| Show REVELATION AND INSPIRATION A Discourse Delivered Before the Young Mens Mons And Ancl Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Associations in the tho Granite StaKe Stalie Taber Tabernacle nacle nude Sunday S Afternoon Jan jj 15 1905 BY DY ELDER B n H lIt ROBERTS by Arthur Winter k y Y br i Nfl mid l ter Plat My r In hU his hi fJ leu tho Iho thoI I an 1 u urgIng 1 one about nolt to in be begin lii a 1 of the tho ti nn on tho nature anil to tho favor of ot the nod iod fod to 10 wItch h who JH the Iho one to deliver delvor tho the e that lu lun nil nU n mon men mel who tro lito ede bec tho ho favor of or the tho tl 0 gods upon UI on th their lr cs alle he proceeds to tu pray ay his hi hl may he hs to tho to gotis gol to tu thus who tire are to lintel i iOn On this present It I Is l not nut IlY m I to tho thu ot of ofu otI otIL u IL I subject either so su lofty or no I S an at 01 that which tim tho Ih Ck hud hlll to anti and yet et a o IS I t u tL 1 for tor tho the o of t In you Involuntarily I nm run to my heart IB lit I uplifted to 14 Q Oed 1 In prayer that I havo to present on this occasion meet Icet with wih the tha th flavor of lo loti ot l nt tho time bo l am I J presume nil ni o of u UI aro morn or of tho tim fuel that the tho duo doc doctrine trines trine rf of oC o the tho Ihl Church of ot Jesus Jeu hrit of ot Saints have havo been under uncle 5 u a very test tet of ot late into Many principles i I to 10 our faith have havo buen boen I en tho the su of ot Investigation l 1 y ono onu of tho the of the senate of the tito unite tho on and n a committed than which thich I doubt If It I thero Is IH another to 10 U it I In II point of ot ability witha 11 tho thu of tho th cH It 1 IH IK compose l of men who tr havo to d of ot law IIII us tIM lS welt wall tu of ot fact In cons uen e of that Us la lt nIo from fromn the thu most din dIM d K no of tho senate they ore me men len of ot ammil wide Wido experience once nee In of of logic and blo of ot to analysis is iM I any IY question that tha I may Iny be presented for tor their It 1 la Ia l Much uch li n body of ut men len before whom ninny of tho doctrines of It f the Church have been pro 10 and I thoroughly an analyzed 11 Thil the tiu of ot the tho committee The Tho HI m conducting condu tho the dol lore of ot the tho Church who havo been h el coll 1 d 1 upon to state tato sonio of the principles of ot our faith and place upon them thol before beor tho committee have havo lieen at nt 11 IL dl riRe KO They havu havo been called upon to on oil 01 thu tho pur of tho the moment imminent without having opportunity to tu prepare their or sleigh their words Their Thir have been purely extemporaneous Many of the tha t have lieen lem upon them in iii tho time way of mit lt and those adroit I do not use uso that term In Its Is evil rene enle the committee have huc pur purposely led lec them through a I labyrinth of stIr Sr ut if In thu tho hope them In II mimo lc Yet et on the whole 1 I think tho the Church hurch maii reason rean to Itself upon the presentation of ot cur oven under e circumstances and alit It Is iM not hot to t that tho timo brethren were ero sustained lib In their answers by a mm 1 beyond their ther wisdom that tha God lot Ol them In the tho trial which they It I would oud bo be however If It ItIn In Imi th the course CIO of no PO o lonu I an 0 Investigation tion tiun ton taken ln part In Iii by y BO t many lun If It the opposition did dit dil not nt at lt gain Homo HOlM if I by hy quip or quirk they did not ninko ap tip appear II roar pear in iii 11 tho the answers Qt of tho 10 brethren I want mit to Illustrate title this coil call ul the tho itt ut of tho the young people to BIO of lt thesis thee for fOI I havo baso hl tile dis discovered I covered Incidentally that of ot tim I catch that havu been coined during dUrinA thin thiM Investigation are having moro more or loin on all tho the of ot our youth olih during time the Investigation For Jor example referred to 10 the question of ot our belief In revelation wan 18 tia brought t up UI U n Is la a mm matter of common cOlmon knowledge among you yon YOI of ot course aurl that wo we believe belove In reve revelation lation from Clod to 10 man Wo believe that the tha Lord has imae revealed Himself tl elf In Inthe Inthe Inthe the day In which wo we live that it a mm dl tile l of ot tim tha Gospel has hns mn been heen given l unto In agn I of the thu world j that divine communication between tho ho earth and Ind tho the heavens hn h H been boen re ro that a mm 1 channel of ot communication lion tion hM IM been permanently established 11 by ll anti and through which the tho mind 1 hii nun 4 time the will wU of oC Clod may mn bo ho made mado known to tomen tolen men len In Oil This truth ruth t no en 0 commonplace to with wih I tim us UI a n matter of seven oon days won wonder wonter tier der ter to tho time sonata emulate committee In mince tion In Iii 11 the tho MUNG of Investigating thin subject of ot revelation time the Plea Idea Iel was wan developed that a mm 1 law 11 revealed from nod Old before beCore It binding upon tho the Church wits M submitted to the time people In 11 conference and 1111 thy y voted to ac accept Hr copt or reject It I Then till WAS 1 II Suppose a I 0 revelation r Is given to tho the Church hurh am tho the Church In conference assembled rejects It by hy vote oto what re ye iK Doss Does PO It tt go gi I for tor To Pa which nade In ill nub answer on IH I that If It tho the people rejected ro It I It would go BO for or nothing nl for that thatIs Is 1 so 10 far as ne 18 tho the people wets WOlf Then the tho questioning neol r f to your our faith the tit I ord tits UA to the Judgment jU of ot tho the people tints not hot desire deciro them item to bo be 10 by hy n l unless the approve Elder Ho desires them thel to be bo obeyed by h everybody hut but Ho lit 11 lets lota ner do tin Just na as 11 they please Senator You would then an 11 I 1 under understand stand you lIM o to follow th the people p 11 C and Ind not no the Lord LOII under the Is le that true j The I IONI line hn eo e rfd that when hen iten He lie I men muei 1111 as ni fl tin lie la mUtt did do doIn It ItIn In the tha revelations here hero rumo rho revelations that had lied been under discussion rl u mind named tho the Apostles and the time other gout gen general Ion eral frai authorities of ot the tho Church hurh He 1 te com coin commanded that they thC bo be 0 presented to the time Church and antt nn sustained or rejected 1111 nun tho Iho U io Church lute has jj tOy any Iny man ian he han hea Senator A sort eort of veto etAm over Or the Lord 1011 This 1115 r Is last remark la is II one onn 01 of ot the tho CR leh phrases which of ot tho the youth ril 01 o Israel are to tobo tf II bo be II pleased with A veto eto elo power on anti Wo We 0 want to Investigate that and I think we wn will wi sri bo be aide ablo to discover that It la Is l smart rather thin profound Again Alln whon the Iho of ot the time Mani MI Manifesto MItes festo tes meaning that Instrument through which plural III U I marriage wel ier in n the tha th Church was wag under Inde die dis discussion dieL L onn onA of ot the time brethren chanced to 10 that Ito In remark lf i the tho fur for or publication where m uron this took tolt PIco I m Senator 1 thin thie M Man nl feito festo was ni Inspired It Yel Senator That Is your rU A of ot It Itro tt ro 1 J r My wa wee WI that It I w WI wee s 4 Inspired Senator And wh n It WM WU wa tl to 10 you yell It 1 wn WA nn an Inspiration AS i you un understand Understand In from rota on hl h was WA It I moL r 1 tt 1 ld lYO Senator Wh t bu ln BK had you to 10 toI I t change chanse It I Kd r We tilt did not change tho the mean men meanIng In Ing if Senator you have havo Just juet stated you I It Not tho the nimie onse sir I did not say 11 we changed tho the lorl you 00 changed the tho phrase phraseology S Wo simply put It I In shapo for tor publication corrected possibly the tho ho grammar and wrote moto It so po that Senator You mean to say In that lint In imi II an Rn 1 Inspired In communication from limo iho ho Al Almighty i 1 mighty the grammar wits was bad wan sa Wl It 11 You nu corrected the grammar of ot tho the Al AI Almighty might mighty y did dir you YOI 7 Another saying which ap ep apparently lP appeals to tho time humor hUlor of ot BODIO somo nf or our OUI youth and here and luul there them you yu may hear now and then something Mid In lii an In Irreverent manner mummer too tOi about nl lt the absurdity AbsurdlY of ot correcting corr tho the Al ti grammar One other Item Iel Onn One of nf tho the 1 ol pursued pursue In Iho the Investigation by one omIt Oln of the Ihn most ost adroit of at the senators find linde IL necessary to mike make Ilke a n correction of or 1 Otto ono OlO follows of ot his ar statement whereupon this I Havo you 01 hat had any nn rovela ton or commandment In regard to 10 the you YOl should give In this case No dr lr Senator Them Is I no n Inspiration of or that or any part of ot It 1 l 1 iderAs to the testimony I should give glee here Senator As to the tho testimony t you YUI have given or are to give No I 1 do riot not rol know that I have particularly I r came Ji h re rl to 10 answer tho the of tIC tho time committee H I want to know knoy whether you YOI are answering thorn thom under 1111 r tho the dl di direction re ton of the lArd according to your belief or ai merely In your human anti and uninspired capacity I iThier I believe belev I shall answer th thi that are ure asked mo roe Il here hero as mis lS the Spirit Flint of thu Ihl I 11 rd directs direct me 10 aimi truthfully Senator Do you mean to say IY that the of ot the Lord directs you In your our answers here I believe belove so RO You believe so IO Yes sir air Senator Then In your our belief the tile of at tho the 1111 direct you to 10 make Inke the answer which you Just took back anil nfl mid said wan WUI a I mistake A t pause and silence Well Well It If you YOI cannot anwer It I will wi not A Previously this senator had said eak to the Elder I Do lo you not nol think that hat In Inthis tills this bearing It U behooves you YOI to be a u little careful of your answers so eo that In so 80 Important a n matter mater you do not nt have to take back haek In im 11 two or three inn utes UtPA what you YOI have mild This Is IH spoken sl okon of at according to 10 reports report that r eh mo me 10 as ims 18 a n severe severa reproof ad Acl administered ministered by a to one believed himself to 10 be nn an Inspired Inspire man mananti anti and nuro 1110 or less Ius of ot comment In Is II made maIR upon this as ns upon the others otherl I have named Now Nul tills brings before you not nl all ni a that t IH II im said 1011 but some Homo lome tow fow fol things that are re said Hald with lh reference to the tho Investigation Invest gallon gation before tho the senate senale anti nM I 1 think they touch questions of Q t considerable Interest on thy tho n revelation It Is la UHa subject I propose to consider especially tho the effect erect these rf ft f h im upon tIme the subject of at revelation It Lt us mis I now nol re me urn tim und and consider these QU tiLl 11 st Mt cm ono on by one oneTo oneTo To 10 begin with wih let us ui hav nn on under understanding standing revelation Itself It elt As I understand Ind It I n mm U Is I the tho namo nano of ot that net act by hy which Clod makes com corn communication to men len Inspiration In he I the tho of Ir that In uc tie leee e that Hint divine In flu fl mme iKo l o upon tho the mind of ot i on en under which h y may ay be saP paid I to 10 receive ilIO guidance The rime thou tol may bo be strong or It may be le weak wel Ie It I may In bo ho so 80 overpowering In Its 18 char character acter that tho time person peron for the Ul time be beIng being I Ing loses luses largely IJa own Individuality and I nil becomes the tho mouthpiece of ot God time the organ or al through tho time Divine i speaks to 10 the tho children of men There here exists alt all ul degrees of ot Inspiration front from human Intelligence and 1111 wisdom slightly Influenced up iii to that thit of Inspiration titian of at which I have lon spoken Ulela ton lon may In be made from front Owl Clod to 10 oman man lan In iii various ways saye They The may 11 be bo manic made by Got In Ills Ils own IWO proper roper I person Ierson speaking for tor Himself On such occasions I 1 take I It I that the Iho revolution would w be he most mOlt I know of at no more moore beautiful I or complete Ie Illustration of oC such luch perfect revelation on than that great reat grea t revelation I with which the time dispensation of ot the time ful tut UI ne noel neMR s of ot times hogan began when Got Clod time tha J mum Jesus JeRIK time the stood re roo revealed Sealed in tho time of oC Joseph Smith when Whelm livery Mor veil l was wn removal rOo I anti and time the glory of or lot extended throughout the this forest In the 11 Prophet hail hlll pray fid od when ho ime heart heard time the Father 1 speak til to t him as its IH one ommo friend speaks to another ma wIn Joseph this tim iii is IR my lY ma y beloved Hun Hum I 1 Mr 1 ur Him Then hen followed a it I conversa wih this second Divine portion on to tu toimi in imi 1 he Ime was ns titus thus HO RO perfectly Io Intro and aim nd from froum Whom he lie receive time the light mind and Ilc knowledge that laid time tho foun of ot this great greut work There hee was no 10 Imperfection whatsoever In Iii that t revelation It wan WIS va ii complete coni etc overwhelming and ono one of tho time float t re revelations that Clot has immia his deigned d to 10 o give glo to time tho children of oC men Revelations may be ho made and have been hean outdo made by b tho time visitation of angels urh an us when Moroni nl canto came and reveal ed Ol th Ih the existence of ot the record time the American volume of or Scripture time the Hook look of ot Mormon and who afterwards from flo time to m met t with the Prophet et lot of time the last laRt dispensation II and old gave him hll knowledge and mum Information ns as ni to the tIme manner In lii which the time Church be bo an how Its IN affairs should bo Ito conducted Then again revelations may tommie Om through the tho operations of the lie I Holy loly I S upon Ullon tho Iho tIm mm mind of mn lt mich Huch as nR It I did iiii when the tho Prophet Joseph Inn took and I nun nil and alit with them and mini by b their mild aid under the tho In once of tue Iho time IheI 1 I hook l of or Into nto time the 10 1 Ian lami In iii n a I similar manner time the Lord Loril ln Influenced time the minds of ills His Is servants when preaching tint tha th Gospel OO and I thi tithe thus delivers f Is Ills wool l to the Church alit tc to t t tue world Through all al these various menus loomis aol speaks speak and It Is IB our good fortune fortuno to ho he ie Hl that loOI He lie I le speaks In tlell these ways 18 ns as wel selI ns as In iii ancient tItmice After Aler many lany 1111 aim nd much of ot o C I I is mind omit will 1 to II time the Ihl Prophet Joseph Smith the Lord wild said to him him with wih reference to time the I hI InAI Itoh V lt if C W the tho thol he must cull call mi together In tim II a ti I the Ih who Wim hl had heon heen submit the time question to 10 them thel na ate 11 to tm tl whether or not they Il the were willing that he ime and amid 1111 Oliver Cowdery Cowder should proceed to 10 organize the Ih Church of ot Christ arid If accept PI them ns as iK their spiritual I leaders ler er and teachers In the things of ld I 1 at the condescension of God and wall el may the time world marvel o nt at ni 11 In iii thim submitting n a of ot this thU character to those who were r to participate In It I limit Hut when I come comae cOle to It I and anti to comprehend It H I 1 understand that thai God Oo hero r el as R a I great Kret 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