Show DISCOURSES 1 and Of hare In the Taberm rlllon Endoavorers red to the Chris sunday Even I I Per July 4th > 1807 city on Salt Iake I I I itEfORTED BY ARTHUR WINTER ER CHIRLES W FEN ROSE before this large assenlbly IO of the prindples hem mill Pill derstJod by the Latter J day 31 s albey are com odle 11 uMormor d I ecestly desire that the Goj ill rest upon III Almighty 1 I w1lintionand epicially upvn it r may to able under Its Infiu c clear to those who are I tonight some of din his house rules and princlll s which wed we-d from the Almighty for thee family We are of the human our friends who Conic meet with 01 the United Parts various LVhTare believers In God arid P s Child and an united together to do toad 10 promote rdeavr w Ifrrjnraod good conduct among I file of r the world Ue leoice i Ve see oar fellow creatures Jn any work that Is I good that a ole the welfare 01 manUnd tide of lit II help to item tte I m and infidelity which Is I rush irthevvorld We believe that It sJorelOstand in the latter 15 > ion 10 up t God and for Christ and for y revealed Irom heaven m for raiorthe salvation cf men Uc Bother desire In our hearts than IOte the welfare cf our brethren erg nail them arid and lo lead fc te path ol salvat oil Jdoculnes and principles which j dear and rich we are ready frigate wheaeler called upon t pay and Mlthoul reward we k termed by direct revelation Irom tithe nineteen century The re r Tol I the Litterday Saints has not Itln from books II has not been J II a creed by any man or men Dlulloa to which we belong ju ch of Je us Christ of Latter I u etshai been act up by direct ind i cot from God tnrough Jesus tt and our Fa her and our Lord Chri I t supervise and direct this b m all ill branches and all Us J It Is organized on the stme Bacd plan by which Jesus ChristChurch Jd df JIn6UtC vJ i d His Church when He was e earlh In the lleili The ordi hch we be live are necessary Snle to obey have also been re 1 from heuen and they ate ed 1 under authority from The author ty to admin orlnarces of tie Gspcl Ittnderstand It has not come down the various denominations ol uhich are ex ml but has been A from heaven direct In our own And it 14 i the same authority that kid by the ancient spjMle and nstntOnh t by our Lord Jesus when lie was upon Ihe eArth e authority the fane apostle esai e dec rines the same ordi I md they are attended by the Eifls and blessings and by the octal the lame power that at lithe mmistrabons ol the inspired n cr God whose words are re 1 ia the book railed the Bible We MtoGod lithe same yesterday loT lo-T ltd lorever that He dots not Mt that He is just as willing r nd k M able n I the nineteenth century to its ill I and to bestow His power 4 If t m as in the first century of the A tra and23 lie was in limes hat when lie revealed himself r phctJ Idea has prevailed In what is Ihe ChIn world that the reveia nn was hushed and that ahen JOhn the apostle ol the ISU 5 Christ obtained ihil I glon I oa hcb is I recorded in the Dot Und I e Book cf Revelati I U-nd w hleh d last in the collection 01 boki as the New Testament In call e ollhat notion hen God re lltimseU in the litter days the rased both among the clergy f I r t at there as ti c no more 3110M I God ani that the Bible w tie nhcle l word of God that d tea reJ for revTl I J any more revda = d fiat there tlc tl hrtnr V as a rrollb ° Ch thur reelablon colors I tied in liter In I that vu i JK Cm I John whehe was 4 bet oMn01 aU reveille to I ie S H1 I J t SS t r 1 I Ile t and behold 1 a it heaven and the fine Vote I od 0lcra1 hWt < rt ° 1 e M true I talking iii 1 ie miner and I 1 mill I l twhl fast be horealer 1 e of r tlea i e I J olinfell d got no ta Showed j I it g 10 oblp him and A 4 do It ttr for I am if thy I thy lIowr b it Ili g prheu and of p e ay of ngs ill book war trip ZZ V 9 J the word was given Joba by the r ry acto every m1 that haarth dice Ihe diced P phJ 01 tI I I < td Vto II IIhln hook Ir any the p t1hinGod iihall add trial are winter la this 7 man all t r bc it nf take way from line h It 11 r h God iihall PArloa ttCY I 0 f the t I Ok Of life holy 31 e and I eily arid It me the L h erg A U I b MIMI I 1 he Vra Idea J a fe i ord fercvilcd that this I IS Id bet no more deClarin revelafion that I 1 cloe 10 t h a leadng or Ihi Is ScrIp J fit has that no Such Idea Is I COL an t littilInfieIrcel b mend A men-d The IPired of f ad t 0cot are a olhe ord Ill Ibat I P 0 man i 01111 wOdotl Ite book God r rohibit I thol Ci on coof ten Itelaw fit Ihe lime of J 4 Was lven that add to no or dimln n Iteaed h Irom the Tbat Is Wbat GOd quires alwa Whenever lie give n revelallou to mun lie wants man 10 receive re-ceive Ibat relelalkn e II I 1 It is 1 nol lor I man to MIN to III word nor tor man 10 tke away rronl i11n any degree If he rLveJatiollls 10 slard a delvred And that is all there is i 10 II in miia1 INCI Autistic John old c > rcrnln 14 thh No Map is i 10 dd to flat which God reveols i Reveatlon which Tile same book of sas that IOnll to not to add 10 what God reveas show very clearly In several I nlac s llm there wai In DC lunner iive lalion from r God John hlmse f received a mission to go out had prophesy tn mtny no ions anti many klDgo and m inv toncucs This was given him m thi form of a book that he wit to eat in the lslon and the angel explained to him the I Can I nX of it Tlutwn a mission for him lo prophesy before many nations and many Uuss mil rainy rites I aid manv tongues and if he l prophesied it would be tile word 01 the Lord spoken by the Holy Gholt Whatever John might sy under ihe influence ol the Holy Ghost would be the word of the Lord to Ihe people just the same as ulut the prophets had said in olden times under the same Swit Holy men of God spake as they were i moved Prior by the Holy I Giost and that became be-came Scripture And w Lerrever n man of God having authority from God to speak In His name writes or speaks by the poer il Greet that is the word of God dr when U i is written it is Scripture Scrip-ture just us much as though it wete stutter thousands cf en ago In the fourteenth chapter of that took and the sixth and seventh verses we read this And 1 saw another angel fly in the midst ol heaven hating the everlasting Gospel to preach onto them that dhcli all the earth and 10 every nation and kindred and tongue and people Saying with a loud voice hear God and give glory to Him for the hour I of Hli Judgment Is come arid worship llim that made leaven and earth and the lea and the 10ual tot aten ateThat That is I what John saw and heard in that hetvcnly via on I want to call your attention again lo what I have quoted I from the fourth chapter and the first ere lien he was arrJ that th things that he saw were 10 come to pas hereafter It was not a vision of that which had been it sas a prophecy of things that wee to conic and in the pro cobs cf that vision among i crcat many hi ether gkr ous things resealed i to John it was5hovn to him lint an angel was to came through Ihe midst of heaven having hav-ing the evenus log Gospel tj preach to mersonitallearth Ths Gop1 US not tobe preachd merely to the heathen It wallll merely for people who had Peter heard about Christ il was for every nation and kindred nod tongue and peupte The question might arise Where would be the nece lty for an ansel to come from heaven and bring the Gospel for every imiuii aud kindred and tjngue and People when the Oospcl was already on the earth and was being preached to i great many nation and tongues and people Thai is the qtery tat Would arise ill many minds But is there not a more correct View to ber taken ot tins If an angel has to be sm from heaven with Ihe everlasting Gospel lor all the world is it not rather to be understood that when Ihat angel should come the peope of the world all nations kindreds tlibs and longues would have gone astray that they had Been mistaken lint they had been divided up through haring life doctrines ol men that they had depar ed from the simplicity purity and POA er ol the Gospel as preached by Ih apostles m the primitive Church 1101s will be found I to be the more cor reel view il we read a little more from this same book John saw that after this I angel came and brought the Gospel to rile earth for all the niliors of tl e world llaby on the great should fall He says And I heard another voice from heaven 1 say ing Come out of her my people that ye be not partakers ol her I sins and hal ye receive not of her plagues For her sins have readied unto heaven and God hath remembered her iniquities Rev xviii 4 The people of God were commanded to ceme out Babylon What is meant by Babylon and why were the people to come out of her We have to read a I little more from the same book in the eighteenth chapter and there John allows what BabIon was or what was meant by the term John understood that tlc spiritual lnlerpietatKil of the word Biovbn U confusion The tower ol Babel was built her pole who had strayed from God and ihe confusion ol tongues was ihe consequence and Babylon means confusion John said 1 saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast t full of names blasphemy having seven heads and ten horns And the woman was nrrayed In purple and scarlet color and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls having a golden cup In her hand full ol abominations and feltheness as her fornlcat om And upon her forehead was a name rllln Mystery Uibylon the Great the mother or lIarlots and Abominations or the Earth ksol 4 S Now mark this John say Babylon Is fallen Is I fallen thai great city because the hath made all nations drink of the wine of the wealth of her fornication Sly 8 Now these are ill thing that were to come to piss a ter Johns day or offer the lime when he had that vision and it 1 petted according to whit the Lord showed him in the vision that the time Would como when this power and influence influ-ence represented by the woman sitting upon the scarlet colored beast should extend over all the earth All unions all kings all kingdoms all tribes all 1 tongues I would reflected by what was drunk out el that golden cup There tote the need cf God sending an angel in the latter times to bring back to the earth the everlasting Go pel in its i purity and In its power thai it might be preached to ever nation nd kindred ana ht tongue and people and that all who dashed to worship the true God the liv ing God who made the heavens and the truth the sea and the untaini f 01 vvateis might turn unto Him by obeying the I eveihstmj Gospel sent by Him for them out 01 leaven Our Lord Jesus Christ before His crucifixion and atonement convened lh His disciple about the thing Oat were 10 come You can read them In the vnljIourtb chapter rf the Gospel ccordm to St Matth w Read tl if napter carefully an jou vrirmd tl at tartCerh ca ter Christ prcdictid the wars and the rumor of wars the pHpUM and the families and the troubles l in various laces He made this remarks And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached In ill the world 1 for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end come T 14 Now all Ihs taktn together I will show that it was the purpo 1 ol I Al mighiy God at revealed in the tse v TcsLimnt that In the litter 1 dna Ue Gopel should be sent lo the cords in Its posters rend ovcr Altr it had bn Carlo to I by the peoples of the woild the Irue Gospel should be restored the Compel that Christ preach d for there is but one He slid Enter I ye In al Ihe stra t gale for wide Is I the gite And broad II the waylhat I lead Ch 10 destruction and many there be hlch go In tCrelt Because strait is the gate and arroW Is I they the-y hlch lea Iclh unto life and few there te hat find it Matt VII 13 14 There is but one way one plan of si vation There cannot be two d atlnct ways of salvation There can be but one Divine plan for God is I one and Christ is one with him 61 and the Father are on And He prayed that Ills disciples might be one even as HP I and the barber were one The tlT cl ol III Gospel when preached In power hy 1 I Its apostles was tj brine all people to the unity at the lull No matter hat sect or part or nation they belonged to when they obeyed the Gospel watch he apostles brought they were all bip zed I by one srmt into one body whether they were few or Gentile bond or free and were all made to drink into one pint und it brought them to a unity of the faith God we are told in the fourth chapter cf Ephesians placed in Ills I Church i osiles prophet evan gelisls pastors and teachtrr for the work el the m mstrv for Ihe ed lying ol the body ol qiiiit till we all come In the unity of Iho faith and of the knowledge knowl-edge Lf the Son ol God unto a Perfect i man unto the measu of the st rule < d tile lulne s ol Christ that we henceforth be no mire children tossed ID and Iro lad carritd about with every mind of doctrine by the kleUUof men anJ cunning cun-ning craftiness whereby they lie in wait 10 dtcuvc but speaking the truth in love may grow up uno 1101 In all l mssvv inch ii t hn head even Christ This wa the purpose of Ihe organization organiza-tion of flat Churcn and the placing in it of these inspired men apostles p phet evangelist pastor arid reach ers 1lni wiling 10 the Corinthians also explain il in the same way He says And God hath set some in the Church first ipotles secondarily prophets thirdly teachers teach-ers alter that miracles thin gifts of beatings governments denlIe 01 tongucs lie also In Ih s same chapter explains to the Corlothlan Saints I the blessings to be enjoyed by true believers in Chris Si > s tie I or lo one Is I given by the Spirit II h e ord of ulsdon to another the word of knowledge by II time ITo I-To another lath by Ihe same Spirit to another an-other the guts of ealmc by the same Spirit To another the working of miracles to another an-other prophecy to another discerning of spirits to another deters kinds or tongues to another the Interpretation of tongues Hut all these orkethlh t one and the selfsame self-same I piri divid ng to every man severally Asa if as-a will I Coco all 23 The Gospel that Jesus Christ taught hu He was on earth was very plaint and s nple nod He plain-t His apostles out with power to peach it in all the arid After His resurrection at we rtaJ ill te last cpter 01 Mark and the last charier of Matthew He told Ills disciples to go and teach all nations iiols i bapibng them in the mm of the Faher and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost and leactntu them to observe all I things whatsoever He had commanded them a J Matthew gals Mark dclares lie said unto treat Go ye Into ill the world nnd preach the Gospel Gos-pel to every creature lie that helleveth and Is I baptlered hall be wed but he bt believeth nol hall be damDed And these signs shall follow them that believe be-lieve In my name shall they cast out devils they shall peak with new tongues They shall take up serpents and If they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay hands on the tick and they shall recover re-cover xvI heill18 I The apostles went forth and proclaimed i pro-claimed this Gespcl the Lord working with them an I confirming the word ilh sign 11a 11 lowirfi Now that is the kind ot a Church that Christ es ablishe 1 These apostles w ere called and oidmed of HUll and sent out by Htm aid lie said to them 1 lie that receiveth you recelveth cie and he that recelh me rceelveth 111m that i enl IDe Matt 1 40 As my Father hath sent IDe even 50 lend I you John n at This was the authority and power He gave to uem net to aujcne else but ihc Twelve or rather the eleven one having apostatizd ho other man has any right to lake that 10 himself wnether he lived in that ne or in this That was a contacts Ion 10 eleven men anti to them only They were told to located do this anis they should have this power But Christ said But tarry ye In the ci y of Jerusalem until ye g bunt le r idYI be endowed with power from on high Luke jxlv 49 They were to wait although they had the authority and were called and ordained or-dained ol God as Clmt was till they were endowed with power Irom on high In the second chapter ol the Acts jou can lead the fulfillment of the promise to them ol this power On the day of Pentecost they were all together with one accord in one place and the Spin and power of God the Holy Ghost by thi r which the prophets I Spoke and which was not given by measure to our Lord Jesus Christ was poured out upon them It came in vsible lorm in the sign 01 cloven tongues of fire upcn their head They were all filled with the Holy Ohoit and spoke with tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance The great congregation gathered there to hear their words were astounded At first they thought these men were a If acted with wine but leatntn front Peter tha this was the Holy Ghost the Spirit promISed I by the Almighty through the Prophet I Joel to be poured out In me latter lat-ter class they listened to the apostles Peter arose in their midst as the man standing at the head ol the apoalts and holding Ihs kcji nnd preached the Cos pelthe first Oosoel sermon after the correction He I preached by the I power nr God by the Holy Ghost h preiched tile very word 1 Alr12to 1 t Is Ile people What w 11 It lllt Read i I for your selves In the thlrtj seventh and thirty eighth verses of Ihs I second chapter of I Acts It is I recorded hen Ih y heard Ihli Ihey were pricked in their heart an f said unto I cter and lo the rest of Ilia apostles Men and bretln what hall e do IIcre is the great cry thai higfcil hen i raised in various Christian I countries bj pecpe conv ctcd of sin They w ml toP to-P w vvlnt they are to do Tell lieu i lie-u If it I can do to be save L Did Peter til them to come to fie > inxbus seat and he would pray for them lJid I Peter I tell them they < i ly n < dell to believe and they ehou d be savedf No here U I I thai he said Then rte laid unto hem 11 erent nd baptized every cot you 10 the namo o Ju Christ for enc emission 01 sins And ye hall ra eelve the gift of the Holy Ghost tor IhD promise I unto you and 10 you ihildrenandVo all hat are > br off even an many as the Lord our God shall 1 cal II And three thousand offnlicm went forth that Slime day and were baptized by Ihe apostles v Now Iere nie the first sllt rplle priocl pics ol I file Ucspel taught by the m spired castles 01 the Lord Jesus linsl I lent out by Him to preach in all the 1 world This il What Ihey preached everywhere and when they t uipt zed hr hovers jou will find I if you search Ihe Acts cf ihe Apostles that they ilua > < bapllz d them by taking Ihtm down m Ihe water acd burying them by bop litter and raising them ur in the lition Cat C-at the resurrection uf Christ That is clutters baptism Tim fh hdv He was baptized in the river Jordan by John the Baptist ss jou will 1 reid in the thud J et fs r ih osW clnptrol Matthew The apostles went ant and preiched that simple doctrine Ilchtve in Chris Ye1 certainly that H the bejicmnj < Believe In the Lord call Christ ard then halt be saved Why because everyone who ti leves in Christ will hearken lo His tajiog will keep His commandments will do whit He eeclarcl must be done And He told Nicoilemus Verily verly I my unto thee Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter Into the kingdom of God John III 5 Thai is Orisls Gosptl not mans gospel 1 he apostle went out and preached llm And win rev er they balI bal-I zed piople you will find also that Ihey laid their hands upon then and the peo pie received Ihe Holy Ghost RemISs son 01 sin cane in baptillll Here Is Ian I-an essential point to underhand Remission Re-mission ofsns Ceme through the atone ment wrought out by Christ but it Is given in baptism to the reptilian believer be-liever That ii i Gods way Tint 11 Chilsis way That was the acoitlis way 11 the peop e were baptized and received the remission of sins became cleansed and purifi d and like 1 a newborn new-born bab because their sins were blotted blot-ted out then the apostle ltd their hands upon them and the Hoi Ghost cime JJjoa them aid they Spike with tongues and they picephesleti and they had the gift ol healing and the gift of m raclcs and Ihe gi ti of visions anJ d scernmg ol spirits and all the spiritual gilts thai we read about In Ihe New res lament These were part and pir el of the plan of salvation and the Church into which tnese pecpc were Initiated was directed by apostles and prophets and inspired men tilled with the Holy Ghost able to declare the word l of the Lord Now my friends you know that a great change his come upon Ihe world since lhat ujy in regard to re igion The great cnurch arose mat was typified to John in the vision mad I all na ions were nd astray Men came out from that church Find tried to reform existing abuses and hey d dt a great ti good vvor < and God b esbcd them In their abors bat they were not called of God tu be apostle or prophets nor were they inspired of God in Ihe lens that Ihose roly men were After a timer time-r rclormerj AI ose because they discovered dis-covered errors in the previous reforms and so sect has mul frilled upon sect denomination upan g na r er n party all containing goad people uP I i laving good endeavors and dg dp in tenionsat least a great many ol them havin good mtenlio u and good men preaching what they believe to be right We have nothing to say against theme them-e have nothing to say against am bodys i elision But ue want to testify tonight thai in these lat 001 > the old Gospel has teen restored This was necessary because men had gone astray and while peop e have been boasting ot the glorious light of the nineteenth cen luralld II has been great in science and ia I art and in the development of a great maay inventions by the power at the Spirit of God upon the mind of man yet the world has nol advanced in religion re-ligion Tne same coo usion ex sts today that existdm the beginning the century cen-tury and we leave nUIIIruu et and denominatiolls all taking their own ground differing iroin ah other I am pleased to see the amount of unity in Inc endeavors that are made to lo good 1 oat is good so far as It gres end will be blessed of the Lord Bu here is the fact thai I want impress upon yonr Hinds because I know It IS true I bear letimoy to > oj tonight before God and Christ and the holy ange iud eternity iu-d those that ate watching over the chlldn rf et that In these drF J Waet J ntl tl last days the father ind the Son leave ministered on earth Angels have comedown come-down Irom the courts of glory and brought back the old Gospel with its gifts and blcssuus and ordinances anJ all I things thai vvcre in the early Christian Church This is what we offer to ire wo rid Ue to not wint to lake away Irom you inj thing that is true which yot may have We want to give > ou a 1llic 1 more light a little mare power this vou rt powers may be Drought into t a closer walk wiili God taat > ou may know lor yourselves and h we yuw feet planted on Ihe tock that you may have the way opened up lor commumcition between you Inch vidually and the heavens that vou may communicate will your Falhr above and by the power and gift ol the Italy Ghost may learn all things that are necessary lor salvation for the Spin scarchctn all thing vea the deep things ol God and they are ony made known by that power II you Had the gift 01 lIe Holy Ghost as the apostle and prophets and servants of God ol oU had the heavens would be open to jour view you oUld comprehend your origin you would know wneie I you came IIOITJ what vou are here for what your destnyis what God has marked out for you you would know the object ol your existence on the taith ana be able to comprehend I things that never before entered Into your conception I bear testimony to vou that I know Ihls h 1 Irue I received the Gosnel as preached by the Krvviti cf Got tent out in these djvsmen clothed with the power of the Almighty holding lie rau tt nl I 1J same authority that the men ol God hod I i in lie early Christian church because it 1 IJe rlbr has been tmuunt back sign Ili and lu co r i fetred upon them on cirtti I reciived that Gospel nnd obeyed II I rrcetved Ihr gill and power ol 1he Holt Ghost and God lus rose feel tonic that lie has commenced the great Utier I day wurk on ihe earth 1 he dispc union of the fulness of Units h 1 ushcicj in lie I work of lIe uthermj of Israel is teglr nl Imrto be accemph < hd the kinclem 01 f God will be st up I Zion will be tb iblr icil In the tniJa ol the mountains and th s puplc gill I cred here team all i atlns in the be ghts cf Iliesc I Uock herelbircarsice louitams have co no here becauc they lease received > iiillirtcslininny In lhat which I bear The obeyed Ihe Copel ir Ihdr lilt ve couatile wd hey rc cived the lestimonv from Ged and they know It is true rile sick arc healed heal-ed by the power ol GoJ the line made tn walk tne blind ta ate tin deal to bear tile eye 01 mena SOli ore oened by tie gift rind power ol the Holy I Giosi Ihat lht > d cern ard comprehend the lungs of God God hi a s tiielr I prayers and answers them Our Elders to out without purse and scrip to Al luilons 1 to roclatm this Gcsp I wl haul fee or reward re-ward and God backs up ther testimony and everybody who believes and is baptized bap-tized tecctvei a testimony that his sins are remit ed Tverybo Won whon he Ciders lay their hands testifies thai he i reelivtd the Holy Ghost and men c not give tint blessing and tilt Uod alone can do lhat and lie his blessed iii Is scivants In their labors among all he nations of the earth and the people gathered in these muunla Valleys ate the result of their labors Now I bear this testimony 10 you In all I meekness and sincerity and wiih the sale desire thai > eu may be blessed thai IOU may have this glorious gilt I ould not part with it for Ihe riches of a thousand wo Ids like this It has come into my tout like the light that slreinil doa front the glorious sun It has g von me a divine witness It his I hnl ed my whole being with delight and pleasure My entire luteiests are in this walk I know it is the work cf Go I I know Joseph Smith was inspired of God hat God visit d him that angels cameo came-o him that the Apostles came to him J orjatli J tlI slt 11I1 and orchlncd him to the I Apostleship I know that th a work nicknamed Mor wotka moiUm by tin world is the viry truth ol God sent down Irom heaven that all mankind may recc ve il I km w that the angel p1e n of by Jo n ha come Hal the Gospel he brought Is here slid i If 1 will stay here rind me power ard authority the Apoitleship that God h is sent here will ablne here no matter vhat iren niy do Tncy may Ihnist u < ntoprisoi they mayleutus 1 to death b they tll 11 j ui Ine trutti will Ikearcligoonand the authority and power thai we bear ill be given to others The work ol God will prevail and come oil more han conqueror This Gospel sliill 10 10 every niton and kindred ind tongue and people and the honest and the true of all nations and climes will gladly receive re-ceive it Why no Is it not a glorious thing 10 think ef thai the silence ol ages has neen broken that God has spoken again Irom the IjeaveiH thai angels have come gain Iron the courtsof glory hat the communication so long cut elf lips been opened up and flow me afaln can commune with the I heavens and they are dropping down blessing upon the heads ol all who are ready to receive re-ceive them God 11 nigh at hand and cot afar cIT and He will bless every honest soul who will obey Ills Gospel And this is the Gospel of the Lord pius Christ Reptiles ya rercnl of your F tr sJ r aa ants l 54113 and your ii I Put Ics and your false faiths and your false forms of worship tea reent anl conic unto me goals Ihe lie Lord and I will draw nearunlo you Turn away from your Iran gresOn I be baptlz d by one I avlC aulhonlv lor the rtmislon of > mir sim and you shall lecclvo tie Holt Cho t the Comforter I whlchreveilithoirtelo I s thlrgsof sere I t her and the hi n You thII know that Gar live thai J stn ol Nizaiclh I wis His Christ tint He died 1 lor tha sal vatlon ol men nnd tat ihc truth ol I < lea 1 tn has hem rst red lo the earlh in the h I rrtaji YuolIll understand t e urp sis o Gol I il rrgard to tfc gen rat01 in wmch you live And when too pas avav from this mortii tae you will mingle I alth thespindicif the illation tn at A disc of Go and i tne glorjou rorporielt oil mornin cover up to Inherit glory Immortality I nd eternal hie I an I to receive a fjh I eu ol the blessings Df the Goirel of peice I beir JIHI Ihis te t mony beloit God and the angel read the heaven < and pray Cod the Eternal I therto hlesilt to your soul and lint > OJ may be led by ihl simple testimony re aid tee few rental ki that I hove made to search Into In-to these tiling and ottnn the blessings that are in s or for you mid finally I secure earelre = r aa ioreBn cure i full and complttc salvation 1 I in the prc cnce of our Fatter in hen for ChIs sake Anise PRESIDENT GEORGE Q CANNON We have heard from Elder Pemose come of the principles that the Latter day Saints believe in and what hu < his sail is worthy the mention of the whole world because II hi I is statements and testimony be true they should ap peil to every human being that lives If they be not Irue eveyone should tike steps to prove their filsity I tike it that all I who are I here tonight i hot are h-ot ol our Church hive a natural curl i osity to call it by no stronger name to know the nature of the doctrines that ate believed in by the Cnurch ol Jesus Christ ol Latter diy Saints We have become so famous or notorious as jou may please thai every enquiring mind wanl to know if possible what the secret of the strength cohesion and union 01 the Mornion people II Brother 1 enrcse hag eel before in tonight very b icily the foundation of our fifth I hive htard a treat mail people who tn hive listened I lo the reach ings in this Tabernacle toy Why we do not discover dis-cover any ditlercncc between your dcc Uincs And teachings I and Hie doclrmes and leaCIl Ills 01 lie orthodox Chris Iwi hal is it tint constituted the tilt leiencc end that makes you such a peculiar pe-culiar people Elder Penrose has set forth some of Ihise reasons I may say that we bel eve in God the hairier jems Christ the Son and in the Holy Ghost as being one God worshipped by us We believe ia Jesus as the Redeemer Re-deemer of the world rind He d lied lor us that without lilt death and a o lenient le-nient we could nit be saved Wj believe I be-lieve in repenlnnce of sin We believe m the resurrection of the dead We be ievc in eternal jn lament 11 these belief we do not cilT I r speaking gen dally front the orthodox Christian world What is it then lint constitutes the diflcrtno We believe It Is mans privilege today lo have the same gilts the same powers and the name blessings Irom God is Ihe ancients possessed In other words il we will curve Gdd and keen His commandments com-mandments and have the ordinances of the Goipel adniniilered to us by ore having authority we believe thai precisely pre-cisely Ihe time blcsiing and gifts will follow the te itvcr as followed the disciples dis-ciples of Christ illS day We there fore cowered fur the fat h that nu oncj delivered lo the Sall1Uthe faith by which the prjphets spike and by which the apostles i erlorn ed the mighly works they accompl shed We believe that we have louid th s filth and this authoilty Our p snlon is lhat the reason these gifts and graces have disappeared from the Chlilhn word is 1 because the au u I only that Gcd bestowed in ancient limes was withdrawn When this authority was on the earth I I I 1 I A n warlare aq littler Itd ngai05 every A mn were held trend wdHerogrzed I is an nuhjr zed servant ol God 1 I bell I t 1 warfare was wiced m til fey were all 1 I n slain 1 who held the Pries fccd if God I < li I i ln eft who 1 and none ere amng melt ji J could 1 say to the pole Thm j if ltn th 1 I j L > tdl Apcstos were slim prophet Ion I 1 v ere slain ilghtc i men veto siin 7 nd n pill 1 of cltkncsstpreadivcrlhe I c hole cf what my be 1 t rmed Christendom I ti I Ill dom and not i voice wn heard t brei I I t silence lint pirsecui 1 I Ia i toad I oreuht I about a-bout Our testimony is that ii these S ist dajs In mder ti rrep re the way i I I for the sicocd coml I ol t ie Lord Je ui I 3q Ch6stlor I we believe lint ILoH will I J I 101 con c rs has l been predicted the Lord h rcilortd that author ty from heaven 1 It is a Uitlne Ihoighl pcrhips man tIlr cl EI i of think It I nlmcst blasphemous lo C X LIt I I L-It nc hc1csi we dtelarc it in all colemnll 11 it od Ins I restored the I pnncplcsof Ihcverbs mj Gospel ind 1 I I DU Ihe iJthcntr lo odmlnittr 1 us crdi I nances anti Ihit lie fruits which hive I I 1 nlwavs attended the picich hGfh I the li t C II Gospel ate no brought fifth by thuie i 1 14 1 who obey it vj ln Xn t nnevvll not admit vr vilify lengthy I ad I remarks but Ier rite point out a lew f I of f sand evidences and a cw of tho L I 1 1 I fruits thit have attended the preaching 111 1 IC ol the Gospel is it has been restored m f VG v ese last dljs Av On of the fruits is this There is a I unon ant ng those who have obeyed I I this Gosocl that is unexampled in the s i earth herevtr joj go among men you will find mere or less division and a contfii bn but wherever this Gosoel f It has been reached by the Iders who tr I have > ne out hour I pulse and scrip and icoplc I have rereved I their test J 711n tl I PrOn A It tie C he n of I zed and lead hands I laid upon the n for the reception of the J t Holy Ghost I a xr pill I union end ol I I 11 love has conic uron tee emthe silence t 4 spirit that was bestowed in ancient days 11 I I lie upoa Ihe people I ol God The Latter I I day bamts who reside m these mountains I kl VI moun-tains and who have been gathered from I l b I every land in Christendom hive come f Ir i lp with tl is ipitit in their htarls and they R r lscs itrit live together in union atd in peace I t i 1 There was a lime in this country when I I c notalicluorsiloonasiound front one I 03 end of our Territory lo the other A I t W r lawsuit was mOlt terminal If the people I 11 tJ hid difficult c they settled them lite t I an brethren according to the rules of the I I r Gospel There was no strife The people 1 ro peo-ple ilwclt iojelber J In peace and Union i < PC tao ro I t 1tf el iiP e t bulk ol them were brought 11 up an I trained I In the different churches 11 10 of f the < world I believing in different I creed many of them speakirg different I r languages but when they ooeyed this hod I r 11 I 11 y Continued on page ten I 1 I t rie I I I I I III DISCOURSES Continued from log illo = Jo pel they came here and are duel inK ogeiher 1111 I eace mil Inbve 1 I Rlh i is ace of the Iruils of the Gas cl cii5 In His last prnjer i r > ed lha His hscmles might bTer even a lie and he Father ere one Oil I tb 0 prrt f itencfs his r stetl d wn upon thl tea lie call cl Mormons I I Ai other moniiisn ion bell accom tallies the Gospel is persccu n n Iaul ayi I All that HI I live godly in Chfl t esusstal I suffer perec lou 10 Icrse I I I title such its nj other denomination 11 us uflered has Leon the lot 01 tile Let It let dy Saints lim anJ gain they i Save bein drlvtn from their homes 4 Time and ORI n they haie had the cho ce I dieted to them it abandoning their ie I I talon cr being cnvcn forth bv mobs I I Iley have chosen cat her to soft r the 11 Eponaton of theirxEOjds and even death I sell than to icrsake their re he on because they s now It is the truth ot heaven Ths was Hie ruhnf ip tit that plan pied ire settlement ol lluse xilieys It wii religion Hut brought the Moimonsto the IUck Mountains It 4 was that they might live In a place here tl I they could woisilp God wilt out far Mid Molester n In coming here they I came w tn that desire and determination ui ling that eveiyOody else should rave r lgfllI Ise irb fvoau I fqual rights I with themselves and have epuatrights the ptitiltgc of worshipping olti without with-out hindrance As a proof of this we can point to the practice ol open nj our I places ot wcrahip to s rangers wr o came into our midst The gold emigration of 184950 and succeed ng years ought 1J 1 with numbers of prom uinl in n liters I I and whenever one was known to be in town he was invariably invited i to speak I I to our pe rar Ard hle wes before I there were any churches erected hereby I I I here-by other denormations end when the tntlre population was Mormon The ti I I people would turn out In large numbers to hear bishops ol the Methodist church I i ministers tf the Episcopal church and of I i other denominations and these ministers were alwayi listened to with courtesy and allemlon I Out to return to persecution which In 6 l this connection Is impcrtanl evidence N whenever the true Gospel ol Jesus it on I the taithviu may depend upon it that 9 i Its believers will i be persecuted because I I Satan is not dead and has not lost his ancient an-cient animosity lie slew the piophets i he crucified the Son of God he killed I Ills apostles with the exception of John the Revelator and he was Immersed In 4 a caldron of boiling oil tut there was i a providence around him which prevented pre-vented his entruies from killing him I though lie I was cruelly I persecuted and banished to the Isle ol Patrons I These trolls or evidences of hich I I I have spoken have characterized the I preaching of this Gospel fr m the beginning be-ginning But there u another fruit which 1 consider ot the utmost Importance Impor-tance and beoad everything else Eieiy person that embraces this Gospel I Ins tins promise made to him that II he will have faith in God and in Jesus Christ il he will repent of Im sins il he I will be baptized for the remission of 11 I sins bv one having authority and have bands laid upon him lor the reception ol the Holy Ghost he shall receive that glorious gift a 0 Now impostors might make a promise ol that km but I appeal to you who P I are here tonight is I It i possible for an impostor to bring dO11 from heave I I the power oi Goo Can an impostor 11 make a promise and thin expect that the Lord will fulfIl that promise Such I a thought is abhorrent to every Christian I mind it is impossible Gut these Elders ders who go out without purse and i I scrip to the nations of the earth go 11 foitli and make this promise and the tbouands who have gathered to these I mountains Irom these various lnds bear testimony that they did receive I the Holy Ghost when they submitted these ordinances as the Elders promised I prom-ised thev should and that they know t this Is the work ot God by the outpouring out-pouring of the Holy Spirit and the bestowal I i k be-stowal ol its gilts upon them I look upon this as the most impor i I tint fruit ol the Goipel This U I an I age of infidelity Skepticism Is sweep ing over the land Ministers of various I denominations are adopting some of I these false Idea concerning the Hi We concerning the creation ot maD COh I cernmg our Father in heaven hmseil I Doubt is being spread any propagated an-y socalled ministers ol Christ con corning God himself Now I this Church througn the providence of God has 11 been raised up to be a beacon light t a t witness for the Almighty I that He dues liveHow How do we know lie livesl We know He lives because He hears and I answers our prayers and lie gives us I that which He has promised We have I obeyed His Gospel and lie has conferred con-ferred upon Us the gilts of that Uospel We know by the gilt ol the Holy Ghost that God lives and that man is the child of God We know that we have not descended from a lower order i of creation but that we are the off spring of Deity The Lord has raised up in these mountain through the preaching cf His Gospel an innumerable innumer-able host of witnesses who bear test many to these truths They declare that God is I the same today as He was i yesterday and that He will be Ihs tame throughout eternity unchangeable and unalterable And our cmldrtn are taught to seek unto the Lord for this I testimony I Today is our Past day We fast once a month and every family contribute Uo the poor that which I would be consumed i l in tlie oi household I on that da On the afternoon of the first Sabbath ol the month we asemble in our various ward meeting houses and these meetings are open lor all ta spcA and bear lestimo iy 1 attended such a meeting this afternoon in the ward in hicli 1 lite I he lid ball and girls testily that they knew that God In cd How did they know III They said they knew it because GoJ heard and anerelt their prayers They I knew that they could appeal lo Him as bnei iJII I their Father and that lie uould grant unto Hum tile righteous desire of their hearts My heart was melted within me listening lo these young People belle 4 Hill testimony You could feel that their I words pioceeded iron ihe dep its cl I their hearts nnd trial they knew tint which they testified to This it i what we arc doing III the earth You ho are Christians y lur elves and hosrerraking eodeavurs establish righteousness let me tell I you my friends what Ibis d I splstd 1 nople cal ed Mormons are doing in ituss mountains We fire endeavoring to tie very best ol our ability to lay in the I hearts ol the children ot men the foundation foun-dation ot faith m God end in the Lord Jesus Christ and a detsrm nation to re pert ofslnad put II away far from I them We say lo our j oug me it I You must be as puie as the girls Tile conduct con-duct ot an tnvirtu us boy among us is looked upon as ha elul We execrate tucli conduct Boy must h 1 > pure as well as girls and g rls must be a pjrs ln fIlsva rlo lulkfr isangcli We teach our childrnfiise principles We comlnua ly impress up tn them that the worst crime any man I I 1110 can be Runty of next lo mt r ler It sx ul crim 1 kn JW this is not he I view ge crafty taken citing The La t rday gei MR are ou iposed to I be a licentious people It Is 1 tiouj > ht tlal It is been Iou ess that bins us together No rt r mistake Wag ever mace But titrd mut be nil CIIS or pfsecu ton csihie t was in allelnt days 7eCh a and nt saits wore lIIallnd ard 1 Zin11on manner of evil wes said agnmt them Micl anlso it tills leon I with its AI manner ol evil his been said against us fisely But I bear Ics imony to you fill eCng hal our aim Is I 10 raise up a rrHlOu and a virtuous generation these mouitafns Wis do not want drunkard we co not want liars we dj Je iyi rot want dishonest men in any firm we do riot want IInviClllou people we do not want poole who will I not keep the i cf1oj ek comrrauument if God and live i Juror hy inl 1 h mility before II m We are i e dean ring lo cleanse the U utch Itself contintia Iv and lo keel It clenncd Itr ecution has a tendency lo do this We gt pi rsecution enough occasionally at least to clean from our midst those who are not built upon tie rock We are trlvleg In theicmountiins to hv I the foundation ol rlBhteiutncss If we could have this State In toe condition we would like there would be no drinking iilaors no gambling hells no disiennt able houses It was the c Ise with us lor ears We try to be air honebt people we try to keep rb word wa try to deal ilh one another as Christ has commanded com-manded us We believe it is better to suffer wring than to dj wrong Trisis our c instant teacmug to the people Tim I will not per nit of elaboration at the present I havelherefore dwelt upon up-on these particular points very hastily I Il Is not pleasant to be sitting n < we arc nt 3 tonight in so crowded and f heated I an auditorium I but it 1 Is only proper lint I you should P know luO of r me features I of wI religion ant our rallizalion We belcve In Apostles and Prophets We believe that wherever the Spirit of God reigns there Is thesp rli ol prophecy We expect to go to luaven We labor for teal And 1 when we go there and mingle with Ihoss holy beings who are here el I expect we shall notice I ashamed to sit down and talk with the ancient Apostles and Saints If they had Apostles In the Church when Ihey ere upon the ea th the members ol our Cnurch would be HI heme hiking with them for we had Aposiles So wuh the gills They ctud say we had the g fis tVifts conJI II r tl l eRffr We cant nded for the gilts The gill ol i propneey was in the Churchand the sick were healed by the laving on of handi that was the practice In our Church We were persecuted We Wire sent to prison we were driven from our homes and some ol us laid down our lives The Latterday Saints could talk to any of the Apoitlcs in this strain There is nothinic I flat they enj iyed therj 11 1 no gilt hot I they had I no doctrine that they behevtd in tuat we do not have in our Church Our teachings are preciely the samu as their teachings Tney might say We had cxpmcnce on the ealtll in traveling without prMe and scrip we elll out as Wllllesse 10 prove the wcrld How was it with you Why Brother Peter or Brother Paul or brother John we did tie same exact IV Many of us could sa I have elJairou ld Itlh traveled thousands at 11114s Ithout purse and scrip without any pay or reward re-ward and I have proved the world When they rejected me and ptrjecuted me I have skiken oil Ihe I du > t Irum mv leu as a witness against them Well then you have have had the satne ex crience that we had And that would c ethecas5 i think we could t ill down with them in the kingdom ol God and ri j Dice is no other people could They be leved in Prophets and Apostles m gifts in the power ol Gd being bestowed be-stowed upon man we believe In the same They had union and love we hive the same We exhibit In our lives that which the Apoltle John rays Uy this y n may know that we have passed Irom death to life because we love fie brethren There i a love among the Latterday Saints1 I say it with all due respect to everybody else lhat taken as a whole is unexampled in the world I have traveled in many lands and among many peoples but I have never seen anything appioiching the love that I witness among the LatterJay Saints Therefore my heart swells continually with thankfulness to God our Eternal father for having restored these great gilts and blessings to Ihe earth once more that again there is the spirit among men which binds them together in love Now calamities are gong forth The Lord has predicted thai they will come in the last days The newspapers are full of accounts ol them ana mens heart are faIling them In looking forward for-ward to the things lhat are coming upon the earth But in this co nmumty no such fear exists We have no lear for the future for we have been told for upwards up-wards of sixtysix ears tint these things would r Mile to pass acd God has commanded com-manded UI to rather together to escape thesejudgments The spirit of gather IlIl has reed upon all who have received receiv-ed this Gospel Tots gathering of the Latterday Saints 1IIg all pain ol the i orld is probably air great a IIII1de at r 4 1 Lo 7rT 4r ea W i A If wt5 W A v 40 6 0 I h I c7 Z I I I O I I I 9 c 7 = Thousands or wom n arc eatup dead on the i0torci of lire beeau of IIltir 0 n Ioraee or neglect No woman can be free from pain or safe from the vertbreal ruing bal18 of death 0o neglects to take proper are or the organs that con rtitute her olllallbood A omau who neglects her womalllyelf iII be sickly nervous Ialuracked and 1 fretful anti 1 up 1 pruachmir maternity will be a mcnact of the lunvln It h I y for a woman lo avoid 1 this bufrbiff and 1 danger Wise women Ino thai Dr Pieton Favorite Fa-vorite Prescription it a marvelous remedy l e lid7e flit those troubles that snaLe a woulans miserobli and fill the period of prosper h c niolhcrhoo 1 till fears Ills l Hlhe di eo > ery or an emincutand skillful pecl llst Z Dr > R N WtM forllimyjear c hi let eon 11gica i Physician lollir Invalids 1 Holel and tiulcical Int Itnti ol IluflViln l N V CHer 00 0 women h ave IcslUcJ 1 lo the almon iniracnlous actimofthkloridrfalrerned i W udl remedj ril ce l it uorlcs directly on the organs dUllucllv feminine It inales them MronJ and heAlthY Ucurii all vvcaVnc dlicaie 11 Cfr ib uirehxid I and motherhood It insurers babys bealli and makes it ad Cat 4y I ncarly > u Bell it I Nothing clse fainlemasuirtioVs Mr rOC V 11t AI tuyditiviteritireqti lilt m t ankle rulc on hire nrel and II UMllKUTnl I itr very inukli 1 tm lisp y to My llmt i U hns tllurtpeBrcd niter the use of one bol lie of Dr rims Farorlte ITc < < ripllon Dr Pierces common Sense 1firdicat Ad vlcr I In plain Itirtlish Contains i 5 pages and liver too illustrations If you ant a voity paperovered send 21 one cent stamps to cor tile com of Inaihn oNly to the wmbrv 1 lltpensar Medical Association Bullao N Y U sou prefer Cloth cover tend y stamps JJ ever was wltncsiid As soon ai they tccom members of the Church they are se red with a desire to vrather together to-gether to BO lo what Ihey call turn an j dwell with their brethren and sisters ThIs movement Is I nit confined to one 2i0c011e race er one tinguc but ueojle come ti from many rac ugucf Irolllllnny nation Their hayos are AileJ with this plrllli gather to Zion and we hive d lieu ty at the proem tuns in I regard lo 1 the Poll ncsianfl because they want to come here and we arc net prepared to receive them They want t bo wth us when calamities go bnd Iwo y want to drink cl the same spirit that we enjoy here hereIy friend I bear testimony lo you that Ills work Is I true I Live proed It by Innumerable evidences I have heard nlell wish that they could have lived in the days of tie Apostles and heard the voices of InptreJ men and they would hive been willing to endure all things There Is In the hears of nianypeoplea eirnlng desiretoliait the gifts and graces nigfl th Gospel i A man ought to be wilbngto giV < every thing on the earth even life itself for the sake cf the testimony of Jesus He fbhe Ju llt ought tn be willing to surfer us ills Mastrdld He was perscuted unto death and no disciple of Ills should be afraid of persecution or nfraid of death If ve 10 into that glorious pieencr It will be a grand consolation lo know that we have endured to some extent what our brethren who have guns be fore us have endured I testily to you that tnt Gospel has been reslored 10 the earth and the aUlhorty has comedown come-down from heaven It was necessary that It should come from heaven be ciuse it was not on Ihe earth The Pope might ordain a man the Archbishop ol Cai terbury might ordain a man or any other ecclesiastical dignamight ordain or-daIn a man but that ordlldt i oll would nol bring back the Iower and the authority that God wilhdrew frm toe earth when His servau were slain U required angelic mim > tralioru It Is mot logical therefore to state thai through anjcbc ministrations that Miihority has come Iron heaven This Church does not derive its aulho ity from any orginizalion on the earth it orranization Ihtl derives it from heaven Henie the authority is perfect authority and ills able through the blessings of GoJ to show the people that the promises which are made will be fulfilled God bless you all and every liantsl man and woman upon the fact of the earlh Everyone of you that desire truth God bless you In your efforts lo find it Ilesfv to you thai God his restored Hit Ciurch that lie his restored restor-ed the everlasting gospel in Als purity that He I has res orcd the ordiianceio hie anjsi vatIon and the auiharuv to administer these ordinances I bear this testimony In the name of Jesus Amen |