| Show AT ATTHE ATTHE THE TABERNACLE Pros Pres George Georg Q Cannon Speaks or on orthe the Law or of Obedience YOUNGS DISCOURSE I It 1 ii Nut t to ler l 11 oat JUI Jesus rk ii 0 11 the services In the lo rester ct day afternoon over oer by Pro Pros C W 1 P Penrose The choIr sang the opening hymn commencing Zion stands with hs bills The Invocation was offered 11 by Eider J her Albert C Continued by singing Glorious things arl are sung ot of Zion Apostle Young was as the frt first I speaker lie le said he had iad been absent for tor several months In New Col Colorado orado and Arizona and was na to have hao the privIlege of at meeting agaIn the In hi the Tabernacle Tile tho Saints should hould enjoy these thee meetings from Sabbath to Sabbath although somo ome ma may have havo been favorite r but It I Ih the spirit that Cloth life and when any Eder Elder leave leaves his testimony I it cause causeS the tho true Saint to rejoice The Tue speaker said aid that when ho e Wa was a ayoung ayoung young snail man he had wondered what would bo be the destiny of th the Mormon Church what would be the outcome of at the Iho strife and that was to be beIng Ing directed against the Iho Saints A gov governor governur ot of one ot of the TerritorIes had sall ad to the speaker during the period of tle the raid that the Monnon would ne never r again be exempt from per persecution but bul the s speaker InUred assured the tho governor that the Mormon toron leollo rise higher all the time rie al and would yet et enjoy greater fredon freedom than thy they had ever experIenced Eder Eider Young staled that the efforts ot of the tho world to overcome the Saints were futile that the Saints are u a atrue true people at the cort core and thy they cannot be tor torn to by ni any eternal external e Cl According to our will 1 so wi will we la Ia labor bor men wi will fashion their lives ac according according cording to ther their desires desire W We Iv must be beable beable able to apprecIate the tho Kis gIfts that thal are en to aJ us Ind and the Saints are undergoing a training 1 a discipline of at mini and or of bd body the world knows not of at that Is preparing them to live 0 wIth the tue Father and the Son They will be In pu possession eslon of that thet Spirit that wi wilt wi make known unto them tim the Father ald and the Son Men must have this Spirit to be able to lo know Christ as the Savior had told Peter that teh flesh and blood had hadnot nt not revealed unto him who Jeus Jesus was but God Himself had revealed It The speaker read rad ro the th chap chapter ter of at Alma Aima tn In the Dook or of Mormon reo re rebating bating to tD obedience lie Be then spoke or of the la law ot of tithIng ald and the blessings that would accrue from obedIence to that law 11 lie sol sail that the p pl were approaching at I crisis n a tIme when they would neld need additional strength In Increased creased faIth to give theta fortitude to I tido over the tImes that are coming The ho Mormon Church In tn ordin ar airy body or of worshippers er but It Is In an organIzatIon God ts cc for tor the purse purpose ot of bringing about great things preparatory to the I coming or of Christ The Chuch Is not working however to subjugate any anybody bod body I The speaker dIrected attention to the tl spirits that seem to lo take possession of at human beings belna stating that they do not know what to do with a body when the they gala possession ot of I it The They hn have ve not been bean accustomed to the barier barrier ot of walls hll have e never tel felt fre fire elc do and tand all therefore when they gain possession po ofa of ofa a bod body th they y are irresponsible and are apt to destroy the tue body hut But the Spirit or of God operates In no such uch II a fashion It makes men more intelligent more responsible and so 10 fast are the of darkness gaining a 1 foothold In the world that the Saints w will lave have to bo be boIn beIn In of at the Spirit of God to combat them President Glorge George Q Cannon bing being the tho next speaker said that ono one chief char of the he Saints I is obedience to law aw and In this respect they differ very ery much from Irom th the of the world worl TIle The majority ot of religious People belec believe that b by merely c Ing ng Je Jesus ut Christ the they wi will be saved The Saints beleve belIeve In Christ as ardently os as nay an hod bod of at religIous peo lIe Jle but they go further than thon that thaI tile the think that It IO I is necessary to repent ot of their sins and to receive n a remIssIon of their sins In bI obedience to that law by which sine ore are remitted the law ot of baptism It Is I not sufficient to hoe have their sIns remitted but they must mut re reh reI h IV th Ulo ft tilL nf UI Ihl lug 1110 I Joh tT vl t I ble w IV Ulo ft tilL UI Ihl lug 1110 Joh vl I ble w the majority ot of iL people think that there Is no law governing the ot of the holy Ghost the Saints think that lIszt comes by the laying on ot of hands hand as I it was dune In the dl daysi of at Christ Rut nut therl there are other laws law for tor Instance the tho Il law of nf and In obedience to that lw law the Saints Saint have gathered to those valleys alles from the tho var ar Iou bus parts of the world Sod God lies Jas not flat onby established these theBo laws but lIe He ha has in the Church living oracles to whom le lie revea reveals Ills JUs wIll There la is 10 no revelation In the Jook wi of Mormon regardIng the building ot of temples although there thero are some alu alone slona to it It There I is no law In the Book Dook ot of Mormon or Bible commanding the Saints to gather to these valleys aler On what then father do the Saints bae base theIr action on the present revelations of at the Lord lArd PresIdent Cannon spoke or of the law ot of tithing at seine ome lannon length and stated that I it was wal just as I to tle the Saints I to observe that law as tao IW or 01 on ORP or any other Il law In the tho The speaker sold saW that he expected to tol pee e the J some lome day the l richest In the world us it conic quence ot of their obedience to this 10 law lawIt It hal has become almost i a truism In the I Church that those who have obeyed this law have been prospered There ate are other things that demand Tere such 11 as the tho condition of so society I clety Can a reflecting nina man 1 ho asked be ln wih with the great wealth of Bl another one class and the poverty ot of on There are crying wrongs that Cl cry to heaven hearn ar for tor re redress and 1 as n a people the have hare mission to Saints 1 a perform in n putting down these wrongs wrong Not b by violence but by n at system that clod Mi has revealed that shall equalize the wealth ot of the world orld so the riches of the world orld be fual equally distributed The In Ian ot of tithing Is n a preparAtory law and I It 1 Is ridiculous for some to say y that the they wish I h the United Order would bt be established when they are not wi will willIng tn Ing to obey I as simple n a low law n as tIthing Il it Is Q n just law for tor I it falls fual squally up upon on n the rich and the por poor and ond I Is nl not heavy upon nn any I If 1 it men man h hu no faith tn in this II law he tl may t as wellA well say that 1 he ha has n no faith In baptIsm In the laying on an of han hands pr or In Sn othe other la law that God l hiI has revealed WI a are toM that there t is isI R I difference In the rI reward that shall hal mankInd and the lifter em earn t te e are ar created by o to t law fm lIons ob and ario rise to of 01 a hl r In law I so I 1 commensurate with their works These Inherit the glory clory There are honorable men who cannot rIe to the conceptIon ot of the highest laws lawI and they get th terrestrial glory JUl But there thero ts is the high highut ut cat glory clory ot of al all and who vho will 11 receive this Why your our fathers and nd who 1 through and death rather than to their religion they thoy shall hal inherIt the tho glory und and are they not more worthy ot of It than the others There are lomo some who have faith enough to be ed and hove have hands laid upon them but they have not hot faith enough to ole obey the law the tul fui ot of tithing VilI they receive nasa ot of the celestal celestial glory no they wi will not nOl because they have failed to keel all the commandments ot of God tho SaInts are today what bat they are because the they have hao obeyed the laws las ot of God And they wi will obet have hao to continue to ole obey the tho laws Ins ot of God as lie He reveals them and as to the law of tithing there should bo be no si sity for tor preaching It more than Iny any other law The choIr pang ang the anthem Softly Beams Deams the Morning Ia Stays the solos be beIn beIng In Ing sung ung beautifully by lr Mrs Alce Alice Clarke und and Miss Elsie Dar Bar Darrows tows rows 4 The benediction was as pronounced by PatrIarch John Smith |
