Show SUNDAY MONDAY SERVICES services were held in the tabernacle sunday tun day august 1887 at pm president augus augua gua M cannon presiding the choir sang the hymns lord we eom come before thee the wow at th iha feet wo we bow pra braer er was offered by elder milando la ado pratt the choir and sang the hamu anso r iy ay soul goal arise ai IBO S aa off thy guilty fears th S Acra meat was administered by ue the of tue me sixth ward BISHOP 0 V F WHITNEY WHIT KEY addressed the congregation I 1 realize that it is not in our own strength that we are expected to perform the duties of our religion and I 1 have faith tu to believe anat it i open my mou mouth h it will bt att ti dett those who tho are called upon to congregations like ibis alist thaile their liadis tree iree to treat ireat any sub jet ei oat way may be suggested by tile the asirit true the elders are cold coo maced to haudy ard them litins b to preach the gospel but this Is in 10 that their minds tu k be stored with ith truth aud abd intelli st nce irom which the holy spirit may kirac oca siou requires A mail a house and conveying it afler afim to the place where it is ta instead of taking tabing in the abe gathering his materials and mb lib to the eur bur loui dings would be no more foolish a spectacle than tor au an elder of israel to a ser inoa dinou ai a aist cis acce taLce irom where be was to deliver it without knowing the spirit or the needs of his congregation the mind of an elder vectored hectored hec bee with light aad tits watfa may be for ven even t vied intes not bring water oui ut a d daiy diy t y welt U moses smote mute t the rock lock and aad vat ers gushed forth but the waters id alist to be p aced in in the rock be fore foie they could be brought out tae lod doilis upon natural principles the fhe savior asked of peter simon peter lovest kalou bep mep me yea lord baid peter thou I 1 love thee feed my filie sheep ep said jesus ile he repeated uis ilis words three unies murder to impress them upon Vc peters ers abiad that the latter might not the figu calling 11 aa mission laced upon bim upon peter and the apostles led and bev seventies enties devol devolved the duty of ahn a hn spiritual food the church aud and preaching tile the gosp dospel I 1 to the world i in these the last days the descendants of ancient israel scattered and sprinkled among tile the nations have ben bein gathered and upon them has been placed a mission precisely h similar tu to that riven given by the savior to ills his apostles anciently they are culled called tu 10 be not dot obly pita chers of the word bat dobeis of it also that they may draw all men abom it Is required of them to live lives of purity aud holiness thus the principles principle of the gospel dospel ro I 1 that the lord opel ageg up upon on na natural I 1 tural principles like cleades cles to like hud and I 1 this big principle will in the eternal wo worlds r ids ven even t mork perfectly than it does here we see tat society oci ety is graded and according to the predilections and circumstances of men in england the idea ot of aristocracy la is biased based upon the principle of titles and lineal de descent no matter how wealthy or r intelligent a man may be be cannot le e classed with the aristocracy unless he e has in his veins the blood of those who have been aristocrats before him or has received a title in france the 4 idea of aristocracy is based more upon culture and intelligence which seems i to me to bg more just and proper than the cl ther in 0 our ar own loved country it Is tooney money that baloes a map man an at aristocrat is no matter what his lineage his ignorance or his hia culture may be still there are exceptions to the rule find and in some circles of american society better ideas prevail classes associate together the in tell telli igent gerit with the utellia intelligent atit the rich with the rich and the poor with the poor while this the honest and pure seek the society of their own kind and the wicked and depraved gravitate to their natural level it is said that earthly things are typical 0 of things heavenly and it may by be accepted as true that in the worlds on high society is classified fledIth though ough not upon false principles as is often of tan the case in in this life there will be distinctions and differences without doubt lut ut they will not sprit g irom froin earthly ansidei ci aliens differ anees ati there 1 re will he be regulated upon I 1 u tt sud et eternal ernal principles sciples it ic is thought by many that the religion called mormonism is narrow tl and d exclusive and that this people think that god is interested only in their welfare and alvatoon Lal t I 1 can J 5 testify that in ane aholo world of religion so far as my researches extend expend there is no sa 83 stem so broad liberal and magnanimous as mormonism moi monism 11 those ano loye love beauty grandeur and sublimity bub limity can call nod find them to to an extent iu in mormonism so with tile lover of science or philosophy te le can find in it the loftie lottie ht bt heights and profoundest foun dest depths of wisdom it teaches ohp universal fatherhood of goethe loite application of Caris cariste ts atonement the redemption and exaltation of the earth and the salvation of all mein boen except the sons of perdition in some degree of glory adapted to ir several capacities and merits 1 paul taught this principle nearly two rf 1 thousand years ago but now according to the teachings of most chrls chris fians no matter what a mans crimes aray have been even the murderer who is straggled led out of this life he be cause unfit for human society n u ay be received into the presence and vitra of odd if he will but confess a belief in besas jesus christ such a doctrine is an outrage on consistency aua ami re aeu how can it be supposed that a man W whose training and discipline has been those of wickedness and crime simply by confessing a laith faith in jesus may be received into the same bame heaven society and glory which is shared by the just and rish paul taught a diversity of rewards and punishments he ae did not teach that the murderer could inherit the glory as the lust just and pure said net bet there is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for one star di differs afe r 8 from another star in glory so also is the resurrection of tile the dead 11 the same truths upon this subject taught by paul had been newly revealed in our day through the prophet joseph smith the speaker byre read a selection from the vision of joseph and sidney section 70 doctrine and covenants paragraphs 50 to 98 illustrative of the theme dwelt ing ine the several future states of all men in their saved condition mormonism teaches that it is possible for a man to attain to a falness of the stature of christ and that chi children adren of god may become like unto their father in heaven even as a chi child id may become like diato its parents on earth those who becoate worthy of the society ot gods and angels must become godlike aud and angelic iu in their natures it la Is the duty of latter day saints to labor laboi iii ht and dayto day to kindle fiatoa into a alime that spark winch which has been lit within them following lowi tig in the footsteps of the savior and attaining as fast t to 0 tais spiritual stature the standard of his a righteousness only those who become like him can hope to be worthy of his society he did dd not attain perfection all at 0 once nce but received grace lor or grace u until ni ia in time lime it pleased the father that in him should all ful ness lwell dwell we must do likewise climbing step by step the ladder of perfection if we take this course it will in time be said of us fsr they are gods even sons of god and all are theirs 1 all that is required of any people is to live up to the light that thai is within them no people can do more tile the heathen nations who do this are justi fled though they never hear the name of et jesus men aleu cannot be held accountable for sinning against a law of which they have had no knowledge they will tie he rewarded according to the good d deeds done in the body a and will be punished only tor sins committed against the light 11 which the they possess I 1 would ask soy any person capable of comprehending what mercy and magnanimity nani mity are where they can find these qualities tres expressed tu to the ibe extent and aad in whick they are set fortu forth in this revelation and yet even cormons mormons Mor IMor mons mOlas sometimes think the ren giola of their parents is narrow and exclusive and its doctrines hursh harsh aud and ungenerous and aage been surprised to learn that the very opposite is the case and that mormonism Moi Moin monism is the most magnani magn an I 1 bousi just reasonable and consistent religion under the sun I 1 have waked what is the cause of this thid unbelief and infidelity in the children of mormon parents Is it possible that parents have neglected to teach these things to their ch childr ildron n yes it is possible pos LAble and trie tre and far further such cn cu ildren are not taught either by precept oi ort lex example ample to pray to attend worship or to observe other commandments of god then when they bave b by y chance heard a discourse in exl explanation ada lon of ti the ie principles of the gosp 1 they are amazed that the re ligita 0 of their parents contains such teachings gs we cannot afford to bring up our children in unbelief we cannot afford to apostatize nor permit our children to their backs upon the tae work of god bod without a warning word wora we e might as well think of throwing ourselves over a precipice or into a fiery furnare furnace as to apostatize f bm bin the prin cil l is of mormonism Mormon ibm we are sending elders abroad to convert the nations but right here at home many are lo fostering infidel infidelity it at their own hearthstone hearth stones some lat fathers liers say I 1 was a grown man beforce I 1 embraced mormonism I 1 bad my choice and I 1 intend that my children chall be left tu to make their choice in religious matters how plausible plau sib e now how liberal this sounds and bet et it is such men would leave leav e the acil of their childrens hearts unsown with righteousness to receive the seeds ot unbelief and sin this is not liberality libel aliby this is not wisdom it is folla of the worst kind IMor mormon moti ism is not liberal enough to admit that black is white while that error is as good as truth or that twice two make more or less than four neither can it afford to compromise e with error or d defile file itself to exhibit what some people call liberally 11 it must maintain ground its I 1 preserve its purity and frow from the lock of truth reach out oat the band of ret cue to the perishing lot in only in is liberal because it is free a and ad free because of its truth and I 1 teat not the issue when I 1 mormonism it is fairly and honestly investigated for form in a thousand ways it will prove iest if the gospel of jesus christ the true plau plan of life and rialla salvation kioa the the anthem an thein 0 lord what is man benediction by elder theodore curtis |