Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-06
,ro,bren and sisters. I pray

~ ,he Spirit OF the Loru may uue
that wy a, that | shall say, even tnat
me s%,r,,th and righteousness wnich
Spirit ~ ,.o,n our heavenly Father. l de-
comes nS Ssar testimony to oil that !
sire 70 Ia during this conference.
have .,sry much impressed with q re-
WAR mark made by President sm,, .n t tev
ma ins hat the people were more iai.n W.
my we're performing their duties nj
anu ,s % today than they were severn,
ne wv" 200 There Is no one so wen
yesiWse a 10 Judge of the Latter-aay
ausln'I,r The aggregate as President
SAINTS What impressed me particular.
smi.n, Ma remarks was the statement
ANU growth was a gradual one. IL
Una, Wv think OF the word OF the Loru
m n.y. me prophet Nephi, when re saiu'
un, iii give you line upon line, ana pre-,
W. mon precept, here a little, anu
eep' little that you may know my
inus and will concerning all things.
mlhu "r rs nlant a tree In the garden.
Mueu ws should stand by II day ana
l1ops" rs could not perceive It's grown,
hsns ,so n ia SO gradual; but go to that
pscauss ,he and Of six months or a year
IA arS vou will find that 1t mas mace re-
u"u development; ana 50 on year
after te year until the tree IS iu''y ma
tured
THE HOLY SPIRITS GUIDANCE.
,oel strongly impressed In my re-
a,ts N touch little rnon the import
' ance Of having the Spirit OF the LORD
Min rs day by day, to perform the uu-
,,ss NJ the day. While that when we
we s,s dolnr may not appear TO be OF any
a n..,t iunortance at the time, II VIII De
, s evident at the end of a term or
,'ar,bs or wears that we have MADE
nsrksd proqress. Like the tree, the
s'owth win have been gradual. de-
'Ite 10 read some scripture, my pretn-
IN and sisters, to show you now gu,
lord and Savior Jesus Christ attained
ma perfection which He reached dur
me ms lifetime. will read from the
;Sr S section Of the book Of Doctrine ana
Covenants:
81 Verify, thus saith the Lord, It
shall come to pass that every soui VINO
iorsaketh his sins and oometh unto
me and calleth on my name, and obey-
eth nv voice. and keepeth my com.
mandments, shall see my race ana
know that I am, 49,,
o2 And that I am the true light
that lIghteth every man that cometh In
10 the world;
49, And that / am In the Father, and
the Father in me, and the Father ana
are one
"a. The Father because he gave me
Of HIS fullness, and the Son because
was in the world and made flesh my
tabernacle, and dwelt among the sons
OF men.
rs. / was in the world and received
Of my Father, and the works OF Him
were plainly manifest;
&C. And John saw and bore record OF
the fullness OF my glory, and the full
ness Of Johns record is hereafter to be
revealed:
q. And he bore record, saying, saw
his glory that he was In the beginning
before the world was
g, Therefore in the beginning the
Word was, for he was the Word, even
the messenger Of salvation,
-, The light and the Redeemer OF
the world; the Spirit of truth who
came into the world, because the world
was made by him. and in him was the
life OF men and the light Of men.
10. The worlds were made by him:
men were made by him; all things
were made by him, and through him.
and Of him.
I'll And !, John, bear record that ]
beheld his glory, as the glory OF the
Only Begotten OF the Father. full Of
grace and truth. even the Spirit of
truth, which came and dwelt In the
flesh and dwelt among us.
"l2, And ], John, saw that he re-
ceived not of the fulness at the first,
but received grace for grace:
rs, And he received not OF the full
ness at first, but continued from grace
to grace, until he received fullness."
HOW PERFECTION is ATTAINED.
Il Is this last verse which desire to
Emphasize, setting forth the fact that
Jesus Christ received not q fulness OF
glory at first, but He received grace for
race, II Is In this way, my brethren
md sisters, that We shall receive full
Las II Will not come all In day, nor
y IN month. nor all In n year; but II
WI come as the reward of the right
SS through faith and diligence In
iNplng the commandments Of the Lord,
y lhe end OF our career upon the earth,
slen we shall be brought before the
Nagment seat Of Christ, to be rewarded
q condemned, according to the deeds
cone In the body.
ana thus he was called the Son
~ eod because he received not of the
iulness at the first.
10 And ], John, bear record. and 10.
s me heavens were opened, and the Holy
uaos! descended upon him in the form
s., ooSe and sat upon him, and there
mn s = voice out OF heaven saying,
'as my beloved Son.
~ And |, John. bear record that he
p sv.vea a fullness of the glory of the
4, ~ And he received all power, both
- raven and on earth, and the glory
dwet IN him. num- "
y ~ And u shall come TO pass, that
N, 4 s.u are faithful you shall receive
"a ',ness OF the record OF John.
,h,.@ 4 give unto You these sayings
n se may understand and know how
ia, worship and know what you wor-
~, .uat you may come unto the Faith
., ~. NY name, and In due time receive
rss,. Tor II you keep my command
40 NY you shall receive of his fulness.
~ r...o e glorifed In me as am IN the
,hsli therefore. say unto you, you
H. receive grace for grace"
ia other words, we shall receive
lS,S sm according to our day, and the
,sl,, wal bless us with wisdom per-
esra 70 all things committed to our
iss.,,a. yvrdlng TO our faithfulness In
M 'as His commandments for we are
s,ss, n revelation contained in this
Prsrt .o9K OF revelation given to the
i oss !. Joseph Smith, that the Priest
nss. : lnseparably connected with the
rhssoI heaven, and that the powers
Ia ,s.. can only be controlled upon
PRINCIPLES Of righteousness.
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