Show THE GOSPEL UNGIIANGEABLLJ 1 = DlleOUUe Dellverod In the Tnbrneol Ealt Lake City Sunday Dooember 1898 by = = = = = PRESIDENT GEORGE Q CANNON = urORTRD nv AUIIUR wiariiiJ 1111 1 read a portion ol Pauls epistle epis-tle to the Galatiins Put sn apovtl not of men neither by m ititlr letuaChrW and led Ihe l Father I him free ike deed tI i all the brethren which C8 with rae unto Ste > hr olOalalta 1 tRO Mm tou and pee from 01 l 1M t t > c 1 I ten our 1881 l Jetes ChrUI wI ok h mself lor mir tins thai he might d k I r n 10m f this preaenl mil I world eceord ih r udl of hod and our Father lo I elr l be itlory forever and ever Amen jIUaryeseeee I 1 soon remove from IMI I ctlltl I you late tba trace of ChrIM ilrr gospel 1n bat 1 there be sum lhal II OU nd mould pervert lhe grepel 0 It ouih we or an angel from h4Ten t h anr other r > spel unto you than hat nwrhare prrelrd unto you let lira U I rsed A > esilj before M My loom t again 1 II any n npresJi any other lotpel I unto you than vh i c lute rtceUed lot him be accursed I r du I IIuwl nMo > men or Ckxlf or < lo I mk I i se men for If ol I jret pressed IMH I 101 IK II tenant of Uirbt Iht 11 I en Ir you brethren tint the gospel I 0 Ih 00 preached of me U not after nun I r I neither received II of 1 nun eIther 0h I ogII I I It but by the ratwUlion of Inc In-c It lave I Iteanl I of my conversation In e i in I the Jooo ration how thai be 11 I r i re liennruawdtho chulth of God < 1 AI i filed In th J wi rellfkm obnre K i uli In mlM own nation twins 1 e etlirtly aetloue of the traditions of 1 i H n It pIowt Clod who oeparolod me huhoe o comb and Coiled toe by hit L re 1 ho Sot In no hot I mIght proaoh oO1 ° heathen Immediogoly I en I I n t olil li llnh I and blood th ttent I up to Jerusalem to hem a a or jpoiln before me but 11 I went Into A OI 1 returned afa n unto Damucus I m ftrt I three yean tarot I up to JeruM lemtu I oo lelir and abode with him men 10 J I thor of the aposdes saw I none live J 1 r I e Lor 1s brother V rn the th nj wlileh I write unto you be I l 0 Ore GJ Ikooot I In this chapter lou makes a very emphatic declaration and ono tint Is ultcn quoted by Ilia lilcn 1 of thIs C lurch at they look upon It as n very ilronjr 1 nulrment concerning the GospM oi 1 Hie Son of Coil Certainly Paul understood I under-stood hat ho w ti talking aboutlf we miy I 1ttit bin testimony tor It I teems Iron II hi own words lnh was not necessity II i at he should co to Jerusalem where thin ins body f the Church was thin 0Laniteil In order lobe two hthcoocern inthe principles I r n llfo nnd salvation Ho had Len al you all know ilrlckcn llnd nt he weevil his way to Damascus Ilic 1 object ol ill 1 Journey being In per cute the members of the Church of r U rist Ito I was led Into tint t city blind and helpless conscience smitten and wakened to the knowledge that he was T I rsecutlnj thoie who were really the lolluvters of God I In this condition he I was visited by a servant of God I nod not no-t oubt received the Priesthood under his I indi and he commenced preaching nn 3d I declaring onll testimony I ol Jesus whIch he had received The principles hkh ho taught he declares n ere tmde known to him by the rvel lIons cf Jesus Christ And thlt was not a slngu jrcasc 1eler James John Andrew anI I tlie l other Apostles I I nad r to depend or their Information and know ledge ro peeling the principles ol saltation up on the revelations of Jesus While the Savior lived I lie taught these men but I her Ills departure they did not hive Him to look to they bid depend upon rttelallon I through I I YI the i Holy I Ghost r Urn I Comforter which lie hid promised to II I lend unto them and with which power they were endowed from on high on the than ol Pentecost at Jerusalem The principles which wire taught by the Twelve Apostles at Jerusalem and hi the arious places where they labored l and those Hugh by Ijul were the wine They were cterml principles ttc hue reason to believe that they wru taught to nnd obeyed by the ancient although there Is very little I written In the scriptures upon these I lolnls but haul himself declare tint the Gospel was preached unto Abraham I tiid vo know that righteous mennman wl ill Abraham was numbered were In 10 c communion with God the Eternal I I J dir The revelations which hate 1 I n given In our day cast n Hood ot I hl upon this obscure point It has I c me down In plainness to usIn such lanne s that nono who have filth In I land can nutitlon Its truth that even I our lather Adint and ls those NI descendants de-scendants who were aisoclated w III him were made fimlllar with the principles I Of lie and uliatlon Pnoch we are t told walked with Cod and If he did so I for the I long period I that i wo arc told I that I he lived I we hive to believe lint I reason I he Certainly I became imllhr f fvIII the I Principles of salvation 110 I knew that I Jesus would come lie being the Umb slain from before thu found itlonot the world Ills name as we are told In the trtlptures being the only name given u tinder heaven whereby man cm bo loved It must hate followed that Ad mind I mi-nd elI righteous I posterity t were familiar i ill the pUn of salvation and with tho turning of the Savior and His mission I Cii tic earth rtitbe principles were retealcd In rah seofeGcaJe lh t plalnucM lip I lie bon of God when u lie Limo to the earth John the lliptist I at t the people the necessity of bcinK r III dII 1 I liod nnd Jesus obeyed that ordln Some mli11 suppose that thu or Ininca of baptism was something t uan Innovation on the part of Jolt I c Iljptist 1herc Is cry little In the lb le about baptism until the time of I John still there are references enough to hnvv that It WOO an ordinance for the illldrtn I of Israel we are told by lau were all baptized unto Moses in the Cloud and in the sea Hut John hid 1 the authc rity rim authority to bnptize i hir longed to tIme Priesthood J whicn ho hold and he inspired ol God and or uainel loa his childhood by an Angel c me forth ann forerunner ol r the bon of i God to prepare the way and ho called 1 upon Ilia people to repent ol their Him and lobebnptlied for tvlral I Iorllie remlMloti of their nine ol course they I luUnc rrpentetl of them and he Iwviiix the HUlhorlly In admtnhttr the ordinance of f baptism Three need be no nnu mrnt m on thin I I for the Croons that the Sun of God himself conIc and pre > ejnted hlmirlf b as a candidate for hapllsm He I did nut iiuestlon Johns nuthotily and He l tenably did not go tithi river Jordan J merely lo comply with n form U 1c III WAS nn coenlUI t 1 ordinance and wheel John remonstr ited will Him I cotulJer b ing himself unworthy I 11 ndmlnUter I this holy bI I ordinance lo the boll of Gol He plainly 1 told John Hut It wa rlll1t It aollid be done to lulfil nil iljiliou I n oon bun Savior won willing not tic e Irous loobty that holy I ordinance owl III hrl ye ld i niI In Ih I doing this He set an eximple ID all III h children of men haul tmdoulitedly received revelations to cstablith In his mini the impomnee of holne burled with Christ In barthun I Ills I writIng prove that he I hail 1 received that i knowledge from on high I So also with the cutter Apostles They bad been taught by the bon of God In person the ncrmlty obeying all the ordinal eat that h1 I been instituted for man salvation filth In Ihe I ord Join Chrht being I the Tint principle repentance of sin the recond an1 I balt turn lor the remission re-mission I of tun bIle thirl John had rot authority II tn I Rulniond thin but he said He tint cometh i fler me Is m zliller I than I I wliose shoe I I nm not worthy to I oar tie nhall baptita 100 with the Inly I GhOSl nnd with fire This authority Jesus 1 J recrlvcd nnd this I authority He I l bestowed Olson other rnal iI ling them lo KII forth mid give promises unto Ie I eople concerning lImo precious tilts of the Holy I Ghost and hate those prom Ism i literally lulfilled Now Iaul My tint if I any nun preach any other gospel unto you thane than-e hate received let him be accursed It seems that they had In those ilaS men who preached dillerenl doctrine and who endratortxl lo weaken the filth of the converts to the true Gospel by leaching filw doctrines and therefore there-fore he speaks In this eniphitlc manner concerning the principle anti ordlnan Con hit he had taught Do thcue principles prin-ciples of faith repentance and baptism 1 constitute the entire Goipel of the Son of God Do they comprise Ihe full plan of satiatIon which God I han re voided and will reveal for the redemp tion of the human family Certainly not All truth no matter what tJ nuaybe Is a part of the Gospel ft tIme l bon ol r God flieto principles and ordinances are essential es-sential I They must be oteted by the t i Inhabitants of rhut I robrs no way to obtain full and complete salvation salva-tion without obedience to them And that which Is Important loo Is that these ordinances must I be administered 1 by men having authority Ior I a man to believe In Jesus repent of his sins 11 and then to be baptized I byn man lint i has not the authority would not bring complete com-plete salvation To hive hands laid upon one by a man not having authority would not bring lheilfl tint tho Lord hUI Ir olll lnlh I has said I shall fallow time admlnlstri lion ol this ordinance by His servants I Repentance will rdwajs bring a blessing bles-sing I alth In the 1 ord Jesus Chilst I will alwaS bring a blessing I do not care what nation a man may belong to nor what church he may enter If he will only repent of his sins It tn tt III bring n blessing to him He 1 can do that If he Is a Mohammedan or II he is not a believer In the Ionl 1 Jesus Christ he can repent of his sins and he can receive a blessing from God for doing so Ior 1 Coil will accept Ihe repentance re-pentance 01 Ills cl ildren No matter what a nuns standing or what his connections con-nections may be he may propose to become a member of the Church of Jesus Chrl t of Iallerday I Mints or a member of the Catholic Church or of the 1 plscopil Church or of a pagan organliallon socalled and If he I truly and sincerely I repents of his rllstr the Hissing of repentinco will rest down upon him This I may seem strange tot to-t ou It Is nevertheless true Of course bflo were a Molnmmedao I would not hate faith In the ord 1 Jesus Christ he would l not helleve 01 In the bon fl Gob 1 as the Kedeemer I of tho world but so far as repnlance goes nn1 lurnlllg away rom sIn with n determination 10 lI bc n purer and belter Iifr I the blessing of r II r rw God would I rest upon that Inditldutl II he believed In Jesus then the blevdng lr lelh ifei J oh 5 of that belief would rest upon him and the man who Is I in that condition ol I faith has the ndv image so far an that C005t oter the unbeliever Hut will repent nnco save people Is that all that It necessary for salvation No lit I li 1 only one of the requirements Ynd i li the lord makes of us He I requires of in that when wo hear thin name of Jesus and are titight the mission of Jeius we hl UIn JI lo shall accept Him on our Savior aslhe t Son of God as our Itedcemer and have faith In Him I Then tte are required to repent of all our wrongdoing Ilpw shall we know that which u I wrung Dow Do-w derive the knowledge l if It front I eIIN Or books alone Nn God lion gIven to every human being who poisi ses the powers of his mind n Knowlt lie to a certain ixleut concerning nn It Is horn with us It Is the direct Rill t ol the lather We lute that poillonof I Ills bplrit within us that Odin us that which Is wrong Wo may have It In dillertnt f > rtns because ol the difference In our education Thai which our consciences so 10 speak may tell us Is nkht under one set of circumstances mil be con it drred In A different hl undor other circumstances Hut thvre Is n certain amount ol light of Inlellljenu ol nplnt lint comes from God that ciuses Ih6 truth and the right to appeal Instantly tsan honest hearted mm when he hearth If and he Ins n testimony within himself concerning this truth This It I not I as I say conduct to one chine nor In one union lit to one creed U h I on colOn nba < as llio hum crf family I at hereyer the human amily live iiey t Inv tint spirit with them Hence tin lint when IheGospellspreiclttdwh I I nth I hider bear testimony to the truth of tIme Gospel and men and women heir It i they will l > e Indued by Ihnt testimony that 1s that testimony will aland ivaim1 them unless lh < y listen to It tad otey the Ousncl therefore II lh wrvantsof God In nncfont days I as In our day ould goto the varIous nations of the earth ami proclaim thu truth ami warn the people and the eople i would be under rondemnltlcm if th iy did not receive the testimony d the aervinU of God for the linos of the S nrlt would be In theIr own hearts and It would testify to them God loan no loll nny of us viitll out a wIna lie may withdraw II from IH throiiicli our Iorletiitt1 uur hearts nnd com nltUIIR sin all I ait tIlt y be left In the dark but otlutwlx there Is l In every human breast a wItness of the truth As I have said lint only Is faith tree alary but repent ic < nlun 1 1 hese ire two principle of the G Mpel which were to we-re required to obey 1 ltien con bap n llsm An I baptism an I have rrmuked must be Immliteml by a nun hnvinn authirll forthl reaion iffornoothir there ore ltn 10 br irgivin and who can fa give tin hut God or some OliO I whom lie nuth ilie < > For l lie tlos give that power to man sometimes Sat whose noevcr shas yu relllt t they I era remitted unto them ami I hose ao ever sInn 1 t e main they soc rctilned Hut l upealtlni generally no man has this i ItrillnrI1l10 authority It Is God alone that can remit sins Par I n man to Immerse another an-other III waler without baring Ihe authority fintn Cud amounts to nolh Ins l eiccpt lo the welling of the man that Is I Immersed II 1 don I not bring the remission of sins The lord must wash nwiy the sins ol the Individual or Ihe ordinance is I of no tllect Therefore though l men may hate faith and may repent they mutt do something nice than I this to obtain the wattling awa of their Kins anil the blessings of atatlon hat attend the remission of PIlls 1111 an with Ihe reception of the Holy host That Ian gift front God Man in and I ol rref GI hl himself h foes not imosesu Ihe power either to receive or bestow It It must runic from the lord Hence the Im poittnce I that the Iod I has always at lachvd t to Ihe nendlng ol men forth In preach b the Gospel who are authorised lilcI lil I U a trite I ol theme In this aheruacle that the cause ul all the confuslu i dissension dis-sension and contention thit exist in the religious world I ho l thai them Is nu authority uhlch Go1 I cognize and hoe actions God I confirms by bestow Ing b lie blessings that Ihj peoulu need Iiul I undentaml this when he vtrole this epistle to the Oaliilans Someboly had come In doubtless and taught filse loclilne ami culled Ihe Gospel but IK 1 cold It wet not the jotnel and that they must have the legitimate authority I Hence h j It Is that Ihe Catholic J I hllr tu strenuous on this point That church recognises the importance of there tie I InK l n prieathixxl It It Ito mint tlrenn ills probably of any Chrlsthn d nom blrrr Innlloil i I on this rnlh They claim to have h a continued descent of rrlesthoaj from the daa of Peter down AII I that the l Iope of Home Hinds h I the place and occupies the position that I eter did ns Die head of the church Die church lfIIu I lied IleenonlowlIat olnillsrciahas I i but they cannot iaatlh priesthood i with the Mme propriety and at much force as the church of Home Hut the great mast of the Irolemint denominations denomina-tions realizing i t71C defective II they urn fl In h this respect discard all authority M conilnK I directly rum the Apostles J In h clI Ihe most of Instances they claim their authority under the commission which win git en to the Apostle by the Son of God I when lie I told them to go Into all the I world ami preach the Gospel to 1 etery creature t he 1 that belleveth and Is baptlted b shall be saved but he that be lievclh I not thatl be damned lIp look ing I at this carefully you can see how ut r r r destitute of foundation such aa claim Is because I If etrry man on the f aCe ol the earth has the right to administer the ordinances of the Gospel then everyman man must hate been commissioned by the lord to do to Such a claim Is I entirely baseless 1aul distinctly says that men must be called of lad as was I Airon and we know how Aaron won called lie was called by direct revelation rev-elation from God 10 MOles So that today there are thousands ol well meanIng mean-Ing l men who are devol1 In their feel Inns l to the work of God who would like lo benefit their fellow men anil who are educated for the mlnlslrygoing around among the people from one end of Lhrlitcndont to the other endeavor Ing l to convert the Inhabit mts ol the earth to their way of thlnUiu ami administering ad-ministering to them ordinances without hating I any authority whatever When you contemphte this condition or affaIrs you cano the reasons there are fur to much confusion In the earth there being no rcguhr chinnel of authority n i way r f 1 lf J Ir obtaining revelation direct from God f because If there were It would come through one channel And there woud not be any diversity uf views concerning palms doctrine Ono mm woul I nut My ° Th t is Ihe proper mode of administering ad-ministering baptism ami 1n 1 another con Iradict him anil I say That Is not tight but hey would all he alike ns 1aul nnd the Apostles were when they met When Iml went up to Jerusalem Ihey lund tint he was teaching exactly the same principles that they themselves taught and with the same authority As I Inve said the I Church rl Nolan claims to hive J descent of priesthood l from tIme lIas of icier but those hoe ho-e fimlliir with tho History of that church must h ive un immense amount of faith neal confidence lo believe tint the Priesthood of the Son of GI could liar come tlovtn through Hut channel In the midbt of lImo impurities the IckedneMi and the wrongs that liars existed and have Iwell prictlccd from the days of the Apt htlui of Jesus lip I to Ihe present It was only by osslinilit leg I Itself to lImo PUMII practices I and adopting I heathen customs uu1lI I ceremonies ceremo-nies that any form uf Christianity was ohIo to prevail ur to IlISlil tam Itself apparently Every nun tint professed 1 to have revchllon from God I w is killed until I all those who hid the pure author lip t from God disappeared le from among men and corruptions of an Indescrlb able Diameter hive existed from that day until the present i lIlt I God tvilh I l1 1 fl gllg drew the Irlesthoo I from among men flie men who bore It were slim and taken back to beaten nnd the IVIust hood I rumilncd there until Olio Iord 1 condescended to send messengers from the derm world to restore II once more to the children of men upon the carih Hie authority to ndmlnlstcr thin ordinance con lli nance of baptism I ISo authority oorl lay on hands for tho rev ptiun of the Holy I Ghost tIm > niithirny lo t fl orirame thin IJ hurch of arid to uldn It and to ree Ivorrv htloni for tti lurch hu I autiorlty llti lo be re tor d nod w It I Ufy IhaMt rtt best rmt red or 1 uur day anu Is ones more upon the e Irili and the ordinances of life and alvdtion i o = ore Imlnlsteml with on au I r v re cognieJ of God Hence the change Ohio has Jak11 place In Ihe lastalxty years A haw lItmi Is teen In the earth All orgininlon exists that It I similar In every ct p i u lo the organisation In tin days < ii 1 the Apostles ol Jesus an orgsnli Hum pot tooting tho same nmeem claiming the same iiiilhotlly teaching the n m I loc trnii dmlntsletlng the name nrdm i ices and that whIch Is matt glorious mu I mow tempilie having the Mine bheneli non fT ii nlt i i r Rifts following the administration f IllS ordinance men nnd woiun by I the thousand receiving A tenth miiuutmi ran Cud thit their tin are reunite 11 I 3 b v the ordinance of I baptism ns adm 11 tcred unto them and testifying alto th ii they I have received the Rift ol the Iloly I < mU under the administration of th it nn who are the servants of God U hIVe kin before us today It Is I not a cIII1crd i It Is I not something tllAII Is fanulu it is tangible before our eyes thitw can see nnd examine anil test fur nuen net and Ills not A cunningly devise 1 f I uio Those who become meitbers ol the Church are wllliente fur God testifying that this U I true unit that they have received these blessing at lImp have been promisedan I u they real I ol them In the scriptures Dut let me ask agaIn Is HIP pun ol salvitlon confined to these ordi iincra and principles to which I hiv referred No IfweOHildiiidersland It as ills the plan of salvation embraces every thing that belongs to men In the flesh on the earth In the mind of ln re God there is l no distinction between that which Is nilrltu l and that which I Is temporal L lie I uses this phrtie In revelation rev-elation to us because II adapts Himself Him-self la our condition and to uur mode of looking at chums but with Him time Is no distinction between temporal and tplrltual things There Is no distinction between spiritual suhvethouf course with tome liuollljcoIonind II l temporal itilvitlon Our bodies are as dir In the sight of God us our spirits Our spirits Ir lt cannot separated 1 from our bodim to have us Ireet The body and the spirit are the soul of nun not the spirit r tl Ib lt It alone not the hotly alone but the body coul I the spirit And God gives rev l aU055 tOt Ille temporal MlvIn of Ills children thai Is for the I uliatlon l 01 tMr bodies and they nro as Important In I their place at His I revelations c mcern Ing I their n1iurts I Hence it is shah oft latterday I Silnts are a prarli it I eople Ie ate have offended the telljjoui world because we deal to much in temporal things I snd shook I 11 inurh I utwut them at thomin they were a putt of saivtiion Well we view them as being a part of salvation blab It gives offense to many ami they think tint It li Improper for oll It J 1 r f men who are ministers of religion lo meddle m with such thing U < hat e had tint t Ii contend with from the beginning especially since we gathered together It h I lut been necessary that there should i be cure bestowed upon the lem > oral salvation of tee people and the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Ion Salms hue boon nmmakd by the S ilrlt ol God to do this and to provide by I counseling In the greatest wisdom that they could obta n lor the deliver I r II mice 1 of the people mm evils which threatened them In early dijs In these talle > s this was recognized more than Its I it-s at the present time Various causes h have operated to produce changes In this I respect some of which I think very unhappy There was a time when It I was absolutely necessary that the people peo-ple should be counseled upon many points which affected their temporal saltation As I hunt slid everthing that belongs to man existence on the earth and to his existence hereafter Is n parlo l the Gospel lliero Is no truth thit t doe not belong to the plan 01 salvation Vito ciiiimt get outside ol that plan and think Well this I something some-thing thai does not perao to the Gospel Gos-pel 1 Cl IIrll be a truth p lining oG the I starry hOvel if It b i truth concern ing l chemlatr if U be I truth In relation lo 1 the formation of the earth or what we are pleased lo term geology If It be 1 truth In physics In geology or n truth of any kind I belongs lo Gad the Klernil Father and to the system of salt 1 sal-t that I loins rove Iod I was a truth and a mot Important truth that men In the days of Noah should be warned that there was a Mood coming I had been predicted according to revelation re-velation years and > eirt centuries It may be said before It came Dinch I knew ol It In hit record he has left a knowledge of It which Gnd gave to II him I was revealed tn him lhat Ihe flood was coming upon the earth and that man would be destrojed bociuseof hit wickedness and thai It was reserved for one ot his descendants to ntart as it were n new creation That was an Important Im-portant truth If the Inhabitants uf the earth at that time hid received It It I w mid hive laved the u I woo a part of the plan of salvation n that lliie par an 1 was revealed for the purpose of taving the Inhabitants of thu earth If wllll would accept it It was a truth connected connect-ed with saltation thai ulmo Israelites should lice out of Ig pt We are not told how miny there were that did not obey lIlt cry In fact many suppose that all did I do not think 1 Know Jog human nature 0 I think I do and biting len Illustrations in our expert nice concerning then things 1 would not joc surprised I If we should oti learn Hut humfruds n Chill thousands of Isrnehlei refused 0 > y the command of tile Iord tirnugh Mcxei nod remain til with lila fle nnuts in ISttnL Hut whether this U to or noi mikes no par tlculir dllfcrenceto usnow Itcertiinly wan a Iart of the plan ol silvitlon that UIS they should leave 1 hftpb 1 > at thai time and bo delivered from die thraldom m which they wero nnd lay the founditlon of n new order uf things In the holy land as it has since b cu f I rlhe glf his been from thai lime until the pre out God his revealed irloui nuiters to I His servants and tinseled them 10 I do certain thing oval prophets el hate been raised up who lave counseled king nnd rulers svI who hivo told them what to do and how to do In order to escape threaten I evils In theIr battles In their laleiw < and in I various events righteous 111 hive stood up In hue land who enllglite ed I b > the srit all I revelations of tjjJ have lon en ahled to counsel tlu riling men and this counsel has prov I salvation to those who accented It So It hu been In I our day 1 It Is a lull of wlvulon to dayThe The Lord Ins rev ea e I the Catherine I nT In I omIts tenon aI1 Knot I m ordinance uf Ihe Gospel but It I I a nimiiid of God which w beta Olin r iHn I taltalion JJr God commanded II 0 I ammo beach r tIm ilonrmi 10 t anu of ihi i anh and to Inpt I II with a dlipo linn to atlier 10 alI confirma tory of HID t icliln I ii srvaiihs Hu poured out upon tlii5 who received the Gomel the spirit of gathering ThIs spIel filled them and they hAd bun ten lummy concerning gathering lust an they had regarding Ihe t other require menta of the Gosiiel How I many thousands there are who r in recoIl how thIs spirit of I gathering burned In their bone and In their hearts how they felt concerning I heir yearning desIre 10 gnthur with the xainls of God And everything that had been dear lo then beloreln connection with their surround Ings lost lls ottrsctiman anti their eyes < were turned to Zoo They wanted logo lo-go where bIle l servants of cod were to listen to their voices to b m thotr pretence pre-tence lo receive of their tchlngs t and lo rejoice In the spirit of the opd In the piece which God 1 had appointed I say how many thousands are there throughout these valleta who had Ihlt feeling and who can recall I and in times when the Spirit of God ruts upon them end their hearts are softened weep with tears of joy hocus Got III His I Infinite goodness and mercy gave then thus spirit and then provided the mean by which they were clubbed to carry out the desires of l their beans I It Is a prl of the plan of saltation lo us thai we should gather logether Ue should not scalier The pim ot srat terlng I want to lay 10 you 1 alter da Saints is nut the spirit ol Ihe impel of the S of God There teems to pl O growing ehear disposition of tome good among valle IH to or seamIer sime good region afar off that we thInk we could live easier in i Ihe climate II I belter I perhaim the facilities for llvin II lnlk are better tne inducement I ol one kin and another are n tic attraciite and we want lo draw oIl and go there Tile Viral I Presidency of the Church has hIs to meet occasionally lIe are writ ten lo us In which the greit advantages of such and such placet arc set forth Now llIlh want to My to toll that 1 this Is i not right The spirit uf the o pel II Is a hart of gathering causing I Sane who possets llio gather f audio chug logether that they IAY build up Zion What is I III lloll aVe are told hit II Is I the pure m I I heart God wants lo have a pure people He hat gathered us out by Ibis wonderful power I Is I a marvelous wmL anil a unnilffr the uraw thosaln f ler day Saints lute l been gathered lo these mntalns No man can Irave lluoughout our settlements either nottl or swiilh without feeling lmpriiwd will the wonderful wwer that has brough II tha people together tnd enabled then la endure the hardships the Inconven lellca nod the trwls that are connectet with their hIves And they are happy HKple olr I was talking only a few days ago In New YOlk l with a very prommen man who had come up from Aruoiu through I all I our settlements and he taU I It was the most remarkable thing I tha he had ever met with In hit lIme the happiness of the people the contentment content-ment that reigned Ihewit they enjo > e < themselt their love and union as w ella ell-a the extraordinary exertions patience perseverance nob 1 courage I kel hat been required to C thec settlements I am sure that no thoughtful person can trav el throughout our land without beIng Impressed uF this manner I And what I has done this It has been the outpour InK of the Spirit of God I upon the people which has held them together It It our duty to constantly keep In remembrance that this Is a part of the plan of talvatloi to liS U e w ere not g itiiered to gel Ihe bent pi s In the land and to accunm tale ri loJ lust promised that we shall h iehe We shall have them We wi ho me richest of all people I know that I God t hands i if 1 may use Dial expresslon are lull of blessings and of riches la blow upon us Hut ilia Is I not Ihe object lor which we were brought together The object Ihal brought us together was to lay the fount dation ol a new order of things In the I earth Uj I mean by that to overtun existing political systems No Got has revealed to us that this form of government gov-ernment under which we live is the best on the face of the earth and Hut He raised up wuwmen ami patriots in order that this form of goturnmenl might be established under which the tpiruua kingdom of God might IMS ntlabllshec I antfgrow and become a great power i In the earth God I neter Intended that wo should be revolutionists and we have no designs In that direction That Is I not our mission We hate not the spirit of It We have to establish a new order of thing In what respect lo Cpcl 10 check this dreadful stream of corruption of every kind tint It flooding our land e I and not only our land but all Ihe lindi I ol the enrili tu a greater or lets 1 extent I Xelil He lion gathered us out from the various nations of the emit in order that we lltty do thl i It is our destiny It Is the mission which He lusijteii to us and we idioul I have an eye single to this glory 11 if Gel I In doing ll It ate should keep that lint aid foremost hi I our thoughts NIt porolal aggrandisement no asking I ISIs go ng to benefit me ro Individuals but 11 I put our trust In Ga id I who 1 ll has ot r luoU lu f II mu alwa > s fed eel clothed ima and will still do so and furniah in with all that Is necessary if our hearts ere pure More Him and wo labor for the canting earth out ol Ills purposes in ISo My brethren and sistersGod Ins called us with the greatest I of raIlIngs I No people could have a greater calling git en them An1 I wheil we have been threatened threat-ened with overwhelming destruction our Father hail rescued us When tv e have been surrounded by thick clouds en I ukness and there has hell no ray e1 I I Jit ti > ible He has dissipated lY these clo ids and let the light of heiven shine 11 upon our rathwiy I I uhen It Iman one aiinouKh our enemies uve renla nu ner ou and so Idled with anger thin uur da strui lion appeared Inetilal lie I Ins fcoflcnedllicirhaatts Hehaslurnedaslde their wnth and hrutlv us lav or in their I 1 h 111 I h n hlc nd us in wonJerful ways In making 1 us lo dwell II In Jrlull r1 Kg ivv llal and Incunoux ourselves and auo lo hive tils feeling towirds others We should calICo lie greatness of our call lug and 1 keep our yes tingle to the glory of God U lut difference docs it make to us m the cull I whether we are poor or rich I Tre I II is delightful to Invo 1 uur phy d wants supplied but e ad lln II iliuillii lie goodnesn and ldolI h I aim not s cn In I to permit us to have Ills co iditiun always hurrolindlnt us lAi hue s en tn les of poverty limes 01 privation and I treai hardship we have sullerrd great cr < eei lions but In mIte emil t ol It I all who is II ere among yb m that Ins l11Oii destitute ol I the com furling inll lencc of lilt t Spirit I uf God 10 I know when we une 1 mm valley l and at ir food wan d1 out 11 I us by Ihe Otto e Ii I ir fill h 1 It I n were gold aulil 1 limo I Ii opl r I tit l ol eloth I r it I t II r I Ii all b I nil i Oil t t I JnlncTII Ih 1 l 1 Iler d t irmllrl I V y 1m r vv 11 I hit t IIMh r ha < phi j J UJ m Illa fact j Why w 1 hilt Because Ihe spirit and bletting ol God 0 rested down upon Ihem It has been so In Ihe mldsl of all the trials that wr have had to pass through find it will be I from this day until Jgsus shall com whose right it It to reign and He puts all enemies under Ills fet All I for us to do U to have our eyes single l lo the glory of God Of course It Is our duly I to take care of I those entrusted to us and of that which God has given us but let lisas a people keen our eyes ingle I t to Ills glory and our hearts putt I let us live each day to shut when lh night cure and we renee up m the acilom of Ihe day before composing cmplnK ourselves lo sleep there will be nothing In our minds i to condemn us beI In I addi r lion to that spirit of which I have spoken and which every human being IKMiettej who does not drive it out we boise 1 the gift of the Holy Ghost which quickens our understanding and mass halos us 10 0 where we do wrong or where we do light It put us In a con dillon always t be in communion with our Father i and God and to have the fellowship of the Holy Ghost and of pure and holy beings This Is lh wa > we should live repenting each day Some people think mere Is I no need for repentance after they enter the Church Hut it t is a princ lile that must be exercised exer-cised a yfrh We have cause I to e every day of our lives becaute we are weak and fallible and liable to err We sometimes spook words that are not riju wa have thoughts that ore not right we do things that are lot right anil we can review ourtelve In I the 1 light tl which God has given unto us con less these wrongs before Him repent of them and obtain forplvenctt from Him I If ell love oflcnded any of our fellowmen < Oh 1 men if we have offended our wins our husbands our children or our fathers ret of It ask God to forgive us and thus go on day by day until we shall emerge Into tin hotness uf the glory of our God I whIch I humt o ask In behalf of all of us1 In the lam ol Jesus Chris Amen |