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Show SUNDAY SKIsVICKS. EMrrThirlrs. Vf. Prnrd-e lllieia Lucid Kilanatlon of the 1'allb or the .kalot. l'rrsldrnt UoodrnlT's Testimony. Tes-timony. Itellgious servicea were held at the tatiernacle, li.lt I.nVo City, elunday, May 15th, 15M, commencing at S p. m., President Wllford" Woodruff presiding. Tbe choir and conf regatlon sang tho hymn commencing: Mow Sib s roandstloo, ys Sslsls of Ins Lord, I laid ror tour fallh In Ills sirslltot word.; Prayer wai cflered by lllder W, C. Dunbar. The oholr eang tbeanthem: O, lati, (iod el I.rssl, Iss bonl Is ear lle- The Priesthood of the Twelfth ward oMIcialed In tho admlntstratlou of theKacrament. The Tabernacle wai crowded In' every pari, a large number of the Presbyterian parly now on their way to Portland, Oregon, were preient CllU.ISKUin CIIAHI.K1 W, 1'K.NIIUHR delivered the following address! I have leen requested to sj-sak to the congregation this alt-moon, and I rise to Uo 19 with pleasure, aud also wllh some timidity. This Ii generally felt by our brethren, when ddled upon toipeakln this larn.e meeting-bouse, from the fact that It Is notour custom to prepare Ulacoursee for the occasion. Ho, like my brethren who aru called Uion from lime to time to occupy Ibis Hand, I have to rely upon Ihe filth and sympathy nf tula congregation, and upon the Holy Hplrlr, which I pray aud dealro may rest down upon me and upon all who are present, that ourmlndi may be mutually enlighten e I, that we may he able to undentaud that which Ii brought before our attention. atten-tion. We have met thle afternoon ai Ii our custom on the I-ord'i Day, to partake of the Holy Hacraruent, to worship before be-fore the Lord, losing Ills praises, aud to be Instructed to have our mlndi drawn away from the common thing! ofllfeaud directed toward! tho object of our salvation toward! Uod and Ills Hon Jesus Christ, and to those Ihlnge which have been revealed to us for our edification and obedience. The Laltcr-dav Halnta are a body of wonl.lpoll who believe In OoJ. Thoy believe In the Uod of Ihe Illble. They believe In Jesus Christ. They believe that Jesus of Nazsretli was the Hon of OoJ. Theynlaubellevethatnll nieu and women who dwell on tbe earth are tbe aoni and daughter! of Uod; but In a special sense they believe be-lieve In Jesus Christ ai the Hon of tlod. Hla only begotten Hon accord-lug accord-lug to the flesh. They believe also that by obedience to tbo commandments command-ments which Uod glvia through Jesus Christ all mankind may be saved, and that without obtdlenco to those tulngs(lhey cannot tie saved and exalted III the presence of the Father. The Inttcr-dayHalntibelleve tbatlulheMdaya, In Ihe nineteenth century, Uod haa manifested Himself again-ai He did In times of old; that Jesus Christ who dlid on Calvary has revelled Himself, and that He haa reestablished re-established His Church In tbe same form and after the same pattern In which He established It whenliudwelt on the earth In tbe flrsb. Tbey belltvo that there Is but one Uospelof Jesus Christ, one true religion, and that If people desire to obtain the blessings of Uod In this life, and to dwell In Hla preaeuce, to enjoy tbe lulueas of His glory lu the next llie, they must'be obedient to that Uospel. At tbe same lime, they accord to all penons. every where, the right to worship Uod according to the dictates of their consciences, con-sciences, to worship as leemi right In their eyei; to believe thit which commend! Itielf to their ludgmrnt; to form religious societies, to iiubll.h tbilr oplulons, to preach what they think Is right, to build up their societies according to their beat Judgmeul for the good of mankind, to be perfectly free, ao far as conscience li concerned, and In the ipreadlng forth of principles which they may believe be-lieve to be rightno matter how erroue-oui erroue-oui tbey may aeem to ui, and to do all Ihiugs that are deemed to be rellgloui, so long as tbey do not Infringe upou the rights of othere. I have with me this afternoon a small card con-alulug the Articles of Faith of the I.itter-day Balute, which I will read tolhe congregation, as there may be many present who afenotac tiualnted with our doctrine. Nodoubt all people have heard something about the Latter-day Halnls, or "Mormons," aa tbey aro more commonly called. Theyhave beard, uo doubt,a great many very foolish things about us, a great many erroneous thlogi, because I know that misrepresentations bavo been made concerning us, our faith, ourileslgns, our course of life, aud our objeclaln being herein these inouu-tain inouu-tain valleys. These misrepresentations misrepresenta-tions have been ai-attered broadcast throughout the world. "Falsehood," we are told, "will go a league before truth csu get Its boots on," aud this haa been thu case very much In regard re-gard to the people called "Mormons," ur Latter-day Saints. The term "Mormoa" la not the name we should be kuown by. The disciples of Jtsui Christ, tbe numbers of hii oburch. In early days, ao wo read In thu lSew Testament, were first called Chrhtlaua atAntloch. 1 do not know where tbe Latter.day Balnta wero first called "Mormons," but this is the naruo by which they are generally known lu the world, because they believe In the llouk of Mormou. It would belust atioiitaa reasonable toi-allus Pauls or Peters, or Jamesis, or Johns, bet-uuse we tielleve what Paul wrote, what James wrote, what Peter wrote, and alsj what Mormon wrolu. llul our proiier title Is the Church of Je-us Christ of Latwrilay Hslnls. It U His Church, built up according to Ills directions, nnd we aro called Litter-day Litter-day Halnts to distinguish ui from the former-day Halntx. The proper name by which the mrmtieri ol Chrlst'a Churoli were kuowu In tlieol leu time, II we may bellevo tbe Jtll.lt-, both the old aud new testament, was thlnti. Thoso who believe In (,id and keep His commandments, who Itvo lor lilm and lor the truth, are railed Halnta; and we are desirous of U-lugHluts, of striving to be Halnta. We do not pretend to be very much better than other people lu the world, Uitwearo Jotmd together In tho Church of Jvsui Christ lu order that we may tiecome Balnta, be pre tared lor the l reseuco of OoJ, to en Joy His society and the society ol Ills sou Jesus Christ, and all the good, the noble and the best or the earlb who will U saved lu Ills glory. Ho llie proper ume of this Church Is the Church of Jesus Christ of Litter-day Halnlf, and these are tbe A nicies of Faith of that Church aa arranged by Joseph Hmlth. xnru 1 1- or faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-lltr Latter-lltr Kulnta: I. We belleta In (11, the lUornst I'ather.and In Ills r-on, Jeius Christ, and in llie Holy (lliml. i. Wo believe thai men will bn pun l-hr-t for their own sins, and not tor Adum'a transgaretlon. 3. We bailor Jllist, through the atone, ment of t'brttt all mankind miy lie s.ited, be obedience to the laws and ordinances ordi-nances of tho (lo-pel. 4. We lielleve that these ordinances are: IlrrT.l'alth Intbe Lord Jesus Cbrlsti second, liepen'an-'i third, lisptlam by Immersion for tbe remission or lnt fourth, iMylngon of 1 1 suds for Ihe dill of the Holy Uhott. A. We lK-ilcve that a man must he called nf Uod, by "prophsey, and bv.tho laying lay-ing mi of bsud-," hr Ihote who aro In authority, to preach the llo-pal and ad mtnltter In tbo ordinances thereof. 0. We believe In the eime organization Hut exIMod In Ihe primitive rhtirch, nantelr, Apimlles Prophets, Pastors, Teachers, Krangetlste, etc. 7. Wobolleve tn Ihe gift of longuee, prophecy, reveUllon, visions, healing, Inierprrrtatlonof tonirues, oto. 8. We believe tbe llible tube the wortl of Uod, aarar aa It Is translated currently! we also believe Hie Ilook of Mormon lu be the word of Uod. Ii. Wo lietlavo all that Uodhaa rovcittod, all that Ho does now reveal, nnd we believe be-lieve that Ho will yet reteal many great and Important llitoga pertaining to tho Kingdom of (lod. 111. We believe III the literal gathering of fsraet and In the restoration nf ttioTrn Trlbmk That '.mil will be bulltupim Ibis coinlnent. That Christ will reign iersii ally ution the oar.h, and that tho earth will be ronewed and rueolro Its paradisiacal para-disiacal glory. II. Wo cUlm tbe privilege of worshiping worship-ing Almighty Uod aivonhng hi the tile Intea of our const i-'iico, aud allow alt men the name privilege, let them worship bow, whero or whit thoy may. 12. Wo tielleve In being anbect to kings, pre-ldouu, rulsra and magistrates, In obeying, honoring and sustaining the law. 13. We bellere In being honest, true, oh.--.to, benevolent, vlrtiiuue.andln doing guud to all men Indeed we insy say that wofotlowthealinotiltlon of Paul, "We la-Hero all things, we hoie all tilings," wo hat e endured many things and hope to bo able to enduro all things. If Ihero U anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, wo Mtek after lbeolhlnga,--Jr.rrii hvitrii. I think If these articles of our fallh wero scattered a little more exlenslvo ly throughout the world, tbo erroneous Ideal which n groat many people may have eutertalned concerning ui would 1 lotnowhat corrected, Aa I before listed, we believe that tberu Is but ouu true tellglon. We l-elleve that tcaute there Is but one Uod fur the Inhabitants of the e.rtti to worship, when thoy worship anything any-thing but that oue truu Uod tbey com rait Idolitry. Wu Uillore that this ono true Uod has a religion which He deehes the Inhabitants of the earth to follow, which He revealed It, former limes for their guidance, aud which He has reveatud anew lu these latter times, (toil thelnrliiltf, Ihe r.ternal, tbo All Wise would not make a dozen, ur a hundred different religions to con-fuso con-fuso aud bswIIJsr pair humaulty. There can be bus- one true1 religion, because there li but uno true (Jjd to wonhlp. At the same lime, nil people on the earth aru at liberty to receive that rollgion or to reject It, or, If they so desire, to make other religions. Ilut torthlsthey will have to answer tn Him whou every man liudged according to his works, 'either can they receive thoies Mealing! Mea-ling! either In this world or Ihe world to come that they would have received bad they obeys J the true Uospel. Hut wo l-slleve that therowlllbo a period In the hl.tory of all men and women when they will come to au under itandlng of tho true gosiet, either In thli wurld or In the world to come. For we believe that man la Immortal, that the spirit of man will enduru when the bjdy com tntothe grave,that Ihe body will be raised agalu frim the dead, aud that In Ihe resurrected body each Individual will stand before Uod and "give an no count for the deeds done ln the body." We do not believe that thli mortal iphere In which we dwell Is all there Is of life, uor tho only plnco whero the mercy of Uod cau reach Hla crtaturrs. Wo believe that the tender mercies of Uod are over all Ills wotks, that throughout alt His unlvrrse His power reaches, the lUbt of Ills truth can penetrate, and His salvation can be extended, and that those who do not have the privilege of learnlug and understanding the one truo waynf life while they dwell In mortality, will And the opportunity hereafter In thearlous mansions pre pared tortho children of men ijlieii tbev tlenart hence. Wo believe that all people will at somo time hear the Uospel tbe Uospel of Jeiui Christ the true plan ol salvation. salva-tion. We believe ln a "defined plan nf salvation;" that It was prepared by Uod; that true rellglouorlKloates with Uod tbatlt comes fromUoddownward to man, and not from man upward to Uod. Though men may seek out mauy tnveulloiis and make many religions, jit Ihe true religion of Uod must come from Ul; tho religion of Jo-tis Christ must come from Jesui Christ. Chrlit aud the Father aro one, notune In per son, but ono In mind, one In spirit, one In doctrine, oneln principle, one la nil thing! In which two or more Individuals Indi-viduals can be perfeotly aud entirely unltod. When Jesus was baptized In Jordan, ln coming out of tho vt ater the Father spoke from he.vtn saying "Tllll Is My llelovedHonlu wburo I am well pleased," aud thu Holy Uaost defended defend-ed uitou him ln the form or sign of the dove. This shows that lliey are separate separ-ate aod dlstluct aa to penouallty, to sulistanceand get ouo In essence. In prluclple, lnlslth,lu doctrine ami In allthlogslu which dltlerent persons can I-Dnslbly be united. Well, then, the rellgloti of Ud Is the religion of Jesus' Christ, and the religion of Jesus Chtlst ll the rcllitlou of tho Father. It la sail He declared! "My dwlrlne Is n it Mine, but His thai seut Me; and If any man shall do Ilia will hu shall kuow of thu doctrine whether It le of Uod or whether I speak of Myself." My-self." Truo rellglou, thou, C'-mrsfreui Uod, through Jesus Christ, and all nuuklud may be saved by obeying Its principles. AU maukiud, except those who are unsavable, will at sometlmo beiavedby theouoUospel. Aa Christ preached it to men In thutlesh, when He dwelton the earth btforellli crucifixion, cruci-fixion, so alter Hu waa slain anl His body lay In the tomb, "Hu wi.nl," ns Peter njs, and "preached to the spirits In prison" who were "dls. utedluut In the daya of Noah, while the ark was preparing." He went and pri ached to them the same (iosjiei which He preauhed to men In the tlt-sh, ai we are told by thu lame Awstle. What I have Just quoted you will lied lu the MM chapter of the tlrat Kplitle uf Peter, 10th nnd Con venes. In the nextitiater auJ the Otli verse we nre told! "Fur, for thli cause was tho Uospel preached alto to therulhataro dead, that they might 1st Judged according tu men In the Hesti, but live according to tlo.1 In the spirit." They were not men In Uie flesh; they were men lu the spirit. Christ weut and preached to them while Ills boJy lay In Hie tomb. "He Ing put to death In the flesh, but quickened by the spirit, He went and breached unto the spirit! In prison." lledescendeillntollsdei. He said to them In darknen "show yourselves." "Ho led captivity oap. tive." Tills Is one of Ihe prlnclplri of our fslth, and we expeot that tbe time will come when the heathen nations that have not heard ol Jesus Christ will have the gospel preached to them In Ihe spirit, as those people did who dwell on tbe earth before Ihe days ol Jesus. There are the millions of Jews who havo departed Irum thli life lu unbelief very much through uo fault of their owo, but through tho vrrori . Of their ancestors. Kviry soul of thorn, according tn our faith, wIlMirartbeaospel All men.lii order to be JuJgeJ by It, must hear It. Hut "How cm they hear without a prvnoher, and how csu be preach except he lie sent?" He must l-o sent nf Uod, not of msn. Meu have a right to preach; they havo a right te lecture, to publish, tu spread abroad tbelr opinions nnd views; but to preach theUcspeland Administer In the ordinance or-dinance of It wllh authority as the Lord has appointed, man hai to be. called nf Uod, to he appointed, to be ordslned, to receive authority, or his ministration! will l.ol be effectual. Aud the time will come whin, aa Jesus preached to tbe spirits ln prison, so His servant!, called, ordained nnt appointed ap-pointed of Hint will go to the thousands and miliums of those who are dead aud publish the Uoi4l of tace. Aud It shall come to pass, ns Isslsh ssld, that Uod shall "Punish the host of tho high ones that are un high, aad the kings of the earth upou the earth. And they aball be gstnered together, as prlsmers are gathered In the pit, aud shall be shut up In the prison, and after many days they shall ho vlsltod." Iialan xxtv, ;i, IS. They also will hear tbe word of the leord. Ai Christ went to preach deliverance to tho captives, the opeulng of the prison to them ttiat were bou ml to declare tho acceptable year of the Lord, as Isaiah predicted (III, chap. 1, 2 verse), so Ills servants, clothed with Ills authority will preach the Uoipel to "overy creature," until "every knee aballbownudeverytougue coufrsithatJeaus Is the Christ to tho glory ol Ul the Father." Tint Is the kind of Uospel Ihe Latter-day Latter-day Balnts bellsvo In. They are not so narrow and contracted lu their Ideas ai some people Imagine, The Uospel that wa have received Ukea In all humanity. Those who have lived upon the earth In former day a those that dwell among tlieuatloiistoxlay-hcathens,Chrlsllans, Mahommedaus, Jews, all people every .where, at some time, whether In tills world or lu (he worll to which woare all liastenlngwlll hear the toun J of the one Uoipel and have an opportunity of recelvlug It or rejecting 11 for tbem solves, of thek own volition and through their Individual agency. Wo also believe that In Hill ouo Uosjicl of the Lord JesusChrlit there aro lawa arid ordinances aud precepts which must boobaerved, or the blrsttiigs cannot can-not come. Ws believe that all blessings bless-ings are predicated upoulaw, Toevery law there Is a blessing; anil also a ieu-ally. ieu-ally. Ho that obeys tho law will receive re-ceive the blenlnr; he that does not obey It will not receive tho blessing. There Is uo favoritism In this but thu principle of law, nnd obedience tberefo Is rtitulri-d. He that wilfully rejects the law of Ood, that closes his eyes to the light, will not look upou It uor try to receive li nod comprehend It, Is uuJer condemnatlou and will be puulsbvd tor his trarsgrtMloiis. As I have read tu you, the funds montal principles of thli Uospel, Its be ginning., are faith In Uod aud lu Jesus Christ. Next, repentance; then baptism for thu remission of sins; then tbo laying on of hands for the xlvlin; or Imparting of the Holy Uhost; and to lilm who receives thtsa fundamental prtnolplea will be added line upon llue, preccptupoo precept, here a little and tberu little until he is thorough-ly thorough-ly furnished unto all good works. Fallh Is the first prlnclplu of (he Uospel ol Jesus Christ. Without fallh It Is Impossible to please Uod; without faith no one can approach (lod proper-,ly. proper-,ly. ItlibyfalthJhatthn bUatlugs or Uod are drawn dawn upou us. It Is by faith that every blessing pertaluing to the Uosd of Jesus Chrlit Is Im-parted, Im-parted, and without fallh there li no true rell -Ion. This (fslth must he not limply nn nseeul of the mind to the foot that (lod lives, that Jesus of Nazareth wailllsaon, but a living prluclplo In the soul which la quickened and aroused by the preaching of the wori Faith Cometh by hearing the word of Uod. Wheu that word li preached by authority, under the Influence nud luwer of the Holy Uhoat, faith li aroused or quickened, er brought forth lu the iouI ol man nnd ho l led to Uod his Father, and to believe ln the Lord Jesus Christ, Actios upou that living faith fur "Inlth wltnout works Iidead" hegoeaon to tbo next prln clple, which li repentance, nnd that mean! not limply a lorrow fur sin, mourning over past follies, but a fixed and firm determination to do right In the luture by the help of Uod; to urn from evil, to put away error, lu depait from all that la foolish aud vain, nnd lay ho! 1 upon that which Is right, nnd true. This Is real rerieutance. Wheu a person believes and thus repent! re-pent! lie li a fit iiibject fur baptlim, that Is, to be lulled In water In thellkeneiaof the death and burial of Christ, to bo brought forth In tho likeness like-ness of His resurrection; In that here-cetveslremlsslon here-cetveslremlsslon of sins. Not that re. mission of aim comei froJt the wuli lug of water or from anything that la material. Herniation of sins comes from Ood by Ji-susChrlsl, through Ills atotiemeut, He dying for uurilus, He paying thu death penalty for us. Ilut lie has only paid the penalty for the actual transgressions of those who will obey His commandments. Christ's atonement Is perfect and complete (or the transgression of Adam, which Is called original slu. "As lu Adam nil die, even tu lu Christ shall all bumvle alive." As through liietriiisgreislon of one, death has come upun the raoe. so by the atonemeut of Christ shall mettle me-ttle resurrection of the body come to nil tho race Ihe gooJ, the bad, the In dlllerent, the black and the white, thu bond ntid the frie. Kvery eon and daughter of Adam whu sutlers death hecausn of tho sin of Adam, will bo raUod from thu dead by the righteous mis nud atonement of Jesus Christ. Hut In regard to actual transgression, Ihe deeds we have ourselves committed, lu order to obtain remission of sins, wa must obey Ihe comuiandmenla of Jesus Christ. He died for the t-ans-gresalou ol Aiant unconditionally; He d)d foe tho psrsoual ttansgreaslus l of all meu conditionally; and the conditions con-ditions nre that wo obey Ills commandment! com-mandment! and tecelve Hit Oospel. And so when the reientant believer Is taken down Into the water and bulled thereby one who has the tight to use the name of the Father, and of the Hon, and of the Holy Uhoat by ono called, appointed and or-pained, or-pained, who so nets ou behalf of Deity when that repentant believer Is thus hurled In tho water In thellkesesa of Christ'! death nnd burial and Is raised up ajsln In the likeness of Christ's reiurrecllon, lie receives the remission of sins through his obedience tn that ordinance. The remission cornea from Uod through Jesus Chrlst,and Is given In baptism. That baptism Is the ono appointed by Jesus Christ. DlDerent baptisms have been appointed by men. Hut we have one Lord, one faith, nnd ono baptism, that la lbs baptism of repculanco for the remission of sins, and In that baptism the Individual who Is properly baptized, bap-tized, having fallh, and having re .pented, hss a regeneration worked upon hint by the power of Uod. UIJ things have pssned 'away; all things become new. He Is cleansed, he li purified; he comes forth clean from the water, and though hla sins were as scarlet, they are washed whiter than snow. He li a newborn bibe before bis Uod and his past slut are blotted out. Ho li then ple;iared to reeelve the Holy Obost, which "dwelleth not Inuncloiu tabernacles," and by the Isylngcnof tho haudi of men called nnd appointed for (list purpete the Holy Uhost Is Imparted to tho baptized, bap-tized, repentant Iwliever, Now what Is tho effect of thiiHplrlt upon thli iiersoeT ll Is thli: He la "bornofthoHplrlt." A bit body was enveloped In the watera of btptl.ru, so' hii soul Is enveloped In tbo Holy Uhost, and he li biptlzod wllh divine tire; ha Is filled with light and the iower of Uod rests ujon hfm; he receives re-ceives a testimony thai ho Is accepted of Uod. Doubt fleea away; nil dubiety concerning hie ncccrtance with Uod la gone; he Is a new cresture In Christ Jt-aui, and henceforth hell expected to walk In newness of life. Ho Is "horn of Iho water nnd ollhe Hplrll" and rasdeacltlzeu of the Kingdom of Uod. The Holy Hplrlt li dlvlno light. As the light of the sun revials the physical objects of creation, so the Holy Uhost roveili spiritual things thu things of Uod. . They are thin made plain to Iho soul of rain. That Is Hie Hplrlt which gill Ji-s unto all truth. It takes nf the things of the Father and of the Hon auJ ihowi them uulo hltn, and alau roveafe things to come. It makes man!. fcsl Iho past, makes clear the present, rolls up the curtain which lildea the future, and be la brought Into communication with his Faihor who dwells In heiveu, and he Ii rre pared for the ministration! of the Hou, even Jesui Christ. The Holy Uhost which IsrscelveJIn tho Uoipel of Christ Is not merely an Imsglnnry Influence. It la not simply the good feeling created In Ihe scul by the acceptance of Dlvlue truth, a' aome peoplo try to make out. It It an outpouring cf Iho ;tiwer of Uod upon the Individual, It Is n dlvlno manifestation tu htm. Thero may be nothing physical about Ha edicts; he may not soe nnylhlug wonderful with his natural eyea, or feel any nbnormnl power restiug U-ou him "to affect hla body In n aujier natural way, but he has within lilm that "itlll email voice" which penetrates pene-trates nil tho Innermost ro-e.se! of the heart, which manifests to lilm that which Is right aud true, and also that which li untrue, that ha may be able (u choose between light anddatkneas, between truth and error. Uod will give unto lilm luch gift! ns' ho seeks for by faith aud prayer. At- In the oldou limes when the taints wuulJ meet together, some had tho gill of tongues, some pnrhecy, some visions to relate, some divine dreamt, some a relation of tbe hual. Ing iiower luado manifest ln their behalf. Hi "tho fruits of the Hplrlt are today" not only love and Joy, tbe peace which "passeth all un derstandlng," patience, forbearance, brotherly kindness, charity not only these, but tho gllti nf prophecy, of tougues, of Interpretation, of heatings, of visions, of the manifestations uf the iower of Uod In various ways, and no gift that was bestowed upon the early Halnti ll withheld from the J.itter-day Halnls, according to their faith And their diligence In seeking It. Theie nre additional witnesses to them that they are accepted of Uod and ln Hit Church. Now, I repeat thli nternoon, from persoiuit knowledge, I know these thlnga aru s. This congregation are my wltuossee , nnd thoy exist thromth-out thromth-out nil these vnlleyi of thu mountain., nud they have ootno here tiec-iuae they have reoelved tbesa things. The 1. Mors of the Church went to tlioni aud preached faith, and repentance, bsptlsm, and the hying on of bauds, aud they saw by reading tho Hcrlp lures thai these were the uld doctrines, that this was "tbeold path" restored, and they commenced to walk lu It, and have found "rest to their- souls." They rspenteJ, they were baptized and received Hie Holy Uhost, They knew they hsd received It, and that Is why they aru here. That Is my testimony; that la why I am here because I bo lleved, and repented, aud was baptized, bap-tized, and received the Holy Uhost, and know that I had to celvod It. I know that tbla li the i-ower of Uod, that It Is the itme Hplrlt which retted upon the poor leof Uod ol old, by which the scriptures were written, by which holy men of old wrole and spoke. It Is the same divine Hplrlt. and It Is free to all who will obey the Uospel. These aru simply Ihe fl nt prlocl pics, the fouudstlon of the doctrlues of Christ. If any man has this glltof the Holy Uhost he la prepared to receive re-ceive every principle ns It comcito hltn, that Is true and divine. When Ood ipeaks, His word will find au echo lu the heart ol lilm Hint has that Hplrlt, When Hie light of Uod comes down from on high there will be something to iorresioiid with It lu the eoul of tbst mm. The reason why there Is so much confusion aud strife In the world In regard to rollgion ro-llgion li because. Ihu Holy Uhost lu the samudi'greeandmeuiuroof power ai given In the Uoipel of Christ uf old, hai not lieeu among men for so loug, Ilut It lias been restored la the dsy In wblcb we live, and this la our testimony testi-mony lu Ihe world, Thli Is what we are here for. and our mission tu mankind man-kind Is to call upon oil people every-vi every-vi here to rei-ent, to obey thu everlasting everlast-ing Uospel. forthohour of Uod'sjudg-meut Uod'sjudg-meut Is at hand. A great change Is al out to coruo over this planet. It Is about to preparci for Iho coming of Htm whose right It Is to reign. And as one ot the signs pre-cedln.- His advent, "this Uospel ol the kingdom Is being preached lunll tbo world for a witness untu all nation before be-fore tbe eud shall oome." Ma-1. fl, 1 1, I lar witness or It todav Io in I gregstlon. I know that tt I."',1' I Know that Uod ha. .wVenatV'0!- I the heavens, that v.. "h frit. Church again u ,,,. .h.V,.1,1l "5 I Uospel wui,,,, ', , i,j;,,,Mr.ll,, HI.. The truth " it ',,,, '""I'd u my whole being, In ,,,.?" ! I orgi.nl.rn. I know It ' U ro, I loul.Ifeel It In my &! t I Uod. And IhUU xStt.S. ,n I nil th. f.Uhfui Lali,M.taM,ll I This la why we are wli iLl'"" I things, lo enduMsd hR,''"'! Uoipel'. eake. Al 1 re" iffi "' haveendured a great m.iy tj" ', e i wo hope to lie able to .n,i '""J thing,.!; WeareglS'-Wl lime when we tan take5 jcT-J, , spoiling of our goods. W- rather n hard thing (o bear; butM?" beginning to see the hand of Ood In n mill irelolce In It. "'"oain Now, we tetleve wn outkt b. i,. the privilege of toibllshlng Ihl.n "'J We do not wish1 to In" i"i "?!-. right, of others. W, belf'vo T,I,'.5 peoplo ihould linvo that freedri tlS Ii part of our fallh. Let meVeaM vene or two from the llxk.iu'2 trine nnd Covenants. This bnV.i ?. I hold In my hand (the lkJoW1 trlneand Covenants) we real ai .. the Hook uf Mormcu abd a weo?.? Illble. We boiler; thst lb. ?, ,! written In tbli book have cous . i!' Uod, for Ibe benefit of mankind. SB we do not believe that we ought to Si tu force these things upon anybod,." ' "Wobellore that religion Is lnttlii'...i or Uod, and Hist men are arnerSffiJ lilm, nnd to lilm only, tor ihJ12t" uf ll, unlets their religion, i oVEE" prompt them to Infringe upon the 11,1. luidlilierllesof others. Ilut wo Vo' i' bellsto that human law hat a rlehl ?. lerlero In preiwrlblng rules of worssjau bind Iho consciences nf men, noroX, forms for publlo or pri rate ile.eUomiiu tho civil iiiaststrste ehotiM ; ZS crime, but nerer ooulrol eonsclsno-, pS Mi guilt but net cr suppress U, Jfir of Hie soul. "Welwllevo that sll rellslous soclsu-hivcniklillo soclsu-hivcniklillo deal wllh their irSS for disorderly conduct, aoeontleg to ol rules .and regulations of such toshuV provided that euch destines be forfeltoS slip snd L-uod standing. Ijm . dji believe Hist ny religious soolsli ui authority o Irj' men on IherigUtufrC erty or life, t lake torn ihnsjifc world'. gon,ls, or Io put Ibein In leootrt. of cither life or limb, n-ntioTnS any physical punishment upon fa they can only oxcominiinloat. fro lie rsorlcty, oud wllliilra-r from J their fellowship." Neclkmciiiirii, " I read Ibis that our friends ,,,,., may have mi Idea of what wo Ininkws luayilo.anJ what wo mi gut not to doc Mm to show that If thc)se who lelci, to our Church transgress Ihe mine the Church, they can be dedi llh f their fellowship, aud for that only, Ws du not believe that we hare snrrlrbt tu deprive them of pro; erty. IVscs not bellevo that we havo a rlild to punish Hum physically. We du ret bellevo that wu navu a right l IriK-t any penally upon them.eiceituuin relation to their fellowship. Tbrrrtti bo suspended from fellowship, tt tbtj can be excommunicated for trsnigrtt-alon, trsnigrtt-alon, and that It the end of our power In this Church concerning Ifatm. That Is what we believe. Tbst Is what ws practice. Now then, while we claim tb. iljht to du all these things for ourtelm, te-cause te-cause In It we lufrlnge ut-jii Ibe llzlti of nu others, we else extend tttla prlv-llege prlv-llege to everybody else. Aud wudoicl tnmk It right for any gsveriiment, ct any niclety, nr nny ln.tliutloa tn Interfere with that full Jrer-Jon and liberty which the Lord hu given to HU creatures. We hell-re that governments have a light tu pua Ith crime, we believe Hist they hires right tusoy whttli crime. We also believe In tbe rights sfcltlrtnttoccii teil liefurelhecQiiittof their toumrr every 1-olnt nf dlff. rence tint llity may hutu with the Jan .making powtr. Hut wu lieliovu that government., societies and luatltutlor.. should not try to Interfere with rellejoua ireedotn. W believe III rtllgloua lllierly In lbs fullest am.e of Ihe wort; not In 1'c.nss, not lu triaktng the. law of etir rout.. try, not In doing tint which Is ettrs-tlally ettrs-tlally ovll; but only lu doing toil which Is good. And as tu Hie ilibt ol belief, we belle vt. '.hat Is of Itself fin to everybody. Wo do not bs'lere tbst governments tin Interfere with that If they try. Hu when tbe Constitution of the United Hla'ti, lu Its first amendment, saja "Congress shall stss no Jaw respecting respect-ing an establishment cf religion, er prohibiting tbe free exercise tbrrecf," wolhlnklt momijuit what it sa),; that ttdoei not simply mean the rlgbt or peoplo to believe what seems lUbt to them. Pool lu talk about tvlltivlcg whst they please. People rinnot do that. They cannot believe what thty pleaao. I bellevo some thlogi tint don't please me until I get to under-stand under-stand them aright. I dlsoelliveroros things that would please me, only I rind out they am wrong. It Is not what pleast-l uie, or what suits Die, but that which teems to be right in ruv eyea that I believe. It Is true, its rsa close our eyea to the truth. Wi can shut up the windows cf out suuls, ns we do sometimes the wlodosl In our houses, and itill down Ihe tllol to shut out thu glorious sunlight, fur fesrof spoiling toe carpels; but II let the sunlight In-let tbullgbtof tbi sun cf rlghteousm-As nelrate our souls, we cau see and undeistsnd that which Is true aud that which Is right. It Is by closing mir eyes, by lovlog dsrkuess rather than light, that bring ounelves under condrmiistloa Ilut aa a rule people believe that wblcb leenia right to them. Wu accird that right to everybody. We are atrugtlliif for that ourselves. And ln all that a havo done to battle for the rlghla cl freedom In religion, we have bad u much In view tho rights of our friend. who aru not of our lalth aa our on rights, I can say this conacloutlou.tr for Ihu leaders of the Lattsr-Jtv Hnlnts. I am nciualntud with them. I knuw (belr opinions and vlewi In regardto thli mntter, Our ds.lre li Hint all men shout 1 be free. Liberty should prevail everywhere. There li iiobonJsKoln thl. Church. There Is no oppression In I his Church. 1 sop" nrenot here, aud are not kept here, t; tho power of man. Thoy aro here, at I have told you, because they hive received re-ceived the truth, and tho troth bat set them free. They baveturned their bocks on their native lands, they bats left the graves of their fathers, they have forsalen their relsllvsssnd tbttr kindred In distant countries and hare conui up here, as thu Prophet Mlrsu saw they woulj lu tho la.t days, Into the tops of the mountains, where Uia house of tbo Lord is belug reared In Ihe latter days, that they lulgbt learn oflllru: Hut In tho last dnjs It shall coral to pass, tbst tho mountain of thobouss ihe Lord shall bo established lu IM tf oftheuioiinlalns, aud ll shall be exalted ubove Iho hllbiaiid people sbalt no unto It. , Aud many nations aball come, on ... I tt 11 ito tip In Ilia moun ,,,,?'. f J I ' ' J g",),', bona, of lli r,"'i,??il II. w HI IMer, 11. of ', of Jaeobl ' ,1 walk Hi Ilia r,l''"! .tar. cottoli.ru lu that spirit, T.'.!r..ii ri.tcWnlnloDj of run- r '" 'J " ther da not think atir 1 ' h , a rlntit to Infrlnico upon t l"V!.fitMiy moreIIiati tlierliav. l '""iTOntrtltru v. Ith ami luvad. Hi. ''''liolilb.r la our .Itbrlilo I m w. are. ' ul1"" ? ,,h" I I"?" f others aouV mo are Jult as . MJht il tibu of our mlglihoH '."''i'K.wVlb.twi'. tight. I ?. Iln" o dem.ro.tlon between re. Tk,' . iiil and U' w for all 'ff'wn.n ., ' nr -W or I "in 111.1111 li to liifrlnii S' fVSrtU nu lllH'ttlMof other., fS'i'" "" ' "cul,r ! . Viar lni I" and iMlmln Mimu, o KjiSiJ b. Iluvrtir for .11, not ..Ireful a I'- W" ,l0 ni" b' '"I .'J.iitlarleht " wt.UI.li tll 'hirih W.Jo not 1IIt. It 1. Il. c Ji.1 cf to. u'h l u"owu" b ,',,; We UIIotb Hvo Institutions f!. Mtaral. At llio iuio Hum we Kil.Teluata man's coiiaelcnce-, rfgu. RjJwbUi.llglon.ouiiht to ctoverii .13 iVllaUis. """" " " i,iiin U anytnliiB that " wi"ir. u. UHcve '' "' I1'" ' iM Slu.Kli " ' ' w' u-..iJ.us u-..iJ.us In nil our allatrs; thai w t" i , r,rry tbo Hi lilt of tlou Into lb. Si IB o tbo kltclici., Hit i Hie cHillii ni, on the maintain top or In the J3i.v.onlatiilor oil Ibo aea, oil tb. ,"SS.I lb "! ' 'n In II. hit tb Ilolr Hilf tt ),cul 1 bo in our toiElo fcublo "J Olitct u. In ll fhit . l nJ y. "t vrc m.y i.anctlSnl untotluO In our ujilli. uj 1 cur tilill', "blth mnIllt;RoU tl .ulrlt uliuuH .lloit U4lmvrrj iffilr ( !'( At the ni time tliu BMhlairy of rrilKlon nl tbo m rtlwry ultbeHl-lc .lioulil Uikftt ,jk'e i.a .it, nJ It l,i lri, i itb. Tilltj. 1 it to .y tbl. to turret Um ,h,t '' 1oa" "bto.il .M.rBlthU muter. ttbrn . rerrltorl.l goT.ni. iutit, unJrr tb. uilc. of our InJin, w.n.ril.blUhl .uylliliu tk lwoulJIlilig.''ln 'br""?1.',1" rliLUcf otbrti. flii religion af the inarch and tb. niachlnrry of the Hut..tltptU They aw ao today, to-day, H Ulan wrreuue of tbe Hltr c It. UnliD, Uburcb aud rlute would Ur'ianleanddUtlnct, Juita. mucli uibiyateanjwhire. While w. W-More W-More tint tbe mtu who.tandal the htkd of our t'burch ale Iniplr.d vt IM, cilnd ol Uod, nppolnti d an I or-d.lntd or-d.lntd to L.,nlilertou.fortbeI'Ord, we do not ttllee tbat they abould wulpy the lce of tb.Htate, or that tlie itlleloo that we hold alioul I be ri-tibllibcd ri-tibllibcd a Hute rvllglon. I'mdom 10 all uitiii fttrdom to all lrcl, frre. dom to alljartlfs 1. our motto! A oo. ot cur UtctuiJ Aloilli-. lia. It, In a bmn tbat w. bate In our byiuu bwki rrirlom petr.iajr.il klTitloa At.lka klfuivilurraBtetd IJUrtr latterraitlo., trerr loan. aal crrrr erred t 1 Iter Intlmony to you that I know Ibie Cburcb li tbe LbliiLli id Juau. I oila , that It bu been built up by tbe pieerofOod, thatUgd Almighty ha. r.rtalfd It, that Jtiua C'htlat, HI. Son, h aminlfealrJIIIaiaeir, and tliatthl. Cburrb la J I la Church, betaute Heba. bJlllltup, and lie guide, and dlretU aodcontrola It, through lilt .errant, who Hand at tbe bead ot tbe Ckurtb. Tbry an but men. We do not worehlp anymau. We do not worablp Joaepli Hmlth, aa aome opl. Imagine, but we jok Un blln a. a ery great i'rophet, aad w. fiaee reaiona for tbla. We be liar, that (lod tbo l-athor and Jeaua Ihrlit Ilia Man aipeared to lilin, auj opined to him till. Iit dlelmnaallou "the uiirenaatlou ol the fulucM of tlmta " e I illoTo tbat l'eter, Jnmea and John raiie down and ordalued him an Apoatle of lb. Lord Jeaua C'hrlat, eoaferiliig Un lilm all the kej, au horlly and wer wblcli they b.ld while thoy were In tbe tlcal. We be. Here that that laoie authority and 1'ilnthood are In tho Church today. Vi . belt.Te tbat the man w ho elauda at the bead aeaka for the L,ord (o th. people. At tho eame time w. believe In the right of .very menibT of the Church to have tbe Holy (Itioet and la. Ilihl of Uod for blm-uir or beraell, Ibalwe m.y tee eye to i yp. We have ttn rat tired Into one .plrlt. Into unit lo'ly, .pd we aee alike on the fundamental funda-mental rlmlplre of cur fallb. Thank UoJ, ib.ro la no dlrlalon among ui In rnud lo Ible. The iioibecy at laulab lalelug fuldlledi "The watchmen aa lilting un the voice, wlththe voice to-Itther to-Itther do Ibey king; fur they do tee eje to .yp, now the I.irJ U bringing ,alu yton." We luok upon Joae) h Hmllh, whowaathe luatrument In the hanliof Oodof Irl.glug In Zlon, of opening IhladlaiHintalloii, of e.tablhih-log e.tablhih-log Una Church uccnrdlug tu the anelent paltern, with Apottle., wlfi l'lophila, with KeaiigelUU, with ruten, with Toacbere, .Ld nil the (lta,aathel,inlgraie.and power, wocglngtolbelr mlnlatry, a. a grrat 1 roli.t, because bu lia. broUjEbt forth more truth, bebaotitlrd more dim-cultle. dim-cultle. In regard to doctrine, cbaioj away more darknee-, brought lu inoro I'ght, than auy man tbat baa lived "MJii tbo eirlh alnre the dMa of Mo.ee, Meaning JnuiClirlat, our I)rd an i "ur IUd.nr.r, iju, j0 Bot wo,,,p Jowih Hmlth, nor any other man. We wor.hlp Ciod, our father In the '''eut.liithenamoof Jeaua ( hrlal. unJer the luluenco of the Holy Hi lilt. ' I ear my teallmony to thla ion grrgathiu that Joaepu Smith wae a Proi bet of tho Living flod, and that lewaa killed, not for hi. trauain.-nana, trauain.-nana, hoi fot hli crlmee, but becauio JehajtheUtilmouy of Jeaua auj the Mlhartiy ot Ih. holy Aloalleahlp, and J''d men aoujhl lila blood a they ed the blood of the iro beta, and f J.'.?11, "larlyra ol old, rim aarae rr""",hung( hrlttuion tbo crow, on' ciucllled IMer with hi. hud down thai put John (he Afotllo Into 5," iti of boiling oil, ilrose the Jnl. fnni the j.lnce. where the) were congrejatod. and ut to death Mielr propb.t and latrUnb. Tbe.r SI '"''no" J before the hiaveiiaaul P,,,,'1 'hat Jwepb Imltli wi a i,i.llT',0J.U" L1""l! 0J. nu tlt ii.i.alta hie tntlmouy with lilt blood, in..??, . " "'' "neregatlou, wa are .ViU'S,'' a"1' 0u' "" "' J;;!"'- . W mutt all mvti if , the tt?.0,1 ,?!,, "' Jrlt. to give an tW ,or "" UvBj' Bl'' In the body, nJi ? """! w'"' ll,,l "bi led the JJ"f1'if.tc'ur,'I '" fhr1at,and b.. ,a ,b ima.of Ilia Bflrlt, and wm .,ntt'f?a Ihemielve. teforo Qod, will ibluo like tho tuu In the flrnin' ?..r h.i ra,lt.' now mucu tl",y w'r" "Ilied, auj iar(,rree.uleU ud 0reeU ou earth. They will enter nto Ihe celcatlal glory, which la the hlnhett of all. (libera will occur the lerreatrlal glory.whlch la lltotliiglory ofthomooncsojpred with that of the aun. HUH othem, an I tiny moro numoroua, will have a glory that I. a the glory of the atara, mid aa one alar itiHera from nnother atar In auryn alao will It he with Ihem In the reaur. rectlou from Hie dead. If ou want releatlil glory, If you want to oltalna crown In the kingdom of the J-'ather, eeok unli tho turd, call upon lllin, eak Illin aa I dll, In the name of Jeaua Chrlat, to manifest to you whither lie lui In v.ryde. I opened up the coramuuloallin galu that bat Leen to long 1 at txtween the licaven. an I the enrlh; aak 1 1 tut whether Jrenph rimlth waa Ilia fere antjaak Him If thla a, that the flatter day Malnte have rertlveJ, ami aaa wltne.a to which they are tethered birn In Iheeenuuntaln neUhla, U In deed "the Ooapel of the Kingdom " If you will dolhUlnalncerllynf hiart, and III faith, I ellevlns that Uod will give you nn anawer, Ha will reveal It lo)ou. And If lledore, beware that yo i do not reject It and turn .way from It, and thut your yia to tho IIkIH; for 'thla la the condemnation, that light Iim come Into tbe world and men love darkueaa rather than light, I'" cauae their deet. are evil." (a It not lui. that Chrlat nail, "Aak and ye ahall receive, aeek and ye ahall llnl,knoikand thojonr.hnll he olHiDO.1 unto you " JonpU Hm th did that and he received hie antwer, lhe l,7rd apjiearrd to lilm and male a iiroihitof htm. and ho like laid the foundation, cf thla work, and theU a el of the king lorn that he hoa Intro-diicid Intro-diicid 1. being preiLhtd In all thu u urtd, an I h III bo at a wllncte u it It tbe konl .hall ciue. I ra) (J)d Li hltaa thla congrctatlou, an I bli.a the word, and teatlmony that t have cllered, and may wu all bo gulJed In the wny of uvirl&atlng life, and oblalu the tit h Inheritance of th. one true religion, and be t ruwiied with celeallal gliryln the prnM-nce of our (fod. Till, la my prayer through Jeaua C'hrlat. Amen. naatur-NT amlv-oiid Munimttit I feel dl.uied tooccupy a few mo-nteiita mo-nteiita In bearing iLatlmany to the trludplea preieuted uutoua by Klder Penroae. Heliaa tefcrred to lhe freedom free-dom of the tent, lo the freedom of the mind of tho I.atUr-daj Halnl. toward oilier HHJlJr. I travelel with Jc.eph Hmlth thotiaand. of mllei; been aaaorlaled with lilm and with the Apmtlea of our Church almoat Ince It. orgaulXAtlou. I have heard Joae) h Hmlth aay lu I utllo ond lu Itlvate tbat If be were th. emperor of he world, and bad control of ever; human being on the face of tbo earth, he would i,le evity nnu, woman aud child the fulliat liberty to eiljy their religion, and aua lain Ihem In II, hi that n-Jlallola n-Jlallola l what It might, rhoieate my eentlmenbJ. We have noconttii-llun noconttii-llun with auy man ou earth became of hla religion. Joaeph Hmltb. argu-mentupon argu-mentupon tbla eutjrit waa thlt: There la no emperor, no monarch, no king, no i resident brintblug thu briath of llfuoneiitti wlu ha. created hi. aub Ject.. 'Iheyaro the crvntureeof Uod, Ho created them, Ibey are Ilia child, reu. Therefore, neither emtwror, prt.ldent,king nor ruler h.. the right to de rive any of ila autjectaof the right of worrulpilng Uod according tolhalr Louaclenrve, fur the) ureheld reeiwuil. bleand accountable to their Creat.r for their religion, and nut to man. If I had the control of fifty labernaclee, aud any breaihere of the Uoaptl, from anyaeit under heaven, who had uat tabernacle, or temple, of their own to go Into to give their Vlewt, 1 would t I erfeclly willing tbiy fhould occupy them. If thero I. a .eel or a man en the (aco of the earth who liaa tot a truth I do not poeeew,! want It. WbyT llecau. I am going luto tho alrtt world, Ihe eame aa you are. T e men whom 1 wa. acquainted with In early Care In thla Church, have al moat allpataetl away, and I. ahall follow fol-low them very Boon mjtilf. Thla whole congregation, with all the Chrlatlan world, have to pau, lu a Tow yeare , to the other aide of the vail Tbeu uece) tlonwljl not anawer uorte of any tenant to me. Auy faite teallmony t luuy give, or auythlng I may do aubverelve of thu will of fiJ towarda lilt creature, man, 1 ahall Le held accountable fur before the l,jr of Almighty UoJ, ant o will every other man. Theretorr, while we accord toevcryinan the right to enjoy hi. own rellglou, lo believe wtut be plraae. and worahlp nehe iei. lit; we claim, at liitter-duy Hal.ta, tbe eame irlvllege. 1 llle la a fundamental doolrlueof our lallh. What llrothcr ronroeo hat .aid hero today la true. Die letter day Halnta are aomewbat peculiar from othir rellgloua denomb natlolit; uoe ol their pecullirlllea It thl-, that no man knowa when lie cornea Into tbla Tabernacle who la going go-ing to .(eak here, rble I. true, aa a general thing. Thla la my peraoual experience, I hate traveled uuu hundred and ality thouaaud mllea In the la.t tixty yeare ot my life. 1 have leu In the Church about that length of tut lime. I have traveled among the natlona ot the earth, Ihe ialand.cf the tea and In my ojvn country, 1 uavo i reached the Uoai el, and 1 have never known, whenever 1 aroauto apeak to the people, what 1 wat going to aay. I have becu de-lndtntuKiii de-lndtntuKiii the lnlratlon of Almighty Al-mighty Ujd, aa lino all the I.lder. lathi. Church. Ilrother retirou ha. remarkid enucernlng our uiauner of l reaching. Who haa the IJird callml, from th creation of the woild, t do IhU work? He lie. railed, In a great uieaiure, the weak thing. of thla wnri I. Vmi ma) trace thla In tbe whole hla'ory of tie dealiiiga of U d with men Whin lie wanted aklnalularaetllecluiieabiy IMvId, one uf tho one of Jiac, Who were the Apoitlri of tho l.ird JcauaCbrlat. whom HecboaotoitNtid by Htm mid to inach tl.oUieiei? They were II literal, rlihermeu. Men In thl. day have been culled from tho i low, the phne au I the hammer, ami lhe varloue oci u.tlon of life, an I thruat Into the vine) ord of the I.urd. Why lnvo they i,uuo? Iteejiuae lhe) knew (or Hum toivrf-.over) mau lint known who ha. embraced llila Uoet nnd done hi. duty Ibat lie bat ha I to depend uj on tbe l.jrJ. Ihatlatlieonlydefcudeace thatwetiare, I never In my life, cejt In cue or two IniUnce. la ui) early i teaching, attom(ted to ireate an)ihlng totayto the eongrrgatlou, aud when I did I cover touched thu tutjertatall. 1 will ey lo our filenda who are preaent, )ou teo n city here, you eee a taburuaolu here. How did thla come aboulT I canio beru with Trraldcnt Vounr, In 1817, Wo found a barren ele'vrt km barren aa the deeert tf Haliara. Itwm lii kceyiug with th. Vaiue it lajie tbe Ureut American Deaert. How la It t-idayt Iber.l.a city here, aud we are building n temple. We go Into temblea to attend to onllnaDce. for the living and the lead, a. hat leen told lie today, Theae I.lder. of lara.l have been callcdbylh jawerof UoJ to go futlli Into the wort I an I preach to their feilowrarn, and they have rromlacd them In the nam. ol Jeaua . hllat that all who received tbla Ujtptl alioulj recelvo the Holy Uhoat. lfUil. wero not true, and theinen end women they baitlwl received not the Holy Uhoat, could they not have found It nut be fore thla time? Had not Ihe I .ord Almighty liackedup tliia le-tlmonyof Ilia hum ble aervanta, Utah today would le aa barren aa wo found It In ISI7, to far a. Ihe Iiailer day Halnta are concerned. Hut by Ihopuwercf Uodnieu have re. reived thl., and by Hla pawer they have leen gathered here. I will aay another thing. The prophecies prophe-cies of Ii.al.li would hav. falhn un fulllllcJ, a. well aa the rophecleauf rntny otlier propheta, had nut theae Ihltil taken place. Hlnoe the otea-tlan otea-tlan nf man the trfird haa never 1 rougliljudgmentupjn any generation Un any city, town or country, that 1 have over read of, whenever they have Urn rlpeued lu Inl tulty, until He haa fully warned them liy men ralaed up fur that purpotr, au I they have rejected re-jected theae men. Take Ihoee ancient elite., when they became rlneit In Iniquity Ibo I.orJ raited up humbh, hone-at meu l? warn klnga, ruler., nud Ihoee that Inlubll.lthoeeclllea, tbat the Judgmeuu of Uod woul I overtake them If tin y dll not reiient. UraJ the hlatory nf riiebea, of Tyre, or Sldou, uf Nliievtli, of Mempbl., aul of Uabylon the Ureal, built tu defy all power bJl Uod Hlmtelr. All Ibat the rrohete pro) heeled unto them came tu n. lu the very letter. There le nut a e'hrlatlin, .Jew, a Morinou, or au Infidel, oranybudy elaecau point to a rroilieiy ur n ruvelatloii cuntaluiHi it the lllble by any man of Uod lent to an) of theae clllra but what ha. ha 1 lla fulnilni.ut. Ilibylou Itielf wa. overthrown, and lufactlt hi. been. o covered ty tho drifting eon It or tlio deaert tbat man can hardly hard-ly find Ha foundatluna today. 1 with to aay to lbs Church and to the gentlemen aud ladle, who vlalt lia, that we bellevu that we are living lu one of tbe moat lniKirtant generation. Uu I ever gave toman Head tho revelation, rev-elation, of HU John. Rea 1 the rovela-tlona rovela-tlona of lealah aud the othel I'ro) beta. Are Ibey going to fall unfulfilled? I tell)0U nay; they will come to laae. I will aay a. one man who hat llve.1 a oonallerable lenulli of lime, a. men count time, that the great change I reetaklngilaielu the world lia. an e fleet uwn my mini, becauae lu It 1 t.e the fulfilment of there revelation. of Uod. 1 lived In Parmlngton, Conu. I received ray firet teaohlna under Ur. l'urter, mid under Ur. Ilawe, of Hartford. They were two reverend gentlemen, learned men, and they taught according to the light aud knowledeeof their day and generation. I ueeJ touae peculiar frelluge, an I I would aak tbe.e gentlemen iiueatlona, Hald I, "Win la It that you don't contend con-tend for tbe faith once delivered In the ealnta? How la it that you don't have thoae kt'te and grace that were manl-feat manl-feat In the day. of Chrlat and Hla apoatlra?" They told m. that thire tblne were given lu tbo Uarkagevof the world, to convince therhllllen of men that Jc.ua waa tbe Chrlat. lint, eald they, we are now living In the blaieol tho gloilautgnapel light and we don't need them. iNow, 1 did not believe that then, 1 don't believe It now. Tbat UuJ of argument I cuulj not comprehend. 1 agree with Ilrother 1'enroie that whenever the Lord ha. a church upon Ihe earth, aud that church recelvea the Uoapelof Cbrlat, and Ibey eujoy the Holy Uhoat, every gift and grace that ever did belong to lhe Church of Uod belong, to that Church, no matter who they are nor In what age of the world they live Theae thlug.aro true today aud have tecn tuaulfeet aluce the organization of till. Church. We have been called and commanded ot Uod to preach the Uoapelof Chrlat, nr be tinder condemnation. condem-nation. The Uoi el of Cbrlat dora not lu-Jure lu-Jure anybnly. llut there la one atrange thing with regard to the Inhabitant, of tbe earth and the Church of Chrlat. lhe Apoetlee, 1'ropheU and leading men In every age of the world, If they tried to live Uodly Is Chrlat Jiaua, I name unpoular. liven Jceua ('htllt, the Hon of Uud, who eame to redeem the world, follow Him from tb. manger to the croia, through .utTerlug mingled with blood, to the throue of grace, and waa lie popular? No, He wo. not. Were the Aioallea popular? They were not. The Jew. and UentlleK not on!) crucified the Havlor, but put to death every Aputtlu and overy man that boro the rrlrethood In tbat day aud time, excel ex-cel ting John tho ltevrlator. So in all agea they have been uiiivpular. Ho wa. Joaeph Hmlth. He laid Uown hi. life fur the word ofUil aud teatimouyof Jeaua Chrlat. He ha. gone Into the aplrlt world, aud he will receive hla reward there. He waa a ruphet of Uod. He laid the foundation of a great work. It la by that aarae lower that we are here today, and the hand of Uod la In all theae nuttera. We wlh lo do all the good wo on what little time we apecd lu tho tleab, a ltd I feel In my heart lo Bay, Uod bleaa you, God bleea ray frleud. and thu.e who vlalt ua, and bleu all men tbat try to du what It right. Aa long a. w e do what le right w u will receive the hlvealUkB of Uud, Aa haa been aald here today, every, man, excet the eona of perdition, we believe will receive aome kind of aalvatlon. Theru U one glory of the aun, the re 1. another glory of the tnai n, there It auother glory of tho atari, and a. one etir dlflera from auother (tar In glory, to at. i will It I a In tho reaurrerllou. All of ua will le Judge! according to the deeda done In thu body. We have but a Ulllei time to live upon the tarlh. If weillve la ben hundml year old, It le a very abort .(au when compared wltheUrulty. We are here upon a miaaloc. aul n few of ui have leen called to l.tor In prom bine the Uoerel. We have done what we could In tbla matter, that our garment, might to cleau from tho blood cf all men. 1 pay that the Hlrlt nf tho Lord may guide and direct ut and glee uh wladom In all that we do, that when we go Into the pre.ence ol Ujd we may be counted worthy tu rnelve Mlva-llou Mlva-llou uud eternal life-, tor Jeaua' take. Amen. Tho chair eang the anthem' Ilelfclttjeti, IH. Urd ilod Otnairiuloat re Uneth. Ileiiedicllou by Ill.hoii William I). Trcaton. |
