| Show T nn X X av C 0 0 TT T T I 1 S E ow bras bres VS IGOA M YO 1 dl i t e ew alt autard aUta ZA Jd 7 iq m f jaty nry ury 11 alj 1869 1 aasi in reported SY DAID david W ir lyans bakst EAK ean St P I 1 need the att attention entson of the congregation and the faith or tho abd have naith fa i ith I 1 need the wisdom his spirit to be in lil my heart 0 o 6 enable me to ter speak to the ltha itha ri people eople although I 1 have been i anub kiib ik ic ti for seven years yearb ins ims it Is beldom seldom that raise before a congregation without feeling a child like hire timidity io to the ang agg of d do 0 not kenow that I 1 shall dirt 0 graw it there are reasons for this walca unger understand stand when I 1 look upon the facea of intelligent beings Ilo llo oKu on the thle image of the god dserve there are nond but what have a certain por po tion of divinity within them land jand though we wd sire are clothed with addle bo dieg which are in the thelmage image of our add dij Y e this mortality L brinks before tion of divinity which we wet inherit fro frol our father this is the cause of mya y InId ity and of all others who bem fem feelth ea t embarrassment when they address t the h el fellow felloe beings while we are ad ministering the basra sao S ment menti II 11 will wiil read the verse gerse i aoth loth chapter of where P ant J s speaking peaking of 0 f the administration th is ordin ordinance allce says the p cup wis which we bless is ihnot the C nion H 10 11 of the blood of christ taij V I 1 which we break ia is it not the commar i nion pion of the body of christ f there are wre many passages scripture ae 4 which refer to the thee administering of of the A say in g direct firmy the HP sor sod S bc jeans ba bas has 1 not ab nb been abden by alt all those who hav havo believed lahi when he was about aaka his ld 06 he lie 06 disciples ples into iao an upper room V and ard brake it and a Z it and gaves gai gal Veit velt to his 0 sciples disciples and an unsaid sal said take t ibis this 4 ia my y no uie then their bolf wolf jhb cup and d blessed til jil lib and to his drink gave disciples I 1 saying ye yd till all of it if we were to stop here bire I 1 think it would be more understand than if we were vere to read the rest sayings on this subject thil thi I 1 Is may tay given for fo r yoaw ia tny tuy of or the new now fobb dyn ddn iati fiti re membra ilce lice of bf me I 1 will not I of this fruit uil uli nil til ou CT byl hyl yv when hen I 1 brinkis drin kiS kif lif bew ne with you y n dom va addo wedo do wis this ip in remembrance of the death of our it la of commes cornea com eso esa eho again eail gall plo pio matter how long that may b be e ko 0 mat techow many reiteration command come and go bel bei believers leers in hi him hid are required treat to eat bread and drink wine in remembrance of his hia death and sut sul sufferings T brings until he hb comes again why are they required to do this to witness unto the father to jesus and to 0 o the angels angela that they are believers believe rs 1 l in n and desire to follow him in the regeneration keep he his commandments mand ments build lip his et kingdom 1 I revere his name and serve him rim with an undivided divided heart that they may be worthy to eat and drink with him in his fathers kingdom this thid is why the latter day saints partake of the ordinance of the Lord scupper I 1 know that in the christian world sermon after sermon is preached on this subject yet people there differ in their belief concerning boncer ning these emblems the mother church of the christian world believe belleve that the bread becomes the actual flesh of jesus and that the wine becomes his blood this is 19 preposterous berous ito to me ma it is bread and it is fifie wi neb but bub ut both are tire blessed to thel mhd souls soula bf thoe who partake thereof but to be followers of the lord jesus more is required than merely to partake of the bread and alid wine the emblem his death and suffering it is necessary nbc necessary essary that strict obedience be ren ien rendered dered to his rec requirements ityl lini remen t 8 on one oni occasion sion slon when the savior wast senh veah s speaking ink lo 10 his disciples disel pies ples them A bais bals mission sion slon saying gd ye into all world arld and kand preach we the gospel to every creature he thab thab thal believeth beli bell eveth and isa baptized shall shail be saved but hei he that boi bei be i not abt shall be damned and these thes signs shall follow them that belleve believe 1 h my name they shall cast east but devils they shall speak with nev new ner ton tou tongues kues ades the they sl shall fall fail take up serpents and if the they drink any alny dea dev devilly idly thin thid twing thing gr it shall shail not hurt them themi they shall lay hands on od the thel biek sick and they shall recover ter ier thes thesel arld arid are the words spoken by jesus when he bent sent his digel disciples ples pled fortl forth ltd to preach the gospel jn in the search bearch after anner truth those ali are unconverted might say with ard i briety that chere the signs follow be bei i lievers ers there ia is the gospel yet in ih tul christian world orid orld it is generally concede i ed that signs are no longer necessary and that miracles are not needed now and wire wife were given in the days bays if of jesu jesus merely to establish the validity of th gospel he preached and tind tha the authentic city of his mission froni from heaven to td earth I 1 do not bot so understand it I 1 thinkie thin think kif kit rif lif I 1 hed had bed lived in the days my mind would have been led verv muchas itis now I 1 do dd nat want tose a miracles mirdie mir aclei lp ta t con eon confirm arm the truth of any doctrine or saying baying say 1 ing thet ia N revealed t me if I 1 can see tb that at it is calculated to purify the hearts ot the people arnd arid to ta sanctify their affections and und to recopy cile them to god and bud to his law jaw ano au government it satisfies mp and eo so tar tap as this goes goei I 1 might say sey that chati I 1 am like ilke the christian horid in the belief that thai mira miracles cles clex are no longer needed but butr I 1 believe that mira miracles elea clea aro arc as absolutely necessary now as at i the they ever eveh mere were yett yep awill aay wi with th regard to miracles s there 14 n d suon such thing savel lavel to that is lse there thele n never ever was wrought out but by I 1 god or by any of kis his creatures i without there being h cause fol for it ther there may be results the causes of which w wp do not sie or understand and hat wb call miracles are no nu more than thim this the results or effects of cause hidden from our understandings this in my bay own owa mind is argue argued dout doub out perfectly upon natural ap principles rici hicl ples pies it is natural forme for me to be beneve ey I 1 plough the ground and sow wheat in 10 the proper season I 1 shall reap a croy cro of wheat this is the natural fesui keaulii res rea 1 it was precisely so with the miracles thiu thit jesus wrought upon the chrt earth at thet ther wedding in cana was bf gaille galileo alil aill lip when they had drunk all the wine I 1 they b ey went to the and asked him what they should do he ordered them to th fill up their thein pots with water and afar having done so they drew forth of that water and found that it if was wine win jl believe that was real wine win e I 1 do h riol riot t believe belleve that it was wak wa done on the principle that such things are done in these days lays by wicked men who b anif what they ferm term psychology r ie electro I 1 ettra biology mesmerism ac mcf influence men and makii make them believe that water is a wine and other things of a similar character the savior converted the water antof wine he knew how lo 10 cali call the necessary elements th together gether in brdey orde to fill the water r with the thel properties at 0 elements are all ali around no u we eat drink and breathe them and jesus understanding the process of calling them together performed no miracle except fo 0 those who were ignorant of nab bab that hat kocens process it was the same with theroman the woman who was healed by gr the ibe eem hem of lof his garment she wa healed by falth faith but bue it t was no rio miracle to jesus he understood the proe proc process essi and although he was pressed by the crowd behind and before and on dach each bide aide so that he could scarcely make malce his way through it the moment she touched him hini he felt virtue leave him and enquired who touched him this miracle to ham chehad he had haq the tho issues sues of life and death in his power he hp had haa power to lay down his hig life and ano power poder ow e rt to 0 take hitup again thesis this is what whai t he says and we must believe this if we b believe elleve the history of the savi savl savior or and th the saying odthe of the apostles recorded in th the e new testament jesus had this power in and of himself the father bequeathed it to him it warhis legacy arid he had the power to lay jay do down waris kis his life and take it again he bad the streams and an d issues of afe within him and when he said to individuals they lived the diseases that are and ever have been prevalent among the human family are from beneath and are entailed upon them through the fall through the disobedience of our first parents but jesus having the issues of life at his command commando could counteract those diseases at his pleasure the case ease of the centurions centurione ser a striking instance of this the centurion sent bent and bb besought ought jesus hesus to beai beat his errant say in a word worda 1 I 1 said hev hei he and my servant shall bhail be healed jesus seeing the tha mans mana 7 ear 1 m i said 1 I have haye hi avd ayd noti mot found so great faith falth no zo not in iti Is israel fael 11 and ic it is said they who vae vwe wa emerit sent returned to thai theil Centurion 81 hoase housa and found the servant healed jesus counteracted preying upon the system eitens lof lot this thia inan mani maui bit but to himself knowing the principle b by which the disease wa rebuked rebuke di it was llo mIrA miracle eid eld but these thesa miracles bior or manilli manifestation of the power powen of god thid though ugh not inot be lieveld in id by the christian world ac ar necessary for jor you and me nid and for fon foral forai al who wish to be blessed hy by their mean weans soma some may say shy how are aro aeto to them I 1 answer by obedience loyod toj al the commandments command ments menta of god in ch fh gospel of life and abid after obedience obedieh ce to these ait ail an individual is iq en entitled ti tied to an arial arifa U abay may enjoy the blessing of df mi radies just Wf ella kila elia AJ jesus jobus did to the same degrey perhaps not very few on ehfe earth havo bavo hav ever had WU power to raise the flier dead NY W read that peter did but bat it was tyas a common thing for jesus tb taise raise e t th dead mad heal mai the sick make wake t the h Q deaf e at t to hear bear the blind to td see au aud 1 I tb tho the e lame janie t to walk aik alk and every advery person is entitled I 1 IQ those things and faithfulness jui jil hinl hini when do wei mei then ihen I 1 you when I 1 heed hedd wy m family is sic kand they beed to counteract mhd principle of deail working ini their dyste cincu circumstances ks somme want t 1 adminis administer tet an emetic to tha the siek sick whid might be very well if they la lacked faith falth but jf f WP have haye faith falth to in feel tha the issues of w an deatha death reni bu pu 1 I power wet we sau san to disease dise ae ba hii rebuked in the desus andie andle health conie conle into the aste A 6 of f this individual from to counteract r chii abik Ul diseases disease gease 1 and our faith falth will b bring r ill this by iby the laying on an of handaly han daby ad the ordinances of th huly holy gospel lack laca happy to say bay I 1 aeeti heeti mider under the necessity to my family for forty years yearn I 1 havie ibave bad had them thern jamy an my family but noc frd necessity neco sity I 1 like them when they are arje renti gentl gentlemen eilen enlen when they are we wise and antl full fuli f intelligence omi oni I 1 am very fond df them theta but I 1 do not nol ask them to doctor my family in any case and there ar are e no circumstances under which I 1 thin them necessary except excepts in case of a broken bone or meegan ical ucal lor or surgical aid js necessary bul but to calow call oali a doctor tomy to my family to administer physic to them themi 1 I am not under the necessity of doing it i isgut so YO ye it is lina lind if it thee experiment could be tried independent of the gospel and of faith in any apy community A 1 care nat n t where oon non far whit what length of rif time of having any number of person persons pers pere ons ong 1 biti r regularly qualified physicians to attend t them h em and the same number without such physicians but who will doctor themselves yes according to nature and their own judgments among g that portion without doctors there would wold be ae less legs s sickness bickness and fewer de deaths a than among those who had their doctor doctors the experience of the latter day saints in confirm si this W when en we first name came here hero we had bad no ss and we had bad no bickness sickness ssu until util we had doctors wen wea th they ey began to obey the gospel they did not want to dig in the abe field nield hoe potato potatoes esi esh go to the kanyon for jumber or wood to secure Or themselves and fa famili milles esthe the necessaries of or life but uttley they wanted to live by doctoring the people and from that time on as we gat riche richer an and d built wit warm houes and have lived ladd e more richly richi yf indulging ging in J s sweet W pet iet cake eake ef plum pudding roast oa beef but anc 1 i so soon boon oil 1 we haye have had bad more or gr less disease db a se among US perhaps I 1 haye have said sald enough about doctori doctors ir I 1 I 1 sayf again agaid I 1 it is ab adyr thia afia 1 apall we all ail possess the gift goel goal m iee lee seen n fi fob job 0 o bestow bow fow upon hia hta chUd rento 1 to cotia counteract feraut th the e power powen of deaths H ow iong long to lio iio live for eyer ever 0 no men meu en must die dle it is Js the decree of tha almighty ahat hat all men shall die within the thel thousand years said he hin pin in the day that thou eanest thereof thou shall bhail surely die ale thib tha body must i sleep in the basom of woth moth mother e r eart earth this ia Is the decree of the albig almighty ty hence it is s necessary that all must was mus die le of disease or old age but for all that to my certain cartain knowledge the sick in hundreds of instances are aro healed by the power of god through administering 9 tha the ordinances gospel gyo gro the first principle of the gospel is faith falth in god faith in a supreme being th thiis thila a isa is a point that meets the Jn infidel fidel an and d is ond one upon which I 1 have haye reflected an and d talked a great degli deal and I 1 3 have bave come coma P to this thia that good solid ltd lid sound senses teaches men me never everto to JU judge dge amatt smatter er until I 1 I 1 it 1 should never pass t theira he iri ini irl opinion with regard ta of a being until they k know whether whet lier tier the lit jia or not if this ahls principle were an artler artier in the tho creed off tha the infidel J they th ey woud h ot adf seep th they yae are X i th hll hil irmo irme should not noam meet vet pet with any pe per son would mould deny the existence of a delty deity hrha infidel looks abiad abroad and blid nature in binau inan all ail their di dil i lyer lver varsity sity ahe he mountain piercing jho tho with its it 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