Show REMARKS ir fl by PRESIDENT ENT YOUNG toung delivered in theyer Ia bernacle tabernacle salt sall zake lake dilz u n day oily afternoon stay 25 1873 wrig REPORTED BY B ravid IV EVANS I 1 nave HAVE a few remarks to make to those who do not til the doctrine of the tho latter day saints forty three years have passed away sinco since tills this church was organized in fayette sene seneca c a county in in the the stale state of bew few new yo ir ind and voe tor over one forty years according to the ability which God has hns given me I 1 have travelled and prea preached cheb chea enough to extend this gospel 1 to the door doon of every hamlet hamiet ham let iet on this i P continent n if the people had lied be been ei wiil willi ling to receive it yea more iad lia taught the gospel of life and salvation to the human family sufficiently if all had been honest to receive it and w willing illing to carry carty it to their neigh neighbors neighbor bo s to evangelize the whole earth and them there need not have been today to day one person heathen or Crl cri cristian christian stian ignorant of IV principles but now I 1 learn from ky day to day from week to wee kand from time to time that very many people in our own land do not understand our doctrines and I 1 arri am frequently asked the tiie question while wlllie conversing with people x 11 4 yf 14 believe the bible do you r receive 0 the biblo bible agthe as the tho word of the lord then you acknowledge the bible bibie ae this astonish eme esme and the cause of such questions being asked I 1 leave every person to judge for himself just as I 1 do with regard to the course of the children of men in other matters such sueh as truth error religion politics ac c if we were to enquire of strangers who have llave lived twe twenty lity thirty forty fortys fifty or sixty years on the tho continent of america and even evin in the united states how it is that they do not know better than to suppose that the latter day saints reject auddy and do not believe in the bible bibie they would reply pwe we do to not know only orly we have heard so solf coif if y you au go to th the professed profess ld rin tin infidel fidel fidei of 6 any class and ask fisk him hiril do UW ithe cormons lor mons believe in the tho bible bibie why yes yea I 1 have heard haar d them wein preach and aa they believe the bible more than the whole christian world do well where and through whom does this influx enee ence come conle which leads people to believe to the contrary I 1 will not sand spend time timo to answer this tilis but I 1 will say that the ahe latter day saints believe more of the bible than any other people that thao live on the face of the earth that wa we have any knowledge of Y what does the bible teach us witla regard to the christian religion faith in god and in his son jesus christ who was sent in la the meridian of time to redeem the oarth earth 7 and all things pertaining to it Y I 1 will not take up the negative side sicie of the question or tell what others believe but let me tell what we believe in the first place I 1 will vinni take up the sayings of jesus to his disciples on a certain tale taiE occasion said wid lie go ye yd therefore into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature he that belie belle veth velh and nd i is baptized shall be saved he that be not shall be damned I 1 shall not attempt to fad go into info the meaning of this saying in every particular arti artl cula cufa r time timo will not permit rut but suffice it to say that he that believeth beli bell eveth and is baptized will be saved and he that bell beU eveth not will be cast onn off what promise did jesus give to his disciples when he sent them out two by two to preach what inducement wa there thero when the savior was upon the earth to believe belleve in him and lis liis its doctrine we can all ail mead read adit it would take too much time timeto teil tell his disciples went gut olt and preached without purse and scrip and when they returned they testified to jesus that they had lacked for nothing jesus promised to those i lieveld powers and advantages which un believers could not enjoy we read of certain men and women in samaria who had been taught the gospel under the authority of john the baptist but they had juad not received the holy ghost and we are told that certain apostles went vent down from jerusalem to lantheir lay their hands on these samaritan believers there was a man called simon a sor sur sorcerer cerer who had bewitched the people and seeing that the power which the apostles bestowed upon the by the laying on 0 o of hands lianda was fa his its p power ower alt ait although he c I 1 could deceive betray an and frighten t the people and and do many mahay t things uis fis just t as tho the magicians of Phara pharaohs I 1 court e til i jt 4 l did d w when i en moses wen went 14 to deliver dellver r phildren children h I 1 tol iii re n 1 9 of f Israel grael sai sat said gaid d I 1 hei aej le XI 41 will give kive you money if you yot I 1 that powei power powen on me theia ThejA jOstle 3 t OU and a hil hol your money perish bernsh berish together the apostles astles laid ther upon those tho por per mho had been baptized td o cism the holy 8 ghost host believers v ain aln in those days had the power which jesus prom promised hed wed heO they inight take tard u up 11 kerpet terpet serpents and they therould the would n riot dt ill ili bite bito te them h oili I 1 athey t di kimii ny mad deadly lv t thing h ing it would not hurt butt if t they ley icy laid handa ai jhb sek sick bick j ih e sir sie la r cover they ey waith tongue tongues royh 0 bied sied they they had the me W discernment of bf spirits and all the various gifts of of of anese aliese genf beyond the reach of sorcerer yet tie yio was far luf luu a advance of bf the common peo plein powers of jesus promised his hig disciple disciples smore than any man warl could possess by a spirit of divin divination Vh caLve consi er this and andee andje realize alize vifa if we can realize that C restoration of the tho gospe lilt our d ta allther all nil thel theW arts 1 cani be bd again e ap itis flis ity its is worthy person penson erson enson anthe face of the earth oarth who la capable of receiving truth for truth lruth ji jisha f lit jit for lugh and ana gence let me basten hasten along and refer to the n af th iid lid e ancient church Accor A e e ord dirig to toi the testimony of the apostle T e ake we bh church urell ali firstly salk apostles secondly aly prophets prophet 9 I 1 thirdly teh b eral pator a andal deloso bo 3 rio rho isyou ii sf strangers rangers iny may rny ask you d dicine I 1 vina v s wh when en you return t I 1 hoine they 1 believe belleve l leve levo about god setting in lm iha the church apostles prophets jia ta teachers he delps aps gi gifts ats diers biyers ehid 1 of tong tongues ties and ind so on for the pa perfecting r of the saints sa 1 fits and for the edifying of af pf clorist Cl irist until all come dome la 16 tb X a unity got tot of faith falth and knowle knowledge doe dro in christ jesu jesus our pur Mord 1 th luestig tb enyou chii ehli can judge who iwho it is that thi throws dust into the eyes ey es of the people and is continually telling them aliat that thab the batter latter da day saints deny the tho Bl bible bibie ble bie vahe latte ter luif are arb a bad bail people the latter latmer day dy saints are aliens to goy arfi rifi f men U 11 9 daysi day saints 1 aalthe sk the divines do you belleve believe in believe belleve ties ales in liatti baptism by i immersion f m i rn for the ii re meion of sins In andl spind igi n thes tayl laying na on of hands orthe forthe i reception of the holy ghiata db dd you helle velle ye in breaking bread continually AS asie aade ja sus us commanded his disciples at the last ast supper cheh he brake the bread read b and blessed blessed it and blessed t gavel kavel it to all to eat and drink saying 11 dd Do until r T ome come aea aga again Z far f 1 I 1 will dk drink iiga no more nore in ore oro of the fruit of ot ther vine qui til I 1 drinkut drink it wiett yain vroy nathe father kingdom iiii 91 fg jeche world christian jow jew an and A pagan belleve believe belleve about these things in inquire ir for fon ot yourselves Y xa latmer latter ter day av saints believe in hp apostles 0 sties i nhi ahi dp i ro peets we believe dec dee ea priesthood dimind aud and in lif twee lannig 9 priesthood which god bestowed be upon hi his servants lon ion longa gagg mose moses had all these dodt doctrines rines aid and ald nid both these in his tos Ios possession session and alof n the 1 alid hilow all ali thin e strove to to bring tho the children of israel to a mut kul f tafv the gospel but chy they would haye have christ ar I 1 palise here liere I 1 was vas brought up dp very verv vary strictly ean dyas vms ems tau glit to read the bibler conse it bae ute meto to be lieve evet it itis t is aceb r ilin to gly y traditions t 16 n s i and i n ane anc also aiso lir lor 0 mi I 1 I 1 i ae p 1 r I 1 V oft olt revelation i I 1 talk gad 11 myself my ge eif elf lf in all m y ti jax bix axe tall taught the gospel from the ohp old and TS new ew testaments testament I 1 found sound ery cry doctrine and the proof orce oree olevery ry doutri doctrine the latter day sa saints ints believe in i as far AS 1 know kno w I 1 therefore I 1 do not refer to the book lof wf mor monas should there maybe some somo doctrines about which little is the tho Bible bibie but they are areail adeall all ali couched therein there thene rand 1 I believe the because they sim zim are true truel and I 1 llave lave laught laughl them tha bec bee because ause guse they thes are calculated tosane the tho children bf men I 1 it is laia jala by bythe the Chrit christian lan jab 0 o rid ald by y governments g philosophers philp statesmen and ministers P that there is no harm in belf heil believing c rii V r ril 9 f wedo v do hok hot practice it but let me ask hollean we believe in jesus christ taking hai own 69 words for it unless wedo wedo Wb do th e yorks works that he did alid G go 0 and read rea bl his words tot llo ile th ithac me 1 will ili lii do P tile works that dolo bolo addid as did av this how then can we nd deliece bel Uel belleve believe De lieve leve in him without doing his works did he inspire his apostles did lie he inspire him whom ii we call cali st P paul ml did lid lie inspire john upon apon the tife isle of ot patmos the christian world will not deny thadlie th that atlie he did while john was upon patmos he be had many visions vision s and revelations he compiled these after he returned from the island and left bliem in possession of his lils lends bends a and noi nol the council which compiled this book the she bible brou brought his revelations into th the catalogue of sacred books if you xou will read the book of revelations you will wilt fand find that john many things regard regarding D these latter iatter days he saw the conduct ana abi s filla then he says 1 I saw another angel fly ingin in the midst of heaven having V 1 flying havink the tho eve everlasting gos gospel iel lel to preach to them that thai hupoll the earth gearod sayin saying Fear god anu and and give ive ivo glory to hini him who I 1 madette ma eidl dethe ther heavens the the I 1 earth the seas kena and the she fountains of watery walkr 1 11 by reading the bible bibie wo we find that the gospel is contained n not ot anly inthe ne new testament but also in the old ohl mo moses ies ses and the prophets sau saw and predicted the apostasy apo stacy ortha of fhe the chul chui church caf they saw zat mat that the lord llord would strive with the children of bf men from time to tb time tim e that thai he would deliver dellver to them the truth and the priesthood they that through tl fhe the e wicked ness of the people they would change his ordinances break the cova covenants arnd and transgress bigla his lams laws WS until the priesthood would be taken from the earth and its inhabitants be left in apostasy apo stacy and dark darkness riess but bow low W afe ape are ane we to understand this ier arf angel antel aneel referred to tc P by john vohn when heroic he corner along thib this la ls an in important question how in the language 0 I 1 scripture are we to know the voice of the good shepherd from the voice of a stringer stranger can kny kuy person answer this question I 1 can it is very easey easky to eveny every philosopher upon the carth earth sax say your cvetan vc non ton be deceived go BO can an maliq your ar ear can be deceived BO so the touch of your hand can be deceived BO so can inanc but the spirit of god fining the athe creature with revelation kud hud the lighton of eternity cannot be mistaken the revelation which comes caMes from god is neter never e r mistaken truth ruth and V testifies ofa of jestis Jestie of his F ather father evchich godhan done for or the children of lye iye men d and thal thai which he Is s now doing no man upon the earth can an be mistaken when he sees by me the eye oft off jesus his bis understanding aby by the light writ spirit nom now althen how are ece ern pre 90 going I 1 to kno I 1 the the ohp Q goods kwet S coherd from the toted 0 P a s etaka talethe Ta kethe the word rd i bof bor b f t desus jesus C S u S tle tie min sheep ihei bear my voice and they follow me a stranger they will not follow why 11 because they know not the voice voled of a stranger when an individual filled with ee the spirit of god declares the truth of heaven the that th thi Spirit ofaf lord vord pierces their souls and aud binks heep seep ee int otheir hearts by bv iha desti of ghost slight ht springs op up within them and they sec see and understands for es thib this is phe the he way wayt waytie the be gejl cd ed by bk every elder in israel and abid by this power every hearer bearer should hear and ind if we would know the file voice of the good shepherd we must live so that the spirit of the lord lond can nind find its way to our r hearts th e litter day saints many and many a time and I 1 say to them now pow lve ivd ive yo your U religion f th hat atthe the tho spirit situ gri bri ac go god d mayi be pi w I 1 t in you like illie well tb ege efe everlasting ing life ilfe suppose ivere lvere I 1 were to g give I 1 avay way to the spirit of the enemy and lea iea leave v c the spirit of the gospel then if yoa you OU were not prepared tle tic to judge between the voice of the good shepherd and the voice of the stranger I 1 bouta ruin rula be llo prepared ed you chay nay fhe the know the voice it t cailles through ahe bf G 0 d then adif you fah tah an this sythia 1 is of jha lora jora 11 my bly and adrid conned to saints dato 11 t all the inhabitants of the earth is live so that you will know truth irom error caro r but do all the latter aay day saints live sov so oh no they do not many fall into error erro and finally leave the church they are led away far from tha the truth they become subject to the ten thousand spirits that have gone forth into the world and they are deceived in this that and the other and like thare thane of the dowiot I 1 v to govern d tin tion and there I 1 is s n no 0 man that can kno know ir himself unless he knows cod god andee and hc can not mot ot know god unless he knows himself the children of men give heed to the deceiving spirits abroad and thatis thaws the abe ca causo cause ten tho thOn S rand and 1 errors erg eng xi wrong woong kins sins and d divisions which abeln the world and for this reason the multitude are unable able abie to distinguish between n the voice roice of the mood good shepherd and the volmon voice of tho abe stranger but bul I 1 will aay pay that if th lord lorf has hai not nott sent that angelof angri angrl of wl which john speaks ks he be ehlend will wH lend send him as zu surely redy rely as we ilu let merever me refer 0 o mn 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