| Show DISCOURSE ay y elder eider jolln JOUN tavi tall OK teal 1101 ernle ernie reb feb 22 1663 BV BY G D WATT and he took bread and gave thanks and brake it and gave uno them saying this is is my body which is a given for you this do in remembrance of me likewise also the cup after supper saying this cup is the new testament in my blood which is shed for you 1 I 1 here is nothing 0 very peculiar in this ordinance though it is rather a strange institution when we reflect upon its itt this ceremony has been bein attended to throughout generations that cle cie are past and still stilt it is attended to reus jeus jesus bald baid also DO this until I 1 come again af notwithstanding the great falling off the great apostasy apo stacy since the days of christ and his bis f apostles this ordinance has generally been adopted by the christian churches so called however they may err in many other prin prid aples of faith falth and doctrine this ordinance has been 7 renewed to us and ad is is part and parcel of th esne covenant gad has made with his people in the iatter latter days it was tided among toe ancient saints who resided upon this continent long before it was waa discovered by columbus as well as upon the continent of asia among the saints that lived there when we attend to this ordinance we do it il upon the same principle that they did anlie anciently whether amon among the saints of god on the asiatic continent or among the saints on the american continent I 1 was a little struck with the hymn that was Bung Burg the savior of mankind iy ay mind mild was led to reflect back to the time when then he was upon the earth and to the time previous grevious fr evious to his sojourn here and to the way and manner in which he came up n the earth and ind the designs of 0 hla hia heavenly father in his coming beres beret here also the designs of god relating to the world and to his saints sa in particular As we find ourselves upon this chlasta stage e of action it is very natural that we should inquire something about the Tosi tobi position tion that we occupy herey berey here bere A dand and our relationship 0 10 o god and ng avys about the plan of salvation and about thoe thore who have acted and operated in this plan it 6 would seem from all that we can gather bothi ft from old and new revelations that god has si had a design to accomplish in relation to the world whereon we dwell and also in creation rea tion to the inhabitants that have dwelt and will dwell thereon and also in regard to the heavens in relation alo alko to those spirits that have not yet come into existence as well iv as those that have in relation to those who have lived and died without the gospel as well as those who have had bad the privilege of the gospel gospels to bring to pass things that ho he has contemplated before the world was rv we e as a portion of the human hitman family are interest vi d in these events and ought to understand our position in relation to them and also to god and at the same time we ought to comprehend in some measure our relationship to each other we ought to know what course to pursue to secure the approbation of our heavenly father and fulfill fulfil our destiny up n the earth in the best oest possible manner and aid ald with all our might to accomplish those things god has designed before the world was it would beem thit th it the coming of the savior to the world his hia suffering death tio nand ascension position he occupies in the eternal world before his heavenly father has a great deal to do wih wi h our interests and happl happi happiness hap bap pinea ness nebs and hence this continued memorial that we partake of every sabbath this sacrament is the f fulfillment of the last request of jesus christ to his dl for aa as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cud cup cup ye do show forth the lords death till he gomes comes comes saith faith in this ordinance would necessarily imply that we have faith in jesus christ that be e is the only begotten of the father fa her that he be came from the heavens to the earth to accod dliah a certain purpose which god had bad de sll sil sigred red even to secure the salvation and exaltation of the human family all ail this hab has a great deal to do with our welfare and happiness here and hereafter the death of jebus jesus christ would not have taken place had it not t been necessary that this his ceremony should be instituted to keep that circumstance before ahe the minds of his bis people bespeaks its import ance i Sn ance ce as es embracing certain unexplained pur poses pases and mysterious designs of god gori thy they are explained in jin part but they are not fully comprehended it is not fully comprehended why it was necessary that jesus christ should leave the heavens beavens his bis fathers abode and presence and come upon the earth to ner fler bieselt himself up aa as a sacrifice that he would sli bli ac cordin cording to the thie scripture saying take away sin aln by the sacrifice of himself aimse lff v by this ibis should be why it was necessary that his hmood blood should be shed is an apparent mystery itis ills liis true that we are ate told that without t the i Bb sh edding idding of blood there is no remission of sins but why this why should such a law exist it is left with us as s a matter of faith pt hat it was necessary he should coms and and leing being necess necessary arv arr he shrank not from the task but t came to take away eln ein by firing offering di up him 1 se seit j jesus jesua christ is spoken of in the scriptures agthe lamb of god that away the sins sina 0 of the word world ll 11 what sins of the world did be take away we are told that it is the sin awai away which A adam am committed we do not know munh much about adam nor what he did but we know that this sacrifice took place and that we are found in the position we now occupy and aad we are ready to believe from the testimonies we have h ave received tn in relation to thib this sacrifice that it was the will et of god he should thus offer effer himself up and that he be came here for that purpose he was the first begotten of the father full of grace and truth and suffered bib bis boly to be broken and his blood to be sailed spi led doing not his hia own will but the will of him that that sent h m 2 not to accomplish his own purpose particularly but the purpose of him that sent him and hence we are told to observe this thia rite until he comes again there is something also to be looked to in the future the son of god has again to figure in the grand drama of the world ife he has been here once and in bis his humiliation his bia judgment was taken away it would seem that his ancient disciples upon this continent or upon the continent of asia actually looked forward to the time when jesna jesua would come afe age again ain aln and hence be he is frequently frea antly spoken of in t the scriptures haying having a reference to his second advent that to those who look for him he would appear the s second cond time without sin unto salvation again isaiah in speaking of him says all we like sheep have gone astray we have turned every one to his bis own way and the lord bath laid on him the in equity of us all he was wag oppre oppressed syed sied and he waa was afflicted yet he be opened not hla hia mouth be is brought as a lamb iamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her is dumb so be lie opened not his mouth lie he was taken from I 1 p prison U n and from rom judgment and who shall declare 1 r ebl ebi bis bia generation for he was cutout of i the land or ot the jiving living for the tran egression i of my people was be he stricken ap etc again ithe the same prophet of 0 him as corni coming 1 in in power paver glory and dominion and as havin having 9 lis ils hla hia wrath and indignation kindled against the nations of the earh ear h who Is this that cometh from edom with dyed garments from hoziah this that is glorious in hig hii apparel traveling in the greatness of his hia strength I 1 that speak in righteousness mighty to save wherefore art thou red in thine apparel and thy garments like him that tr eadeth tb in the wine vat I 1 have trodden the wine press alone aone and of the people there was none with me roe for I 1 will tread them in mine anger and trample them in my fury and their blood shall he bce sprinkled upon my garments and I 1 will stain all my raiment for the day of vengeance is in my mr heart and the year of my redeemed is come jesus accomplished what he was sent to do and feeling satisfied of this when he was about to leave be the ea earth th he aid said he had finished the work his hia father gave him to do but there was another work another event that was to transpire in the latter days when he should not be led aa as a lamb to the slaughter or be like a sheep before the when he would not act in that state of hural hurni bation and quiescence but when be he would go forth as a man of war and tread down the people in his bia anger and trample hem hem bem in his fury when blood should be on his garments and the day of vengeance in his heart when be he would rule the nations with a rod of iron and break them to pieces like a potters vessel edere there must be some reason why he was allowed to suffer and to endure ich why it was necessary that he should give up his life ilfe a sacrifice bae ame for the sins of the worl 1 and there be a reason why he be should come forth in judgment ju dement to execute vengeance indignation and wrath upon the ungodly in these thes e reasons we and all ail the world are intimately con concerned cernell there is something of great importance in all this to us the ghys whys and wherefores of these great events are pregnant with importance to us all when be he bornes comes again he comes to take vengeance on the ungodly and anti to bring deliverance unto his bis saints for idlor ibe day of vengeance it is bald said is in my heart and the year ot of my redeemed is coine come it behooves us to be made well aware which class we elong lelong l to that if we are not already among the redemer red emed we may immediately join that s society clety biety that when the son of god shall come the th second time tine with all the holy angels with him arrayed in power and great glory to take vengeance etrice on them that know not god and obey not the gospel or lie he shall come in flaming fire we shall be among that number who shall be ready to meet him with gladness in our heart and a nd hall bail him aa as our great deliverer and friend in relation to all events that have transpired and to the designs of god connected with the earth and all grades of men upon ity it and to the events that transpired before we came into this existence exist erce if there is anything we cannot clearly comprehend we can leave it for the future to reveal true trite it is the privilege r of 0 a certain class of people to have lph the holy ghost that jesus said should bring things past ast present and to come to their remembrance arance erance and lead them into all truth we can have a portion of or that spirit by which we can d draw raw back the vail vall of eternity and comprehend the designs of god that have been hidden up for generations past and gone we can go back to our former existence and contemplate the designs of god in the formation contemplate 0 of this I 1 earth and all things that pertains to it unravel its destiny des dea tiny tiby and the designs of god in relation to our past present and future existence it if ve we can comprehend all these things so much the better if we do not rot und under sand ersland band everything in relation to every event cf the past and the future it is necessary we should know know something about the thi thugs gs that now exist something about the position of the world we live in and something about our relationship lation ship to that god who still lives and will continue to live and something about our interests in that redemption wrought out f r us through the sacrifice sacr fice of jesus christ hose whose death and sufferings we are now comme mno rating we should know enough about this to save ourselves and to know row cow how to save the generation with which we are associated elou enough tto know how to save our families and to teach them the laws of life and the way that leads to god and exaltation enough to know how bow to live and enjoy life Y and how to avoid the calamities that are coming apon the earth and bow how to prepare our ourselves selve seive a for celestial alery iu in the eternal worlds how sh shall a I 1 I 1 we know the he laws of life how shall we know anything any auy hing about god how shall we know anything of futurity I 1 know of no other way than that which has been beer communicated munica ted to man formerly I 1 know of no other way than the way that abraham isaac and jacob enoch moses and the prophets jesus jebus and the apostles obtained their knowledge and that was by cevela ion jesus said AA AM things are dt livered delivered unto me of my I 1 father and no man the son bu but the father ne neither it her hen any mad maji the father save the son and he to whomsoever the son will reveal him no matter what ability and talent a man may possess all must come under unter ler this rule if they wish to know the father and the son if know knowledge ledge leege of them is not obtained through revelation it cannot be obtained bained at all hence we are told this ibis is the stone alich was set at nought by you ou build ers era which is become the head r t the e corner neither is there salvation in any other for there ia is nore note noie not e other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved and unto him every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess and hence he lie is called the mediator of the new covenant and hence we are told to ask for bles bies blessings sinza in the name naine of jesus christ and to approach the faer indis in his name we are tow fod tod that to know Gol got i and jebus jesus christ whom be has sent is ethnal life this knowledge kno wedge cannot be obtained independent ep eident of revelation we cannot come to 1 god only onis y through jesus jesua christ he is 19 the only medium through which we can approach the father when jesus came into the coasts of 0 cesarea philippi he heagle beagle aske abke 1 I 1 uis his dis disciples caples saying whom do men bay cay tha that t 11 I 1 the son of man am aco and they baid salil some say tha that t thou art john the baptist some elias and others ethers jeremias or one of the prophets ile he saila unto them but whom aay say ye that I 1 an am and simon peter answered and salt said thou art the christ the son of the living god and jesus answered and said unto f him blessed art thou simon bar jonas for flesh and blood hath bath not revealed it unto thee but my father which is in heaven and I 1 say unto theeb thee that thou art beter peter P oter eter and upon this rock I 1 will buld build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it what rock the kind of evi evl evidence nce ace be he had bad that jesus was the christ the principle of revelation flesh and blood had dot not revealed it unto him but lis fat pat er in heaven and upon this rock jesus built his bia church upon the same principle that we know that jesus is toe christ and that god is bis his father is the church of christ built in this and has been in all ages this principle alone can give the knowledge of god which is life eternal aid ard ar ard d the only power by which a man can stand unscathed in the try trying ng hour those who possess this principle are one with jesus jesua christ and one with the father as says jesus 1 I in them and thou in me that they all may be cne ene even as I 1 and the father are one that they may be one in us baptized with the same baptism they are baptized with the same spirit they are 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