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Show SUNDAY SKRYICES. So m Hrmom for lUUs a lallrnlnj Siiliit, Thoitrjlili In suort of thr Khlullyvf Jfin llirlsr. Rellgioua ierf lei wer lull at tho Tubfrnailo, Kidt t.i.'4tj City, Hiitiday, May fctli, 1&9.', com ro. nc I n at J), m, l'mldent Anvils M. Ctttiuon rrildliiir. ThBeholrfitriK the hymn lifRlnnlDgl wt tbt work, my (), my I. In, To i rl 1 hj- ttfcoit, gtva ttitok 4ul tint, IVarr waa o tiered by VAdvt John Klrkman, Tliocbolriinsi llfl dl 1 1 lh .rt Ilftf m'f 1.( t. And IirAtl'falaajrtiltrl wpt around. Tho rrliathuodoflliei:iTcntli ward vtaloiatthl lit the admliiUlratlon of tho Hacramcnt. KI.DCn JUll.f MCHOIJWN ftJdrunuil tho congrrijaUoii. He aId It wai a great jirlTllcito for lho of thctn who wrt tnetuUrt of thv Church of Jtius Chrlat to com together on tho tiatbatli day and rrnew their corriiiinU with (loJ. Wheti we art. f roach ed tho accriitancu of that holy ordlnnocr, thvSacraracut.wethoutd tu prepared for It; our heart ihould he entirely frte from any ftellue of hard nets towardi our fellow erratum, and tajf dally lliono who U-toaed to the household of faith; we aliuuKt lay ailde everything that Han not lu unlfon with our iretwut purKHK, th.t wo roluht w-oniblp Hod "in tjiirlt and In truth, "and (attake worthily of theitnulema of the atoucmeut of our Ixird. The atonement waa the funJinicn tal doctrlnu ot all ChrlntlanUy, whether It le tho tytem that we a Iatterday tilnui Utllevuln aud had accented or any other lellulon which claimed tu he Ohrlatlau iDltUtharactt r. There were rutny Idcaa adTerre in thl doctrlnu now 11 U iroinulated In thu community at Urgf. n'jtonly In puhllo tut lu private, and it therefore tehavrd all thope who jTofnifed the nntno of ChrUttole well crounded In tuch uoctrlne.ao that t all timet they mlKht he able tu Rive n ri'atuii for the hope thatltui. Irtdltieu). There wai uuo fenturo connected with our faith which waa proteollve lu lit character, namtlyf that com mu til ration betl the true dlaclpKa of Chrlatandt od vuioiwn to each and evify one .u had acce tedof lilt dattrfne, Kvery prroti who olrejol thedoLtrlneef ChtUtwai entitled tua wltm lor himself of It truth a wit neaa that did not come from man and waa not the result ol mere external evidence; 11 warn verltallo commuul cation between the Creator nd the creature. This prluclnleof Individual TUht, baied on oboJlooce to law. waa inundated by Christ Himself when He aald tothuMi whu lled coutrfil iioraneouily with Him: "My doctrine la not mine, but Ills that tent me. If any man will do His will, heahall kuow of the doctrine, whetlur It be of Uod or whether I atvak of Myself." My-self." This wai a pain, jointed, and unequivocal pro in lit. It simply said that all who kept the command moutaof Uod and docth that which wu contained In Hli txprexsed will, cdiould not be left lu the dark; they should know that It wia the doctrine ol Uod and had em a nut id from n divine Not long since the apetker hal tho plranure of mietlng with n dla tl!itfU.aludlaJylrnip1ciiouilti puhllo allalrs, n ho wan on a visit to this city. Hue had many liKiulriis to mike relative rela-tive to the doctrine ef our Church, aud put to him. lerKonally, a number of quuidlout which he endeavored to answer aiLXpllcltly at poMlble, Hhe asked what wan the hauls of our re lUlou, and ho Informed her that It wru baed upon the doctrine of loimeJUte and continuous revelation. In re ly tu tba cpicttton whither revelation was conllnud tu the1 heads of the Church, or whether oltitre alio bail revelation for tbenuelve Individually, he Informed her that tho fountain of ruvelatlou was ojeu to all. 'Have you," the said, "at any tlmu rceled a revelation?'1 The nqiwer wax In tho ulllrmntlvv. "What wan thetubjectof the revtlation?" To this lieausHtredthat t'i had revealed to lilm that this wat Jlla wcrk, aud that He ittkbllshed It by His power aud Linmiitudmeiitf. Aa he before ro marked, thU wai n rolectlvo principle, forthuliidtvlMal who (eOHMud thu tottlmonyhal hit feet upon "thn reck cf unii,"ud therefore he ought to Ui nroaf an at nut allusMaulli to ft move him Irom hiiosUlon. J le obiervtd that In some I artt of the country numbers ef ch,r.ryiuen were tuterluK IntodUauhlona on religious mtU re, and homo uf them, from the put llu ru.tr urn, were kMi'1, their retutona for their I resent rellKloua post tlms In which they utand why they nre l'reih) t rlatix, UupUBtslCathellca,or whattve r rNo their preft-Mlona mlht be. ltkeeiiiLd to him, howevtr, to be tt almple thliii for a member of tbe Church to explain why hu was a latter day Halnt, taking thi doctrine of rrvt-Utlon at u bukli. Ily nrceptlnc Christ on our Hedieiuer He aUo accepted all that Hi hadtauuht. ui tnt a It ha 1 reached us. He had ttuifhtut that we limit hive confidence in Him, that we mini exercise faith lu Jllm c-ntluuallyf for "the Just shall live by faith." but thla did not Imply merely that we ttllnved In hit atonementIn what Hohad d)tie; thlt bullef inuot extend tothotiyMnni which He wtabllshed. theiriaiilxatlon which be placed here upon the earth Hit Church For there niu t he Uit one Church of Christ and that rnutb Christ's Church. He ark now Jed ,i tl tut one, and that wai the-on which wa aicordln to doctrine doc-trine He 1ml Klren. The apeiker dwt It psrtlcularly on the nut ject of n n('.ucu and the urdluaucn of baptism for the remhifloii of eint. andahowed how the Church of Jesus Christ of hit-terday hit-terday Halnla waspaltutned ARer the Churih of fornur day, Imvlui? A(kjs life an J I'rai hett. tlUti I'rlesli,rieven-tire. I'rlesli,rieven-tire. Kldi rs, to. He quoted the Apotlle Paul, whu emphatically stated, lie nald, that the ornanUitlon of the Church, xhould be prt( rved lu nil Ita ojmpleWnoM, The Church wat ratted thebodyofChrlttibutnohurch without A -o th i did not tyrtfy tho human lody, lrerauiolt wathoAJle-s; It could not at ok In the way nqulred by our Heavenly Katlier; It couU not speak authoritatively wltli power and e(1l cacy. Net only wat the oranlxitlon of title ( huh'h complete In all Hi parta andnfl IU nicert similar tu tlioto that woruplauted In It orltctaally, but all the function ptrUluItJit to each o til co were minutely understood, detailed de-tailed aud defined, and both the or saulxttlon ant Its operations were the MM beautiful And orderly ef anrthlug be knew on the face of thn earth This had t-fiin exemplified timet out of numtir. and how detply this thought mint have been Imi rented upon tlioae who wire present In that fabernicle Immediately prevluustu the Impressheaud leautlful scrv.cet hell, tin re on the fllh ot April last, connected connect-ed with the laying ol the rap-tune of the Temple, when tach quorum of the Priesthood otcupled Its ewu jataltlou and moved harmoniously According to Ita order, evidencing that the uuanlX4 turn wat tho mtntromplete lu lu char aitor and elllcicy for every rclhjluji I ii r pose. Hmklnir. of the laying of the Temple oitone, this gave them an additional Idea at to why they wire Latter-day faints; becnubo lu consequence ef the open tton of tills principle of revelation which had Won communicated to thu Church, the provisions which (lod ha4 nude for the salvation of HU children were shown to be wide at eternity, and all In due time received opiorlunltie for obtalnlug the full benefits of what Christ tud done for the race. They helJ that through thu wIckedncM. ef men, their perversion aud their opposition to the Introduction Introduc-tion by our Heavenly Tathcr, of that which wotfor their own good, theru bad U-vn Ionic IIs of time bulwreu thedis, eii.-tP.ii- that He had girt u for thebenvHt'ot Hit chll Ircn, when He Kve them pjwrtuultles for eulrao liiif tho fulneu or the Uos-ll Uos-ll lu thin life. It lad been communicated to the Church that thuUopel was not only reaclml lu thla life, to .how who were In mortality, but also to departed ailrlta whu had pa-red tehlud the veil. There wat uo royal road to tbo Celestial Kingdom. It requited comtlltuie with all that Udd hd revealed,both In relation to ordlnaucet nud plrltual oWdhuce. Hence the erection et templia 1y tho Latter-day Hilnts, In order that tluMiurdlniiKtt which per-taluid per-taluid to the dead inluht be iirformed for thtra vicariously by the llvluvf. Thlt principle wat uu-dtrxtool uu-dtrxtool bv IbeancloitUand appearej to have bien acted Ujk)U by them at well aa by us, when the oraclrt of Uod wore amount them. The Apostle l'aul Introduced IhlttutJfCtfcJin. autalnlnproo4ltlou lu support id the doctrine of the resurrection. resur-rection. He aald: "I.Inu what stiatl they do that are baptlxed for the dead. If the deal riav not at all, why then are they baptized far the dead?" In thu lemileirected by the Latter-day Latter-day &tluU at Klrtlaud. Ohio, It was theru xnuuclated that LIIJh the Pro-phot Pro-phot apjieared to tho Prophet Joseph rimlth and Ollvtr Cowdery, aud bestowed be-stowed upon them the koyt for turning "the hearts cf thn chlldrun to tbe falh-er falh-er and thu heirta of the ft hers to the chlllrcu." 'Ihtt waslu futlllhuentot Ihela.tworJa of tbu Old Testament, whcrelu Malacht tho Prophet mild that Inthe lastdajaUod should tendUIlJah thu Prophet to turn thu heartt of the children to the fithers aud the heart id father to the children, Kit He smite the earth with n curie. There wtife jnauy evldcncis proving that those ktr,s wero bejlowed upou Juseph Kuilth and Oliver Cowdery, m they claimed. The best aud must l-owerful evidence that ho knew of wai that the iiertf of the Latter-day Htlut were turned towards the fulhera-That fulhera-That ahowej that there hud leeti an lulUeme aud a powerat work among them that had broadened their thoughts, wldeLed their sympathies, and cau-ed tht ui to make merle" ci In to great a purpose a the application of the prluclrlv of salvation tu the human race, not ouly to those living lut to those who had gone to the great bejond without a knowledge of therutuettoftheUofpel. This wai demo tut rated no longer thau a week ago, when, accordlug tci n call of those who presided pre-sided over thla Church, the Lsttcr-duyHilnts Lsttcr-duyHilnts in nearly every part ef the w orl l win re the Uospel had a foothold, and where thtre wai nu orgauUtd branch, at far hi we knew, fateJ, met togtthir, and contributed their eirVr log with a view tn complete the Tern hie In thi city. Nobly did they come forward: and hu now teitlllel In regard re-gard to that gathering lu which he himself him-self iwtlcltnted that tbe peace, tho l-iiwer and the Hplrlt of our Heavenly I'ather were jrevtnt, and report fro n all pari, as far ai received, were tu the tame uVct. Cno of the chief purpose ot this movement wat that the way might lw upened up in ore fully to tprta. the principle- of the Uopel and make them apulltible tu the dead a well a the ll lug. In order to obtain Information to enable them to cam) ly with this Cod-given mit-Ion of the Halot. many of their number made hacrtflcetf, lift their buslue-i and houiif, mid visited foreign land froui whence they came, en teavorlng tu obtain geiualogkul Information eon erulug thi ir progenitor, then entered Into Uod' holy houitanJ -r-formed work In their behalf, AtiJ how gn at au 1 glerlou a work It watl There were many, however, who notwithstanding not-withstanding the efHiitt that they ut forth to accomplish the desire of their heart towards thu father In this regard re-gard wiieet uuablo tiidoAiii thing lu thi dlrt-ctloubtcauui their way wat net opened up. They could not obtain the nqulslte knowledge regarding their rifgenltort. Hut the Lord had ether meant that woull no doubt be developed devel-oped In time to come, and we were near that time now; fir by nroceet that were i.ot ordinarily visible number of ltoplebad already beeuat-isted luub tilulug lubnuAtto 1 1 euuble iimux to curry forward tbl labor Under tho Ocr-pel of tbe Hon of Uod, at woundonta.u, the family organization organiza-tion was made rpetual at well a complete. Under Ihls eternal law far the law of Uod waa necessarily eternal, partaking of HI own nature where thotcxet wei united In marriage, It wai nut only "(HI "'"tli did them part," but thecontraet at formed for thltllfe and for the life In tho great Wyond, lo last for ever and ever. Ihorc who were bom under that tternalevutracl were the children of lareut In eternity at Well a here. We were LattorUay Helnts because thU glorious view, ctrulnty and promise lay before u. Thealgatof Uhrlil' tecind coming were multiplying on every band. All the condition were here, at least In their Incipient elaecs. All tiling-humau tiling-humau apiirei to '-u In commotion at Hu predicted would be the caie. Mm were being divided Intuclaiee, Aiilmonltlcii were being eugenderel, bltternistnnd violence wire rpn ailing over the face of the earth, and everything every-thing pointed to the time when there should be a glgautlo and revolu tlonary uheaval. Ihero were earthquake. famine In divert placet, alii gret dlnltwi and perplexity ol nation. In fact, all that ChrUt foretoll ha li'i, And wo anticipated an-ticipated that In Ihenattout of the world at large thrte things would In-crca-c, until Hu"wIioh right It It to reign" kiiould coiue aud dwell In the into it of lilt iteople, to regulato buraan Allalrr, according to His divine law. There were people whoclthned to be Christian and yet aald that Chrlt wat no mom than n mere man. they roUllllm of HI Olvlnlty or sold that He was not Uod Haw any perron per-ron could take thi ielilon aud maintain main-tain It from re Christian ttandpolut, wat beyond hit own comprehenelou; because Christ Htm-elf declared that He wat thu Hon of Uod, And this statement peraie-ated peraie-ated hII HI teaching. Thoe who surrounded thu lord Jt-a n Christ In HI ml nit try to designated Him tu Hit prtftance. When Jill dUclplc Informed Him of the numerous numer-ous popular conjectures regarding HI Identity, he turned to Peter and aald: "Whom do ye My that I, tbe Hon of Man am?" " Thou Art Christ the tion of the living Ujd," wut the reaty respou-e. Ju dimuendiHl the apostle for bit declaration, telling him that he watbles-ed In coii-rquei.ee of iKireeeslug this knowlege, m,U hid not Ueti communicated to him ol man, but by rovelallon from Uud. All the i hlloBopher, rullgloua moral and scientific, admitted the potency, tuty And force of ChrUt't teaching. They have not been apironched lu gmidtur and efllcaey by the exposl-liout exposl-liout of any being i.uuu to history, while hi i-trnoual g'XHJiie' li IacmJ beyond the reach uf quentlon. HI eelf-Abu edition reached the grealett a'-talnable a'-talnable degree of perfect! n. All IhU I admitted even by those who hold that Chrl't wa not a divine being; thatHewunottheH)u of U; thai He wa nuly a "gooJ man." Thla repu llatlou of Hit divinity li utterly lucomtatltde with the theory of HI goudm, Uceitfi He Hluuelf claimed tube ulvltie tbu Hon ut Uod. Thi ilalm p-rniH-Ated all His teaching)-, and Hell-tened to declarallont to that lIVcl from His follower without an attempt tu for-rectthem. for-rectthem. He, on thu contrary, eon-firmed eon-firmed them by hlaon ttatemeuti. AuooJ linn cannot po-slbly beau 1m-jvotor; 1m-jvotor; a deceiver; n hypocrite. Thu leachlngt and example of the Havlor were peclally and tremendously directed di-rected against deception aud fraud. Hit cireerexhlbltel thu fact that Hu could not cltlm for Hl.in.eir a notttlou thatwa not genuine, while Hit ex-BlletllntelllgeuireprcluJeJ ex-BlletllntelllgeuireprcluJeJ thu po-tl bllity of HI making An error on the sulject. He siinku and acted like n Uod. He did not hate lu his heart the n-sentmeut undtr Injury which char-Actirlxed char-Actirlxed humaulty, but exhibited thu traits of asujerUr Uln, while In hit mortality, under the tnj-t Uuta llxlng uud trying randl I us, Thi was demonstrated when 11 gave HI llfu for tho en u hi of truth aud mlv&tloti. In His dying luomvitU He rrlel. In reference to tho ho cruclflel Him: 'Kalher forgive them, they know not what they do." Ono who lul a groU na ueln hl-tory wat credited with having imdoailale ment In relation ti the divinity of Christ a man who wat not endued, howover, with mauy religious ecu llarltlr; he rtferrtd to tho gruH NApoIeoii. When lu banishment nn the Island of At Helena hu a-Vtd Montholon thi questlout "Who wae Jenui ChrM?"Motitholon dlJ not re- I ly and Napoleon rroceoded; "I will tell you. Alexander, Our Charlcmaguo anl Di)nelf ho fouiulud empire, tint eur cmplrot ero founded mi forco, Jesut alon founded HI empire em-pire on lo,e, nl tu tM day million-wouM million-wouM die Ut 1 1 Int. 1 tbluk I un h r-lUn r-lUn 1 aomethlng ef Imman nature, anil I will Ml you, nil thei were men, in. 1 1 am a man. JetutClirUt vra inuiu thuit man. I Im.o lnplrl multltu Iq with n dovntlon hu enttnitUntlo ih.u ihcy would htvudledfor me. Hut to dottilt It wat nrceary that I should b visibly present Mllh thn eilcctrla Inilunini of my look, my words, my voir. Whneros fur me now , romn od I am. from the acilvo Mcnr of f0 mid from tho pre-eurs of min? Who wotld now dla for me CbrUt elono aero the chuviu ofelgliUtin conturlot imtkc. h demand de-mand whleh It U'yoml all olher dimoull lo nullify , Ho ak mure than a fuhar mndemanl from In child, or a bride rrnni her knoiio, ora nun of hU brniher. Ho ak Pirthe humin heart. II will havo ll enilrtly to lllmelf. Ho demand ltunrandltlonalT ant forthwith tlio do-miud do-miud 1 granted. Wonderful! in de- II mi re of lima and puce, the oul of nun with all It- pow er and Ucuttlo hocomet nn annexation to theemplie of t'hrl-1, Thi phenntuenoa Is unaceountablej It ) nltogothor beyond tbstoojHi or man' cro atlvo powers. 'I Hue, the great do-toier. 1 M)norles tu exunguUh thli taerctl fUmo. Ihlt U nuat strlkot mo mott, 'Ihtit wlut provp-to me quite ouuluc-Ingly ouuluc-Ingly that lau CbrUt li dod." There wire miuy today, lotne per-hat per-hat among Hie Latter-day Halut, wh i became InfldeU not because thee hd InvuitUatul thu truths which how that Uod tiiu-l exist, aud that He, uuder certain condition, ip.uk t 111 chll Irrn, but slmjly btcaune they had not done o. It wai relate.! a having uccurred lu thi rlty that u lady 4d she lial outgrown "Mor-nioulsm," "Mor-nioulsm," at It waa railed by the world. Iho subrct ol Uod was being talked about, anJaflor having mie till ktatemeut, fche turned to n member of the Church aud inked If hu (uli explain aomethlug about the nature of the "Mormon" Uo I, lliereh showing that ahe had grown out of, or claimed to have grown out of, aomethlug she knew nothing about. It wm beroiulu-r. foihlinable with aime peoile to be uuMteftr In the divinity of Chilpt. Thltwaiadau gerout pobltlou. It teemed to hlui that thu Littt-r-day Malnt at all worthy urtheniAiue who tml no UoLgUui (HHtlm-my of tlio truth, should never rest until he or the had obtained wltuesi fur himself or heraulf. until hU or her feel were placed upon the rock of truth, when they could ar they knew that Christ waa their lttdeemer and that they would re Him again on the earth If (bey obeyed nndkctlHli law. May God help tit to 1 firm and true and live In communion with the Almighty, that we rnty be able toward oil the turtle Insinuation of those who would have un reject that which we know to be of divine origin repudiate our Lord and Havlor Jesus Chrict, tbe Hon of tho living Uo.1. The rholr ng theanthemt (ifiil U mtrrifal aete u asd tti as. The benediction wat pronounced by KlderWm. L. Hinder. |
