Show j L J f AND r r R m made In the tho Suit Salt Lako City I 1 L J 81 31 1800 by byI f fi I riY ELDER RUDGER CLAWSON I L r i 5 I t of the tho Alma Space Between Death and II tho Resurrection 1 n 11 Iii tho Shared by All Al A Worthy I t by our Desires antl S 4 i i I am dependent this afternoon upon the faith prayers or of tio tho Lt II aits and upon the of the tho toni I Tt t to me 11 In my remarks There Is Ison isone on one gr great lt enjoyed by the he Lt Saint SaInts that having received the tho o the tho holy Oho Ghost by the tho lay Iny g on t Of handl then they assemble i I for tor tM th purpose or o worshiping before belore the tho L id and thoY they co do so tn in and andt t tn In truth they re to under understand stand tho things of at Od clod by that 1 I wi will read ad n a little from the unil chapter chapters u o Alma In which be bespeaks speaks of at the tho resurrection Ho He says There J is I a space apace between leath death and I the resurrection ot of the tho bOly body and u a aS S state ot Of the tho soul In hl happiness or In int t t misery until the time which is 15 i f ed Dr o God that the deal shall como come comeS S and aM bo be reunited both soul and 4 and bo be to stand before r O a and be judge according to their q WOrks YOrKs r 22 Yen Yea about the res rest J t of thola those things of which have q been spoken by the tho mouths oi of the tho i 23 The Tho soul shall be o restored to th J bOdy and the tho lody body to the soul yea reu I an and CEI every limb joint shall be ro re 54 stored to 11 its body yea tn even cen n a hair of thIs sMI shall not bl be lost but al nil things I shah bo be restored to theIr proper und and 5 p perfect frame And AmI now my lon son this Ii Ia the restoration of t which line been spoken I by the tho mouths mouth of the lie lr Prophets jU 26 AntI And then shrill tie the rIghteous h shIne 11 In the tho kIngdom of Ond 1 26 nut But nn an awful death deuth i S cometh upon the for tur they die dlo as aI to things pertaining o 0 thIngs ot o es for tor they are aro unclean L no unclean thing can enn Inherit the 4 kingdom of God but they are cst cast out I an consigned d to partake or of the Cruls fruits 1 of oX theli Inborn or their works which have been evi evil and they drink the tho I I dr dregs gl ot of a bIter bitter cup CUll Chapter 4 41 1 And now my mylo 4 lo Ion I have somewhat to ey concerning the restoration ot of which I has b been n spoken for tor som have Wr the scriptures and I have gono astray because of at this thing And I 1 that th thy mind mindS S has been n worrIed also concerning hid thing Out Dut behold I 1 wi will explain I It unto theO thee 2 I 1 say ny unto thee my lon son that the plan of ton I requIsite wih with th Justice ot of God j for tor ft Is requisite I that MI 1 things should bo be restored to their proper order I it Is Il and Just according to th Power and resurrection ot of that the Jower I ot of man should be restored to iA ita bOd body I and that every cory part ot of the tho body be restored to Itself 1 3 Anti It Is IR requisite with the jus UK i tice OOl that m men n should hould Lo be according to their works and It their I works god tn In lre life and the tho d desires ot of their were good gOOI that t they should also nt at the day bi bo 1 rest restored red tinto tto that which II Is good goodS S 4 And It their are Ivl evil they 1 Ihil shall bl be reA to red unto him for tor evi evil th ni till thing things Ihal shall ho bo re restored torel to their proper order everything to It its s natural raised M to ln i mortality to raised to to inherit j th the kingdom o God or to BI mIl mis cry to Inherit the tho kIngdom of the tho devil leI the onon one on the tho one hand the tho other on 1 the tho other 1 G The Tho ono one raised to nc ac cording to hil his de desires of at happiness Or according to his de desires lr ot of good and the tho other to evil according to hlf his desIres of evil j for 1 us he hil has desired to 3 t do tb evi evil 11 all the ca day 1011 long even so 0 shall In I have havo cometh his reward ot of evil vl when the tho night I 6 10 so I It Is on the other uther hand I I If M he bath repented ot of hIl his 1111 and delt ou ness until the tho el end ot of hIs even so ho shall be rewarded unto o 7 7 The These o are ar they thoy are red redeemed cm d do o to Lord yen a these mo are they that art are taken out that nr are from tha that endless nIght ot of darkness und and m thus th they stand fail or tal for tor behold the they a nr are their own Judges whether to do I or do evi evil I l SHARED DY BY DYALl j ALl g 11 Ta the tho passing away of the year t Ind and In the tho approach or at tle the year 3 then there Is 15 n a similarity I thInk to this il great lt principle of tite resurrection As 9 Wo lYe stand the brink ot of the tho neI now 1 year my b brethren thren and sisters we are oro i to recall the moments ot of the tho thor theyer yer r that l is and gone Kono 1 lach ono one ot of 10 tisha bl lived through days ot of the tho year car We retired each night wo we have havo arisen each ench and have ta fared ed the dutes duties ot of time the 11 ilay We can cannot cannot not the tho recur record Wo We la nay repent ot Our sins of commission and ot of omnis I lol and We ma may resol resolve 0 and very ery pr erl to do beter better time the comIng year or but We we c change o the history ot of the POSt year ara Io It wil ilI Le be no doubt In th resurrection When we shall have Passed this more mon montat tat tal probation wo we will 1 como come Up nc to the Scriptures and be Jl judged according to the lel deeds I dOI dohe In the body I It WI not be In i our our power to bring back n a stogie moo mo m meat ft of mortal time Wt We hail not b ho I able to recall the past nor to channe channeS S I c th the conditions that surround us In this le life I It is a subject brethren and sisters r worthy ot of time tho deepest reflection We should appreciate the opportunities of the present Wl We should employ our ourI I mt te to tb the best advantage We should every er dut duty n as It J Itself el to us And nd M me me I say to you OU the theEr gr Er nt at t wih with tire the I wort vork ot of OM ODd do lot not fit a any sin aln sinie ie Individual I It b be Im s l I hie ble for tor the PresIdent or of tat hc Church I notwithstanding th and I dignity ot of his hla dI calling and the power and authority ot of hil his priesthood to no nc the ot of the Lr Lord tn in inthe the earth This r I Is 18 divided out among the p I It rests In part the quorum ot of time the Twelve AlIM anil upon the quorum quorumS S I ot of the INt Seven I It rests I In part upon the presIdents nd and morn mem men mets of th quorums ot of the I It rests In JJ part upon the and andI I upon the r Priesthood anti upon t the tho of or In the I wars wards We annot Iny any that these i ngen e s are not needful to o the work ot ol 1 G God We Ve belee believe that they Ar are because k we are that these t I powers that have beer n i JJ t J 5 j i t J J J In the Church have como comoto to us by I thInk the Lord Ird his has ben been very ery to 11 Ills eople In conferring upon them the right right and the privilege to assist In Hs Ills great work to eerie exercIse authority Oln oven ovenIn In I a humble WI way An And wo we must not th tho coiling ot of our brethren In humble positions In this Church I be that Jo it IC a oon In this Church Churchwill wl will magnify his ohl calling Ind and Priest Priesthood bo hood he wi will be entitled to a measure or Of the tho of Oo clod and hl labors wi will willbe bo be before beCore the tho heavens and through his hll faithfulness and diligence ho he wi ho be caled called to positions and In the tho Church ot of Christ In this Church thee there Is an opportunity for eory boy anti and girl and for tor every man and woman to advance O anti grow In and In influence and power with the heavens Vcr Very often I It ba has bon boon my experience that time the people young pee pIe especially stand In iii theIr Own tight A young oung man sometImes wi vIii grow and Indifferent In reference td hl his dute duties In the Church and perhaps the tho next thinK thing you OU wi whit hear him Iny say 18 that limo tho II Is against hIm and passes him by and does not show him that attention whIch he feels teela ho dt tie serves or that the tho DI Bishop hop has his knife In him or the tho Bishops coun counselors ur or the tho Teachers or somebody else lIe blames men elle 10 lome some man or In the Church for Cor his bla lak hack of advance merit ment when the trouble trouble nin nine out ot of ten will be round found 11 i himself A E AMILE I remember the tho case ne of at a young man wih whom I 1 wal was associated that lu lilus this Idel idea very ery culy clearly I lie WI was what wl v sometimes cal call n a Young American What I 1 mean menn by that I is that ho thought he knew I it al all O Of course e I It II is an honor to 0 be an Amen Amerl cnn can but I do hot use UIO time tho t term rm In Iii that R sense This young man knew more than his father anti and more timan thole those Who presided over himin his own es ea I le hind reached th the age ngo when he CeI felt that ho he gone beyond Gone the tho counsels of t hl hits father and he WI sas them Therefore ht hum lid did not listen Usten to somewhat dl disrespectful to the tho or of hiS ward and the President of time the flut ut the tho preil president ent ot of the tho take Stake saw that Wi was the makinG making ot of I a good man In him him provided role he could be led to take n a little view of timings ThIs young oung man was IM caled called to go upon n a mission Perhaps you OU will say that the president ot of the Stake Blako wal was not altogether Justified In recommendInG mendInG amending him bit html he ft charitably him ntH had faith that he would ho hi ni nit right When he went Into th the mission fehl field and time the dut duties and obliga obligations tuns ot of that 1 a new world opened up UI to him ITo He saw MW very ery denny that tie he could nOt GO on nR as lie he hind been doing nt at home I lie realized ot nt once that unless ime he turned to the end and obtaIned the tho saint ot of his ho utterly fall So Bo he besought the tho Lord dl diligently for tor Jl his Spirit and he began to study the Scriptures 10 lie ra read the tho the Hook ot of Mormon ormon and time the Book Dook of Doctrine and ond Covenants and sought fought to 10 make muke himself el acquainted wih with time tho set pet forth In thosS thoe good books FIn Finally I through hil hits diligence ence his humility anti his faith he obtained tIu th spirit ot of the Go pel aM oh what a change came to that young oung inset Jow how differently he felt then towards hIs par ants He 11 h began tl to le see that hil his father did something and was In Inn ina n a tl to him showed tut that he did not hn have the tho Spirit before The Tho Ir Lord hn hoe said honor th Ii Ca father ther and thy mother that thy days may b be IonA tong In th ha land This young oung man hal had not studied that Ihn t scripture but he dl it WAi WAH from the Lord Ird when this thle came over Oer hll him Ie lie began to reflect UIn upon hI his course towards the and toward tie the president ot of the Stake lh hIs counselors and lie he that h be hall had not treated then them with 11 that respect to which tM they were ere entitled as len moon ot of led Thil This wal was brought vividly to hIm b by the Spirit of OO led had received recelo and he ro no solved in his h heart that he woul would fur Cor wron wrong hi h hal had done when he returned from that and imo he dil did SU n humbly I to to you rou that that oun oung roan thA spirit ot of the anti the tho ot of Jeu le the WI was n a for Cor Kolln good the mission he met with abundant In hIs labor for tor h he was humble and he heWa Wa vas to ta learn Whenever 1 a man Is willing to learn and his desires are areo aregood good o that nina ni as we read In this ture vili then therm to and wi IW grow gress rH In the things tt of God When thIs hits oling man furne froni hll hi mission everybody that had heul known mown hIm saw what n a wonderful change had been wrought In him during that short two years al The They were astounded le lie eem 1 to 10 le be another moan I It Was Wasn wasa n a thorough lie He had grown own nd shoulders above aboc the young moan man that ho he was when he left home le hIe wal was called to make n a report lef before the people and It wa vas the lego ot of time the ot of the Stake arid others to listen ton to the tho report anti and the they Cel fell to the Lord Ird for the reforma ton lion that had In been wrought In that young oung moans heart I It Wn was 1 A wonderful testimony He testified thre there In all humility bow b w Oo Cod had heard antI an answered ni hIs and how that hI he knew this a the work ot of lad lie He no longer the testimony ot of his taher but Lut he stood there thre ond testified b before or the people t tat he knew for himself that 1 Smith was n a prophet and this was the tho work ot of 00 dod Finally through his continued faithfulness nod diligence he WI was se e eItt Itt tu to b be n a Bishop In thIs Church TOt Those who over oer hint hIm tw MW the spirit that he Was with and U they had that ho he would make muke L a good o DI hop After lie he had been beca called to be a lush 01 op the of at the tho Stake had n a talk tatk lh that young man and said to hIm hImIn himin In Do you Ou know why you oU were called to ta preside over several hundred precious resIding In th thwan the you OU now lve live over ni all wan the In th the worl worth Te The roun nan replied No I do not know I Imagine because I reel feel t my lack or of alt ability and thy my to te hold lu SUCh h t Li responsible position and I really nn and truly I cannot la say why It 11 is ho president ot of the tho Stall Stake said ld I 1 wi will L tel tell ou why It II Is When you OU thought L Lyou you OU ru knew s much you OU would not nol listen to but felt to do just ni as asO I yen O I you OU would GO to It Ii ItI I it suited OU and Ir if I it dil did not Mt you oU woul I stay la aWAY you OU would tn any your oUr I I if you OU happened to be In time the mood to tc todo I Ido do so and It you 01 w vere re not yoi 01 I cay ny your our you OU went In that slate of at mind you U were er not called to bt be R a Bishop an I IU I U you OU had II in that thai state ot of mInd you ou never neer would han bl cale to that hIgh Om Dut Bul whoa you OU turn turned fron your In and your careless ways war and you sought the Lr Lord md ind desIre desired to Js Ill I name Mine when hen you strove for tor th the spirit of your mission an and obtained I it then I you u began bogan to grow and advance In I kingdom The Thi fault W was not with arents nor r wih with thole those who el over oyer iOU you but It wa vaa myths Uh when YOU changed and turned to tG the toni time tho Lord blessed you rou and brought you rou alon aion When that great call caH conic to you OU from time the FIrst of at this Church that that you ou were wanted bythe Lord to go out and preach the Gospel you OU listened to that cl call You did not send rend down lome some trifling excuse you did not say that because e ot of business relations or ot at hoe borne you not go o or you wanted to walt wait lve live or orIx six Ix years yean to prepare yourself but you ou received the eal call us coming from the 11 Lord not 01 as coming from man And because you did thIs and w were e faithful In your minion mission the Lord hn has remain bre bored you OU anti and that Is the reason you au have hao been made a Bishop JUDGED DY BY OUR EFFORTS The trouble wih with some ome of our br thron Is In that when they r receive ele 1 a cal call t gO o upon a mission they seem to think It come from man anti thus deceive them themselves This young man b It came from the Lord end ho he ett to It When h he wa was abut about t to |