| Show AN AMERICAN RELIGION A Di hy ELDER ORSON F WHITNEY Council of the Tw lve in thc S lt City Sunday Fe 10 1901 fRe by F W W liMn tho n I or go vel f m AO cullell In tho dl M ot tM A AI I ot limes tor or dl be bel l tho th 1 11 tho reopening ot Hils tho rn ot 1110 position It sees good why i r un nn 1 hot with HIM In this nI just flame nil nili i 1 with those In l C com l been tho upon which such LI 1110 The I which wo 1 tho l or tho or times It Is tho nn e ono In Ini i which tho prophecy will bo that to b i J when ho 1 i 1111 ot of bl tho thoI I or nil tho holy tho world I hold In 0 I The Kw to n written by 1 ono of tho origInal I Church ot Christ or sal n ts T his bo k vor ed iO ngo In tho tho I TH The pres nt 1 1111 rigO oC oC change oC DIH DC cry Ie J JI lou to he n us wIth ht leI con tor to 1 I the world III In tra traI I I villi VII Ins to be I t A now hns on and Is advancing with l t torce giant The lind thc st wIth and alo tending or of trade C I countries 11 Ir from other Dut 1111 IC wern too for might or human mid Us fol light 1011 I tho Ih It II tho or H hilI the I things are In hy ono oC mun to to pro or tho tine ort b which II mrm In tho work which U hV th must oC L life scIence ls while tho Is l to hew thought oC fill It w tho oC hu JUan Intellect are moved Oil nil other seems at IJ l sUII ot tho In the ot lither bo to a morenar ot ment to bo ot much t not to ex with the oC mind to grOV with tho lowth n With the oC tho le t For mom thun ony tho or ortho tho ago 1110 the and front 01 by IH dl broken up thron n It were Into n ChilDS or I a i without It us by to 01 this ch oC OliO thIn Is to nn to tho ot thIs other the which will th with tho puro I at n dllY non will to hili Il h 1 0 tho LOId Cor nil t tho I ast to i tho gr It be II ot tho Uh t In re I to or not In vor ar I hapeR be un entire or or society upon tho brea or and seln title lI a tit truth ot an unter human or Call oc n d rd tho world peace brotherhood lUt a to all II er Ot a on all II ot Ig Igi or ot 01 i I on tho ot tho II It 10 Is In the III It II Mt i or tilt enn tho bid ccase lit trul Il Is not which the HId bosom but 1 J the of God Is O nUn II to know 10 lruth ho who words OlO tle tle beauty ot 1 Bm UlO tho minds HII oC 11 10 n O pro Ilent ot th re tho 1 II dl un th Ier of he the nc of aM 1111 Inon 10 8 IhlI for hI n rOlt UM wel thee science Who lust hil bark Th ot tho Th tn birth Alv Thy dawn day mono own th ld shul In hll p ht e tu Tholo s tho laly 1 1 oC this great arnon tho from the daYI oC 01 to the dB oah ot 1 0 Ind or tl th In tn II c r tho 11 to I at the l oC tho or tho THE OF Let 18 COL n tew moments some ot the connected wih gr nt r thc re ot the ot the theology In times ho wo Jo Joseph seph Smith 10 Is to by those who Map upon hIm lS yet he uon hil ns l and when he It 1110 10 U nud 1 years o and never oM lt all for ho laid down his to feal his no his yon I Tho Old JOA Smith to how Ign are who to they oC which Joseph SmIth WIlS a Yer Yermont mont Jo thu SOl ot I Crumer Oll bor December 3 1805 hC 1 ot age hll was In the western part ot the oC Now York There came Inlo his hood n number oC Christan ministers th arlou Int the what Is aI 1 during which the relon was ly their elastic Cor tho ot to ChrIst Joseph WOI n CuI lad ant he held ld join their claIms his mInd was wih the hlA le wn f tho hlo one IU when hil 00 to rest words I In the JOIl IC an anor or you laek wIsdom hIm God to nil men not It sh l be given him lh torce 10 wisdom le to klow which oC ni those WIS the true church I hud nevel oe to him but ono C thol tho truo church but he be leo al true thoy CIe he knew God the ot discard In this at mind he sought tho LOII Ind aked CO wisdom He to I grove hIs hOlc he down ond his orul tu Deity Je had bC he 1 1 Wil upon b 1 that hs II that lie could no a II hi soul SJ tied Ho tel on tho tOI but to pra II Ills thoughts IS he Wil to bo overcome ho saw u piar ot Over Ills held Rueh sur lon lS ho to was from tho unseen but held hIm midst or tho or glory two In the Conn or lun und ono or nd tho O to the other suld Is Son henr him fhe ho 1 told not to join ot the then n they hud ni one out oC the wa WIS the true church about to bl the moo to earth Such the ot tho Or t caton Gol t Joseph TIm GOD tact vas malo known to hIm when 10 WIS told nono of was UIO true oC Christ hut this was not tho that then Tho or tho as tho that at tho sound tho Tho vlon ot Gul the Hs ChrIst 0 ot the whIch that God Ins IlI being hod or I the at the 10 t tho t IUS coull 10 when ho tho lok I O lelu In His own Imago In tho at God CIO lt hll malo COllo Un could Hl the 0 tho who when Phiip II to him us tho 11 th e 1 10 seon mCl the hamo truth ta who that tho Ol JOS JOSta at WOI tho Ilu 1110 oC s Tho Iud t uth hud tOl tho t tho Oi dell coull 01 Iho b JOlo h t the thew w was ho of tho IU tho lod o of tho tuc G 1 He COln dell ho hul nd to a u or OlO ot th WiY b that It was ni OC tho leI wre 0 RUch Ut 11 laH 10 tho that 11 uch well away worl ut mort said tho o In Im r I toen n kloy It I I UI lell It 1 he hi to tho hL wa thu h hwal 01 he I oel ty wal In Crol 1111 not wih hll and or all 1 to him II lc ho Id 11 ut night hl to th In II how hu wih 1111 hll In olt th oC his I 1 tl hll lt n sa pr l tit Qt aM I KI VI al 1111 h h lut or I I II pt hlll to a a ot cullor I tHI Ir which Ilha el to Il 11 horn nn Wi tho r or tM opI M gh en r tho the to tM ot th ald n OUI ter hl elC to tho bt th Hm Ch u 11 11 1111 church hero tho same III M wih and It holl to tC te fl Jos lh In record which wo 41 upon b monus ot the UtIl In tho he which wre Cound wih leord tod It I th girl awer or tho us th ul puhl or r the Im that Is ZI I tho place o tho o which wi ho buit this by th at Jel ph d by tho oll ollor or hero Is to th or Israel to a for tho an antho tho c ot Lord the Ol r went 1110 tho da to pra to tho I ILor Lor a In tie III principle oC by tho In tho heln cd In a cloud or hl hand Upon ho them to tho telIS held kes them this priesthood to or ministerIng ot angels ond ot pel or ot by tor remission ot sins thIs bo the carth of nn to tho lArd In Tho to them said his namo In John the DB at that he held the of tho prIesthood and tho ono by divIno 10 This he ald would empower them to the and to I that Wl as tar na It go Ince I II n t d them Io 1 C tel would bo upon luu by 1 and John he to wn uch was the substance ot the messa or John tho to tWI who not onlY to but to that or tho three who sub upon them tho which minIs terl In and tho k sor the or heaven This hIgher empowered them 10 la hands upon convers bestow them tie tho restored gos n tow souls Joseph Olver Ind COUI on tho or 1830 at count N the lt esus ChrIst Saints the masl AX CHUCH And lot mo hot be all chulch und un American Wh should the up ot such n bo Ol too tOT bellet IH n a It Js Just such n work tho prophet When ho that the or tho should the at beNd In ment Ir worl at wonder ushered 1 by tho oC the Father the Son by ant i In to tho ot tho tho Church r Go might duly and nu an as un ensign COr the or hmel II this Is truly wandel ful wh tho o tho ec Zion held In re resel sel tor the mighty sio not a church a or Ier own sho only to 1111 foster churches und that sprung up on tho eastern hemI hemIsphere sphere Iko oyer the wal In the Hal ot the world Jt not be In the oC such I to prophets n n her own Ameria nothIng but and Olos J walt to 1 ld to ou now some Ie thIs phase ot m a by tho lato John who II ot the or America b es wih words JOHN l OR Is 10 the Ind ot the New orld IY In tho TheN Iru to their tu turo and II product o CI wih tho rise or now vilas Iel only to the Increasing or tho to the or ot new yet to bo tho lew In to what leat aro t torms ar wi bo out wIlt new ot urt ul wi be aro suro to COme This Is not can th growth oC America 11 n gl 1 uld world Itsel The tower or tho 1 Dabel wi rise to thu clouds ond bo al Ia the 11 No oC JUl ocr ex tho Amari ea In a ot view No von con cele bo sure to And Grant oC groth whose splendor nud and power tho uler oC tho Old World All thIs Is when we havo on the when wo given wings to and teel even thu In 1 then our stop De JI m glories we ot wih certainty Tho world his witnessed empires awny Itt not n hat or th spike OVen I or Noahs stronger than any modern remains of a Babylon ot s or TTe or or and What or greatness except In laws stat statues ues thoro Is I Ing In tho or Is tho story ot aU to wealth COl Al tho ma mat t af the a No Ir this is to be the at by and hiI sImply ex extended tended tho realm tor meu to tr experiments ake Yore a and Bo ton It A and II s cond Antoch and a second ome wo tho old ex tho we hae our Dut hUl no thon to repeat the 01 experiments und them and rich His sho no higher eln she lay hold ot Corces tho Old orld fuch as unIform doom ot America hils a I great to ald 10 sho nm t put new and these not material And will save hr and Iao tho We Ameln lS discovered not so luch to a feld fOl In wih Eu arid AmerIca to the orld wIth 15 1111 Ices nd to uc Corms at now new lents In new orsan new to tho lec at Iro haM t fOT other she must 10 them than machines ant horse give not to but the mind tho b which the poor cn assert rIghts Unless Is hore whIch bo In oth other er countries In tho w er new which then I 1 see how AmerIca can 10 be tho home and oC tho poor ot laud A new spirit must coltes anti tha which prelle 11 older no la bor here hos IL to toBIe BIe wUI tram parts ot e must hu schools In whIch tho heart all tho brain Is IS wl which to some something thing higher thun to fun ond appeal to perverted Our ht not In which tench under tho namo ot science nor In pul which cannot he with without out ora to I In nala which trado Oi tle ments or the leople nor II Sabbath loeks which lre an Insult to tho humon nor lu cOlleges which ft youth tor mone nor In oC to nn Impulse to I nor In hy nor In elected br dema go nor Il to ThelO wil nor whit whitIs Is II lr Unless n nB tol Krows morally ni as I there Is wrong nt the cere oC No laal It socIety b colls nt the core America Is n blon to oly JS lle a anew new In history to more II Corces hut 11 which and decy ho Is ho UI hul tho to ell I tho ta oC I 10 thou Is l Is Isu u Uke ni torK oC nut I It n lnE OF MOn IO Mormonism sa 1 No Mormonism which Is or pl de tlc ur ot tl 11 hI u cul II the or Olon I 1 1 the ancient nd Chr her Is IL he hehl hl como world tn that she 11 lat ho Is UI I 1011 thus tho the of lt which tho world d wao of hu the sl l If hl tor rhe dl Iho hll nIO In the dl Lut 11 lu tl III Gospel hUI ocl to Of 1 dl ln aton wil II 11 I tho 1 tho I Iho OI eUI lf tho nul thal III work nut nOl work oC Ul hl t tho ot Ild fal II nun If 0 ni Iho or th or nf tl lt ut Je Ild UI the I UI tle I th tor culI t Iho 10 II tor cl t It I lf whO old tel heCor 0 I I been t t the Corth dC tho worl 1 h thu pro oC th Iott Hod how MomO 8 ll horn nOI 1101 I b nF tho gOAr 1 or ChrIst tho oC unto 1 tel how I con st tho tho house or l tho I building t 1 ZOI 1111 11 thod which II 10 2101 O S P whom lle how lt 0 1 tho t ull how 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