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Show Sl-.MlAV SKI'.VIIKS. jlpiKlle Ilili-rJ. Ilratit nVl Cunnwlor Joit1i '-Tajlor on Ihe ."iiljut r Trmflf lVi.rk. rtellsioiis serslasi wero ,,e,J At ",e Tawrnaile, Hill Inke UUy, Buiidi., Airll I?, I-1-. eamnwiiHng at S ,,.., ITmUi J"Tl' J" T"J,,l'r irtltllnr. The services conirusnrc-l ov tlioelioir i.M eoii.teir.otlon liittlntf Hi" 'J'1'" ccrnm nctti t! Itn- .inl of uo.1 like a His Is Imtnlnti Tk.Ultfr die llorj bftln- leom lotto. l'uyrr wan offe roJ I y 1.11" 'llM A. Wtlsht, Tlio Union Ukn cluo then mh l" Tuil'lu oil "All hall II" Rio"""1" jtj," I'rofoesor If. J. Thomas con. Juctlnff. rtio I'rlrathooJ of tti- Ninth wanl (fllclilfl I" tli nJmlnUtttliiK of the Bairauient. Al-OCTM: IIK1IKI1 J. UIIAKT adJresseU llm cnnitri-Kallou. lto earnestly earn-estly holed that I" tnlehthe s.uatile.1 lossy lomeihlnir. IhatalUrncon which would t for their mutual lienellt, hikJ cak'ulalcJ lu Hi nature to rtretiRtlirii and btillil theni "P ,n tlu-r "lost " filth. T.ie hymn uil aplhern just suiic, be said, reminded Until of the recent laying ' th Temple Mtoup, 8 1, DTeai hag l I leraetnliereil hy all wlio hail Ilia pleasure of -h-Iiir present on that occasion. Ho lelloveil that all Hi" Latter-day Halu.li who ha I mhIiwcJ Iho (Jwl uil who dnlrtil to utto Mud were ai faithful In lh.lt portion uf their lalioraperinlnlni- tn tho enttloii olT-oirls and Ihe work therein ns In aoyoflhe other duties (Involving up on ttnni. The l.ldera lu Isrsil came an lie-ir .-rfecilon In responding re-sponding to thu calla of tu 1'riest. li.-,d, In' Koine forth to pro cl llm Iho cwpel, ns I osslhle; and he knew of noun ol III associates pro-ftxlM! pro-ftxlM! to to Latter-day Helntaliiii hn wire rrady and willing, If tailed upou, to have their homes, famllha, friends ami luslurss and ito forth for n term of ycora to preach the Uil "without mousy and without prlcu." He had never J ct listened to the trttlinony of a simile i'.U-r in Inael who had lieen on n mission without lioirlut hla a. t-.nowleilcmcnt that Ihe Joy m,d tare Willi h ho had recelvtd Willi proclaims tin' restitution of tlio U.i-I to the earth nnd eieieavorlni- to win souls to Christ wire (-renter tnan all the pleasures In had ever l.oto ei--rlcnced. Tho unlvcrail testimony of tho faithful mlMluiiary Ui'U hla loturn homo waa that he wmld not Lartor away tho riperlencu he ha I ha I and Iho tvathuoulea he had received from (tod, arrovlmt of hit IUtwra. for nil the weahli of tho world. Ho tudlevvd tho l,tlrr-day Mtlntt w ere nearly perlect tiotouly In rctpoud-I rctpoud-I lit lo tlio cull to Koun mlhn but nho lo the calla made upon them for the erection of lemplea au1 tho work therein alter tlulrcoiuplttlon. A volu of tlieplo Wftl taken at the rooent conference, whon It wa- renolvol to cuntrltute of their niran-, labor and lalluotiin, with IheoLlect or compleN InKtheTompIo hy thu Oth of April, la I, to that It could then he iliillcat.il. Ho regrtttrdtn hear that Ihero wore ruDie, however, who had taken tho ground thht It would to lnip,wIUe to In.lih tll landing by that tlmi;nud anme had even gone o far lu to ay that It could not bo cornpleUd lutwojo-rnfroni now. In ttieUoltherroinUo woa made that weahould Im tdetaitj In ourlabore. and reward.d aci'onllug to our fllh. There were Minn lecturta coutallnl 111 Ipo Jtook ol Doctrine and (tavenauta upon Ihe tulject cf faith which In. cum. mruded to the attention nf tl'oHalntr, for he fi It Min. that if they would read them ll.-y would thereby! aided very materlidly lu maklneup thtlr lulu ta tlmt there w.iiM 1.0 nn particular dim-cult-- In IhiHlillig tlio Templo iltlrlog Ihe year. Aa wo ncelvc.1 by faith all tmHjial l.l.-ilim", a.) In like manner vi nrelved. by faith, all tplrltual Uitlng. I'aith wii nit only n In. clle dactlou but al'oof power la Hll lulelllistnt llng, whttber In heuvon crou earth. Thu a fall Iho author of the I'plntlu to the llebrowa. He Unwed that tho man who Inspired by faith from Uod aod had on abiding con. vlctlon burning within hla luatt rould accompllah c. rl'ln labor, within tin-Uutuh tin-Uutuh of reaaou; n mau ao Ilia Ired cculd accompllah thole thlnga which to tho human eye an I uu-lerdHitdlng wcta net within aurh houndii. It wua lj faith that Daulel wsaprewrrcd In llielloiia'ilrn, that thu threw Hebrew elitldrrn went unharniod through tdei r.-. furnace, that Mom a ledlherbll. dtellfl IBrel out of lioliilai;e, and it would bofallh, coupled with worka fur 'Taltli without worka la dead" that would enublo thU people tn flnlih theTtinole within tho rlod etl.tl. lat-d, There wan liiKiuebtloli whatever lu hli own inlud that they rould do thUwcrklf they went to with n will, lut no half dozen men, noonohuudrod men, nor tivu hundred men among tho Latter-day Hslnti would itlono bu ul.lo to romUte I lil undertaking. It would rciulio nulled illott ou the art nf Ihe ,'.!dera nnd women lu Itrael. All mint con. IrlUite aa far ai ll.olr iniaua would allow, and thoio who w em eugage.1 lu the actual work of the building would have lol.bor w Ith nil their might. It H would ho a alandlug rourco of rear it l foryearito como if thla work which H they had covenantid with (Jovltocon. jm tumnialo within u certain peilodwua J not orninplMiinl. Tho l-reeldenry of tlin Church had called uii HI. Imp tm Jihn It. Winter to auierlnlond Ibli M labor and It wa a duty of which he eotild wellU prolid-thatof aeelog Ihe '"''I'V'K tnuchea put Ui.in till. Hou-u "' UfJ, He felt lo give IJrothor Will-m Will-m tier hli faith and prayer-, in well na of W lila mtaiir; and ir Ihe tulucrlptlon H W'...CV hu ,,,,J "'ready given waa not m auBlclent nnd lunher help wiru m nteUed.he hlnulf would gladly ylild H ii " W.M B.,ry aerh.ui matter for m them to mako n coveiuut with tho I .1 ! it, .ronilio In do 11 thing, aud then fall lo do II. Wo werolold Ifcilie rcilplunathaflo whom much liglTen, of him muclnlial,oreiiulred;"nnd If 1 Z" '"" ,lnu.ch "M X,cn '"'" " nd il tJ'",,J J"t live nny better IhnnlhoMi 1 J Who did not poMtta ihem, wo would lo nl ""''"grealer condemnation. lie felt 1 If ".n''.'1' Iwvr, that in Ihli Inatiiitro i the Latter-day rSalnta would bu true to 1 ' aa C'.'V1'""1"- andthut Iho Temple would to ready for dedlcatlou at Iho M l Apr" Uonrereiico, J ,, '". l!;or read from Ihe 33th nc- Hoiiof tho Hook of Ojctrli.ooud Cov. luauU, vertu ill to 83. We had here. ho mid, tin admi'iiliion frounur It,..-' verily rallnr lint we l.i.i.l briiif. folK.ir.l lull. Il rlgbluull-uerl ol our uwn ru j will and nut wait to lw ommiandiil. lie tnnte.1 that Ihe Haluta would not I wait to be 'Mlutumed up" by ihe Ill-hop of thilr rrfpeotlve wnrda iii I thl- matter, There uad iwii h uiem ninny pmtnlica iimde by Uod t.thli ieoi,le whiilon to l fullillid il-,.i Ihlir haul.; butlhceoh-lil li.--.li mails uiion eeitmn oondlllonf. If we t.il-lllled t.il-lllled Iho law upon wlili'h the lih-aing Waa preillo'lou we would obtain Ihul hli-filug; but If weelpnledti, nvilv-the nvilv-the lli-.lga promleed in thtno 'lent-t'Ua 'lent-t'Ua we timet tHir'ortu our trt In help-llM help-llM I ' liulhl them, by paying our Utile nnd ollVrllur. On" of Uio ivndltlona utK.ii which u man a permitted to enterlobm t'emile watthnbtie aholild Ik. faithful lu tin pfiyment of hla Hill-In,-, which would eiiahlu li I in tint lain a rio'ontmend toiutor lntothaalli.iHoa of the Lord. If n until had net been n lltlir.ijer he wiu not vntllled to tlila privilege. If, then, we wl.lll.l for tho hlewllma of the Templo we mint fullll the law of tithing. He had heard eouio people compl-!h ngalmt thlt reiulremeiii, aiylngthattheUiHiel ahoulj Lo lit.' to all. II . Ii!ni.-lt win of i. practli d turn of inlud, and hla own view thl that thoee III llvldnale who ile lrod to havo thebhelnga of thu Templo Tem-plo without paying thetr ahare lowarda Ita ericllou were dUlioneal, becaua.i they wlfhed to apnropriato Iho loN.n nfulhera. They might take thu forty thouianil or mote ta-rnona wlio wero pleient at the recent laying of the rap tulir, nnd with all their luillbllled help.wllhout a little Inllh nttchel,that point would lieMrhuVe been reachi-J. I.t thoe, he lirgd. who hnd laeii onrele-aor ludlflcrtnt liltherto In re grd to thla matter nt once ancle tore form, keep tlie comnuiidmenta of (Jod, perform lite lalnira devolving upouthim falthfiilly, mil they would be forgiven for ait neglect. Let all ruch "turn over a now leal" uud en dravorto fully ipiallfy nud reiore theitlielvel to receive tho blcnilllgaof (io.l 111 thl! Iti( holy Temple when II wacoiuilctiJ. Tho Latter-day Saluta believed In haptUm for the dead, in aalvatlou fur thoae wlio hud dloJ without a know), edge of Iho (iMpel-that nil liuiu.iu beluga ahould liave tho t.rivllegt. of receiving or rejecting the Oovpel. Tho r-jwaker here read front tho 7d:h aeotlou or the Doctrine and Coveuanta and aild he had heard It advauced by aoo.u person-, In optvltlon to tho ordlnamo of baptlrm for the dead, tint thla wa kualwurd tUctrlne. Why, thu v.ry li-uudatloll-atolie upon wlilrh the ChrMlan tvllglon rented waa the vicarious work which Jctu- (,'hrl.t Hhu-elt performed for ua. He rutoo on earth nnd waieruiltle.! for our alii,: He laid down HU vi ry life In our be-half. be-half. The whole ftiiijaiiir.ilal ayatim of Cliilmlr.iiily rr.li-1 ugain lh v. cariouawoikol Clul.t. Aiwtle Uraut referred to the vatt amount of llmo aud tabor IliAt hnd ticu exiended by lite Latter-day Hurt In the coni nation na-tion of genealogical reconli , aud remarked timl tho fad of their having apent mlllloua of dollara In rrectlog TimplM ahowed their faith and Integrity. It Uod had given ua taleut, rtrength of mind and tHdr to arcoiupil-h tho labor before ua, let ua go forward resolved to !j It, aud if wo labored lu prf.rllou to tun nullity end atreiiglh w KiK.d Ho wouldask no m ire of u. cuu.Bi:uuit JoeKi'il :. .AVjm Hlld the -ul.Jtct of Templo building liud Uen happily chontu Ly Itrolher Urant that afternoon, hli renurke l lug truly up roprlalu to the occaiIuii l.ieler, w tiiuh w aa generally obaerved throughout (.'hruteiidoiu lu com meinorallon uf C'hrUl'a reiurrcctlou from tho tomb. Tho Laltir-day Halula wrru cveu dally a Temple building people, Thla w.la olio of the Ubora which te-ted with full force nnd power upon tholr alioul den, end It was une which they ha w-iuined to cany out (u the eiteut of their iibllliy. The proi.ci.liig of Iho go-pel to llie llvlug. thu ad. nilulalerii'i: of ordluamea of nancred obaracter to tliore In the tleeh, waa nally uniuiill wurk luroniparlion Willi the creat labor which ruu.t bo erform ed for th o-o w ho Im 1 1 av.td nwuy and were uow lu the iplrlt world, but who uld not enjoy Ihe prlvllcgta of the (l,i- el whllo here below. UH uf, thou, retod tho rinpiublblilly of I htlHiu for thedead, ond lu otdtr that thla holy ordinance might bo miciv-fully miciv-fully Hl-uomplihedtherede vol vt-d Uill uatlie workof building temiihaptacea deiguatcd ly Uod tho nrchltectiiral ileilgiie of which had been revenled from heaven. Indeed aclentlflo men and the world geuernlly had acknowledged acknowl-edged a- to tan deilrn cf thoM.TelUdea eljeclally the one hero that there waa nothing like It iin thoeailh. If wo worn poor aud penul li-.i Uod would rtccept tho ordlimiuv for ourVelvea and ourdeudoiitcldoof binidluga en-cled for thla purpose; liut when Hia iKOpIo had thnmeaur, and it wui within thelrpower, Heoxpectod them to build thoio houxa In order that tho auarod ordluancca might bo carried out. Tim epeaker Mild he win iirciont when tho grouud ou which our Templo now alood wai dedicated, l-'eb-ruary Itth, leo.1. Ho tommenced to labor with n pick und a hovoi tliere.aud rontluued till tho ooruer-itoma wero laid, ton April ulh, woiklng iihu the exiavatloua. 1,'orthlrty.uluoyora he bad WAtohel with Interekl th.ielow progren of the building. Whllo Borne had naked thoquiktlon "Whyhaa it not teen completed bt fore thla tluie7" hi. hlmiolf had ovtr Ml mtlilled that lu thla rigar.l all wai going on right. They had lu the mouuthno built three other Teniplef one in tho extremu aouth, nuothcr In thu extreme ttoith, and tinothir waa 4-rltaii about entrally located In Iho I'erritory. l'lio-u of them who ha J had tho pleasure and privilege uf p.aelug tho Ihic-huold ol either of Ihi-oiacred edltlcea Hul' received tho ordinances for Ihe living na well well mfjr their dend, and wlio had pHrlaktu of tho aplrlt of tbiwi holy place, could readily nooitnize und iinderitanit, nnd knew for ttii'iniolvea, that (hid waa well plotted with thlt work, II Jt tho work of redeiiipllou would not ha fully com pleled until every tout hau been brought tu po-aca amne condition of glory, lu one of tho Kingdom w lilch Ood hvl provided for them, hive Iho .on of ir,lltlon. Alter referring to (lie authority conferred ou the I'rophet Joacph rtatllli In regard tu tho gather lug of the romuante of reatlered Iirnel and completing the civenint which Und male with Mote coucerulng Israel, theepenker eald lie had pratdie clod that many of our young peopp, would llvo to ace thu day when they would Im ubln to count teillplea hy liiindr-it'U-in this liujj for the I.ut-ter.djy I.ut-ter.djy Haluta would imlluue lu lie a tomplo building ni!c. If dlllg' ti In rtioudliig to Iho call itiido. tn lu reference to the work of . i t lug temploa uud then eiiloMu i n Ihttn to retelve the aacredordiuaucc. tor our dead who were hiiple but votlhy ,.' ailr.ill.in, we rhoilld have iierlormed our uuiy, wt ahould be aw-ept.,1 of Uod, and our ilnd would tai reiieliled. llm If we welunogltgcut In thla record, we i-i-r. chaiicumUht be rejected h- well a '.nirilead for the time and would loe our bleb-lug and rewaro. Itiolher Umttt ha I rem irked um Iho doubt which med to prev.nl in the lillnda of Nome ieople thai tbla Tunple would not le notiljiletel within the pcMial ap.vlned. lit thiiughllherenilutloii lllopli,i at llm roi-elitCulifirciiuo wxs an Intelllgenl nne lu nil riicta, nnd if we would go oil Willi all our might, he fell fon vlnied i lint Ihero would Im tin 'Mill-ouity 'Mill-ouity wliulover 111 n(iiMll,ll.liln)r the praieworlhy objiel In view, flm lliey wnuldgratlly the r-flluin- of their veiieiai.tu tud revere I rriidei.t, win. had xpreaoJ natroug deiiret i eee the building llnl'h.dbv April next, lu or; der that ho lui-ht luvo the opimrtuullv of taking j-axrt lu tti itedl cation. Unity won atrenglh, nnd U they were milled III thlt, aa well aa in other matteM, they cjuld do a great deol. He In I no doubt whatevrr that the work Utoro them could lie cum pleted by tlio time appointed If etch onu won! i take his or her abate of Ihe re.noii-11'lllly. riiocholriaiig the Temple aiithem; after which The ben.-llctloii was pronounced by Courwelor Uharlos W. i'.nr.i.e. |
