Show biks DISCOURSE wilar ri r i i f I 1 i gui lyt deli DELIVERED VERED BY bluml R nefa neen 01 y 1 i 1 noil delivered in the tabernacle sait salt lake aily city sept 15 1878 W c v ri BY geo F gabbs BS IA tire tere ler ser commenced by ri read nead ad ing the ath chapter of st matthew commencing at the ath rth verse there bire are many imp bitant em iso da in these theae few verses which I 1 henring hearing he AkIngs and they fa 5 reef espe espo aspe chally applicable 40 ua us ag aj day baletsa peaple professing abbo tb bo tho the disciples bt ot the tha lord a esus Christ we hollest bertany tany tauy with buch such professions les fea agi we make there should be holliss af respond ing ingao to thoe thoo row rog lowe q are bilte silte ille 1110 d majesus mf Jesus the ifwers of tiles the son of god and 1 ilin haqq 7 a any cla ola claim lm to that na name et or altie tit lewe 11 es should exemplify la in our ilves the the principles which he taught laught iffa if we do northen not then our claim nama namo is baseless and may be treated with contempt ta jesus has caused tobe to tle tie lett iett left oa od record certain principles oer certain tain taia doctrines do et rines tines a plan which has called the plan of sal gal tatian and he required in ancient days when me the earth clothed in mortality that those who mho professed his name and to be his followers should believe in and practice those thoo principles 1 anc ant doc 7 ft 1 f they did not they ceased 1 totems hs followers and nd they soon him liim his hia came in git sit hon bon Aon with many maby things that cevero M neero popular a tha the d day SY ana and age in WW aich he lie lived his teachings teachIng 3 came 1 th the follies the pride and the selfishness of men thena then aiala and in this respect they havo have not kv changed parcie parole th they C come 0 me in contact to ua da with they thoy the 0 selfishness af of men with men as found in what ig termed their natural condition or more properly speaking their fallen condition and this is i one reason for the unpopularity of bf the doctrines of desu jesu he taught mankind A higher life the means lot lof 0 0 a better rondi gondi condition tion and 1 to require the assistance of the tho fh holy which he promised to I 1 bestow upon those who kept blit lilt hi commandments to enable them to carry out in a proper mannel manner the 1 principles he imparted to tb them if ho had taught man to gratify all nil hia hl inclinations to indulge n every selfish desire that self seif denlas denial and half self necess necessary 9 Y it is 16 probable e that thiv he would buld h have a had nany many abre than he did have andrij and his doctrines doubtless would li have haye ye been more popular tado tha they were auf this thia wig was ilot not the th case the sk teach eteh ing men at fhe tho beginning I 1 dri chis ministerial marear ih the 6 1 most 0 9 t P imre imro ar and godlike rine lies lles 1 principle 0 which were not bd un anc practiced practised by men je generally ralli ware aj which seemed deemed to be more lifted for ora more 6 laifed halted oed fed hace race bf than tor TOT toan an fn his fallen failen condition here her he f bays says blessed blesie d are the in s opril for weirs weira a is the kingdom of heaven blessed are they thab that mourn for they shall ba be comfor comforted tid I 1 blessed are aro the meek for jor lor they shall inherit the earth blessed are they v vi aich do hunger and arid thirst after righteous righteousness ness nese for thie they be filled blessed are the mer merciful cital for foi they shall snail hairr obtain indi mercy merey rcy rey Blesse blessed daro arm are the pwe pure in id heart for they shall we god blessed axe are ahre the p peacemakers peace makers for they shall shail be called the children of 11 god jabel t ye when meni shall shail you tou 0 u and persecute i you I 1 arid aria an behall I 1 in manner ahito of f evil against you falsely formy for my iny sake bake be for gread great is reward ii in forso persecuted they tuey tho the prophets chieu at and in lif ano trier placed saide chapter he bey a elifet your oink communications be yead eveV r nay mor wn arso us than these cometh of evil i A ana dd again he eaid eald resist not nol evil but whoa whosoever w ever oever shall a smite m ite thee on thy iby right cheek turn to him hidi ahe the other also and if any man aahl anbi will suether sue bue tchee at the law and take away thy coat let him bave have thy cloak alo aho these weme were becu ilaf ilar doctrines whoa there kinon among 9 men in naturally fatu tatu raily rally that could practice tlde tide them why if a man were struck lick in the cheek by another man the natural impulse would be to knock him downif he could to return evil for fok eyll evil if a man sued another at the thi and took his hia coat would he b bo inclined to give his cloak also no he would contend for his coat arid again and whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile go with him twain go with him two miles ulve to him that asketh thee and from him that would barrow of theer thee turn not thou away this sort tort of teaching came directly in contact with mans mand fallen nature it is the same today to day and yet they are the teachings odthe of the son of god they are the principles which he taught their practice he required then theu and he requires the same today but I 1 say unto you love your enemies bless them that curne curee you boudo edo good to them that hate you and pray for those which despitefully use you and persecute you that ye may be the children of your father which Is in heaven for he mabeth his bis sun to rise on the evil and on the good and bendeth rain on the just and on the UD unjust jUSt in order then to be the children of our father in heaven we must love our en enemies emlee we must blees them that curso curse us we must do good to them that hate usand pray for them who despitefully use and persecute u us now mark how pointedly the savior those itye if ye love lovo them which love you what reward have ye do not even the tho pu publicans public blicaus ans the same game and if ye salute your brethren only what do ye more than others do not even the publicans public ans so the wicked love jove one another that Is they at least affect to do so it ia is natural for man to love those who love him it requires no effort it comes easy 0 it requires no parti particular caiar calar superiority in a man to love his friend but the savior requires more than this the requirement I 1 is that he h shall not only love his as friends len ien do and 0 bro brethren thren but ho he shall iove lovo his enemies he heball shall nou not hate ene one mier ea hii hil hai hall hali not nod hate hato them that aae u sei sel and persecute him but shall pray for them allowing the feeling of forgiveness to reach after them ahls this feature you will nind find exemplified in itlie tee the laviora Sa vlora viora entire ilfe life up to his bia jast last moments Trio ments mente when upon the tho cross nering suffering gun guf the agonies of death and although althou alth ough pugh gb colaes po possessing laes 1 at ali all of using that awo power aw e r hyak ayak by way of revenge upon those who h 0 so cruelly treated him he submitted himself meekly into their hands and cried father forgive them tor they kno know w not what they do he thus thua set all men an example which they should sh ouid duld imitate it lse ive is common now it i is common among newspapers and it is common bommon in our city to publish alms doing thad that everybody might know how benevolent we are that it might be ve carried by the wings of lightning and published to the world what generous people we are thia city babilt of naka laka does this very thing AI take heed hew 11 says the savior that you do not your youn alms alma before men to be seen of them otherwise ye have ve no reward of your ur father which Is in hea ven 1 you get your reward when you get the praise of men hu hid teaching wag was to do good by stealth that thau if it might not bot be known and wet wit liin men might not get gei honor frow from their thein therefore thou doest thine alms do not sounds sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do that they might have the glory of men verily I 1 a bay eay unto you they have their lewar reward toward ll 11 nut thou alms iet jet not thy thi left lefthand hand know what wh balms thy th y right ight r hand boeth that it line might be in secret iandthy and thy father which seeth 9 in secret himself rhall shall reward thee openly 11 the whole of thee these teachings are full of i instruction and indicate the chara character acter of the savior and tho the nature of the he gospel which he be preached here is another 99 take no thought for your life what shall eat neither for the bod body aw what hat bat ye shall put on bu the meds weds ilfe life la morel moreT than meat and th tho body is than raiment this kind kidd of teaching 9 did not suit mankind Jt camo came ju with their ideas and with th their air traditions and the mano manver erld erid lu C which they had been tau t jt T was wasene ene cne praise or oralio me wort vort w I 1 iffat that they sought it was to be 0 seen been seen of men that they worshipped wor shipped mid and it bastob was to be seen af pf men raen py aims alms and th those aso oso tha thal bestowed favors favora upon hopa hepa tva that jt were and to them they the rich to their i and not noi the poor poon jesus co commanded m banded bi bla bil disel disei plea 1 m to invite the poor aria arid fot hot th t rich c I 1 3 as they could invite inyo themselves thi PM P M in fact rathe fathe he taught doctrines that isid laid the axe i at the them root of wll all al self seif selfishness lahne as and if carried out that would destroy it ea entirely leaving g no vealice ve ie alige stige of it ift in the human n bosom I 1 have already read to you ibe the great rule that the savior taught therefore all things what whaI whatsoever ye yo would that men should do dd to td you do ye even so to them the m for this thit is the law abd and the prophets 11 le let us latter day saints aile akle as b ourselves this afternoon partaking of the sacrament eating the ihu bread and drinking of the cup in remembrance of the body and the blood ot our lord and savior let us ug ask our ourselves Bolves selves and I 1 include myself with all of you for fori I 1 preach to myr toy self aalf as much as I 1 do to any ady one oue of this congregation upon these points dowe do we remember this goiden golden rule that the savior gave do we en deaver when dealing in any way or manner whatever with our bur brother or our sister put ourselves in his or her position and icay tay in our hearts that which I 1 ido do to my brother or to my sister or oram am about to do is 18 just what I 1 would that he or she do to me do we think of this dowe dove do we carry it itous oui out or do we think about ourselves and forget about our brother and bister sister unmindful of their interest and the rights and jand the claims which they have upon u m well now I 1 knew that situated as we are it Is to somewhat difficult to carry out these principles principle ff properly in their perfection and that there has his to be wisdom used but rut nevertheless th eless here is the tb standard td cd which we weare are required require das as latter day saints and as ai sciples of christ to attain to we must attain tolt just as sure as we live if we donot attain to it where god and christ are we never can come we could not dwell in their presence unless we dehaye have the same spirit the bame same feelings tee fee linga and inclinations having conquered the weaknesses of our alien fallen natures sufficiently so that the he gospel that ho taught shall he be exemplified fajos n asit aa it was waa in him not everyone that mayeth unto me lord lord shall shail enter into the kingdom of hos hoa ven yen it is not all those who wi will 11 EW say bay 11 unto nt CY him in that day lord lord have we not prophesied in thy name and in have cast dut out devils and in thy name done many wonderful works itji it not nil all of these whom the recognize and ac know fedge Tedge and land whom be he will ad mit mik into hi presence and into his hie kingdom but it is ii do the will othis of his father in heaten it is those that enter into the strait gate and that wai walk in the narrow way atrid nd that persevere unto the end denying themselves ves and overcoming in g every evil inclination n and bri bringing mink their heir depositions into compete complete subjection to td the mind ardd arid will of god brill bringing ging forth the fruits fruite of righteousness for every tree will be known by its fruits NO ko corrupt tree treff can bring forth good tood frait trait no good tree ean can bring forth ew evil fruit no latte latter r day saint that is a truey latter day saint will bring fruits of unrig unrighteousness or wickedness 9 no professed latter batter day y saint who is a hypocrite who is 15 not of god can bring fo forth rh fruit that will be accept alb ule ibie unto him I 1 know how bow we feel as a people the general feel ing in la our hearts ia is that we have borne wit witness unto the father and unto the son sen and aud unto angels and unto onto all the bearth by the course of life we have taken in joining this church and in ta taking kinc kink upon us the name that has been hitherto eo so ig nu minious in tak ingup our cross and because of our obedience to the thy gospel of the bon hon of god there is 14 scarcely doubt in bur minds respecting dur our future condit condition lon that we wei are almost bure sure to enter in into the celestial kingdom of god and bit felt down with the tife father and the bon son and with the and abid apos apostles ies les who have gane gone before I 1 am sensible of br the fact that this feeling Is general and I 1 believe thera is no people of the same number wha ure are entitled to this feeling than the latter day saints are I 1 hay eay this because there isaio people who have endured so much for their religious religion ion iou and t they have witnessed to the heavens and a the earth their willingness to tor lor fae far barja jcyk JA v uke uhe ke rhey they doey ave aade taken no TIP thought ot of their lives they have in aken aren en nd though thought t in timey times past ia aa to tu they feio belo should ulu ulm ciU eat as to what they should ura org ora to what agar and hes hey have held hold eidy their all ail fon fog tilo trie gospel of the son of god wib wit luti lutt there ure are other duties there areef her tlona tiona resting epou us asa as a peo people P le besides thee theo to which T havo 0 referred orae erae fe 41 and id it is we a mho rho ou d a godly life we hiate hhite done allebes all ali these things A after aha eha bay hay vp p prop prophesied iii vide vidt W affer afar we ve bave have 1 eone tone many wonder fur works arks after anter we have haxe received the fqy abt and ahil cast out devils devil it is ih 11 essentially sent seni aily ally necessary ry we should do db other thi things ggs and that is to carry out in 16 our lives g the principles of our lord ard master and upon these points we need continued instruction und and re we need warning laft we should be overcome by the 8 lof the world and become seif self delue deluc delude tede tedi ds by imagining that eur our ur me case la is a good one our condition ia is a sure Que one and thao that wo are secure of eternal life waa Wea should hould always a remember that which the apostle paul bays says wherefore let him that he take heed lest lost he fall therewa there are fb none of us in so secure apposition but wit what we ma may may mae e do things that may displease the father AM it is necessary yas ras as the world have been taught by the ebb elders of this church from the beginning that hat men should have faith in god and it Is as true |