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NEDITATIONS ON THE GOSPEL.
ooourso tho Church. In
the Tabernacle. Salt Lake City. Friday.
April 9th, 1894,
ELDER GEORGE TEASDALE.
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lection Of this Gospel as very seri-
ou5 thing. ] have wondered why the
npostcship was taken from the earth,
and why the church was not continued
upon the earth. and the only answer
that / could yet TO give me satisfaction
was, because of the dreadful condcmna.
ton that rests upon the inhabitants Of
The earth when they reject the word OF
the lord. through Ills au;houz ID ser.
wants. We understand that the apostles
were murdered and the world rejected
them. Paul said. speaking of the or.
ganizaiIon Of the Church Of Christ
God hath set som. BOO h- Church hrt
apostle. seeondauIy prophets, tA.li'y ,elshen.
What lori
'f.I iIe prrr.Unr0 i ih- saints. f1r ti|s uH.s
70. i0H mimi Coy l iIe slliYns 0' ihe body of
lHt't tI W. 900 come % iHe unity of ile ai'H.
and OF The sn'a ledge of Che Son of God.
Jesus fought that 10 know God and
Jesus Christ whom lie had sent was
eternal li'c and this knowledge Is prom.
lscd unto the children OF our Heavenly
Father When we 70 forth to preach
!n.s Gospel we bear testimony thai our
Heavenly Father has again spoken from
lhe heavens. that Tie has organized HIS
Church upon the earth, aud that Joseph
anlilh was tue prophet sent Of God,
ana we call upon the people 20 worship
lilni VINO made The heavens and the
cnfthi The seas aud the fountains Of
waters We call upon men 20 accept Of
ms doctrine and 10 repent, that they
may obtain the remission Of their sins
by baptism aud be prepared ior the
reception Of the Holy Ghost. so that
they may be guided by % and taught Of
God Our Heavenly Father says.
LOOK unto ms, aaa %. yc saved, %. ihe ,ud.
Of i1r earth.
lie encourages us TO hcafkcn unto
Him. The ancient apostles. under ,Bg
influence of His Spirit, encouraged the
people IN their day as we do today
We say
"li amy OF you lack dom lHf L.m aik Of
God. That gNrih iu al. men literally. and uG.
1fuieih not and 10 sHl. ht given hu.
But the people have not faith, and
without faith b Is Impossible TO please
God. We must believe that lie IS, aud
that lie Is @ rcwardcr Of those who
diligently seek Him. or we will not seek
Him. We know very well that IN all
organizations aud governments it Is ne
cessary to have authority and that no
man can act 10 any position except De
has authority. unless he does i lraudu.
lently. There are those whose right it
Is to issue that authority, and all agents
have TO receive their proper credentials.
Do you not think that the house OF God
Is house Of ORDER DO YOU not think
that our Heavenly Father has q perfect
organization In His Church Why, Ger.
tainly. We learn from the history which
has been handed down TO as IN the
sacred scriptures that tie Lord Jesus
Christ chose twelve apostles. Those
were the first officers that lie chose
lie ordained them and sent them forth
to preach Ills Gospel Jesus Christ was
a High Priest and IN Apostle lie also
had the power TO ordain other Apostles
aud High Priests Afterwards lie or.
daincd seventy others, and sent them
forth 10 preach His Gospel. giving them
authority to 20 forth and To heal the
sick and perform such miracles as the
people might have faith TO receive. Now
had that church continued upon the
earth, there would have been no ncces
sity for that which John saw Zoo vision
when he was upon the Isle OF Patmos.
lie says
- saw another angel ny In h- midst Of
heaven. having Che everlasting gospel 90 preach
unto them that dwell on ihe earth. and 20 ever
nation and kindred. and tongue. md people.
saying with "a loud voice Fear God, and give
EuD 10 him iof he hour of biz Judgment b
come. and worship him that made heaven, and
earth, and the sea, and thc fountains Of
waters
As say, there would be no necessity
for this angel flying through the midst
of heaven u this Gospel were on the
earth. But John, In the revelation given
unto him, had seen the church 20 into
the wilderness and the priesthood taken
up into heaven. lie had seen the estab.
lishment Of a great power that was to
hold all nations In subsection, In the
which all would drink OF the wine Of her
ioncation-and this prior TO the judg.
ments Of the Almighty being poured out
upon the inhabitants Of the earth, be-
cause they had rejected His gospel and
broken the everlasting covenant, they
had changed the ordinances, and they
were teaching false doctrines, and would
not repent. ! wish TO bear my testimony
that we are living In this hour OF Gods
judgment, and that the Gospel Of the
kingdom Is being preached to an ma
tons for a witness, thus giving the ma
tons a time for repentance. This Gospel
reached us upon the isles Of the sea, and
upon the continents; and we an received
our blessing through that priesthood
that our Heavenly Father restored TO
the earth. Joseph Smith aud Oliver
CowdeIy bore testimony that John the
Baptist visited them aud conferred upon
them the Aaronic Priesthood. They
also bore testimony that Peter lanes
and lohn visited them aud conferred
the Aposlleship and High Priesthood.
These testimonies are true. Those Of
this congregation who have Obeyed the
GOSPEL and received the Holy Ghost
know that their testimonies are true.
AS know, so they know And know
that God lives. know that Jesus Is the
Christ know that Joseph Smith was
a true prophet sent OF God, have
seen the signs promised by Christ iol-
low the believer II was said by one OF
the brethren this morning that some
claimed we did not enjoy the gifts and
the blessings OF the Gospel like we
did in the early days OF the Church. /
would be sorry II that were tue. Whyf
Because II would demonstrate TO me
that instead of increasing in faith the
Church was waning In faith. / can
testify that where I have labored that
faith Is not decreasing for have seen
marvellous healings by the power Of
God. That the people have confidence
in the ordinances Of the house Of God Is
manifested on fast day by the number Of
bottles Of oil that are brought to be