| Show I l WHAT MORMONISM OFFERS THE WORLD ics for tl t Stab Sak in n th Slit Silt Like lc April 21 1907 1901 BY ELDERS EI HEBER J GRANT K ORSON F WHITNEY ty ly F V 1 It Tt In I WI a i It to tn Wo mc tn 11 t in with the y 1111 1 I am om omI over I r ready teaty mil willing opportunity Ir II I II to tt stand before IP 10 ro the hf pw p Die mill to 10 t Kii Dk to In Ihl I IO J hl h nw atul all It I Is IN II my de 41 Ie hire lre I and anil my I iii y n I Ind II nil prayer pIrty whenever In before tic i or plo thal J I JURY nl be tIC IJ U to tn 11 ny Unit t h t inny In inn I li II In 11 lt It II K nature flU UI Id Ui II rai the Ih t hlll I II t I t diligence 1 In Inthe 1 the Iho d ige of f 1 t tin t ti ti duties dull u I ki 1 aid the Ih II 1111 n 1 upon 1101 as ni I 1 in ID Ii t lIt I of I if f I hIi I have Itil 1 hud 1441 1111 t I hil 1111 while hl I 11 III I I I t or I 1 the I people of or 4 r the til t lIt vorM or who do not nol 1 nn 1114 11 we V to I 1 I have hao no I wish t my II III r e 11 lie he heUI I IL for UI L the Ill of or IC e why wh listen Istl UH 11 I II well 11 I I us lS IL for t r und I Pi 1101 re thin thiM afternoon gi ft dl I IiIi t t 1 11 1111 y be I blessed through til Ih t II II III of Ir your 11 I fulth It and prayers to III any 10 to 11 I you ol c inny 10 be remembered that hInt It Il hilly inny firth fruit In Iii your lives by ilY hI till HII 41 I o on Oil ni your yOE part In hi I dol oln thing thI I that will wil WI please our Ul ni Father P I J re very el ery Unit hut nil all 11 of t r who sho lire uro Iii hero here assembled nH thin 44 afternoon I I dIll did dil not II and the 1114 privilege irIV I of It hao the pleasure ull tl I attending hg the Ih t III 4 th IH morning 1111 1 i inn sure sun that thaI those or of im un who WIlO were WI present 11 were by the hi that wore wIre Ir lly H It I to 10 tome t me 10 that II Il I t has 3 seldom to 10 my lIlY hi lot lotto to 10 C listen to tn more ore In the Ui same IW length of Jr Hint Ihn t were more flIOr to 0 me and 11 Juit ili I 1 bellove 1 were sere more mon lh I In InI their hoh I nature BatUle hI to 10 give satisfaction IU t to 10 tin tl hi people Hum I hone that wore were delivered to toua t tk k ua by h President t Smith Hill Iii the others I tiler who Wilt II til hi morning moring mO ni I d that I Ull llio prayer ICI WP WP may trill have n it continuation of if the thai IL we VO received I Jn lit I fl our ff morning of o this may mIl ho ht fulfilled ful til fled elco I 1 rejoice In III II the 1 I ut of the Ihl old nut 01 InI Lithe hake Stake of nt f Zion Eton Into Inlo four 4 division 1 occurred during U my lily nb at atI I HUte II CC homo 1110 and this thin til Iii Is In the Irs that I have huv luul 1144 the tile of attending In ono one fl flIr of or Ir the new tI that th wore vare organized out LIE of the Ile old olt Hall Ilko Stake of ot 1 n a I II aI i I 1 have had the privilege of o priesthood In II I I the he I and the Iho Salt Sal stake In lii 11 the J t Lake lale I hIIe that In Ii each eachor act actor or ot those meeting that haL J found mom of o the Ito priesthood In at al atI I mol than t ha Ii I 1 had hIlt el In II I II former r days when lill tIle the four tuko were cro to 14 To Io 0 my m mind this Is In evidence oI nce of If the Ih benefits lInt tl have accrued to tho II people by I the thit division of tile the stoke luke There TIlale are arc more there are moro more S Inborn devolving upon II many Individuals lIld s than I formerly devolved ii upon II thorn thom t hell I I and It I Is 18 by labor It R I In Is by hy work WOric wol In Iii any of ur If the walks of nt life that we become 11 t and the more ra people that Lull t work for the lie advancement of the lh King Kingdom dom of It Gail lie tho I moio 1010 tho thu loyalty Ly Ild ii Il tho Iho patriotism o mid 1111 thu Il love In the hearts of those who Wilb are I 1 rejoiced exceedingly when I 1 hoard that thai the th Li I Salt SitI L Lake make 1111 been hn divided because I realized that there would 1111 be he four times as nH many flatlY malY four times many II auxiliary ol 0 I I there ther 1114 folO four times lIlies I an 11 III active Ic laborers In 11 Li I these LilSe stakes us lS IS there I her lIla had been In III the Iho Ill oin IlL stake and according to 10 my llY 1 11 ChICO which h we wo work worle for far or thai IhaL hill which we e are II 14 encased In II I a laboring for Il If I wo we are uro doing doll It with sincerity oC of ii heart Is 14 I bound 1111 to II I a become lecome nearer leller and iii dearer to 10 U us s f J have havi ha 1 discovered the th three thre years and Ild a I 1 fraction I I have hl c been absent from you ou that when hen UI a IL 8 wan WU full tuli tul or lt iI enow und determination to tu t I perform Iel the duties 1 lit 4 VI II g upon him II ha that hat I Unit t ha t mission missionary Ill Is lou i ary ilI 3 fell fel In love hove with lh his 1415 hi work that he lw 11 became attached to II 44 It I 1111 that the Ile lic lichI loi il blessed hI him abundantly In II I a his la Ia labor 11 hOI bor 1111 poured OU out U I upon hIl Ills Ils 1 1 Is Holy 11 I Spirit to such UI an III extent tl 1 t ho Il i wan Wil blessed beyond his hIM ability o 1 IH lie tho gratitude 1 which tilled ills his hil heart In the thu remarks of If President Joseph K F 1 Smith 1 It this bitt t I he h staled iti teti that Ilal I y we WI e would concentrate our OUI af Ir affections i Ill labor luhm with rul full purpose of II lint heart for rol tile the advancement of or this work worle of God haLt wo Va would be bu 7 abundantly blessed that I ha t we wo VU would have hlll more joy and nl fl satisfaction Ci lOll In Ill II our Ii labors thou than Mo 0 could possibly receive en gel In I II any of nI the tl 1114 ordinary Ird ry avocations of t I I I t and that lint I the lie Ihl I oni I nary pursuits In III II lift life 1 whereby hr h men neck for 01 political u und III Illia financial honors did not and do 1114 to not bring to those seeking after afler aC theta them thel that Hint joy jO happiness IlU absolute I a 1 tt con contentment III I nell I and of ot It mind 1111 that conns Ct where we e ate are laboring for fol tOI the theIo Io pel of Ut Jesus and I 1 listened to t U bis remarks 1 I felt that I could conic hear 11 testimony llon I from flolo riot ui my I in y own personal exper experience x 4 to I 0 their I Ill I Ii 1 have hC lull had 1 some of ni the Ito pleasures that t come Jo 0 men meu by bu Ij b lug I ilg engaged el ott In II Ito tho I ordinary Etli flu ly of or o I II life I III I f by h 1 I having attend II t my lIly labom iii bol bola n a times I I but hil ho L I can I uy In 11 I ii all al 1111 1111 In I Ii t Ill to 10 fod iott nOt my lIlY I Hea Heavenly len venly Father that I J have never ex OX that Joy Jo and peace eCe and happiness that hat I tiling 0 as UI It were In ordinary of ot life that 1 I have experienced when engaged get In Iii II tho th t ministry till n H and when llOIl laboring III for fol 01 tilt the th of ot tho liti I Gospel of or J JIH Christ at II home f abroad I do 0 know thu Ihl he lit are l a willing thi II people I J do tb know kitun that I Jill I 00 our 0 I In I s1 ne who vio 10 so 10 o out on t to ho proclaim the I gospel do iii no so 0 willingly and 81 of Ot a I love luve or nr tIle the Ihl und not hOt 11 or ot any four rear not nol bec I they are 1110 re dominated 1 or 01 0 ridden n nI nu 11 tho Iho I world and MIRI mu its 4 lire nl ii ri There are 11 a i i no 10 more Independent there ore are no 10 Ill more 1010 free and outspoken people upon 1011 U the tho t lie face oci nc of thu hu Ihl I earth are arc lre tho Iii rl SalliEs Hull The Flie very ory 11 milliner In 11 which the tIit Ih to people the tho very 0 f Unit hut I are arc 1011 placed ItI I In 11 II tho Iho I ho way n of ot I who thio wil cm om embrace brace tile the Ihl gospel the tho pointing of ut lie linger Ii of I at ut It t those hide I who wh Mormons i UH we WC urn un U 14 termed many alI by b H many lal nUll by II ii our niI 1111 und Imd deur leur by ly h our 01 own relative show that the tha II Who have hlo hit 0 thu III I lb manhood and al It the no wn nun i ii nd the Ihl t lie force on of or n t r to 10 I tile the loIel sire people tile U the which have huv confronted nearly every lulli who hii ham hui hUl the theyo yo l In II fonI lands under U und people who whit wh huv tho ho hardihood hu the 11 I Itt manhood ami t th Ii womanhood ami thu tu lou of ot to 10 tills thin in the Iho th face fit CO of ni opposition L hilt mid 4 I itt Cilin and ail Il till the Ii lit UI lf und friends urn ur not hilt very wn apt 1111 II I t to II I ti lomi 4 lues II and a voluntarily ni thu thui t I und hond 1111 eo of ur to 10 Ii men Uel thuy I Iii do 10 4 I P not 1101 01 know knol SY who Ihn huM hull th I It priesthood IY of it Cod I hii iI und preside 1 n 1 1 them I ThiM IH II I s no 40 HUI render In hi II ilu Ih a II II lull of If ir U it 4 Ii hil hIN t ut of ha of or Ith of oC If uny UI flu man TIn Thu Ihl Ol 1 Ii i I t t I ie 1 of Ir it Ii II lo 10 I 0 ench an t 01 M iv nil II Il With n IH In Iii II Hi Ih II 1 i wui i nd II ii UH 11 14 In Ii h i 4 00 Itt Il II late lI from ruin h 1441 J J i ili Doctrine lind Nu No IH ip 44 rail 01 or tu i lit lie Ii by Ii h vir sli virtue 11 r tue 1110 Ho of cit tin ill i al h s by II II bv tl hum bv Its h ti gi lIy Iy iy I U b h l InY It u t d 1111 ho Ito II nil Alt I j ill in j I t I L hi Iii linn I to In toU U t n fl I 11 I I i ll II Hi II I h i I I i i ii i i J I I i 1 1111 tin lIa Ut 1 half if Of or 1 I lii 1 I I and 1 it I f t t i u F been heen a II of or comfort to tomo toInO mo InO now flOI having r the Ii fiftieth mile stone I in my life lire having been heln born reared In In ho he Church 1 nm Run In a n 11 Ion IOli I Ri experience to lii ny to 10 till all till the I world that my nt Individuality hns never no been hIn Interfered with T I have hn always alway had hilt tin pet feet liberty to In do 10 that Iii which wits was 1111 right and I have hll never 1101 been 1143 taught I or iii asked to 10 do ti wrong In lii all 1111 ii II my m mur fl life ur by Ily uny nil of or If those lhOMe with lIh whom 1 T have been heen n Mo from ronI till the thu time lIm I Will n little II tUe boy received Instructions t lOt or of the Iho ii from from rom my m bishop the president lr anti others Not on ono onu of the ti from rota the tho president of the ii Imrch down has over d me inc to 10 do ii anything that lint wa not lInt for tor my lilY good and with nil till my liy In heart I r endorse tho Iii remarks made mArle this Ihl morning that hiatt eve Ive every ry 1 requirement 1431 II Iret non t made of or 0 the Ii 1 J I erdo Saints Sn In ii It nil nil 1111 Iii I the commandments Ct which God Gitti has given to us lire for fol our and God In his hi mercy has hns re revealed r those things onti given gIve to 1111 m i commandments which If IC I Iv to 0 us 1113 those calculated to 10 I w v i 4 will only ohoy obey tire lire us III und will fl turnout und bless bies 1111 ml Intellectually hat oh ly spiritually morally y and andIn alt In iii II every ivery 11 way WB I rejoice In this Ihl I t rejoice that as liS ut the III yearn come nud go n J I unit now flow nn evi IVI evidences I dences denee lit nt horn home abroad and tho 1434 o como com I In III lIch mich n fl manner that they I verify and Ii II II strengthen Ii und build 1 nI Ii Iian faith of or time the gospel of 0 1111 me an 10 up III II In Jesus Jesu Christ T J rejoice In III h tilt the th re requirements tInt that lO al made of ot m as 04 a II 1 Saint I rejoice that hilt 1 to tosho t ot of paying tithing the Ih privilege In Ii IiIi God Wither Father show sho to my lIb manner that I nm ant In III ii ii 1 very lery r deed grateful to 10 I I Him for toi tho Iho blesIng that hlll He lie has haB bestowed upon DR It lia huM ever OE 1 been 11 n pleasure to me ml meto m tithing and In paying It I I I to 1 inv my pay pa have hae hl 11 honest hont with tho the I ord as as us though Ho Ito were tl my PlY part parl Hern tera and I was OZI keeping k nn nl account with him and that Ihal he Iw WItH fro from III WIlon ho lie returned his lii wanted home or fir the tho partnership ri II nt o he received lila his III full nih 1 I have endeavored to thi be te honest hOliest with the tho In hI the lie obeying of or thu Ill Word 01 of ot Wis WH Wisdom dom to 10 show I nm grateful to In 14 hInt Him that lie Ho has to Ie me flit thi il law ii ad commandment whereby I can call Lh destroying pass mo my lily m loved hod ones rnell by 11 find 1111 not lint slay sitty 1111 us mIs mIsI lInt I hy by obeying this law III I 1 can CUll have han groat t blessings blu bestowed upon me Inc 1 J can call little health of oC r body hod vigor of or mind that T I shall bo lie lit Ill prepared nily to lo tho Iho duties und anti obliga obligations mo and that thai He 11 I It lions lion that rest upon desires nt lit my m I hands I nm ala grateful and l to revealing to ho me to In Him hIm for you ou and to jo nil all of Ills His HI people this law lav la make for II Jl can COli that Is or o oar OtIC difference to our Jill Heavenly Father no tin or nl to 11 till the Iii e advancement of lt Hit 11 li king kingdom k I hg dom huh wh teh her hr you ou nu I shall shull break ii or E not 1101 hut lumi t tIt commandments fin 3 ti ny of If I r I Its His It makes make Il a vast to 10 us mis us In iii I T havo known knowlI many noon men robbed themselves of ad liil advancement who lilt have nt of progress In III the lb work who io It robbed them themselves of nt 1 r God Gial 01 u selves nt of the Ihl outpouring of ot Iho Holy Ho Spirit of or GUll God simply by hy commandment in it ii d mOO I of the Illo little mUe I I the al simple 10 Id which tho lie Lord 1011 Himself says Is IR to the weakest of the tho weak wal and bo he called who iio can oven strong stron vigorous men amen yet l We IVO ninny and md women n who acknowledge ii I edge that hat they 1111 are 1143 so O w I ak that n a little bit of ot u tt I Is II their master of ut coffee colTe or tea tOIL cup CUI They Th bowed down to It It II and anil lIllI it controls them They h have not 1101 the tho force of ot to rise above aboe their theira that hILL not has a 1 elite for or title this thing thin said tili Is III not ant good for fOI or us UI usI U I 1 rejoice that we WI have havo to 10 bulb buIld houses of or worship that thul we IO have Itao to build Itt lid I ii and Ill lII e tI II academics colleges collee universities the 1111 natural ls of man mun Is to 10 Ii center his hili heart upon tho things of or this Ihl world no noman man mun can respond to 0 the calls ulla that 1101 0 upon him in III I a the tiiu Church of ot J us Christ of or Saints no noman man eOn can pay haY nn i It Quest honest Ii tithing i no noman man can an pay hIllY 1111 his ill II fust lILY day donations and contribute toward tilt the erection of stake houses temple templo acad academies IIII colleges Mill have heart centered upon the tiit things oC ot this a it mans treasure I IC Is tin ro hit his hI heart will be 1 tho Iho thoman ho man fill 14 who has a embraced ii till the gospel of or r Jesus ChrIst with full tull purpose of or if heart I bait with U a It determination ii el t loll to 10 serve IO I Cod G ott hU Ills treasure Iteal UrO will ml I I bo he In 1 ii tile the Work of nf loti because he Ill 1111 do to ns nil altaIr our aIr president said I he ito had done Ilon He lie III iii In our ii 1111 tIl conference coil e tills this lb Is morning that his ii thoughts I huh guts his hIli time Il 1110 his Ii Is talents talon Is his hl 1114 heart had been 1111 given In to this work vork of If If God GOI antI and that where he lIe hail bud spent hours blurs In thinking or tit this work he 11 had Imol spent Ill It t but bt at moments Is In lu I ii thinking thInk lii g of his hilt own advancement iii 1 n fl C I or 01 0 l the II advance nil vance m III ut lit of 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