Show PIONEER STAKE IN CONFERENCE Quarterly Meeting l e Is Addressed Addressed Addressed Ad Ad- dressed in Tabernacle b by Y James E E. E Talmage SALVATION HIS THEME THEl Declares Rewards in ill Hereafter Hereafter Hereafter Here Here- after Will Win Be Graded Not All l Stand Alike M That nJ all men are aro not equal In salvation salva salva- tion and that men aro are re rewarded or orI condemned In 1 tho the hereafter according I to their earthly deeds was tho the sentiment senU senti- ment expressed h by James E. E yesterday J ayi a afternoon noon at tho the Mormon H Tabernacle The Tho meeting was waR a continuation con con- M of the quarterly conference o the Pioneer stake tle TU may erato faith one or an- an othet othel M said saki Mr Ir hut but we must face face- the tho fact tact that conditions for ad id- id mission to tho the kingdom of ot God Cod have hl been especially prescribed Dont Don't think V that your our namo narno and nd standing In the church will insure your our salvation It It was teas shown to tho the prophets that there thero aro are gradations provided e for tor the tho souls of men the celestial being the reward of or those who have been faithful to the Lord and ud tho the terrestrial salvation salvation salva salva- tion for tor those who have denied dented the tho Holy aho Ghost Ghost- t. t Tho The sons of perdition lion will be com consigned Inell to the companionship of or the devil and his angels All except those who have denied Jesus Christ shall be he saved an and the others shall Ishall go so to their punish punishment ment Not ot all alJ who aro are saved shall bo be ve A saved a alike 0 Tho The highest degree of or salvation Is that which has lias been heen earned b by exaltation an and It is attained only by hy those who have been valiant for God and not b by those who have hao been negatively ch Food or who have done no wrong wong or because they tho have ha been too laz lazy to do ItO anything anything- p particularly Rood good oo The They receive of His glory but not of ot Ills His J s sUU fullness ess Their reward i is terres terres- I trial and not celestial In tho the kingdom I I ot of God The inhabitants of the terrestrial world arc are saved sayed from perdition Those who have not accepted Christ are thrust down Into hell heU eventually to bo be saved Raved but out what Is Js their dc degree of ot salvation salvation sal sal- compared comparo with that of tho the high high- highest est ot status When hen man has nas paid to the uttermost farthing for tho the sins which ho he has lias committed ho he shall be bo admitted to his degree dog of oC salvation administered by an angels ls but where Go God an and Christ Is Isho ho cannot come La Lay hold of eternal life Ufo and strive to enter at t tho the straight gate while It Is open Lay hold of the tho opportunities ties and privileges of ot this life for they shall not always bo within our reach an and the reward beyond will be commensurate com- com with tho the life as we live it t here All Men lien Equal All All men are equal before beCore the law lawand lawand IWand W I and In tho the opportunities of life but not In the tho manner in which the they make malo use of their opportunities In our om mor ante tal state we may have been- been equal but many of ot us were noble and strong and arid capable Go God has mado made leaders rulers leaders rulers who are not known to fame tame Some men are arc chosen because of their theft groat- groat nes ness some sonic because of their bulk hulk and others because of their quality an and at attainments attainments attainments at- at but only tho goo good are aro groat grent In character Somo come men wore groat 1 groat and noble before the they were born borm l If If men are not equal in character and attainment on earth why do you ou say say the they will be bo equal In the hereafter Wo We sa say the grave Is 18 a great grent leveler but the grave only covers tho the mortal bod body I grant that all dead dea bodies are alike aUke but tho bod body Is not the man Wo Yo were not equal In tho the mortal ante-mortal world wo we are not equal hero here and wo shall not be equal In the hereafter Boond Bo- Bo yond ond the tho grave there will win be a cation It will Ul not be according to what weve we've got but according to what we are arc There will be some who will develop as ns gods and attain the celestial world and others who will develop for tor forthe forthe the terrestrial world Lay hol hold on eternity while the opportunity lasts |