Show V 11 0 rw The Gospel a Personal and Practical Work Lc Led l to Utah by the tho Al AI Almighty r 2 a Address Delivered nt n General Conference tj S mighty Tho Truth and Its or of Divine Christ ot or Latter OI Of the tho Church ol of Jesua 5 Path or of Duty the tho lath or of Safety s I 2 day Saints In the tho Salt Lake Lako Little to Sacrifice for tor Gospel Oo pol City October O b er 0 1003 oJ by b Y I Causo for tor Gratitude ELDER ELDE MATTHIAS MA F COWLEY 3 t a Jj J I J fI brethren and sisters re reo J MV I with beloved ou In the th privilege of oC at IC feeling Ending I this conference te In standing before you v m that you will sustain tm mo mon mour S n of oC faith that th tho b jour ur Prayers pra rs suggest na liS He H ha haHoly Holy t 0 Spirit S other may brethren what ought ough tO I tl things aro said to us am benefit that wo Cram fron the Jhom will depend d pend upon the tho use we maKi malte Sf them We should not be hearers o ot 1 cC em alone we wo should be doer if oC It It Is the of the tho word o ot Go d the tho keeping 1 of oC Ills His that will count to our oui credit In not c I things thing to our our salvation from the nf this this life Ilfe tind to our complete to rc tho effects of ot sin am from lion ion r fall In the which It Is to comp come comeTh the Th It a Mork It Ills Is a a 01 k kI Individual should f hi Ii every In I n v personal consciousness ir In ft that a our sous that God Clod expects something that we wo are accountable and of UK u to fC Him for tor the light which we have havo re ro to th the ed Wo are arc Indebted for the 1 light ghi Lord Ie IerI rI not to man hat at we 0 have and for tor the situation tha thane before the world In III a n re rt ne e occupy oc sense I claim that over favorable 11 condition surrounding tin the I Saints every elory ie e enjoy enJo whether it be he spiritual 01 or temporal Is due to the Gospel the thereat creat reat work ork has hns established Our Oui situation In these mountains Is III not th thre the re of the wisdom of oC man A gen gentl tl said to me the other day y ni nin a n wp were wen coming through When h ll Young established nd his people In these mountain val valleys valles leys les lie he mado no He lie under tood that It was the best spot slot of oC earth between the tho Missouri river the Pacific const coast and was the tho place for the thc people Of course he told the truth but he did not wish to acknowledge that President Brigham Young was In tho selection of oC this land by bythe bythe the spirit of revelation from God He did not fed teel to acknowledge that Got Gad Imd Ills His hand In It at nil It Is the tho Mm am In regard to every other feature of oC this work worle We had pointed out tc to in II Ihl morning very vcr clearly clear through the th Inspiration of ot the Holy Ghost Tn lor how that the tho Gospel re restored reo stored storell through tho Joseph Jos Ih Smith Is affecting the religious world This Is 18 true truc they are proving provIng ing tint that Joseph JO Smith ti a Prophet of lC God Jod whether they tho believe It or not nOI Hut Iut they the are ure not adopting our for Cor the purpose of oC drawing Interest tc to this vork or of oC establishing any la In the tho hearts of ot the people to In what they call Mormon l I m They have no such purpose In view And In this connection I want lo to 18 ay to the Saints that understanding nu wo do that these thes have havo emanated from Crom and hive been presented to us In His JUs rev to the th Prophet Joseph vo O ought not to be Ie so blind as all jo go oft off after some somo I of n 1 10 hue sue THE Tm AND ITS 1 I met n a brother some time ago ngo who was quits prominent In the community where he lived and anel ho had hOll organized a I little party which I 1 sup eup suppo PON po from a political standpoint ho had n 0 right to do but he told me that nil all tho people ought to be socialists socialist f tr r the reason that socialism he ho said l II the United Order tho moro mora we 0 nn get to Join the Socialist party part the thera ra i r It will be to establish the United Order when thu tho lime Imo comes I had to him If IC ho was waN so 80 blind as ns to be he that after God has hns revealed tho principles of oC the tho United Order and the 1 npr are arc not to corn carry them out jou ou cnn can po o to some Institution of oC the tho find those Iho principles amI them for tho benefit of ot man I told him that no matter how near the world come corne to tho s of the Iho Gospel no matter now how mu h they try tr to establish them with cut UI tho Ihl of oC tho Gospel the of oC the Holy Ho they neer run carry carr them out worlds with without out cut end enl Humanity Is too to eMr out these great IR In S 11 of God The Tho dl po of the world to somo Jf nC the theories doctrines of the ns nil enunciated by h the Prophet Joseph Jo ph Smith over 70 iO jears ears ago Is df dl by b tho adversary ns as a delusion more thin anything nn I 1 remember Irving tr to show n preacher that these doctrines Rome Mme of ot which lie he claimed to helle had been by hy Iho ho Joseph JOEeph Smith over 70 iO yearn ago SO He to deny It II but could M not bring the proof to sustain his hili denial He said MILl that Urn tho principle of ot lie redemption re of oC the tho dead was Inti Rated by Ii somo theologians before tho a das 8 of oC Joseph Smith In this way they lire B to tho people from tho fountain of ot truth In effect they the any sn to o th ho people Wo tho law of ot we wo have the doctrine of the nent of Christ we wo In want you need not Join the i Saints for the o doc They y arc commencing to sn ih th i t they th 1 have tho doctrine of the tho re 0 11 of oC tho that Mi Ih firM oro preached to In the m tilt f i It Is III not necessary to KO 10 to IP Ihn Paints to find out those o Ks s this means menns they eeck 1 II ff to ken tho people In the tho dark h a y Irom Tm the of h i of oC eternal to 1 f C IU K OK J oman omaiN With the that wo of at t oC r tho 10 Jo Tu ll i Smith I li I f y that no Is In n tholo 10 r ts following atler In tho world they bo of nr n or of n a temporal t na tUr hns h 11 III work nn It 19 every W clement dement t L 1 la for Cor the tho of w h find Lord has hns revealed unto tin liB liBI plan of temporal Inha I hns HT R on UK the law ot t thin tIe hns lf It 10 I ih ht In thin land bo he a n land of hi h on unto 1111 by M w Il I lw tho P Thill ls Is the of r 1 tn to tho Iny Saints III with It Ho peNI t l ot f tho rc h or i breall Un 0 falth my n 1 t to carry ho nw of C On I that 1 wo nm cJ enjoy y tho hops hens n s como COllie from obedience there theren t M All hn hAA he en m men of ot tho horld n i to MO Mil MilI I somo power ln In work worl I thc do not 5 Ono Onn of our eon c 1 who In III now n mado tho In Call fornia R tho Mn Mormon Church was hat lon n rth tho Rala 10 oC Ban wort In l them otherA III of but tho Mormon Church lie he looked after the poor Hy ny their law of tithing they the see tha thano no ono one suffers the build their temple their sacred houses and awhile by hy law of oC and they the claim to have i 0 union In temporal tempora I things that will bind the tho people together com comPletely completely PATH lATH OP Ol DUr Tim TilE PATH OP Ol OlTY SAFETY TY My brethren and sisters It Is our oui duty duly to keep keell glorious principle In evv I 1 do not nol know of any of ot safety for Cor the Saints only that which finds us In the charge of every duty duly When our Ing Is due we should pay It not nol put It off oct to the end ond of oC the year Ii It wo use uso that which belongs h to tho Lord when we wo come to settle ettle our tithing 1 It will not be on hand and In III all proa we shall find ourselves unable tc to toray 1 ray ay nn an honest tithing who Indulged In this practise ought to re repent pent of It We should pay our when our substance comes to us An Anti wo should pay lla In kind not sub substitute something that Is Interior Inferior tc to I that which vvo we ought to pay In an ancient clent times tile the Lord this 1 recall rc that the tho Lord actually act allY cd eel a 1 curso upon anyone nn one who would of offer fer ter as ns a n sacrifice anything that had t n blemish or that was Yn old and useless I It was as that the tho offering should I be he clean clenn and anel pure and without blemish that It might symbolize s In the best pos manner the offering of the Son 01 oC God The law ot 01 tithing Ii 19 similar Go Gall does not demand de mane ot oC us tho nry best hest and let et He would be he displeased If vvo we were disposed to offer olTer the best befit but Ho Is not pleased when wo we from our substance that which is the t bring It Into His store storehouse storehouse house You remember the tho law In ancient Israel regarding the se eo selection lection of that were to be con consecrated M nJ tithing The Tho Lord said Bahl that every oler one that passed under the th therod rOIl rod should bo holy hol to thC tho Lord r AJ All AJI AllI I understand this thle they had what we wo would call calla a corral and aa ns the animals passed out one at nt the time every ewry tenth one Nil was marked markell by n rOll rod In the hands of oC the man who stood at the tho entrance that ono one was holy unto the Lord Ho did not demand the best nor did He Justify the selection of the poorest hut bul Ho lie dealt fairly with the people Yd Yet HP has dealt with us far Car more gen than Ho lie did with ancient Is so mel When we think of how He lIe has hns l us In this glorious land how tha th people arc extended tram from on the north to Mexico o on the tho south stakes of how we 0 have hav Increased prospered surely Ho has blessed us exceedingly LITTLE TO SACRIFICE FOU FOn OOS PULi PE PEr I r almost sometimes when 1 hear men say sa they thoy have made sacrifices for the tho Gospels sake sak Have 11 avo we wo made any sacrifice for tho Gospels sake so ko Is III It a n sacrifice for tor a II man to lay Iny aside his sins In III It n sacrifice for tor n 1 man who Is addicted to tobacco to lay It aside or addicted to liquor to re repent pent of oC that oll or addicted to pro profanity fanity to lay In that aside honor tho name of Deity or n a violator of oC tho Sabbath day tillY or guilty of oC any lay that aside ashle and purify himself by enco ence to the laws of God Why Wh It II Is no nomore nomore more of n a sacrifice to the Immortal spirit of oC man than It Is 19 to wash our bodies when they thoy are unclean Now I have havo never been across the ocean I have not personally witnessed the tho temporal condition of at the tho faints ol oC God In Europe but 1 I been In tho Staton l I halo havo mingled with tho Saints In various parts of oC the Union en Ion I 1 havo ha vo found scores scores of oC families that did not own one toot foot of land did not own the house that covered them did not notown notown own a horse or n cow They were simply tenants What has hM brought a change chanco to these families and ami made them prosperous In these mountain valleys Has lias it not been heen the Gospel of Jesus Christ Han It not been heen Uio principle of oC gathering I see s o the tho Salvation Army has adopted the principle of oC gathering mm They are gathering an l colonizing But It ItIs ItIs Is the tho great crent work of ot God OM that has hos brought u Us here Where In nil hese Stakes of oC Zion tho families that have no home of their own What percentage of oC those living in rural ruml do not possess their own oln homes with teams and cows and other re resources resources sources of at employment How lIo many arc there In such Ruch a 0 destitute condi condl condition lion tion aa they were In tho I 1 will venture ventura to say Bay that there thero very vory tow few Indeed And let ino me say further If It the tho Saints were prepared to carry out tho counsel of oC the servants of or God there would bo a t stilt better con can condition dilion among UR than there thero IH III today speaking from Crom n a temporal standpoint You heard Brother J Grant said In regard to tho effort that to be made to establish maintain one little factory In the community Men feared to In Invest vest for tor tho of oC tho people and tho Lord cumo to the assistance of Ills His Ho Ue President Wood Woodruff ruff to sn ny that It was waR tho will of ot tho that that should not be a n failure Nevertheless vvo 0 had hila to send outside and borrow horrow money of or tho Gentiles In order to establish that Industry but they thoy have hAe been paM paid the on en Is a great success Ho I say wo have not sacrificed very much tem temporally for tor tho Gospels Oo sake lILke When It ItI to religious matters what kind kine I of oC houses of had vvo 0 In tho world It Is s only recently that we hall hod any of our own at nil all Down In the tho Southern Slates they used to burn them up almost as soon sOOIl as they were werl built I 1 bellevo tho ono one Uey built was In Kentucky In order artier that It might not be burned down they the Insured II It hut but mob tool took and callIe and tore taro It down Ilon pulled the los logs apart with their oxen In order to Lent beat mound the protection our people hud had placed upon It No matter that no ns I waR wan our people had very ery few Cell nice of oC war hilI to meet In before they gathered to Zion lon What do vvo find here In almost every ward wo n a suitable place of at worship vvo wo aro Improving In this direction nil all tho time Wo We have A 1 munt beautiful ful CUI in Pocatello 1111 good as any In Salt Lake City I believe They are building bull another ono one at Then vvo 10 hlo not nol sacrificed s anything In that direction have And when you ou talk about father and moth mother er sIster and brother for the Gospels sake how much mu h of a have wo What dill did Jesus JeHU My to His disciples s when they vvo we forsaken Cona ken all aU and followed followell theo thee what shall we havo therefore Ho Un laid unto them ono one that hath forsaken Cor houses or brethren or sis sisters or 01 father or mother or wife or chili chU hep ion or lands for Cor my names sake shall receive an nn hundred fold shall Inherit everlasting life Maybe Maybo you forsook your our father Cather and mother may bo 10 they t ICY turnell their backi bl k upon you ou What If they did You have come Caine tc to this land ant found fathers Cathers and moth mothers mothers ers brothers sisters Just as 08 tin tho tinSon Son Son of oC God said to Ills His disciples One came camo unto him and said thy th mother 1 thy brethren stand with without without out to speak with thee ami aM aMlIe He lIe asked Who is my nl mother ami who arc oro my brethren n 1 Answering the question himself He lIe pointed to Ills His disciples l said Behold my m mother and my brethren n I Toi l ol whosoever shall do the tho will of oC My rather 1 which is Ir In heaven the same Is my brother antI and sister and mother And have on OU not found C It thus What else Iso can we toy Why this that the man who for hl father and mother for Cor the Oo Is sake has hM accepted In lu the Gospel 1 that will bring his hIli atHI mother fils ulster sister brother tc to him and ami they will fulfill the words ol oC the Prophet Ob that shall come up on mount Zion I CAUSi roil I on I might say sn more In this line If It there thera were time but let me m say to the Lat Saints that we ought not tc to talk about sacrificing for Cor the Gospels sake We ought not tc to forget torget the obligations vvo we are arc under to God Oot for tor tho creat that He has bestowed upon us U We WO ought not to bo be unmindful of oC the fact that It Is through the Gospel that nil all these blessings have come unto us Now It does not lIot matter what the world do whether they arc friendly to us or not so far Car as ns tho Iho work of oC God Is con can concerned cernell It matters to them however whether they the treat the work worl of ot God properly or 01 not If It they do not treat It tight 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