Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-30
TTTHING A TEST OF FIDELITY
Renarks made ut Mount senpeo County Utah. on
Sunday September 8, 1899, by
ELDER JOHN HENRY SMITH.
mi, r, Int proioiype-Dpcusaon Of Gahugsnints judged ~
laws Given Them privileges the Church Based Upon Ithng Record

The way pointed ont 90 them. ana thoy
found % WAS necessary Co WuNe what
tha world would rIll stcuncc. II
meant the leaving " home IN many IN
stances ~ meant tho separation NJ hun.
hand ami NllH uf parents and children.
They who became Impressed with The
aarrolnOfH OF that call Co come out
from among tho nations uf the earth,
sold home and ltH furnishings and hy
their iubona and struggles planted
themselves lu the place which The voice
on God declared was the one Tor thcm
Co occupy.
SAINTS JUDGED by LAW.
cod gave iho law Of gathering. Itc
gave the iuW ~ baptism Tor the to-
mission uf .luH the law uf the Imposition
uf hands Tor fhs comforting VI the Holy
GHOST. aud 400 the laws necessary Co the
perf-rtinT of iiH children. iiy those
laws the Saints ATE to- Boz Judged. The
tievelutur saw that "thn books were
opened and another book WIS opened,
which ls tlH book % Tie. and the
dead were Judged out uf those things
which were written Zoo thc luHkH ace
ClullHg tu their works. We should zoe
member that thn Apostle. che rrHHl-
don't tha IUrh pueft thc seventy. th.
Elder. thU praat the Teacher and tHp
Deacon urs Go ur Judged hy Him who
rhnll Judge both the quick and the dead.
! know ~ u1 place where H1 perfectly
ana thor1ughly ~ represented the faith
~ the lattrr-day Saints aH whole
ne upon the records that are
kent by tho BiahupH uf wards
m the fittings Of the people
n resident NJ this ward desires 20
change his home Co another section uf
tho country. be- goes Co the Bishop and
asks Tor % recommendation That rec
ommcndltion carries with 70 % the ward
whore the individual rHrs ur member
the assurance that be- hiH u0i only been
baptized and confirmed "a member NJ the
church but li ptHHuppoacT the fact
and the Bishop who riycs the recon-
mend falls IN hlH duty III 10 does rat--
that be- hnH paid Die illhca. ana hu.
fulnuei that OBLIGATION By which ~
faithniinoaa and hlH conviction 10 'ns
truth o. unaffected 10 ihe circle -
which he has been moving na we'll 90
the one h. Joins anew, I ana festT'
however, that la many Instances r-sa
and women who have carried these Gee,
tlncntsn OF standing, have borne In thtif
hands falsnhood Instead u "a TRUTH
and were the records examined upon
which the nlfhop bases Or should base
his judgment the iilFhop himself would
perhaps be found stretching the truth
in his reprena ntatlun uf their standing
In the Church Of christ
TITHNG 4 TEST OF FIDELITY.
Ny brothers and my sisters. I trust
that you win remember the words N
| the Vcdeemer. ny their fruits - shall
| know thrm;' ana one OF the clearcst
| aud fullest Witnesses Of your fidelity 90
| the truth la ohodieuUe 60 the law Of tlth.
/ Ing, by this your names are registered
/ In the records N the church, and you
are In position where the common
| Judge IN the house OF God and the
/ President of the Stake may subscribe
| their names 10 the document that Hhal
/ open the door 81 the house ~ God e
! you ana give you the compnnIouahlp Of
/ the Saints IN the various sections OF
the country where you may desire Il
reside. And this u the only register
| within tho reach Of the officers N ths
Church that dsionstrutca fulll
cipies OF me GOSPEL of
| the Lord Jesus Christ You may b,
! living a life Of wickpdneHs without n
being observed by the Bishop, but II
cannot escape his attention that YOU
name ~ or u not rcglHterol In the boob
| which records the evidence Of the fnitl
and devotion Of the people. Therefore
| my brothers ana sisters write YOU
names un the registry that God has eH
tnbllshed, ro that when you shall wan
| some privileges iu connection with tn
| MhIh OF NNf lfNlNt NlNN N'INNN" may ihIl
To- the record ana see your names there
| with the evidence that your conduc
has been lu harmony with the viii %
God, 30 far uH this can be shown b,
the record. II may fail In some In
stances. Il may not show IN their ful
ness the conditions Of mems lives; hu
ns a rule 10 furnishes strong proHump
! tive evidence az Co whether "a man {
ohodlcnt or disohvdlont 60 the require
mcnta of our Father n men do na
/ pay their tithes und their offerings q
"a witness Of their devotion 10 God go
may SGT Il down that there IN some
thing lacking IN their conviction OF IA
truth of the Gospel bear you m
witness that this liz Gods law. II
written nR a law by and through whic
you ana ! win be judged when do
shall mako up His Jewels They tina
fail IN this win Ind their nam,
blurred ana their place IN ono of m
low seats In the mansions N our Fatf
or,
May we keen tho faith, fulni our par
bless the world by tho good deeds "
perform. and hold Hucred tho obllgl
tons and contracts into which We ha,
entered with our Heavenly Father.
my prayer In the name OF Jcsu
| Amen,