Show t ax IS T af A jy elmerjohn aemer Elde rJOHN TAYLOR delivered in the tabernacle salt eard zard maj ody jabi 1868 L I 1 I 1 EXPORTED 0 lly DAVID W E EVANS VANS it Is 13 a great privilege to meet gether together lo as a the saints oaf the living god it Is a great privilege after arlace a daase of 1800 years to participate in the memorials of the shed blood and broken body of our ard and aud savior babior jesus christ and we are doing this we look for ward to the time when jesus will again come and when we shall eat bread wih with him in the kingdom of our god these themo arp are thoughts that naturally crowd upon the mind cinq while partaking of the sacra jentof ment of the lords supper the ordinance has tendency to adraw our minds from nom the things of the world and to place them upon things that are spirit ual al divine olvine and heavenly md that tha tare are in accordance with the nature natum de desires alres aires a and nd attributes of inan man it is a great privilege aj ii eg e ti to 01 have llave one day in seven set part for tbd abd worship odthe living god 9 men nen on differ jp n their opinions tp to what dayot tp be thap that is a matter however t of very little importance we meed meet t together as servant and handmaid demaid i ena ua of th the tho e lt lor jebus jesus christ antl anif ano and we ip eln elp t w t 6 emblems af pf bis his broken body y app an a shed lood WP Y think ud wee 0 act speak 4 p n t h lp th ut ara ealen calep lafed ta a avate op r P minds 1 U f tb to impart imparl to our spirits and to briw bring apace peace pence joy oy an whether reflecting I 1 uvon upon ggs 0 r ae e pa past ai pre pro future r 1 to be a sain gain is is h h high h p position A beffre io god I 1 angels aud and I 1 men the light of truth the revelations of jehovah and the holy priesthood which the saints of god enjoy aie ale are the greatest bbous that graven can batow upon mortals in this thi respect we stand rapol alone in the midat of the nations 1 eions of he earth and in this respect we approach nearer to jbv the object of our oun crea creation tion tiou and aud yue the tue the deigna de igia of dur dun our oar being than any other people that arx elt eit t at the present day on the face op 0 i the MW hole whole earth not notwithstanding tb our wany many weaknesses nesses imperfections imps rrt fri lons tons and follies the he lord still HIS rocc locc thaul manifests fest rest I 1 hafid imparts ii uno tto ua m hl ats holy spit mauds may way bu be illuminated by tao obe 1 jh he ia 18 still lead leading ug us 11 very slowly it is 14 true in 49 hs of life 1 u I the way thad that leads ledd a to powers ibl i hrones rones ropes ai and ed gomi mong mung in N I 1 the eternal worlds we taud al as s I 1 have hav q already 1 ready ai aida d 4 distinct and peculiar pecullar p people ople opie for what abat ever our aud and lid iid PP olav lma olay be and abb they are mapy mamy there iheke are no people at the present da dy wha enjoy the ibe privileges s we are aie I 1 in ap pp of or eliere pa who is there that is a acquainted with wih gd to kt 1 has e his will wll wit ye ra a ar 0 tiie llie ve 1 pe yaho td da e 0 reyla leyia liou where dball h b a w we e ant t tu day daso dayd un all of thu the tb t hoty IX 1 fr I 1 god where ib nall uail wei nind find a peni reni i to af Ws N in herb net het babe baie are h ud 1 d people V ht h ora ofa this ir or ile lay 4 claims to 0 asb ahw abw a ldla idla latture uit lit ture pure dr or dimitr imi tr if ih cst ise w wo 0 2 enjoy u oy you may search I 1 it arp ra aino ainu be anal nations luu lun s of V abet b earo varo of mpr veo peo pl lyl you may alay re likI cuti tUti ademi social and 14 s systems X t ems tha fist noil if I 1 h 10 the 4 pe 0 I 1 ed I 1 it 0 ifie to to b be 0 fould found 0 it we sand aana thib this particular ah the tho iia eions rhe he e ed led ed d af f god pool jh I 1 ho dt rif the lord nord L or 0 he 4 e cho ubo seu ot of the he grest great wit dit hova bova ahto tk wa io 44 he has deigned W tt mad manifest hl 14 t 11 and tt 1 V ea his p apoe rp oe lera leca imd and by bawl om I 1 hy dign to build up zip dis his and antl to etab liah lish a upon t the twe i 8 elitt earth h we occupy thep as I 1 stated before begore a very important position and lei y well r us aa latter oay tjay kip lip consider cou cuu bider sider well our pathway to rifled oil oll b pur ur au liu and to seek heek ti tto tio pursue that coune coude i w aher he reir rehr by we shall b be able to magnify our cal eal falling falli lingo ug honor nur our god mod ond and our priesthood stand approved orore before go it angels and men nien and abd acque acquit at tivee nin hiu it all ill respects as salm gAlm sor soy I 1 y te tiit ali alix aji ut u t H high agh goil gott that we oly a kittl rut rue roi roe ive ivette ine ibe u hei haven 1 I 1 I 1 lii lil li e r 1 wives and add 4 i ro dir rora tora and our out posterity odilas without end our religion is not arell gion glon of a day a mouth a year or a life ilfe lifetime time bu but t it reaches back into eternity operates in time and stretches forth again into eter anity it embraces every truth that ever did exist tha exist new or ever will exist it is adapted to the wants and ca cas cai i desires of immortal minds it emanated fr from in god and leads back again to him sim and it is very properly said sald v hilve haye our being aa As immortal beings ve are interested n the light of that truth ho has developed dev eloped and in the blessings 0 o tie fb iio everlasting gospel of which he ile is the author and standing in ili this capacity it is well for us to con the course coursel we lve arg arp are aro living in an age pregnant with greaten greater oven even aventa than any other age the world ha ever seep i where there have been manifested himself to individuals and pat nation ions aud and when the revelations of his will have hae been made known to a acer certain exten tto tito ja H people Veople and wun when hii hi people have havA been boen gathered toge together ther theT hilt but there fiere never who wana A gme time t PA the present it 16 if tj not noi merely the biord word of ok the lord lard to tp ano man oi or to a few men or a p peculiar ar dispensation to the thip israelites or the ne jn e ahues of the luness uness qt QI times when god will wall gather r ull things thin twin s 91 p one and when he will iii settle settie up the affairs of the nh nia gions odthe of the earth and the people of the earth whether they be living or deau whether they baye have slept siept thousands thousand so of years or have lave yet to come into existence it is the tho ilme time in which hei has organ izod his church according to the pattern turn tern abat that tha exits ji ilu the heavens avens in in which K al I 1 I 1 te various ard aid p that ever gyor existed are coir cofi centa ted this is aup hp shi shw age e when tiie tile the sial rial pta are no ho touger to i be trodden jowh br or wickedness and iniquity to 0 o triumph but when the tae righteous shall bear rule ruie and the the dominioni be ie established if there ever evey was a tinie h en coven ants were entered nto no Q with wi h the fhe people of f pod on ant tee 1 earth e rii it jis jig now pow if there ayer even ever wag a wnm artnie 0 anthe dead wera were tp reopen eni A bd fed it Is naw now jf there ederas a I 1 time e wiell omd P 3 arpy I 1 was to be to t o his HIA pa people p A 6 it 4 espow thu the thy introduction of ot thi this s g gospe as first proclaimed was 01 1 I paw an ange 1 flying through the mk mast of heaver heave having the gospel to preach to every nation I 1 kindred red tongue and people 0 le cry crying 1 g with loud voice fear jbard johnd 36 U d give ive ivd lve gl glory ry 0 to o efm for lot the hour of his judgment is cocoi come 11 The gospel goepel has been beu procla proclaimed med among the nations 0 the earth arifi T these hese bese elder eldera have been as rrie enters tei 0 the nations clothed upon with tue the holy priesthood and aud thop the power of god C abd aud J have borne their theair thero thereunto unto and aud wa we have idone bube wor mor wore more than this we have been fula ul lin the 09 wor hor word d 0 of f the lord iivo given an t y to his hid servants by y the spirit of P robbed prophecy rop bee bed gathering his HJ s people to tot uethel kethel chuse who have bave made a covenant with hl w by sacrifice 11 we have bave been gathering the tho people together for years yeara what for why the lord bays says I 1 will take one of a city aud and two of a family aud and bring them bozion to zion and I 1 will give them pastora a auen auer ifer iter my py own heart hourt who phail fiill feed the them m with knowledge and understanding ibey hey rhey bey have been jea jet fed fea jed jew ilet liet heretofore P io enil with tho tb of men bt but iwin will pour 9 qui oui my spirit jr jt uron upon my y people peisie 6 an d 1 l in ti principles of that I 1 may muy ait alt aud vo have P a people who will it to ule uie and aud vill paque jh th 61 rs e u s inq ane ara are here hero aft das day that we may maybe be n r re lalon ki ahinga hi per I 1 to tou IOU our s itu each our intercourse fth the world orld arld our vo impal iu in 10 our blesa uga and eoye coye nam nap apte and tha buil bril diug dlug up of th tiie tile af pf od upon thel earth p have noe not gathered gahy red rud thad that we may way 00 0 0 ate i abouo bours ra abia rhia 1 world t we my anve I 1 ve th s ind enjoy the spirit of aruth truth ru L 4 that thal wo we mily may be ao tso led us 10 0 secure tp ourselves the favor aud and approbation odthe of the tho almighty hence we are taught some bome of thu tho smallest tj ahugh thal that lnell men can think orand of und and also the great reu tbt aud moat sublime ples plea abut have ever eute euto entered into the tho heart of mau we are taught all principles that are interwoven with the into interest rest peace pence and happiness hap pines pinea of society here antl anil that will prepare us for amso amoo U ci chalious ciali aLious uns ons with gods iu in the tue eternal worlds 1 we have here our bur schools of the prophets Vr opheus iu u which we e ere ure taught how ta to manago manage our temporal affairs bow ubo narea aj ares ates thad that exist iu ili the world whom to iea lea ilea with aud and whom to let a one oue how to nalze raise block how to cultivate our farms and how to conduct all the affairs incident to hum human an existence we are also taught about god and eternity about our associations before we came here our relationship to god at the tho present time the destiny of this and aud other worlds and everything pertaining perta ining to this thib life and that which chic is to come th the fact ia 14 the gospel of christ em braces all truth it found us when ficat feve revealed aled ignorant dark benighted besotted de depraved raved ravid corrupted and degenerated I 1 ignorant of god and ifal af almost every true principle it Is humiliating to reflect that after all our boasted intelligence and knowledge of correct princ prine principles les lea government morals morais weak and religion rel rei n that we should be found so weak I 1 ignorant agno ru t degraded and debased it ills is humiliating ng in the highest degree to reflect that after all ali 11 th iho 0 boasted intelligence telli gence getce of bf men we mu can scarcely find one true principle in existence men say wo we have been taught good morals morais 11 to a certain extent good ni orals orais are taught but evenn everl their tea teachers chena chera did not know them correctly they exist inmost m most instances in principle plo pio only and ana not in practice they think they have had some tolerably ably good rell nell religion gion glon but their i kell hoil gioli is little better than that of the ancient ea who used to baw bow down to stocks and stones whit knowledge do men possess of god none whatever the most intelligent tell teil igent among the most moat enlightened nations of the earth esith when you come to scan their ideas what are they A god without body part sand passion and the god they worship lind and adore ab a boing ng that exists exist everywhere and abd yet i is no nowhere no personal presence or associations ii d remember a jew coming to me nee brice nce to ulato talk taik to me an thi subject act he hb was A a wry ery le learned man among m n gother I 1 things ha was vas almost afraid to mention the name of deity but he spoke of if him hidi as being everywhere butas but as having no llo personal pies presence he could nou not the idea of a beings an existence like a man anu and harvin hakvin having abod a body arv parts arts andaas and pas elong siong and andea yet a atthe same time being fell felt everywhere I 1 sald said here is ig a candle candie is id there not yes 11 Is that light connected with that candle candie yeb yes yea has haa that a stationary and positive 1 ex istance there yc YO J what i is this light all around here herti if it emanates from that candle does it not yes then why cant god exist on the fhe same principle as that caud candle caudle leOrAs or as the sun and and other things exist but yet that is the achie of perfection the sum hum total of the intelligence of the nations of the earth in relation to the bein beitl gfa god they have no ideas of bf him honcan how can they have they have been without rei rel noI revelation tion tiou ho he has not communicated hla hia will nor revealed himself to the them m then how can they have lave auy any ideas ides of that of which they have had no opportunity of obtaining knowledge it is impossible falth faith we are told comes by hearing and hearing by the word of god and how can they hear without a preacher an and dha dho how w eau cau be preach except he be sent and as they have had nobody sent bent among them thea by god to communicate his hia will ivill they were werd all ignorant to gethen together we were part of them we were dug from the same pit and aud the sama same rook and bad had no mora more knowledge know khow redge fedge than thail they them and if we have any knowledge of god udd and corr correct e et principles nov now it i ia s because godhan revealed revea jed them to us iya th through rough tira lira medium of this kb gospel spell spelt 1 which he ue has madre madri manifest id dri these last dayis 9 h joseph smith what glow jiow now cow ledge leda have we of ourselves ves df dt 0 oudre lati luti co to eternity none e where adhere ia is the man on thy ohe face earth who bask basa has bas a to g wife theraina Thera lia iia not noo one outside olt tuis hutch butch they donot do nob not profess profesa it they ibin thin a uch a principle pie ther th extent of their covenants ia mar war rard until death ideath parts paris them them thew land and that thai ends the matter thatter who ia thre ha who h hns has may way an v idlof idea of associating with their children in the eternal world they whey think about it there is nature or a kind of ilits that thal leads to reflections of this sarti bortl bat they have not the privilege of entering into covenants cove nAnta of this kind there are a great many other principles liea ilea connected with this gospel af which aa as the scriptures say they aney are tire as gorant ignorant as brute beasts beaste that thad were made to be taken and destroyed do they have any correct ideas at all in rela relation tion tiou to matrimony nue nono NUB in the least theli their actions feelings and propensities are corrupt depraved bod nod brutalized lazed they 0 gioda bious social ai aid ald 1 d poti political matters and ahny thy k how to manlike anything committed care cure othey know know about governing the world who h knows knovs I 1 ow to regulate the affairs of the nations ta the man cannot be found but anai annl anarchy cli ell disorder and cou confusion fusion prevail to a very great extent throughout the nations |