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Show URGES OBEDIENCE TO "AUTHORITIES" j Apostle George F. Richards j Tells Mormons to Hollow-Directions Hollow-Directions ol Leaders. j Servlcea in the tabernacle yes.erda were in connection with the Quarterly conference of Liberty stake. HukIi J. Cannon, president of that stake, presided. pre-sided. The congregation whs addressed by Apostles GcOrgC F. III. hards, Hy- runi M Smith and Ueber J. ;rani in the order named Slder Rlcbarda b discourse was based on the thirtieth verse bf the tenth chapter chap-ter of the gospel Of -St .Mark, wherein Peter said: "fjo, we have loft aji and have followed Tot e," To which Jesus answered: ' Verily I say unto yon. thero la no man that hath left lions.-. r,r brethren, breth-ren, or sisters, or lather, oi mother, or wife, or hlldron, or lands for my sake ami the gospel's but ho shall receive an hundred fold now In tWa time, houses, and brethren and alstera and motbera and children "id land-- with persecutions, persecu-tions, and hi the world to come eternal llfo.-- It wns necessary wid Bidet Kleh-srda Kleh-srda to Impress upon the bgethren u a i..!e i hat they should live their re. llglOU and ine.Hl their llmr, talent and money a Ihej mdj be directed bj those in authdrlty. By precept atai example voi. m.-in and woman should be a teacher Of men. In temporal affairs men vvill Invest where the;, can recelvo the rceateci retuma on Lhelr capital (in Spiritual matters they should bo quick lo Invest Iheir all. if they were tnorougbis converted and if their faith well established. In aomething iiuit was to return them blessings of an hundred hun-dred i"oid in this life and eternal Life In the world to come. Sternal life. ;,e said, did not mean io llv p thin carl hi v Ufa forevcri but In th life of worlds to come. Nothing short of i-ompleic obedience and faithfulness would secure the blessings Of an hundred f,,,i and eternal life, he concluded. rider Smith drew a comparison b-tween b-tween the Hibie .-,,. i the l-:ook or Mormon. Mor-mon. t:.o bimo. ;,o said, was a. compilation com-pilation of the political a'l.j religious history his-tory of the east(.n world and Ihe writings writ-ings of the earl prophets, through Who i, C:,i,J spoke to hl.S peopl.-. Those prophets predicted the coming of Christ. The p.. mk of .Mormon was also political aiifi religious history of grenl and mighty people who lived on tne western hemisphere. Ii ,re the panie relation to these people thai 'he Bible bore to the Israelite. The TW.i 0f Mormon he SSJd had been transhit-d bv r,e poor and gift of God and was true i Ti.i contained no errors. Cider Oram b..re his testimony to the divinity of tho work in which the r.ai-ler-da Saints are engaged. tit ro- folced In the financial and Spiritual progress of the church, and further rejoiced re-joiced that prejudice and animosity was dying OUt and that the people v , re be-In: be-In: heiter understood. |