Show MW r r 1 The Church is an Everlasting Organization 1 r I r How Fw 1 Knowledge I of the Lords Lord Address Delivered De nt at General 1 Work ID la i Obtained Th Church Of Ol the tha Church of Jesus Christ of ol Latter Stands fcc fer op Purity Honesty Vir Virtus Virday dRY day Saints In tho th Snit Salt La 10 tue and Every Good Principle How ii is Made Mads October 4 1000 1903 by 1 City Strong Only the fU Can M SMITH Remain in the tho th Church Evil EvilS t S Doers Weeded Out 11 M J j j AA A AAA v Ta To f t I T Faint th these e great ar ri ft Ii or of r and ill r IK and enjoyment f I believe that hOre hA thus U l m together and atul par parkins laking kins lr r the Spirit that the Lord pours poura I Hi und lUll by J roc cuI ut t t are spoken ly IJ the si 8 1 h v VC IC y th Ih I sart f th III Lor wc We e B HO O home d K f tr Ir Incentive to servo God commandments ml ani H M 10 i t PI 1 i III Ii car IB Uld bV IJ b with the re ro reo We e If IT Ir th morning Kr that Ihal n i i of 01 Jesus Christ of 0 l v I faints Faint is III I not a n temporary I uler 1 Jut hUt that It IL In h I an nn or I l which Is and andSt ci ad Ion w hi ii I I 1 St b c I It H has hns been beco fount found and He Ito has hOR placed ph rd etl l bY Int upon Ills peo iii f llis 1 I MH 1111 ever Ir do thi HO 00 o If It they will Ip u ill walk In n II I and ki Saints II HI r fat I To T the th tb Ih h w 3 g In III the of o righteous r ii tL k 1 jg of ot the tho commandments l I il 1 Ih t hi enjoyment enJo ment of nf thi 0 ti v S it II t I I to ti II a of ofil ofIA IfO lo il r n gratification beyond hond IS IA r r f vor words to 10 express We Vo nui Ui Ih rj 1 t t trl Individually to make ninko Tho he Jv It ftP Ch 1 h I It h o f Christ hrIt stronger Ironer ight to 10 be Le tron o of ot lh Ih n r h of ot Us I tM members mo and lember t Ikc a pride In tn In lh to 10 tho th Church be hd h hea WI ea li II or she In Is I a n member of o It Kf n WIil 1 K F OK OI 01 Tim We have half the Ih privilege of knowing knolln of ofa o oa a jurny urt that Ihal this Is U the work of ot God Gall Fit ji Is u iii 11 ranie tane with the te faints It Is t a surety TIt Th TItIs le lel u l no doubt In Ii the tile mind mimi of a 11 conscientious art u hInt t t G l o 3 the I 1 Father her and Jeus Christ Jh romi on the Savior of lit the ap trod In Ia person perSall to tl the U t Jus i h Smith That Is n a a that is 5 po by b tens of ot thousands of u amid It Is a n knowl knowledg edg that can call be Je gained and an ro il d by b every Herr Individual horn born Into Inlo this world It If that Individual will 1111 iut tut follow tolo ih th instructions given of ot the tho vl ry men cnn can come to a c rowl ge of or the truth Why hy our chil chU children dren drca know krow lino It the th little lit lie boys and of ot He tl schools know It They are arc re taught tau ht It jt and learn It In their as u H ii ine lIne another and nOlt with tk tp I ir of lou CH and the Spirit of ot the tho Lri JI which Is ti tipon on and In them bears bear to U II th thi ni even as OK children that t the Ih th lr teach and andI lMh Mh I h arn ar 11 taught liy ly II their Sunday choI hr r and hy by 11 those tho c who hold holdt t tt tt Priesthood are true trite Tho The Spirit of or IV Ih Lord that witness and andI I Lt i I f ni M In their minds It Is n a k it is 18 Just as om simple and easy ay a ayt y It Ir t d sar 1 ns all n the simplest l lo o 1 th tt any child chillI may learn Not II this there thero oro those In j fur rr tho the purpose so 50 they the say of ct r ns vms II and us to It ta tard of ot f Christ ns M n they term It ItI WHAT I T TIlL THE 0 STANDS FOIl FOU FOUTh Th The he Church of ot Christ of Lot Lat 13 t Saints stanch shads In this world to 10 d dl thy r for tr or purity furll for honesty for tor right fop r virtue for truth for or no mio T T or or or V r or bleness end and for tor elfY ry good cond h beautiful and glorious principle thuit lm ha has over e r been made known to moan man Th Ilm of at Christ stands stando fur for all ti nc 11 and It Il Is the only Oil organisation or In the world worl today loda that th t has hns the th pure PUl los Go pel of ot Christ im III the th Sa Savior t vior himself taught It He lie was na uron upon the earth oarth It Is IR I Ju just jUAt t nw nm for tor not of ua U who ilo Io not mint understand un the tho Gospel of 0 Christ who Iho hn have Pot not n fl of or It ex except from froma n standpoint which shIhi h Is 18 not a n knowledge to tn come Ium the mInts nM nl nt declare unto them that Joseph JO lph Smith h was wis not nOI a n Pro phot of or Gail ns o n It would ouId lie lu h for rOI fora foma a II teacher to 10 go 10 our school schoolchildren schOolchildren children who have II a ot grades grad tIc I unto I them that hat two two dm not nut make lunko four It I t would 1 be Just us liS a a rid for or I to 10 do clo that ax OR a to In declare that hat the I Iun sun still un does doca s not appear n t In the I In the east enol and tint that It II doe not disappear I nl I tear pear front from view In It time tho evening In III the I lIat It would bs tie just as nH ridiculous and ond is I for fol mon men an women to declare to the Saints who wh hu have hine n a 1 knowledge of ot the truth that they thc aro oro mistaken ns cs It would he to tell them I that water will not seek ek Sl lk Its ItA own level leveE levelt fit t r 1 that It will Ill of Itself rise higher r than Ihan Its lis source The of ot Gel has hns home borne witness to the Saints that there timings things are true nod and wo we know they the are true therefore It Is III foolishness for men iuen mento to come Into our midst and declare unto UH II that things are false e ve we know 1 better It Is III a Gods truth revealed 1 from heaven confirmed In III our souls fouls by h the thc lIol 1101 Holy which vc we we have havo ha 10 received by bythe h y the laying on all of honda hands by those who have born been ordained of God 00 1 upon whom has been conferred the holy huly Priesthood Consequently that Is 11 the reason there lure arc co RO very 11 few feus INN ever con COli converted train from the Church of Christ Chris I Into the th churches of those who ho pretend to tobe tobe be he of ot One of our friends here hure a 1 minister of o the Gospel complained lilt hit bitterly terly a i hort time pinco because said 10 III he After Atler a n man has been a Mormon no flatter what whal he does If he m can cun be converted and Is I won son away from the Church he lie Is I of no use tie to un WI anyway on lIay he Is I of no u n use UPI us to anybody Iu hoh Wo Vo I oan onn do In nothing with him as n a those Ideas III cas hang to him while whitla ho lie lives anti and are nrc al ul always ways lOS cropping out to disturb the doc doctrine trine which we to teach tench him JIm If It they the only knew It II if it I they tle who huo light the th aO of Christ t In oll what whatever whatever ever CIer from rom the tho pulpit or the press only knew knell that nil oil of their efforts In con c conte n tending te ml lag n a go the t he v oring orin to In hrin the Saints Into a false e light would be he y would bo IJO overruled by II nn on for or the good of at Ills III Church they would perhaps not work so po hard hardus hardS us S they thc do If It they Ih only anI knew that In converting nn nil who has hns hn md I Io n o knowledge of the tho truth lin line hns OIa or who ho has hns hn Rotten gotten Into the dark and through pin arid trans Irons men mell can fall from n a elge of the ha truth only on through I disobedience II Ie Ill of or they the knew In winning I a g such mich persons s from from us ui II s they IIII t hue y were vero hut but strength to time the Church of 4 Jesus Christ 1 of Saints I and were vere weakening their theli oni organ r I t 1 zillions in gaining such rueh Individual tilt u auld lule not miot l be e so 80 to 10 get et tl tHom thIrn m now HOV 18 MADR It U III obvious It you OU take Inke from I any tiny 11 1 frum any utY 1111 m mIh time the Ih Ilak pariS those parts that threat threaten en the th rist of th the or time thu tb v t of Hi th organisation you yon n that or and If you ou take Inke w uk portion end a nil add athi ad It to a yourself you ou On not hot add adri to yourself hut but weakness Now o t ko ll 1110 o I who are In tram leans r lon Il 1 who have hRIt Joined other they are lire from Ile tb truth Iru h but Jul they are tUt r I I not nol they I the h hav ha n t u ti knowledge of f th lb the mill I rum tl t their hoir I ni 1011 nod anti when they m I r re lit ot ol fr m I Ith time the th Church of unit Christ and Join om othor orga ii I an I Ion they I weaken enken that organization organisation IlIan lion and anil It I the Church of or Christ stronger e of nf the Ihl absence nf or those person In III Ve c 1 11 ho H to 10 hare haie ho 1 them repent hut hilt somo people you ou know will not repent Iel nt they the cannot repent On he 11 1 hand tak aki tho the of if the lbs of or Jeu Christ Christof of or I that Church which sends ends Mell s forth Its III ministers with divine authority to tb Ih Gospel of ur Jesu Christ anti declare to the world whom do they lucy convert IM III It those thos I who ho have hao been betin ostracized nod cast rast own from nil all religious doors No NoIs NoIs 0 Is It those who are In III In ho Inthe the other at hut churches or In III the world orid among men No Xo Who huo IK Is I It Why huy It ItIs ItIs Is ii the time people who timo are most mO 1 devout who ho ore arc most niost conscientious In III serving nOlI Goti FO fa far tAr as their t light pops gobs Op They lit to serve orve the Iho Lord anti and 1 nl they ore III to serve ere Him they Ih ur are prayerful they IhlY are In III fact ocl those Iho p converted to 10 the time Church of o are tho the very cry lest host that thol are to be found In tILe the churches of ot the 1110 world worM In other word they thus ore tim tho strongest Individual lob to hA found fotini In III the hue various of at Christen Christendom dom auth In III gaining them theta we 1111 to In the tho true We Ve sea Ie the time evidence of ot this fUll fact lh n we Ve look lookaround lookaround around nt at the Ih ami ammil of o gooth noble imbue devout loon inon ell nail and women who vho Imm havo Ilave been fat hers ani on of ot Mich tieh n and Allen AllAn hire aol tens nf or nf or who an arl or havo hAO his Ve mado mAl murk In Inthis this tim IM who are Irp endeavoring to to build buildup up III III tilt Iho Church hurch of Christ ChrIt 1 on the earth anti who are n a benefit to any all community OIlY wherever they time the mil mu be hI It I Is t fa fathers faI here I a and ill mothers of or other young omen men who shall carry on trie tho work of nt God Gomi In Inthe the th world our convert In I U g In hi I ii Christendom In III I ii at tig such Mulch people to I the Ihl Church we Wl Vt add strength to ho It II and we I st make time the churches weaker 1 every cery tuna one olin Is it won from front them and Is brought to n a know knos lodge of ot tile the truth KVIL 1 OIT olT olTre We re stand tani ns an I r said for or truth for lIon hon estr for hanoI for Integrity for or every everything thing that Is good my lilY itt brethren nod sisters r and amid thop who vho will 1111 not 1101 yield MII obedience to tl these principle nol who Iho will not 1101 serve fern Cloth Clod must mURt sooner or later IntI be ht cast Insl off olt from rout the time true Church of or ehrl l People 1 who are art sinful and unrepentant omit ant people leoPie who orl nrc In III transgression untIl inon and null women who lire are wicked lIi In iti their hearts nod who will not repent can rOil never lIelI enter Into the kingdom of f God 1101 and no tin man or woman who ushto ID Is I full Ui I of Iniquity I n nd sin in can calm at m nil in 10 this Church v W ser ry long no they the will be weeded edl out There are sins slius my mum breth brethren tell ren and sisters which may many ml be he commit committed toil ted that cannot be he repented of I In title this life nor will they lime be In lIt this time life nor the lie life Ie to 10 comp come auth aol and woolen women who ho commit these the l sins In bo IH retained In ho the time Church of Jesus JeSLIS Christ of Saints Show ma Inc another church In the world that In ln Invariably variably excommunicates lava mell or oi wo vo women 10 men because b coupe of ot transgression or wick wieh wickedness edness there ore ate none Murderers whoremongers keepers of Qt saloons gambling hells holls nod brothels the tho doers of ot oil all evil elI mil be b members In Iii the Ih de denominations d nominations of ot the world Apparently there Is no fin siR n a 1 Con cnn commit that would cause caio other tiler denominations to 10 I 0 excommunicate III u ohm he otis one of 0 their I imel r members from rota their churches A member can ran repudiate llla the church hurch alli then therm there thre Is III else olse cl e for or tho thu church to do than to cast call tutu him out The Catholic church would not flat ever e r do clo tb t In lit e t they tIlt 1111 would burn tin in at nt tho the stoke stake fill and then pray for their salvation As J 8 a 1 gnu fn cral thing thuin no lit matter how holl imo wicked 01 or the occupation of n a mOil man be hI he Ito con cnn occupy the Ihl hut very Ier ery best pew PI II In III Inthe thin the church h If he lIC h will but bill sustain It itu with II u Ith his hIM means That CAnnot be Iw ii in In Ill the true Church of Christ l We WI must serve lad God we must t keep Ills his I era com commandments we e must eschew the II very cry appearance of evil and do It that which Is IA right to tn retain our standing In III time tho Church hurch which has been founded In Inthis Inthis Inthis this by h God Gol time the Father anti by bythe bythe the time Son Sno Jostle Jesus Christ I f your deeds leetie are an such luch ns as wore oie mentioned by h this that Is lA If they the tite lute not rIot known by ii h men let me till assure OS you that God Gol knows knoll them and while you Into con can continue In III this secret errel sin n a member ot of the itt Church a II professed s member of the tha Church It the Ihl I lt day 10 will vh I I come com my III i 0 y breth brethren bid It ren tul slitters sIsters If those sins In tire lift repented of most God tims th I Father timi I will 1111 i I I separate spara to you OU from un those thop who arc faithful anti will Ihl cast you out ou I from Ills HIM presence and niti from Hid Ihle because of your our slits sins Therefore wo se say iy lIr repent ye O Latter day Iny and coil upon tho hue t world to repent YOI vim are warned 11 warn your you ou who ho have a ti knowledge of the truth tearh IP h your chil chih children dren you yon ol who wh know that God lives hear bra r your testimony to till the I hit world worM that t ta a nil I I Inn have ha the ho I privilege tI of ot knowing that Cod hIve and attn that hunt this Is His lis Church and that the hue Faints nr 10 0 Gods no l people Now may Inn the Lord busts bles you my roy brethren h sisters May In you bo ho In ho this thIA rolle go 10 goforth goforth forth and serve serse Ih I ha Lord larth I r with lie 1 s 54 of Ot purpose lU II iii with uv I thu nn 1111 o Il eye tye I e wl fl ih c to the gior of God nOli antI In tm th Ih thin building up lip of If His 1 1 Ii kingdom the tho earth may lIlay maybo mayIto I bo Ito prepared for reign n ns nH wing I Iut of ut find Rill Lord 1011 of Lords when we WI mB may Lu a y bosk baik In III I h is approbation mu I I on it lul s nil os i if or it f approval api rova I II ti of or our on r faithfulness fum I I It nil ness In Iii Ills 1 hIs will 1111 anil 1111 ii oh out lit III tip thu counsel given to us 1111 through Ills His ser per er rants tim the Lord bless us il to 10 end nh III In its the name of tuf o Jesus JI u Amen men |