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Show f the heseret news, Saturday. October h' Cliurcli Department 1933 Made For Return To Ghurch Activities Appeal M T brethren: and Mater. I dee Mr to express the grarfctud. which I feel that X am permitted to meet again In a general caafer nco of the Church. I have not Been well, but through the tl he lord 1 have not been seriously sick. I thank him and hie name for this privilege. praise I love to bo hero at these rath Of member rings of th Church f Jeeuo Christ of Latter-da- y Balnta. I love to listen to the voice f mv whe are called or- on to brethren address It la ona of the Joy Of my you. life. Naturally, knowing that X might ne asked to mako remarks at thia conrere&c, I hav UHuirhc of something Xto say. I knew the mem age that wished to deliver, but lo to find words with y Which to properly ezpreM It. Elder Joseph Fielding Smith, In hla me with teat. He quoted from the words of the words whlch-- i th eentnrles which alno paaaed they were vftter applicable to ua todty me Vh!r T'T,WheQ th Lr uttered adwonl-wo- n WM to him personally. i Had Turned to Idols f tThe turnlaraelltiah people had , d from the faith of their father to thd worship of idols. The Lord sailed Eseklel the eon of Buii, to o to them and proclaim his word, he tells us that he want to f i nd - thoee who dwelt apon the 'liver Chebar. and abode with them for . seven days. He marvelled at theif wickedness, at their lack of faith and hesitated to declare the mes sage which the Lord had sent him to deliver, ft was at this time - that the Lord called his at tort! on to the fact that when he required j . at the hande of man the aeoom? PHshment of a efork when he sent him to call tbs wicked people te j l , repentance and failed to de1iv i er that messare.hehad the wicked died in their sins, he may ho held ' . for it. But he atao said responsible to him that If he complied with the eommands ef God our father d warned the wicked man ef bli . 'ways then if the man died in . wickedness, he had' complied with his duty and wosld not be held re f sponsible. He called his attention v to the fact that he had made s watchman upon the towers him of Eton, a man through whom he might properly send his word ts unbelieving people. Studied Application , 1 hhve often reed this neve studied It cure fully,scriptural end endeavored to understand Its Import nd application. I bsve ashed my-J- Jf thin question: What tion has this command of thapplicalor to you? Th answer that has com WT bees tbs Sam. ?? J? Is this: that whatever east on, whuther It be as amy pre- -f ottlxen th J government to which v r hllegiane or a member thd Church with which I affilL JHU. it becomes my duty to magnify Mfo the Ideals for which my wuntry jrtanda ans th doctrines Which my Church teaches. i sithcr, and by ?!? rpr0?p lead other people oount rjr or to iodlffsronoo sodtheir lack of at. en! , ina become responsible,l hav. and this responsibility more "vr then when I stand before a oon- gregation of Latter-da- y In ihoettltnd of teacbsr, Salats for ths Jtrd aspects man sod women wbo accept responsibility to magnify otherwise they Will be In Judgment! ,i "Vucj Recalled Thia particular scrlpturt - which yspecial J lh Inspired word . . . which im uttered tb mod 1 anolent. I pcophets, V thought of Its Importance, of Its application to T? t end outlined ' tat rYu,t Ptophecy which modem people are par. ticularly interested.. rd- - Prophet, defined la the , Th ' " one wno ! bvn called to deno'inof and foretell th Consequences And punishment of It. He la to be above oil els a preacher of righteous-ns- , to call th people bank from Idolatry, to faith In th God. and hen moved upon byliving th Spirt of th Lord to- foretell csmlng event. lBut more particular)- - a to bo da prophet jf preeent dutlee and an expounder interpreter of 4 PWcauoti of thi (Written word. t in .fiirrimit rwaiuon TV at the present day have ill entirely different relationship to hnd those who .tvod than prophecy at th tlmo that many of th most of th prophecies made Important were uttered. People of Blhl days looked hopefully and In-- faith for-wto the fulfilment of the words . mt th j prophet, We look backward and see that many, very many of those Important predictions have been fulfilled!, tV know if w study them ear fully that w are living at a time are being fulfilled and when are tha actors In thslr fulthat w they filment, whether we are eonaotoua Of it on not, and wo know further! if ws ar to Judge by tha signs of tho times which hav been given to O by tho prophets, and Christ htm eM, that w ar upon the! very1 ; - J . 3 j .i . Ivins By President Anthony W. ' Conference Address Given Sunday, October j ! I . - 8,: 1933 ' . i i u , I y s. . i i i . atten-prpj?c- r i , - ' ar. ! verge ef the fulfilment of the most important of them all, when Sod our lather will consummate Hi work, when1 Christ our Lord shall com to rule and assume dominion over the kingdom of thia world. Many OmlarW Pass It was four thou land years age that the Lord called Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees, and brought him up into Palestine to country and people who were alien to bu own race, and entered Into a new covenant with him. Thia man was ninety yean of age and was childless, the Lord told him to loos over yet all the land of Palestine, from north to south and from east to weet and promised that he would give tala land to bis posterity who he declared, would become, by comparison, as numerous as the sanae upon tho seashore or the stars ef t . heaven. . It was not until one thousand year later that this prediction, tills covenant of the Lord, was fulfilled. When David, the shepherd king. led the armies ef Israel, subdued the last Jebusit defenders of the city of Jerusalem, and establish hla capital city at that plats, was ths word of the lord fulfilled. Israel did become at that time OS of the dominant and most Influential kingdoms of ths known world. Promise Fulfilled f We, my brethren and sisters, are assembled her today in thia historic building. In a city wbteh wa call Salt Lake, in a territory which call Utah, a territory which vi federforma sne of th forty-eigated states of our union, each stats Independent In Its own sphere, but all bound together by constitutional law, which welds them Into a etn- -' gle entity, Only yesterday the ground upon which this building stands In fact the entire area covered by th United States of America was an uncultivated wilderness. Th pro- -. pheta ef the Lord, centuries before, had predicted th existence of this land, before It waa known to the , people ef the 'old world. They bad outlined to ne the establishment of this government of ours; they bad declared that upon this land, which . to them waa a land choice above all others, there would be established system of civil government, which ' awould b a light to th world!; a 'government to which would scat-bo of the gathered the remnant tered houas of Israel ; a government men would enjoy equal in which . government rights under the law; a act as their in which men would own conscience might prompt them to do with this restrlctloni however, that in that which they did upon th they must not Infringe them rights of others or prevent which from exercising th agency exercised. themselves they , Events Foreseen I The prophet leala h, referring to this land of America, these everlasting hills, declared that at a fu- -' tor time the Um to which be referred waa the latter day th house of the Lord would be established here, and that ail nation would flew unto it; that they would be taught her tha way of the Lord and tears to walk la hla paths By foreknowledge of God the prophets declared that by th direction of Hla Spirit th Lord would t bring people to thia continent who would establish this form of government, and said that they would never be overthrown or conquered by other nations. If they would but serve th Ood of th land, who Is Jesus Christ. Th destiny of America from th th day that Columbus sailed from waa ports of Spain to th present, th declared by the prophets ef Lord, as I have said, before tbs people of Kutope knew that Ameri- -, ca existed. The sailing of Colurahue, from th port of Faloa, in Spain, waa not a thing of chance. Ifhad been declared by the propheta nearly two thousand years before that tbs Spirit of th Lord would rest open a man among the Gentiles, and that he would sail forth and land upon this continent. As ha sailed on and on over uncharted seas, his craw was In open revolt, they declared that they would go no farther, and that upon th morrow they would turn th prows of their' ship back to tho east and endeavor to find their way back to Spoilt, but upon that eventful night a gun from the pint announced that land had been sighted. A new world had been discovered. Trek Foresees TwoPilgrim hundred, years after th landing of Columbus another landoccurred which had been Just ing as definitely declared by the prophets of God. When ths JNIgrim Fathers anchored their ships off Plymouth Hook, 'another prophecy had bean fulfilled and the history of ths Amrelcsn nation had been com. msnoed. Both of these events had bean declared, according to tbo dates X have been able to discover, two thousand years before their final aooomplistuneot. ,,, , , ht - - , For more than a ceniary the from th re Ion lata who had come - Did World continued to live under the governments of the countries from which they earns At th end of that time, and this too In fulfilment ef the decrees of the prophets, they declared that they of right were and should be an Independent people. Ths Declaration of Independence was published to th world. the War of Independence was fought and won, and our ship of stats was launched on a troubled sea. The hour had struck that kingcraft and priestcraft, which for ages had held th struggling masses of the world In th random, under , perverted control both in civil and religious Ufa, were to bo stricken and ths people of th world were to be emancipated from the shackles with which they bad been bound. i Oil arch Founded A half century had sines th establishment of elapsed our government when another svont of transcendent importance to th world occurred. Ths svsnta that X hav so briefly , and imperfectly outlined up to tho proseet were simply the foreordained and divine accomplishments that war to occur for th accomplishment of a divine purpose. Our Lord taught apostles that though his lifo ' his might he taken by hla enemies, .though tha kingdom which he would hav established might be destroyed by men, yet weuld he .live on and com seals to saaum over th control and dominion earth. Whn they asked him whea this would be 'give us a sign they pleaded "by which wa may know tho time of your coming and tha establishment of your he outlined th thing kingdom. which would occur in th world, ar passing 'things wblchr w (through today, os plainly as though he had assn them, and definitely declared that this gospel of th kingdom should be restored and preached. In oil tn world as a es ex-te- nt, ' ' witness, . , j l i I ' i I . i : ) j . j j j t . i - That promise, mv brethren and sisters, waa fulfilled eighteen hundred years later when, through ths ministry of Christ ear Lord sad under his direction, the open- -'-. Ing of th present gospel dlspensatloa waa effected ttirongh Joseph Smith and those Who were saso elated with him. Troubles Overcome anti-Chri- , - ' I i st . -- Immediately after th surrsn- der af Corswaltls at Y orktuwn, trouble, as serious as any whichour government hex since experleneed, occurred. Th army was about to bo disbanded, thors waa no money with which to pay th soldiers for the years of devoted service which they had rendered their country. It was proposed, that Washington be declared king and he that th eonfederatioa ef state dissolved, others denounced Wash- person as tha ington responsible for all of tbs trouble with which they wore threatened. Th , army threatened to march upon th Con-- I, gTeaa and enforce Its demands, and for fear that this might b ac- Congress bompUahsd, adjourned , and moved it plao of meeting from Philadelphia to Princeton in New Jersey. "While, the 'plotter were e- eembled, Flake says, I have cop--, led thia from hla writings, and now quota; "Washington suddenly cam Into th meeting and amid profound silence broke forth la a f and profound most eloquent speech. All. he says, "were hushed by that majestic presence and those solemn tones He pled for as Elder Klchards pled patience, for It her yesterday, for tolerance, "for trust In th newly born gov-- 1 end eminent which would in the solpay that which It owed, Th diers listened, hesitated and yielded to th Irrepressible presence . of the man who. more than any other, had made the establishment , of our nation possible. Work Omtinuea . From that 'time to.th present our country has met and solved many grave problems, it has had wars and emerged victorloub from i' them. It ha had financial depree- Mona many of them, but notwithit has gone standing this trouble, on, I might go on am quota part X of th notes hav here, from th war of tha rebellion, when fratricidal war shook th foundations , upon which th government was established down until tho present time. From all of thee wo have emerged stronger, more influential, more powerful. Until today th United States of America has become the most Influential and pernation in th haps th wealthiest t , world. At the same - time paradoxical though th statement may appear to you, in the midst of all its wealth, surrounded by th abundance which th Lord has Show ered upon ua, we know that nib lion of our fellow ottlsena are la dire need for the common aecea- si tics Of life. Every cltisea who be familiar with existing conditions that embarla our country knows ' rassing situations noand complex- '. at th presquestions confront , ent tlmo. To Everyone rerpleslng They are not only perplexing to tbo national government, hut to 'stifut tbo various states whir conth Union, th counties which muntci-'palitlstate stitute the and the which constitute the counties; and to a greater or lee my brethren and Maters, they affect every individual of the commonwealth, as you who hear my voles well know from your own experience. Three things have conspired during the past decade which more than any other, although there have been many ramifications from them, to create the present unfor- tuner situation. They are. as I them, the following: analyse First, the unprecedented disposition among the citixens of our country to treat with Indifference the obligation of ebedleae to civil law, and the indifference manifested by administrative officers In tho administration of it. . ' ; Second, th frenxied desire of selfish men to become suddenly . of tho ethics of wealthy regardless tho means employed to accomplish their ambfUoo and unrighteous desire. Third, th increasing indifference of our people te the eacred-sees of religious obligation. Should obey Laws Tha revelations, given for ths of ths Church tell ns - guidance definitely that governments are Instituted of God for the benefit of man, and admonish ua to , ha obedient to the civil law in tha countries In which w reside; that It is The right of all men to act ' In both privato and public affairs a eorAcienc may direct, but, - as their I have stated, with the limits- -, tlou that they ar not to infringe upon the privileges and rights of other The Lord says and this Is quoted from a revelation; "And for this purpose have 1 established the Constitution of this land hy tbs hands of wise men. , whom I raised up for this very purpose, and redeemed the land the by shedding of blood. If this government was established by God our Father, no an gument should bo necessary to conIs opvince you that posed to It. Lucifer la tbs enemy of God and Christ hts Ben. His been arrayed minions have . against them. always He fights to lead men away from th Redeemer of hav his emisth world. Nover saries been more active than at ths present time. Ths very elements appear to combine to bring confusion and- - tribulation to tho people of this troubled' world of our Both physical aad apirttual forces ar at work to effect end , accomplish if posMble our ruin. ' Need Strength of Church Shall Christ or Lucifer triumph la thki conflict? This government of ours and all other governments . need tho strength of tho Church, It waa by Christian people under was God that our government founded and baa been maintained. I have faith tn th soul of tha American people. They may stum- hi they may waver, wicked men for a tlmo seise control of ' may of government, hut tho affair even though confronted by chao whom the Lord ha these people brought her will rise . In of their Ood might and with the help will triumph. , Just as the government has had has bad IU trial its difficult! has been at times almost upon the verge of destruction, so bao . its organisation. ths Church since Its members have - been driven, hav been persecuted, they they and Ilk -- have been mixunderstood, ImSaul . of Tarsus, under th God were doing that they pression men hav endeavored to service, destroy its influence. Notwithstandnotwithstanding ing Its oriving th suffering of its people, lik th a government of which wo form Church has become part, th In Influstronger, more powerful ence and better than ever before, and I say its in believe, history, I th word better believing It to b true. Pleads For Loyally to you, my brethren I appeal and to all other who slater and vole are under the sound of my com or to whom my word may la Immovable aad firm to remain ' life or death to th principle of this government upon which In its epher ours la founded. th earn relationship it occupies that th In heaven Father our to He is clearly the Church doe m it to author of both, each own sphere th government for and welth temporal protection fare ef mankind, and th Church for their spiritual salvation. to can And so I fsel Impressed Upon my brethren and sisters to support and magnify and do their duty to both tbo state and th Church. 'W need the eympsthetto (Fleas Turn bo Pag Bight) ' i - P J, t |