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Show SUMiAl hKUVIlKS. Jlu arnrtt anl lnipnttlrn HUcourto lit ridrr 11. II. hliif Itellgioui tervlui were held at thu Taberuaili', Halt Lake Oil), HunJtj, January "i, 1&0J, ommenclus at S p. m , 1'naldent Atigut M. Cannon presiding. Tlie choir sang the hymn beginning: 7lon tits It with lilllt turrouaJtd- lon, i.ept tr powtr dtTlnt. I'raj er was otrerod by KIder Hoduey C. Hadccr. The choir tang tho anthem' ellonout It Tbr Ntmt. ' The I'rleilhood of the Heventeentli wardoQlclated lu the administration of Ihe Lord's Hupper. u urn w. ir. kinj (of l'rovo) Wat called to addrett the eongregatlou. H wti hit earmttde-tin, earmttde-tin, ho said, that be might tnjoy that aft rnoon a portion of the Hplrlt of thu Ixird, realising ttiat without it his remarks re-marks would be irofltleM to that at-tembli. at-tembli. Th.y hat met logotber to uortmplhe Lord, for the iirpotc.f receiving thoite spiritual In-tructlont which should pre are them for the duties of Illo comlug wtek. We were told luecrlptii re that we could not lite by I read alonu, lut that wo niut live t y ever) word that roceeds from Ihe mouth of tlod. lie was Inclined to bellevu that Ihe world laid but vtry little rellauru tin title divine word. Manklu I thought lhat they c mid live I y the pmloto hlea nudtrecejl! of man tne Word of Mod In thu world today nt at a ills-count, ills-count, aul that higher and spiritual life whkh thoull ehartclerlie the chlllrtu of do I wai not recognize I. Ihe world whs becoming attieittiral, we found that materltllm was the order ol the day, and the ihllotoih) that vat tauiihttherihywai that which waaaccepttl by many, It teemed to lilm that, more linn uver, wa there a neeraidtynoA' for tmplolng the doc trims that "mm shall mil live by breu I III. lie." The trim lITu which Uod re quired at the handi of lilt chillrou uatlhatwhlih cuuld only boUld by thoto revelstlotit which pr ceed from Him. Wo were tol I that tha Church bad alvtata been known by thu charm-lerlrttlf charm-lerlrttlf of revelill) n, that Without tit tho peoplo HtUld tni.b, thit with nt II li ,1 ) tloliH,lrlttocln-uKw in all (arUut thn organism of mail the uo.lv wouil illeanl tnth Hut today meit wtte teeklng ti make the world bell, vn that revilatlon waa uuntvettary, that Ihe rnnou of acrl lure was full, anl that Cod had revealed In ages that were pattand gone all lhat wot ewontial lor the exaltation of the hutnau family. Die Latter tlayHalnta woro standing forth today the xlonrnttof the old fallh-llial lallh which aas given unto the ancients, Ihe faith wTilrh Jetut Christ Mtabllaheil lu the merlllan ul time, the uay In which U ! had sailn, In lilt Inlliifta mercy, revealnl lllna self to the human family. Tha I alter-tlay alter-tlay Halbtt were the nmlrftMa I rtof the truth, of now doctrlmn new In the sento that they had la en rtjecte I anl dltfOfded for th .usalida of carp, lie-otute lie-otute they were known tefre the foiin lallont of thlt earth were lal I He lielleved that truth wat never new Truth had always exlslod and alwayi woul I exiib Clrcumstaucee might aria which for thu lime would cloud the truth, Its exponents, expon-ents, the true frlendt of the (ltpet, might lio lairsecntud on 1 driven, I nt the day mutt come In the very nature of things when truth wouil treau premn mid enforcu recognition at the handt'nf tho mist relucbtiit Ool today to-day had given unto certain of Hit children thu Important labor of illMemlnatliiK In the worll IIiom divine teichlngt which were given in patt nt-a, an I which I rouhl such In neflcent reetiltt uulo Its devottrt. We could tint U'luve that Clod ha I plariHl ua uion tho earth and llien withdrawn Himself and lert ut to guide our own hark, giving ut no com-lata, com-lata, no rioltr star, nothing to Indleato tho haven to which we mutt direct our traxr, nothing to reptrve ua from the billows aud breaktra by which wu wtre'surrotinded. Was It not thu better doctrine that He had placed ut here eccr.llni; in a well ordained I Ian, that He had given ua a star to gitl le Ua, taught ut bow to iuild our bark, shown ua the haven toward which wu shall direct our gazi, and laiiti I with ut reason thatwe might utlllxo our sur-rouullngt sur-rouullngt anl thu light which He gives ut for our guidance. Hu bal I laced within the hands of all 111! children thotu optirtunlttoa wlil.li would enable them to ovtrccmn evil an I gain tho prUo of tlcmal life. Ho care i not how thick thu clou it might gathtr nor howthettorm might rage.ihu light which (lod Rave lit tbiiugli revelation, re-velation, If we were humble aud devoted de-voted to Him, woul I mil It. ut safely unourwa), (lod hai at rovided for ettry human contingency tint no human bark nted be wrciked becaittH of the storm and the tiini tallont which tiittus through life. The tlnr lhat thoullguldoutwasllie star of revels.. Hon the Wlltf In the lortrlne that revtlallin mutt txlt aa 111., cormr-atone cormr-atone of the work of ( lul't. He betir I a dlvlnu say only that day lhat tho world had Ucomu Intlnctre and skt Ileal that wo wem not actors of Ihe Word lliotnrli onfettors of it Hebtilleied the same srnllmint waa t clioe.1 by mony In tho worll today, anl what wna the tinnnT To him It ste lied i ati nt It-cause the world ha I de, arid frim the foun latlon stone. Tiny had attempted to bull I a suixr. strueturedllltrtiit from that nf whkh Jesua Chrltt gavofieul the flans. In (are of thofce plans which He furuli.he.1 manklu I bal dUcarded Ihein, slid tought to bull I for tbemiilvti, Intlca I of tho Irut, living (eni le of Chrttl, boustsln whlclt they coull worthli and form a faith which suited their own .titles. (Jod had tent His tenants today to (rottsl againil that t-icrl leglous trenlmeiit ol Hit Word and thorlnclplet which He hai committed commit-ted to the world. We mutt txptct that the world would become roateilal l.tlo when It forgot Uod and Ihe prlu cl Irs which Ho had laid down. Tho Latter-day H-tliits, without deslrlug to be arrogant for they were burnt la before Uod could teach the world through Hit grain that mankind man-kind had detailed from tho wale of truth, forgotten the pltut of ChrM,and were Irj lug to tatabllth ' Inns" contrary con-trary to Iho divine mandates of the Havlor. Dttlrlng to bo govirnedby the matt rial ihlloao.hy of tho age, men had said, "l.ven If there bo a (Jot), He It IliDnlto and man Unite, aud It It Imioulblo In our flultettindltl'ii to flu I out Oxl or Hit tleaturo concerning con-cerning m" Theystll wo were like blrdi confined and Hitting about In n cage, so far thty could (.it and no rarlhsr. lie ntlleveu mat nut uoo-Irluu uoo-Irluu wat untound. Clod had not I laced lit here that wu might bo hi I-den I-den from Him and Hit r"'l. but wiiwere a larlof Him, we partook of II It attributes; lu other worda, wuwiru ilntlilldnii A portion of Hit Cod-like Cod-like power had leltbreatlvd Into u. and wo could grow mar unto Clod an I become Hie unto Him. I'aul tiught thlt doctrluu to thu Corlntlilini, fet how coull we Ui like lodorknotrlllswa)iuiilutsllespoke to ut and taught ut all thoto groat t rl ucl It at which wiro essential for our f;uldancouud dlrtctlon. Hutlhophl-otohlis Hutlhophl-otohlis of men btl been taught for thedoetrlneaof JtauiChrli.t. The kettlonu of all truth was the at know ledgim tit that God govorne.1 ua and tko for the direction of men. Ho had a?alu hM)keii to thotarlhout ol ibu darkneatfaud the starwai vlslblo to thoso win would look. He hai iigalu revealed unto the tarth those same prlncli Its which were glvt it by Jesus Chriat unto the human lamlly, riiemluloii of the l.atier-da Hlnu trot (o ttath thoae stinu prlnolln, and the hai no other mlrtlon. rhu world lia 1 mlsiiuJerttotd thrm; It bad flt that their mlulou wat not such at they ha I titled, at li-ntt.U theworl I had not felt that.lt bad declared It. All the Latter-day Hainlt tought wat to teach the principles which Jetut Christ revealed re-vealed lu II la day an Lwhlcli U xl had lestore I to tho eartli through the l'rophet Joseph Hmlth In the dla-tentatlon dla-tentatlon nf the fulDeaa of time, lliithti kuuwthat the cry mention of that fact txclltd rldlculu among Ihe peu le. O d did not, however, consult Iheclvllllitlon or tho ere, tit It wna called, He did not consult the plcnuire of tho theologian of thoda) lu teaching lilt children. Ilia ways" were lerydll. ferent from thore of men. A gentleman laid to him that day, In u conversation on the sutjert of MormonUia, "Why dll not the Lord chooae a man like Henry Y ard Heecht r or some man of a national or International Interna-tional reputation through whom to tommiinlcatu thoso gnat principles to the nulla."' He (Iho speaker) asketl lilm if any great truth, whether or a tcieutlflo or rellgl6us eharaner, ha I t ver been communicated, or, as a ru from the foundation if the worll till the j rotelit tlmt, through that i laa ol meo, and the gentlon in lu 1 1 lets that tuch hai u t It i l . tat . Hu rnulnued Hu i t i t,r atest tlgrn ol II . ' . t ii i from the nu I men who hai ion e i , undtr strata f i fornd their waj li-ul ,m I lira through the unttln tide o tbu.jtr i ml an I mje.lle-1 i vorld to a ttii vl l" the prlnelt I Whlclt llteylauehl. Ho with tie (loe- Il or Jssais ( nrist It wat not pro claimed to the world by angel when Christ would mm., hut Jihu the Hap-tlat Hap-tlat wat the pr cursor of Jeatie Christ John did imI o-iine In Ills purpt and fluo Jlneri, w tit the Insignia of Niwer, civil rr worldly upon his brow, tliuouly power which he hid wat auehavQod Almlghlyronrefrtsl upon him, and be called on meu to ret tut, for the, King lorn of heaven was at hand. Hot aa In former days io In the latter. Tim peopa did not want John the lltpilst auJ Itla leaohlngs; they spurned lilm liseautti of his humility and refused to hear lilm I e. cause he rauie from the humbler mate m. And In lh.se latter days the world salt "We io not want Joseph eimllli and his cachings " lieratuae he mine ircm tho litiiiitnel ranks of Ihe peoplt. rhe lititcr-Jay Hslnie w'tro, however, proud of the fuel that ha come from the le.matir) or the New l.nglan IHtes rur the noblest stalls and the he.t blood of this wntlncnt came from the old I'urlton stock And uch wat hi; Hit ireo.tat,e went luck to the I'mlUu faihers. Ho the wor! I rejecleu him the etitner ttone ls?cauee it did not n peal to Hum as the) dtlrei I'he grealtit truth had Ihe humh.cst origin; thu gteatrst truth always Strang Horn the humblest sources, tho world rejected M. rmonlstii ls-cause ls-cause It lis I, couiaratlt ly speaking, so few ad lit rents. It seemed to hint that thu loglo of lilstrry would say wushoull rsihtr accett It lawaiuo It wat uniptilar Hecauteof the existence exist-ence of evil, he l-tllctel tbattrtllh tvuld never rvlgtt sureme ix-ceit ix-ceit b) contest and tontroversy Did thty not appreciate truth the tnoro when luy bal to struggle for It? If It were popular t strveUaiand easy tocarr) out the teachings wh'ctt Ho gave ua, thtro would lw no critllt for men In fulth-fuily fulth-fuily serving Him. There wat no credit In a man beluf honett If tin re wtronotemtatlons around him, the credit lay In his nslsianoe of Ismpla. Hon or evil when thn oiiportuulllrs lu do wrung were multiplied. Hu with tho principles arlili.li Ool lial given f r iho salvation of thu world; being unpo; ular, they became more prccl ua Ucaunuol their uniopularlt). If wu ooull ride ou tho wave of pipulatit) Into thu Kingdom nf Ood wn would lw it u 111 lor thu abry and purity w blch ul. ltd there. lVrlMoatlon could only come by our patting through the fiery furnact. Tho world wna full nf I lolatry today, though wutal I that II died with uiu medheval agea Men might n it now lew down to graven Imagts or worthlp tho sun, moon or start, but thty bnwl down to Hit Ir wealth, i to social distinction, to splendor at.il powir, to thu riches of tho world anl eoclut). They were Idolaters at Iho thronuof llabjbti, and worshiped Ihe I Idol' of Ihe' world ae dll those men, In j itL.es IhBt were gone, the Idols m tdn by thctrown htnlt. I lolatrj. wat pot u. 1 lar In Ihe world Inlay Itwstpoi ular to follow some faith, to ftceli tilttln. tit n Jn!hee)cs ol thu worll, regirllest of tho means emt 1 yed Io reach some elevated ele-vated oiltlon. llutthuwtrd of (ltd came and ttrutant the lateof the Idols Irotltsyttem rheaxowal laljnttliu rnolof Ihe Irro the tree which had been planted lu a ( hrlttlan la 1 1 and watered by tbu llolatrout teaching! whlih had been given frim thu ;uh Us fur to niauy ) ears thlt treu which htd iKiruo to much terulclout fruit, whlih had prottltuted thu ltl itiln s of Ihu world aul made lllH lell out of Ibou tandtof tlehuman fumll) thu tree which had It conaltUury written ui-oti Its every bough and leaf, the axe ol Iriilh, thu axo i f revelation, was laldatthurotcf thlt tree of Idolatry and falto teaching, and thu work of destruction would go utt until Iho Ireu thoul I bo "hewn uoeii aud cott Into the fire " Where would they fin I today a Church which currfsnouded as theirs did to tbu latttrn which Jesus Chrltl lall doan? Whore was the houtu that was built as this one it -it, according accord-ing U the lam of Iho Divine Architect Archi-tect 'In nmdem Christendom the foun latlon witt forgotteu, and tho tu-lerstruitiintiriowo.l tu-lerstruitiintiriowo.l that It had lean founded by tntn'i wltiim Initial of by I)lvln guklance to Ihe Latter day Kalnls lit. would ssy, ' Let ut build artkbl, )u ut built our foun latlon la-tlon iroperly. lulling It upon the corner tlnuo of thu lour prtuclrlea of ll.u (1'Jt.el; build thu foundation upon revelation ant according ac-cording to me tearhliiks of Jotui Chrltt lu Iho meridian ol time " lal. ter day HalnU ah. Hid nevtr lo.o the ui torturilt) oilatarlng their tittlmony to Ihe dlvlnlii ol thu work which (Jo I had rolealed, through Ihu l'robet Joteh bmlts Let not Ihe worll I lamullioiti Ifthey were loonoilattt, If llielriyttem aid go agtlutt Iho ire-conct ire-conct ttt d f ytttims of Iho w orld and lliu tradlllont hugud to blindly by the peojtu for so many centuries. Tlie Uit friend was not the one who I ralaod thtni tnott, not the one who waa always gattcrlng their, lut the truest frleul toalie who saw tha trror aidltitdto lin.l thu eirlug Into Ihe light aud proper way. Old wai villaining thlt work; He would oonllntle to supwrt It, and lit uuiy of the Lattor-day Mtltili wat to In Ip It by tbtlr filth, praytn and work, tu;iortlng thoe wIi.iim Ool hai plnv.1 al Iho head or Hit ( hnicti. Thaightho) ooull not all te leadirs In thu Church of Chrltt, )ct there ant something for each ef them todo HuliluiHlfw ull rallitMiiller death ten thous-tod timet than havu the (Ire of tho Cxpol go out within his trtatt. Clod's work wat tho ttra-mount ttra-mount Itbor of hit life, they thould ficrltloe everything for its maiuteu-ante, maiuteu-ante, and hu felt connjent that If thty went forward In till spirit Clod woul I bring them to victor) The haven would open unto them, and they would recelvo the reward which Hu bal ironlsed toall Hit faUnful chlldreu, u.DEa 1 CTAttU.ll, who boa recently returned from a minion to Attn Minor, was next railed upon to tpeak. He said he fully tea. Used ihu rtMiontlblIltv of standing t'orc to Urge it conjugation of Im Itr da) HaltiU anil attempting to ad-dressthem. ad-dressthem. llowevur, be lecogulxvl Ihelael that w believer au b.ldr if ltratl .vt requlnd to bear hi! lestl mony tnthuptlnllples of the Uns;tl It wat Ins duly to rear nd, by ll.ehelii of Ood The speaker ltei,s t Ihe history of his missionary i aptolsbsu by slating lint I .. hit this oil lu the spring .1 I !b in i illltti) thh 1 tiler it titil nt I i.inl ti itr wty lu. u.,1 ut I utt. 1 -tt 1 - m i srloi. , it - f lmii I . . I l IMIl 4 I V .1.1)1 l i t . i i r r I . im I t on V t n I it i I r itorCju a , .-, iti Loudou, I ,r. andollur tlilrt of nils m the I w v aid gin ilng mil. I luf nualinu r 1 1 rSnarih' Joint I Ihu.. at Llv rtfi land ace umiinled Hit m w Coo stai.llnople, which wat reachtd on June Bib. Wheel they found Hiern stdrrtaoMng a ttrange people, who wire In darkness i far as the Oitfl Uullili concerned, they In some extent ex-tent reallxstl Ihe reeonilblllty of their petition . rhera were varlout elatset In the Orient, and It wat therefore hard for the IiUer nt first, on mtellng with so many uatlouallllet,wbose Tu)a, cut-bims cut-bims and I eller wt re so advene to the true principles of light, to carry on ihalr latwas. Hut through the t ncour-agement ncour-agement of the I lers who hsd le-teiied le-teiied Ihem in that land, tnd by faith and constant rayer, they were eu-atdcil eu-atdcil ibi s icoees ull) sludy the Tuik-Ish Tuik-Ish language, which was almott unl versaliy snoktn there After suj turning some two and a half months In Conataiitlnople, txuut-lug txuut-lug tl.. prlnclpleeoftbu Gospel, ' Wl t.ili Is lot to go into the interior of A tla Mim r Dirlug Ihe fall aud winter nf lsnou.1 in wai ongajtdln the study of thu lurklth language, anl wnerever Ihe . p,tirtunily ottered he bore Ills teallnn ny to Ihu truths of the Ouspel. Ihe icup!e, etat tally lu the liortburtl Kill ol Asia Minor, were anxious bi hear the Ooapt), an I In mtny piass quite a trowd would gather tu hear tin m I bey w ere not al ( ret nt, how ever, jttrmttled tu bold publlo intet-I intet-I mrs The stltrr next referred to his work In central Asia Minor, w here hi lugantotrarelln Ihe spring of lsVO. Though hundreds heard, and greatly desired to bear, the (twtl-moutee (twtl-moutee of the KUers, II aeonied thai none of the people had Ihocoulage tu embrace Ihe Oriivl. Indeed much opMdtioii was mtt with In nearly evtrytoan and vilhge. Kverywhere Ibe inlstioiiarlea wire coufrenlt-d ly false stttemelltt made against thu I'rophei Joseph Bmlth and hit followers. follow-ers. Alltr thrtu luontbs had elapsed he nroieetied Into tho southern irilon of Aaia Mlmr, Io a place known at Alutab, where some lat; titma took I laco. Ueeptte u( ioiltlon from the I'ro-testant I'ro-testant and Armenian churchts, and tholr ellorls to havu Ihu "Mormon" I.ldert bttiMied from thu country, the) succtetlt-tl In flvu month! lu ta-Isbllahlng ta-Isbllahlng a small branch of Iho Church there. Kldsr Httutlar next spoke of tits Jniruey to Couttantluopie where ho landed on May Unit with tho oljict of trying to obtain the amotion of thu authorities to Hie I ubllcatlou of ll.u Chiirchworks.nt la Ingentinly without such prlnttHl matter thu labors of Ihu 1 Hers were greatly Impeded. Ho called at I'alesiioe aud Syria while en r utt. for Constant I no; 1 ati I found much to Interest him. He referred lu the gradual Inllux of Ihu Jews Io I'aleellne, and Bald lhat about 1I.IWJ were now located lu Jeruaalem alone. It was very Interesting tin 1 eccourag. lug to mark tho progress of thu Jews In tlmt 1 triil. Hit ixperlencu anion that lace, liuwuvtr, convince! con-vince! lilm that they were 1 o. I toting to muili for thu (lwcl, but their inslii niijet I setmed to lw to havu unearthly klugdomie lered unto them. Hull, bvUlle ved there wiru mtny Jw as whoivoulllufoiindruudytoritelvulhu Uori, and his billet alto waa lhat lu tlmu mtny of thu Mahimmedana voull llkiwlit, Thu ltlwrt of Ihu a liwlouartua up to now had bttli chlill) among the Araienlana, Hu.) ha I Iikewltu Ubcrod auiong the Ornks. Thu ajfutcr related villi ui Inlcnil-log Inlcnil-log Incident! lu Hio course of hit Irate!, ami concluded ly rtclllnga few linn In the 1 urkl.lt language The confutation Joined with tho choir In tinging the hymn W e mark Tilts o Cm, (or a liopLtl, To gui It ut In llitte latter days llouetltotl. u wut t roncunced by CounttlorCharlts W. leiirott. |