Show THE SERVICES SERVICE A t dge ow fleetia bouse on sunday af WHITNEY SPEAKS the spirit of truth that unto truth this earth a school notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather there was an ur unusually large attendance bt the meeting house on sunday afternoon the congregation was waa addressed by bishop 0 F whitney there was an anxiety in his heart he said as to what he should say to this congregation every T V ery day he grew more weary of what was waa medby ter termed by the newspapers eloquence to him there was no BO eloquence without earnestness and truth he trusted that the saints had not come coma merely to listen to the words worda winch be spoken but to profit thereby when joseph smith was thrown into carthage jail ho he asked of ilia hia jailers jailors jai lai lors I 1 I 1 gentlemen do I 1 look like a bad man they answered frankly no mr smith you do not but bat we cannot read the thoughts of your heart no replied joseph but I 1 can read the thoughts of 0 I 1 your hearts and you thirst for my blood it was the spirit saint of truth in him hia heart which gave him this know knowledge ledra joseph smith says that truth is ia a v knowledge of things thinas as they are as they have been and as they will be and this knowledge is only to be coral comprehended pretended pre bended by those who possess tho the spirit of truth that unto all and that is if what the savior meant when he said he be would send unto his disciples the comforter we see but how frequently we are deceived by what we see sea it was not one of the tall erect handsome sons of jesse jessa but the shepherd lad david the spirit of truth told samuel was waa to be king of israel the greatest minds are often deceived A great battle was bein being i fought napoleon apoleon NL had bad escaped from elba eiba and stood before the allied armies of eusope his hia was waa a mastermind master mind but one of tle ile il e causes of his failure that day was that things were ware not as aney appears to him instead of a beautifully rising hill was a sunken road this thia was wa one of the causes which lost I 1 ie a napoleon the battle of waterloo and ana so it is every day of our lives we too often judge a man by the coat he be wears but bat when christ cornea comes to number his hi jewels he will find as many in inaba tha hovel as in ia tho the palace we iho hav been given civen a spiritual mission are fal to our mission lit lif we love the shingi this world better than the spirit heaven if we have the spirit of ti tiu u it will lead us to truth it will shuw sh jw ui thins as they are it will inq arili lr ili vast to our remember anea cd i li furlain curtain from rom our primeval 1 lie e an s teach us why we come to alis car h b ariail d liza raindrops and ne rani drops running back bacic to the mccan from chene e we caeg tha va onu mol lotic god it teaches teach ks us ignat we will event bally bl esom into benna cf gerfe dun even as our father in he avi u we ar are told that christ was wag iu in iho exe exeda ea image ot ills hia father man is 13 mad in boils image aud consequently god must be in the image of n an and yet for centuries after the coming cou ing af the tha son of man it has been taught that god was omnipresent that ile he was waa in the light ortho of the sun in the breeds and in every blade of grass now aai n excellent description of the Spi spirit of god but we take issue with our friend a that thia is ia a description of gd how basit was it learned that man was waa in gods goda image 7 didat did it occur to man or waa it gathered from the reading of the scriptures no ko notwithstanding standing what scriptures sav aay man has bag been lead to believe by tradition that god is everywhere one oab day a boy bo was indu induced cod to go out into the woods to pray to gain knowledge for he ha had read read in the bible he that lackett wisdom let him ass of god etc after d struggle with darene 3 two images appeared above him one of them said to him this is ia my beloved son hear ye him 11 and thus was the truth revealed to mankind it bas bag been expressed by a philo philosopher sepher As man now mcw le ie god once was as aa god now is man may ay become them are some shallow men who assert that time is ia but a narrow bridge the one end testing resting in dark mists and the other in unfathomable shadows is ia the doctrine of cf col ingersoll 1 and there are many devotees of thi this a faith there ere ot others liers professed christians who are arc I 1 little kile better there are some once members of this church who say they haye have outgrown mormonism bat are christian scientists they do not believe that god desires that his afis children should be placed in a world of suffering that all should be bright summer day letus let us examine this Is it reasonable to suppose that we would quit a world where we were poes possessed emed of peace and happi happiness nesa in quest of that which we already had where would be the g gain it in in such a proceeding T wo we came into this world berid to experience contrast contra Et to increase in knowledge that wo we might eventually ra raise ise to the plain occupied by eur father and mother id ia reaven heaven you who suffer remember that for these things you came into this world god will test teat you the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link god will test you in every link to see if you will part I 1 asunder rider or remain firm when joseph smith lay in liberty jail lie he cried unto god to lo know why he came not out hiding place to the deliverance of the eints 9 ints god explained to h him m that these sufferings Buffe rings were but to eive adiv them exper c lence the me aon 01 man descended all that he might arise above all my brethren and si sisters seters look into your own lives and see eee where you learned the most moat was it in the dalce was it with rith the wine cup cap to your lips was it in the midst of pleasure 7 or was it when you were watching beside your dying child was it not when you were bowed down with pain and suffering ring was it not from these experiences that you emerged in strength like the phoenix from Us its what answer can the infidel or the christian scientist make to you we can see sea why the morning state stare shouted together rejoicing over the new found world this school house lor for the spirits to enter eater that they might become like god our brave spirits unencumbered by br this cowardly cowa idly flesh could zee eee what the result would be our duty here is ia to conquer this weak flesh and the reward will be ba ours we know our duty here and tho the worst condee nation that can call bo be passed upon anyone is to know their duty doty and perform it n not 0 elder joseph 13 keeler heeler bore nis testimony to the truth of the remarks of the previous oua speaker sneaker he felt grateful for forthe the privilege of hearing hearin 9 tho teachings of the gospel from timo time to time dine he spoke of the necessity of the work of god being cited in the world by the saints each laboring in his bia or tier her spere there is ample opportunity for each and all ail ofus of us to take part in the glorious glo riona work in anich we wa are enn en the choir rendered a sublime aa anz then lord let us na now thy servants ser vanta de part in peace benediction was pronounced by elder avron tanner |