| Show OFFER OF ETERNAL LIFE THE PRIZE Of PRIZES PR zES j f r tl at tho General Conference of tho Church of Clr Jesus Christ Pl of Id In Salt Inlo City Olt Saturday II I ft r ELVER EL R JOHN HENRY SMITH Obedience tho Test of or to tho Law L w ol or ortho tho Lord tho Nature of or n ot and World to be Brought into Subjection Su to the iha Lord v Thus nr Ar In tho conference tha thi breth brethren brethren ren who have Il okon havo received re elved a Arnost most portion of ot tho Holy 1101 Spirit and some absorbing thought has been expressed by each one which has haa af afforded forded toot food for Cor reflection The wit wll now of ot tho Spirit has followed their utterances Tho manifest strength of ot President Snow In the tho opening of ot the conference tho clearness of ot his hla voice Olce tho of ot his words gave lo to every ovelY person present nn In assurance that the tho head of ot this great organization tho Church of at Jesus Christ of ot Saints was as receiving help from Cram the proper source Ae A each ono one of ot the tho brethren has hM taken his llaco upon this thi platform and given utterance to the words suggested by the Spirit of at the Lord Jord there has hilI been boen a renewal ot that Spirit which upun our chief as ashe ho he placed before us Ills his thoughts and congratulated the people upon the measure of ot improvement that had been exhibited in their efforts to apply In a n practical way woy tho principles of or the 1 Gospel I 1 The words of at truth as ns they have lIan fallen from Crom the tho lips of ot our brethren havo hao pointed out very clearly to our the fact that our Father was waC no M afraid to tell us the truth to give us credit for Cor the tho efforts C OIts wo have legitimately made and to clearly expose to our own view our lack of ot fidelity and faithfulness In the performance of ot our part The Spirit has hilI portrayed before our minds the necessity that exists exist II for tor testing one OlIO of ot UH us Wo We been Informed that there thre are many who have been registered with the tho Saints through the tho waters of ot baptism and in many Instances have been or ordained to the Priesthood and been made partakers of ot tho various arlous callings anil obligations that attach thereto therelo have hao been beon unmindful of ot their sacred coven coon covenants ants TO O TUB TEST TI ST OP OF PI FI Dl ITTY It has hns not been the weakness of ot tho that has stood In tn tho way of ot their development VII 11 of ot us nr of ot many man weak weaknesses nesses es we have havo received nn assur assurance ance ince that they would bo ho forgiven us If It our fidelity to tho dosi el should be and established It cannot be bo charged as ns a n weakness that men and women tc to whom the thu truth has come are not In the t e Church of ot Christ It may mil be through a 11 weakness that a mon man may ma sometimes toll tell that which Is untrue It may ma be he weakness that exhibits Itself In our lives when sometimes wo VO drink ardent spirits am iby hy that means lose our judgment possibly are arc drown drawn away awny from Crom our moorings But Dut the tho continued mid per persistent neglect of lit a n requirement such as ns Is placed upon those thole that have been beun made partakers of ot the Gospel In Us Its to pay Ilay their tithing ceases to he a weakness It becomes In Its nature a direct revolt nn ab nb solute commandment of God to establish h us in the generous and considerate of Dt providing foi tor the development of ot the work of ot God Goi and our own well being registering ourselves as n willing to utilize that which Providence shall place lIAce In our hands as ns means menns for the better betterment betterment ment of ot our fellow creatures the th dispensing of ot the word of at God GOIt among the children of ot men In III the tho building U UtI and beautifying of ot Zion Klon In III the extend extending ing of ot her borders bordors In currying carrying for tor forward ward that tha t work of ot Ills In the th way a dc do signed by b Him as lis welt ns us In an ex on our part that we hold no worldly goods above Ills work While we may III fall down under the tho lion of at the moment passion may gov gO gOern ern us 18 briefly we may mn make this error yet et when the years come COlli am ami amigo go Elders of ot tho Church holding balding the Priesthood of ot the Son of at God are aro not enrolled upon His records HIP record of ot the Lambs book of ot life lite If It you OU please It Is an on evidence not of ot ofa a n weakness we I but of ot revolt an nn absolute requirement of ot heaven President Snow In his efforts to maintain the dignity honor of ot the tho work of at the Lord In the world orld when he came to tho forefront as the chosen cho en lender of ot the Saints un In under der Ier the tho direct revelations of or our heavenly Father pointed out to us ua ns a n people that there had been hren Upon our part parta a fearful te lack of ot earnestness e and devo deo devotion lion tion ns written In the tho books He pointed the way of ot freedom from the trammels that were holding haM In us down He lip pointed 1 to us Ul tho way a not of ot I the of ot dishonor disgrace by hy unpaid bills on the he part of ot he the Church Itself but the tha way of ot freedom al o for the th miler of ot the tho Church Chur h who had gone beyond the proper limits In their own business concerns HP III said that their liberty their hop hopr lay IA In turning to the Lord seeking by b earnestness and devotion to utilize their powers by b pitying paring their Just dues duea and being placed eil upon that record from which every 1 of ot thU th Church ls I Ito to be Judged By y fixing In their own the thought that this U Is the test law la which h the Almighty has hns established If It you will that obliga lion linn rightly right your our own trammels will willbe willbo be bo relieved your own burdens will be belI lightened lI d the sunlight of ot the Spirit shall hall i r nd in richness upon you OU The effort of ot those who would retard your nur progress and bar the advancement of ot the cause aue of ot Christ will III bo futile The Tha hands of ot your enemies will b weak weakened ened the light and of ot truth will mark the way wa for tor you to Indeed I that conquering hOlt hoit which our I Father In heaven has decreed you oU shall hall TIll ThU Is hi not net to be h done In the spirit of ot hate hat nor In malice directed 1 any Rn I of ot our fellow creatures rr Jut but In the It of ot Independence anti love tempered l by that legitimate humility that would I lead every Nr roan and woman conversant with the principles of ot the Gospel and the spirit of this work to ne fully In the nature natU o n great mission that Is 18 1 theirs theft We WI pot rail fall to en this world Ii before u ll with wit h the design n 1 of ot WK sent ent us III here her that It is II our world If It y ra plea JI a not n 1 world to 1 I conquered by II the th not a world to tn be by the spirit of or hate not n world IM to be two subdued simply tn to lid th ambit Inn of or men give Rh them i IIII l c In connection with It awl development It hut bill a to bo brought Into subjection to 0 the crow of ot Christ and through th principle of lit love enunciated ed pOt by b Him nd revealed rf anew tin In n the tM M and age II In which we lire 11 that no mutter what hat may com our r own heart h rh purged pur bv the requirement of ot our God we would Indeed utilize tilt the worldly means that that ht Father gave us to pro pm provide vide 1111 for tor the hm nt of ot HU as 1111 far as all we bad the power lOwer that the hand which bleh He Ire hole choie to hold Within Its grasp the tM elements of power Ower should not be paralyzed by our failure to 0 place that t hand BO o till far as we the tho capability cn pub III t tho sinews ot of that should enable ahle him In Iii any nil and very Held field where Ills His purposes required 11 1 work to be done dOIl to accomplish that work vork 11 He c congratulated you upon the tho wonders that have been een accomplished and yet et there are wonders onders stilt to be accomplished SELF EXAMINATION EX I You have been flattered that you I vere werl the best people In tho world I II I hope my I brethren and sisters that man each woman will look In Ino Into to o the tho Inmost ot own weigh the conditions of r the duty by 11 tho Almighty upon thom them and ask themselves the question ns aB the cold Investigation Is III made Is l t this statement of et our brethren correct BO tAr far an nil we ore arc concerned Words of ot latter lattery It 11 is true sometimes drop upon ullon our ears than words of ot reproof We bear Illy lIy sometimes the tho words of ot reproof especially If It we 0 been In violation of or some require or law of ot God nut Hut when wo 10 look Into the recesses of ot our own hearts or examine the record of ot our own deeds are the words of ot commendation that arc aro spoken to us as B a II body merited by each one ot us As I T havo ha sat In III the presence of ot my m and listened to their Hood good words of at coun COUll counsel sel AntI commendation their words of ot censure I havo ha vu sought to put myself on the rack to examine myself I J wish that I could feel that I had fulfilled as 8 thoroughly the work the Almighty has given ghen mo to do In connection with you as I should have done ilone But Dut while I was 19 examining I wondered If nil all of ot us were un the same examination and it so BO we had that with the help of ot under the Inspiration of ot Ills His Spirit as ns It came camo from tho lips of ot His HIli servant we would bo we would bo ho exemplars In every walk ot oC life lite so far as ns wo had the power While some little weakness might overtake I Ius 1 us wo would not register ourselves as nil asIn In revolt any proposition that Almighty God had laid upon III as all A duty dut that we should discharge Wo might miss for tor a brief season the ment of ot tithes hut the years should not come cOllie go CO and our names namos not be he found on all tho records of or the tho judge of ot Ihl hou e of ot Israel that tho days d s ant and the tho months should not pass pails by b wo utilize our means with which 1101 dence blesses us U without being mindful of ot that AId that wo we should giro fur for the furtherance of ot the purposes of at that Father Fathel who hall had given Iel us the right lo to lothe the receipt of ot His Priesthood or who had permitted us If It we had not at attained 1 this to enter the door of at tho waters of ot and receive I tho of ot water and of ot fire 1110 and the Holy while hundreds and I thousands around us as good as ns we weso so tar far as lives arc concerned nu nil i earnest an ye we III n that which they deem right and In many Instances In much mori mor liberal than we and yet et by b come condition that can scarcely be bl explained remain aloof from the consoling convincing influence of ot that Spirit tha comes from on high I TIm OF TRIBES nut Hut yesterday In passing from this his building to my own home I met a n gen Aen gentleman whose friendship I very ory highly not a member of ot our Oil Church n man that 1 believe to be In III Inthe the business world orld n a man of ot t and Integrity n a moral man I mot him upon the sidewalk I put my 10 arm around his hili shoulders and eahl to to him My 1 friend I believe I havo th prize of ot prizes that has hal been given Ien of ot God to our Fathers 1 children You I have hac met In the business worM world for tor years and years car your our treatment of or me has haa been tho treatment of ot a n gentleman I have hac respected r and ond do respect you ou ns AS ASa n a man of or honor He lie says I J have been a moral man Mr tr Smith but I J have hlo not ben been a religious man mall In the tho sense sene In which you ou religious mon men some sometimes times speak Said I J Look hero horo by b and by this race will be run you rou and I 1 will be bo on the other side I f do not want you ou to ay fay to me on the other side sid Mr tr Smith In phero yonder you OU had the of or prizes and you ou never offered me an nn understanding of at atIt It It I want to you 01 as till a matter of at friendship for I believe that I have lIae the truth that you ou will make It In your way WA to visit the lII services of ot the Saints Sock to receive of ot their spirit and to comprehend that which they are engaged In He prom me that he Ill would and I believe hf h will As S to the that the theA Almighty A I 11 I may make upon his mind cat cathe he shall listen to 0 tho th words that may maybo bo he spoken by the tho of ot the Church It Is not for tor mo III to o determine His spirit must be In that condition that th spirits of ot some of or you ou were wor In In timi past when you drank In of ot the truth but If It his spirit does drink In of or th truth I believe him to be bo of ot that hat mould that moon means would be bl util utilized utilIzed by b him for Cor the tho accomplishment nr of ot that which In hi hili honor ho believed was wall true I t think that many of ot the Latter day Ia Saints are arc discrediting themselves th m 11 In their neglect of ot that which the Ins Mas Master ter tr hns hM placed 1110 red within their reach rench by a II failure to 10 meet there e obligations and to have their names registered by b the com common common mon judge upon records designated by h the Almighty for preserving the evi eI evidence dence of ot the goodness of their hearts And their conversion to Ills His truth I see B my m brethren sisters that my proportion of ot the time Is pone gone hut but standing before you JU with Ih the full I Knowledge of ot the responsibility that at tache In to my m chief ns liS well ns to mv my associates In connection tonn with thin work I tR to you ou write your our name nam namIn In the Lambs Jamb book of nt life lito for Cot It l 1 the Lambs of ot life lite when hen you ou reg register re ister yourself n liS a n of ot thAt which Providence in your our hand It Into 1010 the hand handu of 0 the par parties partiN tiN ties designated by tho Almighty to utilize that for the tension extension ox ami of It the of ot our God ThrU Thew li I no requirement resting upon you Ou to pa JI tithe upon ody else or earnings but the law la of Got God to His HIli people Is II that that which l I yours which MIme come Into your our hands each year Mr shall bo He require of HI JIll wool that that for tor lIt truth shall bp lIP by b the rS 1 of ot tithes nn nl or woman that falls fa II I continue to fall In thin duh ran can bo be In any an other condition In connection with the Wk Tork of except In open revolt foll Th ml In for n ow MV 1 I a lack of judg judgment ment a 0 but lut when It con Mn continues without limit that man or Ilia woman ha In his hIli nr her hlf 11 tb law la that Goo God has bu given Thel will disappear nr In connection with our Fathers work ork anil ulster te let us obey th commandment of ot our Father in 11 heaven register our names In His book register our name in words of ot corn com tort fort and lind advice aNtar a aa we may have lue the power Ower our fellow man to toan toon an on understanding un of the truth Let us J II 1 j ever remember remembers that ot Sf IOns 0 our III h s l Us ot o our own fAith ure Created In Ills His liken n Ills His imago and that I n has 11 como to e u UK Ihl in III the receipt of upon us Is Indeed creal F th that cnn be turn the or d I 4 our c iI a 1 which we hae us IS deed the embra 1 I of th in 11 Christ Yo are Ind d th 1 J H Our 1 f t ot children i nw tJ HII who tolls In I ministry after taker of the h ir 0 the hob ml thu in store r ers children I pray for Its good fort V that truth which our Futh us for the spirit of hat l hed for the spirit of preme n of mankind th Indeed th h the children nn i V of tho children to the fath m not alone unto that tutu encompassing all the upon this earth |
