Show CHilDREN NHi H SHOULD f RECEIVE T TEACHING Parents Urged to Impress Upon Them Principles of the Gospel INFLUENCES NECESSARY TABERNACLE SPEAKERS APPEAL TO FATHERS AND MOTHERS Appeals to the fathers and mothers of the Mormon church to teach their children at home the principles of the gospel and to devote theIr time to lay layIng laying layIng Ing up stores storO in heaven rather than ac nc tho things of this earth were made in sermons delivered by Elder Eider Thomas Hull and Apostle Rudger Claw Clawson Clawson Clawson son at the regular service at the Tabernacle yesterday The service service ice was presided pre over by Apostle An Ap Anthon thon II H Lund of the first presidency of the church Elder Thomas Hull the first speaker consumed the greater part of crt the time tImo allotted to the service He lie said in part The Mormons believe that little by little the faith that Jesus taug it and the tiLe doctrines that his disciples promulgated gated were departed from and were lo lt t in the early days das of the church of godli godliness godliness may have had a form ness but they denied deniel the power there thereof of f The Mormons teach to the world that in the latter days das the prophesy of John the Baptist where he saw sawan sawan an nn angel flying in the midst of the 1 avens with the everlasting gospel tas ras been fulfilled They believe that this message came cameto to the Prophet Joseph Smith a boy bo who lived on this continent and that God revealed Himself and His son san Je and taught KUS ius Ii us Christ to that prophet Mm the principles of the everlasting f This Thill is the same gospel which was taught In the beginning of the hu human human human man race to Adam and to those who succeeded him Jesus Brought Message When Jesus came to the earth he message the same brought the same gospel and taught men just them thorn viat the Mormons ms are teaching Mormons believe belleve and teach today tod The that faith in God and in Jesus Christ i Hi son ton is necessary for their salva salvation tion We Ve teach and believe that the thel of i l of men are the children is father than we God nd that God our dwelt VIt with Him before ve e came caine to this earth that lIe He has placed us here that which those thase experIences P we ive might gain mortal life We e emay can be gained by Him loyalty and aDd our to our nun may prove Him that Integrity We Te may prove to and discard evil evilA evile will choose good we WI W when God sent us here A We e believe that our agency HE Hr gave us accepted Him and Jesus ca ne some His teachings others denied S it is In the latter days dayl some accept Smith and others deny him himIn himIn himIn In brief these are the first prIn prIne of the repentance ciles irles e l by immersion and the la layIng ln on of f hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost sabbath after Sabbath we WO meet in assemblies and partake of the sac sacrament mir aur emblems of the body and the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ When we partake of this sacrament we wit are willing to God that we unto ne J ies ES s take upon us the name of His son and ana remember Him This means tuat everything we do should bo be for fr forthe forthe the glory of the Lord and that at all times we are His witness Teaching of Mormonism I This is the teaching of Mormonism i tins this is the mission of Mormonism among men Misrepresented through we weart weart art arc misunderstood though the people cf ef God are yet their mission among luon is to uplift and to teach righteous Iss to all the world 1 I believe there is everything to en encourage encourage courage us God has made known to tous tous us that we are His people and that U it 1 is I our destiny to return to Him and In His presence forever provided we wc keep His commandments We Ve are taught that we will WUl share with Him glory ory and power that we will wUl be gods even cen the sons of or God GodIt GodIt It lt is the duty of every father and andi i other ther in Israel to surround the chil chilt t 1 en n in their homes with the spirit of oftie ofU tl U tie e gospel and the influence of the Lord Ird These parents should set before children an example of righteous righteousness ness and humility Clean hands and hearts should be in every ever home in Mor m If It these conditions c do not ex ax exist axt 1st t the heads of those families are fail failing ing in their duties This is a 8 fast age when things move great rapidity Men are absorbed in It business enterprises and in the tho of great projects Too busy do some of them become that they taU fall to teach their children the way wayt t c Ef lifo life and salvation These children too often are left to the care of those outside of the family They forget to take their children and gather them around and teach them the principles of the gospel I 1 sometimes think luat tuat our modern B steni tern of education Is responsible for our car girls and boys departing from the teachings of the parents The tendency tf cf f the child chUd following modern teach teachings teachIngs ings is to look up to the teacher as alii the tue embodiment of all wisdom and I quite often the Influence of the par parents I IE E is lost I would not disparage the work worle of the teacher but I would have both parent and teacher work more mOTe moreIn moreIn In conjunction In the education of the child Apostle Clawson Speaks Arouse 0 O Ye Mortals an anthem was Vas rendered In the choirs usual pleas pleasIng pleasing pleasIng Ing manner following which Apostle Rudger Clawson was called to the stand He lIe said In part One of the great groat sins of this age and of all other ages is the tile sin of covetousness There Is a tendency among men everywhere in the world to seek after gold and silver slIver and the theT T things of the earth This coy cov covetousness co ness borders very closely closel on idol idolatry atry ary lr We Ve are warned in solemn words against the evil of covetousness We Weart art nr told that if It we will vill seek first the Kingdom of God and arid His righteousness ri roll other things will be added unto us Other things are necessary to our wel wet welfare fare but they must not come first ard we must not set our hearts on them for where our faith Is there will our heart be also We learn from the revelations of God that the spirit and the body con constitute constitute constitute the soul Roul of man and the resurrection is the redemption of the soul The spirit alone is incomplete the body alone Is Incomplete it takes both to constitute the soul saul of man The great and object of life is to work worle workout workout out the redemption of the soul |