Show MENS convictions GOD NEVER LEFT alix YET mia TRUE TO THEM remarks by elders C D evans and J B iU ilDer the usual sabbath services of the jesus christ of day in the house on sunday afternoon at 2 0 clock president david john presided the choir sang aty vie ho know the joyful sound still practice what we know prayer was offered by elder S S jones the choir sang again we meet around the board af jesua our redeeming lord the sacrament was administered by ahe bishopric ward ELDES D zenass of salem said we jivoin a time that causes us much and the that are transpiring among the nations of the earth are food foi deep thought the path of the righteous is a thorny one some suppose that we live in a world that the almighty created and after creating it left it to govern itself past history refutes anch a theory ve find jay reading ancient history mata god has always had an events that have taken place upon the earth it is true that the lords pries i hood has not always been here and that even when it has it did not always have control bor nearly the last two thousand years we find that the priesthood has not been conferred on man if we look back to the history of the time since this authority was taken away and examine the condition of the world we will find d singular state of affairs a con cannot help but impress the student with the fact thai god has not leit the world to govern itself the speaker then referred to mohammed and the vast peole who believed in the idolatrous doctrines oct rines he promulgated showing ho hand dealings 0 god with him although teaching a heathen doctrine do crine it has always been the locc of a great man to suffer who teaches doctrine in advance of his time it was this way with mohammed who was an earnest and a true man although there has been much said to his discredit the same as is always said of men who aim at the root of predominant systems religious or otherwise ant god has never left man yet who has been true to his convictions he did not leave mohammed he did not forsake oliver cromwell the protector who did a great work in the reign oi charles birst towards granting freedom to the oppressed people of england he not desert napoleon ho did nob desert washington nor will he desert any man who hasteen true to his conviction yet many of these men have fallen from their greatness and why havo they fallen simply because they lost their earnest and true convictions it is the same with men in the church what causes a man to apostatize T he loses the spirit of god ho becomes negligent to his true and inward convictions neglects his small duties and finally away from the straight and narrow path that leads to life eternal all of us are making history history that will face us at a day when we will doubtless be ashamed noisome our actions the solid rocks have made a history that every geologist can read we are inscribing u history on the rock of time that will never be el laced what kind of a history then shall we write shall it be of good works that will cause the heart to rejoice and the soul jo bound with joy or shall it be a matory pregnant with evidences of our folly that will make the blush oi alame mantle our checks and cause to bow our head all things gays the scriptures ara written by the father how this is lone i know not but there 1 escapes the all seeing eye of not a hair of our heads numbered consequently we need not think when wo do wrong that it is not known by the father he knows all and out of the books me causes to be kept we will be judged then this is a time when we should live our religion there are so many powers around us desirous of tempts ing our fees from the path of rectitude and disorganizing the work of god that we have got to be on the watchtower gazing with a watchful oye tho attacks of the enemy these are not the powers of powder and ball but they are influences that come to us in less tangible shape we have gotto huau a testimony of the truth if we wish to combat these influences fluen ces and it is on account of a lack of this knowledge that so many of the saints fall wo must be prepared in order to place ourselves in communication with our father on high live in a time when men have been permitted to see the triin and Thum mim the broast plato the sword 0 laban the directors or compass that led the way before nephi while in the wilderness traveling to this goodly land the speaker then prayed the blessings of the lord to rest upon the people of god ELDEE jom B had noticed a spirit of among the saints va look at this audience and wa see very few young people in fact the house is not so well filled today to day as it used to ba twenty years ago has the population of provo decreased one half of the brethren who were present the speaker stated bad attended meeting regular sabbath after sabbath year after year then where are those who should be here I 1 remen ibeA prophecy made forty depts ago that stated the time come when would have to walk by the light that was within them when men ordained by god would not be able to tarry with them X V f and we were urged to drink so deep at the fountain of inspiration that wr would not lack the spirit of god when these things should come to ibs we have entered the church of christ 1 can testify to the divinity of joseph smith and that thes lord has commenced to do his work among the nations even as he dietel dieted he would ao we are looking for a time to come when jesus will reign kingoff kings as he now does king of saints we have all taken the initiatory steps in the gospel and some have been recipients of the wonderful manifestations of gods power some have kept the faith haye done what they knew to be right while others have not some have observed the law of tithing and the word of wisdom others ba some have entered ato sacred places and made holy vows while others have not it is true that we should become one but are we preparing ourselves for that unity jesus said in my fathers house are many mansions if it were not so 1 would have told you J go to prepare a place for yen that where I 1 am ye may be also are we so living as to become worthy of an inheritance in these mansions are we laying aside our follies and our weaknesses and conducting our lives so that we may eventually be saved in the presence of god all people of all ages who have not heard the sound of the gospel will receive an exaltation beyond their expectations but we who know the joyful sound are requested to do certain works and unless we do so we never will live with jesus in the mansions which he has prepared for all those who love and serve him we have entered i upon a pathway which leads to the exaltation of the gods how much progress have we made since treading it the journey is before us we have got to travel to its end if we expect to partake of the glory of the father it is true we have had revealed unto us more than we are likely to accomplish but that does not warrant us in neglecting our duty it has been revealed unto us that we if worthy can enter into holy places and there do a work for our dead kindred whereby wo may become saviors upon mount zion will we accomplish this are we endeavoring to accomplish it for a moment ot the greatness of our callings the responsibilities that god has placed upon us the almighty has revealed as much as he has revealed in order to commence this and when his church becomes powerful enough he will have men who will be leaders of the latter day saints prophets seers revelatory revelators men who will be able to lead human beings of every grade of every class step by step from their fallen condi bionto a position so high as to defy oar present description we will receive a reward for all the good we do wo will get just as much fiory as we are able to endure but the question is what are we candidates for for a terrestrial terr estial glory por a glory if so are we working for these glories are we candidates for a celestial glory if eo how many of us have received the celestial law no man can abide a celestial glory who cannot abide a celestial law Monnon ism is a system which embraces all light all truth all intelligence we ail want to receive as much of it as we can we covenanted with god when we were baptized that we would obey Hi swill as fast asit as it was made known onto us the question is have we done so are we not neglecting the will of god and devoting our attention to faultfinding and evil speaking there are many who stay away from their meetings simply because they think someone will preach who will be uninteresting the speaker hen referred to a meeting bed in the early days of provo at which apostle parley P pratt prophesied while under the influence of the spirit concerning the laivo the building of the meetinghouse meeting house which did not then exist the erection of the present stake tabernacle and also that a temple would be built about a mile and a half north of provo which latter item of the prophecy is yet to transpire Dont let us stay from meeting simply because we think someone will preach whose remarks will not be interesting te the choir then sang the anthem strike be cymbal benediction was pronounced by elder evan |