Show p J I C C E CC C Cf A f LOYALTY LOYAL TV TO THE TUE CAUSE OF TRUTH A AA A a I fl fI www n i A V DISCOURSE DISCO U 8 A II a Blos to the tho K Delivered at itt t tho Iho of or trio tho t 1 f fhe rii People Should IJo IJu True to Christ of ul V Jesuit J YI lit In tho Iho Halt Lake City CI Hut Hii u of ot n Pro ro A lh th 1001 t hy by h Courso Tha Importance of o 1 ELDER ANTHON H LUND LUNDI LU N D Keeping V Wf JJ rr 4 E t e e r r c rno lk nn an Interest TOt lu Il II your yourt 1 tho tow fow mo no 10 t mid prayers Hand I maybe may mayme Sf lil 11 occupy this shall Ih F me n nh I V 1 you OU and la be ablo to say 81 ay heard d bY 01 le be ben rn Wilt will be for tor our oti that I 1 van vaI wi very cry er much interested l benefit n nt the Iho of ot our ourn m In I 1 enjoyed tho io remarks cO torence n and lh felt that WIC b lY bY our ur dictated led by y ond the Spirit of ot oto o thi ey to court come together u Is pleasant aoI Jl I o I Jo O receive u UI I Ih l b In ht our 01 holy huly l tion n aud t 1 Lf ta lath II Lord Instituted gatherings the and they have havo proved ot of tI saints timing to the thu people IO ho Is 18 a rat mot commanded once oneo I of old uld were Yoro Jerusalem to wor i to to 10 go BO tip P I a Y temple lP and thin was a n po h i t the thO United the tho people Hi to 10 keep tnt means them together th and they theP the computed it 11 1 When old acquaintances d 0 Oh n rebelled anti and the tho ten tribes s boam beam of ot government It t from 1101 the tl In having Huh be lie w the titO danger haying oal at nt Jerusalem together corno tI In opio hn hA forbade this thin and Ind raised ami su 0 for tor or his hi at tt Il Uethel Ho Ilu did not want tho the thep places other und Jl to 10 Jerusalem to worship to 10 go BO I DOI POpI p P because ho he felt that hl his govern h tel The rite would not be so lot 10 ordering these theRo and mil m jn I lI the Iho enes In Inthe Stakes has aono dono It for tor tha th good ool of ot the th ha people The Tho lh people conic com together tin Ills mellowed 1 in their Iho r feelings 8 listen to 10 servants of ot Dod clod renew old oW oc ne tIe tle e and are strengthened In tV thi brotherhood to which they belong 11 I Know many who make It a 1 point to tou and they feel tee I u nd these conferences dl il P tId ild for or doing so They rhey would feel teel bid if Ie l they thoy were not hot able ablo to come como heto helo und nd drink In tho the spirit of ot the confer cOlter President Pro Smith yesterday gave save us many dangers that II against us Und and the tho brethren bar lav alluded to these lhee They Thoy ate oto Damnable I topics Wo We should study ourselves and the tha high position that un t I occupy We profess to 10 bo ho 10 Latter ay fl Saints aint and to bo he a I ra Ier day In spirit and In II truth means leal to toI Hilk I lk uprightly before the Lord Ird ond t tu our course hero hoo below betow HO so 10 that world I v wn v obtain eternal life The Tho he OBY I what Is ii I meant by being being a Lat and If they see leo that wo we wet woi i R t I in n tt I WI different from tron rein what 1 a x Latter day Saint should not net they thoy put tu tit down ns as hypocrites and Justly justy so 90 Professing IS to be he does not nol make us u Saints It I Uto s watching and praying n a contin cOlln ial nl examination of ourselves to live lve h tires lives of Saints We W have hoisted ho M nag lag of Zion Ion wo we are salting sailing under i I Let us tin 0 be true truo to It I Let us bo truo true i to the professions prote lone wo we are arc making and slimy nw th 1 the world worl that t not only In word and profession are aro wo vo such Buel but In our works also atso Let Ut us ll study tho the word orl of God end and give heed hed unto U tt whether it I be tie written or given orally through Ills His savants now How thankful wo o are that Is the Lord line has token spoken unto men In Inor ur or day that wo We are Co not nt dependent on the th M written word alone aIon but that wo we have hav the tho living hiving oracles ralea with us u We are thankful that the Iho word wor of Q cl has haM come wn through the many Centuries n ns as pure ure as It i has hns Of all people upon tho the earth cath n we 10 have the tho Strongest t reason to believe in the tho scriptures Wo We have not only tho th evidenced of ot their truth which we ve obtain from tho the scriptures them thom and their Internal evidences uh as aa prophecies and historical truths appeal strongly to us lS but Wo have also other evidences that the world rejects we IVe have the Book Dook of Mormon In Lii Il which ure many extracts from froni the th pro ho thiS elee that are ara contained In the tho Ite Bible With Ith but lIttle change many Inny of 01 tho pro of Isaiah together with those I t other prophets have come COIO down clown to tous tot toU us U t In II I the Hook of ot Mormon and M hl hk fad fL gives elvos us additional of ot the tho truth of the Bible Wo We ant atit ul to fo make ourselves familiar with ho the IM the hook Dook of at Mormon and ini ilu Hook BOOk of DoctrIne antI aM Covenants and ana nd prepare to 10 receive ree more of or tho thu Ihl word vord of God Whenever the Iho theora theT Tord T ora rj MB l 5 had n t dispensation upon tho the artl arll Ho He has hns always favored t oled His Hs peo Ille tl with Ills his word wort and wilt will wil He has hns not lit It Jt His Is people wander In the tha th dark t rk Mil tut t h ha s 8 revealed himself unto Into thorn thom hene ver revelation r has not bonn been fn In n nii mn have rite Tho II ls taft man of old vald Where there thoro Is Isi IsDo isSo So Do i tho the people perish Is necessary nece stry for the tha guld uld le of the tho people of ot Clod God President woodruff oo used to that lint could rut say fY w WI ws not flot r as ns a n Church one tiny day Iny without Mol ton front from God Cod We Se are arc depend nt u un It It and we cannot do without I it fur ur adversary wants us 18 10 to believe beleve I that it is not needed and I have havo often i 1 how hO strange It was WIS that he ite heru iter Mid ru r make lunke this the people who believe In 1 brI nj the Iho scriptures with lh I i a ft I condition ot of things lc ln tho tho hea heavens vans vens wore were olos cloSed d unto men followers of at Christ Chrisi have bun been willing tl to defend that Idea and to declare hat those who believed In tho the n of or u revelation were wew mistaken und end In no more mora revelation from Cod Ool wo ws i am are to lo the tho curie ourie ours by i John upon all 01 who should add unto Into hh hii hl I I bach bool I believe belove rui as I now an as al h hIld its I did Ild then that any man who ho should of or I himself add Md to tho the word of Clod Iod would UI I bo ho subjected to the tho curse curso curo that hi 11 h pru flounces for no 1 man In t lies hl a n right to 10 do 11 that but bul John never nevol meant to convey the tho Idea hien that the tho Lord Jor hail had hlll not ot the tle right to 10 jive Ilvo iVo further revelation He lie showed showe t by his own course that he did IUd not mean that j for tor after afler ha its hl mid 1 wrItten writ written ten lel th theo so words worda which are so often ofen I quoted against now new nw revelation lie hu wiott that beautiful gospel which goes goci 10 by y hit hl name and which contains no 10 o ninny many precious things The Lord U Is nut not limit limited limited In suck such ed Nl any In way Front From tha days of ot Motes until the tho day of ot tho the Apostles Ho Io Yb gave 50 revelations and ani inspired II Ills Iia servants to Wil them How thankful we WA are that these records have be been n Moses MOlo hind has I been boeti called GoI hirst pen pel Thu earli earliest oarl est eat authentic wrItIngs writing we wo have havo come cOIO I from front him hll und artil studying them wo we tee see I how consIstent cOI Is 1 of ot lad lol front from beginning ti t end cult enc toses MoseR glo tho the warning unto men len as 18 John did dil and yet utter after him hll there therl were CO many writers ot cE Wo So 0 have many books book written since e then which wo we know were WelO writ written written of at tho the Holy ten ICI under the tho Inspiration lol Spirit Many books have been heon lost and Ull ninny many mot books will wi be bo to light yet by the tho lie power of ut God Gai The Lord hins guarded Ills I word won so that It has hn como come down to us through its many translations nearly perfect Wo Vo would like our young men mon and our young wo women wolen men len to 10 study those theta Iho o works and make maka themselves thoU familIar with the tho g gems ms of 01 truth null tru h that arc aro found on their Pages page Winter In is II coming coining on and wo we would ilka our to use uso the winter evenIngs In at I does this apply to the young yoting Wo We would lIke Ik them to 10 abstain from too much done dano lag Inc Dancing Is II a pleasant amusement where hiero It Il Is carried on un In lu a n right way WiY but too much of ot It make tho the mind mild frivolous olous and Incapacitates those for tor study stud who thus titus Indulge In It I Of Ot course courle there thoro are aro times when It Is good 1001 to 10 un tin unbend unbend bend Is necessary but Ul It should not bo be the tho chief object In pass passIng lag Ing our or winter evenings evening Those Thoss belong belongIng be 01 Ing ini to tho Mutual Improvement we wo hope will wi learn their let las fons Sons nans and not nt miss one ono session When Vlen you take tle up Ui your Manual to study It II try lr to 10 tko take up UI other books on similar topics t Go to lo the tM fountain things are aro taken train from rom hud ld study all rl you can cati about the subject no so 10 that you 0 ou may mn be fully posted Then your evenings will willbo wil wilho bo ho to 10 you while meeting with your friends belonging to 10 tho santo same so cloty doty Speaking about tho the Lord hav hay having havIn lag ing In Inspired Ills his Is to 10 keep records I 1 am nm reminded that wo we as nR a n people are making history and this his history history tory should also bo be kept l ept On the very veryla day that tho the Church was ns organized tho the la Prophet received a revelation which 1 said that there th should bo be 0 a 1 record kept In tho the Church ro Afterwards on several occasions oC tho the Lord Lorl Instructed Joseph JosephIn In this matter telling him to appoint a n general historian who should keep a 1 record of ot nil all they lh th events In the Iho church 11 A year and a halt half afterward he lie Is toW told to keep a n record of ot tho the Saints and their condition In the Chur h This TIti It Is u a 1 mat mattor matter tor ter on 01 which tho the Prophet laid great stress but ut recordkeeping hai hn been neg ng neglected n g to quite luRe nn an extent In our midst Even IVen before the revelation road read by brother Een Clanson where It Il said al that a 1 record should bo be kept kepi a n revelation had hat been heen received re elvel commanding the keeping of a genealogical record the he names ot at those I baptized and an of ot all oi ordinations etc ete made mado In tho the Church The Tho ho Lore Lord Instructed His Is servants that should bo be bodoM done In order Of Ot late t tn n pleased to 10 observe there thero Is a grow growing lag ing tendency In inthe the different Strikes Stakes anti In wards to take care cne of ot tho the records We hope hoP that this HI will bo be uniform through throughout out the tho Church anti that In every Stake and atul ward ld records will wl be kept kell which will gIve a I concise history of cC the tho th 1 Il or ward In every ward there th ro should bo be two tto records kept One a n cal enl record of oC the tho Ih births blessings hap bap baptisms ordination etc At the tho Deseret Now Newt office omen can bo be obtained records all ni suggest t what should bo be noted down lown with headings that will vIll ready printed wih wi Then there should ho hn n a J record kept of everything Important that happens In tho ward The ma Th clerIc el ot of the tho ward can hike tako warl his hIl record to the tho meetings end and WhIle the meeting Is going on can Jot jet down a row fow Items of what hn Is l being bIng said anti who Iho 1 are present etc elc It I Is IR not necessary that Ihal you 01 write down the apr sor mona motis mOis or tho the arguments of ot tho the brethren for tor no miD 10 doubt these those things ian uan bt bm LI found in lit 11 more Ilore in other bools bool bol l hut but It keep keel a I record of events UI as they thay tho of ot the changes In II inthe tho the yard ward In n tho dlo Bishopric 1 hoJlo In m the l aciM In the different lions lon and Institutions of ot tho Iho lie ward l Id It ItIs Itis is true 11 that Clint th societies keep Ioe records but the tho ward clerk at n Hast note Ile the changes that take place so 0 that his hla ward records may be a it atrue 1 true truo of at the ward Today when you ou KO hO o Into some omo wards and ask who was the Hint of tho the ward and amid who the tho next lt th thais r Is not a u scratch of If ofa ofa a n pen to show It anti and Ind when wo we send end Andrew Androl J Jensen us as UI one uno of or tha of oC the tin Historians to tn lind ou out Olt tho tito of the tho I rd he lie lg Is II often referred to t tho tue olden members mom bels of ot the tite vard to got get the Information I mation he lie wants ThU not bo ho botho lo the tho case Our OUI ward records should contain a n history ur of the lie ward from Its II and nd this the that have taken lolon In 11 the tho ward ng as well wel ns ne n the tho Important events e that have In 1 the tho Stakes there hero Ih ru should be he two I wo rc IC orda orde also There in is no genealogical record needed but there thero In is n a 1 record ecord of the Iho High Council anti and lu a n record of oC the tho history of ot the lie Stake RInke required o records do O not let call 11 for fol much writing a n little nt at lt the time tinte le will viii wi keep the Iho history going if 1 this Itis be lie attended to 10 when the tho history of ot the tho lio different Stakes and comes comos to be he written wo we 10 will wil have tho the material with which to do Jo It ItI ItI ItI I felt Celt to 10 say Iny y this lids concerning record recordkeeping recordkeeping keeping When ward conferences are held hei und anti the tho Sinko presidency pt them It Il ought to bo be understood that that day should also alo bo ho record day In that ward Let Lt I I tho the Bishop have havo all ni his Ils records brought brough where tho the presidency presidency dency of ot lie tho Ih Stake can cun Inspect thorn them and the tho presidency can point out whore where anything Is lacking or commend co 11 them where good records 8 are aro being kept enl Wo We have found It I necessary to appoint ono day each year for tal this purpose and wo we think that tho tIm day ly on which the ward conference Is 19 held Is tho the beet bast time for tho the of ot the to toIl Inspect Il the records It I In Is II necessary sary sll that those thosa things be e kept opt Time Tha genealogical record Is la very or Important How flow Io pleased wo we aro tre Iro when we wc go 10 out ot Into tha world and nl how conscientiously they thoy have kept a Ice rec record ord md of ot blithe births so to that we a are arc able to olt trace our In 11 sonic some countries for tor hundred years Thlu could not nol bo ho done dono ono It if genealogical records were ero kept ept In a I slovenly manner Son Some Sometimes SOI times hero they tile the are LUO taken on flips elms of at paper put pil away In a 1 drawer and oc occasionally This must not be When we se undertake o to do a thing let tot letus us do o It Il wel veli Do io 10 not nol trust to the tha clerk alone alono but ut let lei tho Bishop feel tel that It Is his hil business to 10 look after the rec tec records re In his ward |