Show LOVE jOVE THE GREAT COMMANDMENT Delivered by ELDER B H ROBERTS ROBERT in the theSa A coUr c Sa SLIt Lake Tabernacle Sunday June 21 1908 t ll IJ b W I tt our I cl d t to the tho and What nt 1 nr t I c mo Ilder U h 0 Say v t It Wu WP given PI lor ot ad I In contrOVerSY wih with soma 10 1 had thIr wUel 1 we II ot quest occAsion cour 0 On n niso th h h hl I s b eCI It ONI U queston question O the tho to 0 the tho r o In It the they Mid os n lead UI na JC JeuR mid 0 Ot the IS th that a t h bY h ISIs I I to 10 th they applauded I IU ded ITh hat t he A I Ami one hu ho wal waa 1 tho th Master on and d hwel I Md to t which II l th the great groat com d mIl It In the law Jesus sid said unto Thou haIt e the tho Lord Lor d th Gal SOd wih with ni nil In and d w with It I 1 ni nil th thy and 11 ji thy This 1 the and great relt command men t nn and the Is Iko like Unto It Thou 10 ove neighbor os ns tn thy Edt 01 thes tO iwa bangall In the th law hl ami al alt the prophets very m when one has be bet t tore r him the task o of a con of the O Of the tho ono before IC 1110 ho he feels moro more or 01 less fW about the tho them themo that s shall I occupy cu P v the of at the tho e end and nd not ot one reels er ey much much dl tret ed In mind when cont Con that problem at leal least Is I m my In the thc mInIstry ut there can he no dou doubt t tI I U to th lue o ot the tho theme If we 0 r nt the rates of DC the corn com commandments and seek for out ot of It It PU 0 1 1 concluded that t I would be e afo toI so far 15 its choice o of theme II Is I InvIted 3 OW OUI attentIon to this text tet Ind and under tinder too took nn an of nf II It I It Is I ii wonderful place of oC lIterature answer of titO Christ to the Pharisees I It Is of at that kInd ot of 1 lIt that We wa cul call a generalIzation the most dIffIcult of al all thIngs In lIou thought to reduce to so that there thero shul shall be presented In ono one view llew 1 a great real mass ot of things o of prIn prInciples o of Ia 8 To tn attaIn this Is the tho sum fum ot of 11 nil excellence In literature Ind and T I know of oC no passage In ni all that has hen written In sacred lIterature or In secular lIterature that Is the tho equal ot at this great Of oC the Messiahs pertainIng to 10 the laws las laso o of Goe God When Moses received the law o of God Gud n the thio mount It wa expressed In Ten and yet et those Tn n great 11 its the they were covering so wIde IL a scope us its they dO ere reduced b bY the tho Salol to two com coin na rather to onola one law I with lh two tO e o of I It or express expressed ed d 11 In two 10 general law ot li In love 1010 of God and lov love ul f juan I upon of generalizatIon OU shall Ihal 1111 there ther Is nothIng omItted froni Crom the Pen cn or froni an n principle le doctrIne or that la may be re ic as a II law of oC God The I thIng I Is 1 iq In this ono one law this of the commandments nd thIs Iii hi I it alSO Is Cor II its excellence name my Ir thud whereas the law ot of ro us as pd In the Tel Ten el Is In te the alain negatIve In Iii form this law Ii Is h by the tho For the niost part you ou shall the law of Joses expressed In ThoU not Tol nt not Tho not I recall I now but two exceptIons to lint negative form Corm o or J It runs Thau hav have no other God be fort fore le inc tl Thou Thou shil not bow down to any Thol Thou not teal steal not covet Thou halt not commit adultery and so Th Thc lc I affirmatIvely stated this honor thy Ihy father and th thy mother that th days he hc Ind darl la may long In the tha la lanti 11 the Lord Lod thy God thee theeTher ment Ther Is I also the positive command Thou keep hol holy the L diy a But lii the main the tho negative form 8 end In the up ot of the tha lul law tb Lh ot of I R Into one l tho Iho Master however YOI you that thai L U 0 thc I Corm Thou th it 1010 love th Lord thy God with at thy mind a lit lid h and thou 11 halt dull 10 love thy neIghbor I as thyself 1 IFA OF OF CO COM I lAND MANI you 01 think there II Is 11 In this of u the change chang the tho negative to tM tIO posItIve Corm ur or 1 t I IU ee but hUl to my there thel II l a giest t A man keep keet liw law os ON In thol thou halt not th 1 shall not ll thou shut rot not Ild Bach sUI stIll be a very el Ihal a wr ChrIstIan It a t I noL nob that Christan melt meil should hould re ic doing evil pI the good II I tHI that when that u that th accounts are alc up 1111 itri struck s aI aN not net It 10 so touch 11 In parate done dono In ii Ii body a S In come 10 ii 1 get teP the sum UI of oC theIr les lIves In whal hat the y sr a and nl o ot couro th have the ale by what they have hae don dOM 11 Tb Ut at the vIl not no he fl so ouch what ht have let YOI you wi rc ic from zis have liaO lS you ou IC ac Wo what you Ol have done dOlp 11 yoU lleo have han you ou hol have Ol OtI When In prison hOI have you ou fed butt waH Ir CrI WIO hUl titto wIllit truth have hlo I ta you OU eon on OUI lIfe caus Iro hn was Just Jus t In I antI rot 1 all upheld the thc world the of 01 it Ian t J that the tho rh arl are tho things that ni the that I wi Ii to the huh Id tig g ot of character anti the tho Hulking of C f fl they uri ur b which fact the y 11 it be ho ot of lehi and t b upon tho ledger or 01 11 lIfe I I I In you ou llano it h YOI you what you oU arc an iii III hI lt III the tho list te II ot of thIns 5 tutU l b judged I by our OUI s whit ht Ik K il s out In ln ore I I roil re e I a t li i lot a ii lb ft t tw 1 fall I ii flOI tout loin hg 11 I to that result hul I at Mr t I here o If tho II 1 r Ilal ii 1 Is II hit that which chIe 1 11 do lttIe thin pm Ihl what t I hi a Ill I g and I iI I IY I R 5 to 11 Jaw as I 1 hy by the tho I Jn lie putt puta 11 Is n 11 lh In til lL 11 JI lii tho ruth ir Il Ill th Ii form Mm NOl NOI IJA 2 a help L I hI I ik there thoro Is 18 e thIng Ins R I It t Ii I tC lilI taps c II I ii Iho 4 10 ot of thIs law 1111 nN wo wa II I ci 4 In ti I Mi 1 L 1 un itt RU ty er I j 10 lii k a It 11 l ii Ihl I he a thu 1 t lu t I n II J 1 II am hout It j u 11 i s a way r mit itt I ii t t II I II tills fhe or of is Iti I Ia II ft 18 it little in II he tl that Ic II it l In I f Or of as n 11 I it om II Ih I Tutu love PC the loi iii U tl Jell wih wIth till I th fly It un hilti tu Q Jut hut I II so 8 as J I 10 UI to ter ot IUt thu I loving l 1 not U i II i of If Nen e dl h 1 o nOse they are oro commanded to love lon F does docs nol nt love hove b eau 1 ii It Is to loe ht his friend par parts ou ts do act lov theIr chIldren tt it Is II a chIldren lo do not nol love lo Ve ther patents because It II W IL ti com in AI A u U offne of fet 1 think hInk t that love grOV out of ts of hips s out u t o of famIliar out at o f a knowledge either IntuItively LC itt q or through IntellIgent platon i of the tho object of our a h leads to the knowl ae edg e dge of t the worth and value o f that object I om am sure It docs doC not g row out of oC any n e wo may m ay have received to this that 01 0 1 the thc other object I It Is belt to con COU contemplate template t this In tho lIght ot of ota a a great greal la law not t Ls 1 a specIfic Con in but IlICI it great principle a areat gret g reat truth the treat great In law or of ga und a nd worship rIte rhe relatIonshIp of God to us Is f Inlo in love Th he Is IsHOI Isow HOI H ow may we 10 lIve In harmony wih wIth t hat la law Ho how may We wc fulfil that la How be In with wHit that g reat principle We e can only achieve I It In t toy judgment through I to t o Imo know God by under Gol God by b y knowIng God nl Is and I thiN tl it Is I th the thought present In that t ruth announced b by Jesus This Ii I e life to kOI God Ind and Je Jesus us C Whom Ic He huth hoth sent flit how 1 1 WO 0 accomplish this great thing How H ow may wc VC to leow od so 90 al as aso to t o lor love HIm 1 We c plate p late lod through Ills His works we II t to do CIa so 80 b by the tho Scriptures ThIs a s wel well IS as prompts us In the s eine direction DavId Dald InvItes us to n ft c l of iod through HI ha works W In that thal most ot of His p hI he cries nut The Tho heavens heaven e d ciare the of God and the Irma hirma rn HI HIs handIwork unto nto u Jay day Ind and night unto b night knowledge There Is no speech no language where el olce I Is not hel heard rd TheIr lIne hat hab gono g one out ut through ni nil the earth and their heir t words to the lie end o of the tho world And A nd e so 10 we can think of God spreading out o ut In the thc glor ot of Ills His heavens IL a 11 v ersal book to be bc read al and nun known Imon 0 or a I ll mon The he glory and amI power of God Is certaInly wItnessed In this view ot 01 i hIs works Paul I had HIl PI I or orthis this his t scale thin thing In ha when w hen ho saId The invIsIble thIngs o o f God from rom the tho crenton of the tho worM Wrid are arc clearly feen seen being under tood b by the thIngs that tho t IIa are maTh ven Iwon e Ills His eternal power and Godhead hese T prophets of God these Inspired m felt something of God as Uw file m tas borne In upon theIr souls from rota the thIngs that hail been creat cd a d Bu But when 10 ve contemplate G God 1 from f roiti this vIewpoint Ida I in not think hat t I IL contributes so much flinch to our lr lost of o f HII M as It loes does to our n awe we and l of at him For FOI when I think of oC the t he power that lint stands back ot of 11 all these c when I call to mind how v ast lul and got great these creatIons lre are Ind aud 1 seems eema to pervade theta them 01 nil i tho whole I Is held In b alance front from age to age I stand lit In a we and licad of OC that power lut but I Imo k now not whether I fly love I It or Him If IC lc He be I a person or tint Then hen when I contemplate history anti sto see the tho I of thIngs In this world heh I see sometImes truth to t o earth carth when I see sea the tho Just cause t ail Ind and miler rather than rIght stand Ing l og trIumphant when I see sea that Ihl thin I aro in hi tho crimes of the he t gUity guilty when I contemplate the p that Is In the world li nd the existence ot of morl moral evi evIl when I set the tho adversity of the good and the he t prosperity or the wicked when I s ee the apparently tard tardy adent amid but b ut partial ot of moral morat ald and r truth In the tho I Ice l ce ea Innocence cr cry aloud alou for tor deliver a and yet It no deliverance conies comes when maiden Innocence Is no shield f rom brutal lust Ind and vIce triumphs Oer O ver vIrtUeS error over truth when I see sea al all thIs mingled confusIon l to al alt but dIstractIon I ani am amnot not n ot much astonIshed that thai there thero arc aro men niemi who contentIng with the p artial view o of thIngs which this world a doubt somewhat It If hack back of It Ital al a ll there 11 Is nn an Al f nl ent c co Del Deity who has ordered tIme the events oC o r this world An Amid so wl wIth h the tho IV lato l that como to me or of God through h as the revelatIons ton that caine to t o me mc through It a contemplation ot if the and enca cence c ot of thai thu works or God I tb 10 no 1101 yet pt Ind hind that o Gol o of God that nl lead me mae Into wih sIth thil great prIncIple this law last Thou love the Ir Lord thy G God wih with ul all thy might and mInd anil strength But iu be to God lie He hits lot hot filled HIl Ills In the revelation that 1 It to In Incle cle cite II lii Oi our hearts love lovo or of God le lie h itt COrl care ot of that anti and ha has deim Iel us tuck such tt IL lt of ol that beholdIng I It apprehending It arIght I defy you ou to nl love loe fron rain Gol God That r i of at so MO Important Ind timid t SI Clod hll gien to thu world In time revelatIon that IL ie 1110 ot of God through Jesus Christ ChristI I do not hut but what II lit this lery en from which I m Iii ext It l Is hot good point at o J unfold I n of this of God to I refer WhAT yg OF OF CultIST answerIng Cul the tho 11 It th the 1 a as well el ll as the questions ot of the the tho Se Sa turned Ild Ills II Is lie lne Ills a of Ills His ois Ire gathered er tl r J JesUIt SI J asked kl them saying What hit Yf ye at f whose lon soil II Is he Tile ho SIY say unto him The soil on o of laiti Dald 1 unto thel then loth David In cal call LId Lord ahu nit ho unto In Jorl Lord Sit thol I II un tn Aly tIght hand till I mik incite rhine I lIW h footstool IC then tul cull him timid Jil Is time tho LOld Lord how Is 18 Ito Ho hla 1115 And ull no Ito Ial 1081 wal full I to 11 nl Cli lr him Ii I in a 1 I to me ins that hint 1 we hae rigid lint we 0 ni us the tho ho he gInning nC the ue of Ihl thi I ot of limo tho Iori Jelu Jesus And nil I horl lot let 10 tilt I Sit II lii that tho t J Is uP UI tO 10 something o of I r L lol or of the lt cor or If at t lit ot of the tho lord Jesu I I have hell n a flite II In bane script that I wi real l to you 01 I a 10 do from run ono tt lie lUst scientIst I o if t 01 nl oge ft a hll mal who ho I wOI 01 Iho Jn JIll S of lit I I a I Ii I r to tn hll ll of f JesUs Christ in 10 He Ills unIty wih with the tho lu mal 11 ri i cud t up tig Iho tin hit Jl lit is 18 human ole of our r race C ut tem tOI setting that thal timi thle S nai mia Ii tOYS CONCI ITIN OF 01 rU AP The Tho ot cC l hy by Oln OIO Ild 11 lel tIcs hue has rightly tiC ao ohl vast though h still II nt lit let 1111 and necessarily I Je I 1111 bitt the tho ot I II anti ho it led In hI II salter IIi I iy A prophet yes 18 hii I i loOt odI I 1 I at L the is a I tun Ion I 1 now j ye ot t limit I 10 lt js Ja th time sat ml I or cit I It Cills tl Ut to ret i eni I ti UI an lX ci Uld f woId II Ill U ii of el mel tito Iho II s ul a t GuI thu Thu Ihu divinity or ul X I estis Is th the truth whIch no now requIres tn t i he to be ll 1 fresh afresh a b by new to be I cl and hy by the whole Homo onic s of oC hai has p over cr It It can II l freed cel now f ni nih trace of roell tol t lon amI can cami be recognIze Creol freely ald n mid enthusIastIcally the divinIty lt it Jeu J esus Ind and of oC ul nil other thC noble s souls ous In so flu iii ns as th time too hae h ave heen II Imy I a spark of Delt DeltIn DeIty In so HO til fumi ts us tho 1103 too tori can he IOCO n as M o of the tho DivIne i iI I Il tho I Is UI to tho th I c of their IWEd need ot nf In I n concrete form I a conceptIon o of God t hat appeals In ii the or of ormel mel n icim and that II Is to ho 10 found In the r of GOl God Paul was aM right ii lie he sal said And con controversy t roc 11 great Is I t he of oC godliness Gel oi t manIfested Is the thc marginal reo i ding II In thc lie lesh tiesh In Imi the S seen sem ot of angels unto the he t belIeved on In the lie world ivorid r up IntI lot 1101 glory ThIs II Iti plaIn allusIon to the th Christ OC o r lU euire C he said GIvIng unto the lic Father Who ho IS us trim the tho ower p of and hath bath trails l us Into the dol ot of hi hIs dear Son S on In whom 10 we huc hae t his blood lOn even the forgiveness of o f sIns Is in the he Imago Image of oC the i blo ti le God the firstborn of every FO Feit It the tho that tl Iii HIm should ul all dwell deH For F ir In HIm film all the tue al fulte at o f the Godhead again In to time tho hit annie apostle the O f Christ lit In Ileo these words God Goti who tio at sundry tImes In I manners spoke palte In hue past un umi to t o the lie fathers by tho ho prophets In thel t hese last days doys spoken unto us b by Ills His Son S on whom wham lIe Ho hath heIr to toni ni a ll timings bY also lie made the tho w who Vi being the tho brIghtness of I HIs I glory amid the tho o I ress Imago Image of I His I person and ni all thIngs I IJ b y the tho 1011 word of oC when lie had h ad b hImself sins le II our sat down l on the rIght hund of Iho laJe t In o n high Unto die tho 01 Jie Ho God Goti ut Thy rhy throne 0 God If is forever and a nd fOI ln Ol OF Hut But ot Of 11 all the lie statements that are i con colu lie divinity ot of Jesus Teus C It to tue me that hint dec I which Io Ho made HIs Hie I Is tIme 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