| Show SUNDAY SERVICES Elder leI the Speaker at the Tabernacle Yesterday Religious services were held In the Tabernacle Sunday Tabrlce ay February 2 1SPJ commencing a 2 p m P I rctJdent Angjs M Caunonprcsid ng ngThe The choir and congregation mngt U av Him a foanditiee r a ttlnU ot the lord J h laiiJffrrcurlnUi la Ills excellent or Prayer by Elder Wm C Dunbar Tho coIr gang the hymn commencing I com-mencing I know UM BedMcet IITCI Wht Con Ms Sweet tenicncc gtntl The Priesthood of the Sixth Ward officiated In the administration of the Sacrament COUXSELOK CHAS W 1EXKOSE was called t address the ngr Uon I gave him great pleasure to met with tho Saint to worship worip Got and he earnestly desired that the Holy Slrit would inspire him in responding t the call made on lllm t speak to the peonlS Ho read from St Matthew vii I 12 Judge not that yo bo not judged For with what judgment ve judge vejudg I y shall b judged and With what easnre yo mete I shall b measured I y la mear t yon again agn I I I universally conceded that hlsecrmouonthv cnc thi Iron MonUs a pat tern discourse and contains india mtable truth I is a son of I texus spoken by the Trent Master Jesus Christ whom the Saints be I lieve t be tim Son of God They beUevo that He came ou earth t I perform a special mission and that only through Him can mankind b saved They also believe that all I will have the privilege of receiving His Gospel and that at some time allwill b saved except the sons of I perdition they who sin against the Holy Ghost against personal light I and knowledge 1 who can 0 saved will b brought forth into a condition suitable to them Jesus taught there thing nnd In Him Is the light and life of men He I the firstborn of every creature 1U the spirit He is the Only Begotten In the flesh By obedience to te fe ublenc t every Divine commandment He sanctified sancti-fied himself and became the Redeemer demises of all We call no man Master but Him We worship no man Jesus is our great living Head and stands a our Mediator with the Father If we are Imbued with His Spirit and become like Him we will dwell in His prufence If we keep not Ills commandments wo cannot abide His even Hi presence en though we may be caved in another sphere I have read what the Lord ha said as to judging Dora that mean there shall be no judgment Sot by any means We must all give an account of our action and bejudgcd by the Supreme Judge of bjudg knows the motives n well a the acts of men and comprehends all things On the earth also wo mutt have judgment In the Church Christ the Bishops r common judges Their judgments must b given on the evidence before them If Uiey judge tel in righteousness the day will come when they will bejudged accordingly I I their duty t give judgments without prejudice to do so in righteousness righteous-ness There I an appeal irom uic uisnops to me lEigh councils before whom the more important im-portant cases in the Church are t come They also must judge in righteousness or stand condemned They are appointed t this offlce and must perform the duty thou bIt b-it may 0 sometimes unpleasant The judgment of the High Council may b reviewed by the Presidency of the Church The Presidency I not a court however but they may send cases back to a High Council or rehearing or may appoint special councils Those who judge in the Church ares those who Churh ar te are appointed to the office for there must b judges because there are transgressors In the national state or territorial governments there are also men appointed as f iudire They 13PIln unhplil and respected as magistrates in ther mit In a republic their acts are open t the criticism of the people for the judges are supposed t 0 thelrJnt of the people The sovereign people have a right t judge of the nets of their public servant ser-vant I is not the meaning of the words I have quoted that those hoc fudge righteously l shall bo condemned con-demned If however the judges endeavor en-deavor to oppress the people or do wrong they come under this condemnation con-demnation I is right for us t Judge of facts which come before us but one should not do 8 except a falrand rational way For nstauce the private family affairs others are not our business We shouldnt sit in judgment on ourselves our-selves with a view correcting our scn pit own wrong but we are not author zal judge the motives and intentions inten-tions and desires of our neighbors We are not authorized to do so and we a not able to do 6 Man looks at the outward appearanceGod looks i g n t the heart It is appointed tool men once to die and after that the Judgment Here on earth let ns judge ourselves and prepare for the judgment t come Let us not misjudge judge each other nor do harm to each other All the good we do to others will come to us again That Is an eternal law I 1 the law of compensation Evil brings evil good brings good Our acts on earth are like the seeds wo BOW Our deeds will come back t us la their own kind and multiplied We are the letter fordoing good and the won for doing evil g will b Judged on tho great day and valued for what we ore Iwo are great and good we shall b esteemed Jas such if we are small and evil we wU bcjudgod for what we are And why beholdest thou the mote that I in thy brothers eye but ron deret not the beam that f in thine own eye Or how willtbon say t thy brother Let me pull out the mote out of tee ow eye aud behold I beam I In thins Them hypocrite fint cut out the beam cat of thins own e nd then o ow shall thou te teo shat fC clearly to cast out the mote out of u te mot ofthy brothers eye This language IB figurative a we can readily see and our Saviors often figure wo was look a at very the apt little one faults How of others and neglect to scan out own greater for JW The more wo look ieoples peples aiUngs thomore hlng temor we will wontiM dud But how much better It J r would be for 0 ustoexamineourselves and correct our own faults rather than to hunt for full others rther There Jtfonjany in tieworjd otld who magnify auld dilhb bpou the sut f sup 1 > 0 fanltit or the Latterly aalnd Whuo hey not heed the Masters InjunctonT f I have traveled agood tela deal in the word and have never found a people freer from the sins ana corruptions Um nlh > < iu Latterda Saints and ° those who t attack out of them their should tao Ue beam own eye before they ee bfo cry out about the mote In Utahs eye Let our Christian friends Chrtn cor rect the evils within their cr te evli wihin teir own borders and leave the Saints to do the Mme Give notthat which isholy unto the doK3nctther cast ye your pearls Utfofo swine lest 11 trsthpte them under their feet ind turn again and rend you The secrets of the Lord are with Ln WII them that fear Him Some of them are given as a test to fee It gln t tl < I the will they wil b kept tarred To those who are worthy He will manifest all things They who betray conS hence arc unworthy of couihlence The Saints should Keep that which is holy to themselves and cast not their Ill before those who do not value them neither UI tem neiter should they think t gain favor of the wicked Iy disclosing that which f only for the I few and wdrtby for like stt iae they will only tarn round and rend the i k1 If we are faithful with the sacred things God has committed com-mitted to us Ho wHr bestow mlt t u Iownr btw upon us the secrets of the universe upn 5 and It shall b given youacck and yo shall find knock dl shall be opened unto you KorAr > r nnn h aaVfttli iw i P JK And he thatKecketh Ondcth and to him that krocketh I shall b opened jic opot Or what mAn Is there of you whom If hU son ask bread will give him a stone J Or if be ask a fob will hi giro him aMrpenlT ge If ja thin being eU know bow to give good gifts unto your children how ranch moro shall your Father which U in beavcn ghe good thincs to tliim that ask Kim g thlnj Tills is a great prrrnbe and the Latterday EaihtJi have proved Ut be le 11 I when we do not eeek t the Lord enough that we are sometimes nut shame f raHtUon We should oak properly and not seek for things that are not good for UB Our Father tel with us a we with our cliildnn We love to 1ih clfdrn t sec them happy but hao t deny some I thins they ask for God loves to give us that which is for our good but withholds that which Is for our hurt To know what to ask for and how to ask wo should have the Spirit or prajer and We must ask In faith nothing wavering Faith Is a necessary element or payer i Jr Them It a great deal In united proper We do not give enough attention to this Wo should unite in family prayers and should ive pta y iu ecnt we should have prayer meetings and also call upon the Lord In our private chamber I we exercise tho power we have In this respect wethall prevail again our ad ver stories I mot will bless and sustain us We all rejoiced on the last day we had recently And It will surely bear its fruit On s certain area Mon when Daniel prayed ho did note not-e an answer and so continued In prayer for three weeks An angel c = r to him and sail From I the day that thou dldVt set thine heart t understand and chasten thyself before thy God thy words were heard and I am come for thy word Head the Xth Chapter of Daniel We learn there that thl angel came to receive ceive Druids words but was withstood with-stood by the prince of the kings of Persia one and twenty days and Michael came to his I help There is i a key for U Do as Jesus says Pray without ClngT And remember re-member the arable of the widow and the unjust judge I know that God answers tracer In prayer combined with our righteousness is our strength Therefore all Ihlngi whatsoever ye would that Den should to toyou do ye oven so t them for thus I the wad w-ad tb prophets If we want people love us we mutt love and try to bless them D good toall men even if they wrong us we should b good to them The reward will surely come cither In this life or in the Jiff t come wit the certainty of an eternal future When we shall receive the full reward ward of our actions there is comfort This is world of injustice and of trial The world to come will b one of justice and reward Doing good enlarges the foul I builds up character We become event Lilly better from doing good deeds and therein is g exaltation Shall we do good t those who are ourcnemles who misrepresent misrepre-sent and revile us and seek ourbtirt Certainly There are many who are injuring us in ignorance Those who do so Know tngly and there are some n o will leo t the Lordand they should have our pity rather than our wrath for verily they will have their reward Hater ye in at the strait gate for wide is tho gate and broad I the way that leadeth to destruction and mans there be which co in thereat Because trait Is tho gate and narrow nar-row I the way which leadeth unto life and tfw there be that Cod It The world lauglibeciufe whoa who-a I few In comparison we are in the right But I was always to Tho few have been in the right and the mary in the wrong taking the = road which I I leads to death When anynewnnd good thing ha been brought out the many have Invariably opposed It lbs innovators in-novators have been despised and put t death I Li a strait waa narrow way that leads to the ns The word should hem the plural In the celestial king dom t those who are faithful there will 0 given a crown of eternal lives tho gift of eternal and perpetual per-petual Increase Therein I p cnlarvng per and dominion and majesty Those who obtain this crown will have pasted through the pressure of the strait way andover come every trial All things will b theirs they will b Christs nnd Christ will b Gods Rejoice ye Saints that you have been called out of the would and a despised and mludgcd Be patient and persevering Show that you can endure He that eu dureth t the end the same shall b saved Christ set us the example Let us pursue the same strait and narrow pre in which He walked Let us spread abroad the Gospel that J all who will may receive It and let I us become In deed and spirit Christ Ire and Godlike that ape ry p be crowned inthclrprcsenceand glory Beware of also prophet which come to yon in sheeps clothing bat Inwardly they are rxvcnlng wolves Ye shall know them by their trolls Do men gather grapes of thornsor figs of thistlesT 0Even so every good tree brlngeth f forth good fruit but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruIt neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good trlt Every tree that bnngeth not forth hewn down and Into good fruit I how cast Int J the f Wherefore by their fruits yo shall know tem We have had considerable experience experi-ence with wolves n r ing They put on a lug appearance appear-ance of canting piety They come forsooth t mon Saints They are after the fleece rather than the flock Judge them by their deeds Watch those who pretend to overmuch over-much religion We may judge them by their fruits We have seen people of this class whoe een pplo < th c 1hoe pr tensions succeeded for awhile and then their true character has been developed How many of them tnttrbe have shown by their fruits that they were mere human thomsor this lies I The Saints should bo judged by laO t byb their fruits 1 an J riot by the slanders of their enemies Let Mormonlim also judged by It fruits They are all good I and teacbesusto avoid all that is corrupt to practice all that lapureani worthy It brings forth the fruits of UjespiritltbtstowstheoutwardEiffs of the gospel and the inward gifts that characterize thetpirit of If When there I anything wicked among this people it la lckO JMnrmoulsm lEts donnin viola dod of Out precepts and spirit of Mormonlem which Is Ioronlsm i a good tree and brings forth only good fruit Our wrongdoing I comes not c from this system but from our Indi Ideal ildul weakness The fruits of Mormonlsm are pure and include peace all the bbeslnga of pr Gospel of Oot every one that solOs unto nie Lord Lord shall enter Into tho kinc dom of heaven but he that doeth heaven the will of my Father which U in That I the doctrine of Christ IHgbteousacUongood deeds are the passport to g 11 i not salvation sal-vation of mere belief Faith alone ble Fait ianotiuniclenj Themo4ern Chris than idea Is fallacious mOer fllbclo Ftl < Rr cenU teach that a criminal crimi-nal wuo is too rile It dewil i with men may through simple be lief In ChrUt at his latt hour be made fit to dwell with the immaculate Jetus Too corrupt to dwdl with mortals they choke him to death and tend him t dwell with hUmor tak Man cannot endure him f Uierfond him by a short cut t en joy the society of Almighty God Belief I In Jesus is his only fitness That is modern Christianity but not the Gospel of Christ His Gospel rightcousnci teaches the doctrine of personal Manv will say lo uio in that day Lord Lord bavb We hot prophesied In thy flame and in thy name have cast oat devils and In thy came done many wonderful works And then will I profess unto Irjeni meter knew yon depart from me vi that work iniquity I Isiiota man preaching nor praying nor psalm singIng nor prophesying that qualifies him for exaltation but his individual righteousness good deeds Iniquity In-iquity unfits a nan for the presence of God no matter how many gifts he may lre But righteousness wlllqualify him for salvation Character Char-acter not reputation will be = b recognized recog-nized in the eternal world Let ns have the courage to do right and seek t serve Ule Lord under every drciirnitancc up matter wjiat the Coria Ciay think i of us even though I may lead us unto death None willabide Ihe presence of the Lord jiul those who are fit for I Therefore whosoever Lezreth these saylnn of think and uoettt Ihe te wUl liken nnto wIse manwhich built his house upon a rock And tho fain descended dnd the floods camb anti tho winds blew and beat upon that house and I fell not font seas founded upon a rock And every one that heareth those sayings of mine Sal dot them not shall 0 likened unto a foolIsh man which built his house upon the sealAnt seal-Ant the rain descended and the ItaodjcatncandltiewlrMi bUt and beat Upon that house tni I Mlli aSS gLi the fall of it Here is Hit effect of building on a sandy foundation Lip service outward teeming formal worship instead of doing the will of God Find out what Christ commands and do it that is the way of le Make truth thu mainspring of your tG l lives Get the word spnf Lord and live I and you wU bcsauctl fled Xeglect to live It and you mn J lhon will not bu t d The forms ceremonies and ordinances of religion re-ligion tton0alis to an cud but the al the cud They are all nReLHLry but not all that I necessary God has instituted nothing but what Is essential butte but-te ol > ject of a is to form right character and make people practically practic-ally righteous and imbued with the frg of Christ ImJ for this I Kignrd not the ways of the world but Hk frt Kingdom ot God and His rlghteouscS and all things will be added to jou and He will make you His own when he numbers num-bers up His Jewel And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings thd people were astonished at his dOne For he taught them 8 one having authority and not as the ccrioc9 There is the difference between one tent of God and one authorized author-ized only of men Jesus did not say what He thought or what sonic learned divine had said He came with another authority with the living word cf God That word has come t us by slmlL authority We heard i abroad and received it in our souls We gathered with the Saints God planted us her We are her to do His will Let Us take the ° Hi Lt u le precepts pre-cepts of Christ and live them Let us do good and eek to build up CluUts Kingdom Let thc who desire wickedness go their way Let the object of our lives 0 lodo the will of the Father Let us keep the commandments of God following follow-ing In the footsteraif JCHIS that we maylikc Himovercome lie I worthy of the great salvation and receive the crown of eternal lives In the presence of tho Father and the Sun forever Amen Sister Louie Poulton rendered the solo The Lord I my light and the choir sang the anthem I will extol Thee 0 Lord The closing prayer was offered by Elder Seymour B Young |
