| Show DISCOURSE F Salt Lake StsK Conference Septetnber 12th I tlje Plivered 1 at 1897 by ROBERTS ELDER B H ROBERTS Mtend our strangers I think hen must be struck with flags theY the request that nnlhmont at astonishment alay made by those who arty they may be that mtlnlt the and bY the the faith rain < l by the and that Ih Saint ere 01 their OJ prompt tile Lord may 01 1fr1 I dolre 10 call attention ee J request fog this universal the reoa d In the part 01 those l1aged lay 1 tile minds may that your tit nl mlnltry rrX ouch pfreshed wl Ith the reason given Is I made In alfCvlntlon qnt4t ot November the In the njonth 1o1 the Iruphet JOSePh aM 10 i Hyde wn called orson Krvant r 3j big 11 ordliulac aoilal by to bl Proclaim Spirit of the I he ever IIV nIng People nd I GA ad fm to lead l i lrh O tI m the lekI In their ynllgogl all with and expounding U Wolog unto them SffwKw still 10 tills In I an en And behold all theme iTS were or SS unto priesthood whose Unto this K lli wwlnul unto them to go mi loa II art IliAnd the nsampl unto them And this is I speak they are shall it they Ghost Italy br the red upOn they hall speak And haloever Ghost hy the Holy d upon h mrod will of hall be tile scripture il 1 be shall bD the mind or the Urd ot the Lived b the Old hall 111 It be the voice 01 the Lord and the I Not God unto alvallon r B < hold Ihls Is the promise ot the unto on 0 ye my servants after listening to that think I the Lot I adid passage or scripture ily Saints will not be olonlhO d nery Ulder almost on every oc lao expresses an earnest desire that Eight r < ik under the Influence oC Silly r < 1hsl md It the people un tood the matter aright they wand jut os anxious w-and earnest that this ad lie > the Cup as the Elder lie lice hen ue com together we de 10 be taught hy 1 a teacher ulio call IIIet uho can I nAm mho can ad bb to he ran It necessary I reprove I bring by this reproof the ivay II unto rtIntanc And ot all the ehm that can best dothls indeedi only teacher nho can do It well Is I I and It should be the earnest de of the people to lie l Instructed nC r Lord that they might hear the rd ot the Lord that they might hear 111 that there might be moire mo-ire added to the olumes of scrip e already In exlBt nce and new tbs brought from the great store use ol Clods knowledge to enrich r kno led Ie ot the Saints of Ood I Bri conceive therefore ot nothing re desirable than that our teachers lid be moved upon by the Holy h rd tit uhen they atand up to teach Hnlnts I otter this u an explanation to thoughtless latterday Saints who may l r I think I that the Elders have drifted Into a intro formally ot nicking an Interest In their faith and In their pru > era I would remind them that there la I imbalance imb-alance In this desire and that It la I of highest Importance that the people bo taught of Ood Anti the means appointed ap-pointed by which they laborb1no BO Imythat tho taught Is I that those that labor In the ministry shall peak as moved upon by the Holy Ghost The end of all preaching of all Instruction In-struction as I understand It Is I to beget be-get faith In the hearts of the hearers and the reason why It In 1 of such great I importance thnt filth be Implanted In the hearts of the children of men Is I because be-cause faith Is I the Incentive to all action ac-tion the foundation of all righteousness righteous-ness Hence the labors of the servant of Ood In all gea of the world havebeen to Implant faith In the hearts of the people Faith Is I not the first principle prin-ciple ot the Gospel merely on account or some conventional arrangement that has been made It Is the Hint principle of the Gospel because of the nature of the thing Itself from Its nature It comes first It being oa I have already stated the Incentive to all action the driving force the power which Impels I men to repentance and to every good word and work In regard to this principle prin-ciple of faith I want to read a brief quotation from the third lecture on the subject of faith In the Doctrine and Covenants delivered to a school of IIderm In Klrtllln In an early day oC the Church and I fear somewhat neglected by the Saints and l perhapi by some of the Elders In these days It Is I a very logical statement of tire principles that enter Into the subject of faith and I want to address myself more especially In the youth who are present upon this subject The doctrine I doc-trine Is stated as follows Lt us here observe that three things are necessary In order that any rational and Intelligent being may exercise ex-ercise faith In God unto life and sal vitlic vitlicFirst the Idea that lie actually exists ex-ists Second a correct Idoa oC III a charno ter perfections and attributes Thtidlyan actual knowledge that the course of life which he Is pursuing Is I 1 I according to Ills will For without an acquaintance with these three Important Im-portant facts the faith of every rational ration-al being must be Imperfect and unproductive unpro-ductive The first thing ccoary to that faith that shall be Sufficient to obtain life and salvation Is the Idea that Cod exlt It would not take long truly to demonstrate the truth of tha doctrine The force of It Is very enslly seen from the negative standpointby which I mean this Why Is I It that men who I claim to be atheists men who do not believe In God why Is It that they do not repent of their I In1 Why is I It that they do not receive baptism for the remission of In1 Why Is It that thy are not found to Ing to walk In harmony with the requirements of Gods laws It Is I all easily answered hy Saying fthpydc 10 not believe In tile exltenca oC 01 and consequently 410 not consider themselves under any ob ligations hatsuvr to kp Ills com mllnment or obey His ordinances so we who hv eycd to keep tho commandments 0 f lea If the Iden l of Ttm existnef I 1t not heen I Ili our mind o would be j oat title thy ale ive would not have com unto 111m we would not now Ile seeking to Itecit Ills am landments because having Ibo Idea that Ho did not ixlst of court II would follow that we would not have believed that Ho had given any com rnandments to bo obeyed hence the Prophet Paul who perfectly understood l this subject I think says In relation co It that without faith It Is t tintless hI o to please God for he that eomth to > God must believe that He Is I that Is I that He exists and ho added fur Ihr and It would be well for ui tot hold It to-t In mind as we go on this ptfttem ent that He Is I a lewarder of all those who diligently seek Him Time will not permit me to undertake under-take the plcnslng set tin grent tk of pointing out to you the evidences thnt exist to establish faith In the icanblivil If I hearts of men that not lives I shall I unIrloke merely tn cnll your ntten thin to the lines of evidence that may lop I followed 10 prove that tact 11 Is I not difficult to understand how the Idea nt the existence ot God first cam Into the world You can easily trnce Itt It-t Its primary source you pan find l It nut b > nsklns ourselves the question How did the Idea first occur 10 you I undertake to Sly that the universal answer to that question wOllld b4 I that I away back In the day ot toddling childhood II mother drew you it her knee find en vlhIIe you mot < l only lisp the wortl of our language taught you to address word or prniso I and thanksgiving unit a being honl she told you wom all YOU Reined Upon I the Idea I right there and as you received re-ceived that Idea so too did your parent before you and the generation before them ami the generation which on rolled that nod sj you might confine from genrntlon 10 genmtlon till You each a time and a iilaee when tills knowledge oC the existence ot Call prang Into ho knowledge of our word hy reason ot liflng delivered by tho who knew ot Odd s existence and who perpetuated that truth along the lines of tradition A great many men of supposedly great Intelligence are Inclined to ner at the Idne for the xltnce of Ood thnt comes along the line ot tradition They dismiss It with the scoffing remark i re-mark Well that Is I mere tradition Hut I desire to call attention to the fact that this line of evidence Is I most trustworthy trust-worthy that It Is worthy of your esteem I pray you think for a mo nent what a strong hold It has take upon humanity It evffrywher abounds It matters not where you look you shall find It You May go 10 darkest Africa 10 the lowtto the most dgml1cd or the children ot men arid you shall find this universal tradition I tradi-tion or our rac It counts for nothing that It exists under crud forms 11 exerts ex-erts a Powerful Influence lit their lives They have held tu the general idea From that extreme 110 to another ao 10 the clvllloed races or mn where education edu-cation has attained Us greatest tri umphs and there you shall find the presence of this tradition In full force The Intelligence the education of those who hold II hen not mad It dimmer but brighter than where you find It among the savages And Between these two extremes In every land and ery clime humanity has held to this grand old tradition I pray you do not hold even the heathen Into too great I ontempt I grant you that here and I I hero You may find them worshipping it the shrines of stocks and stones mages rude and repulsive caned by hell own unskillful hands seem to re 1 elvo their homage but I pray you iccord een to tho Idolatrous heathen a better understanding than to beltoo 1 that he thinks that the tneie stock or stone beforu 1 which he bows Is Indeed lod tenvtOtl You shall find It but the repnsentatUo of nn Idea standing 1 back of tho material object you shall find 1 It standIng up before him merily that I he Jury two an object to which Ilio may Immediately nddriss himself nn objict representative perhaps of some one or other of the many attri butes which he at heart believes that the Supreme Iower possesses I think I see In this Idol 1 woishlp the proof ot the existence of nnuthcr doctrine that wa i once stamped upon the minds ot Will i In ages gone by and Hi it Is I the net Petty for n medium through which man cm nppronch Clod In othir words n mediator 10 Stand hetwen mOil find Ud Think You not Ihnt It entire from tile grand Chri talon doctrine known tOm the oIIIt ngN that Gild would 11Told o II MHotor for lnankilol one throUgh whom they could aNraeh the neal rather A Medlatoi who hollld Interpret Oorl to hem 7 However much this original hIa may hllVo hn burl In the rubbish or heathen tradition I nevertheless belleve that tills 11110try of the heathen holds In It the hens thnt originally innn Understood tInt Ood the rather would have a Jledlatoi between I Him and the children tit men I vn Christ Jesus the Lord Tills lint ot evidence founded on trndltli 11 I not to be scoffed at I know not how unbelievers In Ood can explain It away I pray You young roller day flints think upon It respect It hold to It as i the beginning of your reasons for faith In God and one of the linen of evidences down which testimony of avery a-very Positive nature comes to you or IhPcxIitencB the existence or clod Hut mark you the testimony of tra lltlon Is I not all It Is I simply one line jf evidence among others to which I I want to call your attention Hut In thee lectures on faith the testimony of tradition Is I exalted by the Prophet Joseph nnd he lass It down ns a doc Tine that It Is I by means ot the teach ngs of the fathers that men first come 1 nto possession of the Idea that Clod exists but once In possession of this Idea men arc prepared to begin to exercise ex-ercise lIrhl In God The Incentive I to action the mntle for obedience to God nnd His laws Is I planted In the heart by this tradition neordlng to the Prophet Joseph and acting upon the prolublllly created by this belief In J Cod mm sought by obedience br works ot rlghteouness to find God and they found Him The veil was not sufficient to shut them out from the presence of the Creator Through I It they but until at last a Moses Flood In the presence of God nnd cen versed with Him DB II man converse with a friend and learned the facts concerning the creation ot this heaven nnd this earth nod 1010 mind lIIumln with this splendid knowledge of the grnnd reollly or Gods existence so cured to him through faith lie cam back to the children or mn bho face Shining with thlnsrlrallon thnt come I from contact with God and here testimony tes-timony to the grand truth of Gods existence nil Mosen hnrorth wo nbl 10 describe the character and at Irlhul oC aOl for the Instruction oC the children ot men So were othor I Nho had obtained likePrIvileges both I before and since his day The testi monies of these T worthies In various ages of the world come down to us In the holy scriptures The testlmons of Enoch of Abraham ot JoMiua of the prophets and kings of Isinel and at last the testimony ot the hon of clod I Himself of HIsAposlles and the rldirs who labored under Ills 1 1 personal direc lIonali these as well as Hoses testify of Undo existence nnd their testimon leg collected together and presen ed b > devout souls coma to us through tbe scriptures Add those volumes of I Ee tlmony to t the evidence that you find In tradition nod behold how th > argui merit becomes strengthened for the ox Istenco of God I The Latterday Saint are particu Inrly favored nith more testimony of UII mn lIt God In Past cities than tiny other people on the rae or the earth We someUrne boost a little per hnl4 oC oUr good worko we boa1 ot our faith and yetw have no right it hOltt Wo have no censlon for any par tlClllar selfeongralulitlon only In the fact thnt we I wess through the grace ot God more of Ills word more of Ills elutlons than the rest of the world have rccihcd I In addition to the ten timony of the Jewish prophets wa have the testimony of tho Nephlte pophets These scriptures after slumbering In the dust for rem lo the earth Is I opened an outlet from Clod reveals their exls teneea nw volume ot scripture Is 1 brought forth In the Hook of Mormon find we Pep double the tertlmony that the world l possesses And since we ponits 1 twice the testimony ought It not to follow us n logical sequence that we ought to hate more faith than the world that we ought to hae more righteousness than the world You have Inereised the causes shall not the effect be Increased So Latterday Saints You have nothing to boast of God hath doubly blessed you You ought to repay Him by twice the faith Klce the drvotlon and double the good > orks that are to be found In the lives Of other people I woulel cry out shame upon the Iuterday Saints If they coull not point to more nchleve menls for Cod than the world can point 10 seeing that they have double tM mount of evict I enel on which to base their faith And Ihs dors not begin to tell It all either You sing sometimes about the halt of n thing not having been told Why bless jour heart we have scarcely pointed out a fraction ot the thing we have In hand We have the testimony of prophets pecu 1111 to our Onn ago The IIream ot In splratlon to us did not end at Pat mos no more than II began In Eden The olrm ot revelation between tile t hen vens arid the earth in I renewed In our day We have pro hets and apostles now nn Inspired 1ilisthood to bear record of the great fundamental truths ot the religion of Jesus Chrlstof tho existence of Ood the truth ot tho Gospel Gos-pel Add their testimony of tradition then to the testimony of the Jewish scriptures to the testimony of the Nephlte scriptures and do you net stand sui rounded by such a cloud of witnesses that It would be a positive I shortie for unbelief or lInlldllly to rear Its held among the child ten of the Latterday Saints What excuse shall our young people offer If ever they wnnder from the path thnt God has marked out for their feet And how great must be the condemnation condem-nation that will met upon them If ever they prove recreant to the things that God has revealed unto them And jet I there are those who In the face of all dt IJ r r od this would dare to deride Ood and to refuse obedience unto the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ Ijxtlerday Saints Paten in In Isrnl how amelou ought Yolblptl rb a II I 0111 chlldrn g away In 1 nbellef and Infidelity unde all these ravorabl circumstances for the estab IIshmnt ot raith And Yet another line of evidenc Illilch unites with these already point ed l out 10 you David In one of his glorious outbursts i nt Inspiration said 1 Tire heavens declare the glory ot clod and the firmament chowelh Ills handiwork Day unto day uttereth speech and night unto night showcth knowl tlle There Is no speech nor language where their voice I not hi < Lrd l Their line Is I gone out through all the nrth and their word to Ibo end of the world The testimony of Idoses ot Isolah Ezeklcl and Jeremiah may bo locked l 111 for many rencrntlons In the He I > rcv language and may not for a OIIB time become universal testimony for men tho testimony ot the Nephlte rophets may be locke up In the mss I cry of the Reformed rgyptlan language lan-guage used bs them he testimony of rophels todas may for a mason bo mlteiltoth nation who are v hated bs them unit ulit can understand their apech but Uod all over the broad haen hath wr ten the tvl 1 dence of Ills existence and ns Paul lout If The Invisible things of Him from the creation 01 the world ao clearly seen being understood by the things that lire male even life etrnlll Pallor and Oodhoad po that they Ion I righteoun men who deny Goolit exist VllX OA IB Once tire IthOut 1 excuse And when You turn nwny from the dome or heaven Inlaid with suns and planetary svstems nnd with the microscope carch out the secrets locked up In the world of atoms rOil again int el dences of the existence of God and nine see proor of Ills wisdom Power and glory Now ms brethn nnd platers unit thee three line or evldencetwlt them Into n threefold cord and you halt IIn1 that It Is not ollly riot easily broken lout III my judgment unbrcal able And when you take all these evidences Into account Is I there not laid a foundation for faith In God 1 Is there not around You and about sou that hlh hymn the great truth of 1 ad xltnce to you Souls Our text sass that the first thing ncenry to tire exercise of fnlth In God Is I the Mon that lie 1 nctualls exists Surely the evitlenre ot tradition the test many of those who have sought anti found Ood and the evidence of the marks ot nature lay a sufficient founda lon for that Idea Hut secondly a correct Idea ot 1119 character and attributes 18 I easentiol to tile exercise or faith In God I take It for granted that the mVn and women under the sound or my voice this attrnoon know what a struggle after righteousness means I take It for granted that You know how hard n thing It Is to subdue this mortal clay and make It subservient till the t-ill of Ood You know how bard It Ito Into I In-to curb a proud spirit and make It walk In roper humllltj before God 1 You know how difficult It Is I to put a heck upon the nppetllen and to refuse tn i Indulge In those things which the ppetites suggest I am speaklnir to mn and omn Acho know how hurt 1 thing It Vsto I control the lust I 8 of thq heart and the pride nC life nod live In I hnlmony volth the Spirit and prompt I Ingo thereof that come from Ood Now If You will remember how many I Imts you fall It you know how cam It Is I to be discouraged you will be abliot to enpe the truth of thin doetrn Iahl down bere that In order to ext4clse faith In God you mUI know something some-thing at His character and ot 1119 attributes For example we must know Ihat Ile 11 I Iow tu angerl ahund tint In mercy and In IInodn PH MIllIng llar tinxiousto forgive the repentant It voo did not have theme Ideas or the character ot ao d 1 me would limit we would taint by the way oe would Ile unable 10 continuo tire trllcel to arlso to the full maJesty ot the rtalure or a mall In Chrll IUB Our LnH But when the Lora rpnt for our consolation con-solation over and 01 and uyor allln I hill truth that Ile Is I Iowto DnIfO that Ile I merciful anti 10nurtfrl1r kmelous and killd hooml our empr henovInnuhen we rommbr thai though we fall dally 01 III we art I trusting In the glIco and mercy of Go l GodThe The beauty oC tills principle I think Vr Is I very forcibly drmn out In a con rRallon that takes place hetnn J Plus arid the poPtls Peter come 10 111m with some ot Ills brethren and lie said Lord how on shall my brother offend aglllllt me and I forgive him till seven times I suppose that Peter thourht that his proposition was II ir wonderfully merciful one very emel I oull that II would be II remarkable man Iho would forgive his rather seven lIn Ile wanted 10 he aCllanl mUll Ileter was ono or the most gn crou ot 11111 too ly nature It iterns to lne In the glimpses we get ot UI great AIIOBtle life that you find In him II largeness or goal a magnalllmlty ot temper a nobleness ot Iarln which really exalts hIm among his brethren He Avas n hrond liberal minded noble man Shall L Sold lie forgive my brother raven times Murk you the answer IIf Ju I MY riot unto thee Until seven lime hut Until seventy time seven That gives t Yet all opportunity ot comparison bo twen the littleness or man even nt 4 Ills best with the noble n1RgnanmllY or the Lord Jesus Christ who was the reflex ns you know of Ills llItheror rather through Him shone the I1ltrl holes ot God the rather Then how noble and even above the petty ron ceptlons of man Is I the mercy ot God and how we may rely upon HI Yet do not think this attribute out of proportion pro-portion with the other nttrlbutes ot God in Him all the attributes of IIH character are most beautifully blended blend-ed nnd perfected l While the quality of mercy perhaps greater than Ha dared reveal unto tho children of men Is I In Him jet balancing that quality meres Btnnds that of juotleea Justice Jus-tice which preserves His mercy from becoming I miudlln find unworthy ot I God JIISUC and Judgment are the habitations ot His throne as well ao mercy are part ot Ills supreme ex lied chaiactr Mercy the quality ot which Is I not strained Is Ills mercy blessing him that gives and him that AOL takes mightiest in the mightiest becoming be-coming the throned monarch better than his crown making earthly gov rnmenl mot Ilk God when mercy seasons justice mercy grand ana great IUO It Is I will not In the admlnls ImUon ot God be allowed to rob Justice Jus-tice This AllmrelCul Being tom It passionate as lie Is will not look upon sin with the least degree of allowance Sin Ho will condemn for It Is hateful t to Him Hut the sinner who repents arid l desires to turn away from tllIns gresslon and thirsts after righteous ness blessed Is I he for Gods han shall be extended to him and He WIlt Continued on page ta1 I i > DISCOURSE I j J Continued 1 from page IllnoJ J f I II r I help alt those ho seek I after rlghUous 1 none We1 am theon whn hun Pr IIII and thirst after righteousness for they t shall be111led it It seems tronlI pretty clen r that nl it Is itll nocefolar y for us to kit Ow 1111me I i thing about the rhlUactPr it Ood 11 to exerc IqQ faith In I t Wlmordove ircl J i llln We must kno It 1 thins of His mercy w us must lie nble to trust 1111 justice no mutt have I jr tt abiding faith In Ills I judgment and power or we cannot exeretme faith onto J II on-to lire an < salvation And that we might I lime this knowledge BO essential to oUr fnlthIle has sent Jesus Christ Into i the world and IN was Ood manifested I t In the flesh 1C therefore > ou roild I il 1 1 > know Ood If you would eecome ne H JH nualnted with the personage that slls I 4 J enthroned In the han and that by r Ills I power called worlds and systems f 4 of worlds Into being and who governs tf and ontrol In In them according to 1110 f Iiil sovereign Kill It you would know 4 nothing of the might the majesty mnfir J 0 S Unit the power of thin Supreme Mind I r that sit rids behind nil the phenOlnOI JI to be seen In the universe look I I thil1Cun 1I Pray you upon the great Potnint I l jl Teacher of Judea and In Him shall > eu I il find all 1 the fullness of the no iiad rg111 Inll lodllj for Ho was In I the Imue I of I II ili j nod and HP nan nnd Is the Mpdlitor 1 between God and man the trne tell l r orllh lFW thMr IIiJ Bentame at the Father When PhtUp I t1Ji Puzzled I smunsihat with Iho mlnlr I mystic sayings of th Iortl Jesus htM i about thtt Father said 1 lo Him Lord I show us the rather and It jumtetll f m thol lh Ilia f 1 1 Us lie alduml ul f 1 world or ngonyInth tOil or I I bwn no Prig tm with you ont yet I hunt thou not known m > Ihlllp he I hot hoU en me hath seen the FI < U1r nnd how aoBt thou thenshow at o herl Ohl 1m of heart and Umadtalis 1011rVe the groat Mission I nt tho Lord Jesus Christ to be the ra prntnthn or the Godhead here upon the I earth lo hold all poer In haven u ml In cnrthtn be God manifested In the flesh I say to jou study nod thlounh the character of the Lord Jemum i Christ nnd you will find In Him every mercy enry power every prln rlllo ot justice nt judgment nnd truth that ale the habitation of the throne of and for In Him An snllh the scrip lure dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead l > God-head bodily t know of no h letter recommendation re-commendation tll men who would be romt nelunlnted with God than tough ank them to study l HIm to-ugh Jesus Christ I rhe third thing nesar to the ex HcIo If fit Ith In 001 unto life and salvation sal-vation In I sin actual knu wledge I that the course or lire one 10 pursuing U according ac-cording to III will I r1 that this In I not only the mot difficult part of thin subjtct to treat inch I in-ch but also the most difficult thing for men to do that Is to get Into n habit of living so that you shall know rontlnually that the course of life you Eire pursuing la I In harmony with the will of and Let me point out to you how unrighteousness affects faith how rnlillr 10 rUe lit this knowl edgA that your couroe or lire Is In accordance ac-cordance with ands will destroys I your ability to exercise faith Ana let I me say here without entering Into too ale distinct s thai there Is I n differ rape bet w epn having faith unit l xer clot It just as there la I a difference between having stlength and putting that strength to use 1 lake It that you have an teen a man of splendl physique phy-sique In whose joints and limbs mus I clen nod slnpvx there reside wondrful Itrtngth and yet If that strength Input I In-put to no particular Use vhat Rood 1 Is I It to him Ho to rome extent and In a certain way men may have Idsan concerning these great truths nf which J have spokenthai Is I Ideas or the ox Isttnce of Clod it all romo Idea about His hiiiMttcr but they never xerclso that rolth It does not hconl nn lenr1r five to IIcllm1t is I dormant JIM con seiuently It li I like the slrriiKlh nh man I Mo spoken oflt li nf little service to Ihtm or to anybody else Hut vie nlll ray that here Is I an Rider In Israel who hclleveK In Ood exist once knows something alXiul His chal actor and attribute and he la called upon to exercise himself In the ministry minis-try to txercls himself Hay In the healing of the sick and It does seem to me that If there Hi I one position In which a man can feel his wiakntBS more than In another It Is I hn he to I brought rOe to rac with thome who are sick and who desll tu II lie heated throulh his ministration 9 peaking for yuelf I can nay that nt such momenU very weaknevs every Imperfection of my oi n nnture times i fa t up like a mountain nor nt of me The I unrighteous acts the blundering mistakes mis-takes made by I me In I my life all como trooping In to break down If iwssllile the faith I would exercise Suppose now n man Is I placed under those clr rllmtane and he suddenly remem hers that only yimrtlay he gave way to a lit I of anger and passion and l ha blampheined the name or nod can that man proceed with the ollnnne tit the house of and for the sick 7 I know not how he cuuld proceed I The recollection that he had spoken blasphemy against the name of JCSUH Christ ought to seal and l I believe so tar ax strength and power in I iooncrnI mould seulhin lips and l while he may speak the viordo l the power cannot be 1 there Until he gi for neon or his It tn I a If rllnmlltr gills laps that only lost Sell final he tranltre ed tile Iv or 101 And unnoarlly violate the quiet or Ihe Snlohllih lay by the noise or his lohor I I know net how such a man can exercise faith even to heal the nick to say naught of a faith that shall take hold on saliatlon Or per hops ho renemhera that he oppressed his brother In his wages that he Ivan trust and unnecessarily harsh In his household or that he had statfgeied ns h > walked through the streets under the influence of Intoxicants or perhaps lie has walked after the lusts of the eses nd the heart Loaded down with I g9joititl ail the recollection of sins and transgressions nr8c ota sions much as these 1 have enumerated I where Is 1 the jwoslblllty 1 of exercising Irch dW faith In I God under such conditions I Call him to the nulpit lit him I slrhc I I folmrnV mrnV ht for the faith that lays hold of the now e1I or heaven and enll then dmn lot In i spired 1 utterances tn Instruct and Noun i the Saint < if nodlet him stand there unit attempt to exercise faith vlllijill the recollections or these evils nhlul him and what mut be the result With bowed hn l with fainting heart It Perna to me he must quit the pulpit and first seek repentance and forgive ness of Qtd I relying upon His mercy before he rn tlcld the flowers or hnvn for the salvation or the ehll drn or mnror b1t remembered l thel Posters or heaven rail onlY he handled l I and controlled upon tIe principles or righ teousliess Now my brthrn and sisters 1 hop you v hat I mean In dnllnl with this third principle essential to the cx erclse of faith unto salvation gloving looked at It from the Obverse side nt let at look at the other still now Just II moment the Positive aheand see Vkhat strength comes ulten there 11 I resident In the I < < 1ul or man the ron sclousness that notwIthstanding hu I I man weakifessfil rind Imperfections yt 00 al aplro or th e course or life he leads The I pines of Scripture are I luminous Ir fnstances nf this klndl Look I pray ou in the father of the pformy The In2l err jul iou nIT faithful I Abraham Tried every van tentnl nt over Wn touched upon thO tendrest chord of all his soul required by the commandment of Ood to take the son nf pm Ian and to place him upon the ttltar and let the smoke that should cnniume his lleeh ascend up as Incense unto CMdte led lo that very point and in and jet trusting he Blood the the Justice test and believing mercy of nod Though the nerol Thougin goner lmnt wn extent Thou hall not kill yet v0hen the VO 00 or Gd ram 10 him commanding him t1 kill I he stool not Quibbling or questioning question-ing with God he manifested His readiness readi-ness to sacrifice even his son unto ands commandment but when It 1 was rlenr that = iai wouhl not een withhold l his non from Ood when the lest was completed the trial passed the ram In the thicket was provided dragged out and bound In thankfulness thankful-ness upon the altar to take the place nf Isiac How sweet must have been the communion or Ahrnhom with 0001 after that What confidence must have been his In the presence of and even after thatl And how grand the words l thai came from the llpi of Jehovah must have Appeared to him saying Because thou hast done this thing and hast not withhold thy son Ihlne only son In blessing I will bless 1 thee and in multiplying I will multiply multi-ply thy seed Us the t stars of heaven nnd its the sand l which Is I upon the pea shore nnd 4lhy seed shall possess t rll lI gimS II the gate of his enemlei and In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth I be I bteiwed because thou hast obeyed my vole Oh my friends Ood Indeed calls nay demands sacrifice but and > Is I able to reward men for their sacrl I flees even to the uttermoot Toll need I not Oult II I T tamngatht day on what blcBsIng Is I there in Abraho heaven that Abraham can not command What poner In th IH nolilNhutf111111 old Patriarch now and forever Marvel You that It Is l written hen In the Doctrine and Covenants lhat Abraham eIlisrkt ni hath Inrel by the I1n I nn < l II no nQre un nnlel norn rvnnt hut ene or lie fods In 1 Ihe ronnrll or th Fth er II Is alJh slreBlh aM power i i l M It In him because he had made the sacrifice Try Joh test him find out how he got this spiritual strength and power Why when he saw his houses I tumble about him when he saw sons and daughters slain when he saw herds of carncltt hud asIInM sheep run oft by the enemy he stood calmly In the ildxt of aic rulna and he small The Lord glvth ami the Lord takcth awny do nn tile name or the Lord And when his body was racked And l afflicted with pain and suffering his Wire comes lo him you remember and Importunes him to curso Ood and die Job with that Brand faith that makes him nkln to Abraham answers Though lie slay nip yet will I trust Him Then the hand of the adversary was lifted I Tell me what Is there that Job cannot do after that What mtrength must haveboen Intsborn of this consciousness that God approved of his course of life I tell you such mn nro able to tnoviy the heavens 10 Tiring flown blessings for the children of men IleuanJ the case of Ilezeklah king of Judah a most Illustrious example of this Klorlous principle Isaiah was commanded I com-manded 1 of the Lord to say to him Thus salth the Lord bet thin I house In order for thou Shalt diet nnd a die-t live When ho told that to Hczeklah the good king was stricken with sorrow It Is written that 137 turned the wriWI ttb wept7 I d r hirjT left he commented a l and slid pleadlnc wlll > tot Thre Remember liar I have Zw w IlLordjo < oeoT h l In truth n1h with a perfecl hll11 I lctherler have done that which I l ROM ftil sight And liezelc all we goron T h Isaiah Told not jet reached th 1 1Ct die court of the WIIES 1 lalace the lv rd of the Lord com tj1 w hlm say In I it lllnk Turn ngIn n d Ill 11111 k Ih r glJny a OAPTZ or mypec the fit 1ml the and of Y g r y F roft or I have rd fly Tire e r YIF seen thy taro l1ehol I will h81th on the the house third of day the Lord thou AhAlt And1 go ul III In i unto thy days fift cars 444 Tell me what vulcars u lIb hrot unrlul king be sills to Jio In such a in i01l this Could he exercise faith to down the blessings of IroJIIN this his petition mall coula his I righteon Urehal llrslulli4t heavens could I not withhold if rvTh tsr bl l Inc There Ivan strength I ttler Power bern or righteousness Tis glow heaufully all 1 there eI blend tokrtherl How grand larintig l trine nf faith as set fort In tile Dot triM and Covenants by the IroII JcIh > A rw day RgO n man who hit 111o for twenty years amon g our > and Nho know that wo hold ihwr1 I nMirJHti < l who Inn ttltnopaed theiaiin of the Pnlnts I and their acMflcM1 their rell lon undertook to says for thl our religion 14 I ulI8plrltllal nM ssisri I I I challenge thIn I th-In to Produce In aU homines I that have been wrlttfll u tin reunion by all the ministers tit Vol faith anything to match ti thee ji trlnei at once both sphllunl I and vS asbSssisjJjsr11111 1 I I InNo I I God bless you Arnen |
