| Show DIVINE SERVICES at tho logran logan Tabera aclo la last W sun hay day afternoon eider moses hoses thatcher Thatch cr jr after a few in introductory remarks spoke of the kingdom of god as ae gods organized government upon the earth john the baptist the fore of christ was to go before the son of god and prepare the way before him buethe but the mission n of john the baptist is not yet completed there are other works for him to do we understand that ile he has done mighty works tince ince departing demartin depar tins from this sphere of action ile he has ha come in this age and conferred the priesthood which lie he held after the order of aaron u upon pon the prophet joseph and upon oliver cowdery who afterwards conferred it upon many others man many v of us who are arc assembled here this afternoon have received the priesthood of aaron for this we should be thankful it is understood and believed by christians who believe in the bible that john the baptist was divinely called of god in order to officiate in the or finances din ances ot of the gospel of christ it was the burden of ilis his prayer that ile he would impress upon the minds of those who gave ear unto his sayings ings 0 the necessity of believing on oil jesus of nazereth when john the baptist had done this successfully when lie he found a few honest hearts who believed that jesus was the christ the son of the living god he then taught repentance and baptism for the remission of their sins thus according to the mercy of almighty god they who sincerely repented and t turned unto the lord with full purpose of heart had bad their sins remitted through rendering obedience to the ardi n a nee of baptism which was administered by the proper authority their sins were forgiven and they came forth as new born babes and went on in newness of life the gospel of jesus christ and the kingdom 0 of god are similar in fact they are arc the same and we should seek the gospel of jesus christ in its falness ful ness ress the Melch Mcl isedee priesthood gives men further furt lier power to administer in the kingdom of god it gives men authority to lay hands bands upon others who have obeyed these principles which to me is he greatest gift that god can give to man inan that they may receive the holy G ghast I 1 ic s t which the savior says ays should reveal things present and future as well as things that are arc past the jews who listened ma many py times to the words of the savior marveled it at tile the doctrine that he advanced they said it was a barange 0 doctrine but they lid did not attempt to deny the fact that he as one having authority ile he was one who had authority direct f from ron i the father the doctrine which lie taught to the people was it a strange doctrine but at the same time the power which ile ho possessed impressed those who listened to him that ile ho was called of god nicodemus a ruler of the jews and a man who was looked up to and honored by by the people went to jesus by night 0 and said aid to him we know that thou art a teacher come from god for no man can do the things which thou doest in ili other writings n s wo we are arc told that this same nicodemus was sent to arrest and bring in custody the son of god but liis his heart failed aud he did not have enough of the tha influence of the evil one upon him to take the savior when the savior woi within his power nicodemus nus went back to his file leaders and told them that no man like this man and lie he refused to sign tile the papers issued against the savior I 1 firmly believe that many of the people who listened to the toa teachings chinos 0 of jelus were convinced that ile he was the son of god but tile they loved the praises of men moro more than thai the praises of god on oil one occasion jesus performed a mighty miracle in callini cal calling liti forth lazarus from the grave many of the jews were assembled there many of them brought 0 their condolences do to the sisters sister who had been called to mourn when these jews saw the mighty m miracle which jesus 1 performed er formed in tile the name of ilia his father doubtless some of them believed that ile ho was tho the son of god but what course did they pursue did they receive ilis his testimony did they receive the teaching of jesus christ when they were convinced that ile he was the son of go d A few did but many of stiem chelli rejected his testimony 11 when I 1 lien the rich man mail had found himself hi in self where his own evil doings had landed him and saw lazarus lazarus in in abrahams abr chams bosom lio lie begged that lazarus be sent to warn war his brethren tw that they should not come unto such a place ile he was told that they had moses and prop liets aad if his brethren believed not them neither would they believe though one rose from the dead the a jews were jealous of the power which jesus posse possessed cd and they did vot rot wish to to leave him alone as they feared that many of the people would follow him they loved the praises of men more than the praises of god and they hated bated more the rebukes of men than the rebukes of god this was because they had not received the light of the gospel as tile the latter day saints have done through the laying on of hands of those holding authority to ad mister the lie ordinance of the gospel our systems have been filled with the bioly influence of the father jesus said on one occasion that the doctrine lic he preached was not liis his but liand if any man would do the will of the father lie he would know of the doctrine which ile he taugh laugh or cr it was of himself or not the will of the father is to obey the first principles of the gospel aa a taught by john the baptist jesus christ and those who were sent forth to preach ilis his gospel if we listen to the voice of the evil one and give way to its dictates we will be led away from this duty and from that duty find and lose the first love of the gospel look at those who have apostatized from the gospel of jesus christ many of them have gone into the world and preached this gospel the they 3 have laid hands upon the sick an and d th the c sick have ae covered through gli their adminis administrations administrate trat ions they have re tand to 11 0 the valleys of the mountains and have received of the blessings which god has so abundantly poured out upon ilis his people but they have murmured mur murr because of the faults of others in the el church lurch and because they have not been treated properly in this way or in that way and they havo have apostatized we all have our faults rut but remember that god has haa given us a knowledge D of the gospel ife he has given us ui power to resist evil and gives us strength 0 to draw near unto the savior andio and to increase our knowledge and understanding in in the gospel let us look to ourselves and prove ourselves ou selves and god will lead us with ilis his holy spirit to ilis his throne on high and may this be our may gorl god bless ilis his people is my my prayer in the name r t f jesus anion amen elder W V G farrell also addressed the congregation 6 ile he spoke of the blessin blessings 0 s which accrue from the sacrifices that the latter day saints are often called upon upon to make and showed that the lord will have a tried people president J golden kimball also added a few interest interesting im remarks |
