| Show TilE THE PERFECTION OF TilE THE nt lit tho snit in tim tho Snit Silt Lake City Olty Juno lJ 8 1000 bY br GEORGE Q CANNON CANNONI f 1 Eff oLl qi the Gospel Goepel Upon LLIn Down In of the of the Saints In up U thu to you l 1 do to io with wHit the th hops hope aDd Dd that r I mar ha hiVe the wilt an lil your your I 1 have Y attended two tody one lIe o ot which hat ha been bean alluded to by funeral ot of t that one was wa made mad upon my mind deeper probablY than an any other I reo re recalled called the many funerals that I had at attended attended tended and the remarks marks matte made at thos thoN funeral b by those thOle best with Ute tile Today there was al a con censUs of te that Wall as surprising Ing respecting the of Jaquei I never neff heard hard greater eulogies In a tw words word than thon I listened ard I 1 knew they were truthful The hId was vas How often otten we Ie are ale IId o 0 of that char chr Meter I du nut not believe behave there Is II a com coin itt In the world where good things can b uld Id wIth truth concerning the dead to the extent that the they can be among the Saints Many ot of our people to qualities of ofa a nature and a ot of character till that t ts II not common I in n the world We associate with In ev life lite without being inane cun culI coleus t their thell superior until we weare weare are culled called to their departure OF OB TIlE Jt it may inSy be What shat Is It that makes make the Saints Saint l I speak now 1101 of those who live UI to their pro IlI so superior in III this respect It I nothing less than th ot of Jesus Through h our to that we have been able to ox ex Qualities that are to those thOle I know that are many not of our fuith who are striving according to thu best light iy nave to Purify and elevate thin them selves s The to do till this Is not to the Saints flut Wo we have this advantage over oer those outside ot of our Church our religious is fa a Perfect one God hewing having revealed It anti and It being perfect those who live up to It Its rO requirements become perfect a 1110 We have lifted UI a standard that consider unattainable able and ond Improper And on thAt account we been boen hated and ond persecuted EF CT OF T E UPON Le t us consider the or of the Gal Gos pel upon the characters of at the people who have rl elved It rue fhe first truth by the Elders to those thoe un unacquainted acquainted with the Gospel is that Oo God l lives that lie He Is IA a God Oud or of revelation that lie Is ii accessible to men and that lie Be can be reached it If sought for In the prop proper r way tw The effect of at that truth who receive It Is to lift them up and to 10 cause and desires In their hearts which If they ever did entertain them have been entertained In a hazy huy The Elders next de declare dare clare thAt If they will obey the ordinances nances of life lICe and 8 salvation they shall receive the holy Huly Ghost that inestimable hIe ble gift Which the ancient disciples of oC Christ possessed These teachings have nn an elevating effect upon those who hearken to them faith Is Increased In their he hearts and they look upon God and heavenly things very ory differently to what they he have done Especially Especial Is this the case when the they have received the Holy Ghost And when they are told that by exercising faith the they can ob tam tho ho gifts and graces or of the Gospel as they were enjoyed GIft ot of wisdom the gift of at discerning of at spirits the gift ot of tongues the girl gift of healing etc Do not these thee thin things have IL ft tendency the human character Cere the they do They bring men and nearer to God and establish a between them and heaven feeling I is Intensified when they art are that God Is II their Father and tn its earthly to theIr children tell lill that they desire In so 10 God will bestow upon them the gifts that tile they need rho teaching leachIng of these principles to the Saints hal ha produced what w we sO de The They are different from other leople who come among them ree recOgnize thiM difference The Latter Iatter day Saint perceive It themselves They the old Ideas nil en but which they hive have now behind And they know that those with whom the they come In contact In the world have these ideas Brother rother UriC ham Young has told us this ot of n a gentleman who expressed his hll un In a future state Now supposing In ing his Ideas are truE have havo WI we lost any anything thing b by believing as we do Suppose SUpPO c tho teachings of the denominations ot of Christendom are corr t and that ns as th ministers say God ha has ceased to tAlk to men angels no longer minister to earths inhabitants the gifts ot of the Gospel were onlY given ghen for tor a certain purpOse In ancient days and were then and ond are not now alt attainable and that thit the will ot of Clod Is embodied in hi th and Ife He will reveal no more I Suppose I say sar nil all this were trUe dots dObs It ft hurt us to act upon the belief I that We ve en entertain Does It Injure us to fleck lk God In faith to HIm Illin to he hear r our prayers to strive to live so 0 as asto to receive the Hal Ghost and to labor for tor the gifts of the Spirit that the an d I oes It hurt hurl us to have havo that faith which satisfies us that Go reveals himself to us os as occasion requires Does Doas It place us In nn an Inter infer InterI lo lot position to those who do not have I this belief bellet I LIVING DOWN TION WO We believe In God as much as our friends do wo we believe In the redemption ot of the Son ot of God In the lit atonement In the tho resurrection and In Inthe Inthe the life to CO come In e and In every thing thine th that t constitutes the cardinal principles ot ChriStianity hut Dut we go gofa fa father her WO we In other principles W we believe bellee that thal we can be a ath as th the ancients were We seek Icek for union I We dwell together In love loe and union Ate Are we o Injured b out our hap happiness by It You Tou cnn can answer for tor I take It that Ills it Is tWo no ac ot of these principles that hue hUI made tib Saints thc peculiar peculiar liar they are today toda and that has gained Us the good character that we havel om am In the thought that we were weare are re living down the and falsehoods that have hase been latea lata about us I started out In life a amo mo molt t creature Many a time boy have hae I gone ort off and cried spoke harshly to tome tome me I 1 wanted everybody to love lovo me flut Dut I hare hae been so 80 abused and lied about that now I do not trouble myself Is said against mOo me and falsehood will not hurt thi th LaUer ay Saints We nib Dm living down one by ono one j IN rt tI there has been an excite over the about the and what the they a ar doing and the have bave been d with mornIng u us Naturally one obe that tb these e things thing would mike lopIe shun hUh u us but let ml me mesay say laY to you that never before In our his hla history tory hare hae there been so ao many letters received at headquarter asking fur Mormons In directions a as there thre liars lIae been Men the past few rew months We have had requests from rom ever every sur surrounding ur rounding State to come colne to 0 settle among There I Is not a b t sugar suar fee tac tory for tor hundreds of miles around that has bal not asked for Mormon colonists to come and help them The They have fac factories tori tories but they cannot produce betts berts like We can ant and therefore they uk ask for our people to Come and them In tact we have applications ot of every kind mid amI otters of land on easy euy terms etc It I Ii not net however a 0 principle ot of the Saints Saint to That which we art are taught Is II to gather to lImit Dut it If we wished to scatter catter there are plenty of good 1000 places offered to us FUTURE OP OF ZION Now what does dou augur To m my mind it I is e a foreshadowing of oC the lu tume tUle ot of this people Since lilY my boyhood I have hae heard predictions concerning the future growth of Zion In our direst and In our dark darkest et hour hou I have hae heard the set ser vents antl of God predict what the future of this people would be when It seemed emed looking at the most unlikely thing In the world but their have come comae ring lug ing down and they have all been of a hopeful and encouraging nature Now they are gradually being rapIdly a as I could expect under the cit cir circumstances Of course time the world Ilo do donot not believe In our they scout the Idl idea 1 ot of having any leaning towards It but they are attracted to u us by other Go 00 to New York and other uther eastern cities rille and you Oll will lind that the business s credit or of the Latter da day SaInts stands Ia say this with a full tull knowledge of what I am talking that of any Rny other on title thIs continent with bankers With Ith manufacturers chants and other business s men who have dealt with us The They 8 say Y the pro bit honesty and punctuality ot of the Saints cannot he be excelled I mention these things In order to show the causes uses that hare produced this growth and made us Ul the people we weare weare are It was ras the Gospel that John so perfect It Is the Gospel opel that hill has made the character of time the people so 80 commendable and tire live When hen thE Saints live theIr religion they become angelic There Is no attribute that the angels angel possess poNell which bleh may not be enjoyed by bya a man or woman who lives JIves Mormon as It Is called Jesus the Son Ron of GOd has attained to Ills HIs exalted Sta Station tion b by obeying the very princIples that constitute our religIon The angels that surround the throne of our Father have hae received their exaltation an and 1 glory by obeying these principles observing one law after another until the whole character I Is transformed and becomes Godlike Through obedience to these principles we win emancipate ourselves from time the effect of the Fall Jall The Fall brought upon us many serious consequences but they can be counter counteracted acted acte 1 b by obeying the principles ot of life and salvation The man who obeys what tho th world calls Mormonism most perfectly Is the most perfect char character acter ACler he becomes angelic and ap preaches the divine THE WORLD Is 18 It therefore a foolish Idea for us to declAre that the Saints till liil the world and that we will make this earth a heaven 1 Why should It be considered tool foolish You see lee Its effects here In a limited circle with Imperfect people and this work will go o on till It will revolution lie the wh whole le earth There Thu will not be bean beany an any need or of physical force the moral morl tor force connected wih with the GOlpl Gospel wi vIlI e these especially when Oo God And the hosts host ot of ar are work workIng working Ing to that end also This earth 11 be cleansed from sin and prepared for tor forthe cleanse the Savior and for tor Is Ills upon the earth I It ha has not been n a fanciful drem dream that and prophets hare hae indulged In who he have written Ind and spoken abut about the glorious millennium that II Is to b be ushered In The forces are now at work I that will bring this to pass J And nd the themore themore more this Gospel 11 is listened tl to and obeyed the tho grander wl will be the results and you ou wil will see n a state of perfection that has not existed on the earth for tor torman man many generations Of OC course I know the world do not beleve believe this They scoff at I it and con consider eider sider I It chimerical nevertheless It will willbe b be brought about aboul The Gospel will work vork out the ends that have been de designe designed signe signed Our system has come from God GodIn In Is its perfection and as I remarked I it gives us an advantage over other people because however Imperfect we weare weare are ourselves the system Is perfect DUTIES TIE TIlE StINTS SAINTS The FIrt First Presidency visie visited the Oneida Stake conference last week and the people gathered In from time the sur surrounding surroundIng rounding country until there was wal no noone noone one building that would hold a halt half of at them to fO we 1 divided up into three cn con congregations We talked very plainlY to them I you OU could hue have heard bard I It for tor I think you n need to talking to 10 hero wih with great plainness I do not believe In chiding thO those who are present for those who are absent but I hats htwe felt pIned pained at this conference bauH because of the poor or attendance I do not know hol how man many were here thIs morning be because because cause I wu was at another meeting but the attendance yesterday WI was siry Iry smal small and this congregation Is by no means what Is should be for tor a confer one once ot of this Stake Slake Why are ale the pe pee Ide 10 not here Certainly there Is no ros reason on for tor 10 so many empty empt benches I it Is a shame that our conference should be S so thinly attended and there should be some Bome exertion on the part of the and prenta parents to bring the people to theae he meetings I herd heard yesterday afternoon some sam ox ex celent instructions concerning the ef effects reel of at staying away from conference all or of which I tul fully endorse I 1 tell cli you OU al that this Is a time of trial for the tho Saints Saint to We have hae lied had the word or of Oo God taught to u uIn us In great grent plainnesS of at late and we should strive earnestly to 10 make mke It Iced In our lives I It we do not the Lord wi will withdraw 11 Ills spirit from us UI usand and leave us to ourselves for we Cn ean not trifle with Hm Him I want to see the tho Saints progress I want to tobe tobe be saved with this people The They ar are the people I love I want to s ace every ono of at them saved But Dut we 0 can only b be lavey save by obeying the commandments ot of God We e should arue arouse Salt Lake Stake has had advantages that scarcely any other Stake In Zion hns had but they are not hi as they thoy should b be There Is i An And a ome th of M this Stoke Stake to ray my observation I hope I am mil mis taken In this but I fear ter t I am aiti not are In our midst today to be sn seen grades of at faith Some men mun and ond women I re IU as near a as they calm call to the law of tIme the celestial kIngdom The They oby obey ever every commandment of God You do not have to talk to them and scold them for AU All you 01 have hae to do Is to tell teU them what I Is re required and thy they will do It I Al am lisp hap happy py to sy say there Is a large element uti of this kind among the Saints Then there is II snottier another cia class that fal fall R a little behind then lien Allther another still tl behInd and more neglectful and 1 so on Thus we are graded And yet ret we 11 all CU call ourselves Saints Well GO Geil wi will judge UI us It wi will be for or Hm him to lr My j whether we are Saints Saint or not rhose who cannot exercise faith enough to attain unto tIme the perfection which hICl Ht lie wi will hae have to fall back and the grade to which they belong Some Seme leople people stumble at lh lhIng big Ing How an any one who hesitates to paY Ilay tithing can expect to enter into the oe cc glory Is one of the mysteries As a we must Inuit shake off orr our slothfulness and our want of ant anti strive to perform the work that has been assigned us marching forward al all time the time I lr pray God to ble bless you all and to guide guMe us In the wa way ot of right nels In the name of the Lr Lord t Jesus Amen t I |
