| Show Standard by Which 1 the World Will be Judged L L T J I I Addre by b BISHOP ORSON F WHITNEY S SemiAnnual Conference of the hu Church Al h Christ of In n the tho Tabernacle Tab Tob Soil SAlt u Of Je JesUS Sunday Sunda October 8 1905 L Lale lle City honor of ot addressing s ft L 1 E The ferenCe ne ot Of th tW o of at Jesus Saints SainI l I one that of at li Christ much appreciate though I tee feel I verY fery I strange rAnge In responding to the theil th has been made upon me lUe re rea cell il that a u I do ilO that t the are aro occasions then hen the thC people popl p opla of or God Clod naem lo for tor forThe forthe The se ot of listening to their lead lend the Iha rf and ant that It Is l I more n tL t time lime for tor ex ox exhortation eU and testimony than for tor doc doctrInal discourses Where the tho time Is I trInal limited and the tile speakers ure are so au auman 0 that the tt It I II not to be bo expected man many anY fur tur e can be extend extended ery ft Therefore It Is 18 t not one that I t have hn e an anticipated cd at least lenat I did not anticipate until by Smith that Li It n ended to call me And AnI this Is te be courtesies many acts on Of at f many man only and consideration that I Ibare o of at received at his hi hands hive bare The main reason I 1 presume pre why h he 1 t me to speak la Ic because has hit to tI I represent ent In a way one of at atthe happen general Institutions of ot the tho Church the the he opening of ot the year 1599 I hi have Since Sirce b been en connected with the tho Church Historian While hUe 1 I have hac ha nov nOl i been bem n asked to mako make any report I will willay that that Institution during tho the period fay av ay of ot which h I am qualified to speak peak K haa ha hint kept pac pace paco with tho the general progress of ot the Church It Is 18 not my purpose to draw any an Invidious comparisons be bo between between tween the present ned and the tho past t There ii lr J no need neeLi to do so We Wo all understand that the tho Lords work ork Is progressive and that hat It was Va as Intended to be It Is no re reflection reo upon tile the past pant to say ea that tha t the tha present overtops oV It that we ore In ad advance vance anoe e today an as n A people over ocr any for tor former mer period In our Out When Whon I ex cx press cress the belief beller that the Church of ot God fiod Godrow now row presided over by President Jos Joseph Joseph eph F Smith Is it In a better hetter condition spirituallY and temporally than ever over before I do not cast any reflection up upon upon on In the Prophet Joseph Smith who ho founded tho he Church nor upon President Young Youn his worthy and lawful nor upon any of ot the servants of af If Cod GoJ who have In tn turn presided over this great work vork wor It Is la sim slot simply simply ply a recognition ot of tho the general principle pe of ot progress that Is Inherent In the tho work of ot God 00 1 and Is among amons the tho things predestined pr So S also when I l I say that the historians office Is In n a better con condition condition dillon than It has hu ever been I do not cut any an reflection upon tho the faithful cervices of ot former historians hIstorian Dut It gives me pleasure to testify to the tha wis wisdom wIsdom wisdom dom ability end energy manifested ted by President Anthon H It Lund tho the present historian lie He has hat watched over ocr the In dilution with all 1111 the care and anxiety o of 01 a father tather for tor his hi favorite child 11 HA I Ihas n has given It what time limo he could spare from his duties as one of or the First Presidency He lie has come caine early and remained late In te and has baa put In lot more hours h urs of at willing and cheerful toll toil than any of ot his subordinates I attribute much of ot the present good condition of at atthe the office to him and to tl those who have directed dr t d his labors I 1 Mih I could say Bay all that is b In my heart hurt to say sa I t wish I could utter the thoughts that arise In me nie us ns I gaze upon this great congregation I see men and women from Irom the tho north from the south from the east and from the tho west rest assembled here for tor the tho purpose of ot being Instructed ened cued and renewed that they thOy may nitty go 10 forth from this conference with the ho spirit of at It upon them and within them to ta carry the same to the remotest parts part of at the Church While contemplating plating th the scene I have hae mentally compared this Ibis multitude to tho the waters ot the tho ocean that are taken up Into the clouds i and ana an sprinkled over oer the earth to i moisten m and refresh the tho dry places pl I rivulets becoming streams stream streams Into rivers and md the tho waters vaters through the rivers finding their way wa tack lick to the ocean Why do they con thus return Why this eternal round of at renewal and progression It li It because It Is In the pro of ot nature In the tho great plan of ot Coa Go od that It should be so eo that these those Caters vaters which become became stagnant and Imd turbid by remaining too long upon the of or tho the earth may tony b be I cleansed revivified and tent sent forth over the tho face of ot the globe to tomake tomake make It bloom with verdure and nini blos bios blossom blossom I som sum wiLl beauty As A often of ton as us II they are they arc ure gathered to pass pans through the tho bosom of ot the tho self i purifying unpolluted sea sen senH i It H lI ems to ma me that tha t we Wo can learn something h 1111 from tram this lesson lese on written by tho tint God of ot nature In the great book of ot nature Tho Tue saints are aro gathered together periodically In gen general oral eral conference My IY people shall meet together often otten the tho Lord says to par partake take of ot the tue n to receive r In Instruction to bo be reminded of 0 their 1111 ties tle as 18 Saints and to have hava their spiritual strength renewed r When the tho call goes forth front from tho the First t dency Como Canto to the tho general confer conter conference once ence It Is 19 the tho duty u ot of the tho Saints not only In Utah but also In Idaho Ari An Arizona zona In Canada In Mexico and throughout the th Intervening region to tolay tolay tolay lay n their everyday labors and corn come ns 9 many as possibly can cnn to these thesa gatherings ot of Clods Gods people where the tho waters ol or their souls may be purified and set In motion where they the themay may receive now new strength new energy and go co hence to moisten with tho the Spirit they hero here Imbibe Im the dry and barren places to stir up the tho people of at God dad rouse route the Indifferent reform the erring und and less bless nil all with whom they come In contact by hy Imparting to thorn thom the good things l they have havo here obtain obtained ed Cd Freely ye received freely give MISSION OF OI What has been tho the purpose of at tho the scattering and the gathering Catherine of or the House of Israel Ismel What Is III the sig of at sending Into the world a ft chosen race of ot spirits sill rite called upon earth carth the Iho children of ot Abraham brahan Isaac and Jacob JCob but hIlt known to us to have been the children of ot God Galt before Abra Abma A fl ham barn was born horn They fliey vero chosen In III Inthe inthe the heavens before they came In the flesh and were sent forth from tram tho the presence cf of God Coti with a 1 mission We e who call ourselves Stints are n a branch ot of the tho house of ot Israel i gathered out from Irom rein among antong the Gentiles we wo are n a portion of or that martyred na an tion chosen of ot God and sent upon earth carth to suffer and endure for tor His Ills sake sulta anti for tor the sake of at all nil mankind to bear the of at God ODd and bo ho Ills His representatives In the midst of at the hu ho human nina man race Hend what Moses says In Inthe inthe the eighth verse of or the chapter of or Deuteronomy omy If It you doubt that Israel had an alL existence before the earthly days of ot Father Abraham The rite passage runs ns as follows When the therod rod Most divided to the nations their Inheritance when he separated tho thin sons Boils of or Adam he lie set the bounds of at the people according to the tho number of ot the children of at Israel This was before the birth of at Abraham The Lord Ioro had nations upon the earth before that time and he ho set sel their bounds accord according accordIng ing lag to the number of at thin the children of ot What doe Iloe this mean If It not net that Israel was a it 1 preexistent race or ordained ordained ordained before the tho world was WIlS to perform the great and Important Import lint mission that has rested upon them all nil down tho the ages agE and a 1 portion of or which Is now being performed by the Saints the gathered children of at Eph It If this be true truo of at the tho whole house of ot Israel how much more true truo of or those mighty ones who have risen In the midst of ot tho the people of at God Gad who have been called to be Jilt Ills prophets anti nM apostles His Ills spiritual ministers to mankind If It It be true truo of at the Latter Itter day dllY Saints as n a 1 body how lion much moro more true of or those whom wo we VI sustain ns no our leaders What should bo be our conduct towards them I know what the tho Pro Prophet phet het Joseph said In all your kicking and see eco to It that you do 10 not betray the servants of at God there Is la no sin that can ba bo compared to It Touch not mine an all do my InY prophet no harm Is the warning word of at the thin Lord that has hns come Caine down through the centuries A great lesson Is taught onet onel that all allmen allmen allmen men would do well volt to heed In the tho Saviors description of ot the last Judg Judgment judgment ment When Wh n the Son of ot man shall lall come cOllie In is his hie glory und all tho tim holy hoh angels with him then shall He lIe 11 sit alt HI upon ullon the tho throne of ot his glory And before him lila shall be gathered all nations end he ho shall separate them one from another an as n a shepherd oth eth his sheep from the goats goat And ho he shall set nut et the tho sheep on his right hand but tho the goats Koats on the tho left lert Then shall shah this tho King say sn unto them then themon thenon on his right hand Come ye e blessed of at my Father Inherit the kingdom pre lire prepared pared for tor you from the foundation of oC the world For I 1 was an In hungered and ye 13 gave me meat moat I was thirsty thirst and yo ye 13 gave me drink I woo was a stranger anti ye e took teok me In Naked ye 1 clothed me I t was smas sick and yo ye 0 visited me one I wee was In pris prison prison on and ye came unto roe rne Then shall the righteous answer him hi saying Lord Jl rd when maw aw a IV we e thee the an hungered mid led fed thee or and gave thee thoe drink When saw we thee the a 1 stranger strang r m and took thee In or naked and md clothed thee the theOr Or when saw we thee sick or In prison and camo canto unto thee I And the tho King JIng shall answer and anI say unto them Verily I r say unto you In Inasmuch ns us yo ye C have hav ha done It unto one ono of ot tu th least of or these my ray brethren ye e have done donl It unto inn 1111 Then he lie say also unto them then themon thenon on the left lert hand Depart Dopart from fran me lIe ye 0 curral Into everlasting fire Ire prepared for tor the devil and his hI angels For Fr I wai an nil hungered and ye YO gave FtC me roe no meat I was thirsty thirst anti and yo ye 0 gave gale me no drink I r was wai IVa a L stranger and ye p took mo me not In naked and yo ye clothed clotheil me inc not riot sick and In prison and ye 0 visited me fliP not Then shall they also answer him lila fraying Lord when saw Ia we wo theo thee an nn hundred or or a stranger or naked or sick or In prison anti and ani did not minister unto thee thea Then shall he ho answer them theta Verily I soy may unto you ou Inasmuch as ye did III It not to one of the least of ot these ye yo did It not to me mend And nd these shall go 0 away ana Into ever lasting punishment but hut the righteous rl Into life lito eternal Matthew 25 I learn from these there solemn words that God will win Judge Juge tho the world orl 1 by this stanl stani curd ard How have you act Oll treated my ray ser servants ants I say 8 Y It to the tue friends of ot thc thit thue e emen men who sit upon this stand and I say sa It to their foes loes How will you ou staid i the Issue hsue when ihen this thin test Is applied In Inasmuch n ns as ye 0 did It or did It not unto Into I these thesa tny my servants ye C did It or did It not unto me II HONan rIm IIII MIX MIN m WHOM aon aou nf I bear my testimony that Ihl these are Indeed Ind d tho the servants of at God GoJ I do not need to laud the virtues of ot President Joseph F P Smith that has hIlS been well ell done already Hut But I can say Amen to nil nh that has been said snit He lie knows what I think of ot him bin Ho lie knows that I love loe and honor him and he lie knows too loa I trust that I do not love anti honor him hint simply because he has hal been good and kind to me mc I love lave and honor him because nod Hod loves and honors him hint I hold It to be my trw duty dut to sustain any man mun whom God Clod hns has chosen to fill any an position In III Ills HIs Church whether hether that man loves me or loves lovos me mc not That has hag nothing to do with tire the principle In Involved involved I must be e loyal lorn I Independently of ot anyone a s feelings toward me roe Doctor wits was a great friend of at the Prophet Joseph He lie lived with him In Inthe inthe the tho Mansion House at Nauvoo aol and whenever the Prophet came caine Into the dining room If It the doctor was there first he ho would arise and remain stand standIng standing Ing until tire the Prophet had taken his seat Joseph asked him why wh he ho lilt did this for he sometimes felt embarrassed by It The answer was Immortal Brother Joseph I love to honor the theman theman theman man whom God Clod has honored That Is It tho the principle upon which we should love these thee men who stand at our head because God GOI has honored them and they tho are arc Ills HIs servants It docs does not matter whether they love us or cm not though I 1 believe bellevo they do they thc are the Lords servants and It Is our duty to stand stan by b them thorn to defend them then and an anto to lay down our cur lives for tor them thorn If It nee necessary essary I have a testimony that President Jo Joseph Joseph seph F Smith Is the tho th right man In the tha right place and this not because he lie Is the thin nephew of or the tho Prophet Joseph Smith or the time on of at the tho martyred Hy Ily Hyrum HYrum rum ruin Smith It Is i In his hla own right that he presides over this people He lie U III i Gods man nod has been chosen upon his hi own merits to hold 1 this exalted po position position That Is my conviction and the Santo with regard to his Counselors and anal the thie Twelve Apostles and nn all the tho leaders of at the Church No mistakes are arc ever eer made In the tho selection of such men When hen tire the n s of ot ciol no I tilled with tire the Holy kot m t nominal a oman and anti the tire Holy 1101 Ghost In iii the hours of ot the tire peo people pIe pl testifies testified that that Is IB the th choice ot ur Gol Soil ll It IB lu Ills 1118 choice It Is i fur tor or a IL r mistake to bo be outdo Every I lery man that has been bc n called to over Oe this Church or to stain among tho the leaders thereof has ban been pointed out by bythe b y the flagon finger III r of or led God There rh rc was no pos of ot a n mistake for the tire Spirit of t Truth fruth does dOM not He lie 11 These men area como collie to tm tl tho tIre earth eurth with the tire mission upon thorn them to bo 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