| Show 4 t m t H 4 t 4 M t M 4 M M H 4 M H H t H M t H f t H 4 t tr tro DISCOURSES o IN IV THE TABERNACLE f I U ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 14 1904 I TT T I Y 1 t The courtesy courte of or addressing the con ton In tho the Tabernacle on Sunday tb extended to Frederick Feb r b U II 10 was vas M 1 Smith 1 grandson of or the tle Prophet nd Ant t counselor cou to tho President of or tho organized Church CiUCh He 10 lb spoke chief chet leor that educational linen showing iv I IT on n t the L e Mormon creed was wag UI All Al truth Saints were dl ti dlly anti d that hat 11 ant Instructed through Joseph Josephh Jn ly IY h to 10 obtain knowledge from the tho beet t books bok boO 9 Ho lie 10 was followed Col owed by iy Elder rharles w lenrose vho who touched on the perpetuity of ot the work established Prophet Joseph JOeph Smith Ho lie by b l the showed that this Is tho dispensation dl cf or the of or times a and ana ane that the In lii these those valleys valey ate are ne carrying out the pr t Joseph the te nf or th Prophet In n al alt particulars and testified that the divine divIno authority conferred on him had hM continued and would continue In unbroken line lino ln till ti the tho great consummation mation matlon The Tho discourses were reported verbatim mIlon ns a follows by Elder lIde Arthur Athur Winter Sinter M SMITH S I t can Cn nature 8 UrO you OU that It I Is with wih feel teel are peculiar that I tand stand be before before IngA ar fore tore this people this afternoon as ns a it n not fur far removed remove from the theman ho bo honored almost man mm who ho to aboVe e all other men by this people yet yetI et etI Iloe I represent ni nt a n religious belief belet the tIlt dif different I ferent of ot which from yours yOUIR yourl Is BO so 10 mark cd In h me respects and Ind In sonic some re rc specie pem Ime to io antipodal tint there thero can cnn be bem beno m no 1 and hence h you ou will wi see ee tint that 10 my In feelings t cannot bo bt otherwise than peculiar as 85 I I stand before you OU to address nn tin n audience that honors my m grandfather I 1 might spend tho the time which hits his been so kindly given to mo me 10 discussing tho the differences that exist elst be boo twe n the two churches but I 1 doubt that that would accomplish any an good and It might tent do d some harm hut but there thore ire common grounds on which we cnn can cn stand ae land and amid we 10 havo have beliefs In common for the few rew moments moment that I may addres you OU I shall attempt If IC possible I to 10 bring from tram such luch writings as ns Joseph Smith vita ac Instrumental In bringing to I Ithe the world things that may laity Iny be for tor our I trust that In thus mutual edification Id thul attempting to present to you OU what shall be II for your our benefit and for tor your our good I J shall feel reel the and the leading Ihal of the th Holy 1101 Spirit and to that end I 1 sincerely ask that I might have your our prayers erl for I realize that only when n a representative r of this great Int at atter ter day work shall have hae the prayers prayer of ot the th congregation to 10 which he Is ii talking ran he do his hi best besl good goe I 1 thus thua recognize nize aize cn the great Instrumentality of or the I Holy Hob Spirit and 1 nIl I think I hold hoh this itis 1 U f In common with you I Whether time tho the great grent arbiter shall Ihal the differences that t exist eist be he between I tween the two churches only the Great of the tue universe can tell tel Hut hit n t In common fommon with you I honor the tho man who Iho ho Instituted this work and anel who WM ras the he Instrument In the hands of God lotI In restoring to earth again agnin tho the Gospel as IS preached reachel by Jesus Je ul Christ In his mis mil Ion lion I believe belleve belee and In the ultimate trl tri triumph of or the work which he started I 1 believe helee with wih you If I the lbs Saints Church has hast hasI hll t I creed reed or If it there them Is a n creed which i iun cree tin un cm represent r tho the work Instituted and I founded by bP Joseph Smith It I Is Ii comprised ed td In tho the Iwo two words word all ni truth A An I when hen I say eay that I realize realise e Its Is I mince tance I 1 realize the tho scope tb these two ho vo words vord gives Ies to un us UI All MI truth It I that whenever there shall be resented to us lS anything that Is a I part 01 of the universe of ot truth then by rea rca ten sn of our vows In entering the church churchs s 1 aro ero compelled to accept It I Tou re remember ro remember member that at nt the time Joseph Smith nt Was las a young man and tho the time his tout eul ul was stirred up by the tho contention of cf churches churche he went Into tho the woods wood sad and followed the advice given In Junes Jine and sought nought p of or God that ho he might know which one of the tho creeds km Ims t as right You can en Imagine his as tie astonishment when he was WI told to by tim tha voice olce of or the Spirit that all al were wrong lie Ue had hed supposed that surely one 01 of ot tho the thoIn many In creeds were vero ere right but ho wan WIS told laid they ero nil 11 wrong And yet et ethen hen we e contemplate and nd meditate on this thing then wo we realize that tha In the tho soul wul lul of every OVer man mm there thero Is I a 1 longing to tobe tobe tobe be BO so completely free treo In his lits Ill worship of ot the tho great Creator that ho he cannot per permit pernIl permit mit nIl lm el to be circumscribed by tho the creeds of men but hut desires to look for IDI In all al nature He Lie 10 loves loos to Imagine that In the of tho the rolling thunder he hears heMs the voice of Cf God I RM he lie hears hearl It In the tumbling waters vaters terl of ot the catar CItar cataract act h he hears h ora It murmuring In the pat patter patter ter of lt the rain ho he hears hean It I In tn the tho mur murmur murmUr mur of ot the brook aye ho h even een hears hent It whispering In the tho unfolding of oC tho the vet pot petals als ala of tf If the lowers flowers of ot nature and Ind ho horl realizes rl that their perfumes sent ent out Into the air are 11 but bUI Incense In tho the nos of mankind which speaks of ot the th and tho the love lovo of or tho the great grent Cre Cree Creator ator It If ns as I a n whole shoie stands for anything It for self sel Improvement The ery very spirit of ot tho the ireat work li is I ono one on of ot self sel development It I l Is 8 n it I spirit of ot education If It you please Mid 41 he who Is la thoroughly Imbued with wih tho the principles of ot the tho religion cannot canot but butH H ft C that It Is Ie his hie duty duly to develop anti and study uny y and ont grow In nn on Intellectual as asas al I as ne a spiritual way Paul the tho great t of at old recognized this real fat fl I when W on he ho said that by tho the things natural do 10 IO wo we comprehend the things I and the great American sage AO Emerson moreon EI with sith wih what wisdom that final ly y accrued to him by years and years yearn of O meditation m arrived at nt the same saIn con er The he dualism of at Emerson Emerlon Is wt hut Ut In n a repetition of ot tho the truth expressed by Y Paul nul when ho JIO said that by tho the in thi n n natural do tin wo 0 understand the things niB To ro show that there thero la is this work vork the tho spirit of ot P or education I to tot h bring to your OUr attention some seine quotations ti t from rom S t the 10 and Covenants Anti And if it there Is I one thing above all else eilo that fI M n a materialistic Idea al of ot Latter mX n It U is the tho book of ot DoctrIne 1 I DoctrIn and I d for tor It Is In n a material la a the or of f the Of J revelation anti Inel In that we wo that anti V MI all believe belee Jt It t is Ie the tha ono one timing thinK I us most markedly lB t from 01 tim tho B tarlan world anti henro lh I it wo w find the tue principles which W deve should animate the tho theP great grent grat JI I pr III ay work As Aa early carly os 00 We anti this Instruction given through Jo 1 l In to S Wilam llam gen W I quote from Section 65 55 2 Par var of tho edition I do not know a what Citation m 0 it i In Your book but you OU cn colt y find it r And naIn you OU shall 1 be ordained to too tim my servant Oliver C to do dof tb work o of printing f ant anti of ot selecting D bo books for or I In this I tf that little children n nl 1180 ulso many ay III before ro mo me M SM J II III U into tap I leg ler here we for tOl the tench teach tencha a ft i v amid v I Instruction 1 of or lIttle In II way I l shall 8 n plen Please the Lord This ou nu I n RIS as B early n al as 1831 11 Lr 1111 antI when hal recognize e 10 t that In at t the he 10 Church was biln In mo 1810 then themi you OU set see how soon th the 0 ot of tue Church 7 tle beIng nn anti to Ih themselves in a that thet should he heA 1 A In the I I sight I or of led Ih lie Anti M In section U par 21 I It In InI It t li la same im ro book bok wo so 0 white I Ih hi ministry D giVen I M en m more I I I to some of you will agree bed me I In n lh the v l that wi what Is I O for the ministry ought to bo be good god T I T 1 I 1 V I 1 I 1 T 1 T r T rT T Y I t r T T T T T T 1 for tor the tho lal laity anti and If I It I Is IB for tor the Im Improvement improvement provement of ot the ministry It Is 18 for or the improvement of ot the laity AntI Anil I give Ile unto you a command commandment commandment ment men that you ou shall hall teach tenh one another the doctrine of at the kingdom Teach ye e diligently and my 1 grace IrCe shall at Rt attend attend tend you that you YOI may Je x e Instructed more perfectly In theory In principle In doctrine In the law of ot the Gospel In all 01 things that pertain unto the king dom dam of ot God Clod that are expedient for tor you OU to understand of ut things both In II it heaven anti and In the earth unit und under antler the I earth things thing whIch have hl been timings things which tire tre things which mutt must shortly shorty I come to pass NIS things thing which ore nrc nt home thin things H which tire oro abroad the thc I warn var a and the perplexities of the na nn nations I I lions and the judgments which are arc on al I the land and aneo a knowledge also ulao of ot coun countries countrIes tries and of at kingdoms that ye C may ho lie prepared In till nil al things when I 1 shall send you again to magnify the rolling cahlin whereunto I have havo called you OU and anti the mission with wih which I have hav commie commis you ou Now then con cnn you OU broaden that much Can eo you conceive anything In Inthe II inthe the way aay of ot study uny any branch of ot study stud any branch of ot education that lu in II not encompassed In that statement Can an you OU flail find any resting place In your ef efforts ere efforts forts for If It you OU foj rol rollow low the commands given Ilen In this pass pau pt ago Hut But let It us quote somo sozimo more In section 85 Sr par 36 38 Therefore There tore verily erly I say unto you YOI my I friends call your our assembly ut utI It ItI a aI I have commanded ed you OU and anti a I as all al nave havo not lot faith seek leek ye e diligently und and teach one ono another words of or wisdom ye e out of ot the tIme best est books boks words of Is dom dora seek learning even by b study and also by faith Here lere we wo find Inel the time two great grent principles pies ples lee d together and anti provement Faith Is I the t e first Ort essential and Clod has hiss even een commanded us to In Increase Increase increase crease that faith by study And again In iii Section 00 par 12 we WO find Ind the following and while It Is given specifically to fi II Joseph Jo eph Smith the same salo truth holds good goad IO which I mentioned be before fore If It Is 19 good for tor him It ought to tobe tobo tobe be bo good for tor ui us usAnd And verily I say Fa ay unto you YOt that It ItIs ItIs itIs Is my will wi that Urt you 01 should hasten to translate my scriptures and to obtain o a LI 1 knowledge of DC history anti and of ot COn coun countries tries and of or kingdoms of at laws lawa of ot Odd God of ot and Zion man rind and ull all al this for the th salvation Here Her Is la a it principle I wish to call cal your our attention to anti and Ind that Is that all ul wo we do all u we wo say SOY all al that th t we e hope to accomplish h should hould be b with wih the tho Men In view vi ow of the ultimate glory of ot lod od and the redemption of or Zion Eton that thu people who finally Dually I I aly assemble to re receive reo Christ us lB their king shall bo tho the pure In people worthy worth for Christ to rule And again Ih section ecton 87 81 par 6 5 wo we have bave stilt sll n a little more moro And nd now verily erly I 1 say eay unto you I give unto you OU a 1 commandment that you continue In the tho ministry anti and presidency presidency dency this thi again to Joseph Smith hut but It Is IB good god for us and when whon you have finished translation of the prophets you OU shall front from thenceforth preside over oer the tho affairs of th tho Church and tho time school schol and from time to time as shall be bo mani manifest feet fest tet by the Comforter receive revell revelations tIus to unfold untold tho the mysteries of ot the tho kingdom 11 und and nd set not In order the churches churchel and study und Id learn anti ond b como ac acquainted with all 1 good books book k anti and with wih languages tongues tongue and people 1 e eWI We WI e of at course may say that tha tho the good books are the tho three books bok that are lre usually accepted by tho the followers of ot Joseph Jo mean tho tim Uble tho tIm Hook lok of ot Mormon dormon the Doctrine and ond Covenants but the Lord does not con confine confine fine nn Us here to tho tile study of ot thel books booke He fl commands that we shall sha study stud nil all allgood oi good lod 10 books tumid Ind who will wl say sy that there are not good books boks besides beside these three ae And If goo you wish to broaden this if it you have havo hlo I not yet et enough scope for C Cour your our researches and the tho development of oC your energies then turn tur with wih me to the I definition of truth as ni we find It given In the Doctrine and Covenants and amid old commanded then remember that we are to accept nil all 11 truth to hold holl fast to all al truth anti see e where we can rest reat In Ins section s lon M Q par 1 t we vo find this Truth Is knowledge of ot things na ni they mire arc lre and aa as al they were ere and as they are ara arato arl areto to come Can eln you 01 conceive any branch of knowledge under the shining sun that Is not lot e In that definition of ot truth Then when you remember that the followers follower of ot Joseph Smith are aro com corn veiled to 10 accept truth and search for tor truth and that their creed cred Is encompassed passed In the words all ni truth you youcan OU can call readily see nee that there thero Is II not a 0 branch jf pf lt learning learing that we are not corn com Cm the tIme best to follow and utilize to of our ability for tor the glorification of ot God and Ind for tor the final redemption of oC Zion Wo We are aro tout told loh that Christ Is la the great Ireat exemplar and that In Him Hn wo we 0 have ex cx e nil all ni that the tho Gospel can cnn do 10 for Cor forus Corus forus us Ho lie le Is trio tIO one on shining person of ofal nil all al the tho hIstory of ot th the tho world that can camu ell bo be 0 pointed to as RS a I a perfect example n a 1 perfect perr ot model He Ue Is II the tho one ono of ot all al beings that ever lived upon the tho earth who through Ills His Hs life never nver made mad n mm I mistake and who could bo I followed from tram day do to day bay da anti nd yet be he found al nl in tho the paths Iatha of ot righteousness Anti And we wo Und mind Christ exemplifying this truth for tor did It ever eor occur |
