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Show DISOOlJISK iitiiixnru ur ELDER MS N. IMS, ,U fAe 7abernaelt, Salt ''' -Y!i IfaA, Sunday, IhctmUr 18li,lB9J. ukrontcu ur Anrnun wnttn I desire lho usilstonco cf the Holy Spirit anJ jour faith and pruyirs In my lehaif J lor It Is not losilblo for ms fa idlfy the people, or to speak to my own satisfaction, unless tho Lord insists tiie,und I shall bo pleased to say wbatloughttosay as tlio Lord will giro mo utterance. I appreciate tlio fellowship of tliu Latter-day 8lut miJ tho privilege of raiding wllh tlio teoplo on tlio Batbslh day, to worship tho Lord, (o partake of the sactunicnt, and to havu my strength renewed, as I feel that I need It from nock to week. 1 wonder sometimes wliy auclt peroentigu of tho Latter-day Balnli can feel contented con-tented upon tho Habbatli day to absent themselves front tliu homo ot worship, became the Lord requires ua to keep the Habbatli day holy, to refrain from labor, from pleasuro-seeklng, from business transactions, and from secular )ursulti, on J to meet together to worihlp film, to oiler up our prnjers if gratitude, torqieakof Ills goodness, auu to hear ilia word nnd will made known to ua. I understand that theso requirement are Just ns necessary to maintain a liealthy condition In tho trlrllnt It Is for us to inrtnke of food to maintain tho lionltli of tliu body; and I lllevo that all Latter-day Halnlamust feel amtaiuru of condemnation condem-nation when they neglect these re qulremenls. I do not believe that it I 1 onalble far ui to pleaao tho liord and neglect any of our duties. 1 hero ia no doubt tlmt an aruouut of pliaauro la enoyrd by the Jjird when jlo notluea tbd obedieneoof Ilia children In aome thlnga; but Ilia pUaMire can hardly be complete unlusa Ilia children are nljitlmnt In nil lili.a TheHibuath day uai bion iirovldaj for man as aday of real and of w orahlp; andtlieLitttr-dayUaluta, of all (eo. pit, acquainted as they are with the rlncl 1cm of IheUoapel, nudmeaaurf ally a prtclatlng them, should keep holy the Habbatli day. We have the I Ian of salvation completo and perfect, as Introduced by the 1 nthir, and na reTealed and made known In detail by llli Bon J miis Chr at Wo not only advueate tlnso doctrluca to the world i correct, but over Latter day Halnt that haa uono tho will of tho Lord 'uuuathat lUote doctrines am true. Tlii-More, 1 my that thu hatter day Ualata ahould be moru careful and clrcumaiiect lu rigard to thtae things than auyi other people uurimrciorwrrauiiisuouiil be con-tldtreJ con-tldtreJ (ijcrod i"id holy, fur they are Invariably indicated to the Lord, and the movements of the Latter-day Latter-day Halvbi in them should he lltatlne to tho Lord. Wo should enter ihom, remain In them and deratt from them with clr-cuniijtli)ii clr-cuniijtli)ii nnd decorum. Thore cukIv( to be a spirit of reverunce for our hiuty of worship that l not always manrested by tna Latter-day Haluts. Weaave come from tho world. The Lafer-day Haluts that have been eon-Tyu eon-Tyu I and natherod toKetlur wero fimerly (Jenlllis.as weLoualderlhem; rtld the example of thu world, from vhleli He have conn, Is, to fur as lacia of worship and a proper appear-aiLjIn appear-aiLjIn them nro concerned, worthy of tlio emulation of the Latter-day 5 ' ',lM' "ouae, perhaps the liifrnacle moro than any oilier hole of worahip In Zion, la conaldrud 7"Jhoue. lluturdinarllylu ouf pi' ting houses there Is a diijreo of t V . u "eedoni, uuu u tree and ty leelliiB ndulKed In by Latter-day Hiiila that la Bometlima nlleiialvu to (eJilmortlia Lord. Especially la ;icu,,t that this has come anionic tho Werday Halnts beoaueo of our loU.cn,J,rlel!c".- 0ur. '""'Ins T,7.-, . ll, beulnnlnir-and up to the E5t.,u, ,0"IB 1""" of Zlon-were iJfi,.',i 0l IurI'Oaes, for nhoola, for U ""K ' n IwIIMcol character, for Will tuu purno,ia, for eoucerte, for mm., i " ",0 t,eoI'lB ' Ulu w"d who at n, ."".10 u" mu,t ,t'1 ollended 3a n?i ".' ! "','lcct tUttt lllu l'er- msMm nU T,.m!", "" ,l,elr l'' "f 1 Efi.,'1 J ' "ot llrU that It "JyHlntai.houldPuton solemn nd ??anc"! "t "ley should appear I:l5i..-i ' "'"' I1" to bo very re (E? ."' ye,y sanctlinonloua. fho ", ' ot, Ju.Chrlsl dote not rujulru loiloLv"? " """'iTioapiirar unoomi and ihiiri u:ou,""-,''npeB, llijht lioarls times f V? 'ct' I,ut J '" some, oiuueh. n'.r '',avK'" ourselves UeK,0"KW-mlndednt,an.lhv1. uu,. h" '" '"K"11 ,0 u,lf M,',Iilif,1"lrW ' wo should orlj J. ""necessary ullentu tu tho itiscul.nl"!!a".J a, c,1'eJ "l'J" Ja ouV,V"u, tm!"- Itoirefure, our tnjj.iv ?'l . .f ,u "Iniiluu. not '"ll io thV? ,! Ul8'lde, not uHBu.t- iffeuau-' ?y. ".,' bu "'"tMissarlly " n the Wf"y wl" ol"l"' ""Hon, nBh;"" U"J' ''""a andUj.n,",tuv"r " u" " "lov.r rellueinent, and modeia- Hot), nnd n prer npitaucr, livuj ii nu belli; IndioJ in meir, md nut trjIhR to make any ory roiuirkiuie nppinrincr, only to bu iiiiumI, haiant and allAble; In tact IuiIiiik thu H.ilnt uf the Lird rolRii In uvir heart, riv lngjytoevtrycoiinloimiceaiid gucu aim currecltim to every m. veinmit lu Mr, and restraining, uilrim aijinirnr etuliiil nutliluR tint la wroiiK. At tills latodstuln our viperluoeu tho Hjilrlt of the Jiordouithtlu havu Ita lernct ork lu tho Jutl'it-Jay rijlnt-. It ought tube si tlio'oiibli iluv. lo 1 1 and have tccomii eucli n fiuntniu if lUlil uud liia.lratlon In u, trim it would rcilraln us (run doiiiK urunir and rromptus In uoiinf everythliiK thatlsrUht- Itahoull be rucli niuner In retry lndlvlduil thut none it u would urijliet our duties. It ciuht nu tjbeultli uvery father nil I mother, ret I rutin r nn I sister. It ought to lucultlvnttd, talkel nbullt, coral o id, souitht niter Mid lived for. I aunties oujjjnt to vie with men oltitr lu trying to obtain n (jrnaur tupt ly of thu rt, ltit of the lord, ltahould lit u fully In tho heart that men wuul I know on nil occasions wht they ilnuld do mil how they should do 11; know how they ought loierform their labors at home as well ua abroad; how they ought tu appear; when they ourIiI lu leaeeu, and When they 0U(lit not to t u noli, how nun should treat tlulr uier, wives their husbaids, atenta their children, nnd cnl dicn their lunula This church now Is over sixty jiars old, and we are measurably In n settled nud llxcd condition. Weahoiild bean thoro'-Rhly eiUbllshed lu the rlncl-pies rlncl-pies of the (lospel that tho fact shuull actually bo seen and known. We should know It In each other, und we should follow each other's nool example. Where we hive a brother or a mljlibor lint out-strips out-strips ua lu his lldelity tu the cauao uf Uod, wo should want to imltato him; we should wnut n leaf trom llli ti'Jjk ot uieileuce, nnd we should trant to irolltbe hlsi(oodexamle. There Is a larKe Icrceutsge of the Litter day Halnts who havejhad audi a lengthy e. penotico that II ouhl to tell lu trie cam-muiilty. cam-muiilty. Wo may uo uciullnlcl with nelghbora and friends that wu have watched perhaps durln u ttenerutloii We havu followed their live, nud hale noted their lldelity tuthe principles of the Gft el, their consistency nut their iiRUlaruy, They can alwaj aba relied upon. Voi will nlwojs llu I them upjii tho right side of every nutter that Is lutrojucsd; always, correct, nln.ijj moderate, not boisterous, not pushing themselves forward. Veil do nut seu them possibly as ipilcily as you see outers; tut wnenever jou di dlicover t lie in, yuti nlays find thorn on the right track aim In tho etnlght mil nurrow path that leads to life. Huch men aru not easily dlslurbid. 2uw uioveiueuliandotritloiis that pnaeut tlieiusolves do not catch thuni iaslly. They seem tu havo liecome so thoroughly thor-oughly Imbued with the iilnclplis of tho Uuspel of Jo-ii! C'hiiit that they are not easily deeelved. f ha: Ii what ought to be with men of expeilence lu tho Church of Christ. The Hjlrlt of tho Lord lu us ought foreign supreme, and when nnylhlug new coinoi ulou,r, If WM nti,i..t f tlnll II nt lliu llp.t gllmpso or mooting, we hid better wait u little and wntch until the Hplrlt of thu Lord shall direct us: for It Is a monitor lu the hearts of the Latter-day Haluts, to lead them luto all truth, nnd It never leads In to falsehood. Whenever When-ever wo go Into falsehood It Is became wa follow some evil Influence. The Hplrlt of the Lord never leids to evil; but It brings to our minds the truth. It reveals to Us the truth of tho present, uud It opens our minds sometimes to ace somo truths thut nro yet lu tho future. Hut It never Uecalves, and never leads men nstray. Thatlsnotltsolllce. Ho that we need to give heed to that Hplrlt, listen to Itsvolco all the time, aud becomo no-ipialnled no-ipialnled wlthltaud Its operations, lu order that we may not bo deceived. The reason that wo uro still ll.ble to maku mistakes und to bo deceived Is became we havo not jet attained tu thntdigree of Intelligence aud light that we may obtain; and wo lime, not obtained It for the reason that wu have neglected our llllle duties. Wu havo been careless, nud not as earnest aud ai euergetla lu tils performance of tho duties that Uod renulreaof us as wu might have been, iur If the Latter-day Latter-day Haluts had been as Industrious nud devoted as they oauld have been, not one that has find twenty j ears of experience, or even ten, couli be led astray today. They would bu so schooled by the Inspiration of the Almighty that they could not be deceived by tho volco of n stranger, for they would know thu voice nf tho truuHiiepherd. Aud this Is very desirable; for lu thu Is our safety, nud w llhout It thore Is no safety. The fact of our having repented re-pented of our si in, mid havlug been baptized, nnd havluir iLrulvml ii... Holy (Jhost, and liuvlng received u testimony that tho Uosnel was true, nnd having guthered together und re-celved re-celved our blcsslug lu lliu Temple of the Lord, is not sulllclent. To bo ab-solutely ab-solutely safe it takes a constant labor, faithfully exercising all our powers and privileges lu tho Uosul. I'cultloii, priesthood and authority are not enough to secure tho salvation of u man. It Is Just ns necessary neces-sary that thu man who Is President Presi-dent of n Htake, or of a mission, mis-sion, or who bears the Apostteshlp, should bu diligent, humble, fallli(u), meet olten with the Halnts to partake of tho Hacrament, uud attend to his prayers faithfully, im It U that the Deucou or the member should do these things. A man's position, reipuntl-btlltynnd reipuntl-btlltynnd ordluitlon will not excuiu him from any little duty. Hut I say that the man who lias received thu greatest responsibility and authority lu tlio Chinch of Christ ought to be the most humble, tho mast meek, tho most willing aud the most obedient, nnd to bow the lowest if llOCUMinrv. In him should bu peeii tlioelTeoti uf tho Uaspol of Christ moru plainly than In other men. Tho greater riwnonslblllty thero is placed upon n man's shoulder, I suy the greater obligation for lilm to do thu will of Uod. Just ns our rather who Is III hoiivoti stands at thu head and Is greater lliun all. Ills example Is perletl, and we cannot go beyond II; and wa are ndmonlshud by the Bivlur of tin' world that we should be perfect as our Jliavenly father Is er(eol-And er(eol-And I repeitthul tho more authority and more responsibility that aro placed upon n mail's shoulders the greater should bu hit humlllt, tliu more perfect per-fect ihould bo hli oonnuct towards his brotbi r, the mure gentle, kind, long-sutleriug long-sutleriug and patient should he be, that lie may win end save the people. Ami i as Ihn mm who Haul ,,l the liealui thuCnuriu mil hut- the i-re te.t r. ;inlolliiyi-iKiiitji,iiiH m ruo lul In regard I' these thu,,.,. IUI, ,,t S.O0U rx iui,i Ltforu tho iw.rlu, tu, the Hjints shall not t e , lOude I, a I roiMit that tho Hilnii si til i -i , ,, i, xamples In Ihniarth tha the wnn i shall not bo ollcnde 1 at them, The sobrlelyo' the Luter-da) -iMuu oiiJht In leajii it lesuri 1 1 tlm w n d TiPelr teinperauce, their himiih'y, ttst-tr iraj.rtuliKs., tlu ctiHilne,, li which they id serve thu Hilbjth diy and llnlr l. Igul ,t,s I u,u Lirl should b. mi i.tinub I , u, , n J. All I example Is Hie iBer Itnn nuy docttlmi H can lu iilhshed or liresrhi-J a til , wotld Whit w , isrs It w uld tell It wo were l,ntter-day Hal i, liiJn,Jt,t Sir we did thu will t tlio I, rl run have coveinutol t d , n ii worn noi " " dngreo tirenuii ireiknl Whala sirmoit it w iij ir.tch! It would bo n atsndlrig mon tuthe ttorlJ. If we were Litter ln Haluts nsunouht t lie "in.ing the com-inaiidmeiitaoMlod, com-inaiidmeiitaoMlod, n it a man doing wrong, notn man bre klin; thu Hib-bath Hib-bath day, not u Inn luiolied upor anjInliigiloiiuonlhnjM'ntli day net rtliiolulilr neoesstry i ha dime, tho homes o( Gad nil erowii , nnd uvery Litter-day Halnt parlulng of the sarrament wlut n tp tunoiiy Ihla would tu to thu v, irl ' It would be mr thin ull the LI .era aro prrnchln ; totny In the worl I, an I no havo him-diedaof him-diedaof them In lltlerc i parts cf the eirtli I my HZ one uld be deeii In that eonditloii it uuill senk louder thin lliouirli wu ere all tu go lilt ) the word U bear le-sllmony to the truth. Let tho fruit ho si en, f or b ludi , un I must ninny. Imju lgt j, by thu (rull wo pmluconnd ty tho world wu aci-om-p till. Let the teslraliilng lhlluetico of the Hplrlt un I p iwer I lljd that we have rece-lvi.l be tliown In eicry man's llfp. L tithe shown In every household, lu every lice of worship. In every placool limine s, or wherever nn Kldur cf liruil :,;nnl I siy It will bear sich a testimony to tho world that they will stand aghast before It. Hut wu uro like the world, an I wo aru contaminated with them nuru or lew. We Indulgu In their frivolities, Hi their nonsense, anJ lu their wn)s. As they neglect payers, s do we. As tiny neglect tho houis of worahip on the rithb tth day and the tacrainont of the Lird'a tuiper, w do we. An they neglec to reient ol tlielralu andmsku restltutloii, so do we; nil I ns they take (leasure nud enjoy them selves, and are IhoughtloM in regard tu the Lord nud Ills wa, ao aro we, In n incisure. We are ton citeless. 1'oofew of the Latter lay Halnta come togtthcr au the Hibbith day to worship the Lord, nud they all iw loo amtll excuira to ktc p them nt home. I u Ihla rearl tin ru ought to bi eometlilug of a reformation; so that wherever n Latter-day Hilnt la fouud tha world woult feel the very spirit of Jmtlce, ol moral-lly, moral-lly, of tcmiicrancu aud ol righteousness righteous-ness in him as he moved In their rnldil; that It should have Its Inllutuse over Itteni, an I that when auoii n man peaks thu Hplrlt of the Lord would commend w hat he aava ns honest nmi true. Tun rreurd ani the ciedlt of the Latter-dny Haluts ought to bo above juestlin, nboeeuplolon. It ought to I u uuderst jod that whit the Litterilay Halnts rufri they live up to; that In their fitmllhs, lu their business circles, and wherever they are, they honor the professions that they make. Therefore, whatever reformation we need to mike, let us miku It. If we would only du this, my brethren and sisters, we 7oilld Una that happlueis, Iwaco and fellowship would rel in more abundantly anuiu ua than It doea, nud Wu would IITo In cich other's hearts and coulldeuce; wo would love onu another, wo troul I bleu ons another, an-other, no would pray for one another, and wu would not allow anv dliler-tin. of sentiment III retard to matters ot business or politics, i anything uf that kind, to over divide, us from tho love of our bn thren anddrom tho lovo of UoJ; wo would rli ubovu all these thlngi entirely, and! would exorcise u chunty for una anoQicr that charily that doth not Hue) fault with a neighbor. It is uot profitable for us to find fault will a neighbor. It Is rofltablo for ui to Ind a little fault with ourselves, and clrrect ourselves; but not to Loniplaliiofiiurnelgbbor,tior try and Injure him In liny manner, nor to magnify his fan 111 before others. Wu want to bo gunoruus und kind lu regard to these thlngs.i If a man has n fault, let me sorrow fcV lilm, arid not takojoy in the fact thai ho Is a tinner, and magnify and iiarujio his fulling before the world; for Hainan haa failed he has still some vlrtis. I say that Latter-day Halnts, as u rile, have more virtues than tiny havo ttults or vices. Tuko tho worst of llicra, Juidthoy havu more virtues than tiled havu faults. I. alter day Halnts havefa creat mane virtues, and by the sldelof ouo of their faults jou may couuttoii of their virtues, If you chooio tolook for them. And It Is a nice thing fi parade eicli other's virtues. Wo mxll not takouuy particular pilns to puraii our own; hut paradu tho virtues ot yoW neighbors, of your friends, of your ktudrod. Heak of tlulr virtues. If a )iau has fallen into transgrosilou, It Is V relief to ro-member ro-member that hu did n gfod thing, nud to speak of the vlrtuuA that hu has manifested In the past. Vosslbly these virtues may lu the futurilaisert them. telvisover his faults. l(avehopo for such o"ilo us long as thiie Is life, and have forgiveness for tluui. Lot our hrarta be large ennugli and warm enough to forgive those wl jn havo been transgressor, und bring llicm to repentance re-pentance uud reformation If possible, Heek that ullt of Uol.'Waltti, and that gift of (iod, re entapfe, may como to those who have tran-l'reeseu, Hint they limy return g lu, su fur as they huvu wuinered from tho slralirht und usrroV litttb. tu walking In It an 1 honorlif; the Lord. What u Joy It Is to havu nii'chbnra uud friends who uro nlwnvs Breading the straight nud narrow utV "at seem as though they ueru gihvea, unil na though wo could walk sirely by them, because wu havo done eftund havu fouud them nlwajs sure aijl steadfast, and where Wn 11 net them st indlug wu know there is safe ground. ( Now, brethren and atatui , maybe we can make some n format) , and I presume that every Latter ay Halnt wunls to make the neoessar- reformu. Hon. I want to be reiared, for uvery change, every advance step, ind uvery vicissitude that ccmc-s to uij whether It ben rouli or u smooth nil. I want In stand seourel) upon both' eet, that I my not be easily upset; iieiauiu I havo understood for u Ion1 time that i I 'J saaaiBBBBsaasaBBalsaw BiW Sj uverjthlng tint can btifhlikoii wul b shaken. riini Inoiusifynl, nnd It iiiuinsuio tf we cm bfitili , no will be sliiknn llu-re lTJtio i'i. tlnti alnuttlitt We will UlttllfJ: mi i i lih lulihuapostacy u' soiiebuuytiiat tries u., nnd If II Is not tlieJIil'lDl i lin Is not pallth i uud If It IihR Hrhii., if ii Is uot rovcrty, it wlllJj sjiueiiilug thai will conio to try uvtreraiul In the Church. 1 v cry soul vrjfk bo Hhakuti that call be shaken, illiiljjmy t'i i.i will rem iln that tbd MitTOt and Hint nru wise iiiiu-li to wagnhu st.alght nu I narrow path. KR I hat Is my ti.itlnnB)fo ro i, my bn thren an t alstsra. Ajuevny time that westiud Ilmt ituiufp no move I In one trial, Miat sets unulllxis m for another Vet wo muTjIsinii I iiimy triad berore wu uonio todJJhu onu ihat williipsctus. Lit w, zuen, t wry careful and guardid. IH not let our hearts be set upon rnttis, rr iihii huslne s, or upon rttTUJc, or ujun un) thing that will tirfTtfio frim the loieo Uod Oal tlu'.It'io L rl mil uiil pr servo us and keeji us, and tot ullotr us tu wsiidor; but uouoeiitmto our minds mil souls uffn the trull,, tint Me iimy keep Illsrcrnmsudmiiats, and nut fall away nud ho dis ruyiil. There is great daiuer. Ve nrailiuted I i the faith, tstabllslieujln the Mug-dom.iiudaettleil Mug-dom.iiudaettleil nnd flxgd si far; but o i' luw many havo iroua whu seemed tu be soil I au I fixed tVihelr pur(msD, and whu have done a prcnt deal. It Is posilblo Hint y m and IJliliy fall, tut letus boso huinblu ttule) careful In keeping the committdsiouti of the Lord that we may net he thikou. And (lotgrnit Hint V.tJ may Leaun-cessful, Leaun-cessful, Is my jrnjer ill the name of Jrsus Christ. Anion. ( |
