Show SPIRITUAL AND TE TEMPORAL SALVATION IMPORTANCE OF TEMPLE WORK Address by ELDER BEN E RICH RICHt At t the tho SemiAnnual Conference of or the Church Of Je u Christ of Saints In the Assembly Hall Holl Soil Lole City Sunday October 6 8 1905 My ry brethren and II it Is III not Intended Intend thit this Church shall b bl merely werelY one of at a Gospel of at spiritual sol but It Is Intended that It shall h the Gospel of at temporal t nt well It Is the duty of or tho Mel Md M Priesthood to look alter after tho affairs of or this Church ana ft It Is s the duty of ot the Church to tho torn tom oC M oral ato W I P the V day wu will eer como come when this people will ob Db object to the Church dealing In temporal affairs J Just st tho moment tint spirit lakes possession of ot joi O then you aro In n very er bad ba position just us os soon an individual finds fault tault ami begins as ta 10 the authorities of this Church then he ho Is on tho road to apostasy and ond he had better turn mound and retrace his or that dLease disease will 1111 take hold of ot him sooner nr or liter later You know sometimes It long Ions while for tor an nn Individual to apos apostatize n a Ho travels tu ls on that train day duy and night sometimes for Cor years until he finally lands at ut tha tho station I un Individual say Bay In this city alty that ho had been an apostate for tor U 13 years larJ before ho knew It Th future futuro would look very er black to tome in me If It I did not have hwo u knowledge that what the tho world culls calls Mormonism Is Indeed Gods divine truth that when U It was set eel up upon the tho earth eurth It was with a promise from the Almighty Hint It never moro more would be th own down If It you will examine the word wordIne wordIng Ine Ing of ot the Prophet Daniel you will aeo S f fIt It Intimated thero that the worl of ot the Lord lArd has been upon tho earth many times and been thrown down and tin Lord knew that It would bo be thrown down but In Interpreting that dream of or Daniel said that the little stone that tho taw aw cut cutout cutout out of ot the mountain without hands hand represented the kingdom that God was W going to zet sel up upon tho earth In tho never noer more to be thrown down or given to another Just ns os he saw that little stone grow gro ami Increase e In strength str and Bizo until It became n a great mountain and filled the whole earth so It the Intention that tho organized by the Great God GolI In tho last lays days would never nover crow Irow les but would continue to grow larger until It tilled filled tho whole earth with the lIeRs of or God GodI I know there aro Individuals wh claim that It was Wil thrown down disorganized dl and tho little stone crumbled went Into decay for fot 15 16 When AMien nn on Individual makes n of at that kind ho he verily verly saya that tat God Almighty has been defeated by the Devil that Ills words were not true that when whon It upon the earth carth carthIn In tho last days It would stand forever but hul that tho tha Almighty has hns been defeat derot defeated ed by b the tho adversary We halo hae a II Temple Templo hero here and ane I was thinking when Brother Drothel Goddard WM do cIa wo wc ns n people firmly be bel belien l lien e in nil all that that Temple stands for forthe the work for which it Is designed 7 If It ItI I could matto my voice olce reach every overy wealthy man there thore is In the Church I would say to them do you believe belle V that the work con can lie be done In that house for which It was built for tor tho dead 7 Do you ou believe that on the tho other side aIde of the veil missionaries are ato preaching prea tha th to the spirits In III prison und that jt work must bo done tor here that thit must da do work for the dead 7 You endow colleges antI and different Institutions but I would like to see aee some of or the wealthy men of or Church endow that Temple with u por portion tion of ot the means God lias given to them th m that when they stand on an the tha theother other of ot tho veil ell and enter the tha missionary fields In the tho world they the can ray cay they were not stingy with the means tho Almighty had Riven to them but that a portion of ot It had been let left to furnish food tood for tor those thos who of or officiate In III th Temple doing work for forthe forthe the dead who are on the tho other side aide I dont know that I have read the will of ot a 11 single elude rich man yet et who has of or tint but I believe lio hai haJ rot not been be n In tho spirit world 15 minutes before ho would see MO Jho necessity nece of oC It and he would feel teel like Ilko saying 0 God Godl l let t me go back a II few hours to earth again let lel mo go 10 back tell my brethren ur tho necessity for tor leaving turne fome of or these menTIs means that food tood may mayb maybe b be provided for tor who must labor oil one day da to 10 do the Temple Templo work for tor forone torone one Individual in thu spirit worM world I Il l Io If Ir u 1 wealthy wealth man wont went Into tho Tint world utter after following this ad advice vice he would meet with hearty hand handshake shake sk s from those In tho other world blau o ho had made It possible that a work be he dona donI In tho Temple the tho dead might bo 0 robed tho rowers of tho Priesthood on the other oilier III of at tho 11 and clothed clothel with the tho authority that has been given bo bostow stowed stow d upon those thosa who received the truth lruth upon tho earth I may bo hu very pronounced In thes but I know that it is I thera t era u Is no question about It If It you I all that you have to the Church I ml all that you over ver expect to hava hwo In this world OIl leave It for work for tha Iha dead deall In tho Temple you ou would Hill HilI bo ba In debt to the Church for tor what the lie f church hurch has hns done dono for Nr you y u I fc I It tw t at I cm CUI never ne r pay tho lobi of or I owe tho Iho Church for what It has hns hasior jar for or me Inc I was WIS listening to Brother Me Ic Han I Q peaking of at the necessity tot for moro workers In n the missionary Held I r I wished that overy lIver ono one of ot you rOIl was called upon uvon o 11 mission Wo need you I I want you to listen to a n tell few statistics A tow few years ago ogo In the States I wo had 61 missionaries In tho state of ot Kentucky alone wo had now wo WI havo hn Va only seven pairs of ot id rs In conferences of ot that state today to keep ke lI alive the iced that was planted by tho liT In tho great state stalo of ot Ten Tennessee wo have eleven pairs of ot Elders In the tho state of Florida la we have hlo eight pairs In the state of at we have ten In the of ot Mississippi wo we have hn vo MX fix pairs In tho state of ot North Carolina we havo eight pairs Ohio with six millions of people has only Ollir five pairs of at Elders And that Is the t Ie way Ii It goes Wo We could nil all tho Elders Eldera that we wo have In the South Southern Southern ern States in any one state In that mission W We have got 8 OO Saints In that mission and on account of not having 1 enough to visit them when they move moo and nM find their where have lost track of oC about 1600 or 2000 of at them Once In n a while let tors como come from some of ef them saying they ther have havo not seen nn an Elder for tor 15 to 18 months And now I want to say God will hold you responsible if It you ou do donot O not magnify the Priesthood and make mako yourself an on ecclesiastical warrior to go Into tho world and preach the Gospel of ot Christ wherever you havo bae nn an opportunity opportunity We many lOony things 8 to contend with withIn In III tho missionary field Our Elders are met upon the right hand and ana upon the left by nil all kinds of ot arguments A great eret deal has lias been said about those who oppose e us In tho reorganized church There are Elders of or that church In the world today tolla claiming they thoy ore not antagonistic to any de denomination nomination in the United States except excepting ing tho Utah Thy They want to be In harmony with the th rest of ot the tho world They follow tollow In tho footsteps of at our Elders and when they thoy COMO speaking representatives of ot the apostate organization will stand up and say to 10 tho tha people mon men aro oro no doubt they thoy all havo hao got moro maIo wives than ono they ore oro of or tho organization that was responsible for tOI tho Mountain Meadow Massacre end ond they thoy believe In blood atonement That Is tho kind of doc doctrines trines they lay Iny before tho of ot tho world following our missionaries That h Is tho kind of or that In their breasts Then Ihen they como to ono who has Just juat been baptized and say Do you know brother do you ou know Imo sister takes place there thero in Utah If It any tithing U Is paid It for the tho support of ot these men who nr living In abomination and whisky Is carried Into their houses by tho bucket full That Is the kind of ot argument If It any of ot the tho of ot tho church dont this statement I Ican cnn can back it up with evidence If IC they do not resent It then they aro re responsible I know I nm am looked upon as very vely radical In fact rael It Is said that brother Golden Goldell ond myself wear swear onca In n while I think that if It Jesus would como hero lie would express cx ress Ills His opinion of at some In almost similar language to that used sometimes by Brother Golden Once Israel was united l and then thell God Jol delivered tha tho law to Moses Hut Dut the tho time clime camo when their Prophets went to sleep and the people became disunited dl Eventually they thoy severed evered asunder under the tho headings of ot Pharisees Sadducees and Then Jesus Jesu clime came with u l revelation from God to them and offered them tho Gospel fruit and prayed that they might be one even as ns the tho Father Ho He were one After Arter a IL little while the tho early Christian band allowed their Prophets to go to sleep Bleep and nral down In the ages agell they the became SOl erd mid and eventually were known as Methodists Presbyterians Episcopal Episcopalians ians Catholics and tho Lord rd only knows knolls what else Then in the nine nino nineteenth century God once moro more gave light from heaven more tho Gospel fruit was offered to mankind Again It wan wal opposed by the tho leaders of at religious organizations flu II K Il int op opposed posed by l the tho leaders of ot other religious organizations when Jesua brought U IL Now then If It you will not consider Jesus Jesua too radical and too har h I will to you what He lie said about thin when Ho was 1119 hero then you OU have got my opinion of ot just Ho lie would say Bay If Ie He lIu comE came to tho earth again Here Hereit it Is in the chapter of ot Matthew Then Jesus to the tho multitude and ta to Hit lUs disciples saying Th Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses scat Ica t jail all therefore whatsoever they bid bidou you ou observe that observe do not yet after their works for they say rind do not For they hind bind heavy bur burdens burdens dens and grievous to bo borne borno and Iny IllY them on mens shoulders but they thoy themselves will not mova them with ono of their lingers Hut lIu t nil all their works they thoy do for to be seen of ot men they make broad brond their phylacteries and en lame the borders of ot their garments and lovo the tho uppermost rooms at lit feasts and tile chief scats In the synagogue and greetings In tha tho markets to tobo tobe bo be called of or men nut Hut bo boyo b byo yo not coiled called for tor ono la Is your i master oven even Christ and ond all 1111 ye aro brethren But Dut woo woe unto you ou I scribes hypocrites for tOI yc 0 up tho kingdom of heaven against men for ye neither go In your yourselves yourselves selves neither suffer yc 0 them that aro entering to go In Woo Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for tor forye ye yo devour willows widows houses and for tor a I make long prayer therefore ye shall receive the tho greater damnation damnation tion Wo Vo unto you ou scribes and Pharisees Pharisees sees hypocrites for Cor ye yo compass lea and lunil to make one pro and when ho is made mado yo make mako him twofold more the child of ot hell than yourselves Woo unto you ou yo blind guides which say a whosoever shall swear by the tho temple It ItU U 18 nothing but whosoever who oever swear by b the gold of ot tha tho temple ho Is a debt debtor or To Yo tools fools and blind for tor whether Is greater the tho gold or trw tho temple templo that th the gold 7 And whosoever shall swear by trite thle altar It Is nothing but whosoever shall swear by the tho girt gift that Is upon it ho In I guilty Yc Ye tools fools and blind for tor whether Is greater gt lter tho or tho altar that the gift Whosoever therefore shall swear by the altar allar by It and by nil all things thereon and whosoever shan swear by the temple by It and ant antby by him that therein And hu liu that shall swear by hy heaven by of at God and by him that thereon Woo unto you OU scribes and Pharisees ee for tor ye pay tithe of ot mint and anise and and havo omitted the tha weightier matters of at tho mercy y and anI faith ought yc to halo havo done d ne and not notto notto to leave the other undone Ye buna guides which strain at a I gnat and swallow low IOWa a camel Woo 00 unto yo O scribes ami hypocrites ft COr r yo 0 clean tho outside of ot tha tho cup of ot tho platter but within they thoy aro full tull of ex extortion extortion and excess Thou blind Pharisee see cleanse first that which Is within tho cup and platter that tho outside of ot them may be bo clean also Woo unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for tor yo are like unto whited Iren which Indeed appear outward but are within full rull of at dead mens bones Lones of or nil uncleanness riven so yo 0 outwardly appear i unto men hut but within yo 0 are aro full ull of oC hypocrisy Iniquity Woo unto you ou Pharisees hypocrites be M because cause caUSO ye e build tho tombs of tho et h tho sepulchres of at tho thu righteous say If It wo vo been heen In tho days of ot our fathers vo 0 would not havo beon partakers with them in m tho blood of the prophets v 1 bo ho witnesses unto yourselves that y c 1110 the children of ot them which Killed d the prophets Fill ye up then thon the measure mea ure of ot your our fathers fath rs Yc Yo ye e hen gen generation of vipers how can yc e tho damnation of at hell 7 Wherefore be behold hold hohl I send unto YOU vou prophets wise VIM men one fomo of r them yc ye shall scourge In your Inn persecute them from city to city that upon you may mil rom romo nil tho righteous rl blood upon the tho earth from tho of ot righteous rl Abel hel unto the blood of or son lion of or lIar whom ye 0 slow between b tween the tho temple templo ami the altar 1 Now I want to say Bay to you rou my In breth brethren ren Ind sliters that among amon thoe who Bland at the tho head of ot thil churches church ell of tho worM world there thero many ROOI kind conscientious gentlemen but Iut I J will say further that I 1 firmly believe that those tho e who lead the tirade of oC abuso t this people and still occupy prominent seats In modern synagogues ue of the tho same class spoken of ot by II Jesus of or Not Naz Nazareth oreth If It Ho lie were to como come back and speak to a 1 congregation Ho IIo would deliver tho samo Iamo termon ermon Ho de Ie delivered livered when Ho was WIlS hero before If It you dont know kno that this work comes from God ask the tho Information tion will be given ghen you ou Ask In fa th then you OU will know I testify that the Gospel of ot Jesus Christ haa hn been lIeen restored to tho earth In III fulfill fulfillment ment of oC prophecy and I 1 testify to it in tho narno of oC Jesus Jesua Amen |