosne free, because 1 lit? that which will make me free. evil. Salvation ia escape fi.-tlaw 1 know, the more chance I I have to escape. When lue ail law I esceite all evil. Then tin aivation ia perfect and complete; - u.si folios. Now then, is it tigh- to ay that we a'c in bondage tu ri ? ljuiei-Da- v Saints smile at the .mrrilou. We might as well say that the eagle that soars is In bondage What care he for that accuaation. lie ha the freeYou may as well dom of the air! say that the prisoner aim baa racaped from the dungeon and is roaming the fields in freedom, evert moment getting further away. Ut iill in prison, because the Jailer discusa over a pot of beer how safely they have that prisoner in the dungeon What cares he for their laughter, tbeir glee? He le free! We are exactly in ihe anic position. Having accepted the truth, been made free, all muuuing to the contrary. We are as free a people as God has ever made. Our consciences are free. Ye, even the very thing that seems to hurt, our vui. la free. ljt me take another little paseare that he quotes here, before I pass on to one more point. "We have the immortal declaration, which declare that man was created free and eqtiaL Where thus It is God's gift to man. Joes he get that immortal declaration that we were created free end equal" It seems to me that 1 have read that, that I have heard that statement every Fourth of July in the opening clauses of the Declaration of Independence; a patriotic, a loyal, a ainoere document It la. but yet the very apostle of freedom, whoee efforts are held worthy of a Cicero or a Burke, that very apostle of freedom, when once discussing buncombe in politics, declared to me: "Why, even the Declaration of Independence opens with piece of buncombe; because at the very time they declared that all men wera bora free and equal, they were holding the negro race in slavery." U ia not true to begin with, never was true; they are not created free and equal. The very circumstances, conditions, surroundings under whlcn they are born, the very environment In which they are placed, are entirely different Why, even In this enlightened centugr, even during the pat week, that guest Ion has been diacnaaed In the senate and the contrary view held." We ere bora with equal rights to advance and progress to freedom In that aenie We are all born free and equal. But to return to this Immortal dec la rat Inn where do we gel It? Why, e from a document, yet this man aya that h ia God'e gift to mat). A document given 130 years ago, by man, denying the right of man to dictate in spiritual or in aay other matter to any other man, and yet that declaration la taken aa God's gift to man? Logical, isn't It? Reasonable , consistent ? While I am on that, I wish to aay one thing the very man I mention here, who spoke of this sentiment as rcj-oni- J WEARY TUESDAY, t ar;ii.-:- i ri l!uT. 3 aa this Frank .1. a.:1!; i,. ,:llie ,,f ihe jcrai.d hat ) hate ever received. it-- botnet 1 vr t,i lie in m sx.:ujit -. 2, intj ,hman.to lute a source u:' tn. ir t :u.r. c'';iite. dealing; be . n-- r want : in. Jay to that an.! t,i thank him lor t!ic iri.t'-ithat be taught me. 1 wr us.,H'.ted w'rh him possibly aa ix.n'iK. a!i:i utnv iu1 iti.H 1 pub-licl- as most ) maq, worked received from , ht:n f--t I lit . hi;-mut that which la u tuv micJ. gr:;i.il u;:J glo-toof receiving l; thi from hint. I learned to honu". repert and esteem him. ye. I learned ! Live him and so diu that alteciUiu go into my being that ! ha no- been entirely ro.it ed ni.t even ui thi- - day. though my whole soul revolt at the course he Is now taking m what he once held tiur. How-- m.-- that have been b rn under such favorable circum-atance- ., have such a light a he has seen, cau pok11iIv get Into that condition of utter darkness la piyater ious. The Saviour did aay at one time. In explaining the light that le in them and how they should car for It: The light of the body la the eye: If. therefore, thine eye be single, thv whole body shall be full oT Ugh;." if your eye be single! Iu what? In doing the will of God It cannot be any thing eie. "Hut if thini- eye he evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If. therefore, the light that ie In thee be darkness, how guest 1 that darkness." Here la a man, born in a parenmgo which it ia an honor even to ni. niton, bom under the covenant, under the power of the priesthood, with exceptional talents, well trained sud school rd and with wtnderful opportunities, aud with the knowledge and testimony of the truth of the guepel. The very teaching he gave me waa that of toy alty te my oonntrv, loyalty to (tod. loyalty to the leaders of this church and thia kingdom, loyalty to them and to the cause. I cannot betray hia confidence, or I could show you let ter iha. would convey that verv teaching In all its purity; yet see the condition of darkness that he now How ie this possible ? I do not know, unless 11 le explained by this, that, the truth must be lived to make one free. Now then, aa to ihe Latter-DSaints, bringiug It right down to a local application, how can we make It consistent with our freedom, our liberty, to obey the will of our spiritual leaders? Why does thh pet u Into bondage? We have learned this, that God bee revealed himself; he has spoken tit truth, he hae given It to maa and that man baa given It to hie people. As we desire to live law, recognizing the fact that lew and truth err alianat synonymous. In this sense we deelre to learn all truth, and therefore are willing to yield to him. that wa may receive ft of God, end escape ell the traditions, falsehoods and error in the world. But then la on thing that seems to escape the observation of the world, end I do not wonder nt It, because It la eo difficult to understand. We do not entirely yield our wills freely to the heeds of the church, or to our file leaders, In the blind obedience suggested by thoee oppneed to na. Have yon forgotten the Saviour said st the time He wee upon the eerth: "If any men will do Hia will, he shall know the doctrine, whether I speak iff God, or whether I speak of myeelf." What doe this Indicate? It Indicates that ell that le necessary le to live God'e taw In the extent It la given to ua, and there la a ontmunlratlnn established between that individual and God wl-- him for year attv nil .! us Re-c:i- ', p - fc-e- - a 'it they it iisi-.r- of communication If they receive a otu me--a;- Thev ran tin thar sin its !ruitifulns atul. if . timi i: - If tltey find true, obey reject it; anil tha: fais It- tho spirit t.f Gmi that c?nte unto cwr man a u.l every Latter Day Saint that 'I'- - the light that is given nnti ltnt. Ynen ht- - r revive a message, hr cau go !uu his secret chamber and sup- purate i':c UirJ and test for him.-e- l: ihe truth or faulty of the message Bui every Ixti'cr-DaFaint must see to it t.uit the ei'mnmnlraHon is not iuterraptnl, . b t it is perfectly free, bat tiou,- of the sires are grounded, that t: one Is tapping the wire and taking right mesaage and sending the wr..ng me. his a delicate instrument and ihe uuly way that communication cau be kepi pure and unintera to assure a true message rupted. is by living the truth that God baa given him. by living a righteous Ilfs, by making himself amendable ic the will of God. The Bearer he does that, the mure surely will the communication be oiten. uninterrupted and accurate. The further assv he lives from that, the lews taw be live, the greater the degree of Imperfection In that instrument. The more taw he live, the more audible i the message ou that instrument. So men can be misled by whai the) think Is Hi spirit of God, through ut having lived his McCasky Accounting Register . - YourAcco nt Cannot Go wijtig. We Use this System. Pickett Grocery Co. BOTH FHONEB 177 2344 Washington Avenue. taw. But let met tell yon the spirit of Goil le a natural proposition, there ta nothing mystical about it. While a natural taw. ft le as yet beyond our comnatprehension. but, becaue it j ural taw. it le not incomprehensible; therefore, it works in a natural way. 1 can eluiw you this by Illustration. You find in st tempting to send a current of electricity through a wooden banister, that the wooden banister is a You substitute a copper w Ire and you have a conductor which afford passage for the current and ooaveye the ruoasag. Borne souls, iu a figurative sense, are wooden banisters they are nonconductors of the spirit of God, and consequently can receive so message. If by a chemical process you could change the wooden banister to n cupper wire, you would have n type of the process by which eonl can be changed into souls that will receive the impress of the spirit? that process ia the living id the light aud knowledge that hsa come to them. Therefore, when' we live the light sud knowledge that lias come to na, ihe promise of ihe Savior la fulfilled; we know the doctrine and we have no hesitaney in yielding our alleged Mind obedience lo ear spiritual leader. By tbe doing of that will, then, we become frou; sre are out of bondage and not in bondage. Yon may say, "How does thie apply to Joseph F. Smith? I do not believe that he la a prophet of God." That, of course, la a question ef the truth of hie message end a maa must fake the conaeqnenoee of Me belief or disbelief, aa has been the oeae with every prophet that has ever lived, and wee ease wth the Savior himself. How the they u know hia divinity? By dulng the will of the Father. It ta, therefore, a safe proposition tn aay that a man oaa yield hia will to another when it le supplemented by a message from God, without any danger of bartering sway hia freedom, or trammeling or etnltlf.ring himself, and that ia what the Latter-daSaints are dulng, whether or not tho wor.ld eo views IL The world cannot understand this, bnranae they consider It oollahueei. Haul and Peter In ihelr day declared that the preaching of the gospel was foolishness to the wlee. hlmaelf. Let me rend yon a message that I rommunl-eatloI testify to you that that consider at tbia parhas been ratabllidied between ticular very applicable point. Paul, writing to the God and hie children who have sought calls attention te the to live hie truth. They nred not de- Corinthians, pend entirely i.pon their file leaden, heesuse they have already proven that (Continued on Page Seven) n Do Your Trading Where They Employ THE..... y OUR BOLE AIM IB TO please end profit aua we do it with 2&e dishes for 5c. 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