| Show i President Smith at j Excelsior Hall II rt fb discourse 11 l Ir Pre deni dur JI pl I F tt U delivered In Iu Ih tillS hall St Ht Jan Jn Strait IS It ISI I I Holland I bus nd tug Aug AUf t 1906 Mv M I l brethren and lt rt tl It I j gI I me lIP III piral pi a ure lu to liate lise 11 pr lp if r f lug with lh you 01 tier her herIn h tl ft i 11 P 1 I ha 1 e n cry r rI I it In to tile live II r rj f fI rs j I 1 lh i Iwu hl be IMi n nal ati an 1 ih hint laP have been beN loru nf f Ihl I ho Tf lit f th Ih i Union n of f III iii l Pi of th the divinity of or o great creat lork It 1 has hu ha been n sour of ot great reat pleasure to mo mi 11 to visit tl to tn n ft we 1 th Ih he g eat of III 1111 I h beheld lu In IHn ii of or our out cities In the IbIS KlaU ah rou ou u may iA travel Ir 11 f or ir miles mid scarcely the face faco tArl of lt u a I child Many UI of Ir r rout our out rieb people do bu not In Ii U UI heal r lug they would rather nuts nur K II 4 poodle log I bun a child This hll I a asad I IMd asad sad Md statement to mal nuat of r the lie people of or my 0 WI We V i on o not mit huts on the Saints Our ur children sure arf re called beet hl t crop erp Crl we H tire ur r Oil i I blessed bleed numerous an as Al you Ol are arc al hero lucre In ro P fur ns as il I base been able Ibl to observe hll rt I mil on pleased to II say this I see sec lee u a I grand providence In it It I here are arc numerous the na as nation I Iton astion tion ton Is III bound hound to be bt prosperous nut and 1111 H is tl hound bound to grow giOt ro and Ild galit power and nil all the theland numbers stud and Ind wealth throughout ni land boIl The Th Scriptures Scripture tell us his that chil children dren drel are n 0 heritage h of or the Lord Jon So Bo my toy dear itai brothers and Ind sisters take lake care cure of or your our children teach 1 them In Iii their childhood the principles of oC truth Dent toch them to live pure JUI lives les tech teach them to have ha faith in 11 God how ho to pray pry and to call upon the Lord In faith that mi they th may mi lull obtain full tull fellowship with the Lord and heroine become heirs of or salvation In 11 His kingdom I 1 sincerely hope that the Is children will wil love lose their parents to theIr counsel honor hOllor their fathers father and their mothers that their days clays may be long lon In the land which the Lord Ird their God Gol shall ph al give gle to them It Is destined by 11 the wisdom of oC thu tim Lord and His ls Gospel ospel principles that thal fathers and mothers shall live Je puru nuru Jure lives liven together that thaI their children may maybe mu muhr be hr leA united with stith wih hem and that the af itt affections that exist between le tween them may ma reach rench beyond this world to the world to come The Lord has planted d in inthe Inthe inthe the human hUlan heart hert one of or Ills His 11 own at attributes attributes tributes which Is U Immortal love loc Wo We shall hall never neer forget Corlet our fathers who have passed behind the veil el uil no m our mothers nor our aur children The love loe that we Ve feel reel for tor them Is not a love ore that to this world alone I on but IH Is I destined to bloom more closely cloRel In tin the world to come tome Then let us that thal love hove and charity charl that and that will wiil wi bring to us UI the tho affection of or those thole with whom hom we are associated that we may bay mn wih be he united in II the bond of or tha that greatest law of oC lod od to love lorl God Go with wIlt wih all n our hearts and like unto It I our neighbor as a ourselves These young oung elders eters hive have route rome out here to pi renCh each the Gospel Gospel They Tile hc have left comfortable homel and fathers father mutt Ind mother rl some of ot them theta have wives and Ind children and what have luve they the in III view 11 What kiat object have hl they the o Him Sim Simply ply pi Ill to 10 carry carrr the lie message mes are to the world that the Lord has si spoken from the th heavens in iii our own days dayn that God has ha restored His 11 Holy lol 1101 Priesthood which is 18 the authority of oC God delegated to man by b which titan man can ean act net In the name of or the lather Father l mud ald of or the Son Hon and In Iii Inal administer of at the Holy Ghost and all the ordinances or of or the Gospel ac nc acceptably acceptably al to the Lord It I U is I tint not the I Ide design de ln or 11 lol of these elders to t pull down your our houses housel to tear down downour your our beliefs bele to make any kind or of as us assault 11 sault paul upon uon you ou but it is II their business the to come to you ou and show you OU greater light that jour our eyes ee may luy be opened that thaI your our ears may ia be un unstopped unStopPed stopped that your hearts heart may ta 1110 be touched with lh Ith a love Ion for the truth that If it you ou have hac been teen guilty of ot rol doln I forsake It and turn unto the you ou may 11 Ind tur and walk In Jul learn heart lear of or Ills His Is ways was nn his paths It I Is III against the principles of or our Church to try tr to persuade a hue hus husband hu hand band to forsake his hll family faintly or to slacken his love or ou O care CAre for tor them hut but hUlIt it U It the law of ot the Ih Church to Induce and faithful to men Inca to be more true their wives t and 1011 to their families It I Is II not Ilot our province to persuade women omen to leave leae their husbands or families r for tor the th Gospels So sake ull We Ve e have not nol rome come ole to 10 bring the sword In II your our midst midst They Th liar have hn not tInt rome conic here her to sow fOW dis discord cord rord among amon you ou or to ta cause differences or contentions contention but to simply Imp preach the simple teachings of or life lire and truth and ald leave Ilae the results In your our hands hand handsOne handOn handsOne One On of oC the fundamental principles laid down by b the Prophet Joseph Smith was ns that all 81 men mn should be bl protected In their worship no 10 matter mater what their no matter what they the wor worship worshIp ship though thou h they the should worship an Image or build objects of or worship out of or wood or or gold or silver let wo them worship lion how hOI they please our ourI I only duty dut being to 10 protect them In i their rights and antI privIleges privilege gt and to pro i b let iet all others In the similar enjoyment I of ot their freedom Creed om The time mutt must never neer neerI I conic come In 11 tho the Church hurch of oC Jesus Christ of or orI Saints whet when wh n the I Saints shall phal take up arms anne against others for religions r take sake but hut It II Is our ourI duly dul It is j the duty dut of or these thle Elders Eder who ho hohn I h hn have v tome in your our midst to say 11 that thaI i God lives liven that He lie has ha revealed Himself Im i to 1 the Ihl children of or men flea In n the latter dayn tbt spoken with wih His Hs own mouth sent His angels an to 10 visit Ial men in the he world and Hl to 10 reveal real unto them Ills Hp will 1 and aid I Ills His law and the principles of life le which I are Rf faith In od ad 0 repentance of Cr sin In baptism by li b Immersion being burled buried with Christ In baptism and ancl the tho laying on lii II wih of hands fo to gift of oC if the HIP Holy Hol tilted Ghost obedience to till nil fl other or ordinances I Inane o 0 1 rh Gospel to tn do unto lint others an u v w we e would that they the should do unto us and atI 1111 to 10 obtain peace N e on ott onearth earth and good Iod will wi to man unan wherever HP we go In out Und land nd our bitterest t ene enemies It nuts mies t are Irl AS Cu l sacredly guarded In their rights and suid enjoy in as I groat liberty AS I a our heel but friends and this Ihl has hax hal been bt n the Ih his lite h ton tot of 11 If the Church hurch of or n Jesus Jesuis Christ since MIK In It was established by b the Pro Prophet Pr phet Joseph In 1 I linow knott that there tl e principles will Im ap appeal al peal to 10 you u You Volt ou OTC are arf descendants of oft ofa ofa a t noble people who acho have hi done don perhaps HS R a much BF as II any Rn other oilier of or the old ohi nations nation 1 I J j I of or the th world wold In ii establishing hl the lie Ihl pie of or freedom and governmental rights pe to tn be bl preserved unto nut the The fruits n C our nur suffering or the I h g of r nr T s sin b bIn In America are arc R now no reaping I look I ii I Io on r you u I as A bl l people I 11 sin m fur par o that there must b I its here mu hull ll li ii of f ib tb blood of f sad and I sincerely hope bop ho Ill that eU rh your our ur brethren n 11 1 1 nil 1 having received r the h rl will 11 II It I In tn rr our neighbor you rol oli having hating been bean tn warned of f r the judgments Judgment that thai are al l coming on In the world MI that V 1 will nill i warn your our nM th that Iha i I H mr ma not ot b ti be saW W h of or you oU as al expressed l by hJ my 1 in brother I t lived a 1 neighbor to in nl 1 I h have luw ve been lIn glad to I h hays e I Ir r the Ihl message you hut but 4 i you 1 k kept pt Jt ml nuh CiOti rOid YU to h warn want WArl n 1 me p and suit l I II in inand I inand I and Ind I was lall il 1 to tl dlf di 41 without a 1 knowledge of t the Ihl truth U ti I U I a aI I he Ih I duly d ii t of or n him who h lias ha ii as rit ro vei light I ID I 11 mEtal Ihal light 1111 to II III Wr W tV HI as Il Saints hould follow tuluI the In II of Ir Hi th I ii Savior it I 1 t yuu I debt HI 1 ss shine that the tho may sue 1 your light sud 11 that Hint they ll map inny mi be brought to Iv glorify your fattier father which hh l lIn 11 is In III heaven These young ln ung men mel I hut ate art It here lucre try icy I mid amul clet sisters rs m ui II s here especial especially ly Iy In to tl tM h VU VI these t hi principles and stud to 10 I persuade you iou ou KI p n far l as they ran 11 nn ly by I Iro r ro MI MI o n nn love Inre and nd to i m mo to In the tius f of t r hew thies and a live le according to 10 their HIlr precept I am sun Ri thankful that no so ninny IAn lt t you OU 1111 t brought tio U In tl t I belief in I n the Itt ii I t us inlo lu of 1 elt end nd also aim 1 1 the th divine mix mis mission Flea sion of ot Joseph J h Tb at this huh i laid on nn If I r JOHn Smith wrong It I would follow MS as I night the day da unit Thrift va s wrong heretic t 1111 ld Joseph mid stid Ild gets gave SR hll him Ills II law lan la revealed to him hll Hie If I lit go gas gopel tf pel jei 11 JI gi to tl him Ills Hid 11 priesthood the Ihl Of if f t who were II lre sent to 10 ordain him and aud confer upon him hiti the authority or of the holy hol Therefore If tr m IK is I no not nol true it I only ni and nit simply the this Gospel of if Jeu Christ Chr t Joseph JoKeph received from Christ then ChristIanity IK I not hot true hot but Christianity pure pur Christianity h rb tu I I as 18 taught by b the Savior Sn or being hehl true trul then Is 18 true Irue for tor m and atud the thu Gospel of Jesus JOUI heist Christ Is on one OM und un the same le and Joseph Smith wu was a I servant selu of God Hod a 1 true truo prophet t and nd was raised up by b the Lord Ird UI to t lay la the foundation of ot Gods GoA Church which was M testified never neter would be lI tak taken taken en Iron from the earth again a It I commenced 11 with a very ter n small beginning yet c at Us its 11 commencement It I had to meet the ad adversary and the Ihl adverse criticism of oC the whole world worl because nil alt ni the preach preachers ore ers IrR of or religions r were Crl against him himi All MI 1 those who ho were under tho thu Influence of the preachers preacher were aroused In hatred against It and amid the tho adversary put It I In iii Into Into to tho hearts of oC wicked men to ta oppose the th prophet so 80 that thaI he carried carrl his hiI life lre as It Il were wert In his hl hands up to the time Urne that his blood blO was wal shed h for his hilt tott let mutiny mony lon hut but the adversary of or this work vork worl tho Duo combined Influence of or all I Chris co so called was wag tl absolutely pow powerless powerless erless erA to nip It I In the bud to destroy It t In Its beginning and to prevent Its I growth The inor mort they the have hlo persecuted ed It I the more It has spread the hard harder had er Ir they have endeavored to check Its lis progress the roster foster it I has h until we have come to the day dB when rf we find worshippers of or hod Go and members of or this hutch Church In nearly nearl every er land and dime clime under heaven In II this continent In iii the Ilie Islands of the pea sea from maui the north to the south uth and from the east cast at to the west and In the land where there r had hadI Us un I birth the work turk of God Is spreading We do tIn not t 53 ay this but we wea say a It In iii all 11 humility and alit give gist tilt till ul the glory unto the Lord for It has not iou been be by I the arm of o mum man mal nor by b his hi wis wi dora dom nor by b his hI Intelligence lee or that has hAi continued to 10 grow anti and that It has hal not been destroyed It I was waR the II power of God Go it I was His wis wp Ils dom dora His intelligence His Is guiding hinni that has hR brought Ills His 1 people to In what they the are 11 today and If Ir we WI tv have hats grown to 10 become a 1 great people In less lees Ie than IhAn n a I hundred d eais what may 11 we w expect ct within the next bundled years f ar for It Is Gods work and alI nut He lIe II Is able to take IRke care of or U It I arid and lisa has decreed that Ihal It will 1 come ome out OUI triumphant And that Ihal It I will wi prevail over oer all I opposing form forue orle In the world wold Now Xoa 01 my antI and sisters I feel rol grateful for tor the Ih privilege I have list lud h hot of ot speaking to you OU through another I would Rive give a great grell deal if I I 1 could only outi peak ClInk pok to 10 you ou In your our own tongue I 1 feel that I could have spoken to 10 you ou In greater ter freedom and III you ou and I 1 both bOlh would have ha 1 enjoyed our visit all nil the themore themore more morl but hut I am ama al thankful to lo be tee b bisect through my 0 brother lucre hll for tor or a short time I am sin Ri convinced from the crown crow of ot my m head to the soles of my m feet reel of at the divine mission lilleston of or Jesus Jesu Christ the time Savior of at the he world and In III the divine commission lon that was wa given Irn unto thiM Prophet Joseph Smith by b the Father and the Son Ron to lay 10 the foundation of the gospel of eternal truth and the or organizing of ar Gods Church which should be bl governed by b pie principles of oC love and by b the voice ole of God GoJ to the salva salvation lion tion ton of or the souls soul of or men There TheT are many man things that I would like to say ray 0 to you ou I 1 would like to toa say a this That ThaI you OU can never be lE made mado perfect without those tho e of or your our who are dead neither can your our kindred who have hare passed passe behind the veil l be mude perfect without you ou That prin principle ciple of affection arNton of or undying love that thatis I IJ is planted In iii II the soul of or every eel hill chIM hll of at o God Got can ran never be sniffled either in inthis jl Inthis this world or In the world to come with without wih without out we can be b associated with wih tho t whom we rl have bhe jollied Joined to 10 with wll forever Who would love to be b deprived ed I 4 of the association ts laton i of f r their HIlr father or mother In the world to come coins Who Vt h hi would be he satisfied to be separated fioti husband hu or wife Ht In the world to tom come and to remain In that separated condi condition tion throughout eternity Who ho can ran ls h 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