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Show MMiiU st:nvi(i:" Lldrr C. lVrmne on llto I Irani' loot (liru la llie Ihurdior Uirht. Jtellgloun aerTicee were held At the Tabernacle, Halt Ike City, Hunday Hejlcmbfr2Ulb(l901, oomtnenclngatU . ru.t Couwelor CfiarleeW Tenroee ptrdlng. The choir hoc tbo hymn com in en clngi Karth, with her If a IMaMtut fl iwar, Air, with all ha imi awl t -ara, 1'rayvrwaa oiriod by liUer Jamea V. Krettt. The choir aing: Jm, eae of htmWa birth. New ta (tory eoraea to earth. The I'rleaOiuotf of the Twenly.flrit WarJ cniclatcU In theamlDlatratlon of tbeHacramftit cou.NArivjit ciUHt.ra v( 1 rrtORH wo called upon to addnas the congre. gallon. He glad to atpiaronce more In thecoagregation of the BalnU to womlilp Uod and to contemplate the thlnga which are for our eternal ten fit, Ife earnestly dealred to have the faith M well aa the atlenUon of the aitcmbly, that he might Utneplred to touch upon pull eel a by which all might be rdlftM and In atrucled. It la In vain to alW-mtt pn aching to the latter-day HaluU un lea toth ajaVf r and hearere are In aplreijbythe eame -Hplrlt Wo hsro gathered not to hear a prepared lecture, but to bo erlrltually edlflinl, ami thla can be accomplished only through the divine Hidrlt, that en Ugh tent u In iplrltualthlnge. Thla la In accordance with the teaching of tbo ancient apoatle. 1'or IVilMyatt Cor. lit 14): "Thnriatuml man recclvetli not the thlnge of the Hplrlt, fur they are foollihnepa unto him; nellhvr can he know thmt t cauae Ihey are epltltualty )) rrrneil.' We need thla Hplrlt at all tlmre,Uth when we gtlher to-lietherto to-lietherto wonhlpClod and In our dally llff, that we may be able to orercome oTery dlftlnilly and tie In harmony with our heavenly Father. Tim apwtkrr rea-I tbe following from the New Teetament; "Is any among yott afflicted hi him pray, fa any marry? lit htm atug Mlrna. la anr alck among you? let htm rati for the tJdera of the t hur hi and lt them pray over him, anolnilug him with oil In the name of ttie lml, ami tlm prayrr of faith ahall aate the airk, an 1 (ho 1ir.l ahall ralae bliu unt anl If he baveciitninlitAd aln, tbay ahall bo lor given bin..' (Jamea r. 131 0 The Apoalle Jamea waa an authorized author-ized eervaut of the !ord. Ho had beeneeuttomlnMer In the nanm of J.-aiia ChrlaU Aud we know that ChrUt, leforeeendIiu ilia apiiathfi out to preach to the vi orl 1, toll Ihim that lleerutthem aa the J'atlirr had eent Him. Hegavn them the keyaoflhe klngkom. What they hound uneatth ahould Ittlfound In Iimvimi aud what they looard on earth watto lIooed In heaven. After the reeiirrectlon Jreua called the Kleveii together and aaldl "(to ye Into all the world and p roach, thedoipal to evry craauirn. Me thai WltetethandlaUtdlrAtl ahatl I-omuhIj but he that Ulhivatti uol ahall t Uli)lM, An IthatMi algua ahall follow Ihentthal Ixllevn: In my tiaino ahall tbaycad out dovlla they ahall ajitnk wltti new Ion V tie t ther ahall tak up earn nte, and If thoy ilrlnk anrdadly thing It ahall not hurt thani) Ihey ahall lay lurnla n the alck an I they ehall re cover," (MarkaltlS-ls. According to Matthew. Chrlt eald In addition to thla, 'Teaching them to ulverveall thlnga whatauerl have commanded you." (Matt. xktIII, ill.) They wi ru to go Into all the world ami teach all that ChrWthad cmnuudel. Tht npllr (III eo, and Cod "c-jn-flrmVdthe word with iigna following." Now Jamea waa on of three author liel and ordained aervauU of tbe Lord. Tor the lord ordained them, and tbry went out, not In their own etrengthorlnthelr own wladom, but they preached what He had taught them, aa Jrwua preached what Hla rather taught Him. Ho did not pro claim Hla own Tlewa or 01 Indian, but only that which (fod haJ given lo Him. Heeall. "My doctrine la not mine, hit Hla that aut me." What Jamea here nye Ja, con rpienlly. aomelhlng ho waa authorized toteach. It Utho wordof Chrlat and of Cod, the l'.terual 1'ather. It wai lnaplreit by the earn Hplrlt that hi flueucrd the ancient ear? ante of Qod. for the apo.ttt-i have left on record that they were moved upon In ardml lar mauuir. 'Tor prophecy came not lo old time by thewlllof mam but holy num o( (.but apokoaathey vtero movttl uinn by Iho llolyUhMt'lzroterl.SI.) The luattuitlotia of Jamea la not followed by ClirUtlana In Jatir tlruca. It waa cuitomary In the primitive churchea, If any waa a Ml t ted to pray; If he waa merry toalng peahuf, If ho waa alck to lmanolntrtlby th JWdera In thv namo of tbe Iordt and (IoJ ralinl him UP. Many braldea the apoa tlra had the gift of healing through faith. Thti cuatoni of the early churchea obtained a, long thmslufactaii lougu the Uue4l waa preached Ju lu tuHner and purity. Ilut vihen rolm Uteri cummencthl to teach for doctrine the eomniandnimla of men In alt ad of that which waa author Ixvd from on high, they dejrtetl from theelmpllcity of the Col and In truducvd manythloga, uol of God tut of man, come of which might bo good while olhera were altogether erroueoiiB, IVople Uleregardvd tlio leachlnga of the Iord coucernlns the anointing of thu alck, aud Initead, dot torn rnnltl-PIUhI rnnltl-PIUhI and drum were manufactured In great variety and abundance Among uureulTtM, hi thiae valleye. It waa cmtomiry In ,nrly tlmei to call the llldera whin anybody wru alck, and they auolnti-d him and ir)nl over him and theljord raliU him up. TiiemlaalonarU-awhu went out to the world 1 readied the aaiue doitrlue and when they laid their hand on the alck, through faith the alck wire healed. And It Is a fact that luallnga ouurred not only In commoncuvraof eUkneaa, butthttbtlud Here mide toeit tbo deal to hear and thelamuto walk, and, lu aome Ju alAiuea, thoae ironouncwl dea I were ralavdup to life. I ti-atUy that tie iimepowtr that Mae manlfrated an ilently haslinnuianlfitl lu our own day, and this Uatlmony can be corroborate! cor-roborate! by thuuiauaa of ivorle lu theae valli ye. In til la, however, we do not claim any power or glory of nuravlTi. Jlut we testify that (lot) la the tame today m He waa formerly, and that He 1. willing to beatow the same gifts au) bhalnkaa,luauy rthtr ago of the Morld. They are tueutlal to thu Oat mmMjBmsasam 1 .1 n.l what. II l prcvlii-.l in I uniy tiitjrwlll follow m lilrwlno lo Iht faltliful lthoull UobKtTol Ih.l tll f ' inlM ronoff ted with Hit1 InftlruiUnn at Jnmt ar. prrdlc-Jital un Ihncoudl duo of f.llli. 1(1. throiuh hlth lht Ih. ilrk t to I). hiiM. W.hnr mltiil.. rl Ilculr-J In thli . cf i I nr.. Hi. .m ironouncI lo l lm 4Mllili( ftllhotiKli nolhlnit U Inipciwllit. with (ll, exc,t vrhnt l Incunrtl. Blili". UoU cn ilo what.rcr Mil I !ur. A mlr.rt. I, m omn ilrflli. It. Tlolllonoltholi(i( nature. Hut Oilail.nnltlon la iinlrotrrit Tli.narr maiijr tlilni;. In tialur. which nru not II n J.rtl many natural and tntual ) which ate not .irlalnol. Thr will all tw l.roURlit t light In thr limit ill't.riMtlon of th. fiillnr.. cf tlni, for Hi. edification and yimfort and limtructloti uf th. chltJrrn if 1 11. Ilut ai jet, thrrx ar. many Ihlnir. In th. unlr.nw, Ih. Ijwi uf which man haa hot illwofrrpd Th waj In which many thlmt ar.lirouchl ahout I. not understood, 'nlthouch thu fwlar.inatu, Hhould I rilal. to Jon what I hav.wltnmrd In Ihli Church throuKh th. lalnx on of hand, lijr h. Krvant.of Owl, ininy of jou would riroliahly mr.1 It with trull, of Incredulity. In-credulity. When Jru wa uKn tha earth, many wonderful thlngi wero tr-fiinried, tr-fiinried, not In order to i ruduc faith, hut a. th. rflei U of It. Miracle, ara tint Riven to iroduc U.llef, for th.y ara .eiforuieJ by th. towrrof that faltli which alrt ady rilitu When our Innl healed lha alik, II. naually .aid: "Ihyfalth lath ma.1. thra wliolo." Hs.aldalMK All Ihlnnar.iuuiU. to Ih.m that b.ll.r.." When II. wont amourf llli own .joln HHnatlt. .acr, JIi ..rfunnwl no.mlirbly wotka un account of their unt. lief, anl llo marveled Ucaueo of that unlvllef. If lulracleawiro forth, purjoa. nf nro. ilucllifrfalth, that would havaUen th. tery i.lacaln which to tform th.m. Hut th. Kavlor oould not do o liecauaa of thu ir.TalllnK unbelief. 1'allh la iirieevarylnhlin whf admlnlatera ft. well a. thoao who aro lo rerulra Hi. heucflU. Tlm Biru of Iho Hidrlt ara enumerated hy I'ault "Tor loon, la irlTen h. the Spirit tlio wordof wlwlmni toanotber th. wortl wf knowle.lg hy th. MmeHrlrll lo another f.llli, hyth. mm. Hplrtii to another tb Klfu of hoallnz tir Ih. Mtn. Mulitli to an-nllurwoiklnirof an-nllurwoiklnirof tnlraelH. (I Uor. xlr. 8-M.) Tliea. dinVr.nt RlfU ara RlTcuto dlirerttitnllTlilual,niid faith I, on. of theMi trlfta. Hy It man caii lay hold of UItIuu thing, and have communion with (IckI, Mlraculoui almia ara wrouRhtaa thu eilecla of a .lrltual force which wn may not comprehend, lajt ther. ara many natural force, wa do not fully understand. Therala, fir Initancr, the lawnfKra.ltatlon. Who linUentandi lit What la weight? It !aeay toiay that rartalii phenomena are the reuft uf Kratltatlon, hut that dura liolex lain II. W hat la the form hy which th.uarlh and other planet, re. volv. un Ihtlr own axe. and travtl around Iho aun whllu that lMy an I IU attendant, revolt, around nitreateraun, and nIL nrnwrvu Ih.lr own ).! a lu thrlr heavenly clritllt.? Nun. ouu explain the I henouiena, Irilt the facta remain, aud mi It la with thu force dla layetl through faith In tha healing of the tick. The question may lie aakul, tire all healed uy th. lujini: en of hands? We answir, 110. Hume fin I Intnl. fact a Kruund for rhllcdilm: lha doctrine, f hey arieua that If there wa. such a thlntfaa miraculous healtliR, all .Ick who ale aiijnilnlslered to ought to I healed. Hut doctor, do not heal all lh.tr tatlriit.. Many dl. In spite of lha eir.ru of tha mt skilful physicians. Must we therefore reletl all doctor, and medicine .SU..U-.: Itellevers In th. doctrine, of Chrlat dl. Mother men. They are .iitject to the same universal laws. Their Imdlca werucreaud to list only for a little whIU Horni times, there. fore, llie Haltitaeetil lor Iho Kldirs to anoint Hie sick, but they do not recover, re-cover, bee iumj tiiey wereaiiMlntud to death, and sometimes lierau-o of lack of faith, Chrlslml.il "Whin th.Hon of Man comet h, shall II. rlud faith on llioe.irtli?" !(' could .vldi ntly fore-w-o the condition of th. Hurld at the time of III. second ad. v.ut. We 'live In a sceptical ag. And the KalnU ar. air-nted more ur less by their surriuudlinra. It Ja iiecvs-ary to heconio like little children In enter to enter the kluRdom of heawn and enjoy Ha prlvlligea, and 0110 of the characteristic, of lltllo (hlldreu la to have faltli. Thla faith laatrlnclpleof werand need, lobe cultivated. It I. a powir not only fur tho iirformlnzmlihly works, even lo theroiiiovttiKof mounUlua, lait Itlaa principle by which praters will be available and uur worship U-ceme acceptable lo (hid. Without faith It I. Juiiolhto to please Him. Hutu. ay It la not easy for Hit m to ex-trclse ex-trclse faith, that uulitllef la natural lo them. This Is true lo a certain txtent. H jme iople aro of n doubting mind, but thli dot. not always prove that ttiey are not Rood men and women. Home havo faith to Ileal Hie sick, or to f.ak In tonirue. or li'terprtt tongue, without twin,! any letter In their llvi. than Ihoau who cannot do Hit .0 lhllii, K.ith Is a Kin from Hod, Tho siieakvr here rcid th. following: "Thou shtlt not be I llci for h that la Idle shall not rat tho bread nor wiear tho K-iUiicnt. of tbe lalMr.r. And wlmso. im anions you are sh k, an 1 havo not faith lobe heeled, but Mlinc, sliall Iw noiirlliel w ilh all tenderm., with hvrha aud mild fmd, and that nottivtbo hand ul an eiiomy. And lb. Hitler, of th. Church, twunr more, .bull bo collo.1, aud shall pray Itir and lay lb.tr hands upon Ihom In my name! and If they ill. they shall din unto mt: and If they III. thuy shall Itv, unto ui,"(Ii:. and Cov. Hoc nil, 4J-1I. J lira tho Iorl provide, for those who havu uot faith to bu healed To Hiemh&llhondmlnltered mild fuoil and herbs, but not by au ruemy, li la also stated that thuw rvuiudh. shall U used with "pnidonco" and with "ludKm.utuud skill." It doetuot follow fol-low Iwause Inrbt aru presented Hill they can be administered by anybojy w ho happen, to think that he know, something aliout such retncdlia. It setiu. to 111. that ttio beet available LIII should l.eolilrlnrl. lliitoiiolhlnir la 1 lain, Iho needrul lemtntle. should bo Rlvi 11 by friends. It Is very lnir taut that ttie sick lieturrouuiUd byjier. aonawhoare uot enemies and, ho carry car-ry with them a itood lullueuce. Wureidfiirlhen And aitaln It shall cento to -s that h that halli fsllh In urn In Iw hn(,l, and la not .npohitoil unto ileal b.sball he hnaleili ho who lulh fihli to aee sball Sue he vh.ihath fsllh in hear shall bean tin I uiie w ho hath htih to leap shall leap and ther w bo hove not filth to ilo these Ihlnaa, hut 1 'i"e In me, havo pmvi r lo Ijeroinelnysuns. and Inosliiueh aa tbei bleak mil my laws, (hmi shall I i,ar tlivir lllllnilltlis,'i 1IK11 A lov. Illl, H-IH.) It U uot to Ui supposed that those tt bo have uot faltli lo Ui healed aro wid 1ho I, or I rei ini"' that they may havo faith to be jme In sons and ilautthleri, and Ihey shall hi blorsed who liavimi net seen y.t ha." lirlleved ami they shall Inhirlt a crown In lha celestial kingdom of tioil If they ' orercome." Atln, many may perform mighty work. In the ai i. of tlio lord, ami yt tie not so food Mothers who liav. not this fallh n Iho great day of Judgment, Jeetis will say to such, "Depart front me, lor I know ye not, ye thatworlilnkrulty " The fact thala man performs what Is called a miracle does not prove him to Iw a servant of Hod. 1 here are mauy count-Melt., not only In money, but also In older thliurs. Manyiole profess to heal the sick Ihrouith mngnellsin or through what Is called "CbtUtlan science." The I aler sal J, lu menllonlnp: this, he would not lm understood a. saying anything against a person who l-llevia l-llevia In that to-called "science." Thero aro many good thlogs In It and many worthy peor hi who advocate It. although It cmbo.ll. a many errors. What fa Christian aclini7 It la Int. theuliigy,thettaclilngsofClirlst,whlcli luvolvetheoatfylngout of Ills commandments. com-mandments. Those Ideis thai afecoll trary to these cannot tie prop rly called Christian." One principle of true Christian science, as we have Men, Is faith. ytyalTA, Christ tariiht, we can obtain twaer over ma'ter. Ilut so-called so-called Christian silentlsls say there Is no such tiling as matter, that lh.ru la only spirit. They deny Iho existence of evil and of Hatan anl maintain that all that really ixlita Is truth nnd lord ta cause dot. u love. Theso doctrine are clearly not Christ, teachings. Ho taught the actual existence of Hatan, nwgnlilng hluiaaai.rsouallty. l.vll splriu nro Inlhotoichlngsof Christ repreatnUd aa real raons, not Iraailnary Iwlngs. Ihey have twwer 10 atlllct men and can Iw tast out. Diev aro not "noth Ings." An Instance it the narrative of casting out of a legion from the man pafcartecd. Ja-sttifl rvt (horu out, and ihey asked for permission to enter a herd of swine. They did to, and llie whole herd rnn down an I writhed In the tea. This was a reality. Mauy tmlloat Hie umratlvc. Mr. Huxley, one uf Hie grat midern .dentists, mtkra spurt of II, Hut according to Chrlst'a teaching anl iracllca evil spirit, are entitles, anl tho speaker avowed lilt belief In the w .lament .la-ment natrallve, iveit at the risk of Mug considered non cirri)". mcntU, He had reason for hla liellel.hu uld,by what li.liailwltnes.eil In hit ownix-1. ownix-1. ilenrr. A great ininy thing, which the primitive Christian, tiellevml has l.n expunge-1 from (ho cracdi of uioilern churLhis, hut Ihey were all M!illal lo the true Chrl-llan religion and to the full salvation of men. 111.1 not be deceived by the ftlae theories and false splrltj of the present age. A. far as the profesaon of "Christian science" can .xerciso fallri nriultlvate a cheerful disposition or alleviate the suirerlogt of their fellow men, It I. all very good. Hut when Iheyas-ert that there li no such thing na matter, no dl-ease, 110 patu, no evil, that It nonsense and anil Christian, The speaker rea It "And .very man whose spirit reoelvcth noltiielightla under o nJeinustlon, for man la spirit. The eteui.nta ar. eternal, anl spirit and element !iucarat-ly !iucarat-ly connected, revolvcth a foil iia- of joy and when separated iiisii cannot rei-elv, a follnes. uf toy. IhetltmeriUare tit. tlerna le uf tlo.li ye., man la tbe tabernacle of tl.sl, oven teinpltM and wbaisoeier Unuplo is do-tlle.1. do-tlle.1. Hist .lull (le-lroy Hut temple. (Ooo. and Uov., J. Ill, 31-O.) Here we hive the word of the Iord declaring that the element. coturlug what we sseand hnudle, and what 1. called "nutter," aru eternal. They were never mated, or called Into existence, exis-tence, out of nothing. Nor was lutein, gence Hie light of truth, spirit and element created, for both aro (tenia!. The rlernnl comhliia-Hon comhliia-Hon uf lha two are essential totho fulness ful-ness of Joy. In what It called "Iho creation'' tied made tho werld out of I reixlstln.( elements, as In the rrea Hon uf man, who waa tnado of the dust of the earth, not created otltuf nothing. riieOttlstlan toleuco Idea that matter was 1 reatol out of 11 ith I ng, will riturnlo nothing and la nothing li a pali able error. Home eople have entertaluej the U-.athi.lthouo.lv, alter diath, 1. ills-pvtised ills-pvtised with ns of no further use. Hut Ihn Lord telltus. Hut without the reunion re-union of uur s Irlt. with tha liodlly elemenlt there can Iwno fullnestof Joy. Winn w. die. If we aro ire-lured ire-lured for II, uur spirits will enter a place of rest, and If not will go to a place of tinri-t, ul. taught us In the jirableoflhoHichiuatiaid.f.axari!i.r'ur "llltsaod nr. the deal that .Ilo In Iho fnrd from henceforth) yea, sat th the Mi Irlt, that tbev may rat from their lalrars," He, titer, liv, 13.) Ilut the fultmisaof Joy It not to Iw ubtaluud until tlio rcturrectlou, at thu coining ofthe Iwrd, a. I'aul sijst "llenreforth Ibero la lal 1 up for 1110 tho cmwti or rlt-ht . msn.ss, whloh the 1ir.l, lliortltbtooiia Ju lge,shall give lo u. tt Ihatdsy." J I11u.lv, e.) What day, Paul.' Why, "When Ho thfttljudf-ultiui'ulckatid the dead at Hla appearing and Hit kingdom," When the I -old come. In Hi. (Ilory "and shall sit upon thu throne of Hit glory." that Is the linn for "the nc.lv-log nc.lv-log of the reward. John tu) st And I saw throne., and thev sat ujinn them, and Jtil'iiient waa L'Ueii unto them, And 1 auw tbo souls ut thftiu that Imd been t In 1 1. I for tlio tosttiuony uf Jesus and for Iho word uf Orsl, etc.- ill I they llte.1 anl (reigned with Christ a Ihuiistud eirs, ltut Iho rest uf Iho dead Hm-Jiiii agilu until th.thoiis nil years werelliilshed. (I lev. 2X4.0.) lliechltl In hit grand vision of Hie rrsuiricllou of Israel, chater zxxvll, saw thejolnlng together of spirit and malti rwllliout which union aftillnisi ufloy cannot buobtalned, audhu w;ai toft that tho House of Israel 4howuro dtad mourned uylug, "our honit are dried, our hotiolsloBinearucutoiI for our aits." The speaker earnestly oj. monlshed his hearer, to study these matter, dlllgtntly, for, liu said, Ihuy are uf ntoru linjiortancu and vuluo than wealth, rain ambition or thu apt lauso uf the worl I which soon perish and ins. uway. I,ay bold of these thlnga by fulth. If you nro umicte.1 pmy, If nurry, ting, notwllli irofane worda 'nit spiritual soius that will edify j on. If j on are tick do uot fill yoiiraelrca with all klnda of drugs, but tend for thol.ldersandlet Ihem administer to you In the tiatuu of theljml. Train jour children to have faith anl let us all try to extrclsemoru faith aud trust less in the arm of llesb. Although wear, living In an age of scepth Ism nnd s. lence, niuchof which la I ut vain 1 hllo hy, let nt strive fur that filth with which wo can nvenome 'Hitli tcniHjral nn I tplrltual illftliultha uvtramie the world, Hie llesli uudtho Uuvll, and when wu Actio overcome, mSmismmWmmmmmM we sbaflobUIn a rrownof Rlory, lor ( hrl nai .iJ Tu him that nr r rontcth will I ij.ve to elt down ou hit fhrone eren aa I hnve orercome and at down uron my Katlier'a throne. May (iod help unUi Hen our rellfftou thit we may be raised up In the resur rectlou of the Just and obtain n fulneaa ufjoyand reign with Him when He no mm. The choir eann the anthem, "I.rt the tdountalni about for Joy," and tho con RreRallon Jul net the choir In staging tho,,I)oxology.', Ileuedlctlou was pronounceil by l.lder (Jvorge It. Ilywater. |