| Show RESPONSIBILITY OF PREACHER AND PEOPLE in n the thC Silt Li T November A 11 A iJ 18 1906 by ELDER ORSON F WHITNEY h F W I 4 ol OC J UI lU r tUng IUs II n lov LOVeSt sl th qu me 0 JI d AmI Yen Lord Lard ThIU a ij J I j I rhe an the te t F pd my flY h ep ti to 10 n eler th reo W s e d 1 mIrno amo answer um r II him tho In Injunction J unc II IId on d Iho hc most eI U l 1 c v vI 01 0 upon t dim that I Ie ding with I Of f the truth In ot of lIt Ih t tad tM th soul ouI and 1 AS a to much luch a thC Iho I I 0 of f I thome h o e erent rent renew 1 hut hOW hol shall ono do 0 lh bo o Thoro Is i but in an ot ot oi nd t 13 tG iC I o flOP I II t oC o Jod lIen t I III r t r my great Frent Har EarI 1 tC be It CL L an 1 tho Iho spIrIt ot O Oth n II I In 1 I th Ie Lord l tte loe power tn th 1101 I to pak k And by I to that I Iu Itt u n In iii a to tot tore mY t tt If tre rc hd ml II to 10 lii be CL L 1111 III reo C CI r re I I I do noL ROL b u nU ati nUd much de d e d u oo the hearer harer Jt It Is tho dS AD 1110 up II teher to 50 0 IV hut IY of II fl pub of Instruction be ell LUY jot t maY muy m I esl upon him t r the II II I I hO tbt to 10 teach the alii aai Is o the Iho July duty of o whom tut tUI It II ire lre thou thO hearts to re recce 10 I tt e lh t Is Iii said ALL m nEP I FOR On a aI arose to a I never meyer I 1 had In my heart but b ton toa nue U to tho oc occUla might Le e m i 1 1 went to 10 th lh hu hou e ot of ofte otte cUla urd LL nat I 1 remember but t I bowed te aske that t tI 10 ing S and beMO Him ere er g I i ULI be upon to 10 I i a the hO t wor In 10 tho I t far of the the an and flY ay It II by power Ghost 1110 yOU OU my DIy to do Ihl tl samo amo ant e tiler or O n a Did you pray lira lirato th Lort coming here upon to this acred day DId you n ask k Him to 10 our that you OU ro lIfe telve the truth that would be spoken TUI rou oU mIght It II and by byI I It havo th of at an nd listener so rent goat would the thC good seed eed sown lood soli ott spring Corth and hear heln or a hundred fold Or o did ld you that it II n upon the hll r the meeting was or it If you OU did yOU made n a mis ns aS a 11 ono OR as ou would mate It If YOU ou were to 10 that the f ot of a harvest depends depond entire 17 11 aton the of the Iho seed and has nothing to do 10 with the preparation or of ofte tb te soil lIon uon whIch It Is sown A bo be he ever eer so 80 skilful can do doM M 14 little II a harvest harvol It t the e ground be not plowed and liar ned preparatory t tho ho Reeding and andt II t Is t even so 80 lIh the sowing ot of the lord rd of oC Oo God It upon the con as wen well as upon the speaker II a meeting shall be profitable II e not nol OF OPINIONS Li a ot of spirits Icu tie as I IIa Ia 11 among them In Conic places 1 thi i an to hear the gos 1101 I II lit a hungerIng after atter truth and right And jt it Is Indeed a pleasure l the tho shepp when whon the desire De fed but there Ihen Is very little pleas pleast ft t In Ia a cold careless s In no made up ot of pea peau u m tho ho lire are moro more Interested In took look t around them than In listening to tte those who to church re reIt ret It t not ot for tor the but bul the music thre tople who are arc nil 1111 the time lime 1 at the clock to 10 seo It the speak II Is Ii transcending his bounds and nOli are reminding yOu by the tha snap of their watches of oC the tha things of at rt e when you are endeavoring to 10 our ar their minds to the consideration or eternity Ills It is no pleas 0 steak to a congregation of that thai ht i I would much rather be nil an audience that has hasto to desire dere II t hear me or that has no norl rl h lot tor the tho Word of God unless It ho bo within certain bounds Us not nOI liver meetings nil as a rule I not n think we hould extend Oll our Q nis beyond the limo 1 pon A sermon ermon can call ho too but on the other hand the tha pa pat t of a listener can bo be too short shorter er r Is undesirable jact a 11 friend find upon the street one Ar he e laR WO frank as ho he was wasand 1 1 and he said to me ine You O Ing as B a rule I can kUld y o for tor 30 or IG 10 minutes It ter r khat that you bore bON me lie Us Illy t n you ou see anI and I took look It In InI I ti l P part rt hr br usa I to 10 ho bl on t mn man But Dul L I answered him r te yu had been heen with me t a week ur or 10 d days If Th There ti lIr t People oPle Vre Ire hungry for rd hr of ai Or Ie e held meetings two trw ann st they wanted more mora II had Cloi dl I around mr the stand after hid said they thoy could hae all I in a metro mini Ike e ours our living In a city tero there are alo so many attractions I where you ou see so eo much and heir S so much and your time Is divided ant limited you ou do not Care caro to 10 h hear r the truth for more moore than 30 0 It at a lIlting but bUI your cn case Is no criterion fur tur others There Thero are 1110 those who hi hian hit an hour haul or two houra to give gle and thy lIy giVe gle It you ou cannot wenry th with the tho word ot of God A Anil 1111 yet I agreed with my frIend that It li l not hOt to any clue class or of 1 morn mon than they Bra are willing to receive W r resort the feeding of thu tho very much WO do the tho ot of the bO body y and should huld not give It too loa much at once The best food will wili cloy the appetite it Ir too loa touch much is taken lit at one olle line lime On the tho other humid bern thero Is such n it thing as it poor appetite such 1 a thin thing I Os liS unnatural of appetite such uch n thIng III being aM limited In our capacity to Who shall he bo thai judge ot of these things how III hi It po to one CANNOT SE I not been rending reading my I very ory lately but bill I bear benr In mini au an nn an ancien clent cien fable rable that thai will this point All An old mn man accompanied hO by his hili young hh set out wIth sIth a for tor Thu 1 father CaUler placed hits hili bo boy iii donkeys buck buckso so lint ho would hot w weary ar arThe The first the they met wore a group croup ot of graybeards who when they sa saw the boy riding flad the oM old man walking begun began to the Iho boy saying that lie he ought to 10 be ashamed of at himself to tobe tobe be perched upon the donkeys hack back while hiie his father was lug hill In the dust dusi The fhe old oh miami hearing these remark took the ho off art the tho donkey und and go 1001 up himself an they all on their way The They hal not nol gone one tar far when hen they met II a crowd of at young rOY who ho found fault with the old man for tor riding and taking his ease CalO they thoy saId that thai ho ought to let the boy rIde rhe old man then took look the bOY up behind him The Iho next man they met was n a humanitarian who told laid them vcra breaking the don doll koys back by both bolh riding You ought to 10 carry the donkey said tin hI Ins instead lead ot of the tho donkey l Oke carrying you OU Well 11 they tried that They got gol oft oct the donkey one Its head runt anti the tho other Its lis In nIl II and thus they tried to proceed But Dut the tho would woul not have It so ho began kicking And lIoun dering and sent sprawling Then U II crowd round told then them they a pair ot 0 They found out oUI at last that It II was Impossible to 0 please that Is the tho moral of at the tale laic laico Now o it II Is Ju just 1 al ft Impossible for tor n a speaker speak or to tc and I to do donol not nol intend to try lIy Is It 11 my In to talk all 1111 night A speaker WAS once addressing an and ho he informed them In the tho beginning that ho he was ell to speak upon tipon an any subject that thai might ho suggested to him lie he then No Now what shill shall shallI I speak about and 1 a bo boy In the gui gal galler ler lery shouted about five min minute ute utes Perhaps there lire arc sonic here who think I ought to speak tv minutes or about 30 minutes or long bug longor or Cr or shorter but I shall endeavor to speak peak as the Spirit ot of God shall give tile mo utterance The length nO ond of 1 a meeting depends upon the spirit that is III present and upon tho ho interest that Is manifested 1 I have heard men when hen 10 minutes seemed R a long longtime time lime I have havo heard others lecture for tor tort t two va hours when It seemed like 30 min or less It upon our own condition upon the spirit that we have In our own hearts I mo O not 1101 claim to he ablo to speak U Upon OIl nn an sub subject but I am hero to speak upon tie the suggested to 10 me ma by bYthe the Holy Ghost OJ OF I 1 aS There Thero Is 1 a woeful tack ot of Interest among the tho Saints concern concernIng In Ing that grent command of at our God GoI that thai wO VI should hould together often otten to 11 reminded of at OUr duties and 10 0 partake of oC the rim reason rOlson th there rt Is so mUch complaint II a alack lack of interest In tho lII meetings I be those who complAin do 10 not take tako the tho course whereby they may hae their Spiritual strength renewed UnIt und their Interest In the things of at Cod and It Is a benefit 10 0 n a and merely reflect upon tho ho things ot of meNI morly sit 1111 In III our seats nid Ild m meditate partake ot of tho spirIt tint prevails We can to go tonway away d whether A sermon Is louvered dellver d Or o not I do not that 0 merely by means I f tho we h hear nr said I have hoard heard when I did not pretend to follow them throughout but what whal thoy the said suggested to me A train ot of thought that was beneficial and hl had there no speaking at nil all th Ih mere that I W s In the house ot of lou mid under lh the Influence ot of Ill his mo me I Ib Ib b lee It to be my duty ns as n a Latter d SaInt to go to church partake ot of the tho Sacrament and ot of thu stunt spirit that Is there regardless s ot of whether anything Is or not nOl Nr ED OJo OF l FOOD Each ot of us hu has a spirit all as well as asu asa u a body and It ought to bo be fed tOl ought to be nell and thE tab tal It wU was 1 for tor the of renewing lie spirit spiritUal ual strength lC f Gods people is th the niost In the Church or fit Ion an omen have suit to rn uns 1 tills I n a W cannot nit nil thu tho thoy are tou 10 many which w at attend ci t tend 1 hlll have given horn hom this n It atten attend but bUI that Is hard hardly I Q a ho bo your meeting with pure heart anti 1 a conscience lOr if or of ortiN tiN nf C th he body bOlh tind bl blood ot of nur Lord nod IJ t Ill A oll ot of lie He has sAS done Ilone for COl Ohi 01 have havo HII Spirit to 10 b lIt with ou h lie 10 said ye e In of oC 1111 It I f you ue in run luet nil in e yell sha I I bias In my Spirit bo be yol It Is the tho thuit our OUI fhe ho spirit lh lie boll bod constitute the soul of of is t the ther hut 1 m lily 1111 It wn Oot vt mallo the tito tt It stas nina man who nial ho tIDily hoo Gnu I the or of bOth bolh The fh hart lArl oC Df soul Is his spirit An n ancient prophet tit of TIn Then tit dust II I return to 10 as asit It s and the spirit unto Gnu who gave I IL It Is III 1110 that Ill III Iho re Ur the spirit will the 1 or 01 lake UtI up the and r redeem It from froni the tho grave In uller that man Ina may nn n nn in III 0 c for spirit lilli combIned M art a means meun lit of e anul ever glory But flut the tho boil ball Is only An t to th I it II clinic out ot of thu ground the caina down froni heaven Anul yet rei many cart care for tor tilt the life lito of the tho hod 1111 than for Cor tin th life lite ut of tue spirit They will oat cat three I In to tn the hod hotly In goi enn rl I t io n a will si ii Ii lii Ic It I L a misfortUne to miss ru meal al tile will lie In hod 1101 for S 8 or cur 10 out ot of thu Iho I to refresh and the tho bOil body hut hul will starve to 10 death the Immortal deeming it II of if no ret the tho spirit till the body JOI St auld be but bul 1 a coM anil lifeless p poC I of oC clay How ILov hol un unreason reason able I DEATH Lorono Lorenzo Snow camo InlO 1110 the tho office olie aile morning startled his har hearers b by declaring I have ju t been talkIng lh a man maim Oh lie he all as ir 11 oyen IS opened In won on lie he could talk h liu could walk ho he could think but ho was wall as as a In the thu spirit Alt All his iI thoughts ot of this lila earth anti anel the tho thing he had hael no no thoughts ot of eternity no thoughts of tau Iho life lite that vent this nor ot of the tho that will come after aCter his hll care was enly for tor the things ot of time tinie for tor gold and anul all sll allver ver or houses and lands hocks and anti tho cattle upon a I lulls hills things that lint PerIsh tic the us lug Ing lIe cOrel for Cor God for tor for the thu immortal vart IHrl ot of hImself ho he was sas spiritually dead NO O SPIRITUAL FX FI L Cg WITHOUT I My Iy brethren and sisters tIme the spirIt can tile It can die dlo upon the sanie prin principia I that the tho boll body can dIe dlo namely by being denied its lis proper rood cod amid Ane flU sos This Is It PO ell es that a of at Goi should Ulm shou perform his dut duty nil as a member ot of th tho Church anti and leave no duty leEl icet his spiritual strength diminish and ant dwindle and his spirit die 1110 rho fhe Lord Jesus Christ knowing this instituted 1 a sacred or tho lie especial of oC which Is t o renewal of tho ho lIfe lICe or of the Ihl spirit lIe III showed Ills anxiety when lie asked the apostle Simon Peter Peler Invest thou me toed lii III sheep lie He meant food tood Tubs Thill is III essential this lit Is rake fako thought of oC the its things ot of the as al ell as those of at the body bOlly r fear ur not 1101 who can call only the l body o but fear tutu who can cast both spirit and hOlly body Into butt hell How long shall We o ho 10 In learning these lessons Gods are aro always given for tor our good but bul we 0 art ari all 1111 the Iho time deceiving ourselves tutu Into tim belIef bellet that wo we are doIng some fu sor or to HIm b by keeping Ills command by doing those things that lit requires at al our hands Instead of at which we are tho ho one ones that are anti this Is Gods say of blessing us Not Nol by pauperizing us Ul riot ol by giving His lis blessings as aims but bul h by Pursuing the Course ot of the lie wIse who sho work to the tho ed giving us liS our so eo that thai Yo we niFty may develop our powers aunt place our ourselves selves In a position to bo be still further This Is OO Gods II way lie He does not nol give us something for tor nothing hut but gives u till something to do Ind commands us to tc work out our own salvation AlIt when the blessing COllies Ho knows that Ir if ve have won It by our works by our fulth and QUI our obedience wo we will prize It all the maN noro highly TI OF FAITH Many men and Women have hlo died spiritually before they died temporally temporal Some who Saints died when the tho Prophet Joseph Smith died they thoy tell fell asleep In the tho spirit whon he fell asleep In the tho flesh Their was sufficient to 0 enable them to go that far tile the accented Joseph all as a prophet at 01 God but when lie ho died tIter fell by the tho wayside They could not nol accept fill when Brigham Young died It was much the same Sarno then spiritually They could not accept the tho conditions their faith was sas not equal to the tho test tl it is so today 1 anti it II will be so II as tong long all as there is III IL a church of lou upon the tho earth There Thero will coin tests of at our faith wo we will have to 10 con front situations that wIll try Iry us ant ye wo wilt will either tail fall b by the W saying I can go no farther or er WI we wilt will keep pace with the tha of the work worl anti enter with It Into Klan glory Now Nos which shall it t 1 It all upon the lives that w we lead leall It nil all III do upon ulon time tho of that thai we lye store torI It all depends our OUI spirIt 1111 How of It do possess What art rl you to create It or to it II It will do dc that ont 1111 that Just as much OM as 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