| Show SERVICES AT ATTHE ATTHE THE TABERNACLE Bishop Orson F Whitney Delivers An Interesting Sermon I THE rUE DUAL OF MAN MANthe the Spiritual lt lie he boP lIu Iho tho of or At the Tabernacle yesterday afternoon F Whitney de a strong sermon on the tho spirit spiritual ual ulI and temporal nature of ot man manholding holding that the former ormer should be ex tilted lilted above the latter b such had been Gods plan tram from the begin Hu Hn also paid a 1 tr to the tho great grent founder and Brigham Young contending that hlo gr s entitled him to a 11 place among the lead leading ing men ot the nation Tho services wore presided 1 over mor by President Angus M I Cannon and the tho attendance waa highly gratifying The choir choll s ng the hymn Groat God Indulge my m humble claim Thou art my hope holle my Joy my rust rest was ns offered by Elder Henry I Richards The choir further sang 8 Again wo meet around the board Of ot Jesus Jp us our Redeeming H Lord Lort ORSON OnSON F J WHITNEY Y Opening his remarks Whitney said 1 I feel It 1 a n great honor when requested to 1 u II congregation tion from rom this stand as ns Indeed I con call consider sider sIller It n great grent honor to address addres any congregation of at this character In III this or In III any nn other othor place I know of ot no higher honor than thun that which pertains to tho coiling calling of or a 0 servant of or preach the Gospel to 10 administer ter Its ordinances to teach the principle of ot righteousness to tho children of or ormen men Our opinions may differ in many mall I rejects re some might not think this the tho highest honor that could be he be he bestowed stowed but 1 I certainly am om among those who so 80 consider it Those who he the position of or a teacher of ot righteous righteousness ness and have hae a n testimony of ot GOIs work cannot hut but a 1 position like unto this Whitney said the order of ot the tho kingdom of ot was spiritual and second temporal This was the order of at creation tI alt It was the belief bolle of ot the Lat Saints that thoro were two ere when God tho earth the rens the fountains of or water the birds of or the air the boasts of ot the field and the plants and herbs Modern taught them this Joseph Smith the Prophet In an Inspired interpretation of ot the Iho Scriptures taught that indeed Indel the tho case clIse We learn this by hy bythe hythe the light of or the tho Holy Ho Spirit which en us to rend read the Ihl Scriptures aright Despite changes in the text of or the the book of at Genesis speaks of ot two crea crell creations showing that the first drat was Willi spir spiritual the second temporal Mor this plainly and pall lively and merely points to tho Iho for tor confirmation Wo We lire are told said tho speaker that when whon Moses wrote for tor the chil children dren llon of ot Israel the tho account of or the tho crea rr lI he plainly recorded this tact fact The spirit given Its body bod It w is added upon the body hod be beIng beIng Ing of or secondary I consideration Th Savior emphasized this when Ho Mid rold S Seek ek ya 8 first the kingdom of oC God nUll and His righteousness s and nil these shall be milled added unto you Mows toboS taught also this principle when he ho that man being In created cl In the spirit came down upon uOn this for tor a pur purpose pose pOS Abraham also In lit the book translated by the Prophet Joseph Smith the Pearl parl of ot Great Orl t Price this truth Tho speaker ex explained that this book WOH WM a 1 translation lion tion of ot ancient found among mummies brought from the catacombs of or Egypt and purchased by h the Prophet Joseph Jo eph Smith He lie quoted copiously from the book showing that Abraham was one of ot the great ones one who chosen n before he was born to bear henr the Priesthood of oC Got God In the ond to tobe be hI a ruler of ot God for tor God rules through His III Priesthood does dols not claim as a some religions do that the th was mad out ut of ot nothing It was WAI made out of ot already misting It 1 was wim AN earth one among a lon many created for the children n of at God spirits were ere an opportunity of ot mining to earth although they rame own It 1 was y t a step In advance ulanee Some Romo Sometimes times we WI must to conquer we must mu t fall and It wai IM M IO when man ramp came upon earth parth but In coming down he hI tell fell forward and amI c that the spirits spirit might be bp privileged to take upon mortal bodies Is 19 Gods eternal truth It teaches that truth Is eternal that Intelligence ID III ent that there never wan al a It when they did not exist when hen spirits did nut not exist U they th tire are the children of oC oCth th and must 1 like their I parents handiwork never n er per perishes I I heard I l divine Mill tho n Christian minister declare In he hp hall to 10 a congregation not a 1 pat great while that Goo God creat created ed fd th earth out of nothing To me such are aM and andAI MP AI io o manifestly that thaI they should be bf rejected by children It cant tM lion not nol even by b God and He lie never taught ht that He 11 did It or that It could lie done don It In III the vain philosophy of or men and utterly beyond the hounds bounds of oC reason Whitney continued In this strain for tor time quoting from Crom the philosophy of af Plato anti and other great men mn of ot the to show Iho tIll the of such a doctrine Ho lie then referred tn to the tall fall of ot our first parents and said MId that thaI I he hI plan of salvation Ia lion WAI provid provided ed for lust such an aD God knew what would come to pass pa and hall had the machinery all ready all before hl tore grand scheme heme W I started He 1111 g w the nd from the beginning and It wag doubtful If It the heavens hUen could be tart start startled led 11 at men mn might bo 00 led to 10 do while living here hert upon the tb earth The referred to the Ib two 10 of ot offering fering mude for the resumption of or mankind ami Mid that that thaI made by b was al inferable bemuse It ItmAn gave mAn bin fro tr agency agene that by hr his hi own r ho h earn his hili alv ton The rejection t Ion of plan piAn caused a re If In the heavens and the result was a that thaI a third of ot the Ihl heavenly host hOA was wal cut out Ih are UI known as III the devil and his hll angels find and they t he Ire are spirits without bodies who ho wander up UI and down the earth as All tempting and seducing ing In attempting to gt Into other Thun the Rift Itt of ot casting out devil 1111 which Is II In n the th church of or GOO God today AS III It was lU anciently nl holl Whitney compared our coming forth upon the earth to 10 th forth forthof of ot an 1111 upon the stage Tl Till appear ear ante antt Is not the beginning neither Is II hl hili exit Xu ner the Ih end The Th referred 11 to m by b Im Immersion Inton showing p ih the significant of It the mode which was Val a 11 symbol of tho resurrection n II rising to a II newness newnes of or life lito Continuing Whitney Bald Tho spiritual should be kept the temporal In our thought There I Ia Is a 1 constant temptation the other way In our dally lives That Is why we wo hav Borrows pain and death that thaI wo might not think too mu h of ot this earth bu but should yearn f r a botte beUer life lite Tho hoarding o of wealth la II the spirit of or tho world the of at the with all duo re respect respect to them thell The le children of at have ve a 1 mission to perform They Thoy aie tho builders of oC railroads and of or steam steamships ships and steamship lines 1 I them In their place bin bul I dont a R Saint who will play the tho part of or a n Tho latter Mil are civil zero and play piny par part well That t Is ts w re they miss It and n nd that t Is where we miss It by placing tho tIO cart before the horse by II ox e tM temporal porA I above RI the spiritual The wealth of or the Is 18 n 1 girt gift of ot God and If It used property God will bless them In It II Some think that these thue the only gifts girts God over to man IRan In this they are greatly taken J I sat Bot here hert last Wednesday ald Whitney at the funeral o or President Young the he son ol at President Young the Ihl great grent pioneer ami tho greatest colonizer of ot If It not lIot of or the world and the greatest md of him the proudest plume In his crest cre t wn 0 that he dM tilt not Rive up 1111 lit hIli life to the pursuit of ot wealth Hl HIs life was WIlS spent JInt for tor tile the salvation of or souls for or the uplifting of ot fellow tellow No higher tribute could be paid any man Somo time ago fO I stood In tho Then Thea tar ler In company with a n gentleman from the tho east cast He Jle was admiring the architecture ture turo thereof and said he had heard that lInt Youn was Its designer I told him 1 nilio had hod HO understood Then rhen he In III my m opinion Young could have made his mark If Ir he had been heen educated und and remained In tho enst lie could have hae died many mOil times a 1 millionaire Such la Is the rating of ot the tho world To die many times n 1 millionaire m 11 II Is In their th lr opinion the milking making of or n mark the achieving of oC a It grand victory In this connection I 1 nm reminded of ot a discus lIlS t Ion that has hils been going on In the newspapers for tor some time as to tho Iho advisability of or placing tho bust bUlt of ot Pres President lr s ident Young In the Hall of ot Panic at nt the Louisiana Purchase e ex exposition exposition position Pome have thought that It might with propriety bo placed among the lesser but I 1 say It should be benmon among the greatest gr and Ind if It not lIot worthy of this lot let It not be there thore at nt nil all True IUd did not die many times s sa n a millionaire H II only onh a II state he hI only redeemed a n ond Inn lIe it I possible for thousands thousand to come here and wealth comfort and happiness This all he lIP did therefore he Is 18 Isone one of ot the lesser while men who 1110 amassed ama millions left lert it for tor their children to quarrel over arc greater renter lights we should how bow down and worship them I wont ont do llo It ItUs Hes Us n 1 good food man but hll nt got anything Is n remark frequently heard among men How would Jesus Christ have ns a 1 financier asked the speaker the man who amid the pal pilI Res of or the rich cried The foxes have holes and the birds of at the air have hwe nest but the Son of at Man hath hoth not where to lay Iny Ills His head Concluding the speaker called atten olten attention tion to a n commandment to Newel K 1 Whitney to remove from 1 to at nt which time tho Lord declared What IH Is property to mo This Mild he was the true truo order of or things and according to tho will of God T be carnally minded 11 11 t death but Iut to be spiritually minded Is life ami penco True frue spir spirituality Is to hold In high esteem the things of ut tho kingdom All should hould Ufe their for tor the advance advancement ment and building up liP of ot the kingdom of ot God were not Intended to M Mused used selfishly The choir wing the In our Redeemers Name the lon pronounced d by William 13 D Preston |
