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Show i in: i.i.miiv ((I'oiu'ms. FOLIJWIMI Is A brief t)D0pls Of All address delivered last lilghl (Monday, March Hill), 111 the Thlttceuth Ward Assembly Hoouis, under the ausjlcea of Ihe Hlghth (Jiiorum of KIJus: UlJcr llobirta said lie was reminded hy seeing so many sisters present of thu remark he had bten credited with making that thut which Is good for nn lllJtr Is also good for his trifo. He had extracted to see but a score or two or i:idrs at his address tonight, but trusted his words would ho AMillcsble lo all. It had letn said cuni lalnlug. Jy by same In our i:idere'quorumslhat when uuy recruits were taken frnrn their mld-l fur thu Seventies' quorum, IheU-et end must valuable men were alwa)s selected. Hu AdvlM-d the quorum, If stiih was the case, togalher tecrults on a similar plau from thu Priusti., And soon down. He considered thu l.Mers'quurum the school of the Mutchloedek 1'rlesthood, And urged All lo Improve will their time, Thu Heveutles were H pointed to prtarh tltuUos)iel lu foreign lands; thu Itiu llllers were tho standing ministers to the Hslht. In Ihelr mldtl, whether cunsldtred us u brant li, a ward, or a Hlake. The Kldera have authority to ttuch IheHuints, to tx pound doctrine, tu unit isle lu theolllctsuud ordlnauces l f the IJ.isi el. He wished beretomake the ohservatlun that many of our young brt thren consider the ottlcu of uu Hlder us an objrtllto isilul, and htvlng at-talntdtolhatllllce, at-talntdtolhatllllce, they aeem tu loto all further dwlrelo progress. Ills, of course, the ambition of all parents In the Uhiirih lo have tin Ir ions married lu the Itiuplr, forwhhh It is ncressary .0 hoi I Ihe Multlllzedck Prleithood, nn J ter ofttu trey would strain a (i-Mlt to secure thu bhsslugs uf the l'euplo lu their children, The utgllgence of some Hldert remlndeil him uf Ihe Hottentot savage who playa wllh the diamond as a toy, though Its size And turlty make li worlliHfoltunejsn II was with those wbutsteern the Priesthood Ihey pos-sesaaaof pos-sesaaaof Utile consequence, knowing not that tbey trifle wllh a priceless gem. KMr-r Itoberla here n Ad a portion of Ihu6ltli asclloii of the Hook of D x trine andCoveuantaand usetl Has a text In showing the grand rlvllegee which slothful Hlders were ignoring. He also puliitulout the fAct Ihat great gifts and owere are accompanied by great resputislt.imiis, and tbat as greAt n-WArds n-WArds follow obedience, so great pun-Ishmenls pun-Ishmenls follow dlsohcdleiicc. Ho II lustraleil this hy citing the case of l.zeklel,whu,tlng ciiUtd of tlod to licschtuthe Israellles, dslujed In his mission, and Ihe Lord warned hlin thst If he Old col rail upon thtinturo-nt. thtinturo-nt. He would destroy them And their blood would be required at the hands of the slothful l'ru list. l:ider ItoUMa aplhrd thla to those I'.IUers whore-fused whore-fused to go upon minions when railed, etc. Hu had In anl In his recent labors In the southern counties that Inndellly waa Increasing among our young people. peo-ple. Ho was surprised tost such a condition should exist tu themdstof a Priesthood clothtd with power to teach and bear wllueeaof the truth. He declared de-clared that It was the duty of Ihe Hitlers, Hi-tlers, clesrly and elilvely, to stem this tide of unbelief, end encourage faith In Ood. Ihe i:iders are partly to blame for thla condition. How many of the Khlera bear their trill-monies trill-monies lo their associates In dally In-tercourseT In-tercourseT How many pray to their Heavenly Father night and morning? How man) attend tothtlruullra In the ward and thewlieli? "Morinonlsui" Is the onlyrrmejy fur this evil, fur If '.Mornionlsm" la not truth, thru there Is no truth under heaven. If his religion re-ligion Is false then life was a farce, and creation naught hut chaw. . Heabjinrdthu holdtrsof the Priest- Hood tobu careful, lor all those who did not magnify their tailing would be elrl pudoft cry vestige of Priesthood when brought before their msker. He was strongly opeed to holding a man In Ihe Priesthood who was not worthy of It, for there were costs wheru meu had tteti kept within the laleofthu Priesthood when unworthy, wllh the result that many became demoralized and often a whole ward, or a whole Hlaku became careleeeof Ihelr duties In consequence. He contlderel uf All placeaouthe earth Ihls, ought lobe the last where Infidelity could nourish, 1 here was a great clrtldof witnesses lo testify to the truth of the llo-j-cl. i:i-iter i:i-iter Uoberu analyzed the Hlhle, the Hook of llorrnou aud Hook of Doctrine & Covenauts, And took the grwuiid that we had A great deal itroriitr evl-dsncetoeiifnrt evl-dsncetoeiifnrt us than nny ut ers hat, for the Hook ot Mormon comes from a pure soutie, tut the hooka of thu lllble havu descended through tho turbid stream of tradition, and much had beeu lust of Ihe original scriptures. The Hook of .Mormon ruutalue the fulntss of the everlasting tlosptl, whole and entire, tearing emphatic testimony that Uod llvta. Hence, hu reasoned that aa A people we should have gri alt r faith, for faith Is based upon evidence; and) el, we hear Ihat Infidelity Is IlicreA-lugl There Are some sixteen quorums of i:idere and lit elve cr fifteen quorums of Seventies In this Hlake of Zlon, be-sidiaM. be-sidiaM. I. A.aSKOclstluus, and many other facilities to study the Uospel, and yet Infidelity waa lucrratlng! He thought It was a ihaino to the l'.lders of Israel Hist such a state of things should exlil, And hOd that a reformation reforma-tion would shortly let In among those who At rrrsent neglected thilrdutlrs as Hldeia In the Church of Christ. |
