Show MORMONISM A LIVING FAITH III the tho Salt Lake City 10 1000 11 by byI I ELDER EPHRAIM JENSEN T ot of and nd Work of o Right light Salvation SaInts Q a ouo Nory to Not to o Barly AguT h ony of at JUI Is II Developed by Their PruItt Ye Shan Know Fol ow the th 1 t that t Ia as 01 t iun lir e err to III lily I a 11 that I saw in III one ODe ol olen oli en i I by gD bl of 01 tIM lb principal a ladles ot Of hit Bait L Laks I City She ti e to lire In Denver and abe he told ii Ural that her In Denver Vener not that Uta Ue the 0 were sInful 1 hers here he Utah on that other were wre In the world and she he paid ald she aile was going tv to send end that to hIm On the th leaf next to the cover wa something lilt ilk this The beautiful singing and music III iI Salt aalt lakS Ilie La Ii allot aft of the Gentiles to sleep and Ind when hen they lee up they all be Mormons lormon lormont I Ida t Ia my he rt I that the tbt latter lAUer da day Relate could be present her bere on I cola orne when h n the notable mell an women 0 of the earth arth come In to Iok at this build building In and ask ak questions the Latt SaInt Bunts I IhAn have hAn heard from men and women In inthis this thAt to me wr and It has hAIl med mad toe IDe think mot Of lb Words of the Prophet wherein he said that he be MW w the kings the rulers go up to Zion and they stood when alar orr olt and the que question Uon Who can o 0 up to Zion ion For Forthe the Lured the people of at the thep p virtue all aud of at ion Tilt The ot of wac wa In root a few tew da days no end Ind after to a short Ibort organ recital tat hC talked with me a few tew minutes I was led leti to lay to him thAt I hoped he would Improve upon th record male Ford ot of the Paine alne State Said I That pro protection to and Brum Smith two to ot of the great men ot of this ue age and while under that pledged lion th were surrounded by a mob of men sail shot The fhe S Sainta were afterward driven across the Mississippi rIver at the point ot of the bayonet their city their tern tem pie demolished and the verdict ot of that State Will was that the Mormon We were un unfit fit to live liTe I cast out ot of the world they their way westward until In ten travel tUel they hal had c ot of about fifteen miles anti and landed in the valley y of Salt lAke which th then n greeted them with end nd And now you ou the of oC that State have hae taken It a palace car carand ar arand and come over the trail ot of that pilgrim blind band to s 8 their house IoUI to hear their etor eter and listen to theIr music muIl Said BAhl SaidI I It Is II quite another thIng I is It not ile He ran his through hIs hair and he paid that that was most story he hAil had over r read find ho hal had never ner been Able to lee Pe why one man should kill hi his brother man because his hla brother could not miot see ee ant and worship ns as he did When lie he and hi his part stood and listened to thie organ orlan they Wire were Overcome with emotion end nd tears lears trickled Ion their The testimonies that lire are borne dally daily In this house b by men find and women romen who are not ot of otUs ofUS Us anI flu who know not the prOphet JO Joseph ph Smith nor the hardship and the suffering of th the little ot of leopie who came to this testimonies monies did th Saints have havethe the privilege of hearing them J I adil materially to their faith and encouragement AND TO SALVATION I too am not ot of the Oot 1 ot or Jesu Christ for tor It is II th the power or of God unto salvation to all them that be hove lIeve and obey It A plan ot o salvation that In theory alone counts count for Cor nothing In the world are plentiful Men and Women all around i Jerusalem Ure saying Lord Jord nOO lInd that condition relied forth the cx of our Not ot every one that unto Lord shall en n I ter Into the kingdom dom of hut hf he that th the will of m my Father which I is In heaven Th The Saints I believe on the Lord Christ When I tell that to people who conic com here to I Poe IH Us U some Orne of nt theta them marvel because cu they thay had hearth that We Mormons did not believe on him that w we hd had no nB use for tor the Atonement that we were fo lowers of oC Joceph Smith and that Wt we worshiped oien not People In III the world today loday lit cay Relieve on the Lord J Jesus Chrit and thou shall be saved We admit that that does dou alone In place In the but we reply that to belie Oil Oh the Lord Jesus Christ sail and not I k up that wIth works will III man Ina may condemn as Il 11 as assave save a 0 It t is not that the world worl tolay do not kno know enough to receive the hA inc of Jesus ChristI It I is not that they are not educated enough to understand the Scriptures and plan ol salva Iva oI O I I tion but It It 1 men aW aiU women ao lot cot carry Gilt whit at they know to be right and that thaLo In m my opinion com comes lIMIt hICCUPS iMy refuse to make the bod serve the mind minden leD en allow material condition to lake UI the plate ot of and ve for tor 51 pleas ure un vt of It 11 dt does t not flot take an educated man to o un on what Jesus when II Ito said Idt Ue 11 that and I Is IMp hap tise eG shall be paved aved That III II not hot an Intricate saying there Is II nothing In iii It that would require that a man should boul Ifo go to before he could under understand stand it IL The vt of the world know the they ha have ve for tor many year f t to be caved aved In the kIngdom ot of God but where Ue they IliCk I In tall fall falling I ing to carry out what bat been In revealed Thia I is the condemnation wat I ii i icom come com Into the world orld and Ind love dark darkness ness rather than light lIht And this ay y tag tu to the as 11 aswell well as It do does tu to the world There Is Isone Isone one In the that I covers the whole dealt know the trUth and the truth shall make you ou fre free Were I permitted to suggest one word In that Whence I would say Y Ye hall clink do the truth and th truth shall make you tree Ire tile the truth does doe not always alway Imply doing It and It Is the doln doing that counts In heaven and on onearth onearth earth It If a brother or sister be ticked and destitute ot of dally daily food tood and one ot of you say unto them depart In peace be beye ye warmed find and Ailed ye give sive them not lIot thin things which are needful to the bod body what doth It profIt Ii 11 theory going to save people I Is lIy by actual deeds going to saYe Ie a nation or a community Verll I 1 ca aa Unto YOU ou na nay Time The Savior said MIld Every one that these sayings ot nf mine and them not shall hall be likened unto a foolish man mall which built his house upon the and And the he rain descended end and the floods came cam and tile the winds blew and anil I bent upon that boule and It tell fell arid and I great grent was the tall tail ot of It Wh hy Because he had bad believed but I had not the moral courage to OUt hili hi belief bellet Whosoever these sayIngs Ings ot of mine awl aud the them I will wll liken him unto a wise Ite man mah which built his house houle upon II a rock And the rain descended aliI and floods came and anil the winds hie and beat upon ulOn that house bOUle And It tell foil nut for tor It was wal founded upon the rock SAINTS SAINT A LIVI LIVING O FAITH The man who build hi his house houle u upon n the rock is II the one who lives out In his ide daily lit life the precepts ot of the Goppel Gopel ot of Jesus Jesu Christ The mn man who prof professes to know Jesus Jelu Christ and yet et falls to live such a life Is worse than Ihan one who never heard the truth It If there is hI ome thing more than another that distin gulches the People who Inhabit the these mountain ta fastnesses front that Are In the world it is III that we bell believe I In doing WIth our hands what we profess profesa with our lips This produces produce faith In the heart and faith becomes knowledge and knowledge not belle belief II what la Is promised to all who will 1111 keep the commandments of at God clod GodIn clodIn In the generation to whIch the Savior cine the pe people who lived hived that plan ot of Inc 1111 were weN to as tl a ony olty let se upon a hili 1111 the they were to be n as the salt ot of the earth the they were to be AS a candle put ut upon the ah shelf they were wee to become the light and glori at of the world the should leaven leaen the whole lump While however that was to be their destiny deUn and the grand matlon of oC the plan they had revolved I titer there wag wal another promise tbt was wap to togo IU go along With It and nIl It ii Ie expressed In inthis this language ot of the Sa Savior It If the Orid hate you fOU ye e know that tbt It hated haled ifie before It I hated you youIt youIt It ye were of the world the world would love Ir its own but because ye are r not 1101 vf of the world but I have bave cho chosen n you out of Ih world orld therefore the world you Remember the word thAt I said unto you fl servant Is II not greater than hl hii lorl It If they have bave persecuted me they will 11 also alo persecute you It the they have kept my saying they wilt wll keep yours also alo But all theae will they do unto you for tor my names sake because they HIn that sent mI me melt lt It J I had not come and spoken unto them they had hati not bad plo In but now th they have bave no cloak for Cor their liD em Ue ft that teth tee m my Father ther also J It If I hal had not done amon among them the works none other man did they had butt not nol id sin In but now hIVe have they both seen ant lute hated boUt both me and my When lIe Jrp Unto the Jews that HI II se IU e I II thy 1 tile the had isep Cor or theli prophet Ju Jesus and said unto them Had ye believed Moses ye would woul tHill hit ci mp me fn for Moa wrote t It II i I ii h tact tiit tho matter was wa th dill P Phot nor hot the II I I ill III I li h II thy they fiU t tid id d because t hey SN III they thoy have lie be III another th they y said hI to o him that th they were the ot of brahm and he be rep replied U it ye e Abrham Abrahams children ye would do the work works ot of Abraham Ihl 1105 tul COiL themselves and aad 1 1 no NI cUr cuser Ppl People conic conlo to m me and ami say ny they he I le In the ho Bible and turn tam around ami condemn a D Do OU on think you OU cn can me that men who deny prophecy and pre PreS Int eat revelatIon beleve believe the T The very r genius ot of the Scripture II is revelation Take revelation out of Ul the Bible and fU you may may as wel well gIve IVe ni me or any other history J U said laid tb the Scriptures R fur Cur II In them 1 ve think ye have life and i they ire r they which testify M f 1 me And not hot a word ot of the New Wil written when Ie lie thO those Scriptures to th the p pl Tte Sc 80 were simply Imply th the words r of the out ot of Ibl lii mouths ot of HI Ind and It if a rn man In the nineteenth is IA wrought upon by Ihl the em ml power and spirit that the tho words word of t Isaiah Job AmO Amos Mopes oeR Abr ham Ilam or Jacob I wonder I ir that list is IR nt Scripture Th Thin Aro Amos said SUrly SOftly the Lord Clod od wil will do 10 nothing hut he hI his secret unto hit hI servants the Its t MoaN IO said Id Would old to that II all the Lord people wee were prophets Paul hul understanding the of t the Church Ild said Therefore the principles ot of th doctrine If r hrat Chrit let letu letus u us go a 01 ott to perfection For WP know In part end and Wt w prophesy In put part but I I when that which II is II r come me hell that which h I In pat part shall bal be done away ay I IC speaking In tongue tantrUM ot of tongues revelation visions healing the sIck lick discernment of ct holy dreams ftC ale constituted wih with Paul the first prInciple ot of tle the Gol the had Rone otie on to lo perfection cc al to hIs admonition where would ChrIstianIty b be toda today Why ny of on one prophet het we would ha have a thousand TESTIMONY Ol OF IS TIO TION Men cle coins and tel tell Ie inc that the cano vf of I Is tul full and that the Ld Lord stopped talking to people un on the ule erth earth hundred yeat years ago rIght In the fac face of oC the declaration or d their Lor Lord and liler Ask Ak and It ahl shall b be given you Hk seek and ye 1 thull had knok knock and anil It lb shall I b be olne uno unto you ou Je He to mil Ills dIsciples Just befort le lIe WI delivered up I 1 have yet many things I to IlY say unto you but ye on can cannot not bear them now ow tell lell me in that tbt thel these sayings Ings were In intended tended for tor the people only to whom He HetA tA aI talking I If that be true I won wondel wonder del der what we e ars doln doIng with that Jos 00 vel pel And that Hok Book I If these thel sayings do tb not belong to us we had hatter clo close ulI UI the BIble Peter Ieter Ihl said No prophecy hey or of the scripture Is of any private Inter I For prophecy caine nut not In old uld time by J the wi wIll ot of man but holy hoh Inca Inen ot of Go God as they were move moved b by the holy WhAt tho those good o men sid said under lh the influence or of tho the 1101 Ghost wa was scripture Ino sad It If I a man manIs Is II moved u upon on by the Holy In InI Inthe I the he nineteenth century what h he says a its Ita influence I Is scripture 11 the World orld understand thIs Peu rIle pie answer Ile toe on that poInt and IY say that the nineteenth century I is full tull of oC Christianity of oC light Cht and truth beaule because we e Hr living In an age ot of a Christian blaze blaH Alt 1 right then Instead ot of 10 los losing ing we ought to have theta them multiplied d Jut But time the tact fact ot of the trial mat matter ter I Is the world den deny prophecy and rev reo revelation elation and they wi will tot riot have prophet et etc So I call cannot not see e that the they are mak ing much Advancement as al Christians For m own part I would rather hav have one lve live prophet tItan than a hundred dead ded ones onel hut Dut 1 a liv live prophet wil will never contradict 1 a deat dead one Listen hut Dut the tue Comforter which us the holy Ghost whom wham this the wi will send In m my ni name me he Iba shall teach YOI you al all things and bring all things to you out remembrance what whatsoever I have hae said unto you ou And lie hp wi will show you ou things to come ome Mark that language It if you OU wi will I It the people have hae received the lo holy Ghost then In tho very ery nature of at the ease they 1 I have become prophets for Cor the tech mony on ot of Jesus II is the spirit ot of prophecy ecy and 1 a Prophet Is n a man who corn com the wi will ot of God Gall and teIs things thing yet et to conic come Socrates says SYI tut limit two contrary opinions cannot ext exist tn in inthe the mind anInI at the same ame time Ume A n writer ha lisa said that there ae are oll only twelve men on the earth erth at a time who vIto appreciate Plato Hang grape gropes high bight and people will 1 son soon call them sour I FAITH TION flY DY Now the people Who that standard ot of life lite given Iven by our at Jerusalem will be perl verse cute reviled and rejected of man because according to the Hook Book He f that will live godly ol In Jesus shall suffer uter persecution My I heart rejoiced lt at I a statement that wa was mad last Stin Rm lay day troI fron this thu stand to 10 the effect that we should thank God for tor our enemies At first thought that appear appa to bp be rathe rather I a radIcal u hit hut nt not co 80 cowhen when hen we the tact lone ta that out of oC out ot of persecution and nyu rel In log we have become the er lt of truth In al all the world You I soy brethren mu anI RII r answer me It th Ind and the that ht hea come tu to YOI you 1 ha not developed he faith which you OU hue have toa today When hen I II II lene Cried to tho those remarks last lut SundRY Sunday I was wag reminded ot of a passage which II I that bt I It must ned needs b be that 11 Come cume but Wt unto them by 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