| Show 0 FIGHTING GODS TUB consequences THAT HAVE ALWAYS ATTENDED IT tho alf marks by elder K G maesar the usual sabbath services of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints vero held in the meetinghouse meeting house on sunday afternoon at 2 president david john presided the choir sang israel israel god is calling calling thee from lands ot oe prayer was offered by elder jorgen hansen the choir sang 0 god the eternal faglier Fat lier who dwells amid the sky the sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the first ward ELDEB JOHN WOOD SOUSE of lehi referred to the injunctions contained in the doctrine covenants that the servants of god should treasure tie asure up knowledge so that when they are called upon to address the saints the holy spirit of god might bring forth words of life to the edification of his people we often here it stated that history repeats itself and we can verily see it to be the case in this day in the chapter of mathew commencing at the verse we find the following jesus saith unto them did 3 e never read in the scriptures the stone which the builders rejected the same has be corne the head of the corner this is the lords doing and it is marvelous in our eyes therefore say I 1 unto you the kingdom of god shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof and whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken but on whomsoever it shall fall it will grind him to powder and when alie chief priests and pha rises had heard his parables they perceived that he of them but when they sought to lay handa on him they feared the multitude because they took him for a prophet there are no classes of humanity exempt from the consequences of fighting against the kingdom of god neither the rich the mighty nor the strong all are included in these sayings of the S alvior the on y safety we can claim is to not be bouno under the stone the jews did not believe that jesus was the son of god the messiah the holy one for whom they had been waiting but this did not affect the truth of the matter he was the redeemer of the world the corner stone whom the builders had rejected the jews however persecuted him and finally crucified him when he was arraigned before pilate he was found to be without guile and no accusation was substantiated pilate while on the judgment seat received a word of exhortation from his wife stating that she had been troubled in dreams regarding the innocence of jesus and advised her husband pilate not to have anything to do with his trial pilate called for water and washing his hands in it said to the jews who were assembled that he washed himself clear of all accusation the jews cried out let his blood be upon us and our children did this act of pilate entirely release him from the responsibility lity of the saviors death not at all but he fell upon the stone and he was broken the same also with judas iscariot were the jews any exception to the rule not by any means forty years after tho death of christ nero the roman emperor at the head of the roman army against and killed the people and destroyed the city they were crushed to powder under the fall of the stone thus we see how in those days the words of the savior were realized and inas much as history repeats itself we may look for a repetition of such scenes of persecution against this stone or kingdom of god john the revelator Kev elator in his visions upon the isle of patmos saw a time when the manchild priesthood would bo received into the heavens and also who it would be revealed again wo know that there was an actor the death of the savior and that the priesthood was taken from the earth wo have the testimony of joseph smith the prophet and other holy men that in this day the gospel with all its blessings and privileges had been restored in this ago of the world and the manchild the priesthood has been given again to man the atone was thus started rolling and wo might enumerate many distinguished persons of the world who have come in its way and who leave been ground to powder among these we find judge drummond stephen A douglass general johnson and others god has said that no weapon that is formed against zion shall prosper and any hand that is raised against thee shall como to naught and verily it is truo ELDER KATL G referred to the importance of the dispensation in which we are living we are not here to judge tho world and pass upon their actions god is tho judge and he will mote outto out to them their since the of noah men have transgressed the laws and grod will hold them to account if then judgment shall overtake who have raised their py hand to stay the progress of the little stone cut out of the mountain without bands what will be the part of those who have violated their covenants who have gone down into tho waters of baptism taken upon them the name of christ and then have turned away from the fold it will not do for us to sit in judgment upon the actions of those who do not believe as wo beli ovo for we ourselves are liable to be overcome and become worse than they the kingdom cf god will stand and will fulfill its destiny prison bars bavo not stayed its progress the scaffold or the gallows have not caused its growth to cease but slowly yet surely the stone is filling the whole earth grinding to powder all those who run against it vo should thank god that we have been choran to bear hia holy name and live in this important age but do not let us become vain ed because of these glorious privileges but rather be humble and prayerful and watch our every move that we do not and fall by tho way has it never occurred to us brethren and sisters that we have given way to tongue talk to against the priesthood against arin caples revealed from heaven i arr f f that are true in spite of governments in spite of philosophers ana great men of the earah let us keep from the path of the rolling atone ahat is bounding down from the mountains lest we be ground to powder with the rest let us not flatter ourselves with the idea thair god is only going to bring the wicked let OB not sit all day and fondly imagine that we are better than man land and that therefore we are secure let us gird on the armor of christy and grow in knowledge and in the love of god let us be care ful let us not assume a spirit of glorification rifi cation and judgment but let us say wibb the publican as of be merciful to me a sinner if we do this the gifts and the blessings of the gospel will be with us sickness and death will leave us the angels of god will be aroun dus and our enemies will stand aghast for there will be a power in israel that bring to naught the evil machinations of I 1 the destroyer may god strengthen us in aur faith and unite us in love and charity that we may be prepared for the redemption of zion the choir sang the anthem lord wettest thod thy servant depart la peace benediction by president jacob gates |
