Show WAS HELD YESTERDAY 4 People of Ensign Stake Met in Session Yesterday Morn Morning Morning Morning ing and Afternoon REPORTS WERE EXCELLENT it president Winder Imler and anti Elders Ehlers nud cr D O 0 and ind John Henry Smith Made Addresses cs The Tho afternoon services of or the tho Ensign i stake slake which were held hold yes yesterday yesterday es ester ter a In tho tabernacle were marked market i by n a larger attendance than usual t Those present of or tho the general authorities author authors authorities s Hies were President John It R Winder Inder I end and Elders Jon Jom Henry Hem Smith Rud er Clawson and David Dald O 0 McKay McKa of oC tho the council of or twelve There was also aillo a aF F large representation of or stake authorities E I ties on the stand standA e A feature of tho the musical exercises was tho the singing of oC Hosannah by f Horace S Ensign and and tho the choir The Theother I f other hymns were Como Come thou glor glorious ious lous day da of or promise and An angel angeli i from on high With Sheathed t Swords was sung as tho the closing an anthem ani i Patriarch them Patriarch Angus us M 1 Cannon offered i 1 the tho opening prayer and Elder W V W Y pronounced tho r Tho speakers were wore Elders D O 0 Mc tIe rI lY and John Henry Henr Smith of or tho the t council of or twelve I DAVID 0 Elder D O 0 McKay quoted the pas wage There Is a n spirit In man and tho Inspiration of the Almighty gl oth them understanding and amI then said Do we as a people accept that as astrue astruc astrue true truc The Thc choir sang An angel from fromon tromon fromon on high tho the long Ions long lon silence broke Is that a fact that In this material age a divine personage nas nag appear appeared ed cd These things strike home and in reflecting on them every OCI person has a ai i desire to know of these things and to enter tho the unknown I wish to direct my m remarks along the line Une of or harmony being In harmony harmon with the Holy Spirit and God Grant Granted ed that there Is a spirit and the tho In Inspiration of tho the Almighty them understanding It Is necessary to be bl beIn blIn bein In harmony hannon with that spirit Tho The words of or F I W V Robinson were read who says Christ is the tho of or God without the tho man tho the Holy Hol Spirit SpirIts Is s tho the voice oce of or God within the man manDr manDr Dr Joseph says sas among other things that a n carnal man may ma know the let letter letter ter of or tho the gospel ospel but only a righteous rl man may ma know the spirit of or It It Is s necessary for tho the people to place them thorn themselves selves eeles In n harmony with God that they the I may ma hear his voice olce A young Qung man may ma mabo bo be in danger and Qu may my cry CI out to him but hut if J he were out of or harmony barmon with tho means you were using to warn him he could not hear you ou and bo be warned of danger er May Ila not wo we be beIn beIn bein In that condition today That which appeals to the appetites and passions of or men seems so real reul that men be become como come dead to spiritual forces torce Thomas Edison Edson says all knowledge obtained by b man comes c mes to him through the thc live five senses but hut there Utere arc other means of or obtaining knowledge In or order order order der to obtain knowledge from the tho Holy Ghost a man must bu bo In n harmony harmol with that spirit In musical Instruments strings The instruments used In Infected Infected infected by b the vibrations of any an of or the The Thc Instruments used In wireless telegraphy receive recelo messages from others In which they the are In har harmony harmon harmony mony mon It H Is said ald these wave messages mes messages messages sages are sent round the tho world In Instantaneously instantaneously Tho The telegraph and tele tee telephone telephone phone may Ina be unconscious of this form of or Intelligence but hut wireless Instruments instruments ments In n harmony harmon receive and record such vibrations Elder McKay then referred to Sir Oliver Oller Lodges Lod es statement that mind Influences mind and und distance seems seem no barrier It Is s called thought transference or telepathy for want of a better name If it Is true truo that man can thus Influence man what is there to prevent God from Imparting knowledge ledge to man Tho The sine tyua rua non is to be bo In harmony hannon That fiat brings Into notice tho the duty of or tho the Christian Everyone should put himself hm In n harmony harmon with those around I him Elder Eldur McKay narrated his ex cx experience In riding to his home In Ogden recently on the train In n company com pan with some tourists who were looking out upon the city One man who was wall pres present present present ent and affected to know everything pointed out to the tho tourists tho the O 0 S SLi SL SL L Li depot ds the tho temple and s ome some were much surprised at Its plainness Later when the tho spires of or the temple came camo Into view they th saw their mistake This same man characterized the tho Mormon Church as a I moneymaking scheme lIe He also told of or the treatment of or tho the Mormon ormon women by b tho the men when I objected and made myself known I then explained the benefit and blessing blessin of or tithing but as I did so eo I felt that we wo were not in n harmony hannon and he looked upon me with suspicion and unbelief It Is the thc same SlIme with worldly worl men In judging jud tho the things of God They view clew things from their standpoint and not as God views them They aro arc carnal and are out of harmony hannon with God and therefore they the do not see things in their true truo light Ono OliO of tho the best things to do to get In n harmony with God Is to be true onos self and always do what appears to bo no the right light thing to do Sincerity Is what Is wanted and not hypocrisy To thine own self bo be true and und It must follow us the night the day da thou not then be false to any an man manThIs manThis ThIs Tills Is the tho quarterly conference of tho the Ensign stake and tho admonition I Iam Iam Iam am about to rend read comes from Crom one who claims absolutely to have hae received rove roC revelation lation lallon and knowledge from God Joseph Smith did not receive any an revelation either cither until ho asked for It Ho He had I to put himself In n harmony Elder McKay read two or three passages pas passages sages from the section of the Doctrine and Covenants containing tho the following Verily I r say unto you teach ono one another and Lot every everyman everyman everyman man esteem est m his brother as I r The unselfishness of the tho precept re ro requiring quiring the people to teach one another w was s enlarged upon UIn and It t was wal said sad that In this manner In manifested tho the true Irue Christian spirit The Thc requirement that each ono one esteem his brother as himself Is productive of or good and makes for harmony harmon It is seen In tho the priesthood meetings on Monday eve ove evenings evenings nn when nil all classes clashes clu s of or men rich and poor alike meet to study the things of or God and every eel man esteems his broth brother er as himself Tho The third requirement to practise virtue and holiness was also 1150 read from Crom tho the Doctrine and Covenants and emphasized Elder McKay bore a n strong testimony testimony i imon mony mon to the truth of or the gospel and anil the Joy he felt fort In knowing that God does speak to tho the spirit of man In n these days das God Goal has revealed some things designed to assist man to keep keepIn k ep epIn In harmony hannon with God Tho word of or wisdom requirements all pertain to the tho appetites of man and by b obedience to these things and refusing to gratify his hla passions unlawfully ho strengthens his communion with God On the theother theother other hand Indulgence in these theRe things I and refusal to obey tho the commands of or God brings ono one itt Into II closer touch louch with the tho things of ot tho the world wId but shuts shut out outto outto outto to a greater renter or less ex ent the com communion communion munion of or God GodIn GodIn GodIn In conclusion reference wee g made to the statement of or Sir Isaac Newton Newlon on his death bed that In spite of all the tho discoveries with which the world credited him he ho had only stood on the shore and gathered a few rew shells while the tho ocean of truth was unexplored unexplored unexplored It Is true of tho the spiritual things also aim and the speaker exhorted all nIl to live so that their light and un understanding understanding of or God may Increase I crea c cJOHN JOHN HENRY SMITH S nTH Elder John Henry Henr Smith of or tho the coun council council council cil of or twelve expressed his pleasure at al being beng present at the meetings of or tho the conference and listening to the remarks of the elders of the Church Sonic Some of or them might be called 1 old but they tho bore testimony that after lives of trib tribulation tribulation tribulation and hardship they the still enjoyed the assurances of or the gospels truth The gospel of or the tho Redeemer Is the power of ot God unto salvation to every everyman everyman everyman man woman and child who will apply appl Its principles and try to be honest truthful temperate and moral The Tha words of or the tho Master Mastor come como thundering down the ages thou not lie thou not steal thou not commit sexual abominations 0 O that we wo might realize that Jesus Is tho the Christ and that he has como to point out the way of or life being as he says the resurrection and tho the life Many who regard themselves as ILS wIse In n the world say 81 that Jesus Christ was a n wonder wonderful ful CuI man and teacher but deny his divinity But Dut ho Is s the tho Son of or God and men will find that In order to re receive receive a It remission of or their sins and enter Into the kingdom of or God they the will have to accept him Students and wise men who think to unravel the mysteries of or godliness will find them themselves themselves themselves selves mistaken but those who live JIve according to his commandments will find God and enter Into his rest Those who rail fall to acknowledge tho the power of or God In the affairs of or men now will yet come to see the hand of or God in all the tho affairs of the tho world They Thoy will know then that man was created In Inthe Inthe inthe the Image of or God and tho the Savior was tho the express image of or his hs person I want to declare unto you that any man who says Jesus Is 5 not tho the Christ Is mistaken and overy every man will learn It sooner or later |