Show THE SIXTH SENSE A SHORT time aga ago a local temporary ce somewhat surprised us by the publication of an article on OB i a line of thought unusual in that quarter it was evidently inspired by the war of elements and phenomenal storms that have re with marvellous marcellous marv ellous simultaneity ultan ulta eity nelty in numerous portions of the entire gloal globe its tg object seemed to be to exhibit the impotency ency lof purely scientific research and knowledge to ascertain with certainty conditions that appear upon the surface of our earth and the superiority in that re sped of what was denominated the sith sense in man the moral of the article was logically the lecessi necessity ty for the cultivation of t this io lecul peculiar jar faculty v biah Is generally unrecognized unrecognised and ignored As an illustration of the sub jeet e to show they the potency gency of the prophetic gift the to lowing winK sublime pas sage from job ob was quoted hast thop entered into the treasures of the snow or best bast aaen the treasures or of the he hall hail which I 1 havo reserved against the time of trouble against the day of battle and war by what way Js a the light parted which tho the east winds upon the earth who hath divided a 4 watercourse waler courso tor or the overflowing of waters or a wy way far the I 1 lightning hanin 0 of f thunder ia hata fe toe rain 4 a father faher or who bath bagot fen the reps pt ff dew ew ano lowest tae ftp 0 ordinances rd of he heaven ave bapst thon set the e teof in n tup P earth the plain inference is that the writer odthe of the article in question intended to show that job possessed a acuity or power by which he could lobit down through the ages and perceive and copse consequently cop quent ly predict conditions that would arise in IH the present day this visual power to la designated as agthe the sixth sense in man from a strictly religious standpoint it to 1 denominated the gift of prophecy taking I 1 n its existence for granted it must be h held yd to be supernatural as none of the ordinary powers ot man are capable of such marvelous scope and pene tra tion the al strictly secular school of philosophers hold that the mind of man is fid fed and operates outwardly outward y through what are known as the five senses A few have held that there Is another deose eese which to lathe the highe higher 3 of all that has not been taken into account and blat 04 it is spiritual no matter by what rame name it may be designated it exists and is susceptible of cultivation its higher phases like those of genius entus are bore rore rare JAs if perfect personification mi ap the nd and Us to proportionate degree in the prophet pa from the beginning of the world to the present As we understand the tha nature of t this his power it is I 1 the he spirit or the light of truth which edeth forth from the presence of him wio who upon the throne 11 nd ad quickens the understanding ai of the recipient so that he be is enabled to comprehend abi things a g a as they have been as they are and as tufey shall be it is the spirit of knowledge which pervades the heavens illuminating the mind of man with a portion of that understanding that dwells in ia the deity hence the tha power that has been wielded by the prophets who have been en rapport with the institutions of heaven what we esteem to be correct theology teaches that this Spirit which is in through and about all things and the power by which all air things are up held contests for place upon all this creation but does not strive with man beyond the line to transcend which would destroy his free agency which is a condition retained to all intel 1 ligen ces but as intelligence cleaves to intelligence that enlightening power will increase in proportion to the degree in which its strivings are responded to by mankind for mortals to possess the priceless gift they must place themselves in unison with the higher law they must seek after god or in other words search with honest hearts for the truth by the conditions of which they must as honestly endeavor to govern themselves tile the higher law was exemplified in christ who subjected himself to the will of his father whose who will Is necessarily the expression of truth and justice and put selfish considerations on one side the rule among men is to act in such a way as to bring brine personal advantage to themselves the higher phase of life requires that the bearing of our acts upon others be first considered inthe if the effects affects would be detrimental in that respect then the conduct in ques must muse ue be no matter as to the apparent personal advantage that would accrue from its performance hence the entrance sate gate to eternal life is strait the pathway leading up to it narrow and the pedestrians comparatively few the further a people separate themselves from those higher conditions the greater willbe their misery perplexity plex ity confusion and strife because they are proportionately distant from the sustaining power that pervades the moral universe of the almighty As they place themselves ves in unison with its requirements pacific and harmonious conditions return reformation or repentance is the road leading back to the more de state retura returning lug over ground that has been lost anti traveling onward beyond the point of recession for instance if this community has lost any ground the conditions upon which it can be regained must be complied with before that which has vanished can be retrieved unless a person has given attention to this spiritual sense or power that penetrates ene the veil of the past embraces traces the conditions of the present and rolls up the curtain that obscures the fetui fu tUi lie jie necessarily knows nothing about ii 11 this ignorance causes him to deny its existence the fallacy of such a dental denial is perfectly clear to him who knows by actual experience the voice and power of the spirit which quickens the spirit of man as perfectly as the introduction of a light into a dark room dispels the darkness if men would receive it joseph smith possessed this divine gift to a marvelous extent it if is not bof necessary for men to travel back to the days of job for the manifestations of what some philosophers denominate the sixth sense the conditions and a aspects e ID of e earthly arty affairs now existing ti ng a 4 develop developing ing were des jibed oy by df t affe modern ao d era prophet in IB re mark b le detail til ahr through ough him as a chosen instrument because of adaptability principles were enunciated that will work a revolution in the earth he made the declaration that the time was soon to come when this globe and its inhabitants would have to wheel in to line with the conditions that pervade the universe ot of the almighty all obstacles to the introduction of the brighter brig liter and better era are to be removed taking this as correct mighty revolutions are at the doors and those who possess what has been designated us as the sixth sense but which is the 8 spirit irit of bod operating upon the spirit of man will alone be in n a position t n to pass unscathed through the ordeals the process will entail |