Show D I 1 S tco luo UPIL U PIL am lt l t V I 1 f DELIVERED BY RE PREST ST jn in the new tate tabe ate ale salt sall law lau ady sund sy ernson noon er J 1876 i EE pouted rOUTED BY DY oso OBO F V airas I 1 AM ANI about to do the very thing I 1 did not intend to do this afternoon that is to speak to the people 1 have absented myself from mee meeting now foursome for fon some time feeling that if I 1 came here my spirit would be drawn oufa to such a degree that I 1 would perhaps per pet naps be under the necessity of talking to tc Y you oti ja J will venture ho however to use uso my lungs for a few minu minutes and present a few word words of counsel to the latter day saints there ia Is a scripture scrip ture turo which reads sefor for what man the things of a man save the spirit of man which ia is in him even so the things of god clod k no no man but the spirit of gou god 4 this ia Is as true a baying saying as there is in the bible and on one occasion jesus said baid CC if any man inan will do his will he shall know ot of the doctrine whether it be of god or whether I 1 speak of myself brother george 1 Q I cannon who has just spoken has testified to theford tho the word I 1 have made these quotations to confirm and strengthen what he has said baid there are ate people enough here to publish to the world that there ajsa js a ma kanj suni lini who testifies that he knows that god lives who knows that jesus is the christ the saviour of the world I 1 also testify to the truth of these things I 1 have proven to 0 my satisfaction action according rr to the best oest knowledge I 1 can gather that man can be dec deceived elved elvod by the sight kilt ht of the natural eye be jie can be deceived by the hearing of the ear par and by the touch of the hand that he be can CAU be deceived in all alt of what ara are called the natural bensis but there is one thing I 1 in which he cannot be deceived what ia that it is 13 the operations of the tho holy ghost the spirit and power of ged upon the creature it teaches hina hica of heavenly things it directs him in the way of ilfe lite life ic IV affords hlin him the key by which he can lest leit the devices of man and which recommends mends menda the things pt god the sayings which I 1 have quoted I 1 have proven to be true i alid and I 1 bear testimony the latter do day LY saints have done likewise not only the saints who areat present and who nyhof gathered to td zion butk but those p every evers 3 nation or island who live athe religion taught by gur put saviour ia ang any nv his apostles and also by joaeph smith they also aiso bear tho the same testimony their eyes have llva been quick quickened ened eneA by the Spi god and aud they see alike their hearts hartfi have been quickened and nd they t afeei I 1 and arid understand alike and heye here A are no disputations disputatious amons among them wh wih wib regard garito to the doctrin doctrines of men jien begin to apostatize by taking 9 to themselves strength ening to the tho whisperings inis of if th the e enemy who leads tap tham in ast asi astray liap by little until they gather to th them m selves belvea that which they call cail th he wisdom of man theu then they beg beghto nto xa depart frimood from god and their mind a become confused buti all who keep the faith falth are of one heart aud and one mind and thib this t testimony e slap 0 q Y jh i 4 89 99 confirmed to au be mistaken if 0 vve o ami asi theLl iune lune of ofies J eus nt fatula nuu buo huo favo favor rand and it be 10 0 o sub yub ur should we not gadin hearken tp be of ahe the we wp shall shail feel our purs selva elviva under obligations tio ns to do 0 so o in c consequence of our obedience to the will of the father we know for fon or our ourselves selve seive and ard our knowledge is as we continue continuo to apply the tike commandments of god bivour eves ever every y brother cant cannan ibn speaks speak of chris tian swe are Christ christians laris professedly according lo 10 our bur religion people have gathered to tain and und laid them down dovin ius its as systems steins calling them rd religion lIgion all prof professing essin ato to believe belleve and obey the their rell reli religions lom alv are becu j ilar liar mir ta eu dl r rell reli religion gloh I 1 is pe peculiar pecullar cullar culiar to god to angels and ts t the right righteous doffs 9 of f timba dd eternity J why are we persecuted because 0 or our our oun religion why wily was josep joseph smith persecuted why was h hei 0 hunted from neighborhood bod V coi eoj neighborhood fronir from city to city and from Sta state teto to state and at last buffe bunne suffered red ned death because he be receive ed revelations from the thed edilie father ri from the son and WAS ministered |