| Show DI GOUR AT ATTHE HE THE Elders James E Talmage and Charles W Penrose Discuss Mission of Mormonism DIVINE CALLING OF JOSEPH Wurl i cu Only In III That It Has lIus I Icon the Signs of till the Discourses bearing on un the tho of ot and tho divine railing of ot Smith tho Prophet It tho hit hitter II t ter lO were cr mule made otter litter noon at ut the by Janni Jume JanniK Jumer K r Talmage and Charles W There Thero wag IU a I Urge lugo attendance nce and the singing as UR Is II customary at ut such meet meetIngs InKs Ings was as a I feature President Ir John It n Winder presided The choir sang nn the th hymn High on on the mountaintop tO A banner Is unfurled Prayer was S offered by h Killer Andrew The choir further gang I 0 my 1 F ther Thou that In 1 the tho high hh h und and glorious place JAMES JA I E rAL Am Dr James E J Talmage was WI the Urn IrH speaker Ha II began by h stating that thit ho he stood before Leoro the tho ready to give ghe utterance to the tho lon ons Of ot the Holy Hul His mind he h eaM hud had been heel led to retted on Oi the hymn Juit jus I un which to tn many mal people was liS known IM I the Mormon hymn h mi The he r I read the hymn and proceeded to tl com comment COI ment upon It I The Tho Saint said Talmage believed In III Oo the eternal ItI They rhe believed Him Hm to be the Father of our nur spirits and that by h His UI grace we had been IrIl permitted to l COmo come to 10 earth eUth dwell In thu flesh lelh The was a I OO III of oC simplicity It I taught that men had hul a n relationship with wih God which was WIK eternal and that according to their desires exemplified by b their conduct here on nn earth they the would reap rean a n reward In the mansion prepared for r them lher The Church of ot Jesus Christ of ot was the tho Church of ancient conr again It I was WaR new MI only In that It had boon been reestablished r e 11 upon the earth It I came an I had hll been hern predicted and would now continue until the purposes of ot God hud been Iwen brought to ta pass paS It compre comprehended comprehended the truths of ot primitive Chris Christianity reiterated the declaration that kingdom of ot was about to tobe tola be la established l hell In tho earth It I claimed no earthly dominion or secular rule rile for tor this wat wa not a part Of or Its Is mission rath rather er cl did It aim to lO prepare men for the kingdom of at heaven which would be es when Christ made His Ils appearance among men menThe menThe The Gospel Go pel said tho speaker was waR something more than a a mere stem of oC morals While It I required tho highest standard of ot moral conduct there WI a II certain In law II IV to be he lived up to a n certain tain code of oC principle to be obeyed oble 1 The read Christ predictions i His Ils second Ini the th preceding It 1 He le held hell that the description le agreed well cl with ex existing conditions MId and proved conclusively concu that the second coming of our Lord was near Tile Tho doctrine of ot the Mormon I church were slowly slow yet et surely absorbed by hy the denominations of the o day lar Only anI recently n pamphlet had entitled The he Church of Christ In which doctrines heralded by h this church half a 11 century ago 00 and then heresies by b unbelievers ers were freely rlee accepted nHI Incorporated in their code coro of ot belief belie This fl too was an nn Important dun hm M the times I nil would result In bringing men to 10 toa a n knowledge jf the th truth until every eer knee should bow bo every tongue con confess fess that Jems Je us was Wil Indeed the Christ Elder I Talmage contrasted conditions anciently with those existing today and andraid raid special sll attention to the tendency among men to tl seek after signs sign and wonders wonder Of at such he h said no signs were stupendous enough or wonders miraculous lous loul enough to convince them of ot the revealed revell truth Such men had an nl ap III appetite petite for tor stimulants they required bigger el doses every day In conclusion tho speaker referred to the nature of o the thE final Judgment and 1111 Mid that would deal Justly just with all 11 rewarding men len according to th lr deeds deeo the conditions sur Hur rounding them In this life A mere church membership would avail nothing were such membership I hlll not properly lived up to 10 The church did not con done don eln While It Inclined not to bo hG charitable Its charity wag Wil not It of ot the ort to wink willIe nt among thos who should know kno better heter amonI membership In III tho Church of Ir Christ Chrit did IIII not necessarily lec ton there was WIS no cele exaltation outside of ot it for It hud had belli he n established 1 that men might hn an ni opportunity to the tho embrace Its glory principles and Ild attain to The choi chol Ring Fang the anthem My 1 foul with wih Mrs Lizzie Thomas lidward 1 and 11 Ashworth CM 01 the grOm W IB IOS I Elder Charles W P lIrose of the he Council of lit the Apostles lle endorsed ly Iy the tho remarks of o Jn Elder Talmage slat Ing Ilg that lit It knew the th doctrines to tu bo be true and 1111 In conformity with the tl of lt Jesus Christ There nothing really new lieI In II the thc doc dOl of ur the tho al although II though many man of oC them wor new lew ti t this thin generation were the truths of ur primitive Christianity restored again In the hitter days had spoken ollin from om the He le His work upon the earth and a l I the Gospel was WIN now being preached to nil all na nations m an n u II before the end Elder giler Penrose bore a n fer fervent fervent vent testimony to tho truth of Mor Ild invited those tho e who u were not lul with its teaching to tn In lu Investigate for themselves and the truth would be made known to 10 them The rhe Gospel was I a I natural consistent system tem tI of yf theology Thero hero was nothing mythical about It I It I appealed to roi ro rolon von lon It I wan n system 1 tel of lt religion that hUll hud In II It I nil ni the elements of ot life liCe It I gave fC men liberty them thel tho true way WIY and If It lived up to tl would lend them back Into the presence of or God Joseph Smith was WaR the Prophet of or the His was WUK revered his hi memory respected by h bin hJ follower rs Hut Bul thoy did dil not war hl him Tiny Th no 10 but they the did the Eternal i In the tho name of ut Ills Js SOl Son Christ Chrit nider rIer Penroe made passing mention of ot his recent visit to Windsor county Vt t where a handsome monument ment had been erected to tho memory of ot the tho Prophet Joseph The choir and congregation cOIre Inn the hymn Imn We thank Thee O 0 Ol for tor a 1 the benediction WI pro pronounced by Patriarch Angus Angul M I Can Cannon non 1101 |
