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Show gBMiijl W By aij Ex-Lditor. The man whis'arlsoutaia reform or and endeavon to teach his fellows I elter ways always hat a hard roal to travel atl has very maoli to enntind with It may Im that ho hai n divine I Ian to Introduce, a system of excel lence, In i vera roej eel supirlor 1 1 any of the existing si'lemi around him, yet ho will find tint ni( u uroneddtd to Ihe ol I wys,and huwover defestlve theymsy be, tralllbu sane I lira an I makrithem tacreJIn the ojis of tholr adhoreuti and they cling to them with in ylel ling tcnaclli. The moitttrlk lug and prominent example which manklnl liai of thli li the cau ef Jitus C'hrlit, tho Hon uf Clod He taught tho peoplu the moat sublime tiuths In thu moit slmuU Isuguage. and He rrsctlcel Ihe rlucll es and doctrines which He taught There wai an entire corruqondorice between llle teachings and llle life The mlracl-a which Ho wrought weru alio evldeecca oflilsdlvlneorigln Vet He beisms a victim f popularfory arid waa cruclrled as a criminal With such anllluitra tlon before us uf mans bigotry and feroo'ly, ran wo wonder that other teacho sof dlvlnetruthsshoulj be per-soiutid per-soiutid aud klllid? When error and falie systemi re-vail re-vail It lakes lime for truth to get a loot hold Ita truo value Is not Im mediately recognised Homo nuy ac cejtlt as soon as thiy hear and can underslsnd it, and to them It may stem to I eautlful and simple that they null oil and communicate that which II ey havo learned to friends, oolytoltud themselves rotailted, and perhaps rl llculod and aooUed at It might bo thought that ever one who oiiined tho ordinary faculties f man would Inline llatily stlze uul believe lua truth wheuevtr It would to instated in-stated and ixplalned to him Jlut eXerleucurovcslunt thl-.ll not Men aro slow at ercelvlng an J acknowledgliih tho truth HUH, truth, whin It la comlitently ractlced and advuca ud, does gain ground and doei have nn oQect upon ull who come within the circle of Its Inllas ice riie sixty thnejears during which IhoChurilirf Jems Chrlitof Litter day H.ilnts has bem organized, have given roof of thla file teaching of tho Chun h havo not I ten loit upon tlio world Let laoee who aru oil enough or who havo oxamlnaJ and ilveii tho subject thought, contrast the belle s of today upon the tublect uf t Irltua! communications and jwe and gifts with thoie which I retailed filly orslxtyeara ago At that tlmo so luteme wai the general unbelief upon these points that to ralso mobs to drive the Latter day Balnls from thulr homes It wai only utceitary to stute, as oue charge aaluit them, that they believod lu prophets, In spiritual gifts and III tho laying ou of hands for Ihu healing of Ihu sick ,ow there uretheUbrlitlau tlcleutliti nud other organizations which ro.'en to heal thu sick through the rayer of faith und the laying on of bauds. Thore aro others who believe sj lrltual commuul ottlouacan be obtained They point to the Illble for I roo s of the oorrsct-uiwi oorrsct-uiwi of their petition Thu Latteliy Hal tits have been teaching for il wards of lift) years that the preaching of thu U-epelol Christ was not confined to this statu ol exUloucr, but that after diath the irlncljlta ot salvation will bo taught to those who died Ignorant of them uud they would havo thu rlvlltge of be Moving In Jesus aa their Hivlor aud Itedeemeraud of repenting of their tlus Imagination cannot conoelvu of a doctrlnu moro phlloiophlo or more kodliko nnd oouslateut with thu be-ulgully be-ulgully and Juitlco of tho Ureal Creator thau thli, and lis groat beauty und valuu couilet In Its being true aud liavliik been revealed b) the J,ord, yet for long years It wai scouted and dirldedJ Hut now, however, It It tlowl) working Its way Into favor and lellef, and Ihe day doei uotaioar to be far distant when It will meet with Immoral acceptance 1 very litllu.ul tariau whoau atteutbu hai been called to this sutject, mutt InvAell that theru lias beeu aouiothln s lacklu; ill the siiliuu of theology Uou this point, Thu lllblo teachui that the name of Jeaiii It thouuly na ne given under luaveu whereby men can b paved, hut uucountod mllllont of human belus havu died who never i) much aa heard his name Thu man of lu iiilrlng mind aikt, ' What It their f ituru fate?" Ibo nply uf theologians general! Has beeu, "They aru damnoJ " Whut a harrlblo conolmlo 1 Hu Diaujuillos revolts at tha thought oi any lolug reculvlug iuulehm ul for not one) lug liws of which hu liau never hoar 1, but huw utterly Irrtcou ollabh with llvlue Juitlco la the Idta of remlvlu oturusl piuwlminr. io lgnoranuo of this char icteil Will tlio orcein) i of tern ilei and th-work th-work tr ormej thcrilu tj the Liter ila Balnls Invu no elleet llon the tnluklug world? Will Uieae not be object liseoi a 1 1 manklnl? Alrtsdy I have heard tho remark made mai j llniie, when the doctrine of preaching IhoUospelto tlnae who havu inuid uiiy ant thu i)o)(blllty of thu dead liehib batlzol for vicariously hai been exlaiiiod, "What a beautiful doctrlml Aril how cuniollnt to tin llvint, who btl ovo In It must be the ojportuulty vthlih they havi of ufllol atlugfor their diceaiid rilatlNe and frleu who weru not In a juiltlon to receive theie ordinate a when they weiuon Ihe eartl I ' Theie doctrines I elng true they will lfarthettrlctcstscrutlny They sup llyalongfellwaut Tleyarfslln tho strongest and moit sympathetic mam er to every I call which enter talnsalovo for mankind lbey uplift thoiu who ttllovs In and act upon them nearer to Ood, for tlcy furnlih the o porlunity for men and women to become saviors In tlulr spheres, to (artake of the spirit which IhoUonof (lod cxhlbltel In dying for u, nnd to be oi-vr rkers with our Lord In the great work of human redemption. re-demption. In no pyeleni of theology extant, excel t tbat revealed by the Lord to His Church, do tho liqulrln of the human mind concerning the fat ot the 1 ettben and of Ihcso who died never having heard thu Ooi el ol Jeiua lu Us fullneis mil I laliiucie, find satisfactory siiweri Hut In the revelations of tho Luru,theie duclilnes, which havu for ui.es beeu such ire-tcrlee, ire-tcrlee, are revealid In tlrnpllclty and lain una and oxcuiu, anled by thu tritlmony of tho Holy tiplrlt that thiy are true Tl u ropoiod dedication of the Tim pie at Halt Lake City hit attracted the attention ot n great raauy pooplu out aide ol Utah rhe fact that Ills build lug Itself haa been In tbu course of reellou for forty years, tbu fouuJallon having been laid so soon after the settlement of the plooters lu this aallei, makes tbu building somenhat remarkable C'omtant lu ilrlm have beeu aud will still bo made as to thu uiea Io which thu lemls will hu tut, fir visltois er celve thst Ills not aa well ada ted for coiregatloual worihli ui thu Tabor-uacli, Tabor-uacli, aud all aru curious to I uow wl y uch u cuitly i tructuro ibould be erect ed when the Tuberose u already n swtrs all tho ordinary y irposea ot pub lio worship. When explanations aru klvoii lu rej ly to these lu -ulrlcs, there can b but oue conclusion reaihrd con corning the I eo lu who havu coutrlbut ed of their uieaos for Its i'om lelloi , aud that la thst the) aru slccsru mm that their faith inuit laiuf athoiotighiy earliest character to prompt them to luakuthu aaiililces wulch havu been madufur Iblibulldlug To the Littor day rjaluta it must be ncauiu of satisfaction to ecu tills idl flee, urun whloh their hoe am anticipation! havo bem centered f r si many years, at hit comjletcd Isaiah and Mlcth both tpeak uf "the Ljrd's house which thallbuistabliihiu In tho top of the mountains, anil shall be exalted abovo tbo hills, au 1 all nations mall How unto It." 1 rom thu day that tho foun Jatlon was !ul 1, A rll 0, 1 Sit, until tbo rcicnt time, there has been a feellur cnterlali ud ly tho Latter day Halnls that this hoiiko was the reallntlon of the visions of thie lusplrud men All thu clrcumstancrs whloh tl ey describe 1 havo nclually oocurnd, the peoilu have gathered Irom the diller-ent diller-ent nations end In tbu esacl way that theio proiheU havu predicted, aud the peolo lu gathcrlug havo uied the exact language In describing their reasons for coming to the mountain, that theiu men rodlcted they wouU use h rom tho dsy that the feu udatlou etonoof this building was laid up to tin resent tlmo theru has leeu a stialy stream, varjlng in size tome-tlmis, tome-tlmis, flowlnr from tho varlout na tlons to these mountalui, and tho Lat terdtyBatnta vtho havu rome have donosofor theturpoio described hy time ancient men of Ood Wo ire beforo ur,lherefori, a direct fulllllnieut of I rophee) ropluclcs uttered thous andsofyiaringo Moaessayt "When arohetPpcaketh lu the name of Ihu Lord, If tho thing follow not, nor come to lull, thst li the thing which the I ord listh not spoken, but the ropbet hath spoken return) tuouily thou halt not be atral 1 uf him " Thli was tho rule which ho gave for distinguish lug a true from a false j roj bet On the Slllt dny of July, IS 17, l'reil-dent l'reil-dent Urobilin Vouu came Into Halt Liku Vallej with a company of b nctra As soon after thu camp had beon formol as wss conveutent, he, with a number of others, walked up to 1 mlgnl'iak us till uow called Un the way they pasted what la now known ni thu Teraile lllock, an I while walklug over thu grou u 1 l'reil dent oung tlo pod and struck the trouli I with hlaiane nod said, "Hero no will irictthoTimuleuf our Clod " The laud round about vt as covrred with agtbruih, a more uninviting pros I ret proUbly mvir met tbo gaze of civilized man for tho erection of a tern-I tern-I Io or the bulldlug of n city, desolallon reigned ou every hand, not a trie was to lie lieu ixci 1 1 111 thu distant moun tains or souio htllu clumps of willows aud lomu cottonvtools and birch which Hue I the sir earns In tho valley. The country uasio dry und jarcltd tha. it had n j abearance, of ferllllt) exieptltig thu dry buuih Brass which grew 111 patchei beru aud theru amoug ho taebruih i et, under tbete ( ecu-llnr ecu-llnr clrcunietaucis, 1 retidiut llrluhum V jung v, as lei to make this statemeut, nil to lay the I atter-day Halntsiee Ihe realization of his prediction Nearlj forty six Jura lavu laeted slncohe uttered It, but on the identical spot which he then struck vllh his cuno and said should bu tbu, situ for the Temp u, thu TuMll pal btcn reared and stands In 'pjojiri' Ktuiideur at a wlttiiu that (io 111 able to 'speak and llvu romiiei through Ills servants In tin io daji ut in jtys(of old., 1 reel dent ouuh's iroJIctlou hai beenai n marUbly fulfilled ui the rcdlctloiii of thu other r0 lieli,Isalah and Mlcsh, o ncernlog tho houio of Hod whloh should bo reared lu thu mountalui Cirtaluly thu world, If they would only be willing to receive a testimony ron cernlng tm I's power an I wllllnin" to reveal Ihe future unto mm, roull perceive the evIJcntu which Is fur i lihed In thli an I other loitances that (Jo 1 does have Insjlrel men lu thli ago as well at lu past times MiunukQ Cannon |