| Show GREATER GREA AiR l ER LOVE THAN THIS HATH NO MAN by b bELDER bI I ELDER RULON S WELLS wiLLS SemiAnnual Conference of or the ti Church the At t Christ of Ot Sint In n tho the Suit Sult Of Jesu sus L Ie City ell Sunday October 8 1905 brethren und and sisters Bisters I rise before v y morning In III II response to u a call 1 th President Smith and I can aa a If from m that It I Is with a feeling o ot of you ou aure re timidity and unless unIes our Father ut flY support 1 reel feel wholly halt como cO to unequal to 10 lh th the task h that ha laa hus been ay liS I feel fed ns na I hare hae al nl ala to 10 me mc signed flit felt hell dei Interest In the tho great work arl a r of ot our In helen heaven which willen instituted tor for tho the salvation of ot lie He ha hus children here hero upon tho the earth and a n ill of or Its It divino burns It Ity In Inny at this very er moment To m in mUe inthe heart hem nl ny y havu the Ue meetings of ot this HI conference In deed feasts Tho ten en In very cry Cr of or the tho Lord been teen poured out who upon UtA IIIi servants the and I Ij 1 Iao avo o the tho people themselves enter entertain j feel teel l that sumo view lw that 1 I have cx ex IK tain Jr reuell 5 d tho the gathering of Uw the tIt this Ihl mornIng Is I 1 a ol ot this thin in und and nd l I rejoice that nat this great gmt Tabernacle Is I nut not will built Hen to 10 hold the tho Saints wh who dent rint to 10 hear the word vord of ot h i tave ave Lord come insomuch up tip that it has hai tM th the fact ry that hit r the elements hate been bean to hold im un overflow meet meeting ing In order to Accommodate the people who hue haVe conic como In III such Ireat meat numbers His holy IlOh word it 11 speaks well h r t w o that for the faith anti and for tor the the tho or ho Saints have In the work ot t th the lord l this confer conCer conference It has ha heen said during ence nee that the Saints are aro a n people cople and sometimes 1 I hn HI In what did this Peculiarity St t Wherever we BO SQ we timid Hid that different from the o ate are wp vp lest iet st of ot mankind EO co o much so eo that we wo wore I lire re Minted out and observed In tact fact we ve might say aY we aro the observed of ot ill ilU observers when we go BO out Into tho world Many lany times people veople have havo accost and ani In reference to our id td 1 ma me 1 When I was va In the tha mis mib Denary field they have said aall to me your men are arc different from Crom ours oura they ther tho Hem to 10 be a different class of ot people Why Wb Is It Is h It not nOl tho the effect that the tho Gospel of or Jesus Jeu Christ Is l producing In ing among the Saints do not realize Mr ur own community wo we tt tte tM great groat Change challe that has haa iia taken place la In I us ui since Ince ve ye 0 have he become this peculiar religion If It we wo are living In harmony with the tho teachings of at atthe the Gospel It will have hao the effect to laake those peculiarities still more moie pro There Is i an Influence that ROW gob with the Iho Gospel of or Jesus Christ that Is felt tell among the people of at thi th worM world orld with whom wo we associate 1 do dorot d di rot wish lh to convey the tho Idea Iden that wo we tae so o far tar advanced and become BO BOl l that we claim to bo be holler holier than the rest of ot mankind but 1 I do wish to convey conley the tho Idea Iden that there has hati been an effect wrought upon this bib community as asa a II l direct result of oC our religion It 11 has hns o ened the eyes crell of or our understanding It has lias caused us to look at life lito train from tromon tn on entirely different Vo Vu 0 have havo Leen enlightened by the tue power p of the tho th l Holy loly Ghost ahot that was conferred upon u 1 when we entered Into covenant with the Lord Tho Tue peculiarity that tho t Is in morn more moret t r with us ti than all others othera Is the time of oC love loe The spirit of at tho the Gospel li It the tho of ot love hove and there thero have teen exhibitions of DC that love In tho the f career of at time the Saints In Ia pursuance of ot this thia quality which so su distinguIshes liou us front from other peoples In inthe th the th world our young men leave lene their fathers and amid Olio their mother their wives iM eM children and RO go out Into the world without remuneration to proclaim the tho glad message me of ot great Ireat Joy iLl OhI what hat u a 1 wonderful manifestation of ot love 10 to 10 towards wards their fellow fell a mon men Where In III nil the world norM can such euch a l thing be found other than among the tho There may be Isolated Instances of ot great devotion on tho time of ot men Mho t ho are sincere and honest In their mo mao motives tives UIel but where upon tho time face of ot the whole earth parth will you ou lint n a whole com corn community inanity who are ore willing to make because of or the tha love loe which they hold told toward their 1 Thi spirit of at this work worle the spirit that Im tm ide these young men to go out int the world distinguishes heB them wherever wherever ever eHr thy Ihy go and manifests Itself In the of ot love lov You Toil do not hear of ot the time missionaries of at the Church of ot Jesus Tc u Christ of ot Saints being full tull of ot hatred unit venom and seeking whom they can cnn destroy you do not hind them laying or disseminating false falsehood falsehood hood or doing that which will brine their opponents Into discomfort No Iso you ou will wilt find Chili them laboring for tor the sal oni salvation of ot time thc souls of or the tho children of ot otmen men You will tind them going front from door to 10 door holding forth upon tha th he corners of ot tho time streets and en encountering encountering countering nil fill kinds of nf opposition You will timul them the time fact tact that God Clod has hM from heaven anti restored to earth eUlth Ills ilia everlasting Gospel Yon You will lint them traveling without purse and without scrip going hungry and submitting to great Indignities and privation These are not nets nell of or men mel tilled hued with tho the spirit of ot hate but they are aro Im lam Impelled by hy the tho spirit of or love loe n a spirit to bondU and bless blens their There Is iii l a 1 spirit of at peace that accompanies thorn them In their ministrations there thero Is nn an Influence which they carry curry with them that they the themselves seem to be imo unconscious of ot They do tIC not realize tho the great force torce arni Influence that Is with them m when they go Ita out Into trite tho time world The Influence that Im Impels the tho Saints as I said before Is I tho the spirit of or the Gospel Gosp l which Is III the spirit of ot love lad God In Ic love mill anti It If we possess pO Ills 1119 Holy Spirit It will viii manifest It elt In netH of or love loe I 1 Ido Ido do how I can cnn more marc ly h Illustrate the tho feeling that thaI Is pos poa In such measure by hy the tho Latter Jatter day Saints Nevertheless 1 I will say lIay this that the tho man who la Im In posses Illon of ot tho the Spirit of at tho the Lord lorl carries carrl s with him an nn Influence Oat Silt at Is a I strange timing thing thin In the world miu It will cause those tho so who wh come In contact with him to recognize the fact act that he lie Is differ diNer different ent eat from the majority of ot mankind In the tho 1 section of at tho the book of or and Covenants you will ivill find these words 45 tG Let Iet thy th bowels boels also be lull full of or charity towards nil men and ancl to tho the household of or faith and let virtue gar Kar garnish garfish fish nish thy thoughts unceasingly then shall thy th confidence wax strong In tho time presence of or God and the tho doctrine of at atthe the shall distill upon thy soul as liS tho the dews from Heaven 46 G The Tho Holy Ghost shall be bo thy constant companion and thy th scepter C pter an unchanging scepter of or righteous righteousness ness and truth and ami thy dominion shall shull be nn imn dominion and with without wIthout without out compulsory ory means It shall flow unto thee theo for tor ever eer and each ever everIn In Ii these words you Oll find a atlon allan of or that which I have hae said If It the tho Saints will allow their hearts to go o out In sympathy and love for their fellowmen and especially for tor i ithe tho the household of at faith their faith will grow row stronger day by day lIay they the will Increase In the knowledge of or God Go and their confidence chall wax strong la ha haills Ills His presence and this doctrine of or the Priesthood shall distill upon their souls n all an the thc dews dows from Heaven Their whole being will be bc lit up tip by b the power of ot the tho Spirit of or God anti this power will make Itself felt the MODI ceonie a of the world This Is tho the great advantage we have hae received In yielding obedience to the tho Gospel CosI It Is in this regard that we wo are arc different from the tho rest re t of or mankind That Is not saying there lucre ore are not millions of or good people upon the face of ot time the earth earths who desire to do the time will of ot the Lord Hut I would ay say to 10 such that If tr they ther will also accept the as all It has hns imn been revealed from Heaven lIenen the th seine same power the same gifts gUts and the same sume In II will distin distinguish them from the rest re t of or mankind It t Is III the tIme marvelous power of at the tho Holy Spirit time the doctrine of or the Priesthood distilling upon the souls of those who allow ollow their hearts to go out In sym sympathy pathy and love loe toward their fellowmen and who ho manifest love In going out Into the world to proclaim the truth ns mis It has been from frau Heaven It Is iii the same Mme love that Im irn Imbued hued the tho Savior of or tho the world when lie Ha gave 1110 His life lite for tho the salvation of ot men me Greater love lovo than this hath hatim no man that ho will lay down his hIli life lite for tor his hh friends It 11 Is that love that Impelled the Prophet Joseph Josoph Smith to lay lo down I his life Ufa and to go as a it lamb Iamb to the daughter It 11 In is that love lose that the servants of at tho the In this day dM to take their th lr lives In their hands and go 0 Into the time world which Is to so full of or hatred and prejudice against tho the work of ot the Lord Those whom wo we lind In Ule me world rising up liP against this Latter da lav v Saints what justification can they In that What hat spirit Is It tint Im In Imbues bees bues the men and women who I mate falsehood ful and which have time tile result of ot arousing prejudice dice and hatred toward th the Saints What spirit Is ts It that impels men and anti women to raise ralso timer their voices against men whom whoa they thoI to 10 bj b honorable and men of ot virtu and Amid In Integrity for tor tho ho purpose of at r blackening their characters mId and making them ap up appear II I pear In tn th the eyes eye of Qt the tho world of ur the vilest character Contrast this spirit with th Ih that animate our It seems to b be tho thu heritage o 0 ul time the Sail to b u bs hated hat ll of or th time the world amid to have nil manner of or evil spoken against thorn falsely It Vii II so In him tIme the cuso or till the Savior Himself Il U was mitts so with other oilier Prophets ami anil holy hilly men who have spoken un r the time Inspiration In of or the Spirit of or God It 11 Is 1 that which has hall I helped to h them In the tho dif different terent ferent periods of or tho the worlds world history They have stood out prominent the Inhabitants of ot the time earth eurth and amid nettles names have been beet lund Imd for tor I good munch to fo evil In hum nil all the world The name of uC thus th Savior waw nail for tor good nail ami evil Time Tho prophets of ot dud ud have been Leen ed el ami amid hated and d to death They lucy have hao beta been spoken en of Dr both bolh good and evil Time The Latter day Saints In tills thus day lay and mimes age Ice of or tho time world mire no mm exception They are spoken evil of ot by b those who un on evil spirit and they ore re spoken well of ot by thoi Iho those e o who are lirA honest in heart Having said salt thin this much regarding re arding tha timo peculiarities of or our people let us UP my brethren and sisters continue to ho be a II peculiar people Let Iet our lo ko c felt wherever we BO go Let Iet It bo be said sail of ot ns mis that we me nue Indeed n a peculiar people In iii this that thai the tho love of at God 00 1 abounds In our hearts anti and that we seek to build bull l lono one ono another up liP not to tear down When Shen we come corne In contact with the time world wend let them feel that vee e have han no spirit of or haded toward them theom no spirit to tear them theta down lint hut that in It ii the tho depths of at our hearts we se desire to tavo Ino their ouis and to do ria them theun gond nl I T know that this Gospel Is 18 the of ot Christ tIme the power or of God Galt unto salvation that th t through tho the Instrumentality Instrumentality of 0 tho Prophet Joseph Smith It IL Ithna hrs has been restored to earth never again to bo LO taken token away never neer again o In to tobe toI toie be ie I e thrown down that whom Gel 11 ha hn chosen to tn stand at nt the head of ot Ills HIi people today are Inspired of ot Him Ilium and possess the spirit of ot their coiling calling God Godhelp help all nil to attain this testimony fur tur cr themselves them elI and may we uphold and sustain Ills His servants with nil out oum hearts henrt Is In my prayer through Je Jesus Jeu us Christ Amen |
