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Show iUXHA SKUVllKS. rider Jotrph McMurrln and I'rrtldent (irorge (J I'annon Speak at the Tabernacle, lteltglout tcrvjcii were hoi I at the Tabernacle, Halt Lake Clly, Humlay, May C2nd, 18DJ, commiliclng at S i.m.f Counselor Charles W Penrose prttldlng. The choir Mug: l'rslie )e tlie Ixinl! tny heart shall loin In work so pleasant, ao Jit ine ., while the llsali Is mint abode, Aail whea ley ton! ascends to tied I'rayer waa ollered ly LUur Andrew Jentou. The choir tsngl A), the mlnhtv Goil tpriearliif, rrom unlilgbJchovslisieaVsl The rjacrament waandmtnlatired by the l'rltslhood of the rhlrteeuth ward, 1 1 I.U JlEl II V. M'MUIIIUM nddnsaed tberongregatlou. Following liaeynohof his reniitki: In order that Instruction may be given It Is necessary that the Hplrlt of Mod dictate dic-tate the utterances of the eicaker. II It a tact that LlJers do notdcalreto bear their own volcea before the i eo- le, for n spirit of timidity la felt by all such, no matter how much exjerlenco they may have haj. This la tho testimony tes-timony tiorne by many prominent nieti In the Church, and II such Is tho cam with these, It It more to In the case of theaowbo have had little exirleuie, Thle la not because of fesr on their I art regarding Ihe truth of their re-Jlglon, re-Jlglon, for tho knowledge they have ot thle la a source of constant hntplnete, and his given them greater Joy than anything el. In their experience. It Is not alrange that these testimonies are borne to the peofle of the world when wo consider tho promises made lu the Hcrlt lures, which state that Uod hat many times spoken through men by Inspiration, ilellevlng this, we ran turn to the Hcrlpturrt of divine truth aud tlud evidences to prove that a time would be when a proclamation proclama-tion should oome to thu eni le like that made by the Latter-day Balnts today. The promlseof our Havlor Himself Is given tu eubatenllate thlt; for at ono time wht li tho Ajiostles were gathered around lllin tbey desired lu know when the things He had spoken of should come to iauie, and what should be the tlglie of the end oflhe world. He enumerated to them mauy eteutsthat thoull trantflre, such as wars aud illsattcrr, the tea heaving Itself beyond 1U lunds and meu't hearts falling them for ftnr. Another very prominent tlgn of thlt event was to le tho I reaching of the Uoepel to all tho world aa a witness, and then should the end come. Therefore, There-fore, when the Inhabitants of the earth had been left for a season without the Uoepel a man waa raised up with power to preach the Uoafiel again, aa a algn to the Inhabitant! of the tnrlh that the end of ihe world It ucarat band. 1 1 must have been necessary that the Uotpel should betaken from the earth, Inordirthat thu preaching of It agalu might have any eOlcacy at align. The Latter-day Halntl have tuadethean nounceuient that the Uosie waa taken away: hat lien ristored, and It being I reached In fulfilment or thlt promise and It a ilgn of the greatevent referred to. Joseph Hrnftb made tho declaration declara-tion that the Fattier and the Hon had appeared to htm, and that augeli had rettored the Gotta.!; aud he made this declaration 111 'he lace of the fact that the world believed the time for receiving receiv-ing manifestations from Uod had tusa. ed away with Ihe ancient Apottlit. nnd that there wui no need of these thluga In our dty. He waa therefore looked upou at an Impostor, Ucaute he told the simple tlory that he had gone to hit Father In In avetl, who hid heard and answered him, In accordance with the promise mado by the Aiiottle J amis, "If any mnn lack wisdom let blm ask of God, w ho glveth to all men liberally aud upbrtluctli not, audit shall be given him." It ihoullhea comforting thing to the Latter-day Halutato know that although Joeeih Hinlth In making thlt declaration w at o posed aud ierteculed, lie never wavered In the tettlmeny torne by hltn In Ihe beginning, that God had spoken from the heave no, Hedirod not deny that teitlmony, for he knew that hla Father In heaven weul I huld him accountable for the knowledgu ho ha1 reeelved of thothlugsof God. There was nothing to Induce men to receive thla Giol, so far aa earthly thlngi are concerned. Joseph was young, poor, aud without Iblluenee; hence no coul I hold out no luducemeut for men to aceei thlsmetsage, exiept Ihe fact that God had gtvou It to him, and that be had authority In i reach the (loaiiel and ralnlator In Itaordlnancea. The only motive a man could have for acrrptluglhls message waa the con vlclion that Joseph rimlth tpoke the truth, fjr this step meant very often oatraelsiii by former friends, and future iwrsecullou. Many In the diys of the Pavlor marvellid at Hla doctrine, nnd Joeet li Hmlth lauitbt at one having authorlty ttatlng, ai Jitut did, that the iloclrlnu was not hit but God's and promising a testimony olllx truth to those obejlng Its rlncil lie. Thlt tettimouy ban followed obedience, and II It a fact that o it of the hundreds who recilvud the Gospel In early dayt, there were viry fewwhoweru not true aud faithful tu tho last. Homethlog was given to them making them willing to furtako every, thing for Ihe (lotel of Christ, and there are thousands today who would rather lay down their llvtt than deuy thlt testimony. Thlt provet that there mutt be toniH powtrlnthls rellglou, and that It bnscomo front God, It ban bteninanlfiilMt from the very begin-Ing begin-Ing ot the history of Ihe Litter-day Hailils, that they have leeii and are elncerr; for In the face of all the persecutions perse-cutions they have endured, their al hgluuce to tho trulli haa temaluiil firm, !"bt Ir eyalt m of missionary work, by meant of whliti the Goipe! It carrn d tutheuatlout of theiurth, Islu tome resiiecte without a parallel among any rtllglout people In the world. From the larlleet period of thilr llvie the )uuug men are taught to look forward to a time when tbey will go forth as mletlouarlri, nud whin the call comet they regard It at an boiior,andgoforlti willingly, without ho) e of reward so far as salary or advancement lu world, ly jwaltlona la concerned, Hatdtlili and iiersecutloiiN are often tndured by these mlsalouarles; attcrutteare made by ralulatere of other denominations to convert them; but they almuat Invariably Invari-ably reiuslu rirm In Ihe fuel of It all. If they did not have the duapel of Uhrlat, thla would be Irupomlble, And In tplte of tbo fuct that their education hai beau limited, owing to) their having been emplojed In bulldimr up a new country, they are fully able to hold thelrnwn against Ihe learned dlvlntiof the day, Oiporlunl Ilia nf thla nature are presented tu litem, for aiioon as a "Mormon" begin! be-gin! preaching among n peo lo he li more or leas opposed, and hat ample opiwrtunlty to prove Ihe truth nf hla t alimony aitnlnat the arguments of those with wbont he cornet lu contact. con-tact. II la a very common thing lodiy when Ihe Gotpel Is preM-nted to the nations uf the earth for Iho pcoi le ti, admit thai Its principles ate tcrli turalj thlt they canuot deny, aa the LUit. preach from Iho ricrlture, and nothing eleli prevented Hut while admitting thla fact they tay that these Hilrigs are no longer needed. They ear thai time was a Ihueln the da) a of Iho Havlor when Ihise thlnn were necessary, but they are no longer e. In thlt llio Latter-day Haliiti dltler from the M-ople of Ihe world, for they telleve the Gospel lo bo without change, tho only plan ol salvation deviled de-viled lu the heavent and given to men on inrth. Thli view li tup-lorlod tup-lorlod by the writings nf Ihe ancient Apostltt. l'aul, In writing to the dilations, expressed tur rlio that they wire so toon wivirln; In Ihe faith and he told them that Ir he or even an angel Irom heaven ehould preach any other Ooeielto thtni, he thoull boaecuried. NotrueChrlttlnn doubts Ihe authority uf the Apostle l'aul In these mitten. A like testimony testi-mony li boruo by the A pintle John In hla Heculid Ilpistle, when belUtil that if any mm comes among them without this Gospel, ho thoull not be welcomed by them. The Havlor himself him-self tald that not one Jot of the law should an away unlullllied and If thlt waa the cate with the old law of Motet, how much more to mtiatthe higher law of Christ be without change. 1 he ordinance! neceaiary for obtain. Ingadinlaslon.lo tbe Kingdom of Mod were lal I down by Christ In Ills statement state-ment to Mcodemus, whin he. Haled that a man muit be born of Ihe water and of Ihe s Irllbifore he could eto the Kingdom of Heaven. The common belief In Ihe world It that wtitn Chrlit laid "It li finished," all these ordinandi and observance! were dene away; but these professing thla belief seem lo Inrget that after the resurrection of Christ the Ai-oittea continued preaching the necessity ol obedleuce to theie lawa. On the day of l'entecott, when 1'eter was proving the divinity of the mission or Christ, the people, stirred with tlrange emotlona, cried out, "Men and brethren, what aball we do?" 1'eter relled by enumerating tbe Initiatory ordinances which the Latlertay Hnlnla proclaim lo the world In thlt day, declaring ba tlam to Le lor the reuiltilon or slut, and not, at the Christian world belliveii, "au outward ilgn of au Inward grace."1 The Latter-day Halntl ale now held retuntlble to God lo preach thlt Uoepel In all Ihe world; therefore, the young men of this people should seek to UIL dersland who tbey are, and to appreciate appreci-ate the blessings conferred upon them by their God, In bringing thimlnto existence at this time and among thlt people. They mutt call upon the peoj le to rent, for the hour ef Uod's Judgment haa come.Ilelng the representatives represen-tatives of the I,ord, they will be honored by Him, at he hai alwayi honored thote who magnify their calling before be-fore Hlin. rso greater resiainilblllty till ever been llsced upon a peolu than that given the Latter-day rialntv In thedltpentatlon of thu fullueta of times, when all things are to be gathered tu one. We koow that tbo great mattes ol mankind today know nothing about ut, and nothing In regard to tbe Goil or Jetui Christ. Millions of peorlokuTw not God, aud uon ui reits the retiotitlblllty or preaching thla Goll to the earth. H the young men of thla cminiunlty gu ahead of their lathers they will nave sumethlug to do, for their fathers have been willing all their 1 1 vet to advance the Interetts of Uod'i King, dom. If the young men are not will, lug to do thlt, they will he In a depleralle condition, for where much Is given much ltexa-cted. InorJcrtobo rrpared for the time when Chrlit will come, men mutt re-cclvoandrut re-cclvoandrut loto practice tbe commandments com-mandments of God to them. There li nothing to l o tuared with the ex. ci lleucy of the GosmiI of Jetui Chrlit, as we understand it. When we look un men who have Iseen godly we know that their lives have not been In vain; but no inatlir how muih a man may havu galntd from a worldly ttaudiolnt. If his lifts haa not lieen righteous, It may I e looked Un at a watte, May God enable Hits youth of thla people to reach the place He lias I rrpareil for them. I rU.SIDl NT (IMKCIK Q. CAN. MIS was the next ipeakir, lie snke of Ihe manyevldeucra of the truth of the tettimouy of the l'.Mere, calling especial attention to the gathering Df thettnlnti aud their Immunity from ttccldeutbylaudaudieu. He alio mentioned the fact that a vlillatlou from Ucd ami Jisui In our ownday wainiieisai, In order thai man might be given a correct coueeit-llouot coueeit-llouot Hum. UesUo refirredto the necessity of Ihe vleltatlur.i ot the nngelt who brought the i'rii ttllooil, lu oruer that man might have authurlty to ndnilnie.er Iri the ordinances uf thu Gosiel. He clo-ed by Invoking Old's blesslugi upon all. Thecbolr inng tho nnthom: "Let thoMountilni lihout for Joy," after v tilth the choir and tongri gallon iiu' the Doxology, llenedlctlon was ironouncvj by Apoallo A.H.Caunon. |
