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Show Tabernacle Overflowing With Congregations Assembled tor North Weber Stake Conterence Apostle Joseph Fielding Smith de-' Ilv'red sermon at the q'jarterlv conference con-ference of the North YVter stake es-ierda es-ierda to congregations that filled the audltorlumMo overflowing. President James Wotherspoon presided and wus 'ed by his two counselors. John v Pluth and Frank W. Stratford. Musical programs were rendered at I'Oth sessions l the ta lie rnacle choir under the direction of prof. Joseph BaUanfyns with Prof 8am r. Whlta- ker at the organ. The morning program pro-gram consisted of choir and congre-gatlon congre-gatlon -iriging "How Firm a Foundation' Founda-tion' " My P'ather." Jeil Ballan-ne. Ballan-ne. Joseph P Fernelius, ejerard Klomp and A. Johnson. ''rossing the Par. Nephl J Brown Kvrtn ! and Heaven." choir. ' Leael Kindly i.tght." choir i be afternoon musical program Included, In-cluded, Praise to the Man Who Communed Com-muned With Jehovah," i ho!r and con-giegatbn. con-giegatbn. "As the F:arth Hrlnss Forth Her BUd,' Mr Myrtle Higley and e-hoir. ' Fear Not Is.ael. .e-lhl .e-lhl J. Brown. Mrs. Higley and liolr. When Thou Comest." Mrs Higley and choir. "Hall Thou. Highly Favored." Fa-vored." choir. i The general church and stake authorities au-thorities were presented at tin afternoon after-noon session by President John V. BlUtfa and unanimously sustained by the large congregation. Proi. Aaron V. . Tracy of the Weber Normal collet faculty at the morn--esslon told of the advantages of th lo. church school ami urged parents to send their children to that institution PILGRIM ii I M M Mrs. Pr.jmlller of the stake relief detj requested all descendants of Pilgrim Fathers to send in their names for publication in connection with the ter-centenarv of the landing land-ing of the Pilgrim Fathers In this e ountry. Some plain "peaking on ihe subject o. plural marriage was indulged In by President Stratford who declared that th r,- were members of the stake who were finding fault with the church authorities in this matter. He de-. de-. I ire.J that the church today wa guld-i guld-i ed ry a prophet who was not misleading mis-leading the people hut who had the righl io receive inspiration re.-irdlng the discontinuance Of any of the or-dlnonees or-dlnonees of the gospel He said we till have some people who think they may read between the lines and who declare that the church authorities did not mcitn what they have said re- gaining the discontinuance of plural marriages. Some members of the si aie, ho said, had been found :n trUASgTOSSioa and had been excom-r excom-r nun leafed ami now had no standing in ihe church whatever, and hj gavi warning thai thus- who are now htflg tins doctrine may be dealt ' v.nh unless they cease their activities. As far as this stake Is concerned ; all plural marriages mus. cease and ail talk against the authorities Of the church mus! stop." President Strat- or. i gave warning. The president of tho church ho declare.! to have ' the authority 10 say It certain principles princi-ples rhall be taken away. He called! .attention to the iat mat ihe atel- chezedek priesthood was taken away from ancient Israel because they were neit worthy of ii anel thai certain prln-i j ciple.e haei been taken away trom the Latter nuy BalntS becauro they also1 were un worth) of the. ii. lie concluded conclud-ed by giving warning that all mem-! bcrs of the stake who were found In I transgi ess. on In the matter of plural! marriages would be dealt with accord-! ing to Ihe law of the i hurch, and urged fadlthfulness In building up ihe Work of the Lord. ! PI (JR i s VI TI .Ml n i s. apostle Smith said he wished to bear witness to the truth of the remarks re-marks made by President Stratford! and said that probably some of his1 Statement ma) nave startled the con-1 gregathNL He thought there wore! some who did not understand the au- thorny of the priesthood. If so, thev' would not find men usurping autnoritvl which they do not posses. There isl only one man on earth who has the' kcs of the priesthood and that man. Is the president of the church, he do-: clared. He has the rlgnt ay insplra-tlon insplra-tlon of the Lord to speak. Instruct: and command and no man dare op-i pose him. Members of the priest hod have the authority to preach the go.,., pel only insofar nr. they receive per-' uaiaslQn from the president of the' e hurch w ho holds the kevs to thl, authority, he declared The speaker refejred Co a time re- corded In the Book of MofTBOn when the elders of the church were forold-den forold-den of God to teach the gospel be- cause o.' the wickedness or th.- people. peo-ple. And President Urani, de-elared. de-elared. has the authority to inntrmt! the ciders of the church today to cease from teaching the e-ospel .a cer- i tain parts of the earth and those el- a . rm ... I... ....... I " . L- i ....v nvuiu uiiaiu .iun cjo m -1 mand woiii. i he acting In vird.ii ton ofj their trust and their work would not! be valid. Some people had thouKht that plii-l raj marriage was the new and ever-1 lasting covenant, the speaker laid, but the new and everlasting covenant he declared to be the fullnes.4 of the gos-' pel which embroceth all truth plus the holy priesthood to put it into force. Mil v K. K M I The speaker declared that members Of the . hurch show their ignorance I when they say they received th authority au-thority of the priesthood long before! oertaln presidents of the church who have Issued order for the discontinuance discontinu-ance of certain principles of the gos-! pel. He ald those men forget that the mantle of the former president, falls upon his successor In the same' manner that the mantle of Elijah fell! upon the shoulders of Rlisha Apos'.le Smith said he would In-' .lulg. la plain speaking so that he could tiot be misunderstood anej then proceeded to state "we hsve Mars in' the church who are going among th people teaching things contrary to thel word of the Lord and whose desirst was to destrov and tear down the; church." He said that In all ages' the l-ord had taken away certain' privileges from His people because' they were not worthv of them call-1 Inn sttentlon to the substitution of the' law of tithing today for the higher law of consecration because the people peo-ple were not prepared to live It. He Hl in conclusion that we forget that tho Lord may give and the Lord may also take away. M il KM' i s ssliiV President John V. Bluth was th ' first speaker at the afternoon session , and he tobi of a recent visit by stake official? to wards of the stake situated situ-ated in Nevada. Conditions In these I wards, he iaid, were greatl) Improved I both in temporal and spiritual af- i , fairs. . President Bluth then called atten-! atten-! tlon to the large number of young1 people who .ire horn In the rnurch iut do not appear to appreciate the Mesalnga of tne Loid lie made pur-I pur-I tiCUlar reference to the custom Of ; many oung people marrying contrar.v to the hw of the gospel vvnlch pro- Ides for marriage.i in the temples ' ! He thought thlj was because the young people did net understand the value of ! the temple ordinances. He strongly advised young people, when contemplating contem-plating marriage, to look Into tho f u-j ture ano" enquire a to whether rjr not the relationship they are about to' j form will Is5i tnrough eternity or end' With death. He could not understand voung people who claim to be deeply I In love with each other and declaring that they could not live without eacn i other, neglecil-.ig to go to the temple ; where the) can be scaled as husband and wife for time and eternity. Apostle Smith taking up the same i line of t heiugh i as x pi e I iiv Pr. i - ' dent Bluth ?aid that we are informed i In the scriptures that the greates! gift of fjrd is salvation but in order to obtain exaltation certain things are I essential Mere membership in the church, he -aid. vmi not bring exalta-1 tlon to the individual. He said JegUSl taught that straight Is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth io i eternal life and. f'-w there be that find i It. The speaker thought that but few members of ihe church would find ! eternal life and th v would be those' who are faithful o the end and who ' live by eve ry word that proceeds from1 the mouth of Qod. 'I he speaker raid that no man or woman can ie etalted by ihenisciex alone, ihe; must bring tneir famil.es, ,vvllh lh. -in The iliii- powi i ..: rn... ! priesthood wos explained by the speaker who declared that without sealing there could be no exaltation.) Rome men, he paid, think that because' th y have the priesthood that is all they need for exaltation, but. he said, 'no nutn can receive the fullness of the priesthood alone. He must go to tne! house of the Lord and there r-. I n fullness of bhe priesthood and be sealed at the altar and receive a Wife. Your children will not be yours In the eternal world unless vou have been sealed at the altar in the house1 of the Lor.i. the speaker said. it n si (.11 i "Voung people who marry accord-! Ing to Ihe laws of the land but not according to the laws of the gospel I cannot receive an exaltation in the' kingdom of Ood." the speaker de-i clared. "unly that which the Lord; has sanctioned will endure. If young people would get thl: into their mind.1 comprehend this truth and reallze'j bow dongeious the situation is. cond'-i tlons would Improve." The speaker would not blamo the oiu. propio entirety. He thought the blame rested with the oflcers of the . hurch. parents and ward tea. tiers ti-ers who failed to declare that truth from the pulpits und the homes. Thy speaker questioned his hearers If they taught thix truth to their children In their he me's o. v. luthcr ibex allowed them to get the information elsewhere. else-where. The speaker tii n u if tn parents were guiltv uf thli; inflect they w .mid be puntahed iialvatlon Tor the dead." the speaker speak-er declared. ? rfOl tor thasi who have had an opportunity to . ml the gospel while living in the flesh, but tnls bles-slng Is for those who riled without a knowledge of the gospel but who would have received it If they had heard it." The rpcaker said members of the church were In danger dan-ger of being deceived in this matter and were going to the tempi, to perform per-form ordinances In beheit of people who had led abominable Uvea and' apostates und those v. ho we.e not! reliant for the lestlmonv r Jesus while in the flesh. Vou car md s.i. the eorrupt. the apostate, and those who were not valiant for the testl-j mon of Jesus. You cannot thrust live tlon upon them,' the weaker .'aid. j People who reject the truth must not deceive themselves that they can pre. cr :stln.itr and .epent jn the spirit j world and then go on to celestial glory. r cannot re done," the speak-j er dee!red. Now is the day of salvation, sal-vation, he Kald. If you put it off ti( the '-nd you will find It too late. He' Wished that this truth would sink in'..' ihi. Iiaih. ,,r ...... i ... , 1 ..... , v. men mere i. u pernicious doctrine being taught among It't.r Daj Salnll than they can procrastinate and when fuv .ire de id thev can have the Ordinance I of the house of the Lord performed in their lehn!f you will go on to coleatUl glory Von, you will not." the speaker speak-er said. Apostle Smith said in conclusion that he did not preach to tbkle the en- of the people. He had no f:. k. ery ermons to deliver and he did not worry about the rules of rhetori. . ha would leave that for others as he had another mission to perform. His mission, mis-sion, he .said, was to save souls and he Intended to declare the word of the lord even If it cuts to the (ij. K He wanted to give Ihe people something some-thing to think about when the) returned re-turned to their home but he desired at sll times to deliver his message If the splrl of love President W'otherspoon in a concluding con-cluding address wondered wh. aftrr so many years, we were going astray und whv we needed so much Instruction. Instruc-tion. He wondered If the people fully realized the great dispensation in which they were living and whether the- realized that In order to ushor in this great dispensation the Father' nd the Son had to vlait the earth. President Wot herapoem urged upon the ward teachers of the stake the necessity of visiting every family in the stake each month He wofjdered if the ward te.ichera full realized that God had to come to the earth to tart the work In which they were now engaged The speaker was gl! to hsve listened to the instructions received re-ceived at the conferen.-e and a Id mm should be willing to do God will no matter what It ma cost ua |