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NECESSITY OF REPENTANCE.
Discourse Delivered at tho General Church,
Tabernacle, Salt Lake city, Saturday October
9th. 1907.
ELDER GEORGE TEAsDALE.
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whom the Lord has thought II TO gather
To Zion and to ordain with priesthood,
and whose grace IS able TO give them
strength TO overcome all evil habits.
a powerful influence rested upon the
servants Of God while speaking ycstcr.
day on the Word OF Wisdom aud the
necessity Of paying tiihing. What was
the word OF the Lord to Israeli Il was,
Repent o ye, my people, put away all
your peniclous habits, sanctiiy your.
se.vc, b.iorc the Lord. and prepare for
Ills kingdom aud coming. The question
, IS, will we do i} VIII ] do ~ 10 comes
TO me as to every individual member Of
the Church. VIII the bows and the
! young men say, "As ior me, am going
TO prepare myself for the Kingdom OF
God and the coming Of the Lord Jesus
Christi o, my young brethren, that
you would be wise, and that while these
habits are yet new TO you you would
rise 10 the dignity OF the children Of
Zion, born heirs OF the everlasting
covenant and say, "As for me. by the
grace OF God, will put away every bad
habit ana will scparatcmysel from evil
companions and examples" five want
prosperity, u we want 10 grow in grace,
aud la the knowledge OF the truth. let
u.s. hcarkcn TO the word OF the Lord, and
with broken hearts and contutc spirits
let us call upon Him Ia mighty prayer,
aud ask HIM to deliver us from our be-
setting sins. And, as have said, fer
our encouragement We have the prayers
and the faith OF the authorities OF the
Church. who speak as they are moved
upon by The Spirit OF God. The Lord
knows their hearts; lie knows they are
touched with the luirmtiCy oi the PEG.
pie, aud they plead before Him 10 have
mercy upon His heritage. Oul that we
would rise mp in the dignity Of our call.
ing aud plead before tie God OF Israel,
and no longer feel, 81 cannot do IT," but
say ~ aM by the grace Of God" Il
Is only by His grace that we are enabled
TO do anything. What have we bu,
what The Lord has given us2 We are so
scli'sultCicnt sometimes, To- our own
estimation, we think we are wonderful
hnancigrs, il we are successful and
sometimes $50 in judgment upon those
who are not 30 fortunate. do not con.
slider that this IS "a right spirit. Should
we not acknowledge The hand Of
our Heavenly Father in all thngs2
We talk about financial pressure. There
never was a time when We ought to be
more strict Ia the payment vi our tiih.
ing than now You that are IN financial
difficulties, ! say unto you, that IL you
will pay your tlthing honestly aud act
ccptably before the Lord, aud your OIL
lcnngs for the poor God will deliver
you from your financial difficulties. II
you doubt Il, try H. "Prove Ne now
herewith, saith the Lord OF Hosts. II /
will not open you the windows ofheavcn,
and pour you out blessing that there
shall not be room enough 10 receive
IT," That is the word OF the Lord to
the people, The question Is, will we do
~ The Lord will have our hearts or
nothing. II He has our hearts. then lie
will have everything that we possess.
lie has given us all that we ENJOY to-
day. May ask YOU what you expect
10 enjoy IN the future that YOU do not
look 10 our Heavenly Father 10 bestoW3
! do not know anything that have but
what the Lord has given me aud IL be.
longs TO Him. am merely a steward,
and there Is nothing ] look forward 10
Ia the future but / expect TO receive
from His hands, ! acknowledge Ills
hand Ia an things to the best OF my en-.
deayor. And / know Il Is the mind and
will OF the Lord that the people should
repent These were my feelings under
the inspiration OF the Spirit thar rested
upon those who have addressed us.
They direct our labom; we strive TO
be their faithful servants aud sustain
them In their positions. We do not
merely hold up our hands At Conference,
and covenant with Almighty God to
sustain them as Prophets, Scers and Re.
velators, and as the Presidency OF the
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latier.day
Saints, and then go on the street cor.
ners and sit In harsh judgment upon
them and their doings That is not the
way 10 sustain the Presidency. That Is
not keeping our covenants. We have
covenanted 10 sustain them, and " we
want to understand what they are doing,
let Us have faith To ask the Lord 90 open
our eyes, that we may see and thus be
IN harmony with Him aud His servants.
That is what / want, / want TO be 10
harmony with the Spirit OF the Lord
"My thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways My ways, saith
the Lord For as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are My ways
higher than your ways, and my thoughts
than your thoughts How can we sit
In Judgment by what right and autno.
rity2 Are we living our religion Are
we keeping the commandments OF God'
Is there greater light and intelligence
given TO us than TO them' one would
sometimes think so, to hear the unlor-
tunate reflections OF men who love TO
SD in Judgment upon others. II would
be a thousand times better for us u we
would sit in judgment upon Ourselves,
and CrluCise our own weaknesses ana
our own uo,hlngnes5'
Ipray God that He will have compass
sion upon us, and upon Ills heritage and
give my brethren power TO overcome all
tneir bad habits aud TO be exemplary
men in the midst Of Israeli This Is my
prayer, aud Il is the prayer OF my be-
loved fellow labolcrs. They plead for
The heritage OF God. Who could listen
TO the discourse OF President Lorenzo
snow Yesterday and not feel his little
ness? How unworthy we are 10 dream
of attaining TO the heights OF glory and
excellcucy he portrayed as being prom
ised unto Us iu the Gospel OF Tue Re-
deemer. Shall we be an ungraieiul pco-
nile or shall we be determined, by the
pface Of God, TO do His will aud Keep
His commandments OH my brethren
and sisters. as / desire TO be saved, as |
desire vour salvation, and that We should
moi only be associated together here 10
line establishment of HIS righteousness
upon the earth, but that we shall be
associated together throughout The
countless ages OF eternity In the pres
ence of our Flther-as these are my
feelings. do entreat YOU, enireat my