The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-07

hearts, but not our garments. There is
even hope for the sinner who fails to
lind forgiveness III this werld-he may
lind it in tbs next. if he has not com
nitfed the objectionable sin. We read
in the Book OF Genesis that at one time
the world became SO wicked that the
LORD thought it best to drown them
with food, Why did C1rist go to
preach 10 the spirits in prison? Be-
cause they were perfect men2 No. Be-
cause they were sinners of every de-
scrIpiion. Tnerefore, say unto you,
LOOK UP TO GOD
all those who have committed sin, and
go to Him with weeping and lamenta-
| lions, and even though your sins have
been so grievOus as not to re pardon
able here, you yet have a chance in
heaven. We are too prone to talk about
people who have committed sin, and
are apt to say that If they had sinned
ia ODE way, they must have i'll others.
Let Us have charity for our fellow-men.
| Wherever there is dissension among
the people, there are two spirits at work
Que Is of the Lord, the other of the
devil. The Savior has said that if a
man smite you on one cheek. turn him
| the other. That is something my
| brethren and sisters, L have never yet
! been able TO do, out | am pra"tIclng
hard, and may possibly achieve success
ia the future. There is hope for all
| rnen who NAV repent Of their sins.
Some may say, if you give people
| chance t0 repent. they Will be SHINING
ali their lIVes-aud repent only at the
last moment. Maybe they will. But
lememOer once, wnen I was fremen
for the steam saw mill. One day my
clothes became entaugled In a steam
valve, and | was burned very badly. l
DO not think | will ever LEI my clothes
he caught again in order that may
have the pleasure of
HEARING THE WHISTLE.
Let him without sin cast the first
stone. Christ did not say to the woman
whn had been caught in The act OF
sdulterv that she should be eternally
Gamned. The speaker then related the
p4Iaole Of the man who had two sons.
One of them spent bis lie in riotous
living, and soon returned home re-
duced to beggary; and SO humble was
ne that be went to i've with the swine.
But did his father let him stay there?
No. He killed the faJted calf. aud
made merry over the return of the
prouigal son-oVer the reclamation of
she sinner who mad returned. What
have said to you, Is not an Imagination
0f my Owe. 1t is the words of Jesus
Christ; although not properly quoted,
perhaps, the substance is there. [ say,
oe not TOO bound up 10 your feelings.
Let US not discourage any of those
VINO have not sinned unto death. have
a,ked you to pay your tithing, to attend
your last meetings, to steal not. 60 lie
aot, and not TO bear false witness
against your naighbors. Faith, hope
aid CHARITY OblIterate
THE PRINCIPLES OF HOPE
in a mans mind, and you haye de
,troyed the po5sInilltles OF mans life
20 come. If 1t were not foI the goodness |
ourselves in e position before the Lord |
which will De acceptable TO Him. AS |
long a. there Is repentance and humii- !
ity betOru The Lord, there is hope for |
Al. Repent of youc sins go down INTO |
the waters, and [ promls' you, in the |
Iame of Jesus Christ, that the Lord |
vii forgive you of your sins. Though the |
world is against US, let us do what is |
right. There may be little cloud now,
out the sunshine will come after awhile. |
Our enemies can do nothing against the |
truth, but which is for the truth. They |
might as well ask the sun to stop send
ing forth it's RAYS upon the earth, as TO |
to stop the work of Jehovah.
May our hearts be drawn out 30 the
WIDOW and the orphan, may our feel
Ings DC charitable and kind.
Counselor %. II. Wells
was the next speaker. He rejoiced ex-
ceedingly in the principles of the gospel.
aud the instructions given during this
Conference; especially those given this
by Brother Taylor. They are
true, and from God. "Mormonism,"
so-cslled, is the gospel of salvation re-
veRled from heaven. II is sweet to me-
There is great reason for thanksgiving
for its revelation to man. 1t is the
power of God unto sslvstion unto those
Who receive and obey it. I pray God
always. that sin ana iniquitY may be
rebuk, d and the meek and humble
saved. repentance is a smile process;
it IS to do evil no more. | rejoice to
have the privilege to associate with
goo people, anu the nOjy pIleStnOCQ,
by which the channel of communlca
non with the heavens has been opaned
up. We can repent from sins and re-
ceiye forgiveness. Why IS one mans
labor IL officiating in the ordinances OF
the gospel not as effective as that of
another2 Because, unless the person
administering has received authority,
this act is not legal, and, not being
legal, is no: recognized IN heaven. In
relation to the ordinance of baptism, q
person who has passed into the spirit
world without receiving it, cannot him
sell obey it. But it can be admins
tered to another living in the flesh by
proper authority in his behalf, while
be in the world of spirits, repents and
acknowledges the supremacy of Christ.
The gospel opens the way for al to OBJ
tain salvation, if they viii complo with
the conditions upon which that gift is
predicted. The world viii, however, as
a whole,
REJECT THE NJ EssAGE GOD HAS SENT.
The human family has Away been dis
posed that way. The more circum- |
speCt our course is, it seems the more