| Show THE STORY OF JOSEPH SMITHS FIRST VISION Aa A Att Aw y O 0 J P rn the s a 7 1 at tL T R I I h t J W My 1 n In to 0 I you OU fOr P time tier t tM rn nn Ilp of nt I fin With Iii tat I of si I Ih U It tI tiati tx bt fon by y the prophet th the grest t ot of MOt durin tIM th pure it 11 hu hm 11 In It II 1 VI very to 10 dIM Jut to t to In del M t wt halt pert or r this Ihl Cat work hou be tu forr you Ou thu Ihl lIoon In III the tl or 4 38 smIth might h br the point or n nu u 10 nr T tn In th O that he heu hew w u Rn rt tr of f th word wont of at tiM he h V t U the of title In n ratI the uel id the ut ot nod Hf He be 11 I h of nt tit P p In I th that hi It a 1 tt tore fon uC J lAnd and w should hould Ihn an fl or Df ht his th of o theIr nt WI We hi a Lie Sin an or of u 11 poll polIty I l I In the 11 1 we hould then marvel at th gat t ot or thI young olin HI II as l a PIh t II new huh hurh Wo Vo might him u sa n a at npr pr hr r ot t I a man line u of purity a r f JINI and nd a or of the I of nn man upon the ind find that In this Ihl tine line he baa baaI I hild UnI Or w mIght en en II 11 tI this Mormon prophet II It a as u a scientist hI h had hadn n training as u In an wa way on the although hf he had bad lit litI I or no that thai would ouId quality iI to do lork work Hut But the short hort time that hal I ha have this thle t it II I Ii not m my to toI r I I the he ph smIth from fromy m mr y r or of these points point tit ot If blu bluJ h J subject 1 In each one I Ii tOo tOu great areat rii 1 I not nol do him In 90 10 I Ml havo to In neider before of wh whIt whom It hI story or of Jo ph Ih t and the algol I to the world orld Of that tat ti ilm m yet wonderful given to the theS Ir S IlC when Join wes was In Inspired by Ute the IrIt ot of exultation In the presence or of apo tl Hs He I 1 thank Ih 0 Father Lord bird or of heaven and aucI arth Ih blaue Thou at hid thom theae thin things from the WI sad d prudent and lIast haat revealed them unto babe eo 0 for tor It II seemed med good In Th Thy The rh mme words may bIo he m hi tilt hits for Jospph Smith w wu was u Ut a tabs hab n alon aion Id Idt t r th Ih mel tt 1 A and nd thi Ill I piu Int of f the world and yet pt with the IMrI 1011 and aM Savior we my mIty rai d th ll t It did tit titI t hs I Is I t Pi Ih I he who M hl In It N H 01 II NATHAN NATHAU TANNER 0 I I Ms Ihor it Ii r sf or 1511 4 II H lit III c II 10 of if J 18 II I or of I Im hr bets at lull t h I Ii H J ru ral knowlI th Ih tho o 0 it t living member of Ih the Chirib Ib I IJ J torts My Muy LI 11 1111 U Ito wu was baptised d r IIi ls 1 ot It age nd when only I oC c LV lie ho NI to 10 tb the theall all 11 t a fb UP and d t good by bye to iw 01 M liis OUD with t band of and nd I lill Ihu ul d t nl I to that memorable ble jour I bl hie share of th thu thui II I i rl the Ihl clAmp end nd Ir I II r I g Irl duty duly with that I jt It t fop he be Cm I I 1111 nr ivry Intimate wIth the ro roI I h I In of 11 his i H WM was u I 1 1 hJ sigh nearly H 4 years yeal N ill I I h many ny I f II power In an behalf lit Ut tits tIe t 1 Zion amp On be I task toek 11 t I rib er Of this Ihl I I t I say MY On June Jun Ie 10 w wI we I 1 I tWO wu ram Ut III tho j on lin an v UV J I Ui h All As eking for fill flIght I I 1 IH rods lip up Int S HI ats and luI urn IN that bat batIh Ih h j suntry WI wils I I 5 t t I a bodies jf 01 arm III IIII I Ie I and Iy county fire 4 Il I I hi u but butr butI I 4 r ld Ih said d could I I at al th was Ii pies I IiiI In III a short holl limo I C hurIn hun lean III II end nd w whet III the mob mb race I Ir 1 r a row w or r It nn inn a s sI I u lh Ih II 0 mOld Ilk IlkI I ur of kr ru full is ht It ItI I js In their hits powder It lt I ll 1 their homes IId and away awa It that t lb we d tIC us the soak Ia ec Jt j III t Ike Ioa j h ho vt t Lbs 6 mia vs nit nitI C CI I I n 0 but the he chose a weak a 1 hum humble to lna t I h moat fitton and the i I St da OF 05 It Will wes In th the year ar 1110 1020 that tile the h b prophet J law 1111 hi his nl fl In tile the spring of that e ethere there w wal a great t In the cute t Joseph Smith a his hll parentis lived All or 01 at t leat man nInny of the he the orld we were WITh h rh oter In a greet revival Tt T people were re wrought upon by til ti preaching of 01 the lite and knet not hot which WIlt wey they turn tum th true wo word of 01 for tor In fulfIllment Ut of some ome taId Id Lo here I Is while others said Id Nay hr here t I Thu humble family to 10 which Joseph belonged with othe others at f the he Wt wrought upon by tho I during this re P and I lie very nry much which might Ill be the true truo church tot for III the hearts or of no olle on of them I think did I ii occur that aU 11 t lb contending hurth might pea Ib bl be right The were the theN Ih the wr were there the Ihl both hard bant ant nl soft were wre th there In rt fat Ih the I that ha hasi multiplied In number since the day of Luther were rp nearly all ansI th were all preach preaching ing their own particular creed cred They wet all 11 seeking for converts and Ih they w were all contend contending In that their par hurch and no other waa I wee only a bo boy of 14 or of age 11 but lie he was sober ober minded and nd he thought flinch of ku hi life ut bel here upon Ih the earth rUt and the lit Hf that thai he be might lead Iad hereafter U Re about hi hiss souIs welfare and being only a boy and untaught In Ih the wis wisdom dom of the world he could not nol deter determine mine tot for himself which or of thes Ion eon tending IIII sects te was a the right one Evo Eien hi hip ow own parents who were older had the same me to determine where the they should hould go although some ot of them loaned leaned towards tb the creed One day however hower thia boy open opened th the Bible and hi his fI rye lighted upon a aIn In Ih the or St 81 Jam He read the and it 11 gave tt tp him a e like thi lAt everyone who knowledge or nth information aek of Clod who all men rall sad and not und It tall stall be given him The littlE boy impressed Hire w was th the word of an and prophet of God vt Let anyone anone who icks 5 or of and It shall ball be given him for tor God not but eG unto all mn men liberally according tu to their faith their and their ned nd The boy thought It over and after aner a 11 tints he concluded that he would teat the word ord ot of God that lie he would So go to 10 God Clod and lay be before fore litre Him his hili need and would uk ask Him fo oi and d a ceo whether or not God woul hint hIm th the little boy 1 It lie nl out ul lot Int a woo wood not t far trOt iris Iii II I Itt klI loan In InI I II Iii lit III I he be heI 0 0 X I 1 tx i 1 I l I f Y I Y y A Y t A Y X XA Xv A y v y 1 i X I C 11 Jo 5 r t y y X Y I f If t i X iX is ib s i J b I j X t tt t a a her nUl us camp Wile was to 10 I ul uI our ur tents Ill dW 1 bi I ae heavy wind sod oW our party took is the nearby ID I Itao tao q It 11 w warn found that tn In FI Fiah In log river had rl risen nearly 40 le tt t duro dur In lug the many of the nt of this LIlli wr were tragic In tbt their nature warts r hut liable President Isber Heber e Kimball 11 11 to toIta i Ita 11 wIth the tbt keenest hi att at washing on thia memorable trip Uta 1110 clothing I UI I very dul dusty with It and willi at th the alt lie his t them la HI had In 1 that Ilal the WOI always ay boll id h clothing nd that tha In Int InthIs t thIs wa way they th the dirt out or orth th thom Nu He to 10 put hiss hilt sawn WI olot I the but holier and nd them hm for rOI two tu beura without an lY t In the way of removIng the dirt JI Xe then to and nd Itt sa did III work woy that him hilt lIckl wr were pore ore for many tIa day I At Att teat t d h he wrung the lit ct cloth th lag out and d hung hune Ih them II lit ui to tJ dry tI over hJ hi at 1 laundry work two of the toI told him that instead 01 o boiling lIIn the lUll lirt out 01 of t them ha II bad bol boiled d It ItI Itin I in inThe The historical division of th the ogled w will give a sad a union In baser hofto Of the Lbs luau end and Daugh au 11 rc of Zion Camp at ocl Hall Hail It t Thursday evenIng Thu Th dt dat 1 54 that Ih im after so 10 hat thal the ut of the th ber of Mini In Camp fr Ihl adjoining lal SliMy my tu is attend A mul Inter I t Is Ioel Icing prepared b by I the h in lOr U D sa sn be bad at the oie 01 event to Ii bit hi given la is baser ur of I the sig II loin who wars the Ut ul th h 1 Q T April I IsId sId net be IS the Calli mp ball all which u sa staled AI hi II given is ft HH tells 1111 u us that thai at fIrst he was overcome by a dreadful poll power r of 11 which to him Ho He wea th thrown upon the round ind nil It fur A time he would be over OVI rome me that no power on earth could roul 1 save him But he had to In ash upon God ansi and suddenly ud lIly a out of at tile the and him H He loOked up u and saw w two to hav only bel being above bov him shining In rp re glory cory coming from trum the rem realm above and one of thoe these pointing to the other saId I Ia My beloved 1000 Son on br him Then hn the lIttle ho 0 14 yU years old unburdened hlll his soul to the lIOn eon to J issue who ap appeared peered to 4 him In a told him itts hIli troubles that tha t he did not know of th these hurch w was right asked for lor Information that hP he might know which hurch he should join aile ald to hb hi grett rut the Iho word ward of 01 the Savior to him w wan that tbt he be should ally himself with none or of them that the they taught for the he doctrine of Christ the of men mee that they worshiped Him with theIr II lips hut bul their hearts heart they wr far from him and that no one oae or of th rn dill did He Je Jams mist the Savior or of th thu world recognise IH a aS HI HIs Church as b be betrue true Church of Christ upon the earth I 1 M say h this to bI his eaton It had not to him that not one OM of them 1 was rl t tHI HI His only anxiety Willi wa to determine which one or of them 11 was right In hat first vision Ion then he learned from the Savior Himself that th the tree organisation tion warn u not upon the earth and hll he wu was further that ho he boul mn patiently the Lord abiding hi his time and h he should be tip ap to accomplish a great 1 and nd won on work upon the earth Thus end ended ed the fIrst simple bet wonder rul fui fraught with a message or of reat Import to the world It 1 this thle vision particularly that I desire to consider for a short tIme this afternoon In my talk on Her In this Ihle heat visIon ImIe pI U UIt It 11 is 18 are contained some of lb the pith that distinguish Mormon lam from all other upon the earth MIth In Inthe tl the ancient church while ChrIst wu was upon the earth revelation w was given en to 10 toUt Ut Ih 1 In Jesus Christ A Artor nor I Was wall crucifIed and taken front oarth rill the apostles received to 10 guide and direct In ID theIr work Y Years beto Ih the tin of f Jesus Jasu God Md had a people ople upon the earth whom lie He recognised as HI people and who wr Irp PrePared red to receive HI lila word Us II had hadUk Uk to 10 them and d He had bad sent pro hp t ti give to them lUll Ills holy word Hut flut after the Ibe apostles 1811 were taken the earth and when the lion of the quorum of UM tile apostle was not nol continued for some reason or and the church was Wail left Ift to 0 look fter II Itself It mn men ean to 10 assume um that th they hM had revelatIon enough that th the Scriptures all 1 that wad wa necessary t for or the work of God up upon upon on the earth arth that thou though kid Gall had I In seen n fIt to speak pek to 10 HI His people In Umes ume put th there 1 was no nn need ned of HI His speak peak tag If to 10 them now H He had given them Ihm all that w and nd they Ihy o n R and work with Ith what they had bM That grew until It became a h 1 and established In niost f thi th Though the claimed alm to hold to yet It based baaed it sloe trills U its upon upun the it the fathers and upon the tho and r receive h nu no revelation Thc Protestant churches denied li S ton When Joseph Smith after tit he had to I In n hi his tint first went out ut to tell tail tue IIII who had labored labord with anti and told tm them about U it they said aid saidI aidI I him Wh Why that thing I Is of lb the that thin thing I ii of the devil and their evidence tt that 1 It was wa of the devil del was this Ihl tile tb y said td All revelation had bad God Clod doe nul mit speak to III IIII I pl stow H He topped stopped that nonsense as Hut who thus mss themselves eves called the speaking of God to In His HI p people nonsense Perhaps the first doctrine that we get from frum this Ihl simple Scat erat vision of Joaeph h Smith I Ii that tied will speak to HI His at t tny any ny time anti and at t every WIY tim t that hat It Ity may y be necessary and that H lie nay may sea tit lit I speck to tIm them that HI Hia people pla Ilin ull upon Him in III prayer that H He an answer their players reveal to them tl the thin things that Ihal ait I for their good cond Thus Thu In lbs lesson we pi get from simple stands tande stuart truss sit II other tIr sects and nd ba bases it own on upon divine revelation You Yuu remember member that Jesus In talking with Uh His HIli apostles at t un one tins 0 ho m men n mid that H He was and the apostles an Wh Why some say that you are John Jolan the a A say you a are Ella oth others say y yiu 1111 are re earn other great t prophet that wu was to Bul whom bom say ye hat I am said J Jesua e and Peter ter answered Thou art rl the Christ the Ibe Son Ion ot of the lIving God Th Jesus lei looked at t Peter and lId lIdId said Id B are thou Simon flaro arjo nil on for tor flesh lIh and blood that ls III mor mortality alone Ione bath not nOI led Ihl this un unto unto to theE but My Mr which I II In Heaven And behold t I say unto th thee thou art Peter Pter and upon this reek fk the rock rk of revelatIon I 1 will found MY I church and the gates or of hell shall hall not prevail against It TION OF D GollI Going on then In the consideration of thu first rat vision w we And the ell Christian church hurch baal baling It Its belIef upon what hat th the Lord lArd Jesu I taught t them Ar Arter ter Him the Us apostles or of God Godas Godall all as H a who was III their Father In whose image they were nI made who ho was waa so like that when they had hadJ hadman man J they had n the Father as Christ told Philip They thought of Him as a man a superior man an exalted bel being a being ot of parts part a being of body a being bIIlna of personality In the of ChristIan history however hoever w we fInd that th there em came Into the church i by and by people or of a great creat many dir dlf lent ferent minds mind people who were re I In Gnosticism the philosophy of the the philosophy of Plato and nd the Neo that came Into cx later latr According to tile their con of the early arl conditIon of the universe there wits ti broad extensive spirit occupying the whole of the uni universe verse that by some mental action merely crested human beings that there were only good and bad In the world that another beI being or as It Wa called W should c cosa later to 0 redeem the world That hat this great I spirit OIled the whole universe that It had no cen center that It bad practicallY no The phi or of the Neo conceived of If the coexistence ot of nod and nd matter that matter had bad a certain amount of i motion Ih the soul I or spirit or of matter that God had an n 14 ides or conception o of that H He would do namely namI the creation ot of th world and that thai out of three came Ih the prime cause the universal spirit and the Logos lit philosopher came Into the hh they sa saw some likeness bet philosophy and hristian philosophy and they tried to th the systems end and bring them together so titers should hould not be beany beany any great at between them As Aa Aaa Asa a result In i two or Ih three or four oso turi tunes thought no Longer ot of God as a person they |
