Show Kii 0 o r p 1 I J lIme tint lIlt most of those thio present preset are 1110 OnlO hint this Is one of o a II serIes aeries of meetings c l In Ill the III quarterly conference of or the 1110 Liberty stake of Ion The first meeting of the conference was held II tills thIs Ii Is morning In III the Assembly hall lilli halland It and nd this Is III a Cull continuation I loon I Ion of or I lie Ihu pro For FOI tile the benefit bandit of or strangers who may Inn mu muI IKS be I present 1 J will explain that a stake of cit Zion Is III a ii subdivision ot of the tho Church of Jesus Christ of Saints Saint SaintA A stake Is III organized very ery mulch much after tho tito manner of if tIle tho Church Itself having harm three high priests to 10 preside ld over 01 It II I typical or of the Iho three high priests wit preside over oel the tho entire Church Tho 1110 Li stake presidency havo hll under thom them a Il high council of 01 K I who 1110 are arc to the lie what tIle the twelve apostles lire arc to 10 tho ill Church Chinch It 11 Is III our belief that hat If It the thu Ito veil 0 1010 were lifted which things earthly from things heavenly h lelIh we 10 Ye would 1 find that the Church of God Coil on earth cart cartIs Is similar 0 I In ii I Its 18 In organization to tv till the I lu Church of or Goth God In III heaven presided over ose overby oseby by b tile the Father 1 the Son Soil ROll find the lIw lie Holy itoh Hol Ghost There hole tIe Iu ii stakes of Zion Ion and andIn all allIn In III each eich of ot them every three 1 months u a conference Is III held hel when the members member of the tile stake art arc a I required to come collie to together gether geiller to ho bo taught of the titU Ih Lord Jor to be Ii reminded of ot their duties as Latter Iatter day Ia Saints and tiltil to 10 partake of tho out outpouring pouring of or the tile Holy hollY Spirit that they the then n bo ho comforted built up aim strengthened In III their faith Many more are 1110 present this afternoon tItan than were ora present this morning but hUI not ilot till all these e are 1110 members of ot Liberty Stake SInko of ot Zion Elon Tile The morning meetings or of our tilt stake sLuIce conferences hIre are not at attended tended as well VeIl wIl as nit they thy should be b Many Man Manor lIny or ot our people do rIot not realize I tile the Im Importance ot of being h b present at tho the open IlIg of ot tile the conference They The to Li think that If they thoy come COllie to lo ono OhiO meeting und hid listen to 10 the Iho Instructions there bert given ghon that hIlt that Is Through Throughout out till the Church where our oui conferences conference are arc held holt on Saturday us its well as aM on Sun SlIn Sunday day 1113 the Saturday meetings as its a n rule Iule are nr sparsely attended I t have reminded the people on OIl more mOle than one occasion that they were wen iii robbing lobbIng ot or u II i blessing by Iy neglecting to tnt attend all the tho hi Ill meetings You have heard Grants Grouts de do description c of tho good time that lint we had this morning at ot the precious Instructions that thuit were Imparted by h the lie president pro l dent of ot the tho Church Churell altU other speakers Hilt But to in how many mil does 1045 this description appeal al It appeals tho tito some sonic of an us great gloat force because wo We happened to 10 be In bethere there we ve partook of if the Ito feast Xo No o de tIe description of It however eloquent could compare with the lie thing Itself but wo 14 who 1110 attended tillS this meeting are iIO the ones coot best besl able to 10 appreciate the tho To 10 us IS It Is a It reminder of oil the tile spiritual feast that thaL wo enjoyed enJo ed while to 10 you yot OU who wIre were not nOl present It II Is merely mele n Li reading of or the thue tI bill ot or fare turl When hell we lull Sit the tIle opening ng meeting hi hiat of ot a II conference It Is much the thu slime same ns 81 when we lSe miss thin tho preface or oh opening chapter of ot a IL book bool that Ihal wo C lire are rending leadIng It Is IH difficult to o the Iho connection 10 to appreciate the tho allusions ninth mallo to 10 what has gone sonic before or suppose we w It to going to tc till the theater arriving too late lato to witness tile prologue or 0 first act of the till play pIli We St 0 sit SI t them I nil all al I tho 3 evening uVon I loll bewildered trying In III vain ahn to un the lie drift of the tilO dialogue tIle the reference by h characters upon U OIl the lId e to Incident that havu ha 1 already taken place these Into 1110 one ono another In lii much the tIu th ln n III fill the tho chapters of a Il book or r the tha thi acts of or a play pili Ono On melIn linde Its 1111 strength Its Ill spirit to the tho ho succeeding one I You cannot ed ti I understand this 1114 meeting If It you 01 to attend the forenoon mealing President Smith SIll I I II and t luo who 0 this his morning struck tile the key Imy not for tor the he conference Much of what I I Grunt Grant lbs bus said Hald and much ot or whal 1 shall hull tiny 11 11 1 was 1415 1 by Ily h that lint meeting und the th spirit or ot tillS thin meet meetIng Ot Ing hll will Influence those follow meeting Into Inlo meeting nod every lety 1 part strengthening tilt thu whole tho the lance of or being bohl thor thol thorough ough In Ill till alt that thai t l vo YC do tin If n a confer conor conference ence Is Iti called to 10 convene wo we should II Ill there It If possible und ChIli attend all nil the lh 1143 meetings especially tho opening o one 1110 It If we wo miss 1111 that wo will not hot hear till tho key Ice Ico note 1101 struck and cannot Interpret as well 11 the subsequent pr 11 lurch c LN OF Ol THU iItti KS J S Sl Tt L Tile The same principle applies to great gloat greater er I 1 things U lt IM Is true as lIS to the 10 th whole scheme C lIto of ot It human life lito yea the tho tIe whole of Jt I life 1113 A knowledge of f tIme tho past last Is IH to II a proper understanding of or the present Who Im are A lC 11 they tile that Ihal understand tIlls thin life I There nio learned men scholars poets philosophers WIll who tire are supposed to 10 toO see KO O deeply Into things who arc sup tiUI to 10 lip tho mysteries tl of offe life fe till the secret of ot tho universe hut hunt they ItO cannot give 1111 you a LI comprehensive Idea lUll of i 1111 he of or human exis existence tence Many Ia 1111 Ii u LI learned I 41 man ii lIt fl hm Inia gone toti o hum 1011 tile the to tIle Iho grave unable ti t L tell lell what hi It II WhIM Willi hore hOl for fot It t L wax Willi ii 1 thaI thit I God roil nt lit It his hi I hands illi II hj h JJ he lit wan ILLS 1111 not lint ii 1 hut thu out of or which he it 11 came Ii 1110 when thien wh 11 ho I entered II Into 1111 li LII Ihl t Il Is l life Ito lit litI I I duty defy till the t mOt learned luti I Iho lie In Ill il I Igo ii I tit thi I Ii i m lIlt ii I p 11 lee to If 11 understand Ii nil this III Is life Ito I a Us 18 I Is mann mOlin ing In ag If It he lii has nil fill of ut 1 tin till Itt life lIf t W lIt before A 1 knowl knowledge edge of 01 o till tho Is III tho Ih key Itry tint that unlocks hue tho mystery II lul of lit tile the pres present III H HInt ent Int at existence That former lIfe had u ii homing upon this huts life lICe It U lent but Its spirit UH Ihl IN I ho this existence There IH Ii I a It loIn I I Ill slIt p between our 0 Ill i 1111 our II Oh past Wo ti ur ii r roti Ill ug 1111 u II we ISO 0 h I wu Ye came utile wo are uro sowinG now a it I liar 1111 vest n v it t hunt we WC shall reap In lii tho tile great hereafter r WHAT ITS his The rhe better than Ill other OthI people leople understand this tIlls lIfe 1111 UH Ita relationship to the Lilt past and to the thu future 1 I was 1111 once all CO convoking conversIng conr with n eL I learned gentleman a 11 physician und and he asked inu tho Iho question Why thy should I be he n CL Mormon or Stunt Saint In to 10 being a Cl Methodist a II flap a IL Presbyterian Jr n a Catholic or nn an tIlIng thing duo In III the Ih wn lIft of religion P Tell Toll me Inc m why mIi I r be ho a 3 Saint I him hIm in Ill language like this tills It you OU tilt arc III seeking the 1113 riches of lit If this world you Yun had hal better bettor ia u uby us by b J I have known m lIln n 1 women to 10 tobo toI I bo Ito blet with material wealth because they hud embraced As u un on Indirect result if ut conversion lon to this ralth 1 I havo h seen rise II o In tho limo financial hl scale seal ami heroine become well veil to do who ho before were lelu poOr r lint and almost pen n Many Inny of ot them In the lie old world did 1111 not lint own 1111 a It foot roi of ground lund and mete living In III rented working In I II factories es and mills Ill I his but liti I by h I embracing timid emigrating to 10 Utah became be Kind owners their own homes and attaining to 10 and flud affluence And nd yet Iet et Iho thu Cos Go pil Itoh did 1141 not hold hol t out OU t such Inducements I ii thu to in convert consort them When Vlen hen said Lord Lorti e have hll forsaken till all and ancl jid fol followed 0 01 lowed thee the Savior SILVio replied There Thero H Is not lIOt one of or you OU who Vito has forsaken fa in father father ther thor mother laotian wife rife children homo and for Cor my roy sake salte and tho Ihu Joe Gos Gospels polo but ho lie received a IL hundred told fold In Ill tills till lIfe In Ill tile the world 1 to 10 come everlasting These blessings bl may muy como CollIe as s Indirect results 1 or ci 0 direct ct re ro results stilts It if you rau choose to lu cull call them no ito of or orr receiving r the Iho uit Gospel now nov culled called Mor Iol Hut are not held 1101 out us UH Inducements to bring people into tIle the Church Again I r wald Huhl Doctor If It you an lIt seeking for tOI 01 position for tor honor for tOI 1 I would advise advice you to puss pass lS us by il b You be 11 glen given all an office and you iti might bIght not ilot It If you OU became he a Ii Lat LUL Saint You might b omo u IL bishop the time president of ot a Il stake sIak or a u high councilor you ou might not 1101 Thy The Gospel pel does 1048 not promise these things It 11 does ducs not nol hold 1011 them out to Induce lieu peo people rII to 10 embrace It If you OU are nrc seeking I for tile tho honors of tt men mell and an for the good goodwill goodwill will of tIlls this world I II would advise you to pass Ia us UR by h Wo i do lie not lot promise that the Ihl world will mihl loo 00 you that It will tilI welt well of if f you ou 01 or think yell well of you On the tile contrary contral wo we tell you YiU ou that tila tire the world InrId will vIIi hate you yeLl will 1111 ly l use u o you and persecute you If It ye you become n u Mormon They rIley fhe who Ilvo lIt godly ill In Jesus Christ shall suffer cutTer perse persecution per e dillon cution Tile The Savior himself said If 1 they th y have ho hated me they will VIII hate halo you OJ oa oaI I chosen you out OLIt of at the world an therefore the world hate you NOIl ow doctor do tb not lUlL become IL a of or you yoi are lire seeking for the tile good will of or the tho lb world lurid If f you ou lIre are ar seeking for fOl und and Oil position for wealth II for tilt the things of or I this thus earth do O not join us Hut If It you want trIal to 10 know what you OU were nero mode for or why illy you are aro here what God 00 1 requires of or o you OU whence you OU CliniC came and mId where rot vou are lire going when lieu you leave leac this world If Ir I this Is of ot any worth to you this tIlls Induce Inducement ment holds forth and this Is coo cne reason rason why lh hy you yoth should be lie a Il Mor Mormon Mormon mon rather rat a II I than anything II log else There file Is he no nJ religion loll lolI under the Ito sun lIun that makes these those things KO Ito plain as liS tho Iho th despised nod an persecuted faith known as ns n This Is what makes It so et dear to ill Its Ita disciples s This Is why wh Its Itt converts are alo willing to 10 be turned out of Cl doors as LIS Brother Grant has hUI related ted willing to ho io despoiled or of their golds willing to leave leHY land lanil father mother and fill all things for Cor thIn the gospels sake The TIle Christians did 1 1 HIP th Mime They fit C rejoiced that thai they iley I could die for p tho Lord 1011 Jesus They rhey were welo thrown to It lions stoned to death sawn asunder lI but hut they tie could coul for Iu their enemies as ns Christ lt did anti and as a Stephen aid Ild and aliLi they hey tile rejoiced I they knew ImI why wh they were suffering They knew kItO whence they canto came why wh they mero here hol where they the worn welo go going goIng ing log and what awaited them Tako JallO Paul fol for instance nero Hero wa was wasa waIL a IL man mun who had been henn a n persecutor of or the Church but bill who became n II con convert volt crt to Christ t and 1 nn nil fill 11 with the power of ot his hta calling n I Sen s o how nobly und faithfully ho hn God after he lie had been converted and hind had received lod tho tile Holy Hoh Ghost They The stoned huh him and left him for or dead In Inthe Inthe the street They rile rhe threw him to 10 wild beasts they th save Iao him hIm many stripes 1 him from front city to city hilt but they the could not hush his Ills voice olce could rIot not dampen his zeal en could not de tie destroy stroy his faith because God had touched hIm him transformed him und and he rejoiced In tho tint privilege of or suffer suffering lag ing In for or tho the gospels 10 sake suTe Death had harl no 1111 terrors for this man milan 0 O death I where Is he thy th sting 0 O grave graso where Is thy th ill victory Ictor und anti nt last ho Is 15 In 0 Lu dungeon en about to die dlo for tor the wit witness ness II of Jesus for tor the time word wOld of God Goil and he 1143 h says They Tho aro coming to lend lead me forth hut haiL I have ought fought n a light fight ht I hOVe 1100 finished my ni m course 1 I have hue kept J ept the tho faith fulth Henceforth 1 know kno there 11 Is la a IL crown laid laW up Ill for forme me mp which God Giitl tho righteous Judge shall mo ale at al the tho last day tin da That ThaI ThatIS was IS what mado him strong strong In Ill Inthe tile the of eternal life of ot his hla Immortal destiny lestin Paul J knew of tho Iho eternal past knew Ime why Wily he lie was here and what him In the Ito hero here hereafter after IOnO TIm TIlE RESTORED II My dear nichols friends and alid brothers brothels oath Inti sisters sill I wo 10 preach tho same ame gospel 1 hInt Ihal Paul preached Wo We 0 could not In Ill preaching another gospel toe for Paul said Though we wu or oran an angel angol from heaven preach any 1111 other othel gospel than that lInt which we 10 have Ilare preached unto you rOil lot him bo be uc ac accursed cursed ed Where holo did wo 0 get got this tItle gas gos gospel pel lid P Well elI II wo 0 dill did not ilOt get It from Crom books it Is lii not lInt a IL lend dead tal that hal wo 1 oIlIer offer to tIle the world Is not hulL a ti mere description of a n feast fOllst hud by h i other people In Ia ancient times It declares that hunt another prophet has ris us risen en ell Ii Paul Punt knew nl a 11 man otan who was caught up Ul il to lu tho lie third heaven Joseph Smith 1 know knots a n man who WIth wan tip up to the tho seventh We Wc 0 preach a n ii living and a restored Christian religion Wo Yo preach Immediate arid and direct and point to til th Bible to the thc Book flook of or Mormon to the Scriptures of tho the past pastIn In lit of our position TIle The rh Mormon Church Is not founded upon the lIe It Is IB not mint founded upon the tho Deole ot of Mormon Jormon It Is not founded up upon on Ill any IW book hool It Is based basel upon tho Ito principle ot or revolution God speaking to 10 man hero and now 1101 These hooks tho the |