| Show DISCOURSE Delivered at to Onolda Stake Conferanoe Franklin Idaho Sunday Afternoon Jauuory 20th IB9B by PRESIDENT JOSEPH F SMITH HtroRTKD BV ARTHUR WINtM We hive had some excellent practi i cat remark nod counsel during the day and I suppose practical Instruction In l really whit we need We are a practical prac-tical people and the work that we are engaged In li I not a theory only It li I not merely spiritual It It I both temporal and spiritual and practical as well ai theoretical When we ipeak of this great latterday work we do not peak of It at a theor > we character ito the work of God It Is I n work and it require work to keep pace with It and to accomplish the purpose lint God had in vIew In reilorlng the Gospel to the earth In thin dllpenlAUonnot a mere belief l or olitlon of the nn III not mete Ideal and theories eloquent sermons and that kind of thine All thee may bo nice In their plAce and may not bout b-out of place for It Is I lOutiiMplrlng lanutlnwt to luten I eloquence and pleasing to heir the enunciation of wellchosen word In a discourse but the great thing that llct belore us as A I people Is I the practical salvation of our ouNanJ that means the body and the spirit In one of the revelations It li I declared that the body and spirit constitute con-stitute the soul of mm Tho body I without the spirit II dead the spirit without the body Is I nut peifect be cauie to be perfect we nut be con loaned to the likeneai ol Jrsus Christ lie was perfect Ho possettei t II body as well as a spirit an Immottal body not me that will again sutler death It possesses pos-sesses the elements ol eternal cxisuiiee an esistence equal to that ol the spirit which will live throughout the countless count-less I age of eternity Ihetefore what we want Is I an Immortal body joined wlili an Immortal spirit which together shall constitute on Immortal > oul In the Imago ol God and possetiing the I OrIG tdriiinfav lr attribute I ol God and also His lavor It will not avail man to have an Iniinur tai body and an Immortal spirit joined together as an eternal bclmr unless he alto possesses the favor of God for unless men poMet 1 Ills favor and are permitted to dwell with Him and enjoy the gory of lint presence there is I no more progression for them they come to a full liuu This Is the doctrine of Ihi J retl ea Illble It Is the doctrine ol too Hook ot Mormon and of the Book of Doctrine and Covenant In brier It Is the doctrine of Jwus Christ We are plainly and emphatically told In these Looks that the spirits of all men as this mortal soon as they depart from body return to God Irom whence they came and there they receive a rartlal judgment from God and are consigned j either to hint paradise aGo or are banished Irom Ills presence There Are two nieces the Hook of Mormon tells us flc language that cannot be misunderstood I I to F hth the spirit i ol men go while their bodies lie In the tomb awaiting their resurrection bit Alma xl 1114 Awl than It shall com to pus that the tplrlli of those oho an righteous are recelvel Into a Mate at happlneu which It eallnl l art dma Ut otretl a teta 1 ttftoeonntnennn tiny shall rest from I all thom trouble and flora iitnnrren4narrnwetn I And thee shut it conic to pun tint the llitlti I I of tin wiohent yno who aenno ll I fur I tboIJ they lure no pail nor portion of the Spirit of the lard for Miold hay ohioan nil works rtlHerllian aol therefore the ipint of the do1 did enter Into then and they lain potMMwn of tMr baum and then dull U I out out Into outtr rkMw there atoll Ito I weeping end willing nut gnuhlnc I of tenth owl Ilu kecailM of tied ann lmooil bung M u > tle liy nit clii of tIe itnlk Noto this Is I he suit of ito souls of Ux wlcknl yra la I darkness ant a slate 1 of eoist leiiiul looking for he harp IrwUiiiuiiloa of le crank of God upon them thin tinny remain In tlili ttJte al unit at the rlgnnteoue InpuallK until the lime of their reiuiiKUon Then all the bodies that lie In the craM are called forth not all at the first resurrection nor In the morning of the first resurrection but soma perhaps per-haps In the last remrrccllonj ami I every cool will I be required to K < > before the d il bar cl God mid be judged according to the deeds done In the body If lib woiks have been I good then ho receives the reward of itch tlolug If II has been evil then he will bo banished ham the presence of the Lord Nevertheless I ho Is I an Immortal int because he possesses his resurrected body Kvery Creatofe that Is born In line imaee of God will be resurrected from the deul just at sure as he dies You can write that down If you please and never forget ti It nor never allow oursihet I to hive any unbelief on that account As In Adam all die so In Christ shall all be il III a1 dtM el tntanie alive While we can and do see from day to day the children ol men lining away Irom this caith not many llt on 1 l1 nave yet been permitted to ace uno who has returned Irom the grave Hut jut as surras we go down Into the grave through the transgression ol our lint parents by whom death came Into tine world so sure will we he resurrected from the dead by the power ol Jesus Christ It matters not whether we have done well or III whether wo ham been Intelligent or Ignorant or whether we have lien l bondsmen ro slaves I or Ireemcn all men will be raised from the dead and as 1 understand It when they are raised Irom the dead they bo come Immortal beings and they will no more uiTer the dissolution ol the spirit and the body Ihose who are righteous right-eous and are brought forth In tho mornIng morn-Ing of the firtt rsurrcctlon shall bo clothed with glory hnmoitallly and eternal lives i whllu those who have tinned unto death ihall be banished again from the presence ol Gud Into I Oilier darkness where there Is weeping Iud walling and gnashing of teeth Let I mo lead n heir wordi from the Hook of Doctrine I and Covenants In elation to Hits matter of the second oath Wro 11h Io Oot alle Ih1 hc IIIJ b cl oul rum th Odo or u frnis my pcseen 1 bsoatn of bk Uiatjnolm nhettffi he benen i sptntoally dMd which li hcnrxrtMlbrrm thai HUM death which u the bet dMIh which Is tntrtiul chick Hun be pronounced apon the wicked when I shall MyDepntb I yeesewd Butbe4totdINyne yes heal inIneind I Intl gane nets Adam nod no trd aol that tttop should not die no 10 lilt penol sleeth 111111110 t Lent God hould seed bib nogek lo decUn unto them repentance and renton lion throvgh Milk oil the > name of mine Only Ifegotlin Son And thus ill I the Lord nodaanoml unto = the days ol lli probation = rill by hn lulural death he might be ralaeil In I Immortal in rualo eternal lllcmen as May as would I illeee 1 I And nut they homier not unto eternal dam I iton far they caanol lie redeemed rents tine spiritual I fall became they repeal not Now It It believed l by tome people lhat the second deith It I n dissolution ol the sprit nnd body from their organised condition Into their mlive elements Fur I Intiiice the body which Is made of the earth when tne spirit tleparlt front It will motiUir away and become iluiiolved I In bite earth Thli casket rn or Itotise ol the spirit goet back to dust taut by the power 1 ol bite resurrection It Is 1 again recalled The clement that cotnposetl It before are tcorganised It U I broughl Into lu former shape antI form bone to Its bone limb to Its limb joint In Its joints sinew to II new muscle to iiiiucle with lleah nerves nnd every essential part thereof All thete part will lie brought forth ami reorganised and the spirit ylll enter the body agjii The Prophet Amulek says I sty unlo you thai thli mortal body U I ralud In I ant immorul Iwdy titan n I trots death even Ir tItn Ihe flril death unto llr that then non die no now their iphlt I uniting I club ther battles never brdlftikU I Ilu the whole iMiotnlng splrlliMl wl I Immonal last they ean no muri teecomipllon Alma oi l 4So Hut the queition II UTwIJtt the second death Let mo refer jou to the words of Alma lie noyn Ad now behold I nay nero 101 then < aMlb n death nneno ennoit dealt wlcb I npirln aol death then It I a Urn Hut ninioa oer dl lh In bit tins an lo a temporal Jolh Iwllalio Jhi a spltlltul thir u ha lull die u lu things pirtalmnf unto riliUouinM Then H the ilnMwhmlhelr lomunu h all has h-as a lake of ft and brtnulonm whine Hunt tceodan Ul up for once end asic and tho li the tIne i when boy shell U chained I down lo an nwUulluf dMlrucllon consenting lo Iii power Suit cn < l > llr USunlH hvliif mbJKl l lUm ccoedlnr lo his will I nte n fur I unto you lUjr shall IM as Ihouiti thee hut lent l no radrnipilofl mad for tlwy cannot be ndMnwd acoordmx w beds Justice Jus-tice ud they nnnot die teeing that lIce li I en more corruption Alto aU lOil In this connection I will alio read n little Irom the Hook of Doctrine I and Covenant becllon 70 JI4S Thut Klih the Lord conottnlnf all hone I whu know my Iwner and bin bees nude PO liken Ihertor anal tulfcrad ItHmwIns Ibluuch the poocr of llx dt10 I U overcome and lo dinjr tu truth end < i > fy my pacts iMy are they who are ihe sons of perdition ol whom I Mr lhat It bad been beiue or lliim tuner to tinnenn Iatnn for they an Ihe nwii of wroth doomed lo initr the wrath of Oed with Ihe devil and bit annh In eurnilr Concimlni whom I ban laU there U no nrglTHHHln the world nor In the world lo COCU lleing denIed tin Holy aUrll after hating recnxd il and holru denied the Only Ito on Iou San or the FaUin hxlag crucified Him I unto ihemMlw and put 1 Him to open hme The an thc who shall jo away Into the lake 1 ol nt > and UrinuloM with Uu devil Io and bis aoKcli AtiJlln only ones on whom the second death dealt bare any power Wj verily the only OMS who shall noil he drained In the due time of the Lord ifur Uniultotnxof his vmlh tor sit the ran shall be brouahl forth hr the reaurrecllon ol the ikvid ihroujh UH wino hand h-and the ilory of the lomb l who wu stain who cal In the boson tl lbs IVlWr i before lbs etoeldenere touiln 0 0 in iaeiaee the hnhee sod s eaeee alt mba morko of ha heeds eeaept that = borditia I who dlhon enter Iht Jalbtr tan 10010 1 HimWherefore t Wherefore He unee all eeept t them they thai I o away Into evMUuine punlihmtal which It eternal punUhraeat reign ulnit the devil And his I angels 1 In I eternity where their worm dlclh not and the Are Is not quenched when Is their torment And the cut thereof mllltr Uu place thereof there-of nor their turrncnt no man knows Neither wu It VMlcd neither li neither will U > reiMlcil unto man e > wil to Ihox hoar ho-ar made pattikvrs Ihercof Nevgrlliclcu I mite Lord show It by titian unto tiuov but flralghlwayabut II up uaaln WlMirloro Urn end the width UM Itelihl the Jrpih and the iiilmy Ibcrwi they under Hind t not neither any nun except 1 them who are odd unto thK condemnation Now I wont tn go luck and repeat a few words that I read belore Whurcfora Ilho I Lord Iud l caused thaI ho should l be call out from bite Garden of Wen tune my pteMnce because of his Ininiirettton herein tie moonlit ipmtually dead I want lo Impress upon your minds wherein he became npiritually tleadtt Nuw on h not was his conditlm when he was placed In the Garden ol Eden He hail access to the Father lie was In His presence lie walked And talked with Him face to face as line man walks and talks with another This was the condition of Adam and Roe when they were In the garden Hut when they pattook ol the forbidden fruit they Were cast out and bmlshcd hoot Iho presence ol God Into outer dirkness ul Jccl to the power of Salon Wherein they became be-came sulrltuilly dead which I Is the first death And It wit Impossible II for Adam In that condition to extricate himself 1 I Irons i mite position 1 In which II he had placed himself Ho I was within the grasp of hatan He was In the confines of hell Ho I was spiritually dead biniilied from limo presence ol God And If there had not been n way of escape es-cape provided for him his I death would f lnJI have been a perpetual I endless eternal death without tiny hope I of redcmptlon Ihertlrom Hut there was n plan laid for his redemption It WAS decreed by the Almighty that he should not sutler I the temporal r death untd he should ha taught lit way of escape from the rplrilual death that had come upon him by reason of sin Therefore the angel tame and taught him the Gospel of nahation held I up hormone him Christ the Redeemer of the world who was to come In the meridian of tlnlu possessed ol f power to conquer death and lo redeem re-deem Adam and luito posterity I irons the fall and from the grasp of Satan No ion ol perdition I take II can be mure completely lost than was Adam alter rrtfl hj the fall so far as he hlmwll was concerned con-cerned Somebody else had to reach l down and help i rntel up Some other and higher POMertlian hla had tu bring dm forth out ol the condition In which he had placed himself for he was sub ted unto Satan and powerless and help fI lh I f un n r tens In and of hlnisell The Gospel was herelore preached to him 1 and a way rer escape from that spiritual 1 death given unto him Thai i way ol escape wu through faith In God repentance ol hI CGr c1 sin i baptism for the I remission I I ol sins the gilt of the Holy Ghost by the laying on ol hands Thereby he received n knowledge ol the truth and a tctl mony Jesus Christ And oman redeemed l Ironl the spiritual death that came upon him which was the first death nnd a complete and l perfect death Jo far at spirit won concerned although he lived and moved and mail hit being aa he did Inshore he partook ol the forbidden fruit and became npiritually I dead he f JI nn11 had Ins ent ty end hit orgnnlulion Hut Ito was spiritually dead and he had to Iw redeemed rum that condition Noc why I put to much stress upon tills point 11 I that I may imprest upon you the word of God l at declared to us tar He says Wherefore I the lord Clod caused that tie would be cail out from the Harden of Men hone my presence because of hit iraniaTeuion wherein I ix > became ipirlluaHy dead which oi time llnl dealh evrn tlul urn dulh which ls Ihr last ihulh I which li iplrlnul wt Icn ihjll IM II pronounced upon the wicked when I itull ay Depart ye tuned Thus we see that the first death which came into Ihe world U I alto the lust I t death which shall lie pronounced upon the sons ol perdition What Is I It II II mi hmcntlrom Cite presence of God lUnlsiment Irom the power of Cod lianihment Irom the clary of God lUnlshment I I from time fy oCol heaven Ilanlsliment Irom all progress Hinlth menl Into outer darkness IltnUh meet into hell which It I at a lake of fire and brlnmone where their worm dielh not and time fire it not quenched because be-cause the cool live and is t lnlidto live on suffering the damnation of hell This is what I understand spiritual 1 death is i I do not umlerntand It lo be the separation of 1 the body and the spirh agal i I do not understand it to be the dissolution I of Ihe spirit into ilu native ilmcnt I underttand the second death to be Ihe tame as the first death spintual death Ihe tame condition that Adam moan In and tint he had to be redeemed from by the blood nl i Christ nnd by faith I an onedicnce to the con nundt of Gad Hy this nuant AJa n was redeemed from the first death and brought luck again Into the pre < ciCi ol God back again Into the favor of the Almighty back again Into the channel r of eternal tCI Increase nnd prog redo And If a man after being placet In Dill condition shall deny the Holy I Ghost and Jetus Christ putting Him again to open shame anti crucifying rIg Him alresh then I that Seat death I which fell upon our first parcutt will I again be II g pronounced tr upon that man and It Is not written that he shall eer be de 1 llvcred from II Il It I not written that there Is any forgiveness for It nor any redemption therefrom I did not expect to speak upon this subject when I arose to talk to you and Iliad not prepared myself to dwell upon it There are perhaps Korea of passages In the Ilible the Hook of Mormon and the Doctrine I and Covenant relating to limb subject No man can poi sibly commit time Unpardonable tin in U I norance A man must be brought to a knowledge ol Christ he must receive a testimony of Christ In his heart and possess light and potter knowledge and understanding before he Is capable ol committing that sin Hut when a man turns ytl Irani hue truth violates 1 I the knowledge that ho hat received tramples It under hit heel > ult Clirlu again to open shame denies lilt Atulle inert denim tho power of tho retur recllon dcnici the miracles that I le las wrought for the talvaton ol tho human family f I and says In hi heart It is not true and abides in that denial I 11 of tin truth alter having received the test mony ol the spirit he commits the unpardonable un-pardonable sin lids Is I Uitphcmy agilnst the Holy Ghsi for wlucii 1 Ihero U no lorgiveneon in this world nor the world to torte He I will live on an immortal soul that cannot can-not die and jet that cannot live In the presence of God lie will be binlihcil Into outer darkness to sutler the consequence ol Ins own acts Not tine consequences ol an unjust partial or wicked ludgmcnt but the consequence of hit own wickedness and Iratnnyrouiun ol the laws I of God And he will know that his punishment Is just which will but add more and more to the sorrow and anguish Incident to hit condition Ho i will know tint he merits It and Stat there Is I no redemption fur him Why aj one a notGod merci full Can HebeJust and jet mild such punishment upon lila own children Let me tell outhat God toeo not and wfl1I I al will not Inllict I it upon them Those who enter Into this death will find that they have Indicted It upon Ihemsclvn and that God has not dona It They have done It because they laved unrighteousness unright-eousness they loved not tine truth and abode not In tho truth And their judgment will bejust and they will be conscious I I tint It Nsul t ot one perhaps 1 II will feel more sorrowful oer their dreadlul fate than the loving God who give them life and being in the wOlld and who created us all to become formed form-ed and fashUued In the Imago and likeness ol his Only llegoileti Son In whom there was nu guile until who was without sin unto salvation We were foreordained and predestined l lo become like Him and II there small be any tail oft we will bring It upon ourselves We shall hnd that Instead of lulldllng our destiny nnd accomplishing the nol turn Dial God set for us to do wn shall have sinned away Chit day ol grace and our chancel of redemption rant tho power of baunnml we will have brought death upon ourselves and will bo the only onto lhat will have to sutler hot It 1 want you tu understand my brethren and sitters that this Is my judgmeni I und understanding fronl reading the scriptures ol what the second dealh Is I borne people cannot think of anything else but annihilation What a glorious prokpect lor the nlnnerl Then he could 031 Let us cat drink nnd be merry lor tomorrow we die and next day we will bo annihilated and that will be the I end ol our sorrow and of Gods judg ment upon us Uj not flatter your selves I lhat I you are rplng I lo 1 get out tl ol lr it so east AInI Hook of Mormon 1 In l replete re-plete all Ihe way through with tho tesli monlet of Ihe servant of Gd that mon are born to be Immortal lhat afler the resurrection their mmli mare to live ai long ut their tpirit and their spirit cannot die They nre Immortal belnga and they are destined If they commit the unpardonable tin lo be banished from the Infemttee 01 Clod and endure the punishment of the devil and his angels throughout all eternity think Ihe wicked would prefer annihilation 10 the suflirlng of such punlslinent That would be an end to punishment end to being This view cannot be reconciled with the word of God AlmaiD 4 in 9 Therefore if ihe lOUt nit never di an 01 I the fill had broughl upon alt nunklnd n splru iil do nil 41 welliu temporal llat It they wire cut olT from the pretence of Ihe lord It If I e > petllenl I mat mankind should he I nclalmtd from the iplrllual doalh And again he capE U > 16 Now repentance could not come unto men eicept I there were a punishment Which alto wu eternal at the lu of Die east 1 rtoull Ia bo Tiied oppttlte lo the pbui ol happlneti which wat at eternal alto S as ttwlife of the tout In III Nephl > 6 jwe read If they be good echo muiroillon eferwr tostleg 1 thIn and If they be evil lo thr murracdon of damnation being on a parallel the cm onSite on-Site one band and the other on the other hand etc I want to tell you another thing Our Hmtenly i Father has never yet to my knowledge revealed to this Church any great principle through < < a woman Now sisters do not cot Ole off nor deny the faith because I tell you that God hit never revealed any great and essentIal trtilli for the guidance ol the I tiler day Saints 11 through Ayn woman oh Mil lays one what alrau bilge Snos beautiful hymn O my 1 alher Pici lhat I dwellesl etc Did not Ihe lJn reveal through her that great and k lotion principle thit we hive a mother at well oil A lather In heaven No God revealed re-vealed that principle tojowpli Smith loupli Smith revealed It to Lint Snow Smith hit wife and Klin Snow wit msplredbelng a potto put it Into VII V-II we glee Oil hody on earth credit for Hint we give il to the 1rophet Jotepli Smith Hut Tint ol all we give It to God who revealed It lu Hit I servant the Prophet Coil reveals Hlmtelf and Hit 1 rl truths through I the cliinneli of the Irlnlhood Who wrote tire Voice of Warning Iatley I IVatt from whom did Parley P Pratt IVy the IV-y lo the knowledge that II contained In thai book Pram joph Smith lie wrote us ha had been taught by the Prophet Hut he wrote It under the I Inlru 1IIIo guiding I inlluence of the I Holy I Spirit I I which was Ins light I and privilege to do rlc il tn eg iJ He hotveer did not originate It He did not reveal it to tho children ul men nor could 1 he I because God did not rain him I up for tlut purpose He raised up lttllat ll Joseph Smith fur that purpose and He I Uuglit Joseph Smith hue principles lhat lire contained In Parley P Pratt Voice of Warning If any man hat written Gods truth in lien ago he owen It Indirectly In-directly to the Prophet Joseph Siilth I tll l Who laid the foundation and prepared the way God Almighty did and lie did Ir throunli lntvehtIt smith I loved Aunt Klii lor the was a noble woman but when people 1 My that God resealed i Ihls great truth through her all I have to say Is I that they do not state the exact truth God did not reveil It through A woman lie revealed It through the Prophet and the woman being taught of him put It Into poetry We will give her credit for her poetic virtues but we do not git e her the credil nor would she fil ltl I claim I it herself of having revealed lo us great truths Irom God llefore silling down let me add a few words of admonition We are engaged In this great work We have life eternal before us And we hate the second death before us If any people on earth are capable committing the unpardonable unpardon-able sin you will I lf them among fI IIhJo rli Oe ihoje who have or will come to u knowledge of Ihe Until Why there will be redemption for the heathen those that know not God Those that lute no law are not judged by law and they I w ill II come forth In I the first r resurrection resurrec-tion not perhaps in the mining ol the hrst resurrection bul they will come forth In that resurrection nd they will lit down with I Abraham coil partake of glory I for yA litcd tn and rdJIlta without with-out law They will not bo judged 01 those will who have roveiveul the light and the law and have rejected them You and I have received Iho light We have received the Holy oIl Priesthood Wo have received the testimony the Holy Spirit and lute been brought from death unlo life Therefore we nre now on very safe orion dangerous ground dingerous if we are trifling with these sacred thing that hate been commuted to our care Hence I I warn you my L eth II ccr brethren and listen cspeclilly my brethren jitMlnst trilling with your Ilithopric rjudas wat one ol the chosen Twelvr I hit he was a devil and licit called In the scripture u ton of perdition per-dition I think he is but I do not lay he committed the unpardonable un nor that be did not allhuugh II I he continue In thai condition that he was in when he betrayed Ihe Lord he will surely remain n ion ol prcdillon lor ever and ever Hut to say that 1J Judas J committed the un pirdonable sin and I I became a son of perdition by betraj ing Christ as be did is moro than I am able lo do because I do not believe that he had ever received re-ceived Ihe gift of the Holy I Ghost Peter denied the Lord and cursed and swore In order 10 make unbeliever think he was not a follower of Christ Hailed In the presence of God And before the world and declared that he was not one of the disciple of Jesus Did he commit tIme unpardonable omit Was he a ion ol pcrditiun No it was only the weakness ol human nature that was In him and ho repented 01111 It repcnted sorely and God forgave him Afterwards he received re-ceived the Holy Ghost and he never committed any such sin again Hut Judas was cult out Ins bishopric uni liken from him and gIven loMuthlas and a very severe penalty was Inflicted upon him And I I am not sure but he atoned for his sin before ha passed into the other world I do not know that he did not 1010 1 not know that he did At any rate I believe ho lamented his sin although hew as VI n devil Hut jou my brethren who have the Holy Priesthood and have been called to this bishopric this apostleshlp this eldership thj Priesthood whlcli U I alter the order of the Son of God and are placed to preside pre-side over the people let me tell you that you cinnot tnlle with these thlnira wllh Impunity God will hold you responsible lur them It will not do for jou to go and get drunk revel in wickedness and sin and still bear this iil idh Holy Priesthood I ami act hi holy I callings I I and places In the Church of Jesui Christ ee ol Latter day Siilnujbecaui IC jou doan do-an Owl live lljrwlll I withdraw Hit Spirit from jou and the time will come when you will he found kicking against the light and knowledge which you have received and jou may become tym of perdition n Pierelore you dal better I beware fell the second death shall he pawed upon you We are not like the reel cl the world I and we cannot com mil the tins that the world do and escape es-cape the wrath of God What did MMM do The children of Israel were clamoring let water and comntalnliiR against I Moses and Aaron and Ip he laid unlo them Hear now je rebels mutt we flch you water out ol Ihl rock What HAS the remit 1 For not magnifying magnify-ing God In 1 that expression and In hit heart at that time that man who had walked wllli God who had seen lila glory who had been guided roml Hla i power constantly t but who lot a moment magnified hlmiell was demited ol the privilege ol entering Into the I promised land The Lord took him up Into the mouitaln and l no man know what became be-came ol Motes but he did not ao over into the promised land God Is feeling slIer l and aa lIe noble hue inoee o Ell of old becnuie of transgression r and suffered that not one ol his tepee tentative ihould stand before the Lord to will He I cut ut oh from the elf Prietthood and Ills I bleasinit and our children alto f 111 unltw we continue lo magnify Cod in our heartland honor Him In our In ea not lift ourselves up in the pride uf our heart und vainly imagine that we can do It of ourselves without the aid l ol God We cannot tlo It The very breath of our nostrils God holds In W keeping and any moment when He chooses He I can say to you This night my ion I requ re your coal and jour Ut f mortal rlIor Is at 10 end There < ore I nay to you be cautious what you do I want 110 onll I death for me or mine The lord hat left me to ollen to mjtelf In order that I might tee how very weak and dependent I won thai I have cole lo the conclusion I am nothing and can do nothing unleaa God my Ileixenly Father help me 1 have nothing thl lie haa not given me I acknowledge ihie I band III nil l time tlnigt 1 li1 It were not hat Him I could i not inojinily my calling one moment And I know that my Redeemer Mvet I thank God lor lhat I know that I shall lee Him face lo face for m > telf and not for another Job declared that lie I should l Hand upon Ihe eanh m the latter day Now I know that in the latter daya 1 lie will again Hand upon the earth and Dial He I will come In glory In inajoty and power to lake vengeance upon the wicked and ungodly and to receive the church of the firstborn to Ilimwll I I know Ihis and I feel lo thank my Heavenly Father lhat He hat revealed Ihese principle unto me I rejoice In them and Am exceedingly glad In my heart all the time I feel to magnify mag-nify and honor Him i not only in word but In deed with the first Iruits ol all my Increase If I raise gram I will honor Him with the first fruits of my I grain II I niiie cattle with the first SuIte of my flocks und heidt I II 1 I earn gold and silver with the first frulti of my earnings The wisdom of man It fo ly In hOI light of Oed end wilt not cr avail lit Il U only devotion to the Almighty Al-mighty and submission to Ills lau that will mall God blew and help ul to be faithful to the eiid In I sty prayer Amen I |
