Show MEDITATIONS ON THE GOSPEL D OUt II DHvor aitho General Conference of the Church In Ida Tabernacle Salt Lake City Friday Aunt Oth 1894 by ELDER GEORGE TEASDALE = = = = UIOKTEU DY AaTllva WINTILI = = Inl I dfpl lhanttfu to our Heavenly I Fount lor lie privilege uf vltlttng this i C1t updating with my brethren In voutinl mJ attending till Conference In Ihe Instruction Mi I tuut hal Jolcetlln 1itci Ind the tplrlt that Hheie I I til i ulonla Juaret on the jrd ol II ii to all nd Iwo day conference I t at Cotonla Dublin of the lu f n Mission We went from Ihere ora vulted Colonla Otxaca on liver enjoyed much ivo I Hivispe very I iMX lation or the Silntt ami organ t i A HirJ It I a lovely country for I t hoilc lre plenty 01 room and a We returned from i I ttui 1 climate ft to Coloma Ular held two days N l iinference meeting there and IlIrn am to Deming l on our way lu I Itl i d halt Conference W were ery I ritiih ble sed in our admInistratIons Aosilc Illinium Young and John Henry Smith and 1I1lell lf have been liwtiOB In the Mexican Mltlon and have Ilad I a my proliuble time with the Mini W e have five or six ultlc mints In Me ico and are growing and IncrcMlng We consider that we have tol over the wont ol our experience In tlie foundation of new settle j > lng The brethren and Inert that Y a < Ie in Mexico went there because they h i wed that was where the lord allied thtlr labor One of the brelh I n on some Intimation of hit being scd from that Mltslon stated lint I had no ilesiie to be released Our II unly bluer 1 had opened hit e > en h i till underlanding that that VAl ae hillal > o intro requited and he a oj perfectly willing to tlay I believe nu should be satisfied In our own mind 1i1 where our labor are there I a where tI Lord I wants in lien I we w III build i n and make clad the eaith beaulillng it onil itt wo twnihhy I tan and niak ng It blossom like I the lone 1 will say r Ihe bentfitcf lItton who arc Inter cued that we are irotpenng In the Mexican Mission and hat we are doing u J well al we could hope to do W e tUne I only been there teven years and we have omc ery creilitablc building I Ue have a good tannery and a flour mill We Ime olio a cannery that laIrs more fruit than we am supply tflic progress that we have made there I icertainly wonderful Those who 11011 11 are very much surprised It II I a suod country for thone who feel Hint that Is I the place of their mlloll We ro going the way the prophet have declared concerning that Mission and Iho future ol Zion I desire to offer a few meditation tilt afternoon In connection with the prin inlet of the Gospel that were spoken of by Klder John W rt this I I Turning These word I wish to refer wu to that he read lUut n qat 01 01 mn neither I hut I to aol od tie ahr o tout ttto ituiti hIt I Paul an apostle not ot mm Did 1iut Christ onliln him think I not Who ordained him Inter I presume nd who ordained 1 Ielcrf Jesus Christ To what 10 dla was 1 ltd I ordination In order tint this Goseh l might be preached y authority that mankind might be illed to repentance and repenting have baptism for the remittion of tint ty I authority and hand laid I upon them for the 1 reception of the I Holy I Ghost Whyf llecauso thin Is the doctrine of hnstllic only way tube laved The principle of the Gospel are eternal 1 fjl Jn without beginning I of day or end ol pars The Lord Jeans Christ ald I tcepl man I born again h cannot m Mni lorn of God Asan taeplsmanbelunrnobotiet I anal 01 the air I hs I eanuoi ruler 101 itt biugduoa 01 < o I IWe We believe that Jesus Christ under t ood the principle that He advocated We belief Hut 11I11 Ii tho only name outer heaven whereby mankind can be wed ami when we appeal lo our Heavenly huller for anything that we ili tire ue ask In the name cf tho Lord I oils Christ Paul In speaking of the iklnl ceslly I of authority sail I I r whOHxver shall call UXH lt MUM of II Lrd shift t u > id Mow llun shall they null on him In ttliom 11 hate not Uliet nl and how hall IlKy LeI I Le-i f In I Mm ot hom they haauo nol liutd ant he ihali Ilia hear Million preauhet I Au un shall nhue penuha eaenpi ihy II toe hi wI a critter thaw tieaulial I ste let I or ihetu blai treaok the gaspet 01 peon 104 Lmr llad I14ml Ii 1 loud things ° On another occasion Iaul In speak log of the neieniityof being called ol fdal i lIolo preach Ills t o pet sold So man utlli til honor unlo llmnlf but tt i hat Ii ullcil or lot ai wu Aaron Pooh declared that ho wan called of Jems Christ Were not all the npostle called 01 Jesus Christ And when ono Ml on-o tran Kicsslon and Mathla was thoicn to huh his place In the quorum was lie not caled or e > us ChrUt Was he not ordained by authority and lent lorth lo preach IIU Gospel My brethren breth-ren and sisters slt Is neccory if the principle of tiiith are preached that they be f al hoblor men who I have Authority In the formula I I given con cernlng baptism Ihe person having authority l to baptize soya lo the canili date fur baptism calling him or her byname by-name namem llanlogbonnouunmiaslaned l of Jnul CuriO I Utptlie pIta In Ihr name ol the lather and ol i Hit boa and ollli llulr Ghoul Now thll would be terrible bias > hem > If tin did not have the authority le don not ofltclateln tubs own namu but In the name ol j the ullier Sl ol the Son and of the Holy Ghost having authority to do so I look upon the re jectlon ol thlt Gospel as a very sent out thing I have womtaed J why the apoeHethln was taken from the earth and why the I church was not continued upon Ihe earth and the emly answer trial I coiihl get lo Rive me Mtlilacllon uat Iwcaina uf the dreadful condemnation condemna-tion that rests upert the inhabitants the earth hell they 1 relict the word ol the Ijril through Ills authorl < il 5cr fanlt We undettlAnd that hIre apostles were inurdtred and the world rejected limn Paul laid tnaaklnsr of the or ganltatlun of the Church at ChrUt I God hah MI MOW la blue Church her apttlnn tecoiKUrily prophets fluidly teschen What for hue II peotc ring 0 tthea nh r tIc nro llh mOIIlry hue be dIynq of he body un Oi rr 111 Ce au I arnie n Ih anile of the bill and ol ilw knu MVor irui Knof Soil Jason tuighl thai to know God and Jesus Christ whom He had tent hess eierntl life and Ink knowledge Is prom lied sub tu the 1 children of our Heavenly I IIJ r Father When we go forth lo preach thus Gospel we bear testimony thai our Heavenly I father has again spoken from the heavent that He has organlted Hit I Church U > on the earth and that Joseph Smith was a trueproihet sent of God and we call upon the people to worship Him who made the heavens and the earth the sea and the fountain of Haters We call upon men to accept ol Hit I doctrine and to repent that they may obtain the remission ol their tint by baptism and be prepired for the reception of Ihe Holy I host to thai they may In guided bv il and taught of Iu j f God Our Heavenly Father say lrfx I > k tutu mt and taeye S4idall ll ho nod f thr sailh He encourage uo to hearken unto Him The ancient apostle under the Influence ol HI Spirit encouraged sIte people 1 m their day at we do today We nay aIr aay of yen Uck oladateint him ask of r l Ood IMI ctnh la all nxn llhnilly and up krakJtUi nul and u iholl Iw ghetuu l him Hut Ihe inenibin luve not faith and without 1 faith It Is Impossible lo pleotc Gaul We must heheve that J 11 it and Ihat He It n rewarder of those who diligently seek Him or we will not meek Htm I We know very well that olln ill organltatlons and government It line cey to have aulhoiliv and Ihit no man can act in any position except he Nat authority unless I he does i It fraudulently fraudu-lently there are those uhine right It Is to Issue that authority and iII agents hive lo receive their proper credentials Da pout not think that thin house ol God I ta house of order Do > ou not think that our Heavenly father has a perfeet or WIr Hit I Church P luViuy certain cer-tain Wo learn from the history I which I hat been handed down to ui in the sacred scripture Ihat the lord Jesus i ri Christ clime twelve apostle Those were Hie first officer that He chose He ordained them and sent them forth lo preach Itis I Gospel Jetut Christ woo a High Priest on d an Apostle Ho also had fie power to ordain other Aposllet and High Irlesl Afleruardt lie ordained or-dained tetenty others and tent them forth to preach Hit I Gospel giving them I authority tu go foith and lo heal the tick and perlorm sects miracle at thin people lgCn liave faith to receive Now i had Ihat church continued upon the earth there would have been no necessity neces-sity for that which ohn taw In a vision when he wai upon Ihe Isle ol IMtmor Heta 1 S4W snotfier I0 l lip In ih < rolritl of Mven having i the vriusliag gospel r l lo preach onlo Ihera lion ben on the santa and lo every matte and klmlrad and IMIIU I and poplc ilnB uibli a loud voice fraebtoteniIune Stoop lo hunt I for iht hour or hit ludcmffii Is ma and worship him Shah nude Won and earuhont hiss sos and rise louuulm of sltrs At I say there would be no necessity for this angel II > tug S through the midst rr fh of heaven II thlt Go < pel were on Ihe earth Hut John In Ihe revelation given unlit him had seen the church I go Into dn aln ep 5 thn uildcrncMand the priesthood taken up Into heaven lIe 1 had teen tho establishment estab-lishment a great power that was to hold all natIons In tuhjcctlon In the hlch all ould drink ol the wIne of her fornication and thli prior to the judg menu of the Almighty being poured out upon the Inhabitants 1 1 of the earth because be-cause they had 1 rejected His I gospel and f k broken the everlasting covenant they I had changed Ihe ordinance I and they vtcre teaching false doclrlnet and would not tcpcnt I wish to bear my testimony that ue are living In I this hour ol Godt ludcmcnt I and tint the Gospel 1 of thae kingdom Is being preached to all IM lions for witness thus giving the na I lions I a 0t time for lepentance 1 lilt Gospel i reached us upon thug Met of the tea and upon the comments and we all received our blessing through that priesthood Ihat our Heavenly father restored to the earth Joseph brnlth and Oliver Coudcry bore testimony Hut I John the lfsI 31 d r llaptUt visited I them and conferred upon them Ihe Aaronlc Priesthood The also bore testimony that latter Jainc i 3o rela nl and John visited them and conferred Ihe Apoilleihlp and High Priesthood These testimonies are true Those ol Ihlt congregation who have obeyed the Gospel and received 1 the Holy Ghost know that their testlmonloa are true As I know to they know And I know that God lives know that lesii It thug Christ I know that Joseph iimlth was a true prophet tent ol God I havi teen the signs promised by Christ lot low the believer It was said by one of the brehren thlt morning that some claimed we did not enjoy Iho chIn and the blessings I of hue I Gospel 1 like we did i In thin early I days of the Church 1 N IJI I would 1 be sorry if that were true Wh J llecause It would demonstrate to me Hut Instead of Increasing In filth the Church was waning In faith I can testily that where I have labored tha Mill Is I not decreasing for I have seer imrvelous healings by the power oC God That the people have confidence in this ordinances of blue house of God Is I manifested on fait day by the number or bottles ol oil that are brought lo be + consecrated to be used in the admin ttratlon unto the sick I do not know how it is I with you here but with us jnernlly the 0111 Is I consecrated Upon the ihurtday fatt hay I know that the organisation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Sftinlil it I the church ol the living God I have known it for A great t many yean I wan educated In tIne fplscovii n church I came out of that church In 851 And from that time to thin I have bmn more or lett enraged in HIP work of the ministry In this church hrl I have id n variety uf experience have IMV tied a real many miles I und have l tarsoelmesi n great many limesto the lory of our Heavenly I ithcr be Ii said I have borne leatlmony to the establish mint of the Church of Christ time and lime again and I am not afraid to meet anybody hehlml the veil who can say home ho-me Your testimony wt false I have lad ample tli 1 monilratlon that Ihe gifts anol bl1 iii > lrumlod InrolMtheChiirch I I know ih it the spirit of prophecy Is In Ibe Church I have been on minions I I have been set apart for these minions iinder Ihe hands of Awstles nnd they have medlclrd conceining me its though they knew the work hall I was about to accomplish and those prophecies hove been fulfilled I am here today a living witness testify 10 thai Not In loving kmdneM we oflrr Hilt Gospel to priest and people We ask them lo consider these things We sub them for their own cokes to re fient 11 of thrlr sins I lo turn from the I error of their way an I ID worship the only living and true Cud to come and as 1st w In the establishment of Ills rlnhteousne upon the eirlh to cease their falsa doctrine and to humble thermclve like little children before our Heavenly father as we had to do And lo present unto Him the acceptable sacrifice of a bruken heart and a coim trite spirit It is math sonic tuiinehtrbe r trl r toot so enhrqah the Siheln to Its hind ho themselves to pay their juit tithe and offering to live their religion to be faithful In prayer and In settings godly < xample lu act honorably and uprhghmt ly hobo honest and chaste lo be lovIng lov-Ing gentle and kind We thus pneat lo them with nil hove In our heart that Ihey may enjoy the blessings that are bestowed by our father upon those who love Him I and keep His command I nunts The I lArd lisa aid that If we will love Ilni I and keep Hit command < l menu we shall prop In the land lie has also sold In reference lathe law 01 tithing U mv pcoi lf otistne not this toe I ha kenut It holy I and I ly tin law unclifr I hhe isnt I i IIoa unlu HM luau my itatutrt nut my sIc itbent truly tan kepi lhenlhol II nay be east hole ioehoiat arnlp 1 I sap unto ysa II hall not bt a Und of Jon unlo you Then what shall we do Will we be faithful and true and do III 1 will or will we Ion satisfied with the theory of the dosiel t and be like I the man that tee hit likeness In the glass and guns away and forget what manner of man he lal Are we going to establish estab-lish the ciiaracter Hut we heard the word but never obced It and that oy our example we used our influence against Ills tUtute being kept in Hie land We are making some kind of a record we are either llhng nod obedient or we are unwIlling I anal 1111n II = 1t shasohuedisial 11th conIes to us individ I uathy Ito I keeta hIts eanumaudairnis IIU kl hll 1n of naIl Ia I roll GOd i Do I hmeau Him with contempt Da I despise Ills I counsels Or am I willing and shout toot learning of Ills ways und walking In III J paths doing Ills I will that I may be established ml Ills I everlasting I right I r eousncss Ilell t yuu if we wire lu do tu there would not be any question with regard lo our children for we would have such love for our children that we would not neglect them but we would teaili them the principles of righteousness by practice as well as 1 lr Yt iJIeat by precept We would to able to sty to them allow I me at 1 follow Christ II we are His disciples ought we nol to be Chrltlllkc think I to This I Is I what our Heavenly uther I requires of us I think He has exhorted us to be exemplary ex-emplary men and women and to leach time 1 principle of rignteouiness by example ex-ample That it Ihe commission I l have m Mexico We believe Hut there IS greater force In example than In pre tape It has more Influence upon the people We would have more Inlluenee everywhere If we were all living the principle of the Uospel and glorifying God In our good works We are going lubeJudgeU according to the ilvedt 1 done In the body We ore Ruing to be rewarded accoriling to o rro works For I every Idle word that we uller we will be brought into condemnation blralght Is I Ihe way and narrow Is Iho path mat teadelh lo the exaliatlonsandfew there be that find it Wh I llecauso they donut do-nut want II God knows men hearts lie I knows whether a man deslret the truth He knows whether he Is I serving serv-ing Him and whether he meditates upon His ways He understands all iibout I our outgoings und our Incoming and He would do a great deal belter hoe in II we were more faithful nI I would give to Him our hearts lie niyi My son glvo me thine heart I Win llecautell He I has our affections I we will do anything for Him We will do this I will because wo love Him antI because we understand that our days or probation are but small upon the earth yet the records of our lives I today are going to influence us more or less throughout tile counties age of eternity eter-nity nityMy beloved I brethren and sisters oullrl t I ought we not to be kind to ourselves I il I I cannot think how It It I that men urn omen having children despite lo lead them the I principles ol rtghtcousne I believe it is a boumlen Duty upon all i parents to leach their children correct principle and then our skirts are clear Hut are our skirts clear II we never de munstrate unto them anything concern mg the principles of flue kingdom or GOdI II a man is I never sent on hi knees praing with hit family and hav Ing them take part In l pra > er If he does 01 r al 11 not teach I them thus value of the 1 fellowship fellow-ship of the hpint ol God can he expec lilt children to grow up with a love for these tilings What Is there like unlo the felow ship 01 the Spirit of God I do not think there is anything Nol the II wealth I of Hill I ear world II IN 1 would I sooner have the fellow ship of the Spirit oC God thait I would have the wealth of this world and all Its scholastic attalnmenlt Wh1 llecause then I would be laugh of my Heavenly Father Then I wouk enjoy light and truth I would have faun hope and charity and be fillet with the divine love ol Gout I would be a bleulng to myself and to my fellows making an everlasting recon for rlghteousne Let me entreat you as vour friend be ye reconciled to God siutl seek wisdom I at Ills hands Tin condemnation of the world Is that they I have no faith in Got but thr prefer latkn M lo liKht They have fniih in nlMu h ordinance 1 and in dogmas hoot llfty have no faith I In 1 Ihe HVIIIK and i rue Cod they have no faith to go and Mk Him rnh the mime of Jesils Christ lor revelation He Is a God of evtlallon I know that lIe reveals Ills mind IIIItI will unlo Hit children who neck It and He ttthfici tie mind Tu hot a living testimony and to know hat God lives Is I i thousand lime bother than the visit of angels than gifts and signs and wonders To have he fellowinlp ol the Spirit ul the Lord tu know that you are light when yuu lie dons In bed lu know when you arIse front poor bed that you are in the straight and narrow path tint leads to eternal life this It has better than dogma > dog-ma miracl or outward imfnlatlont liner man Ihat has the fe lowthlp of he Spirit i of Cod mourns over has 1lIon condition and his bad disposition he see himself and strive to improve ils disposition and tu make hit mdivld lahty more Chrlslllke be euro gentle more loving more humble l more meek and strive tu crucify the Huh When n man has his eet opened that he can tee hit ears ojtneil that he i m hear and J Ins heart that H he can I understand when he redeemed from fame impiet Ions and Ihe Holy Spirit bring light I and truth Into lilt seat then lie hat ibeity Indeed That in I Ihe glorious liberty ol the Gospel I cannot tee how It Is Ihat It does not fill the heart of men with thanksgiving and praise at well at fear test Ihey should do an hlng by which they might lose the brighh hopes and atplraiion What here uuulde There Is nothing I know what am talking about I know hat we can only bu sanclihud by the ruth line Silnls have been fed by tin revelations nf r the Almighty and they are rl phlliMophlciil 1 and as him as the everlasting fill t We may reject them Mil they remain the wine and always will God 1 is I Ihe same yesterday toda and forever and Hit course Is I one eter Ml round We cannot prescribe con ditlonsto Him I we must subscribe lo I 11 tin conditions We hay to ohey the C irlndples I of tIle Ooipel and lo be tumble and meek If we ever enpectlu attain to the exaltations One of my beloved brethren mentioned to me this other day at the funeral ol llrother Jesse J W Fix that there wat not a man present but would like to speak a word concerning him What was the mailer with Brother Fat I that everybody should love hint to Why he was one of the meek the earth and every meek man it loved Meeknett u a natural prln ciple which we all admire II It said mat Muse I was a IIICCK man Iery I servant of Cod laos I lo be a meek manor man-or eta he will never be able tu stand In hit lot and calling oll lie last to say 05 the Savior said Not my wlllbut Thine be done Teach me lo tee at my brethren see Let no false Impression Ins I upon my mind i but let me be sancti I TI1 fied iuy the truth I Thai It Hie 11 prayer ol every man who deslret lo be eitab llthed In the everlasting righteousness of God My beloved brethren and tlstert let us strive to do the will of our Heavenly I ather Let us be true and faithful and exemplar Let ut pay our Just debit and be honorable ltt us glorify God In our good walks and you will tee the establishment of Ills righteousness I upon Ihe earth Look at our glorious Temple Tem-ple It seem to me that anyone who sees that Temple I would hive a holy in tpiratlon and would I understand YI that administrations were being done by divin authority fur the living and the dead Do we understand III Do I pub not fear lOll IOU sliould become a castaway cast-away Do you not fear let tint light that It I within vou sh juld become dark new I do I I have Ken great and tlrong 1 men fall and 1 fa the way ol the simmer and I I have feared i I teat I I after Pleaching tu others sli luld become a castaway I The fear of the Lord Is I than beginning ol wisdom and all our sdiuUttic i attainment C do i tail amount to anything we have not time Car 01 the Lord we are like sounding bras ama am-a tinkling cymbal Dm If we have the fear of the Ix > rd and the knowledge that comet from Him we crisp every thing I and all things I ate subject j to On whether It I he principles or theorles omen I o-men ur the perishable riches ol the earth They are our scrvanlt and use Hand at the bead We know that nil I rjooc comet from our Heavenly I father who hat given ut the brain power to cunipre hend intricate principles und dilhcult probloms aud 1 we glorify Him because we love Him I am thankful beyom expression Ihall I have the privilege 01 being member Ihe Church of Jesus Cnrisl ol Utter day Saints ol being adopted Into the royal family of our Heavenly father 1 dclll I earnestly tic rJrv Ir I tire to be true and faithful unlo the sl Inland the doing ol Hit will and the keeping of Hit commandments Hut when I pats behind Ihe veil I may have thus privilege of the association or those who have gone before us In the Church rnl the irstborn and be able to continue I In this redemption of the earth and the human family until every soot shall be saved In some degree ol glory I pray that the blessing ol our Heaven ly I athcr I may bo upon us 1 know lha 11r Spirit llI of ll the Lord It here nJa I rejoice in lit Influence und power I pray that It may ahwaIa be our compan ion 1 YI lo guide and direct us and I to make us laithlul for the tesllmon y of Jesus that we may be true and valiant unlo the doing of Ills I will and the accomti lIohmenl oC III purtuosos I ak II In the ullle 01 leu Chrll Autieiu |