| Show 11 FOR THE AND TIRE THE lit r i j iJ An A i Address Delivered by by y Elder J F P Smith Jr J r Before the i Dau s of n the Pioneers at the Lion Lon House Houa I January 29 1908 i t tr r i liy hy 17 L J W V i F AM punned to lt vo lh Ih j o CoC o ciC ciCe I n with you again this ater e I 11 noon naon As All Ic you nil u 11 mj m ir li remark today 1 will bo ie a I IJ Ion of If tho tR Hubet Hub t of or ten fot the dead WP will n it I S will I phase of H It dealing principally I modern Tho ho hio first tune time I 1 It j th III thi t met with AIth thiIs widely o t toOk look up i of In hil general S mid the thic the thiS ex ton tonof v lent of Christ I of oC both bath how tho thIC th 11 1 died to In t TV 14 T TI who hour Jiw HI L Atom I nil nI lilt iii olce volca ami HI HIM 1111 commandments nc 4 1 r when thiV lived or till Ih lived or 01 01 their bolter f may hav hn biell by not only Inn Iho living hut also alo those th u o who ho had died without I r receiving tile the In III mortality t tI tho two weeks ago no we wu I how replete tin till tl unil other un an Scriptures nn or 01 with deal dealIng Ing log with tho thu of the entire hu hl human man family both bolh dead d all mid 1 living 8 through thi to in the and or C 1 1 of CiT he I Ii gospel how hov tho Iho J fi 1 hud md prepared a place for tar those who had hat 1 died without a knowledge of tho thu of or who had rejected It In the tho day o Of l Noah N In duo due they the would b bl visited and have ha thu tho privilege of ot If nc ac aci c 4 It that they Lucy might bo ho saved ard ardIti i k in Iti some degree of oC glory In thu tho kingdom 1 of our Thin promise was mode matte In the very ery earliest times to floch to toI tot Isaiah Lull and others of at tho thu prophets who t I taught that the tha time would come when dead would be bc visited l by hy tho the Savior i I who vho would ha 1 clothed In power ti to toI 0 I i open o n tile the l that the cap Cal captives tives might jio go 0 tree We Vc referred to tho the fulfillment of ot theo thene prophecies when Christ wan In lii 11 Hl iii Ills ministry anti and follow Collow following S lag ing In His IUs ns nit testified of ot by byc Peter In to Ih third find and IIII fourth chapters c of or his epistle Wo Vo closed by re ret t to tu 0 tilt tho prophecy of or con eon corning c tho th coming coating of oC Elijah and at atS S thero thorn wo we will wilt take up the tho subject this j 4 afternoon OF OP ELIJAH i Tho Flie prophet Informs us UH that 4 before tho the coming coating of thu Lord Loril tho tito ec ond time when Ho lit shall reign 1 Ign In glory slot Ho lie would send end Elijah to 10 turn toni the tho th hearts I t t of ot the he children to 10 their thelt fathers flIRt and t the tho hearts of oC tho thu fathers to tho the children lest tho Iho earth should Ix l smitten with witha I a fl cUrse on ind this prophecy haw halt In iti our OUI I i day h IlL been fulfilled In hi n thit earliest vi vl visions to hO Joseph Smith when Moroni tame to him tills this t chapter In the tho book ot or played an Important put part On tho thoo of oC September 1823 the prophet re retired tired to hut his room rooI reflecting In his mind concerning the tile past and wonder lOg Inn In It if ho wan WIS In III fellowship with itil ho hi received l a 0 haul the nn 11 Moroni who quoted to 10 II him many passages eR ot oC Scripture among I 1 them this prophecy of oC but lut j Ft Varying It as ns follows lA Vor irot behold tho UIO day cometh that shall hUla bum UK UI iu alt liven and nil all the tho proud yea yeu f nil alt that do wickedly shall burn burnas Mt hu L as noI tub i tar for they that coma COtOS shall hail t burl hurit them tho tito th tord Lor of oC ii t and shall lavo them tile neither root nor lair I branch Continuing on II Ill ho quoted tho the 43 and versee ns n follows I J will rill reveal roveal into tinto you the tho th thet t HP priesthood by the tho hand hund of a Elijah tin tilt 4 prophet the tho coming of ot tile tho greet i t I r I nn l dreadful day dab of ot tho tile Lord he tIC h ti shall plant In Iii tho tilt hem hl Is of the tile Olo thu promises made to 10 their lathers fathers anti and ft t thu tho hearts of ot tho tilo children shall turn tr to their fathom If I It I wei wel veu not nOI so the tho i f whole earth would woula bo be Wasted at itt lt ills His HIl I P coming t i t Prom Fron I rom this we VO that th t tho mission t i of ot Elijah wits WiH ItH to restore the keys ot of tho tilO priesthood that h would cause calso th tM i hearts of tile the children to turn tiara towards 4 i their dead dol fathers according to ancient promises that had been matte made to those fathers o the thu earth was to o be hi utterly wasted at nt tho tile coming of of the Lord I havo shown previously t collie onlo of at tho tile that mado malo maloto j lo to to tho the fathers und and If It time will wi permit Ihl afternoon It IB Iii II my all Intention to tl how ho the tile earth oarth would bo be utterly M anted whoa when tho tile Lord 1111 should como come hill had not restored the tho keys 1 j lif of it this priesthood but b t before taking 41 nil lip II this part of oC the tho subject I 1 to say something of oC the development of at I tim doctrine of salvation for COI tho the dead ead 1 na as understood by tho tue Saints i I This ha ItrI nd rile Is IB not hot understood In by 1 tiny 11 II people other than the thu l It 1 Is 19 rejected In IlL the tho world 1 r It was Wn not oily fully Cul understood by tho the i In Iii II tho the beginning of nC this work olt j und three tunes times during the tho night of at J ii ii j Sept 21 the tile angel appeared on oni i repeated these words and nn once again fp the tile following lay day Thin was vas 11 done delia for tor forthe fort t i 4 the thie purpose of oC Impressing this Import Important l ant Instruction on 01 his mind No doubt t h hI pondered over and won von wondered un II dered dOII what tin the meant tho turning tinning IY or of Iho ilo ho lice ts of oC tho tile children to their t fathers fl or the tho planting In the hearts t 1 of tM children the thu promises to toI I I their fathers father Time passed Ind a n tom tem temple c pie was WIS built bl at It Ohio tile the tiler r fist PlO In I a tillS 1111 In III 4 iJ that temple thorn there was no tin for forI I tho tue salvation of oC tho the dead dmd thero was no baptismal lal font for Cor or tho the baptising of ot I tho tile dead lOd for tor that work was wn not then i I t fully understood therefore was not nota notI I a n complete temple tin as iK 10 e o understand f temples today nut But It tho the pur par parI I pona for tOl which It was 11 built as us IK wo we shall shul rca FCC as flit wo we 10 proceed A little 1110 later CI tho tile lt iI Salute vero driven from and andin I in ill iL till thu city of o l Par Far ar Wo t they attempted 4 1 f j to build another house housa hOlso of oC Limo tho Lord tord and Ind f l cro by 1 their enemies they thoy ulso dedicated u IL tub 0 for tOl a it temple In JI InI I county Mo 10 I which I when built buit hlll Ijo Io tile the giand nd est eat of or o ill all ni temples In Ill II tills I a It I I I ShILl hall I bo be clothed cia In II I Il glory glor unit und um unitt t 1 tilt thu of t tho tilt Ix Id Lot rd wl lust rut upon ullon It I It J WIH not until 1111 tilt wore ur dr on en from nil 11 lieu had settled no UI ml In flu 1111 11 1 notH that Hint they tho worn vor oro permitted L ted lo ii build huh I Ii i i i another which was 11 built bui for far limo tho I l of ot tin tilt living and tho the dead i tho limo lint l of or that kind kIm In iii tills this t ballon for or th tile lie saints hud ri roce ix v vii d 1 1 TOrO moro light tile the t of or ortho 4 i C tho d III and ull III In tilts this at lit lt Nun Nau NauA 1 I 4 A no 00 a 1 bUl 1111 I font tUt WItH In I tho thu tile the Ih could bo be bear ar baptized In II i behalf of f their the dead damI lel III ID passing lot lei UN 1 iia I tho tile why a 1 font folit HII h ti Lie liv I In I a the tho t lIe 1 In II I in tf I ii any UI u ii oi hICk pan ot oX 1 I I the HIP in lii 11 thu Iho font we wo baptize 1 for fw Ibm thu tw Tilt lime death dUlI of or courm IOUI are aret t j Inn liil In imi I thu ho to lu await 1 II 11 MI c the thu iu 10 t I and lilt d hR Pt In II I In I the he I i time tuito of o mind the tho i t t II therefore tho font fon I him h ol I 4 Inthe In time below the 1110 o otin lt Of I 1 r tin tIm Ihl 11 as IH u a I P 11 ll i us I LI 11 u It J itself IH Imi JI a U I When t an lJ 11 Hi Th 1 I fl ring It I i IM is II nut Hury i to 10 1 c 1110 Z them in III the Itte tw font flInt fOIt tt j 1 iiI POH d i The ll 14 of oC en I lIlt limit fur for the I he 1 wim not Itoh MH lie I t have wild said all 11 huY I II 11 n 11 l lJ J it ut al ono one It I au a IL gradual 1 1 growl Jn In Nauvoo Wild when UIO t Q further t I j It u tho I saint N or UI ut l t I i permitted I tad ui W mi o In Iii II tl I li Ml MI l II 11 rIm l 11 In f lt ut f I litI r IT hen n lcy hr I ji rfd to P tun I Worl uri r IC ye h ii tel far men weN e lie fOJ tOI 1 hut LIme HIP I ii i I corroded corrected this nfl ld commanded that men should bo ho tIll for men women for r women which h of oC couro MurAt In is I only 11 for everything Is lAin In order 1 01 In II tile tho kingdom of nt Got God GotI I In Iii tho tile river 1101 con continued for tor a by special commend command until thole was a n prepared where this ordinance could be attended lo to In Inthe time the prop manner WP Ve e rend In the tile Doctrine In tho till revolt revelation tion i fl on work the tho reason why wIly this privilege o was WaR granted I will wi road rend renda l nd n a few tow verses vor CK In lii II regard to this thin Ihl The fhe prophet wn 1 commanded to tt on mit 11 epistle or proclamation to 10 the thc na nations 11 Lions of oC tile the earth tim the kings the tile dento and 1111 ru rulers rn of the tho earth calling upon thorn to 10 in tho the building of or tilL DIP of or the tho Lord 11 nIl ho he concerning the tile saints who were scat Ecat abroad Anti And again l verily I 1 say sa unto Inlo you Lot Let nil alt ni my come from afar Anti And Hand n ye O e mei yen e choren choel messengers and say I unto them comp come yo ye with wih all ni your oUI gold and your our dIver nil your stones anti and ont with wih nil ni your antiquities mind with with all 01 who havo of will come comae no may come came anti and bring the tho box hox tree trl stat and the hr fr tt treC J anti Ind the tile pillo pilo trip tree In together to thor with till all ni tho the precious trees of ot the earth Anti And Ald with wih Iron with wih copper and with wih brass on with wih zinc nail Ind with wih all ni your precIous timings things of the tho earth till build a n house hou e to mv my name for tor tile the Most Mot HI h to 10 dwell therein For thorn Is not alIt a IL place found on fill earth parth that ho tin may conIc como and restore again that which was lost lot unto you or which he ho taken Inken away oven tho the of or the priesthood For Por 1 or a n bA font tont there thoro IB is II riot not upon tho the cartil that they my m saints Tony may be he baptized for Cor those who are arc dead 1111 Por jt or r this ordinance to my house houe anti cannot bo 10 acceptable to me only enly Gily In tho the days Iny of your our poverty wherein yo ye C arc nrc not able to 10 build u n house unto Into me mo limit Hut Jut I J you nil ni yo Ye 0 mv saints to In ii build huld a 8 I house hOI unto me Till m I r grant unto Inlo you n a sufficient time lime to In build n a I house unto lInto Into me nail during this thin Ihl your baptIsms baptising shall shaH bo ho accept acceptable obi able unto mo me Hut But behold nt ot the HIP end enl of o this rip op your YO for our dead 01 shall not bo 14 acceptable unto inn l that thatIs Is f of o course baptisms as 11 they were performed then In hI the rivo III If It you Ol do 10 not flat the these e at nt lt the en enl enlo l lof of o tile the appointment ye e shall ho reject rejected ed I ns as ni a n church with wih your our dead Balth tile the Ihl Lord 1011 your God liar Por I 1 say unto vou you that hInt af nC after a f fter ter 11 von veil havo hud nt time to build a n house to me Ine the orill ordinance mince nance of oC baptizing for the tho dead be he 10 for Cor which the Fame Famo Ium nan i Instituted lOst from rom t r 11 Hp foundation of f tho tito world your baptisms for to your our dent dOld io unto me 1110 baptisms In the tho river For therein that Is II In lI lemole tiro oro tho tim ot of Ulo UIO holy priesthood ordained that you may lay receIve honor and all glory And after I f 01 tills this time your ur for tor tho dead by b those tho e who urn era scat cat scattered abroad are not acceptable unto me time tho Lord Loril Fur For It I Is ordained hot hat In Zion Aon anti and In lI her stakes aim In ill Jerusalem those places which I 1 have for shall elicit ho ba the places for tor your our baptisms for tor your dead Doc Dec and COY Cov roe fee vs va 25 30 TEMPLES Tl POH OR VICARIOUS WORK wom This hll explains tho reason you 01 see why wore nero permitted to baptize In tile the th river rl er and how hol long such uh baptisms would woul bo be acceptable to 10 the Lord Lor We also learn that baptisms should prop properly proper erly er b be performed In temples You will 1 note nolo that tile the Lord tutu lint there Is not a u house houlou upon po Hi tho tue face n of tho earth where hero Ho iTo can enl come to 10 reveal things that have been kept kepI from hur the tho saints that thero there Wil was nat flat n a I temple ac nc accepted accepted by b Him yet tho time tem tell templo plo lilt was built and In iLl possession of n tho the Church Dat Bil as II I have said at lt the Iho time the tho temple was built bui the tho doctrine of oC for tho th dead dem was wal not net fully understood till the tho tem temple tom CI pIc 1110 therefore was WIS not a complete structure lit lt for tor temple work wok as le 10 Ie to the tile Prophet Joseph Smith Now we might risk ask what was tho the 1110 use then tiler of tile tho temple teple It 1 was ws this The Tue Lord must Ut have havo a I to dwell in a n whore Ho lIt can call come conic anti and teach tOuch Ills His iia saints to It restore to 10 them tilt the priesthood and Ild tile the lm B of the priesthood as we wo read lead III In verse 31 of oC this section I 1 suppose tho wily only olly rca ica Iea son Hull SOl that tho limo lord Loul tilt did di not nOI collie to a or 01 rather rUler send his ilM servants John Johl and amId later Intel Peter James JOles and tint an l John Johl to a I to It confer tho time priesthood on 01 tile the head of Joseph Smith was that there was wua not a n temple on 01 the tho face ot of the earth therefore It became o necessary SIlly sary to tile the d outside ho tIme temple When thu temple was wall bul built at sit lt time tho Lord Jn ClInIC came to It mil and tho prophets who iVill stood l at nt tilt the tIl head lien ot of dispensations from Adam Adani A dunn down to he tile of nt it tulle time China came all worm eon erred upon lumen the tile heads hal of ot Joseph Smith mil Oliver 01 I Cowdery tho tilt keys limy hold held lId Most Mitt Jn t of ot thin hull was done In Inthe the tho temple und that was IS the tho object for fez which that templo Was It Is truo true meetings nero waro ibid hold In II I It t and tue worn wel taught in It I I I hut but t limit thu great object of ot that wal was an to li hlo a tho tile Lord could coull COnIC come COIC und and Ind send 1111 Ills heavenly gell gels ein to 10 confer tile the priesthood and the tile keys kes of or tho 1110 priesthood upon upun the tilo heads of or the time fIrst nl second elders of lt the time Church sot SOP lep Doc fec and aim ld Coy Cov see sec 10 After that was IR done lono more was illis IUS nail thou then H It 1 requIred l another temple templemore more IMI complete In 11 UK its |
