Show FOR MEN of ot Ilio tho Church of off JeslIs 1 nt to tim cour ur v f III u tha tho 0 l i III the tic AMO AMOu h cirt t t October 7 J 1 11 by bl u ku t ELDER J JI W WI Froe Word ord to the tho a 1 Tb of Becoming If In tho of 01 tho thoAn Youn to Age Aoe of t Opportunities for or tho LordAn Lord An Authority brethren FIS FISI Is aed mr I I ou on this jil oe oc wIth t ie l teu 10 I fi e to o have tho opportunity c Cu n url 1 voice olce In your U pi IIII t f I ft U P my ot of the tho jO Go pI pel ot Of the tho theu t I M us tS It has hia been ro roo rooI j I I u ow altO of ot the worm world And An Aner AndrY thiS t that thiat while I occupy i iI I un In er r rY iL IY trust rust Iru i may ilia be blessed of ot the theW thed W inspiration of oC His lIIs tho thU Ud Ir Jr d h have e upon me rne for or 01 without is in words ll II 1 knOW v that my tU brass brt or OV OH aS i ii LL I II ali u ns ai ft a In thiC ho midst at of this Un tn I 0 pie pIc nut flut on the other bodY W when men gl that fua fuaI n I aI of OC the SpIrit oC the ther therl r t worth to toI r C OI S are o Of great reat rl only to those n ot t m I I ld n to the words wOlds that lire are aret h har nr V h t mal RM In the congregation Ilbo ho bo V fon that does oes tha tho speak MI It I the Lh t I l For or all men lire are Instruct I al Y the tard I feel fed ot of Spirit 11 1 th 3 who have attended our ourn h tb r rePe h hive to the md n n lind instruction that fr and S by he tue Apostles postles ostIe of at the theM M t a knoW in PI their hearts hear heart Lr IM JI Sus I Christ J Inspired been Vr 11 brethren have havo ha 0 t 1 the they have not beon he giving I I ut iMI that has i been heen n cunningly I f that they have been heen dell dellIll I but word at o the Lord and th thI the Ill lit p e led hiI hS blen made malle manifest I 1 o His Hll utter fl of ot o hould SUM be bo with us ns nil fl n fl people a n an aG f r V to 10 receive the coun G that Ihal lU n have c been imparted and I I I tint that w Wp Vf may be he In mants ervant of ot the Lord Len who have haven ha e en I I III ti th the affairs affair of or HH III hiMI n ho no to CO direct till the I Ith h In s time It Is I a relIn In out otic heart the thC to aC a I with the authority that hat m we e are In accord r A q Ill Lord tri ant an to feel leel Inasmuch u IU a O have hae put our hands to the Iho plow Illow llO auth covenant connant with the thed into tuv h I entered S Him and to keep IM lila I rd r d to 10 Serve the keeping of o lIla His l D the and antI that we have haC no flO haw have t I Ill i M we lt Vr r thi Gud before the Lord our 01 0 d that we have base not nut set out our at of tet ms u upon any an oilier oiher thin hung but nut single aln lo to the keep kc p i f 4 tie lIe h hae ve an ey eye e I ir cl ci the commandments of ot the Lord Lorda nd ad a to o sustain and tip up Ii d tl I take It that tha t this and that mat li I a I ery HY ry grave responsibility men and women who have hae entered in lil int lilt t covenant with the Lord should ox ex examine amine themselves and seek to put nut In such luth a condition that they Ibe would have hare the Spirit pIrI of ot the tho Lord that when we ve hear bear the voice oleo of ot the Good Shepherd we wo will be aLlo able to 10 tin un der tand It an nn hive ha e a disposition to tole toh toe le h e in line with the authority that God ha bu upon Ulon the earth I The right anti and liberty I o 01 no man Inan can be Le infringed upon In the keeping of ot the commandments ot of God Gode We e hear when we are away from home homo as among Imong the nations many marty things concerning the bondage of ot the people that we are and that we are arB not allowed allowe l to do o the tho th things thing that ve we desire to da lo but Lut Wit wt vt know by our own experiences that lint this Ihl hi 1 i It not the cue cafe I know knol as an in individual individual having been born and reared in the midst ot of this ihie people that thal no man maii manno manno no authority no or apostle or president has ever attempted In the tha slightest silkiest de degree e to Interfere with the liberty rt that God has bas given Ihen me I have hlo h hal l as us great feat liberty In the mil I ol ot the Saints KI 55 any an man ma could coull possibly enjoy upon the taco faco aco of oC the earth When 1 I bear benr this testimony I 1 realize and understand that In this treat mat of ot people eople every man anti ami every eer man who has ia received the tho Oos Gos j rl and end who co li I acquainted J with the il Writ and Sal doings doIng of ot the wonderful work 1 i which we lIe w are engaged know that Hint t that I say sa Is true You Tou all nil know It be beUt beut Ut me you Iou h Ou have hare all ill had tho the same e e every elery member mem er of ot the Church k that we ire re are a 1 free tree people I have hart thought in likening to the tho re rj that have been L made by seine nomo of ot t the i e brethren that there Ih re might ml ht be some seine t ng aid ull to io the s A good any an ae things have halo been b be en said regarding t of oC tie Go Gospel pel und the Ig t men abroad to lift Jilt up their IJ my lot occasionally oC I In fact quite i to o 0 travel huel el among antong amon the people and fale with missionaries and to is lu Illk ike k company of ot men nin m n who have hae re r H 1 authority to preach pr ah the tue Gospel hoe hwe special calling it Is III to nil ad i r a of It f aln lIn to tho the nn na L a as they directed by J tho ve Vt I often otten listen to the tho of ot f returned missionaries I C f tl e net m t a number during this con w ra e and their faces arcs have hn e been boen Lt Ir w II With Joy Jo Ja and an happiness and ond with testimony concerning concern hI the work vork of ot tho the Lord und onti thoy they ted feet that theY thuy the havo luo spout a Rood and a profitably time while they have been aWRY from home acting an nil ambassadors or of ot tho the Lord Jesus Christ And they have havo spoilt a II a profit pronto profitable profitable able time tinie have baSe been tilled hued with the tho power of ot God und anti have been Instruments meats ments III In the tho hands of ot o tho the I lorl ord of or ne no n a greAt deal of at good hey 1 have removed prejudice from tho the minds of ot the people through tho the blessing of ot tho the Lord IollI Others Otherl have been lleen converted to 10 the tho truth and have havo been made to i know Uy by y the tho Spirit of ot God Gail that ines of ot salvation divine authority havo ministered stere In III their midst It Is i a good cooil noll thing to 10 till 1111 a 1 nils nila lon elon H It IH is a n wood gOOi thing to have hae It to our credit that we have gone Bono In tho the world und and thAt we have returned In honor without bringing disgrace upon our name annie upon the of or our par liar parents eats or ci tho unify name of ot the lie Church of at Jesus Christ of o Hut flut the of o n a to 10 the tho nations Is n a small thins thing In the winning of ot the race upon which we are nrc arenow now set out for or eternal life Many Man u II uman aman man returns from n II mission who has hns valiantly maintained his position who has haa hia stood up UI In tho the presence of ot Olmos Ins In ii multitudes nail with the power of ot lad Clod Upon uvon him has hns borne tea log limon to tho lie truth of ot the glorious Gas Goa itch pel and his words have pierced the lle hearts and Intellects of oC tim the people they have havo been heen made auntIe to ff t feel i l 1 that they were welo listening to tho the truth Many a 11 aman autian man has Man tilled n a mission of or this tel lei has hns done honor to the cause cauto that he lie represented re but hut has hall returned homo I in III a little while that ho lie to rest from rota tho the ministry that someone else should toke take o tip up lP tho the labors inborn here helo at home I desire to lift my m warn warning ln In ing voice to ti returned missionaries I desire to 10 with them theta In the name of ot the Lord us I feel It to be my duty to todo toito do ito and that t It pertains to tho the responsibilities that rest upon me ins to lift up tip my In voice nied cry aloud to tv the tho mission missionaries missionaries aries tho the Seventies of at the Church of ot Jesus Christ of ot II Saints that thee the shah not neck Beck for tor rest that they thoy the shall not feel eel that hint they thoy have havo accomplished their salvation or that tha t they the are scenic because they have havo tilled tilleda n a In III the of at the Gos Gospel pel 1111 I 1 feel ell when I unset greet a n oun Elder l from abroad lint the lie cst cat portal period of or his hili life lite stands before him hint when he lie returns when there Is fear that lint he lie may amy become a 11 little careless that he may lUll have havo a II disposition to seek after the till rest that ninny many have sought after ond and In seeking seek In after that rest they thoy have ha 0 found tOil nd not only on rest re t but hilt rust They Thoy are becoming rusty In Inthe Inthe the tho service of or tho lie Lord anti they are nrc not nit willing to 10 labor nt at home as aK they tile the did abroad bus Imis feeling we have havo hud when wo WI vt havo have gone away nII from our homes Impelled by the spirit of oC truth to preach the tho Gos Oos Gospel pel pal among the children of ot men inca I sup Slip l co that every even missionary that rr ye upends to nn Ito appointment goes away from his family and one friends frienda with witha a ft I determination In his henrt that he lie will do honor to his call callIng big Ing I 1 have havo met hundred of ot mission missionaries aries In the old ohl boys 5 who ichie ho have av been becil indifferent to i tl the responsibilities of ot the Priesthood nt at home but I do not now recall having over ever met one In nil all the hundreds with whom I have hae been broucht In contact who retched the missionary field with witha n a feeling of ot Indifference with a C disposition ion tion to oppose authority with a feeling in his hIli hi that lint he would question the counsels of ot tho tIm men nien who presided him You who hio have filled tilled missions know knol that you yell go Into Inlo tho bce world with these thoughts uppermost from the tha very moment that you respond that you ou will willbo willbe bo he obedient that lint you OU will wll hearken to counsel that you will be zealous In tying out counsel anti that you will keep yourself clean elcan and pure and before the hint Is the result 1 Men return who have hae never lIever baTh experience before and they are filled l with the power of nt God filled with the tho testimony of or the lie Lord Jesus Christ and It Is this testimony and this vigor anti and this life liCe that I feel fel anxious that the brethren should preserve within them after atter having returned home It can cnn be preserved It can bo be maintained through their heir entire lives hives If Ir they ther will only return with a II determination to 10 hearken to tiP counsel and be ho obedient to 10 those who preside In the Church and nn he lie diligent in the discharge of ot the tho duties that rest upon them In traveling and visiting 1 among the lie people when talk talking lag ing to 10 the Bishops about returned missionaries with whom I have been or tie asking n how holl they were iere doing III In their calling at nt home the answer has often otten been Given elven they are arc not do Ing anything So and So b will not nut net act as ns a n Teacher he will not nol net act In iti the Sunday school ho lie will not net act In Jn the Improvement associations lie Ito returned return ell and bore bare us liS a n good te tl mony but we ve have seen Reen but hut little of at him since that time I plead ead In the name of ot tho lie Lord 1 with young men Great and glorious opportunities are before them theta This Is nn nil nuo of at opportunities for young nien The Ihie tho the Apostles tho the Pres Ires Presidency of lit tIn tho Church are IN upon the tIn youns oun men of ot Israel paths ore ate opening open In on every hand mn In which we can labor In bar opportunities arc aro being made everywhere wherein we a cnn can work for Cor tho lie advancement of ot tho Ito work worl worlo of o the Lord and for or tho tIm salvation df elt if the tho souls of ot mun cud and women hurt here at lit homo When we wo are abroad abron we Ile some sometimes times timet travel ten ton miles milts to attend a II meet fleet i lag Ing In antI would a I hundred miles tithes If It need be he that lint t we may meet with sonic somo I one that would bo be e Willing to listen to the tho testimony we hare lie Gospel that butt we S e might aught explain the tho prin principles of or the Gospel Alit Ami how our hearts h are aglow and we are arf tilled with the Hie lie lire of or the lie Holy JoIY Ghost when then men listen lIten when we wi I see seo that lint they thi 1111 Ore con coit vinced of lit tho the truth What huat a dreadful It is after atter being l and anti bo lie Inn hag tilled hilled with this that we wo home to away awny anti and lie die become Indifferent null and cold collI to tho he duties that rest re t upon us list IS I plead with Hilltop and I plead with the lie presidents of ot Quorums with lIh tho the i presidents Of ot Stakes to throw their arms anus around returning missIonaries men to point out the troubles that lint are ale In their paths the th that will besot them item the four of ot turning away CI from rota the path of o duty ut and anti of ot careless and neglectful concerning concern In the things of ot God hod Wo WI not to ti return and feel Ceel that wo we have havo given to Q tho lie Lord Iod two years or more moro of or our time and that now we e will bo be 0 Justified just ned In seeking Becking after atter the tho things of ot the to tn tho lie exclusion of ot the thing per Iler to our duties dutte Hut But Ii v should be he more inure anxious It If when we return to set n a goodly example bo lie foro tore the tho lie people that when the tho young mUll tenth young women who liu have havu known us when we o have not lIot been no ao o careful and an so upon us In a n year after our return In ten tell years ears after our return thuy will vIll any Sll sa the lie power of or God Oo dime caine to that lint man The rhe testimony of oC the tho Lord Jesus was given him and when hien he returned and lIll bore record that hint he lie l knew new this hits work to bo be true trite I rile It was n II solemn truth and God hind had given him hint that assurance for Cur his hili whole life und and Ills hll conduct before us even since silica he ho has baa returned lois has testified te nil all tho he tune time that lint he lie had ha a knowledge of oC tho thio truth of at tho lie Gospel ao pel And Antl we should not have hae to bear the th responsibility of oC testifying to the truth before beor tho lie Pee pea people llo Ile end antI then thell turning away from tho lie path nath uth of ot duty God loil bless the tho at nt home ond abroad wherever they may be lIu bebless bebless bless those who have haLve returned Wh tee 1119 returning return In that thy may mart be he filled with the lie missionary spirit s at mit home for lr there Is II need of ot f tho the missionary spirit III In nil all the be th wards nail and stakes of oC Zion lon There Is need 1 at nt home for tor men who ore are devoted to the lie work of ot the Lord and amil who feel that It la Is of ot the tIme Import once unco nil all the tIme time It IH Is a II glorious thought that lint wo we are given to a thu this lx Lord rd that lint we wp 0 are aro given to the accomplishment of ot Ills and auth that lint we have thin the coin cout ligi IlKU and amid determination to hearken h to tolie the lie counsel of ot the tIme Lord antI and honor hOllor tho the Lord by hy the Iho lie observance of ot Ills His laws upon UlOn the 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