The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-13

while others had nothing OF the
kind. If the strangers could feel
the truth us the saints do. if the
spirlt could rest upon them as it
does upon the saints, they would
understand that there was no ego
tism in the positive testimony of
the truth of the gospel, for then
they would feel it as the saints do
in every bone and muscle, even of
the body. In regard to why we
were On the earth and our destiny,
the peaker read from the scriptures,
where John said:
Belove7. now are we the sons of God,
and It doth not yet appear what we shall
Be- but we know that, when he shall ap-
pear W. shall be like him; for we shall
se4 aim IS he is.
Also when Paul wrote:
Let this mind be in you, which was
-lso in Christ: Who, being in the form OF
God, thought it Aot robbery to be equal
with God, etc.
Reading them together they came
TO the conclusion that when GER
tain person came they would bs like
MIN, and being in the image of God,
thought it not wrong to become
equal with him. Christ had this
aim and he attained it. He was as
d man, but without sin, being born
lOwly and trained up among the
poor, and when he moved about as
the representative eff his father he
still mingled with the poor. How
ever, he subdued every earthly pas
sion and lived according to the laws
of God. He was made perfect
through earthly suffering, and thus
set pattern to his brethren. Men
were placed here that they might be
tested, that they might learn some
thing, and finally pass through the
ordeal of death. 1t was their bust
ness, as it was Christ's, to learn the
will of God, and then observe 1t, to
aim at exaltation, obtaining power
over all things, and knowledge of
the laws by which the earth
and all things were governed.
They should seek to be like Christ
in all things. They were in the image
of God, and had the privilege if they
took the right course, of ascending
to the plane occupied 10y him. Every
seed brings forth Of its kind, and
men being sons Of God were like
him. The way to attain the glory of
the father, however, was straight
and narrow, while the road that
leads down to destruction was
broad. God was being of body, a
perfect body, and he was in affinity
with all the laws o. the universe,
comprehending everything, and
having the key to everything that
will contribute to joy and life. II
his sons would live according to his
command they would be like him,
and all things would be theirs. But
they must live according to his
rules. For hundreds of years there
had been no priesthood on the earth,
but in these latter days God had
spoken again and had restored his
gospel. his priesthood, the Holy
Ghost. He had established his
church, which was the church Of
of Christ. The other churches were
established by men, and were not
acknowledged by him, though he
might listen to the prayers and sup
plications of the people. Here he
had set up his church, which he
guided, and those who were in
authority we're his ministers, speak
ing by direction from him. We
should try to learn the mind and
Will of God, and then live accord
ingly. 1t was the privilege of
every Latter-day Saint to know the
will of the Lord, and receive the
witness of the spirit Of God as to its
truth. knowing that will, they
should live up to 1t, no matter what
the world said of them. The saints
were weak and liable to sc aStray,
but their object was to learn the
way Of the Lord, and then follow it.
The choir sang an anthem and
Elder H. w. Naisbitt pronounced
the benedictiOn.