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Show KiiaiAKivS 4 ur nr iPOsriE nmns i. iw ItM, writes. OccUr1,iM.t ' ''(.ttira' Cuntrcnte, UUl In the JeUmacU,SaltlaUWu, Vtah. rarroiuo r AKTiick wiviib (taluk we nuM " y"t Rrateful iLtiieBtWoodrufriind enabled him to , umllita morning. llobaien-.iTjnJto llobaien-.iTjnJto portray to ui tli Import-...elllii Import-...elllii wotk that la ontruilod to ua uUUerdsyBalnls. Wo nro required t,tnien the Ocapel, tiJ wo aro all ,,uA" "' "" Ooapol, and aa wo iirl from 1'realdent Caunoii, uo ,,tHjlouibody hu luoli a largo itfftof S of mlnlilon. Jery man ill lu a wife li lnlnliler of tho Area, aid li ut a auljrct to he -id upon to preach tho Gosrilat s.jni and abroad n tho Apostlca. Tim nlrtUanJ Teachers, of the Lctaer priesthood, aro alio ministers ot tho Out1- Tuoy "' rwlulr,,d t0 lBl)0r '" UsmUitef gathered Israel, to teach Ussi cancernlug tho principles of life, It ks tint there li no Iniquity lu the Cborcb, and that all the inotuhera of U,ctjurch Jo their duty. Thai atter-dajr Halnta aro expected It U a jecullar Jioople, because of ttdrllrti and exampler; and they are eipeclidt peach tho (Joapel by ex-ample, ex-ample, If they are notalwaya called vpon to prch by precop(. Lvery jenon who hai named tho name of JnuiChlUtihoutd feel thu vital Im-ttititca Im-ttititca ef preaching tho Oospel by iiiraplo, and It will hare much more tlt:t, It "111 bo much moru telling, ibto auytblriK that can be eald; for If it to all prcacbera of tho Ucapel find thsotUe beautifully, and yet are not wcrsera and devoted follower! of the Sarlor, our pfrichlug will bo lu uln. The strength of tho testimony ol our Trial Jeut, and of hla Counselors and the I.leers who stand up from lus to time to pleach tho Uoipol, li In tts pretence or the, "Holy Ghoit and by 1U lover, and that U only enjoyed lu insist to our devotion and to their correct llvei. I attar-day Batnta ihould be ecullar ticauta ot their temperance. They ikoul't be peculiar because of their erayetfuliieM, They ihould be if aarkable because ol Iholr obedltntn to Ike rsrfiulrenisnts of the Lord, and thireli sooiportuully fuat before ui nowt Id ainiliBilu our obtdlsncn aud our wlllingiiMJ to answer to tho reiiultaniint. "Mio Urd, and lhat la In building the Halt Lutu rtnlili tho greatest leui le that haa t ten I ullt lu tbli generation, and one that hu become world-renowned. Tiiero I lethnpa not n building In the worll today that excited greater curl oilty In thu minds of tho people of tho woill thin doc this reinplo (landing upon thin Hock. Lait April, when llwas decided by the coplo to ut forth all tho titbit and moans necessary to oni lito that 1 tm-i tm-i lu by the Clli or A ill next, It una thought that It could be com) letcd with about ouo hundred thousand doll in, or a little mote; but thi.t notion na taken by the Oonterencu without 1 revlously obtaining correct estimates In regard to tho amount thutwae lwoexsry fur lu completion, nnd Inatind of requiting ouo hundred tbouiaud dollati to llnlah tho work, It hai been foun I to require nbout thrcu hundrtd thouaand doilara. It will tike a atujcnilous tllort uikju Ihe art of tho liittir.dny Hnlnta lo flnlili thatworlt and have It 10 that It may be dedicated without any In-deblednna In-deblednna hanging ovtr It. Jo Uoubl thu Latter-day Balula are al le to ilo It If they aro determined In their own mlnda what each pcreon ought to give for that puriwar, and what each ran airbrd to give. I am IniprenacU that lantel will bavo to make uj ar-entlynlltllo ar-entlynlltllo aacrlflco In order to ao-compllih ao-compllih that work. For It will to very pleaaliig to l'rraldent Woodrull, who hai been preserved alltheseyoarg, to imttlclpite In the deitlcallon of that bull Hug. L.very man ahould taku atock of hie ability, and then ahould be gotieruua In Judging hlnmlf, fur If wo judgo oureelvrt rightly ant perform the part that can juatly bo required of ua, wo will not bo Judgtd, but wo will to uUgrd It wo do not judge ourfcltca In regard to tbete thluga. limn nro aomewhat cloan In money inMUrv, but I believe, with thu good trop that tho Jiord hai bleared thu peotlo with thla ear, that If tho furciurs.tlio mechanic and the mcrchanla will only put forth a gencroua hand, tho hunda of llliliop Winder will bu fortified with mtam to meet hit obligation. obliga-tion. I know that Iho very flrat week alltr thu Al til Confeiince he waa Inalrallifor tnone), aud baa been mraaurably eo, I jrtaume, over iluct, although aomu hu been torulug In. We will alwayi feel the bhMlngi of the J.onl upon ui for the elTuiti that we inaka lu thla direction. Ten le bullJIug Is ouu of thecholieat woiki that has evor Lecu reimlrod u( the Halnte,and thla of nil tcuiplts that havo lta.ii built In our generation. It tecina tome that It will htlug ua great credit to have It beautltul and well llnlsntid, and then there la tho privilege privi-lege that will 'i) grante 1 to ua lo go Into that hou'o'ut Its dtJIcatiou. A meeting wai ligl of the I'rtsldency aud Apoatlea avboit time ago, and It waa decided that the dedicatory nr-lcei nr-lcei of that Templo ahould be ao conduiled that every Latter day Balnt fount wotthy to go luto that lemplo ahould hue thu prlvllrgn of partlcl-IMtttiie partlcl-IMtttiie lu thoae cxercltes, and that tbey should be held from day lu day until all larnel ahall have a chancu loenler Into thoae aicrrd walla and ptttake cf the rplilt and llcaalng of (lod that ahall alii lid the deJItatlou of lhat great building. Whtil wu go lu there, 1 hclleva thai we will feel fleer In our aplrlls If wu have IluUhcd anil paid for thu I ulldlug, and uvery oce whu alejia Into that houao to utllclit lu Iho rer lets u 111 lc-t-1 that hour ehn haa donciomclhlng towards thraccomi Itth mtntnf that work. Hut I wonder If thorn will net 1 Latter-day Halnti who will como up here very unxloui (aud I oaalbly the fonmoat of all) to get Into that building who havailoiia nothing. It ought not to be. I'veryvnn who haa n dcalro to I ntllrlpalo In Iho dedication of that bull ling, and nltutwardelu Iho labors that will bo allowed therein for ouriaUallonnnd for tho sslvallon of our kindred, should feel that he haa don anmethlug lhat la worthy ot hlru, according to his nbllllj, for the ao. compllahment of that ImpoiUnl woik. I aeak of thla In thoprraenco of oa. lembled laracl, for I feel that It la nectcviiy. I know that throughput !loti there la a widespread feeling of anxiety to go Into that houie and to nitlctatn In Its dedication, and the feeling ahoul 1 1 Juat as widespread end wider pottluly than our ahlllly to come to the dedication for tho com Ikllon of that building, that tbtro shall I o nothing lu the way of It) acceptance ac-ceptance by the Lord. ot only should wo hnvo this feeling feel-ing lu relation to Ha completion, but alau as to our preparation to go Into that bouao, so that when wo go there wn will have settled all our iuarrcls, all our illlllculllen, ull our hardntMof lit art. blltonnu, Jealoufy nnd hoatlburnlnga, and thutvio may never do ancther evil thing In our llvta alter we have goue through that lulldlog. That Is Iho ooudltlou tho Latter day Halnta ought to be In. Our i xani les should ho Juat na rfeot aa they can be In humvi nature. Ail havoiMd,tlio Llltr-da) Hiluui ihould bo remarkable for their temperance; and taloona and gnml ling houeee and everything of that kind ohiuld bo left to thoae whoare not of our faith. We ought to nlralti from everything that la lotblilden In tho law of Hod, Then wu ought to Uo everything that tho Lord requires of us. We have been a llfetluie now In training, Inexperience, lu trial, In preaching the Oospel, and In our labors at home, until the Latter day rislnu today oughttobelookedupou by thevtorldaa a remarkable people for thelrlldelltj tulbclrfallh. WecMmto have thu only true Uoipel the Oospel that was taught by tho rjuu of (Jod lllmitlf. If thli iioaltliu of oura la correct (and we claim that every man ami woman btlonglng to the (.hurch hai a testimony that ibis li true), what m.uncr of men ought wu to be? Ought wo to bu drinking, gambling, rofaut, ntglecting our prayera? No, Indeed. Through all lsmel Ihe Litter-day HaluU ought to be remarkable to strangers stran-gers who travel In their mldat t cciuie of tbtlrdevottou to Uie requirements of the Uospol, their fallhfulueis aa hualands, tbclr fidelity and vlrlue na wlve-i their devotion and obedience im children. Aud ell the Latter-day HnlnU being devoted to the cuuto of Mod mil lu their ntlcudan e at or-shlji, or-shlji, ruf hviisal u' worahlpaniiM lie filled lontlnnll) oil the U it b illi day, I tin Msblatti day shout t Ik. re carded as liuly In lliu nil let of the Latter day Hamtt, that If.thne wire oxcuulou Italiia lu thu Likt, p eaaure eveklugnnl pleasure cno)lng In the laud of .lou, ll could be kuowu that thetc lhii).s wtro not sipporled or In. dutgvd In by I atter-day Halnti. J til t tliiliilacarcl.HUiaa In (h i dlircllon. Wo do not mutdtr, wodo uctrob, wi do not steal, uo are not guilt) oflhivo gronaer thlngt, but wo are curcltMand Indlllercnt In thf'o Utile tliii c.4 riuru Is an Indlllerenco lu reguril to thu worship ot the 1ord, In ttgird to fainllv prsver aud lu regard to tho sacrnraoiit on Iho babbnth da), A lurgo iHroeuloge of the titopht aro tlioughtltMln regard ti tlii-o Mere I orillnautti. It ought to te In our In arte a ru nit nut thought and caru In I relating uumlvri that hu can atlUo of thu sscraineut, nut that wo cnu fellowship t0. githcr. I'hu I Irat I'reilJeniy do thla. The Twelvo Apcsth-s do thla. Wu ftlloushlp, wo meet, Wo cjun.el, and wo roort to taoh other,nul ri-new ri-new ourlalthaud fellonahlp f rone auollicr. Wo nlao lmrtiku of tho sacrament together, aa lime and o por-tuulty por-tuulty cller, nnd counstl I kcthcr for Ihegoodof larnel. hall ought to bu with ull thu .'eiding quorum.. The I'lielJcnU of slake iho.il I meet toc,clhtr; Hlgu Councils ahould meet together, an t they should counstl together for thu lutereata of their elaki. llthosof wards, with their couurelors, Hioul I meet togcthor In solemn count 11 and ronailtover the all .lira of tbclr warda nnd the condition of lltilr eople, so thiit they can at nuy moment report thopcrccntagoof falthlul nnd devoted Latter Hay Halnta In thdr blahoprlc. rills labor ought to be taken up and followed moru faithfully thau It haa becu. Then everything that wl 1 tend tu the advancement, Im- rovement and encouragement of tho people In the wards and In tliu Htul.oa should havo conilderallon at the hands of leading men; aud If evils exht among thu people, such na Intemperance, Intemper-ance, i rofaulty, uegleot nt tho Word of Wlsdpm or of iro)ur, not ndlsre garrl of the sacrament on the Halbath day or of the law of tithing, there ought to be enorgetlc, ffalthful labirtrs among the tolt, comctlng them, couuellngtiium, so that the) may In thoroughly fitted and prepared for the iitpuualbllltlea that rest upon thtui. Thu Lord stems tu bavo umler.tcio I, In the organization ol Ills t'hur h aud the revelation ot Ihe Uov el ontlnJiu'i). lhat It would taku grunt and carelul labor to save thu people and to preserve them from tho evlla of mortality, that doeu easily beset them. Hence Hu I u arranged that oTery faithful man Is entitled to tho l'rlesthood Vow, I want to know If au Llder In Israel cannot take earn ot him. self. Is It necessary that a teacher should bu on ray tract? Is It nccctiary that my president or ni) neighbor should always bo upon my I eels to tr) and keep rue sobtr, honrtl, vlrtuou, or from doing wrong? Ljiiiiderilnud I that every man should take rateul (hlmielf, and shoul f be a anvtor for hlmeU. 1 uudcratanl thai (Iji rt inlfes of ui tn bn Ihe worker nf right- 1 cou'iicM, ami to bring lo pant much rlghtrouiueti Individually. Tliepuwir lovrltlilu ui. the kiuwhalgo and thn I authority are glvon li ua that inablo ustodo this. 1 very man who Imi atlslut I to thn Melrhltedik l'rlcthuod I ihciil I havu the strength and power uf Cod to do His will, nnd to bo nn upright up-right man, nnd nnu thai, ItiaUnd of needing to be tuught, Is n teacher and an exunplar In tho midst of tho popple, (lid requires that of jou, my bnthron, nnd w will brought lo an nc count (ooncr or later. I grieve sometimes over my own c nluil nn wtaknvaies, win u I know that I mut account for in) folly, and t do reiniit, aud I mr.ku refoimallan, aud I am anxious tv make all the reformation that I) nriewiry far my iilvntlun, and every 1 Mcrlu Israol rtitsluly can bo as good aa 1 oau be. Wu can do what Is right. Wu can ttli the truth. Wo can bu honest, a Ittuoua, Just, merciful and forgiving. This ! what la required re-quired of Us I can set n good exam plu latere tin. povplo among whom I travel. This Is rt iulrcl of me, but I say K h not required of mo auy moru than It Is uf tho chiton. Any man that hai had tue hands of taol'a sir-NnliUujoti sir-NnliUujoti his htat and hu rccclvod a jKittlou cf l!l Holy I'rlntbooJ, la required to bo rin oxcuiplnry mnu, and nn exeinplnty mnu l a man w ho sits good example, and not t ad omv. Tho Lor 1 has given us thu l'lleethood for our salvation. It Isthopowtr of (lod, and wo ought to exorclso' ll, nud thou when leoilo of thu world come luto tbo border of tbo Latter day b.lhl, they will llud them mist ex omplnry. They may llcllove they aro deluded, altnplo and foollih, but they will find them consilient lu their lives, upright and exumplary lu ull things. 'I till ihould bo tho rtcord ot tho Latter-day Halnta throughout the wjrlJ. 1 waul lo niako that record. I know President Woodrull' nud hie ( ounitlorj mnko that record; mil tin to Aoftles makn that record, an I thuHevcullei, thu Hlghl'rlcsls and the Ll lira ought tumnkull. That la thu kind of men wu should bu when we go lull) that Templu. 1 waut to go Into Ihe Templo next April. 1 ra) fur that, unit 1 am watching and guarding m)irlf, mil tr)lng to relate ui)ielt, that whuu I go III there there ahall bo nothing faulty lu my hi log or lu ray spirit; that I shall ftul well to worm the liUter-d HnlnU, aud thattho I.attor-day I.attor-day ehilul shall feel well towards me I want your full fellowship, that when ) on binr thattho Apostle havo gonu Into thu Ttnilu of tl u LorJ, thu fellti, the fellow ship and thu bttetlug I of all Israel will go In thira with llrulher Lyman, so that there will be notblug lu thn world to hinder him Iroiu enJo)lug the full How of the i( Irlt aud power ut Ool. And that ' should be thu case with alt thu . brethren not only Iho 1'rwldency and I the AimstlcK, lut nil the quorums, and inlwi all Uio a'ateri; that the power of (Jod ma) bu manifested, au 1 that tlil-o shall lu nu Ulvlilon uf sonlmient, uo bltltrnosa of feeling lu the heart" nf Iho people, that will cluck thu frui II J iv nud prrseuco of thu spirit ni d luwrr ofUuJ. Letus lemtmber now furtlienixt six inonlhs, nnd reform wheruvi r It la neciweiry; purify our tioJIe nnl our spirits, nnd jripnro ourwlvcathnt thcro shall Im liotiilug In tho wayuf ourgulng Into that faired htiiite. Not only then shoul two re form Vuu luow wi souittlmt tnku ocOHilouafSew War and ollitr limes tnmskc rifiirmitlou, bul I bcllcvoll Isnsiillablo tlmufnrus U reptnleviry day. .Mnko tho rtformatlvii that It hicessnr) tod ly, lut waiting for any iitbtrtlmeor oj porlunlty. When wu low before thoL nl morulucnnd oven-lng,uu oven-lng,uu shoul I tell Him all our fallings nnd weaknesses, and nsk HIiu to mftko us slrong and t uablo us to ifurm our iliitle, mat vo may ha acce ta'ile to Illm, dii I that wit may obtain nil tint It Is iKisilblu furua to obtain In till life. Wudu not txrict to llvoforevtr In our i resent condition; but tbtro nro man) nuiwtrsto our prayer lhat am within our reach If wo will lut live for them. The rick may bo healed, aud lu many ctlur waya wo may be blevied of Ilia Lord In our famine, fami-ne, If wo hnvo oren communication communi-cation with tho Lord, l'rotldeut Woodrull and all tho bretliirn have an altar, l.very family itiiulJ meet together to-gether morning hud evunlng around the family allar, and thtlr iraycra ahtuld ascend lo tho Li rd, nnd If they aro worthy, those prayers ntu heard, fhnheavot. uro alwa) ojion ubove tucli family circle nn I to audi (ra)irr. the Lord la anxious tobies ut; In fact. He dots b'es u, much more, I think, than wo aro entitled to. I think Huadvancca Hit hletelug and Klvei them tu us on ere 111 very fiiquoutly, and wo ought to meet Him with our falthiulncss nod fidelity, ao that Hla blessings may Im still Increastd nHiu lis, until wo will bu In uen communion, I y the tjpltlt of God, with our father who dwells lu litavcu, and bo so snttled nnd tslab llthed In the prlncll Iwof tho (tosl that wo will bu uuehakcu. I lieu wo will have a owir with us that will i uclrclo our children, nnd that will keep them from gambling, from profanity, from corrujtlon, mid that will establish lu thtlr hearts Ihe lave of the L inland of Hit principles a lovu uf sacroj temples aud of tho holy labors tl at havo to bo done therein for the salvation of men. Thcu we shall be proud' of them and pleased with them, nnl ttny will bring honor tu us, and when we uro weak and f.ijlile, tottering towarl the grave when our feet ttutublu utid slip, wo ihnll havorome around ui that are so llrmly established that they can oarao to our rrtcuu und help us, If u ba peu to need It (lod bins Israel, that their hentla may bo o en mil free, anl thtlr haul ready nnd willing to accomplish this crcit work that I Just ahtud of ua nnd them, that w uity bu fully prejarod toenlir Into that aicred housi, and lo do everything else lu thu futuru that do I la lulreaodis as HU Halnli, that we ma) lave salvation and exaltation In Hla celestial kingdom, through J eaua Chrlal. Amen. |
