Show jOSEPH n SMITH t THE RESTORER IJ An Delivered ly by ELDER NEPHI L MORRIS Jn In T Tabernacle b S Sali lt L e City SUd June 7 1908 lit t tI 1 I il I t th Special Service for T u I 1 II p I V i are aro very haPPY P neier atter WE In c Ini Ing 10 t IO o an we tr HI t M fla ILI 88 JI tO you YOUit I to toI ot Or the It 16 s thu itt In I haM u it re uIa thI 1 lt tim tho BundA tit S Ieh III Di a 11 att It 11 itt SUU day it 11 ort ot O th day itt In which L f 1 rom t Od for 21 2 1 hours O 0 th lr sull tanco to tho J of Ot th tiIt POl poa r onel the ln r illo They go itt In to then Ills S tt tO S in hoM 1 t T 01 1 nl t n Iho feet It a to tc t m tho young youl and he oh II Ihl r of Ihl th that Jurl c to In their ht The Itly ell en ngo In prayer ot or In f or In Bp pak I In I ot or their grat Undo to or In 01 ratto to HIli iti holy hoty name For lor flint rett rell t FOil our J OU aU In of S um 1 t the hurch It would not lIot bd rood load taste on our ourS S alter arter we l C oU on In 10 S S to tt II y tc pt you 1011 make or you I Fir r il most port yort Ol art are tint 1101 lit ot but Iou tott 11 It un on your way to IU ILl 1 Iti 1 fro fm In this you havo off orr for tOl I tt lIay rOI two itt In Zion the City or of by a It t we yc i toC 0 disposition to tn nn an J j certain 01 the S or of You ou may ho he here herc jj tor or hit OllIt time hIlt mit till will not bo ba borl bathe rl the tho first ln c in to the Mormon tor or orS S Ft 31 i verbo l In thO wide IMI from 1010 Jr Y to pole hil deR of what tt 11 Mor Mori or i nion 1100 itI 16 Whether that idea be lEna 1 and correct Is I 1 lion lionS iV Tiso rho I to tills ul t S reM will not nol or of tOW A of 1111 or nn an s to nil 1111 the n hut but If IC ly or of ImP r I rt t ho to 10 tanke to you In l brief outline tile thc atU Ies or of out creed 1 will iii I Iu u tho tit If till people l life J rhe rim first ell with tim Iho Lormon Church Is a that J f Smith tho prophet 1 are 1110 now no l ii iii thiN We Ve i 3 irown to upon fI t n nit n 11 port Fort 4 or of longhaired 4 t t from th S of life Mitt tile the v throbbInG or of iS If you have nO l or of orJi tr Ji Joseph whom horn tin Iho Mormon 1100 fit JIO II r 11 tot IL 11 prophet OU have haveE t tk k conr ot of the Iho JOl i Smith WOR clown iti In tl lIla E states just jURt III tiny other l rural i en with whIt meager hut but J American It Very reaching nr II td the tho or the tho cen cm turY before Ho t 1111 1 InRI EL ELI 11 j I A mj in hla hi Ideall II tEL hi 10 by byS Y S lIe He belonged to that I OS H C C knoWn tIN roll t tt t I It vr n and 1111 contending of tart ugo eS Cs S religioUs lit inti lr the wI n i brian ra raith Uh then the 1110 l It bill Ils lit Ut I ft great loss S to church lie ohl Ho cit tho i 5 of Rome church churell churchS c S which ho ho the church 4 or of od s ho saw tite tho bidding for tor l ann In 10 the rell of C fc I Ii with tile the j i 5 vor anti r lag Ing to bit down recognize Christ iY nil as theIr Savior t b Ill ro rOS o itt 11 t i 5 bits Ilia mind which tiNt t L t le to tn lean of Iho Lorti which Wits right ono one lIe I to 10 him that hI he jolt the tho one On ono one occasIon h hy y the the Iho I iCing iCingS III S 0 i James translation lIw nito you ou our l nOlI th m Itu hI the 1 Gj r toll or Of the rr If tiny j lack Jack wl ask 1181 of If Gnu GnuS 1 that to mon man ll And andS S S 1 not nod it shall be given f 1 him M Is 1 the tho In Iii Mormon Murmon history for when this JO I II Smith then In his hii ear to iut in 10 to test t ot of lod Goll CI Or to II him All ati It ii would hr be to you to Iitti o leh n a thing titis ory heavens opened hl II till d do to in his hili add to him This him n a aPt Pt his gives him hi n III ii him the Ot of hate or of n a world No NOb WI We nl at th Ic or of A prophet in belong to ages are uro past We Wc look upon In who In movements Wv lOok upon ailin U Sley of nr other heroic who were n them In hint great revolution u 1 That is hi tiia lilt alit Jt tho CatholIc nH as apostates e c huv known h of lC ot tt tny cro rr In the thu toil tell Tit E 1 A ALLING A AWAY WA Y E EI I PAtTI Till pOl of the Is i that tIle the carl early Christian church le be defunct so 00 far as flU 1111 n a I or of the principles prIncIple or of the Iho church hUrch lire nrc concerned In other words there wan un an troth tito IdiOt church so PO that there were ivere tie no oU oil errs CN In tile tho ChUrch ot of Christ upon Ullon the lie h ut sit tho itu t end or of Ih I lie f t I third centuries or lr In that ot at This was duo to the or of the tho which wor waged II the tho heath heathen on against Iho ha and to 10 the Introduction of Into the tho faith rind and In ing the he church the church or thin the state In Ihl way hl tile lInn chit to corrupted that who ilio ought have to 10 the original boat till lit conception or of the Iho gospel or of Christ Of courI cannot l ideas tit rill it If titer was not An apostasy from the church there thoro Is III no o rill Ih or Of the tho the tho Homilies s or of the Church of the Ito author the itt III approval of nr that church the tho groat tho faith The night in history I a which through brought some somo cl eight hl hun hundred years or of history when and women nit clergy wem IelO In tit of a idolatry anti so that there ilOilO left leCt who cht the Iru trIte or of ito tho pits or of the Church of 01 ChrIst you will itt II the tho of Ih Church or of I against the Iho or of IY to 10 John Wesley tile the founder or of tilt lIw great Methodist of Churches he the tho fuet hut thero thera WiO ioto no longer longcr enjoyed by Ih lit Christians the II 1111 II and of Gods 1101 Italy Spirit the mem member herS ber and l lie ho sold It If is because have hAVO and Itero Is 18 only II a timed left TIm Thus lit hi one OliO of hIli sermon lie leaves self on record ilK being to 10 the Iho in III the tho universal train tite Ille Christian We Wc bin hili followers millions to tiny could only be 1111 consistent In ite tills truth ilK as h its theIr h not sor sory ulon their or of course Wllliam Imm voices Ihl same thought Thu deplored the long night in III history which hUll hail lit at reached its close in hI the Iho period o of tim Iho reformation Now these are an the which history us to 10 liS factors In thu great grent Protestant Catholic world that is III In that inter intermediate mediate period the tho advent at 01 tito tho the present The Tho view or of tho U Its I 1 have Is that there thero actually an apo hll front from the tho Christian church attil that that apostasy was universal There Thoro was the tho alleged line of to 10 Peter Linus Anacletus Clements Burlle and so AO on to 10 Pope Popo Plus but wo we In we think not without support In our con this sas only a oral or of that tim tho authority or of ihl he tho Iho power ot of the Joh Ghost to gospel which I itt the or of 0 let 1 he or Of the 1101 holy which Itself In anti of nt II a were Vero not 1101 the thoy ivere no by their front tin th Ihu ll soon after Arter times time This r was Willi ell ed hy by tile the prophets In iII pen lions The A AttiCS Ear tor neo that ibe time lm cent when there thero he be n a famine In not n a for tor IU thirst tar water willer but for hit ot of the worl word or of 00 bod anti men nen Ii sea to the Iho north even the capt anti they thoy to anti fm to It Neck tM the word lit cIt Goti not It Paul Peter Poter and In their tutu nm In that them im bo I a frum the tho Tho PauL says ilL fro lit the has lIall already for tor there art mn VOlt VOl Ilk 1 wolves seeking to ball ell es tra trap the Iho nock hock or of Ghrist John speaks or of the tho gone Rono out Certain 1111 lost last lie tho of Gods spirit and he cabled tl 0 repentance and directed that tit dl their lust works over again for there wern ninny Wilt who S od ed froni the faith S SMITh lITH lIU itt brief the tho Saints tic nc tills M as being tu Il truth wits n a universal departure from tho tim faith Smith Is i tho instrument itt In itt In which WM was lo lost t Ite He came In iii the tho spIrit oC 01 an 1111 I a restorer first to restore tho PrieSthood of God which to 10 In the or f Goti GoI to II officiate In the ordinances or of the or no thIs honor tint himself except he ho bo or of Ond GotI ns as was This Thill wait lie Iho doctrine or of the thc Paul latti It 11 is III tint tho oC at JOl Joseph Ih Smith auth tito tho Church ot of Jesus Christ of C Latter do day Saints anti before Joseph Smith could the Ir commit committed ted to 10 luau him lIe ho hail to bo be endoWed with divine and Ito ho received or ordination to the priesthood under the tho hands hand of oC prophets or of lion who hold the tho priesthood tutu of In ho or of the tho sos gos 1 11 upon the tho earth flo fh gospel was Willi to tobo tobe bo be restored n Iru Idea II or of Got to ho bo given Itutti reestablIshed In the tho hearts of tiP OF Whal ot of God dill the tho Christian world believe In III years ago The Homan church In un an Its sister church or rath rathor or chUrch In It mi Gail GOll without hotly hOlly or That is III the or of iciest ot of lou l God In the tho vision was WIlS given shen hIm hImIn In the tho sylvan und anti seclusion or of II forest In New York when ho he en engaged In prayer asking for wIsdom At once revelation known to IoU God clod is III n a being or of body parts like only mado anti nOlI t In 1111 IIi Thus was given glon to 10 anew the tho correct idea ot of God who I is the tho Father Futher or of us all anti In whoso whose image wo we tore ibis IliA express bongo and person the tho hOpe or of every ery rile Christian no ne cording to Saint Paul Is III thAt wo we some tiny lie bo resurrected Iron from the anti hy by the tho mysterious power of lesUR Christ OUr earthly hod hotly bo be changed like unto lUll Ills I hodY Ih the Saints believe In God as a natural being whom we cnn In degree at least con conceive from the tho Wo have ot of our own natures characters IMMORTALITY OF SOUL WO We believe In tho th of the tho soul and the tho from Oom tho grave or of the JURt or of the tho un Unjust just so that attn shall live forever all an eternal being the who ho servo lIeno Coil GolI lIc righteous lives and accept In their lIell the tho belief hollot In Jesus Christ Christas ns as theIr Savior heir anti recon cibor to 10 God the shall bo be resurrect resurrected od ed eternally In His presence Anti And that no how It may be shall ho bo literal oven to tho liti resurrection or nf these hod bod bodIes ics Ies which In lay down In the tho just as 1111 Christ resurrected front from the tho grave prave with that satin which was Into the tho tomb or of Josph of and came forth out of 01 the tomb with the Imprint or of orthe thin the and the shear to lie he s seen en and felt II by ibis His disciples pieR So shall our boll bathes ho be and made eternal by power MORMON IDEAR OF TIll GOO GOD HI 11 AO Wo We believe belloe In the Godhead as God the tho father and his 1119 son Jesus Christ bolh l or of hotly l spirit of nt ono mine mind II Ill agreed In ill all 1111 el 1 per perOn OE soil On hut but IWI distinct In their third pc person on In the lie Itt Is thc lie Italy Ghost OhRt W ii to be I p per pcr of nt not been bee II ul on with the or of 11 ai we nil hoI yIt rt iii Identity r nature antI eR a being Is this Italy Ghost th the third tn In the tho trinity or I IC of A tR AI tue tho of God Itt In this dispensation Smith restored tile the gospel ur of Jesus Christ anti that Is tile Iho which lie Iho send lug IlIg or of n Il to thc tite earth The Tho gospel bath been heen taken the Ito earth anti In providence IlI accord accordIng Ing to HI ills dIvine nM and Just nature It bust be restored to the earth for tor tIn Iho salvation ot His children It must be recognIzed that the world needed I a as much In thus this ns as It did In tito tho ot of or Isaiah or of oC bouin tilt tho huh and Oath being n a just being It Is not to believe that lIe JIo send to the Iho earth eIth a l hy by Him to restore thin the which sas taken the earth hind hAll wo ssu time to go In Into to 0 Scriptural texts text we coul l tulto you ou ninny scorns ot of thom confirming this maintained liy hy the tho Latter da Saints ono one will whit suffice John tue tho was the Isle or of lie received II a glorious revelation b which his itis vision viRion lIa extended iosi all lime even een to the or of all things I PertaIning to tIlls this earths existence nut lie ho saw II a time when n a woman clothed with tite glory or of the anti wIth ito Iho ot at her feet with 12 tarl In her crown typifying the Church of Christ with the ties It at Its with tue tho glory glor or of GOlt G il abiding In It was to ho bo taken luken from the tho earth fur II a time and times anti the tho nf cit times n a or of limo not h by mis liS al a at lie tho expiration or of that period this the tho Church ot of Christ Willi to return to 10 the tho curtis SJ ot of titis vr very tIme no ne cording tol to that which the tho believe saw nn an angel flying through the mIdst of h heaven uen having the Iho everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwelt upon lie tho earth er cry InK ing wIth n a loud Fear all anti l to HIm for tor the tho hour or of His Judgment IR hit This gospel was to bo be preached unto every cery nation kindred tongue people cuing the universal flood of oC n a restored gospel because of oC the tho universal sal which bath ot of course pro nrc ceded this restoratIon Joseph Smith was the prophet who restored the gos gospel pel b by favor Im A heller In gospel ospel requires faith In Goel for tor It Is impossIble to pl please 1180 God without having faith In Him it 11 is II to b l ael unless wo bellove that Ire He is to save SIlVO us liS The principles and 1 of the lire arc Faith In God the thc eternal Futher an lad 1 in HIs Son Jesus as our SaN eav and Mediator from sin sina A godly godl sarr for Cor nIl all wrongs commit teti IL b by forsaking sinful was tays this II is the second principle plo or of our The Tho third Is baptism tnt the I or not b by thc tho sprinkling or of a few drops or of Seater upon tho he forehead ot of otan an infant hut but b hI being heinK burled In the liquid In whIch the ohlman old unan or of orsin sin and corruption is III hurled buried to arise unto a 11 newness ot of life symbolizing tile tho shall occur hero afteu by Immersion Is II for fOI tile ot of sins the water baptism suggested In the Saviors answer to Nicodemus lint devout but timid o the tue Lord what lie he should do doto doto to bo be anti and the SavIor said Vcr verily I 1 say Ray unto thee except 1 a mon be born ho cannot ace the tho kingdom or if lie born again How can enn II a man when lie he is II old be bOrn again was WIlS the Iho inquiry of Nicodemus The Tue Savior 1 reiterating and l emphasizing the tho doctrine said Verily verily I 1 Isay say unto thee except II a be born bornor or of the tho water mid of the tho spirit he cannot the or of This Thill Is the or of baptism All nature speaks forth th glorIous there them Is In liS as In lire life through birth and so tue tho third ordinance or of our faith Is l baptism for the or of nut flut water baptism doeH not this birth There must lie ho a or if the tho Holy SpIrit the Iho baptism b by lire 1110 nil as described by John tile tho Baptist and by the who preached the gospel In Iii times now how dill did they the perform After ACtor thoy tile received the tho ordinance ot of baptism they received the tho lay laying In on or of for tor the sift or of tile lIlO Hol holy Ghost We Ve ILIO told that tin apostles down downto to I ii certain city In where the tho claimed to 10 have hao been baptized according to bAptism and that tim have been beon absolutely nI lel they vere baptized by Ii thin Iho apostles lilen vera laid upon thorn thom anti the tho Hol Italy Ghost anti they thoy In tongues and was wall tM ho manner or of he tue thu itchy Holy Ghost In olden times It ivas 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