| Show CT D len lec m DELIVERED BT BY adir ILDER tl C tji in tabernacle the provo katurd saturday ay moning moring Mw ring ning PY GIBBS thankful amet to meela alth foth ith me fhe latter littier say saints in thi ahn shouse to th participate in tile tho enjoyment enjoy men of tha this Aon conference ference for it is really realty enjoyment opia to me to listen to the Instruct instruction long iong imparted fo to the saint saints sl ly 0 the 10 rower power 6 of the hc holy through the ser pants evants of god goal it ia i 9 not supposed when hen we come to together jether as we do dd this tins momi morning ig that chilt wo lye wish wih to he be ti treated to the vies views and opinions of men the lord nord has instructed his hia servants to speak as they are moved by the holy ghost and it has been shown shon n fo to us that it is our priva lige biege when wilen we assem assemble lile bile on sach occasions to receive Instruct instruction long lons not in the enticing words of mans wisdom but in the demonstration and power powen wei of tho the holf holy grait Gh jand this s j willbe the case when we assemble in t the right way and an unite unito our faith and our attention and our spiritual energy so as to call down upon us the blessings of the almighty and to toila tolla have the tho presence of ghosey those influences flu those ministering ring spirits who are sent forth to i minister to the heirs of salvation it is our privilege in these public gatherings appointed for the worship of god to have the pre presence presencio sence senco of ibena hols holy ones one in our midst and to have the tile power of the almighty to rest tipon upon both speaker and hearer bearer that we may be fed and nourished by the bread of life that comes down efroin heaven and that and go to our respective Calli callings figs and and anu places of abode we ws may each carry with uj uis a live coal from the a altar lar 11 we meet here today to day to manifest that we aro are willing to sustain the brethren appointed of god in ill their several veral vernl callings and offices of the priesthood pries it may seem rather ji adry druaud and aud formal matter to some of the people eople to come lo 10 together and lift fillip olp nip t their p lei lel leir hands to sustain the author of tile the Chu reis reif jusa juba necessary i ducy duty dirve an and if va sokrat 1002 look at A ii pr properly 1 I eris we shail shall therein If seem a little monotonous libut milt a as at T I 1 have jaye sari saul it is naces 4 i d sary for I 1 it t was des designed 1 in io ty by th the c al in a the tha organization of this chura church that the ilie voice vole beof of the people ifie shall all ail respond to the voice of the tile lord it js is the 11 ie voice of the tilo lord and anath the e voice volee olce oice of the people together in this church that sanc sane sanctions dons all things therein in the tile rise of the i church the lord loni gave a revelation which said ali ail all fall things shall be done b by Y common consent and thel the lord 0 rd designs eliat every individual mem member ber shall take an interest therein shall bear a part of the responsibility and shall take upon him or her the spirit of the church and boan be an active living member of the body 5 body bode it js designed that this church shall be ah alive heinall in all ali its parts part that every e r y 1 individual particle sha shall shail I 1 be influenced bythe by the spirit thereof when the human body is in a ile lle healthy X condition the spirit that dwells therein animates every portion but when the body gets into an thy condition there are parts of it through which the spirit does not i circulate so sa W with etli the tho church church that y the lord has established upon the cara th thebe there are arc plenty of dead r forms in the world religious institutions that are not alive but are forms farms without the power bower the lord is ls buila bulla building lu g up a society a kingdom I 1 if you kiil wal U which hiligh he designs to animate mate male by his fils power powen ren yen in every part of 0 t aud and is necessary fon for the good of U tile tiie e whole hole bole that every in i rl ai vidual bember member b tt t t the he church may be inspired bythe by the pit spirit iri irl that dwells in inthe the body and that the inspiration thereof may not only rest u on tile twelve apostles upon ith the various presidents of stakes and the bishops who take charge of the various vatious ak wards and upon the teachers who vh 0 ml minister nister among the people but that it may go to every individual member of the church that the body mayim filled lied with life aland asand and all ali be in ith the high est eat powers tili Thereto re fot tot rewe va are fird call y 4 cd d together froni sroni ilmo limo to latime time to manifest idest our iljin willingness ness td sustain 0 presiding myer ayer aver us through whom comes ms the the lord loid to us in an baiad capacity it 16 7 is our privilege yUeg leg individually to TC te 00 c elve eive the word of the lord direct the twelve apostles stand to communicate muni came cate tho the word of the tile lord to the church as a whole tho word df bf the tile lord to the church cahit conies s presidency 11 in tile the various 0 o 1 us stakes it comes through the author ties appointed a there and is ards given to ihen the wards v through tile the bishops but butt it is our privilege also to receive the word orthe lord direct reet to ourselves eachin our our nai ual sphere ere an and d cap capacity forwe forve fur for we vc hold bold a relationship to god as individuals as well as a community it is our privilege if we live aright each one for lor himself to receive direct from the fountain of life intelligence wisdom and knowledge for fot our ir individual guidance idan cc and inspiration to too direct u us a in all things that we are arc called ailed upon to perform tie the father blithe of a family y urn has bas A a right to re receive ivo ive tha lp inspiration apin spin tion of th the holy hols ghost to ta direct him in all thin thins things s pertaining to his ilis household hoid hold to give giver words of wisdom and counsel to wives and his children and all within the sphere of his h authority and influence 1 ii it is the privilege of every mother I to bb have the tile spirit of the UM lord to direct her in the course she shall take with her children and it is of every evary boy hoy and tirl girl wild alid llave been baptized into the church to receive the holy ghost for 1 their gai guidance dance so that filat the flie whole church churda may lx be alx quickened bodily and spiritually with til eliat at life that lid comes from above so that god may be able to impress us m as individuals with desires and in intelligence telli genca gence nor for the mhd accomplishment ment of his P purposes ur Q andee and we should so live as P to to bo in harmony with the authorities of the church in harmony with those ilose who preside us that we may be able nuis to see N as they seq sec and act its ita as they desire us to to act when they ive us the word of tile the lord r butco but nut wo c cannot annot do that pale unie unless s we possess this spirit and pot only onis should w we be in harmony with thoe thoo men but with the powers behind the vail vall and we should be s so 0 tuned that our whole natures will bo be in in perfect accord with the tile influences 1 s that come from on op and be sensitive to the im pres mons alons aiona that god desires to make upon us ve re sustain our brethren of the twelve a as seers seers seer c and re vela tors but I 1 have heard it remarked by bome some breth brethren ren reh that they could not seo seb any need of doing so and that holding bolding up their hands bands does not make those men prophets seers seek sand and rev ela tors that is true enough bo solar far as jt it goes B but u t by sustaining these bret brethren bren in our customary way we wab m manifest ani fest to god and the powers behind therall th the evall evail vail who work with the brethren bretle en in the flesh that wo are willing to receive any 7 Te revelation that the higher powers may see f nit fit it to communicate through them in that capacity we wel have ft great deal of principle and doc doe doctrine trinie trinia given tous tons through the means of the bible tile tiie book of mormon Nf ormon fhe flie doctrine and covenants ate with which wrought we ought to make ourselves thoroughly familiar at the same lime time we yc have men meri presiding over us in aa tills MIA church t through whom the word of the lord fjord will come onne orne in our present circumstances or our guld guid ance and for the guidance of the i whole ch church in hi its onward march as the exigencies of 0 i f the case may require and when wb lift up our hands to h heaven edven to sustain them we manifest that we hold in readiness s to receive theford the word of the lord whenever he sees fit to impart it to us they are the legal chan nels aels they are the appointed receptacles to receive the words of the lord for ua IIA as an organized body bodyl and by lifting up oust ourt hands to heaven in ift this way we show to god and to banels that wo are ready at hiis hils any ans time it the I 1 lord has a word of r revelation to communicate to us to receive it nib rib matter how it may come whether by tho the inspiration of the holy ghost or otherwise by means odthe of the arim and Thum mim if ile he sees nit fit to restore it to the tim church which he will do aa as sure as we are gathe gathered red fed here today to day and a man will stand up like unto mose moses s who will communicate the theford word odthe of the lord dord unto us line upon line and precept upon precept mell meli god er brings r ings forth everything needed for the building up of his work and the things kept hidden from the foundation of tho the world will bo be brought forth and all the ancient records that have been lost will be brought 11 to light by men through whom god shall snail operate by means of the arim and as aswell awell as bythe inspiration ni of the holy ghost we manifest to him by 0 o our ur uplifted hands that we will receive his word by inspiration by the arim and Thum mim or by Tey clation or the ministration of ar angels igals or n any way he be may be pleased to coni commini muni cate it Is fitting fittin then that we should da this we no do not kilow when the tho lord acome e new word forbs forus for Us laina sarry do not all an know what is placed on record for wado not nitea read fead it IV 5 nevertheless edess the lord may see seo at to impart to us something not placed on record and we should bo be ready and willing to receive every word of counsel sel or instruction or oi coni command mand mana I 1 or rebuke that lie m may ay iy see ff nit fit tr to jo jin jm part it is necessary also that w should show to our brethren who are called to these various offices that we are rc willing to sustain them for they have not called themselves neith neither ier ler do they the yr tun run un foroff ice mcc we are not office seekers in this church jot att C jb is very generally the case that a man who seeks an oil oti office iee lee is not a fit nad and aud proper person to occupy if but we TV e are willing to rec receiver elter eiter any ment or calling the lord may aee see fit to place plade us in we are ire iro lre on hand band wo we are r ready ead y but w we 0 ar are 0 not office seekers las 1 h hop bop vp said the tile men whom wo we voted VOM to sustain this thi morning the uhe delley dency of tile the stake bishops home did not call bam s selves ives but hia fia have bave cj been wen called to tad act ci in those thoo positions and arad they arp not paid for it either that is ill in worldly n wealth eaith of course treyarc they are aro ble bie blessed ased and paid as every man is paid when wilen doing good in the blessings pertaining to his calling for an p e ery cry ry man called to mccu occupy py any ans pos position f call can if lie he seeks aright obtain the spirit 1 of I that calling 11 in an and in in that there is p reat peace peat eat and joy 0 and satisfaction so that h lie lle e is paid 1 in his hia labors in any office offic abic which he may be called but our lire brethren threll do not nu thrust themselves forward to se seek ek f for fon P boqi 04 1 s v tion somebody else calls th thai thal and we to day manifest our wilia willingness i to sit sustain etain th them em in those calling an fn in J and to giva give the them nithe the benefit of f 0 our ur faith and prayer pray erand sand to assure them r mitat til at so far as ws we are placed under their counsel we wid accept jt it all ali and 4 act upon it so this is a good work york we do it does not take a great deal deai leal leai optime of time or labor and it ji Is a fitting r duty for latter day saints to peri form andi and I 1 feel that we are priva eged in so doing I 1 As the children orgon of god we need to rally around our brethren who are arp ar acting hi in the he various offices cesin in this churchard chut Chur church chand and be one ono with te them ibm and not only maul maui manifest fest this tim by lifting up our hands but by really sustaining them in the position mey they are arc called to fill so far as lies within our power each one taking an interest in rr these thing things z each one feeling that he be has a part in this matter for vor this work dhea pea pes upon those required to act in fil off omm leial official positions bia but t upon every individual called by the name of latter utter day rd saint some somo people think that the sphere of labora they thes are called i cury cupy is not a great agrest one that if they were called occupy some gome office in the tho church they could accomplish II 11 s h more good and have tsomei n g moie mole more t to olive live for but I 1 think abbink wo we shall discover that if vve vvo ve arti are all anxious to fill our sphere ere efe of action we can find ample opportunity for the exercise of those powers with which god has endowed us every man and woman gan can ean finda nind find a sphere of usefulness if inthey clity are desirous each baell one onel can nind find his ins or her own place and we will ail all come to it by anday and by I 1 belieVe belleve rit Tit tobe one of the powers and authorities R ut herlt les leg of this priesthood that god has revealed from heaven to nind find out the th 6 place for which every individual iri ili in the tho church is adapted and to get them into that place is A nam tiace toc tor and ever E la in its place piam and the time lime will come when tho lord shall have established lyl iti hit church perfectly upon the earthy and all things move in their proper course e that god will find a place adapted to every person in which ea each ch wi wiil wili it have more joy than in any other place and be able do mora more good to 16 tho the community than lii lil in any other and we can cau nind find this measurably today to day if we are desirous to do so fco for there is an ample ampie sphere of labor for gyers man lilan and abid al aiso also Q for every eved apman an in this church every man than in this house this inoru morning ine inc belile r bishops teacher or missionary nW to preach me vie 0 goppel can find sonie sonic something thin to iab do forthe for fon tiie tile of the pow pou ers with which he is endowed magnifying fi 1 his office or calling cailing in in the priest priesthood for we nearly all have sonio sonto portion n of tb abe a priesthood if TV e seek for the spirit of a that thai calling we shall schall find plenty of fr ifor the exercise of ts duties but dut thereat jo feht difficulty i 1 many a of I 1 usar us are e content simply to bo 0 ordained to the priesthood ill 1 I am a high priest or dk seventy or ap an elder older g as the case pase may be and am satis satisfied |
