| Show THE PROBLEM OF O THE rHE FAITH AND CHARAC CHARACTER CHARACTER CHARACTER CONCEPTION I TRUE TER OF THE TJ SAINTS t i by Elder EJer Nh L Morris Morri in n the th T Salt Silt Lake Lk r L II Mirth City t Sunday Au ut 26 1906 If F j f W TV OU OLl PlY mY r th TO I f till your our ut I of the f W lb IJ aJ to toH tot toJ iu hour I rl l i j iC to toL t be L J H J 1 1 r IJ our vur heavenly If JS oil t chap chapt chapI n ii rt I d i t f he ti where tho nO t A i sk e of the tho manner mallner In Ine i FAc r by hla Hebrew ure it Jt he e 15 to t which city clr i If g la I Ia lor Christ They Ther tI 3 I j o cIre to hear ot of otha t 1 iJ a Ii elre I t for tor as con cont conf t ha thU we wet t r f j ud C It I IN traI t peculiar arrange e p IC arn I t ular IL I J 1 the o of at atro 10 I i M U w i 01 Iii Ial kept before ro 11 I T ji rmon non I Jb r i dy particularly I J an agrI 6 n Z boy It carries on Its 18 way aT I but ut now roW ind nd ItI then I 1 r LU e of our our t tM and ad keep v the public In a at aj r re th I t manner It 1 t la Is i not OUI j I Is Ia met with wih a aj aI aft l J I j al h ft a I as characterized I 11 in Home tome In their r J r 1 iI t to 10 the Iho gen genI II d I M n reasons for Cor tho tha I ho hoJ r I him to make his J J v j I i no i fall itil which hb ho hoT I I T are frequent a ct c t I our dogma who wh r h i to Know now our oure G C e 0 do do ourselves JI V t e ak them to the th a S J however when if I Ir i r I I ng zig f f r U j i ity ly It to tA make plain plaint CI I t i vh h the word as os It ItS M j tj IJ us by b the Lord Lont Lonta J S I rt T a 1 J I cl city the Fresh Presby ut I atlon llon nf Of lf the tho tate state Ma Ie tl I I imber of days d s In Iii a 0 aj aOne 1 j y One conspicuous 9 allon undertook f p f I of Cr a very Yer t rabid and Ind nd ii i i rr I 4 si 1 upon the great I Assuming that he tie hec tieI h hI I I bc r c H t reported 1 I shall ehalt hll ej j 1 I s I which that Ihal reer in l eran man irude I de I have havon no reason raon i been hp Incorrectly k 1 HS R n H by rr s for tor I took lok the theO aj Mr O fa the tho reports as a they the 1 11 i 1 J dally daily dal news new pW i a J i j iii I id td them all al to agree r t i t FI S The problem OL ot Ie Ir f r s been regarded as Oi a IL af aT T f its It I put past life by the tho thoa theL JA L a 5 It f who 1 have ha e heard hc d of It Il Ite itC IlI e C t m it a Inscrutable difficult ft r I a 1 j It I Is I considered an rr a IP r puzzles putties baffles d i 11 te VP thoughtful and pa par paI I z r aike Ike Writers states let t U ill i students have hase stu et c ea a I g from rm rom tim the task con ron coni rone e U rl i tha Iba h rl is no more difficult p the Christian r I thi t he Mormon m Th reason It I Is not nol found faun II IIII Jm IT II M M people themselves as U Is 18 In WI Then asking a ai arr i TVr rr tr rf cf If questions he ha answers them j I l rie rd Who Sho are the Mor Morr IorI r m I t S Tiey are an the kith and kin of or orI ofir I ir ft ml if r f us UI u They aro are from Eng EnK in y Jutland Ald Ireland Scandinavia i l 1 mental I Europe pe from New Eng Eng Ia c i 11 w York orK orl Pennsylvania Ohio j i lland and from all al parts parti pru of the then 11 n fit ps s from all sli 11 walks walka of life lo and ande e the Christian church Itself I Tim ire at peaceable tract Hr t tn us religious swayed aed by bya byL b ba a L s which has ha become me the ti th tio i n of Dr o their fellows Their verj vor voT i iUt l i r t II u i a element LV t t 1 1 not nt the problem I I rr 1 t sets sel forth nine i 01 I lt ti IS s pleased to 10 call I ir f Ue the II Irmo faith cal I B But t t th Ih Jt bo ho dc I u r rise te r conceptions ll I I 5 j H u wL I fIn m H Ii I a clear and well df I ru fh of ot materialistic 01 i tint tar f r I r n i a I theology rr r a IID nf rf f j i ity and an correlated Km l ni Pt I rn r n unter ts C to 10 the tho bet best beltt 1 Ur f t A up A dt I t iver t on UJ Ii a t power in s o a f t t M rm Tr Ism i R a p eret erect sr S h t Jr lf all its and Hj 1 f N RI Is oln nn 11 U I ee tul dl 1 Ib h al all other others t is 1 a commercial I t t t b I loTo a political machine 1 11 s 8 jopie lupie ople an as a a unit uni at onn i 11 1 a cult t 1 pa I f a 1 Wn 1 or f t c lI r n on OH the dual ii l a blasphemy which ki b by Its r r Il temple ritual 10 1 the he stage Me 1 r Is t Incipient 1 treason ag Ih t E t lu trl i I With Oath In n its II tj ll wi v It binds bind al all of I il t l 1 h Io J Ih the elot Ot ke 1 to lo the he nation nalon under f i S 1 t 1 tho I s Wh i tr lIng to lo make A torn corn ll tL f tieman l man I 1 desire to I ml SM b r Alon on Mormon f 54 he the shall hal be bas bu basl l J as I made In the fore tore h be II Il the kinship 1 Ln th Saints with the r rest sl L 1 It II 1 V V Ik 1 I me rather favor for favori 11 I that Te i k t at lt last eve e even n I to 10 our faith t ze 11 tL th there r is II In t 1 something II I and the o 3 sn In r 1 L Ibe they hA have In former fe te ot Id nl ni and Ostracized In I fAnner manner Jn In tact fact as I ti U a 1 L 3 A My of I my I is i In the a mm t cv thAt nn one no Pushy t iby M IiI tHe nAme mame of EwIng Ir A al are the t e common o in Ine ene O j i A nd to o be ede de 3 4 e Yar u w wi viii only 1 after rl r iO 10 years had r 1 h tu roll 1 4 rl a 1 c sm 1 1 In May II Of that d di In I ry i r lation of M lor lm annot be bl reform h 4 to Innot annot be educated It I tithed t 11 hesi I tone lone n In which ak u I Ie of the Came faith me In the n Ihl I the SeCt ecI L Vl H or of old tn 10 hay a n hi Jt r w hate hale toward r making headway ar W 1 nf t tolerance r rl ot of f this Ihl ten gem St have hae f Irr o It destroyed US 3 i t nr f his hll own On kind Would et UA I three years U ago hut IIO J 1 that wa kith ri WI lre and and have hae some things litt s Wha What rou OU mi nay or of Hu Il ti h I Is ment i tg WORK Won AD A WON WONt n t t f I n ening U h made by h the Ihl 1 5 qUOI he says In I Is a f 1 luf ai Problem and loda today I it I c l whose an distresses the u t n alike i at r f for to oi I It Ial due Ihl this gentle le sling In i 1 auH a I t I woven Oen Into I U LL LUIda hurh literature Jt It work ork rIt a we term t t le a phrase II hh UI a It Lord was 1 abul about t to t L rust ut A ap a I Du 0 in 11 til aD seine me of th the thein tbs Doctrine Irle Co CoI Coy I particularly the Uh fth th and lh you OU will wi find dad that the tho Introductory clause uan of ot each ech of 01 c those tho e revelations reads thus thua Now be te hold A marvelous work work Is lo shout about bou It in to income come como forth among the children of ot otmen men amen Our ministerial friend In a very ery ry gen crous croul way confirms the delia claim caim Mormon lam Ism has ha made for tor Itself from the tho be ho beginning ginning viz that thaI It Is I at least le lt won wonderful on He says It Il Is I I inscrutable dif difficult dl mysterious one that puzzles a and imd battles batles and distresses the thoughtful etc ele And I 1 recall too 10 tho the prediction rL made by b the Prophet Isaiah Jalah some come 30 years r ago ag regarding this dispensation llon in ill which we are tho the participants You will wili 1 renumber remember rem his Woe Oe to Ariel And the house of ot David Dald In speaking of ot a branch of oC that house houie which should be bt b brought down and halt ehalt speak out of ot the ground und and thy Ihy speech shall bo be b low lo out of ot the dust arid and thy voice olee shall be bl us as of or one that hath bath a a familiar spirit rl I out of ot the ground and thy speech lp shah phal whisper out Il of ot the dust U I the tho prophet describes tho bringing forth of the tho Book ook of Mormon Immediately fol tol hiwing this very ery r specific description o n of the bringing forth Corth of or that book Isaiah I speaking for tho Iho Lord 51 says There fore tore behold I 1 1 will wil proceed to 10 do n ii I marvelous work among aroni this even eert a marvelous work and a wonder for the tho wisdom of their men mon shall perish and the understanding of nf their prudent shall bo hid I suppose OSO our clerical friend dreamed that ho was as confirming the Ihl fulfillment of that which the ia av to so long a timo ago go de In hIs hll words wordA I 1 Jm will I to 10 do A 1 marvelous work among n mon wi this people oven even a n marvelous work and a wonder a work vork so FO o and ro so 0 wonderful that Iha It IN II called callei ait an enigma which baffles and ond puzzles and nii al distresses NI the thoughtful I thoughtful the wise I A AMI spoken MI of ot In the prophecy If 1 RO so 10 the thi I wisdom of or their heir wise vIse men ahalt hal n ri h I and the understanding of o theIr i ir pru dent ones shall hail Ihal he ho hid The Tho gentle gentleman man nina with wih remarkable candor admits this point alfo aico Ilpo when In heu he my says they Ihl are all baffled hart ont and distressed over or the work referred In III InIn ci In one of his hiM epistle Peter the tho early arlY Christians as u being heln a sione of stumbling and on a I rock of offence n a 1 peculiar people In this lIs description dl of 01 the Ihl early ChristIans we flud described according to 10 the estimation put upon us u by I ii the world To show pho that the tho Ih I lr lord rd has hOI accomplished a R marvelous work mind and Rn n a won WOI der dee we f need but bul contemplate the III be le beginning ginning of ot this Ihla movement railed Mor Mormonism Mormonism monism when hen 76 6 years ago It had but lx Ix members and anti the Ihl vicissitudes vicissitude Jl lud through which the tho Church has his iM assel sed constantly Inn I 11 I under Hods preservation And though the work has ha been threat threatened ened and hy h perSecution per of 01 the most vehement nature yet t It I has hia triumphed Notwithstanding the tho the burnings buring the and tho the consequent Con want suffer suffering ing the Church ha hu hat thrived so 10 that Iha to 10 today today day dR It I I I Is greater than thal ever nr and there sr Ar are yet a 1 few among Iron us u who ho suffered In those e scenes of or the Ihl 30 e and 4 and they Ihl can cn surely surel urel My I In tn u their cn I u that the Ih Lord has hns h accomplished c n a nm mar mer marvelous r work and a A wonder In conne connection conn tion with wih this th work verk Tg OF OP J The first frt conception with wills which this Ihl reverend gentleman Is II pleased to 10 deal donl oJ regarding the Mormon faith Is ii that Is I a clear cear and de is defined denned fined nned philosophy of materialistic char character aeter acter We may Infer this thin charge charKo means that Is la utterly uter lacking In the refined quality of ot spirit spirituality that the Ihl system deals deala exclusively with wih gross rn material and tern tem temporal ter things thing We e at nt once admit that thaI a 1 deep interest In III Inthe inthe the temporal welfare of ot man Mor Mormonism monism n teaches that the tho Ihl mission Ih of ot the thu Church Is I mans maims temporal betterment as Rf well 1 RM n his hlA spiritual advancement bends to 10 the temporal needs needa of or man even In prescribing his diet Iet mid and II drink ai as a Is U proven prOn in Gods condescension In revealing to 10 us that which Is II i known as 1 tie the Word ord of or Wisdom WIlom wherein dietary rules are 1 given laws la of or hygiene and physiology are lre supplied all Il for lor our temporal sal sl I Uon that we might aught escape the pee pes pestilences tel and the afflictions which today toda are Fre degenerating the race The tern tem temporal ter salvation of oC man tan Is I Inseparably connected with his spiritual exalta exaltation exaltation tion ton and AnI I 1 suppose the reason rolon why sh shwe h we 11 am are nr regarded by b those thoo who are ore so P Inclined ns na ni being a R people given over overto overto to 10 materialistic things altogether gen Ii is I due dul to 10 tIme the peculiar r circumstances un I det which we have grown Iron and nd pros prospered pored pero aa as a people To understand our present condition you OU must mut take Into account Recount our antecedents When hen the Saints Sainte as 8 a n church nut as asa I asa a politico l tl I body bd not ns as n a social en enterprise enterprise not as R a organ organization hut when ns as a church It was Wa driven by b the bayonet banne and an the torch from Irom roam 1 and expelled from Il n Illinois and ancl compelled to 10 enter the great gloat wilderness of oC the west vest elt when hen It I made mad that unequalled Journey across arrs the western desert to these mountain fast fut mue was It not a 1 temporal problem which bigotry end hate hat thrust upon ulon them What rould could the Saints do but hut grapple with wih tho the problem lem S and Ind a I temporal salvation was WI what they needed be because cause they had suffered at Rt the hands of or their enemies a I temporal destruction tion ton Their houses hOUA had been burned their crops OIS had been ban b en trampled under the thA feet of or the tho revelrY cavalry ad and nd the mIlitia milta and Il d they were te forced In midwinter to 10 leave leae their homes homr and travel Irael out Into Inlo the wilderness of time the west cat What kind kindor of or problem confronted o them One Oneo so o wholly hol and Ind completely temporal that there was I as little time tame Uni you ou would think consideration The lat for any In other othe loi this lerda Saints upon to 1 conform to the conceptions of nr sonic some sects s t and creeds Ire regarding spirituality which often takes Ilk s on the form of or asceticism ml ht have h 1 gone jolln in into into to 10 the mountains and lived upon U l roots and Ind hut that would w ull have hR been a fatal evasion of the problem The had a stubborn mid end Ild sterile soil Poll lo to con cnn conquer quer and they met the problem em with lh the Implements of toll toiL and anel by b the dint of hard work and Mul 11 united clort effort this Ihl worl people solved th Ihl the problem anti and made this country habitable I suppose O to have hll conformed to 10 the conceptions and the Ihl practise of our clerical friend the Ihl I Priesthood of or the Mormon Church should IRr been len dressed In their pe ll peculiar P culiar euliar Iular garb and should h e lived Ind upon tipon l the tolling lulling Ir laity lal mInistering spiritual assistance anti ami an consolation rn to them Ihrl This they did no n sin do but bill on the conS con contrary rn 10 th the Apostles and end and ald Elders of the hurch were He In ther their shirtsleeves timbers In the mountain forests snaking them lo to the t e valley al alIes and roaring rearing their humble huml cab cabIns cabins Ins In lh their own on hands ha That was aA the spirit and Ind character which eh were ex u exhibited hy by h the Mormon priesthood In those primitive times time Po So F it 1 has hu conS con continued rn In s ing days da days dl of f fIman small email Iman In II everything but bul lul experience privation did the theta Mormon as 1 they the are lre called Nii devote themselves to 10 their tem tern temporal terni prAl i ral needs 11 dl You Ton will wi they arrived here In HIT 1147 Six Sir years fAI later laler they thay laid l lie hl vr fr r 1 I a aa Imp t a magnificent m structure which required 49 40 I years trl esra to 10 complete and which cost sl when hen completed thie thre and million of dollars This bold this Ihl colossal oll al undertaking was IU entered Into i 1 by y a people p le without capital without credit In feeL facU fact with lh nothing but bt these thue I spreading valleys le and nd an abiding faith LL In led Clod Co and in li the mission Ho lie 10 had Im Imposed Imposed r posed POled upon them Ihn And Ald they made I Inato sacrifice of the th e eulle of or life le that this building might be erected Those ut of f you ou who ho understand the purpose of ot that holy hol edifice l well wel know how much I |
