| Show M R 11 IS M A P A W AJL ERY AY I 0 I IAn An Ad k Ply ELDER JAMES J MES E TALMAGE T in to tot t Salt alt Sunday i September 20 1908 by hy K P W I 1 doubt not lIot hal alli a L hero been tl on Interested sted and Instructed I in fn inthe the th er concise se des description e ln given by u President nt H hurd V Young oC of the thc essential features c characterizing hI organization lIo l of tho Thin I bc special inter as rill intimated to u him to those who are al of t the Church yet et 1 arc Interested In the study of or Its or organization and 1 am rim quite sure Jt will bc uh cC ulI Instructed to all to tho members of or the the Church ChUlch themselves or l I It wa spend ione too much time and no n excessive to 0 tho fj hil of oC tho organ nl bil billion I lion of the U Church to 1 well for fOI uS lo hear heill rum timo to 19 time a U r reiteration of f the essential Is ot uC this marvelous It I use the term marvelous or 01 with due consideration for the Iho plan which this Church la I founded and organizer r hits been favorably commented el upon by stu dents d or it social organizations und of or g In r general throughout the tho civilized landi of tho world You havo doubtless gathered from what has been said that this Church is preeminently practical in us It re 10 and In Its It teachings and doctrines True It Il has announced some HmO truths pertaining especially to 10 tho spiritual l part of oC man to the re le between man and his to tho conditions which wo to experience iti lri tho here that have surprised the thc students of In many man lands lunds and that haQ called forth comment and favorable and unfavorable mak malc making ing hll the mime n mc and fumo famo of tho Iho Church known fop good or r for evil fur far and but It Is I not content with tho enunciation of theories nor norIn norIn In tho proclamation of doctrinal Y to bo of or value must bo UC an affair with man that It must nil all his doings that It must govern him In his deal dealings ings his fellows at m It must dle In his offerings io fo his God Ilio Church teaches as us taught the apostles apostle II of ot old that religion Is s an af affair fair of personal individual and every day life r I call to mind tho fact that tho Apostle James In addressing his general epistle to the church ot or that day made use of C those these words w religion n and nd be before fore God Gall and tho Is this to 10 visit tho fatherless and an 1 widows In their affliction n and to 10 keep himself elf unspotted un from tho Iho world 1011 1 The Tho hold that do not reach their intended destination when hen they go up from withhold their help h lp from fr m the tho suffering and distressed Tho rho ors Church nay mw to l tho peo peonies nies find lInd i them Lot TOUT jour prayers ue with tho groans of or tho hungry hu and the sick and lind tho th suffering whom ye YC fall to lo aldor IA riI POP Yes t el wo 10 arc alO J i 1 people We do h In the 1 of or this life and aU Ut to hem because wo t most relationship en wui aro now leading aT 1 before wo tI to toor of or mortality oven pr a 1 an between this lC tho lIfo beyond the Iho graved gr ve ll fos is Ii no noI I iI m ro trifle trillo In III or oC ho if souls Pr pro Is It i l mado de for tor th In j of nt his to t our ud ad Birth Into this world 1 was vaa wasn a n l of Godia plan and death IR n tj less les a IL part ot of U It With such sueh ji 11 vl I of life wo do not believe belloVe ou In neglecting the practical affairs affairE ot life liCe Wo We bej beI fy fr t thrifty progressive lve Wo We In I he f up to tHo times time In all ul pertaining to thoi tho civilization of tho Wo We In adopting all Im 1111 Improvements discoveries Wo that every who has dona ought to his fellows In truo civilization to 10 Increase their thell of ot truth or to show them new and valuable applications ll IS of oC truths I already read in n Is a servant of or God Wo We be believe lieve that men men lia vo been sent to earth great giel t deeds In Ih affairs that you may call temporal and ma material lerl I We believe that the discoverer of this c just as ns truly api up pointed and his work ork be before before fore he came cume Into thoi flesh waB just d and ln tho pC that appointed mis mIssion slop sion as liS has bem uny prophet or apos apost t tle who ha haLORD f LORD CONCERNED IN WORLDLY AFFAIRS Wo do not bellove that the Lord has hus J st iWo iV M tIt If co the affairs of ot t this w many a one 1 to Iq HIs sovereign t i hils Ills poel i lo 1111 s s h C of Lutter lay ants 10 It people and honor those who rule amongst an you ou for fal government ils Is ordained of S id and alid Is acceptable l Him In I proportion n to 10 the Ih purity j of or Its lIs organ and to the thc Integrity of or who administer Il the tho affairs U re C Havo Hao unto the ot oC your People of ot your YOUl Ration n n of or your yom State stalo ot of your OUI city elty because becal se without lt proper administration of government ad ud advancement Is III checked and an In tion Uon to the misdirection evil ovll takes the ot of good goodIn In common with religious 5 In general lI wo wc believe bellee In com ing together often In gatherings such Huch as these ln In worshiping assemblies that I may be tho batter r able ablo to mi study the principles and the truths of or the tho gospel that we may be ablo to 10 Instruct one another crom to time and thus assist In lu strengthening each oth I fulth be bo because cause we think that the spiritual parr pan panor of or man requires assistance nourish nourishment ment IC you ou please exercise and ac uc action tion just as much as H docs dies the tho body boh and wo we think that a man may spiritually Idle as he may be physical physically ly I The man whoso whose spirit IK hi In a healthy state the man who has kept himself elf In tuno with the music of II spiritual development cannot keep any all moro thun the healthy child can keep Its hands or 01 Its feet foet still sUII from morning till night Tho man who has the tho power powel of oC spiritual health op operating within him will sock and make malo opportunity of doing good will not be he content with Idleness s or 01 neglect We that In corning together In taking part In tho proceedings of or wor 1101 worship ship wo we do become strengthened and thus the soul of or man Is built up and made bolter b and stronger MAN A DUAL BEING Incidentally let Jet me say In passing that there thero Is a u peculiar application of or that term soul sou hi Mormon theology somewhat different from the generally accepted meaning of or the term tenn We Ve hold that a man Is II a II dual being b that bo b bIne Ine this body which wo we may ilIa see seo and feel and weigh w there Is a spiritual man mannu nu un Intelligent b who lived before ever his hi body bod was mimed Jd ot oC the tho elo clo of earth a tL being who shall live after tho body is placed In tho tomb and after It has ha gono to 10 decay and to us liS tho spirit is not tho soul foul the tho combined spirit and body tile the complete man is III the tho and when we speak peale therefore of ur tho advancement or 01 pro plO progression I ot oC tho soul wo mean m an that pro plO progression gh s lun which contemplates Iho ad ul advancement of or this body bod and spirit ail af one oue We attach sanctity to the tho body that God has hils given us liS recognizing It Itus as us one of at great gifts We Va may ma manot not know lenow tho hl full purpose e and plan of the Creator in providing that thal His spiritual children o ld thus bo each carh In II body como com composed posed ot or tho elements of but bul we wedo wedo do know knol that Ho withhold wit that privilege lege from bomo who Im not worthy worth of or taking upon themselves thel seles bodies bodle Satan Salim and his hi rl ClO denied ll 1 that endowment and I nd thus in hi their theil progression MORTAL TABERNACLE SACRED The body bod Is sacred cr d unto us we feel that wo wu have no 11 Ih demo It wo no wu should sho ld seek to keep jl id pur J extel nally lIall n circumstances and that It may ma mab b niu into which the th t may enter Wo e believe bellevo that ma deg de these bodies thi by we I e may give the a claim upon them so that h may hold them backhand bu k fand prevent thom them forth t Hh In tho morning Of or rc thereby he may retard that tha reunion o and body bod Wo believe that thoro is I nothing hut but butsin hutsin sin find and transgression lon that will bring about that hindrance c because we look forward f to u l literal resurrection and bellevo that when wh li We dwell In glory In Inthe the thc presence of our pur Maker Makel uro worthy ot of such a boon wo shall dwell thero with our OUI glorified bodies Now low 1 I tako It with that conception of toe the sanctity of the he body bolly we E ought to 10 tobe be he careful reful that we do not Invite thoi ovll one on 1 to make inroads upon these tabernacles of ours Wo V c believe bellec and nd know that illness assails the physical ph organs of or man without any an direct responsibility on on thc part of or the sufferer but wo ll bell and and common sense Indicates the Of that belief that we e may invite djs ds ease and s our own cul culpable pable or through ugh our positive po transgression RELIGION SHOULD BE EVERY EVERYDAY DAY AFFAIR l FAI I say sa again we are arc a practical Our leals with the body bd as i r ili p of bur i l lil if this L ath IS cl lis th things of I eternity Why we gOso a to l lh h t a mans malis m to his hi business nalls lo the extent ext nt of or i ii i t rightly J Jand and to do as aH ho Iio w hayo huy i dpi do 1 vo I ot C our a 11 I tl sto lt nl that ho 11 Will 1111 bo be true I to what ho le 01 to be right ah b the bo d cone l lOC others Wo Wi be belIe lIe that a i religiOUS t Is 15 jet bet better tel ter Ui n e who ho paya tb to the tho a that will n beUel that a religious Republican R li Isu Is great gl al deal better ah a t w Wo believe I J say ell that religion Inspire us liS to right actions a to honorable deeds dee Vo We look upon th oc lire asa as 11 s sary training tl and experience lle lleo wedo o not lI t that we court c u t tie temptation ie and on the tho other hand wo pray I as the Savior Sal r taught laught Ills follow followers ers e i to t p y that we 11 may 1111 be lie led 10 1 away f vay still we believe belle that th t tle le n Is a pill part of plan With respect ct to His children for f l wo become stronger s as HII we overcome and without that test und and trial wu would not grow gl strong sti II The rhe writer whoso who a I words il quoted tho t l l Apostle postle James JlmeS makes this bold In the tho very chapter chaplet from fl m which I road l the chapter chapler of his epistle My Iy lil thren hij hl said count It all Joy jO when yo 0 fall Into Inlo divers tem Ibis his that this trying of your faith patience But let patience lia 10 her perfect work that ye may be he ct and entire wanting i nothing I Ami 1111 then follows an expression of his which Is of oC more than ordinary Interest to 10 the he people of this Church the Scrip Scripture ture tUle which led the boy ho Joseph Smith to 10 Sik sl Je for Id I uld It Ie liny of you yon lack Idom let him ask of God GoI that to lo all I mun and not and ami It ft shun be given glOH him But let Il him hili In faith nothing wavering For 10 he ht that Is like a willi of tho tea ca driven with the wind and tossed For lei lel not that man think that ho he hoshall heI shall receive reche I of the tho Lord LOId I The old Lord is not lint to be trilled with and ul I If we go IJ to Him for fOl u I blessing let us lib usKO KO 10 with a u to lo um u e that rightly If It be bestowed and amI He has hns promised l that what Is properly asked 1 and sought shall shull be he given But Dut as to tp temptation with which wo I C Cure arc ure al from Crom day to day James Yb Rejoice If you au fall Into Notice hn he does doos not IlY It you run Jun Into it If IC you rush Into it If you OU It upon yourselves but By B temp wu WC arc UIe enabled 1 to 10 overcome and doth our Father l permit temptation tion to como coma unto us Jesus taught His followers to 10 pray in III the lIw words of the prayer as al recorded In the Now New Testament Lead us not Into temptation tion oi I as all some prefer to Interpret that Lead us away from temptation Whichever Wh view you ou may ma take t lo of It 1001 will como from tho contemplation of Owl Diet prayer Load Lead us away from temptation beyond our power to bear lead ead us UH not nol Into temptation that we wema may ma Indulge OUt our vanity by seeking to overcome It II and thus Ihu declare how I tron and 1111 1 valiant wo 10 are Ruthel would wo bo he without tho fruits of vic victory Ic tory to than to bo ho led Into u a contest conlo t be our C I strength to wage and there therefore fore 01 wo 10 make our OUI Father tho Judge ot of the lit temptations we wo may boar bear and pray that we wo may bo saved from fr those that shall overwhelm us That word temptation Itself Is ah alI mie Specialists In tho study tu lY lYof of our lU language tell us that to tempt moans to persuade Pel or 01 to and In that sense persuasion p may be beeer excreted eer t ed for Cor good as 11 well as for evil and by 11 u strictly literal Interpretation of term we WO may mn be 00 tempted to do 10 good OH u wo are uro often orten tempted to do evil but tho term Is almost universally d now to sinful sin CUI to persuasion lun toward ovll and we wo re regard gall gard the arch alch Of elC mankind as the tho prime tempter r WHEN TEMPTATION rl MAIlON IS SIN SINt SINi i t have e heard many mam say sa that thelo Is gin pIt iii hi l temptation that Is to ti sn ay that a ha ill sins sll s lri hi tempted I cannot bohu that that Is always 15 true for forI I that tho Savior Himself was sorely sui I tempted yet His was Vas not by sin Only under thone conditions c nH do lj I think that temptation to 10 you o u or 11 to 11 me may ma be an of win on all our pur part when weare 10 lire Cd to I do wrong along lines lilies with which AVO wo ought lII ht to have become so H thorough thoroughly ly Iy familiar through past experiences that there th lo ought to bo ho no temptation thew any moro If aman another lay It down a coin or 01 some article ot of tho table and ho is ts tempted to watch lils chance to go and tako It ItI ItI I say shamo to that man he hc ought to tn have overcome long ago That l ought to lo be bo no temptation unto him It is an Indication that he has ha been hO l pandering to that kind of pf and anI that he Is not yet strong Wo o ought to feel feol shamed ashamed of ot ourselves I lake tuo It when we realize that to us Is a constant temptation l to tell untruth If you or 01 I 1 feel tempted day after day to utter falsehoods It Is an Indication I fon that wo have hu vo not become very ery well used to telling the truth that It Is I not natural to us u There ought to bo ho no temptation to 10 us now to lie III lieto to deceive ci Ie to steal or O to commit any allY other of or these cardinal sins and offenses el Let us overcome all of oC those thoo and there will yet arise temptations that will try tn every one of at us to thO very core requiring absolute reliance rellan e on pur our par one may servo to save sa va us THE S E TEMPTATION 1 I spoke pole of oC he the fact that temptation J IHlo the Savior Salol lf and that therefore thor lh thill Va wo tiro t l Is riot Ii t necessarily tin I evidence er lt 1110 n lo t read to t you Iho Very cry brier brief account given of ot that mar marvelous claus the Christ I The oi followed BIll baptism und and you will III remember that I when silo Jc wont Info water I to lo bo ua of John pi at least as a 3 Ho the thc water after the Im 1111 ni hud had be 1 accomplished lic that thata a 1 Voice vl cir from l heaven was heard ld declai eh I IH my on In whom I am Well sed And Ali l Immediately after l tl at t lh history sly gl gln cm n us by uy the l He lIe went up |
