| Show ITHE THE LORD LOID is NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS h III Ho Iho A at tho Snit Ball Hull Salt Inko City ell Juno JUliO 10 Hi 1001 BY ELDER RUDGER CLAWSON CLAVSON All Who Love Lovo God Are Aro ol 01 Him Tho tho of 01 Groat of the th Work ol of Au Authority Accompanies I Destiny af the tho to bo be od With Patient 1 Effort Wins Souls I brethren and an In In III In your our faith during the time I 1 stand hatoN you ou that I 1 Iway way be led to suy om that limit be Je to all 11 who aie 1 very much In III tho spirit of ot but not o 0 much In the The attend attendance ance rua light but the spirit of the meeting lII clIng Willi jowl good The given were very ii Iad und were wen worthy worth of being heard by nil the people of this of Zion Ann and 1 I regret they were not to hear them Vo Wo have some faithful ones In In tho callings In III the Church h both men and women and I wiy the Lord bo for theao faithful The fhe Church could not get gd without them and who can the for of one faithful man or ono one faithful woman r To 10 determine that thai wo have havo to volt until the grunt great judgment day 1 In the tho and Integrity of or ny IllY n and ond and 1 I feel teel to be one with them I deal 11 re to 10 unite with them In every good I pray for them and ask for their prayers In ALL WHO WIIO LOVE LOI GOD AUK nr KD Jm OF OI HIM lIDI Ono One of tho most profoundly gratify gratifying ing of ot the tho to my mind mindIn mindla In la the tho thought that Jod la Is no respecter of persons Is no room In III this Church for fOl vaulting ambition 1 nor for 01 Jealousy envy or II nn of this kind and when whon we wo witness we wo know that they the uie the result of co contentment and gratitude Tho ho path of or glory and L e IB hI to 10 nil all The 1011 ban declared Hint t Ho Is no respecter of ot per but that all willi love and I Him nio 1110 accepted of Him nut Hut those thORe who are will tale take the tho opposite view and will say 1111 Ix U nt at Drother i he lie Is culled to be tho of n Stole Stake Juat think of tho power und Influence that he ho Is III there thole thereby by II enabled to In the Church how hol much better he lie mut mu t be than hi hili poor brother lie has hn been dlo litO be the of ot a n Stake yet you till that tha t Clod Go IB II no cr Ir of II Yen Yell I 1 maintain mil III that Is no ler of ot persons n a man la Is to 10 be he the of or ofa ora a Stake of ot Zion Ion It 11 not him bottler than that r brother down there thero who holds the au authority authority of ot nn 1111 Rider Biller or n 0 Seventy or a n High Priest Ht In the Ih TIll The differ nice Ince between them Is simply this the of a Stake IB Is frilled to a n cr 11 responsibility and this responsibility will rest with 1 H I lit ht and force upon him Greater lire required of him and he Ill must lender an all account I of ot h stewardship The fhe with tho and nm tho rame with the tho High Councilors Sometimes we may t Information from Cram a n comparison Let Letus us for Instance take the President of or ortho I tho United States of oC him himIn In bin hIli position would natural way im how much better Is the President nf ot the tho United States Slates than IMn any an another other man In the nation because of the th great dignity upon Ulon him and tho Influence and power he has hns among hi fellows We c might well in III this case us In the other it does not lIot necessarily follow that Iha t he Is III bettor better The thing to be desired In this Ho i public Is citizenship I 1 do d not know that thai the eully has any great tr power ut least in one olle respect he heM has M no greater power than the poorest i citizen of ot thu Republic The President has only Oll voto oto and the tho citizen has hIlS one vote lint and the vote of or the Ihu poor man for Just as nil much as the vote vole of ot the President or the vote vule of the con COli The In this case cale caleas as In othI is simply In the that la is placed upon the tho President of the tho d Statta and at times I J fancy that this not rest wal lightly upon his hili I tako the tho view that men who are ex exalted X alted to Iu such high positions In III the 1111 na nation tion arc called of God to there therein in Ill they Will have to answer for forthe forthe the manner mannor in Which they thoy exorcise this groat power loler If It men are called to mote more exalted positions In the nation than the ordinary citizen they will have much in to answer for Cor Is their call callIng Ing and ant grout great will be he fall If they the recreant to 10 the eJ III them tham Got deals In this manner with the people of ot the tho nation and In manner r He lie deals with the people of His Church He Ho Is no 1111 respecter of oC persons Tho of at the Lord Jesus J CRUS Christ t Is f eu to nil all Thoro Is not n man mall or a I woman In tile tho Church no matter mailer how obscure but Is permitted JC rill II If It faithful to 10 enter Into Inlo the house of ot the Lord and receive every blessing and that Ilin t Is conferred upon the au nu authorities I 1 do not know that the tho Pres Presidency l of ot this Slake or any 1111 member of the High Council or lr any all Bishop In this Stake Is any nn more entitled to 10 go 10 Into the house of ot the I lie Lork 1 tk ask fur for Ings at lit the hands of Ills IlIa servants t than I the humblest member of lit tho Church hurch The Priesthood Is not denied to any who ar are worthy and It Is by I and I through tho authority of oC the Priest Priesthood hood hool that we are exalted No 0 man can cango go 10 Into the prevent pre of ot the I rd and andI I dwell with Him and tilt the heavenly hosts In the tho celestial kingdom without the That Is ts lI Am OF OJ Gm T ml men are not called to 10 res positions in this Church ex ox except they the two received the Priest hood If It n a man would a II good If It ho would desire a nt nl the hands of th Lord lor let him ito to receive the Priesthood and to bo he healthful to his covenants In the hood Then he hi ned n foJ have no fear of the Iho future arid he III nay na rest that Ihal If It I not nol nt present In time to come ho he will I certainly hh hi proper place In the I 1 Church kingdom of Therefore I ny God Goll Is II no respecter rr of persons i In ono one of oC the Ihl revelations the Lord has made mado uso IIII of a n very cr peculiar p Ilon that bears out Idea It will Ibe hI found In the 1st section of the Hook Book lof ot Doctrine anI Covenants Is la Im and comprehensive Wn n the very t first words of at this section line the Lord says paI Hearken o 0 yc people of at my church lUi the voice of ot Him who dwells on high and who hol nr UllOn all 1111 men J n verily I J wo IIa hearken yo 30 people from afar j lit upon tho Iho of tho len sen listen together This Is the olee of the Lord not to the Church alone but bUllo to nil all men Now 0 these the words For verily the voice lI of or tho lord Is into nto nil men and there Is III none to cs os csar calle ar o and there Is II no C that shall not nol ee ear eur that hn not hear M heart l that ohan M not Ot bc be ne rated t J do J not lIot understand this revelation to I huo been b en given chen special reference f I to mortality In fact flet 1 do dt nH n t know that any of at the of or 1011 nfl That which wo we c U death I 1 Is misnamed Thare re 18 IS no real d aili ex except cepl the se ond death What we o ll death Is jj simply the passing palMing of oC th spirit from the body Now I W of ot the Lord Is 18 to all men mell and It I pea into luto th world I lien la no eye 01 that shall not see r ear can that hull not hear neither heart that not be penetrated whether Id III this life liCe or 01 in the life lICe to 11 comp come The Ide hIlA Is III benu be U tHul lve It im n to us that the work In which we Il i engaged Is III not for time JUI ft till eternity The messen er of Ito nud salvation that go to tho nations of or tho must see MC to It so SI far as lies In power lOIr that every epy ore eye shull see Ree that ivory ear eul shall hear and when whan lay down their bodies jo 0 Into the wot Id they shall take up this labor among the spirits In III pilson I 1 doubt not but ut in n tho there will be found omo n t nut seen heard and tho vOt tf r the Lord Is II unto them also j OF Ol OF LOUD I I This Is 11 a II wonderful I work not I fully Cully understood appreciated oven even by the Sain I am Alii afraid I do not appreciate tl It Do I 1 nto II 10 the Priesthood I haic and the opportunities that have tome come to tome me 1110 I J do not 1 J wl wi ht i 1 J had the ap 1111 II and tin till hI of under understanding standing to enter full Cull and deeply Into but I pi 11 this Ihla Is II not 1101 given to 10 mun U d the end from the Iho orul Ho HI only I do Jo know this IIII way ny to lIfo life exaltation glory Ilor and Is 18 open to me God aches out His hand and says sa 8 to 10 UK olk In the way of these shall all 1111 allbe be he yours If It you oU vi W viAnd but serve me nw And A rill this ulle vole cOllies to every man woman oman ch chI I In III this Chun h The fhe Lord doen not tricot leot ono one man mrm for fOl in tho cel Kingdom to the exclusion of ot his brothers sin His sinters Irs On the contrary I It l Is the de dl design sign of tile the Lord th t this pin IlIn Ill lr shall bo be lifted v I thai their mill nil be he most moat 1011 OilS If f It UK 1 t BO RO why do till wo we behold a nation na lion of kings and priest t among this people The fhe of If the holy Priesthood Illo Id l d lavish lavishly ly Ir It may Im wild upon the people In ward e IY Slake All that thata a II young man has ui du do Is to give KIe some Ion us of his find his hili to 10 GOI and tho J 11 H II bestowed be to ed upon him In a n greater or lesser digree If Ie It comes to him as III a Ii Deacon tic lie on the round of the ladder adder the very vory moment that a II young roun man re receives tho of a II Deacon In thin hU hie Is II onward upward and he cnn 1 from one degree dornee to n ther tight along from faith to join knowledge to knowledge from to hood until he shall attain to the high highest est In the Church And who ho deny den him Will thy th of thin Ihla Church deny den him Doe DOell t voice of the President dent co o out Into any of these Stakes presidents of to withhold the tha I The flit voice olce of the th Presidency of ot this Church to the tho authorities of ot the Ille Stakes 1 of Zion Is Tench Tearh the people convert them to th bring thun Into Inlo a condition o at then Ih n confer upon thorn oven every needful bless blessing InK ing of the llie Goppel And oh oil how tho Iho heat Is of do yearn for the theroun roun men of ot Think you that they the Jealous lest these men should roll In tho Ihl knowledge and authority nf ot Gall Why they are laboring day ay and night with th Twelve the of ot Stakes and others to bring the you g people and to qualify them for the great Nat which God give to them In n a time to rI OF FAITH PUL PULI 1 I have hare word recorded on n lit little tle piece ll e of at r here her which I will read r all to 10 you The Is III growing dim ago aso paper Is wearing ut and going to 10 but these words will never ner tile die Th fhe y are scripture and Just ns 1111 true and bub tU lime in III my III opinion as any words voids re record reo cord d In III fhe he Holy Scripture They I Ii e wen uttered by the living Prophet of prompted by the Holy lIol Spirit If Ir you ou will receive weigh every sery word wora as us I 1 read them to 10 you 1 J nm sure they will go with you OU and Influence you throughout this mortal life be he with you OU In Moreover I 1 fed C I assured that In a time to In come corne you will k of those word to your President Snow dell erod them at a I a meeting of the Presidency Twelve and they the are areas as al follows There Thera Is II Juat one on thing that a 11 Lat an nn In n Israel never Itter forg t It II should 1 be hI a bright II star lIar him all the th t mo In III hu his h in his hili soul all through him that is he ni wl not worry In the least Jut ns to 10 he h should elthor be I or II oC Church The word of nt the tho Lord ION to you and me brethren and nud sisters Is that w H need nee Tot not y worry whether he shall be a I In this or the President Pre of ot the Church It Is for tor him to know that Ills his destiny is to be his Father Fathera l a Got God In eternity He lie will not only anh be I president of at a n church but he 11 may w Me himself president of ot a kingdom nr l dent of worlds with on s to enlarge his of ut do minion 1 How paltry appear the things of or this world worl In view of as ns art aru here set forth and let et forth mind you ou lo 0 every Her man In the Church and to 10 every woman In connection with her hr husband for or the man Is s not without the woman In the I rd and the woman Is III not without the inan When wo IJ speak leRk of men with to exal tation and glory 1101 Immortality and lito In n the celt kingdom we WI Include women for one cannot be he made perfect without 11 hall I the other oilier I principle offer Atter bring being In the Church but Lut a n short time It II was u made as clear to me rne All s the noonday sun I 1 expressed It In this Inn As man now Is once was WaR WaRS wasa a S God now h 15 man 1011 be This Thill thought thou ht In the breasts of ot men filled with the light of the Holy Spirit tends t to purify them them from every ambitious nm or Improper This glorious opportunity of ot becoming truly great belongs helon s to every evor faithful J In Israel Jamel It Is his by right di dl divine vine Ine and It h hi here de lIe declared 1 by the Prophet Seer S er neve the tho nt of ot this that there art ar certain rights belong lug to you OU which cannot be token taken from you OU by They UIO youra by right Tho ho eat the member of at this Church ahall have an nn opportunity of or becoming truly great And when holl I r wiy lY truly great Ireat I 1 u e enot not this term ns It II Is l us u d ll In tn the tho world but truly great grent In the eye at of God Godi and ho h wilt will not havo lIao to como coma before this or any other quorum to have hao hl 1118 status He lIe may bo a 0 lad Clod In eternity he may become like His 1111 Father l doing the tho works which h his hi Father I did before him i and he cannot be 10 of tho opportunity of oC teaching exalted I J never sought to be a II Seventy or a I High Priest this eternal principle was wa it M nl d to lO me 1116 long bu folo 1 I was 1118 ordained to tho Iho Priesthood The position pOll lion I 1 now occupy is nothing compared to what I expect to occupy In III the future I n k you brethren Bisters If It I 1 lhee words word An Art they not lIot words of ot truth that thai harmonise with the of or Christ and word that should be bu hn upon our 1 may forget forret the words though they m Uti to be he i to I III 1 hut but the spirit of ot the words the thought that they clothe will n tr I 1 trust pet pu from my In mind Happy shall hall we lt be If It we will let words sink Rink Into our hearts 1 them we WI tan s e that them thero lit III some something thing to live for tor something to do In Inthis this There Thele IN I no time to in no time to HIlly In the Ih pleasure of the thew w or Id III no time to IM reading novels though possibly a 1 good standard novel If Jf read one ant In 1111 n great while not do a 1 person any RIlY harm hut but I 1 tell you oU the young men and young women in ought to be IUt reaching out for fOI the lie knowledge and the hopes ux In this ACCOMPANIES Now low I 1 repeat God U II no of persons Thu thu 1011 ou the thu r that JH nil all Thu man who is called to bu 11 u or 01 a n Councilor t or a 1 Provident of ot n u Stake or an Apostle ur one all of tha Presidency lot him tremble and la lei him look to the Lord by dRY day and by night lot Ids prayers ascend to on en fur for the rul and favor fu VOl of Gud The lh path of ot how however ever Is open tc h ull Hut who shall 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