| Show iiLcouRsI Conference In Ihe Teberne Ic olt Ic f VCity Ulatl Tuesday mining October 5th 1007 by ELDER FRANKLIN D RICHARDS otdrcsttlIt vast con titidna 10 t e t pptWnh lib r routy ot spIrit which 1 1I < D 0 rdoy by thoe rtJced r unto r It wo to mlnlter thtt that Ithout It we shall Cl0 Ing dined In tho truth and the I I t ot Ood In arllng to peal lot at God d stilt at the wrl to know what to speak tthi IS dO 11 tat to COY about It Cotiaa I lelt peculIar plosuro loitrIll pllt In lItnlnl to the 1 joyI I o 01 the brethren because and Corco oC many atC tap CIIS ot thai wtee uttered One C fwclW to my mind us am 00 tatlhoho arers twa ta t h ttUa nod 1wyortanectt I peltS i n oracle 10 the Church ot t earth o being the Iclact the dof < < deUce In the mlolst at Gads hsI written lastruelloa that Inomueh a the by Inen v n I pk by the 1I0ly Splrll tic 15tho tool It I that their Intrue ow hould be crlillur < holl be ° 5yofths Lcd MII he the mind tit LotO till be the 5 art ot the I lh1I I be the voice ot the Lord ° unto 80Ivallon tltPoer I at God TIt the aclarallon wo mad con elf the Bible the Book of Mor tin Doctrine and Covenants dndnt th < > ° ula be In nd JIIerlng Ihallon If they clone t p 1j r t d Ilk all I Iodom gt baetIt I h C mentioned In tINorese nanc Je stOuter ci thrso looks cc J e O 1 o ot r ghllll to Wkt et books I to gIte J flay tcocc nl to do II Conuentl then 10 cbs authorilY horn Ito Loot len1 oat to admlclstrr a all Ills esc rhe highest authority tshtIC knownthe Lord Jesus Jt Im11 totd that It was not Ilthout the birth et the wnter r Ih Iplrlt to ellter tho kingdom tareo > loll lie to the learneol lnU Colt a man be horn tit ace nod of the plrlt ho can t KM I Into the klnldom of God 1 55 a declaration of principle 5 lnexorble He who created stet ant a000s It to travel otlIs 5000 H three hUlldred andre and-re ds nod tIn hours estob 04 those grot donut pllnelples otrulh heeven ole the law that opt slat bo born ot tlla wnter I tIthe plrll he cannot enter Into I llrtloi of Ood and one Is Just h a law of lIaturo DR tIe other btts I the tow ot naturo mid of I to man Who eoulJ admlnlter a sd stores except they eceived jialhorlly lrom God to t do It 1 These U can neither baptiz nor conOrm i Ttiy cannot eOIlOrm upon u the th Ghoul nor a memberhlp In the of ChrIst l nPlther can they nd Sftr ID us any other of the ordl nhlch wo 4re receiving and allot ne relotca so much In tho ct If our Ood It requires nothing othsn a prlnt lIving mlnlxtr In asns 01 the Lord Jus Chrlt to Otistee In all the olInance In ott and In directing all the affaIrs th Church or Christ We hoc otel this nni understand It or r Ie do not know here our surety lltGoipcl of Jesus Christ Is I a eye Ccl I thing which In order to heM he-M understood must La lived to canoot preach with etret and toe 10 another the forgIveness ot O through fllh In the Lord Jesu lIst cc baptist for the remlnslo UHni unles he has hlmielf ben MM for Ito remission of Itle sin Iu faith In the Lord Jesus ChrIst 0111 Ne mn ton nclmlnlter Inn = In-n i of the Impel ot Chris clot and with power unlss he atnt ben male partake of them sat tIn that Is I how we cannot r t-In prch the power of the I antlon beca non ot UI have I > raised from the dead When It the limo of the remirreo i comes men will trot It tots lie 00 raised from the lead 1 SIt understand and have the 5oeellI and the kejs of It Tliut 1 I W cannot ho baptized I for your J to Ito hoL o of the Lord 00111 o itai teen Hist baptized ant re si orJInan yourself I Tho Co Wand ho ci3 ln order to In tod HI later rreplvrl The ogoet forward with real TiC Ti-C rin for all ills Ino nnd 0011 tIth God that lie will serve ho test ot his days nccordlns I to at his ability with the grace I ab r MT14 t upon Itto cod goes JJrt and elIcIt this ordinance ifc 015 It I lhls betel hll berauso this fat step in llt aol when a man 1IJ t illI foIl gurpuet of teurt tn UPon keeping the com 0151 totT till Ill rerolvea the tiltif t Tb premIse mode to onder e and Ito s Boua fulnled ot and my entry totro iSfi lIre iullieu that rouree u > slIt Is I true They loam 5tIsOItg Into the aornIre and t ml nJ 3 I Ito commandrienti of God htOlfio 0pIrIt I wheat FfhtOlfio oW ° Qa a Itglrea 10000 n1 to u talk to lato I aiIaI t n I f II Irtlv tl aeatlter the lnterprtMlon ot what the teat Sal nfn 01001 to the rdtllec Y td all tIt love Ilateoet It gives to Ito Oft of healIng tltut If I OItieI4 cot dlstrreard 11 hIt aIIgIoo II Ito ran cull E at t aer rueetvo theIr blest I d h tol 1lraeo I t i th I I tJ t1 to II athrrs Id r 10 alI or he may lIre no e00 0 IsI hof c rg fuIt r IYel I ni lr l e l utlo 0tt ° fl to live In thoronllnuol o 111 Jno U 1111110 dfeOnn Ito te nod thvdIenen to or00 oOIVc nc for core Uin clod vottlty oVZ I J ° kl iltI t Sly tlte ntockp tie tj 2 II i 11 f ot tho truth unto t to t liii a ° no1 Irlogs rirt r fit 1 I C fKe tleselncs 1 nod t iVgo 0 ct blot Ill lithful t f r 1 g nlttog to the straIght If tt I h tttlhwa 1 lt ala good f are hln ne world hill that t Ix Y and the en r 5Illy5 r 31 08g eftt up prlnclplos of lotellI genre and reel atlon of the Knowledge of things pasta add lean sod to come TI lorIs are a great many other religions In the world nod come vry II ower flIt one For Instance there Is I the Iohamrnc Ian religion allOl thute people lute n bIlls ot their on and they ore very numerous about 17B 000000 they estimate esti-mate I believe rIley have their gel ghel t they have their faith they have their Ideas ot futurity and they ire n nort of cousin In the relation to tother sObtohnne famIly flIt ton Ishmael and Isaac son Inau In heir seed f constitute a great portion of that class of people They have had apostlia raised up among them from the seid of Abraham as they say atltt they neereto In amount of tIlt I tIc foot tlte leomlee of tlte IoeI Olerela I oh cold J It I boone olb horn that to woul1 oolocoacd his hll deco stftr lion he munlftet I In ttcut l ItOlle lu thoot they lelleve In one God and they claim one Irolhet Mehom mill hn ognln we look to the ealtrn twIt In China for Intnce nI Iron are cold to be about tour hundred hun-dred million ot human bellll1s nnd the Iclleve In 1 oetrlnc gIven them by Confuclu nod h lIuddhuh 0011 othrs lOut tltacs bar landed mil lion are 11 Ivttt Up to the wOrBhlp ot IbIs They nrti Idolators with the rt alul oOC nlay 10 on over the worll cUd Oncl sloreeo f these grenb bmlltho ot relIgIon that have had their head nllll chiefs thetr tollh and hollfs What I want to call your plelol nllelltlon to In tIll sr000ee then Is lItiss lion any one of Ihm ever loll a mnll of their number pas through eath else aaln from the rave and declare to them the principle ol havIng hav-Ing obtained through him or by him are a-re ettreee tlonIteen lilted up to 1m norumytlirouEli their faith 7 Wo do not find It 1 In history anywhere In the earth that they have I ever had such n tetlmony or vldone ot rsurrec tlon aol Immortality beyond tIe grave All that they have given to titers Is I the exerel I of a certain CollIe thnt acts thom through Ihis lICe lOut tho Gopel of the 1llllerdy Saint which Is I the Gop1 of the tormer tIay Snlntns nell Is I dltreront tram any bllpvod In by all 1 other poople as to nil the things and people wIle hell he-ll In the re1 Gopel ot Ju ChrIst the Jopel tllnt tIe InlIutel hoe oomethln m olrean 1 better scot beyond I nanyothrr Iorllon ot the human fomlly have to look to The great Captalll ot our solvation went Into the rave with mark In Ills IonIc ocd In Ills feel ant In p115 tIde nnd lie camo torth out ot thllt grIn gr-In thlee clae tad Ire dId not go away without belo stern lie mod IIImself Imown commllnlcatd on ltI them as ocltd tills them In tact and got th encurtorta In Imo loge ot tho truth of the copings I uttered d IIImselt to Moses a good many Jeore before on II etInunta In lIe aoll to Molest TIlls Ia I My worl aodMy glory to Irlng to potelmortnlltynnd eter lnl lICe ofmon Thl IR lIla ret mark 1he human famIly hol through leone groIn 10cc come under the law ot Bin and death and lie had came to etoro that which was lost and to irlng to pont the resurrection to open the prison dools to the spirits In prison thm tnver n houno1 and elorod It eooee ptable day ot i the Lord nn1 heetowcI gifts to men This Is the kind of a Captain ot our solvll lion that we hnn one o ho boa reo oelet thIs Imowledge Sld lie ts the Pothor hath power In IIImselt to lay Jown Ills life nOlI tOke It ngoln so hath He ci Iwn unto the Son power to lay down Ills life and to take It again and lie did so Now where I Is I there another among those strange religions that do not believe In the Lord Jesus Christ as their Redeemer thnt entcrtnln an such Imowlclg md Understanding of eternal life am of the resurrection of the dead That lIe bus ohtalnod thee wc have abundant abun-dant tllmony Stphen sold he too 11Im sitting nt the right hand of God ectlbe he Stephen was being perse cuII and stoned to death ant Paul sold be had seen and heard things not lawful for a man to utter And the Anllor alter lie linl done thoo WOtl ilerfut works In Ills own land cam once here to Amerlen and there woo h reenochune a foe decepllon bcaue He showed them the wounds In Ills hnnds and In Ills feet 11 anIta the xome peton that went leon Into the ttpacro id cnm out triumphant over the grave Now If any of these other rllglon hovn had ant man tht Iloc gone through the grave and risen ngnln they certainly have been vcn Inctln In hInt Orate 01 ter000etl how theIr tllo tent ohlpper of thnt knowledge and that power and tha great nltalnmnt lIut tho lArd Jeu hn hown unto the labIa composing Ills Chinch In the different parts of the world the gills allll blRlns or Immortality Im-mortality ant eternal 1 life ethielt He came and brought to light The Apns ties understno1 lIt eaonto thing Paul In writing to Timothy coos that lIfe and Immortality Is I brough to light throush the Goupel I So then wo have the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ ns something that endures be pond the grave while the knowledge that the ret ot tIn humon famIly poaesse inly leads them to the grave and beyond be-yond that Is I to thorn dirk flees and Igoocnnce and they know tollIng about the future comparatively comparative-ly Jeu came and taught tM people upon thlx land tic came here and ministered repeatedly The Hook nand lorl1lon tell 05 that lie came ort and broke bread with the Halnts here nnd Instructed them not lestlflcd to thorn nn one OCOC lot He cnme ond torn them to gather together their sick nflllcted aol dlslrissed and brlnr Ihem before Him and lIe hald them lIe mde a huolnes ot It ns Joseph Smith went through the land of Nau 00 or Commrce amI Montrole honl Inff every one who was sick of the people ot Cod nnd as the Havlor wished to do In Iho land of ralcsllne Then lie complained that Ho could not tIn many mighty works because of their unbelief but kyle nIl the 1and ot Amerlpn lie Counel a grcntr menxulo of tnllh lIe roiled toother the people anll healed their tlel ant ustressed On anothr IIeealon Ho Messed their llltl ones and those little ones spoke aol iltcrrd things Incomprehensible tn mortal and ngplo nme Icon ant surrounld them and mlnlt1 unto them loll whll the Savior 1110111 begIn with a cIeeece of tearfulnes coneernlnl their unbellpf before lie got through lie soitt Now bIt joy I full Tea IbIs ceeot I1Nloemer the author of life and Immortality came over to this land nnd labored among the Nephlten nnd nald here whit we hays So eeount ot Ills ropIng In that other land at any time Now My Jov Is I full On Ill contrary on the other land IIearrDVVd and Hiv Hi-v nt because of their unbell untO their hardncFS of liart t not Ho couldnt do many mlsily miracles among them because of their unbelief Tuna we have n Savior that has gone through tho grave a Itedeerner thllt hua rlumphtd victoriously over hell and the grave and It Is I cold the last enemy hal shnll be tltalro held III he death We see then Hint the Iallerday taint have I not only II advantages > t the Holy Grosl here and the power of fallh but O the love that fills our hearls nol soots hear lie lore prlnel I11r5 l oc the Oospel taught to net low hnppy ve have fell ns we sat to grtl icr while the Apostles ministered unto i us the bread of life How Joyful the people feel when they arc full of love to each other The principle of harlty nllll the loIoln ot the IverJalUng Gospel belong to lIds Ieo pIe ua It belongs to uo other IIople I rejoice greatly In this lospol belt cnus be-lt olen up ItO toils Iranscnl ant lope blessings anil glories In bIn future which wo have knowledge l of which our Savior taught and which ate tught toots here In our limed cd which lie has eondescendcd to reveal ngaln In the lat dos Think of what this gavlo Itus dote for as here ancl has pont to the TatlH to It teree to for Os to forgIve 000foorsloe to heal mc ot our backsliding back-sliding and hot condecendd after ho lapse of clEhteen hundredvears to come with Ills rather the glorious glori-ous leather The Creator of nil come md Introduced that Savior His Son to the boy Joseph tmllh whcn fourteen four-teen pears ot ae and tught him to eommen n greut aol mighty wOlk of 011db we ate tdllY orne few of he fruits The Patter tall ThIs Ic I my beloved Son hear him And the San taught Joseph aol tent His angel to ndmlnUU to him to taeh to bless to bring forth the Hook of Iormon nn d to build up the Church again hilnglng 1 It forlh out of the vvlldernei through great suffering and we ought not to forget that the truth Is I a contly Ttlcle and 011001s las been It has coat the best mn I > that hoc I ever lived In tho Ilesh their mortal lives and may yet again It Is I a work that Is modo altogether ot whal has been i onrldercd as sacrifice Indeed tho old Irolhet Raid Gather together my Saints unto me they that lowe mnde 0000rnoo t with mo by crlflci That Is the principle upon vhlch coo nlo hrought toethcr 0 ° encrlnce our sins our pleasant enjoyment uno noorldly luats nnd turn unto God and eee 111m This Sabbath day may become a very otave questIon If we ore to build UII tIe New Jerualem I twos one ot the fIt thing that the Lord complained of through the prophets anciently that they had polluted Ills Sabbalh nnd they had piofaned It and they hod not ohret Its and when thy gob ro they could do these thlnl wllh Impunll thy loll off paying their IIthlng IIn1 tho LIed told them they hd robhod Oed tho whol nollon ot them they had robbed Him I reaoso thy had withheld tha tithing which they owed Him And when they could do a few of these thIngs they went on In theIr tenn grew Ions Into rornleollone adulterls and murder trom OltI tp to another to tho mot loin oaaeellneo until finally they rottlt crucify the Lord Jesus Chrlsl We Hist look out thai we do not roll onym of sin oaacretmotsel undr our longue but delve with Ien Itnce day by day to put away from u eerthlnl that I contrnry to god IInes that ould hinder tin working ot the SpIrit I within ta that we may hc nble to get gIbe for gmuee and 10 I from tolth to talth until wo canbf como pure i In heart C oeoue are aured In the word of the Lord thai nothing that Ia I ut holy 01 Icotoee can mIre Into His pieuence What a saying No wonder the brelhrcn said to 11Im Lord are there any that shall 110 soveM dIm we look at the touchstone touch-stone look lit the criterion look nl the rule by which Ihee things have to he brought about And we ehould labor la-bor conllnuallY striving to subdue ourselves and to put awn > the vice th eelnsan 1 the betments that do so dally mid so easily I es000s until wo brIng lhls living body of clay Into the subjeellon ot the Spirit that our soul may live The Sabbath Is I the day that tho Lord has appointed tar a tIme of rest He saps that lt tIn ished His work and that lie rest1 on the Sabbath day the seventh day When the Iord came In His day Itt Inslttuted the lest day of the week and evrrtlloe then II hai been III day toll 110 BOyS that we ay keep 000nr byes ispotled from the world we are qulred to meet together on Ills day and orfei our sacraments and make our aclmowldgement and our ifesslons paving our devotions to the Most High It Is I a common thing or the people to violate that so red Inw I eoncrnlng the Sabbath day Many of the people If they go on a Jo irney lake rains In their calcula lion to make the Sabbath coun one day In the trip and many thing are i put off for Sunday especially I 010011 like to have It taken up with tin people and have the women make cnl culatlons on Saturdaj and havo tin food cooked on that daj for the Sun day and then go to meeting Instead In-stead of roastIng I over the stoe cookIng cook-Ing and see to having a mild more 1Iure amI good Imtructlo and toe1 the soul I I Instead I being eo i much at dorIs and having so mud to 10 on thai day Ihe Lord said to Isrnel Rlx do > 8 shall thou labor anl clo nil thy work for on II eteort tIc day the Lord thy God owlet troln Ills labors and tholl shalt not do any work neither thy aon nor thy daughter nor thy mon serRnt nor thy mold epe000 t nor thy ctll nor lIe strlIJgcc that Is wlthlll thy poles Now I bOIls a strict rill and law I an1 commnndment to Isrnel 1IllClnlly nnd you will flqd If po will loole Inlo the look ot Mormon IImt It nAs to thele an1 Is I going to hecome just 05 hlo < lIng upon Gods leoNe In nil tItle Ott I beverco as wllh tbem tot wo oughl to be looking to It and procllc Ing on i it so that we eon do right toOl to-Ol to he able to do tIn right bItIng when we gel lo 11 I testify to vau my brethren sod sisters that thla Gospel Is I the Goipc of all others on the earth the only ono that Is I worthy the attention of mortals n j fast Os i i It 1 can < be broughl lo their eonldrnlloll And no We have been blsed to loom IlIac principle and to b tItle them mill to lIttle at the thing of the tuture and to know ot SOlo thlna ot the Iast we have ren 011 to rejolle ahove all othc people andnoet reaon i to deny ourselve < of all unrlghteousni jut OR Cant ao 00 can IInd to learn the way of life and to heat ken 10 the cOllnls of Ihoi that cult ailed of God and to walk In III sotops nod to receive contl nuall the word of the lArd and His dli ecllon In all our nffaln I rejoice greatly In the work of the Lord and I pray tlm Ills blessings may abound unto the people that He may InclIne our heart to keep lllsl I1we to walk In 1110 coops for thc law ot tho Lord ha I pertect con oeotlttg the soul Th tellmonle ot the Ioiil emorore and they cven mnke ivlse UK simple Now a iv ord nboul the PrIesthood I an1 Its reltomllon Think of Itt I This same Lord and Savior JeuI ChrIst ordained Joseph Smith and Ollr Cnwdery Apostles by 1 ° eter ames und John Ills servant Joseph and Oliver having received this poetleohlp confirmed It upon twelve Iwethren ot tho Chllreh and thom brethrn have conferrtd It upon 00 010 ale In the stand today thus some ot uo ro celvcd this holy npostlcshlp bllt the tourtb succloo trom Jesu I Christ And the fact Is that the Priesthood has tome down to oass Iht 1 Lord promised when Ho paid ito wOuld be with Ills Apetle abbots even unto the rttd ot the world And U cops to u concerning later lomes and John Whom I Have sent unto rou by whom I have orufllned you nnd confirmed you lo be Apostles and special coIl ooelns of my name and iear the I srysofy our nllIlstry ant ot the tome thing hlch I reveal unto them unto Oolto5 I have committed he keys of My kingdom and a dIe ensallon of the aospcl for the last slapa nod toe thc loot tlmo ant for the dIe yenro clan of the fullness of limes In II 11100 hlell I Will goIter tOg ther In one nil things both which ala In hi avcn and which are on earth Ihitc are he mm that hOe received this Prlest mod these that sit nround I me this nornlng It I was received from Ihosi rurrected lIIen that hnve comp to la ibm co Ill us Thin 13 I tho Pilisthood by which wo olllclnle nnd II li I not something that has come down through he ages and been lost This Is I the Priesthood that was taken away Into he wilderness anciently nnd has been restored In these lallerdajs In Its purity In Its simplicity nnd Its power And those who give themselves to It fully nnd faithfully In all humility receiving re-ceiving the Instructions and rounseH of those holding that Priesthood should 11 ic worthy of nil acceptation and wo oUlht to reollao It and avaIl nude Ives of the benefll of It nnd be found In 0 0000IOtllIO IcIng aalnst och otber or the Inrd a anointed MIIY the loll < 1 clOt Its ills Spirit In tenslfy It In us In our heal ts and tenln us In the principles of rlhteousnes and truth nnd help and Inplre u In every gnnd word and work and then lie will do boiler Corns than w e know how to aak or even to think Amen |
