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THE LORD REQUIRETH THE
HEART AND A WILLING MIND.
es Delivered Overflow Meeting OF the General
sunday Afternoon April 1901 in Assembly Hail. by
FRANK " TAYLOR aud SMART


they should render unto Him a sacrifice
OF the fruit Of that tree, and that by
doing 80, by not breaking the law OF
their temporal salvation, the garden
OF Eden would be vouchsafed unto
them. but II they broke II they would
lose their home aud would be driven
out from that land even into the lone
and dreary world. BY observing the
temporal law they would receive tenn
poral blessings; by the breaking OF
law they would lose their home. They
broke the law, the angel Of the Lord
drove them out, and the earth brought
forth brlars thistles and noxlous weeds
Instead OF the luclous fruits that Il was
bringing forth ore that time. They
transgressed the law. and their own
lives, and the lives OF their own chill.
dren, brought forth brlars and thistles
and noxious weeds in the flesh. After
awhile was n people under the leader
ship Of Enoch. who applied the prln.
ciples OF sacrifice to a portion of the
earth's surface, and they brought that
portion OF the earth up 10 sanctined
condition. AS fast as they applied the
principles Of sanctlhcation the law OF
sacrifice. TO that portion OF the earth's
lives, they redeemed their home and
they redeemed themselves until finally
II Is written that the City OF Enoch
was not. because God took IT,"
This, my brethren and sisters. has
been impressed upon my mind as the
manner In which this earth is TO be
redeemed. God blessed that peo-
ple 10 redeem that portion OF
the earth's surface, and we
nave their example before us. In our
DAY God told our fathers and our moth
ers before they came 10 this land, IL
they would keep the law Of sanctlfica-
tion II should be a land Of Zion unto
them, and they should not be overcome
or their enemies. Ii was beyond them
10 Keep that law: and as God took the
Melchlsedek Priesthood and Moses from
ancient Israel, so In His mercy He took
me higher law of redemption, temporal
from the people, and He left with them
the lower law that Of tithing Now we
are AL wandering In the wilderness OF
the western States of America with
mis- lower, temporal law among us,
given US In the mercy Of God to redeem
US and bring us back unto that condi.
uon where we may observe the higher
law And God is pleading with us.
His Prophet today, and II is
one Of the signs OF the times. When
we can observe this law. then the COM
ing or Christ Is near, even at our doors,
Zion VIII be rebuilt, and It will be re-
deemed as the City OF Enoch was re-
leemed, and the law shall go forth and
Zion shall Increase and flourish as |
nave given you here--"For, behold. I
say unto you, that Zion shall flourish
ana the glory OF God shall be upon her"
! bear you my testimony that God has
renewed unto us that principle of sacri- |
ice through President Lorenzo Snow. |
de gave us blessing so that we NAV |
nave the privilege OF renewing this /
and, and we are to redeem this earth. /
ma we are TO redeem ourselves by this .
aw OF sacrifice, and we will gain IL .
non by inch, by the blessings OF the
ora, as we apply this principle of sac.
lfce unto this earth OF ours. The man
yho does not pay his tlthlng Is the man
yho has his eyes closed against this
We should pray that God
VII bless US with His spirit that we
nay do His bidding in this regard. and
nus receive blessing which is pre-
Heated upon obedience
desire to say unto the Latter.day
'aints one thing that had IN my heart
o say last evening at the Priesthood
Meeting. One year ago during our
ohlerence went TO the Sunday School
mon and heard Apostle Heber J.
rant attempt TO sing. and heard
ONE parties after left the room state
nat he had made a scene OF himself
Re mad stood up there and endeayored
sing song Of Zion, 20. my Faith
r. Ihou that dwellest." He talked 10
: little while before that, and then
: attempted to sing one of the verses.
ma did not get the right key; but he
ill mat he would try Il again as
rother Goddard used to when he got
Il tne right Key, and he sang Il again
'he same old way. He wanted IN
ne mat because Eliza II. SNOW had
imposed It. She exerted a great in
uehce over his heart, and prophesied
tongues that he would yet be ono
tne leaders Of this people. He de-
red to learn TO sing, God moves IN a
ysteflouS way" because It was The
ymn that was the most loved hv onr
'loved President WoodruQ. I saw nm
10y, Young men and women. before
9, sna' 4 reel In my heart that God
spTed that man to take up singing
quoted TO us that night thar God
Ilshieth In the song Of the heart.
a, the song Of the righteous is
eyer unto Him, and II shall be an
.err0 with a blessing on their baad
J httle Joy was sitting with me when
o,nsr Grant said that and his ayes
/, ~ milh JOY and the muscles Of
iace played with excitement No
eu MIN, and ! said 10 mveoit. ar ~
'r,s. u an Apostle Of the Lord Jesus
,nt VIII be robbed OF some ~ bis 4
"sr ana his glory because he n,at n,s
=, scene or himself before rat,er 4
y SAINTS. Two weeks a,,or ,no
conference In Ogden. THO snaoi. c
., mentioned to be there iro,nSss
S u 81 Heber ], Grant Nv ,i,,Ia uueu
~ . want TO go to thai consar e Voy
-, u heber ]. Grant rs 20 no th e,.ee: =
mss then here for tba Ea'
~, 'dlsslon, and I was wonSs.IIn ~
Is b anS 90 to assist that mIssion ~
? riaa naru and a cold mission on5 9,
no nlsoo were almost despondins in .,
,w ih,aces because they couiS w o.
I'M % people out sufficiently 70 n, q,
"a No. .enu an ear TO the Gosne, Tha,. ~
rh, preaching as much nc ~, q,
70 nave done: ana nc s, my ~ ~
rsn,a .nat night there was n fooI g,
me a"ne 10 me that God has hr nevI, ~
AMI al inspiration through p ro,s ~
, went back To- no, io.ner 4,
: LII LII 70 every conference az sSIoh p
part OF IL ana ence ana eY- N 1