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Show fiLMl.W snnvii ES. Itellftloui fcrtlcn wrr hH I ,t ( li TtlxroKlr, Bill (dke (,'llj-. Huntlaj, Auguit SO, 1S01, coniHitnpliig t 2 p. m., l'mldent Angui 11. Onuou prrtlJIn?. Th. choir nj! Trllii ie Ibt lrdt my titwt ikU Aln la work 14 pttmili w dlrlne. l'njn mi ctTvieJ Ly LIMcr William Mcljaughlaii. Th.cholrungl Cilrriono4ilixhf lt bce nd f irlh rf lljr l'rl(HiBk Th. rurflhiwd of Ui, Kluhlotnth wnl cnlcUtcJ ln the mlmlnlilntlon of tb, HicmmcnL FLDtn joiik cm.iLH thtn.ililrrmil Hi, cungrrgtlon ,uli-(Unllnlljrufullowi: ,uli-(Unllnlljrufullowi: Then 1, oo. grnt Imoii (aught ui In th. iicrrd acrlturrt Hut , cu not Jutlg, of nif n' utillllj or authority lo rc rn.nl Uotl on ratlli, m Hli arr rant, ! lb, Juration lhy liaTo hail In lhlci!oolio( lh, worM or Ljlli. axltlon tlif har, among llirlr hllow-men, hllow-men, hauap, aororiltj) to tlm recorJt rum har. In all agra tiran iHupiwInt-H. iHupiwInt-H. Thofowhoar.lrrnil "vtlucatM" har, nutf aa a rult, been aolrrlnl to rrjimtnt (Joil on rarth. IIU aerfanla hate ln ot that clut who ar, trrml hunitl', rortk, unculturol. Huch nn Wf in lh, prophet ot th, oM TtAtamrnt Aint Tn whrn we fttudy lh, mlMton oftli. Havlor, wh fluj the pam, rhar actcrittlca. Ho mme nf hum ble tlrth auJ waa nlucalrj aa a cirinttr'a ann althouuli In potftttfion of UlTlne Intvlllgencn and althouih.aa a young Uir,IlouM rvmmaiul Iho rrpioct of the Irarnrd for Iho knowlv.li;. He hail, yit II, wai ii.Yrr nolwl for any luarnluir He had rvcvlvtU tn the tchoola of the world. He waa uot among thote whom the world would hate arleclod aa a Hirlor. When Ho lagan Ilia work, while nothing waa aald ngalnt HU toarhlng, while the lalnr waa inarkMl by theillrlnlty ofllla calling, yctlliu feople trrmrl "edtlcalM" TV lud to Jlttcn lo lllm or lo aptlllin and He waa rtectod by Uiom who thought thvmaelTf a auperlor In Him. Aa he worl I wai dlM lnl-J In Hlnianl would not actrpt ilirri aa a HaTlor, ,i they refused Ihoto whom llechoo to go forth and Irwti Ilia world. They wrr, not lh, men that would liave bren aalertvd by the aria tocrwy of that day. They ware humble, hum-ble, were takrn from the arocatiooa of Hie to ko forth aol prracll th, (ioprel. Thla lilttory teaenn iu that (loif'p JuJgma ot la uot ouia, but that Haiaii ii-e through IhaoutwaM ar prarancvaand iflrot the bt-t men for 11 U work. It i earn that tho bread of life li eo prerloua that he who receive. It tnuit tie ao for Jta worth aud not be. cauie drllTtteil by tome ono who 1, joMitar or noted for hla elotjueure, rlila wai lb, fai. In former daya. II wMtliecaMlnlh,dayaoflheAioktlta. Thelttutl.a taught by them had lobo accepted berauHe tbey were true and L-ecauio the accej tunc, of them woul 1 pruT, a bleMlns to thop, who received them. And when we contemplate Iho wlelora arid high and noblo cliaracur of Uod, we cannot help but appreciate IhetacrednrpMi It were. In which Ho holJl lh, prtiiclplra of averlaitlng life, phitvlleiaatmiledthrm, nut to th, ioiu!ar,l4it to tha true, th tarueat, th, lallbful, to men who were willing to lay down their live ln tho advocacy of Ihoio principle, and In th, aervlre of (11. There la, truly, a wonderful coutref t lu tho poattlou of a man called of uod to preach aud who Uoea It In the faco of theecorii of lh, world, and one who la receltvl by the people, having lila every wantaupplled by a large regular lucome. 1 n the flrt cao there la a aacrlllce. Involving the nrceulty of fallh, 'Ihereniuat bo an eiriieitneaa of lurnoee, moral courage and all tho luallllcatloua which make a man great, noblo and eomewhat Ilk, lila Maker. In the other com', th, mail may t lint (red by a Ueplre to ltf poular or earn a fortune There la not much aicrlflcethowu,i ry little opposition to be eudured, V ailial that I u thallmolu which we are living, the lord haa adopted, ilinllar method to that which Chirac-terlied Chirac-terlied the Introduction of th. (1opiI In former acei. In rratorlng the (Joa. 11 In thla age, Hedld uotaelect at a would have been likely to chopoto do th, work, ln thla day, although wehavethehlatory of the Ncrlj turn before up, wo are confronted with chargiaalrallar to thoao formerly made agalnbt Chrut and lila Apoithii. ihe gnat prophit uf our day haa had It aald agaluit lllm, that h, waa Ignorant. Men have found fault with lilm, tweaupo ho wu not educated or highly cptermed among the rote ofthoworll. Hlilory haa repcafeil lu pelf. Uutlf w. are Juttlrisd In rejecting reject-ing the modern rro het for that rea-win, rea-win, we would alio to Jtiitllled lu rejecting re-jecting Cbrlit and lila Apottlcafor the pamereaioii. Jtut when we have before be-fore u the fact that Uod,B far ai we have any record, of lllidrallngp,haa alwaya pelvcttd meu humble lu life to be lilt servanta, wo thould not le attonlihnl If 11, 1 doing tliv lam, thing lu our own day, but we ahould be led to study hne thlngi which characterize aaer-vautufdod. aaer-vautufdod. We ahould bo led to reflect re-flect eariuetly and not reject aenoii beraup. he li"uiilearned.'' Noono med to be In the dark con. cerulng thu divine calling of one claiming to be a lervant of tlod. Aud (iwlally la thla true, since the world haa the new Teptauient containing, record of the latior of thu Aotlrs. Korlnitudylng that record wo learn that It la Jutt aa eaiy,ordlfllcull, lo Uemouplrato the tiuth of the gospvl lu tilts ago aa It was formerly. The fact that a man Is unpopular should not prejudice us, Ifwewam the truth, If we waut the salvation of pur souls. Initio prophecy of Isaiah, (haiter 0, the latter-day work Is described. And we llnd that one charaitcrlitlo feature uf It was to be that of which I hate now spoken. A vivid picture of tpecoudltlonof the world In our age la given. Itlsiuiullouid that opl, should In Ihelr rvipeinbllea li, laugbt fordbclrliielheproceitsof men. Jlut the wisdom of man waa to lrlih and his underitaudlng to la hidden. And this Is no more than could I exacted, If God wire to iimleilaketiieHorkofreiuouliig with men, for Hit wl.Join li oerlalnly superior to that of man. In the cli ter referred to, we are furthir shown that tlod would select the uuleamod as His servants. We road of iho book that waa to come forth nnd of the work i which It should aucomplUh; that It should k, delivered to htm who li learned, but that the l.ord opcratel tlireughon, who Is not learned. It I wonderful to aeo how this prophecy has liern literally fulfilled In our day. Th, U pel preached In our own age Is lh, aam. as that w lilch waa preached by th. Apostles. Ha truth Is demon-ptratiil demon-ptratiil by carrying out In ractlcs the Initructlona 11 give. True repentttice nnd papism are followed by the results promliod by th. Irfinl. I cannot understand how anyiody can think tbat lh, OopiI of this ag, should havaillLTervntelleitB to tho U iel In former ages, provided It la the same (JoeneL It la certainly not dlltl-cult dlltl-cult to liellev, that Uml li able to blesa Hlichlldrentoday Ball. did formerly. It Is clear that In order to come to unity of faith wo mint be led by lb. same Hplrll. And Judging from the condition of the world at th, lircfeiit lime, there la certainly as much med of Inspired menu there ever was. lly means of his own wisdom, mill cannot find Uod. 1,00k at (he diversity of iplnlen regarding lb. plan of salvation. salva-tion. Certainly, we need men with divine authority today, If ever. Now, Uod has restored Ills Goapel In this age, and you can all know It, for Uod will reveal It to all those aln diligently seek for knowledge. Ha If no rrpctcrof rions. The secret of our endurance hi t'.rse-rullons, t'.rse-rullons, our unity, our sutvess Is th, knowledgethattodhae again spoken from heaven and rt stored the authority to preach tho gospel of truth to , fallen world. This is whatcnupcaiif loiray for thop. who are our enemies aud lo labor far III. bulldlru up of the work oftholjord iiisin tho earth. Wealth and iularlty are nothing to this knowledge, ll give, n I etter education educa-tion thau any that can tie obtained In the Institutions of learning of tb, world, I IU3MJI.MT (IKOlUIti CJ. CANMJ.'l occupied th. remainder of th, time. H, said In substauc: We have heard thli afternoon about lh. mistake, of mankind lujudging of lh character-Ullcaol character-Ullcaol Iho servants ofUoJ, nnd how they havetutertalned errout-oua views In ages nt and In our own day. Nothing can le l lalner thau tho fact to which tho Hcrliturra testify eon-cirnlng eon-cirnlng the most llliutrlous exaniple, that of the Hon (if Uod, Iho greatest llelng that ever trod upon the fooUlool of our Hiavecly Father. Thla ought to lead mankind to serious ntlec-tlous, ntlec-tlous, when they consider how men were mistaken then and how they treated lllm, who wasblatneleM In Mil His aooolitloua with th, children of men. Hut not only as regard! th, character of lb. servant, of Mud do men make ml-takes, but also In regard to prim I-tin. I-tin. It Is a singular fact that titer. It scarcely a true prlncll taught, that mankind are reiJy at lint to receive. re-ceive. If, for Instance, wo read the teachings of our rlavlor In tho so-called Hermon uion tho Mount, we llnd principles which aro In direct contrast to what Is generally gener-ally taught. The tenclilnga of Christ are often looked uion a, not adapted to this life or to nur prrsent c uditlon, but Irtlnlngtonfuiuro life. It Is not practicable, people think, to carry them uutnalloUughtlheni. This Is a, lo-markable lo-markable aa ttie truth which llrolher Carlisle dwnltujion. It shows that we cannot Judgo of divine thing unless we Iki Instructed by Uod. It seems al If God's waya were not to bo comprehended compre-hended by mati lu his fallen condition. IhuhplritofUodl required to rale man up to a higher level. Wo testify, a tbo servants of the IiorJ, that Uod has revealed Ills inn-pel inn-pel again In Ita f rlmlllve purity. Yet, how far are we from coming up to the ttandard the Lord has placed before ua. How dimcultflt srcmi lu many rcijecU to carry out th, teachlugv tb. lord has given us. Wo may hav. repented of many of our slna and been baptized for remliston of them aud lieou con firmed as menders of tho Church of Chrltt. These ordinance, we may have compiled com-piled with, but there are others which iriiulre our obedience, and we should carry out all that He has revealed to us from tlmo to lime. He who hears llio words of ChrUt and obeys them Is likened unto a man who built his liotiso on the roch. ll stand, wheu the Hoods come. Hut he who only bears without obeying isllkoa man who bullJs ouiand. llishous. falls when II iliould stand III. lest. Not he who sajs, "liord, lord;" not lie who has only profession, but he w ho practically carries out what the lord says will tie able to abide tho day of the laird. Many wlltcumeon that clay nud say that they hav. ierformed mlraclca and prophesied lu the nam. of the Ixird, but He will auiwer them that Ho knows thom not. Theru are many difficulties In our wsy as human beluga with retard to tbo carrying out of the commandments of the I,ord. Therefore There-fore wo liave lieen gathered together hero In order that wu might escape from the evlli that aresop3siar In the world. It should la our coiihtant in-doavor in-doavor to free ourselves from them. We have to bo a dlUereut people from ttie world, In order to Illustrate the prlnclpleaof the Gospel which God hai taught ui. Wo should be as dillerent from tit, world as tb, light Is from ilerkiml. And the young should par-tlculsrly par-tlculsrly understand this. Thrr, Is too much or a tendency to drift away from the word of God. The lllblelsuotread as much as It might be. Tho Hook of Mormon Is not read i trough. The Doctrine and Covenants Is not studied as 11 should be. Instead, novels are read. Works of fiction and Ilra with all manner of trash aro found upon Ilia centre tables of thoie who profess lo be l,attcr dayrialnts.and many wrong Idea, are derived from suchworki. I lean b,sUted,ltow,ver, IhatllQtruel.altrMlayHaliitfubstltutca such reading for the word of U)d. The mind l comes darkened by It, and It la no wonder that wo hear of wroug-dolitgs as a conseiuncc. How many times, In our fanilllua, aro the Hook of Mormon and the Hlble rrailT Or are they not rather found dut-covi dut-covi red upon the shelves; Havo we got Ixyoud llicwT There are many truths lu thoio records, of which we havo not yet la gun to hav, a conception. concep-tion. If e read aud study dlllgculb, weiball ercelve them. W, about 1 seek for tho Hplrlt of truth that wo may understand and be able to carry them out. Hy our frultawu shall be Judge! on tho day of our Lord not by our profeaMoui, Imt by what hi have iloue. If wo are not able tu do everything today, we should not bo discouraged, hut strtreto carry It out tomorrow, aud tliua seek to become more and more like the Lord whom we hope to nuet nnd sit down with at lite marriage eupiir of the Lamb, 'litis ought to be the hope of all of us. 1 he choir and congregation aangt Tlia Pl-lellor CM Ills s Are ii UriiiDs , rbs lillet ear florr Leila w routs lurltt. llenedlctlon was pronounced by 11-lw 11-lw A. M. Mutter. |
