| Show T BY join JOHN TAYLOR lailla DELIVERED at the time of the dedication of the the tabernacle logan logon bacha county sunday after noon mray wray 1884 reported RT BY jole JOIE IRVINE since we assembled in this place we have had a very interesting time it has been our desire that all who could be properly r recommended commended by bk their bishops should d have an opportunity appo to visit the tem tempie temple n ae whether it be the residents of t this h s alake stake and the stakes of this temple district or the 1 he residents nf if other stakes because we have fel nat enat it is due to those who haye assisted so liberally in burldine bull build dine dinc luc inc the temple in this place that they should sho uld have a full and andr fair opportunity of seeing it F eor for or that purpose we have already had llad two dedication services and we intend to have another in the temple commencing at half past ten tomorrow to morrow morning tickets for which can be obtained from president geo Q cannon at the close of this meeting we lve are lvin ivin living 1 in a very e important day and age of t the t e world in a time that is pregnant preg prep nant with greater events thau than other that we know of or any other dispensation max nas has upon the earth it is called the dispensation of the falness of times when god will gather rather together in one all things in christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth for lor all dil the heavens the gods in the eternal worlds the woly voly holy Triest priesthood hood bood tha that have existed upon the earth the living that live upon the face of the earth and the the dead that have departed this life are all interested in the work in which we are engaged consequently it is of the greatest importance that everything we do that every ordinance we administer that every principle we believe in wita should be strictly in accordance with the mind and word woid the we will and law of god I 1 have heard some remark in the temple perta pertaining inin to these matters and also here an and 9 it has been thought as has been e expressed cpr essed by some that we ought to look for some soine peculiar manifestations fe the question is what do we ve want to see some peculiar power I 1 some remarkable manifestations all al these things are very proper in th their air place all these things we nave have a right night to ioa low look f for or but we must only look for such manifestations as are tire requisite for our circumstances and as god shall see fit to impart them certain manifestations have already occurred when our heavenly father a appeared unto joseph smith the Prop prophet liet ilet he depoint pointed to the savior with him bim and who it is said I 1 is the brightness of the eatherl fathers s glory and the express express image of his person and said sald T this his is my beloved son hear him 72 so that there manifested through was an evidence ills his servant to the world that god goa lived that the redeemer who was wis crucified and put to death to atone for the sins of the world also lived and that there was a message humah humak which chic had to be communicated to the humai family and that the son was ianthe the personage through which it should hould bec be communicated 4 in munica ted ve the key thus being turned authority giyen glyen by the highest source in the heavens in relation to the purposes oses of god on the earth the holy priesthood began to be developed why because there was no priesthood on the earth there was nobody who was authorized to operate and officiate in the name of the lord therefore john the baptist came as the representative of the priesthood Priest hood bood having held he keys thereof in his day and he placed his hands upon tipon the heads of unlaced oseph joseph smith hand and ana oliver Cowder cowdery yand and said upon upon you my jellow fellow servants in the name of messiah I 1 confer the fri priesthood estwood of aaron which holds the keys of the ministering of angels and of the gospel of repentance and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins and this shall never be taken again from the earth until mhd th sons of again letl leti evi evl do offer again an offering t unto the lord in righteousness john the baptist having thus come and im imparted arted the tiie aaronie priesthood wh which nil nii like ilke the priesthood is ir an eternal priesthood it being already conferred erred it is not now necessary that john the baptist should return for the accomplishment dell deli delivered vered his of that purpose he had testimony he had turned the key he had introduced the power and authority to administer in that priesthood whom it was conferred i so that those upon sevea were able to perform the several duties associated therewith then peter james aames ames and conf conferred ead upon joseph smith and oliver cowdery the priesthood which as you yon all know differs from that ot of the the Melch isedee priesthood according to the tac scriptures tures la is after tile tiie the order of the son 04 of god and after the power of an endless life ilfe it rigs places men la in communication im muni uni cation with god our heavenly eather rather whereby through its ime influence ordinance ordinances towers powers and blessings th they can approach the prese arese presence ince of go god the eternal father and come is as it old I 1 to ltd the general was said by one of assembly and church of the first born which are writ written teli tell in heaven and to god the judge of all an and to the thie tos is spirits brits and to toy jesus of just men made perfect esus the mediator of the new covenant and to the bloo blood dOf of sprinkling that speak eth better thing things tha than thad tho thab that at abel lt it la that bla bia 61 hood through 1 i fv lv the gospel that brings life and ITT immortality reality to light that places man flan I 1 in a position whereby he can obtain through faithfulness an and d adherence to the laws of god all the rich blessings associated with the eternal worlds of which we are arc allowed to partake while we dwell here hereupon upon the earth or hereafter in the heavens it iss iff i not necessary that Peter james and john should come again to do the thin thine that is already doue the priesthood has been restored with which is connect connected edall edail ali ail all the eyer ever were associated with any people upon the face of the earth and if we know today to day so little in regard to the things of god and the principles associated with eternity with the heavens and with the angels it is because we have not improved our privileges as we might nor lived up to those principles that dod god has revealed unto us and because we agrenot ara are not yet pre prepared parel parea for further advancement jesus in llis liis day said to his disciples les ies s peace I 1 leave with you 0 in my peace I 1 orld give unto you not as tle the orid world eveth t kive give I 1 unto bunto you let not your heart by be troubled neither let it be af afraid mid let not your heart be troubled ye believe in god believe also in me in my fathers house are arc many mail maii mansions if it were not so I 1 would have told you I 1 go to prepare a place for you and if I 1 go ana and and prepare a place for you I 1 vill win come again azain and receive you unto myself that where am there ye maybe may be also what did he said lse ise I 1 ly if he dle went away ile he would send t them eni another comforter the spirit of t truth ruth which should abide with them f forever and teach them all things and b bring rino ring all things pertaining to the tile past to t 0 their leir remembrance the comforter was also to lead them unto all truth and show them things to come this same comforter has been given in connection with the gospel in these days for our enlightenment for our instruction for our guidance that we may have a knowledge of things that are past of the dealings of god with the numan human human family vf of the principles of truth that have been developed in the different ages of the position of the world and its relationship to god in those different ages of its position in years that are past and gone and of its prese arese present status it Is also aiso given for our e enlightenment that we may be enabled to conduct all things according accor dinc to the mind and will of god dod and in accordance with his eternal laws and those principles which exist in the heavens and which have been provided by god for the salvation and exaltation of a fallen world also for the hanif manifestation est of principles which have been and will be developed in the interest of man not only pertaining to this world but also to that which is to come through which medium the lord will make known ills his plans and designs to his pries priesthood theod and his people in his own due time after these things had bad been introduced the people in kirtland ohio by the command of god through joseph smith the prophet some 49 years ago without being particular as to dates commenced to build a house unto the lord wherein certain preliminary ordinances were introduced and that house was built under very trying circumstances to the saints but they accomplished accomplish bd it lt most of the saints then devoted all the time they could possibly spare f for or the accomplishment ment of that object it was vas not in little littie little donations but they had to exert I 1 heir undivided eberg energies ies aes and means to tits accomplishment when they had bad finished it it was wag dedicated dedic aced to the lord god accepted their sacrifice and jesus appeared in that tem temple tempie lc of 0 which appearance ap barance you will vill nind find ninta finta a de description crip tion lil iki in the book of doctrine and covenants section before this they had bad had the and the Priest hoods presented to them and moroni and other personages had appeared unto joseph smith when this temple was vas erected for preparatory ordinances for it was not like ilke the temples we now have nor like the temple that was in nauvoo the lord appeared and then moses appeared they hab haa had already the keys of the priesthood and of the and as moses mosea had held the keys and authority of the gathering of the children of israel from f rom the land of egypt in a former dispensation so BO he was now sent to confer these sald said keys upon joseph smith and oliver cowdery it is said that after this vision closed that is esthe the vision of the savior manifested to joseph and oliver in the kirtland temple that the heavens were again opened unto us und and moses moes appeared detore before us and committed unto us tile tiie keys of the gathering of israel from the f four our parts of the earth and the leading of the ten tell tribes from the land laud of the north here were associated with the gathering why la Is it that you arc here herd today to day and rind hal abhat hat brought you ou here because the koh keh key kos of the gat ti israel from the f four ours quarters of the earth have been corm comm cited to joseph smith and he has hacon coi col berred those keys upon others that tile tiie I 1 pt gathering hering of israel may mav h ed and th in due time the same fame thin thino will be performed to the tribes in th til land of the north it is it on this account and through the ahe unlocking of this principle and through those means that you are brought together is as you are aro today todar to day dav I 1 have mentioned a circumstance and I 1 will mention it again here as there thore are so many present to show you how haw those things operate what I 1 refer to Is tha soon after we were d driven froni front dai dal al mouri samurl the twelve ivore were tar benato eug eng laut there was no place then ia 0 i s a fc li ii 11 i 4 4 for the saints to torather toa ather ather to the prophet therefore said to the twelve when you so go to england until you yon get f further ur information do not say anything about the gathering 11 consequently Consequent li we did not but we could ouid not kee keep the spirit of it from the people IN why because we had the gospel and t the e gospel brings life and mortality immortality itil iiii to light and those that receive the gospel receive the holy ghost and a knowle knowledge d 10 of the things associated with the gospel and hence I 1 remember a sister coming to me moe in liverpool Engl engi england arld arid where I 1 had raised up a church and aar says she I 1 ab rother brother taylor I 1 had a very remarkable dream or vision I 1 dont know which and atvas it was something like this I 1 thou thought bt that the saint saints were gathered together on tile tiie pier head thatis that Is the place where the vessels then used to sail from framl and there was a ship about to sail the people said they were going goin to zion and they were singing what they aey called the songs of zion and re rejoicing joicin exceedingly you were amon among them and you were going also now I A want t to 0 know if you can tell medhat me what it means tl yes lf said sald I 1 1 I know what It means and I 1 will tell you wt wl i t the time comes just the same as I 1 nave to say to day that there are many things that I 1 know of which I 1 ican lean can only tell you when the time comes by andoy joseph smith sent word thattie that the maints taints t were to gather to nauvoo that they had bad a gathering place there and the saints were tv tu be beadi directed to that land I 1 then went and this sister the of her dream or vision I 1 mention this to show that you TOU cannot prevent these manifestations th eyare associated with the gospel if men and women receive the spirit ot of god and the gift of the holy ghost it reveals those things unto them it was said by one of old that through its influence your sons and your daughters shall prophesy and I 1 your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams and although joseph had told us not to say anything about the gatherIng yet he could not prevent the lord from revealing it to the people he ild did reveal it it and a great many as well as the sister referred to had a knowledge of it that is the principle that brought you here if that key had not been turned if moses had not come to introduce it you TOU would not have been here and joseph smith would not have known anything about it nor anybody else until god revea revealed led ted lt lun lon in ills his own on a pointed appointed way but as I 1 stated before the father said this is my beloved son hear him ile he manipulates the priesthood in the heavens and on the earth he manages the tho affairs associated with the redemption of the human family hear him and when he was prepared to send forth these messengers as we send forth messengers to accomplish certain purposes when ile he saw that the time had come lie he said go moses and attend to this matter they have built a temple from now nov they will begin to gather the saints and ana it is necessary that the they should shoula reforma have proper instructions and information relating to these matters and moses came now that was one thing then we read that 11 after this ellas elias appeared and committed the dispensation of the gospel of abraham sayin saying that in us and our seed all ail generations aft after r us should be blessed that was tile the promise made to abraham some 30 ao 30 years ago it t was not a promise made to abra abraham at m a lone alone but through illin him to others ile he and and his seed were to be the instrumentality the media through which mankind should be blessed they were to be the special instruments in the hands of god for the accod accomplishment of these purposes hence le the priesthood began all ali to be organized the bishopric and all pertaining to the aaronie priesthood including priests teachers and deacons and aud associated with wa th the Melchised cc priesthood i the |
