Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-19

,ynn "Ye simple souls VINO stray far
,rorn the path Of peace was rendered
by the choir
rider orson +. whitney was the
sr,aker of the occasion. He first made
cana timely remarks In regard TO the
,ont responsibility OF speaker and list
erer showing how necessary 1t is for
the listeners TO be prepared IN their
hoor,s TO receive the words that are
,poken. In this connection, The speaker
said
SPIRITUAL FOOD.
1.-THE Lord Jesus Christ on one oe-
casion addressing His chief apostle
soid simon Peter, lowest thou meg
ana peter replied, Yea Lord, Thou
Sno,yest that love Thee, and the
savior said Feed my sheep lie adj
dressed this question TO Peter three
times received the same answer, and
nIaeed upon him the same Injunction.
believe this to be one OF the most Inn
rortant duties that can deyolYe upon a
servant of God--that of feeding the
sheep OF God with the bread Of life,
teaching the truth in such way as TO
feed the soul and TO renew the spiritual
strength OF those who listen. We should
iced them with the truths OF God. But
how shall one do this In and of him.
self? There is but one way 20 feed
me sheen of God and that Is by the
pwer Of the Spirit Of God. When |
and before congregation my great
at concern Isl may have tho Spirit
athe Lord? Am In proper condition
speak by the power Of the Holy
Ghost? And next to that anxiety is
this. Are my hearers In a condition to
receive the word OF God. hold II TO be
divided responsibility. ! do not be-
ieye that all depends upon the speak
or, but that much depends upon the
hearer. believe II TO be my duty as
public teacher 10 so live that | may
enjoy the spirit of instruction, that |
may enjoy the Spirit OF God 10 qualify
me TO teach the truth 10 the people. !
believe also that 1t Is the duty of the
PEOPLE Of God TO prepare their hearts
70 receive what is spoken. never arise
70 address congregation but / have
a wager IN my heart that I may be
made equal to the occasion. ] never
remember but bowed before the Lord,
strickland, and asked Him that II ]
A0id be called upon to speak | might
| p'ak the right word In the right place
and ssak IL by the power Of the Holy
/ Ghost Have YOU, my brethren and Sis
'erS thought to do the same thing, or
SIMILAR thing viz: Have you bowed
before the Lord before you came TO His
house, upon this sacred day? Did you
sk Him to open your hearts that you
night receive what was said, that YOU
Ngh, enjoy II and profit by it, and
nave the spirit OF Intelligent, deyout,
and humble listeners, so that tho good
seed sown by the speaker might find
good soil and spring forth and bear 80
or hundred fold? Or did you inn
agine that Il all depended upon the
speaker whether the meeting was In
teresting or otherwise? IL you did you
nave made a mistake. just as serious a
mistake as you would make II you were
70 suppose that the production OF a
harvest depends entirely upon the SOW
ing OF the seed and has nothing TO do
WIN the preparation OF the soil In
which the seed is sown."
SPIRIT AND BODY THE SOUL.
Upon this topic the speaker said:
4 nav q spirit as well as a body and
'nls spirit should be fed, Il ought to be
strengthened It ought to be renewed.
lns spirit and the body constitute the
sVui OF man neither Of them Is perfect
NNnout the other, but remember, my
o'uglers ana sisters, it was God who
nla1s me spirit and Il was man who
ns the body, though God was the ar
Vmsct OF both. The most important
iaI' 81 mans soul Is his spirit. Speak
w q death, the old prophet said:
tnen shall the dust return TO earth,
ao vas ana the spirit unto God who
ssNe II. We believe IN the resurrec-
NV, svu ui the body, that the spirit Will re-
al IRON lls rest In the paradise of
n sVs and VIII take up the body. redeem
Hunl the grave and man will go ON
pYrtee'lon as spirit and body COM
.s' as means Of everlasting prog
,,,. anp eternal glory. but the body
A. ths!ehs, Is only an appendage 10
,,a pll'i came out Of the ground.
ssS w spirit came down from heaven.
MA S sei we care more for the life OF Tho !
MI, my we do for the life OF the
nv sI". we VIII eat three times n day |
N. ~" .s the BODY In good condition, and |
n,.In 'Ih y a misfortune II one of our |
"a, ~ missed We viii lie in bed |
trsss' 'sn. hours out of the "a 10 re- |
mi ~, quo strengthen the body, but we |
ts,.tFe 70 death the immortal spirit. |
vssaass u OF no consequence, and vet |
bul NAV spirit the body would he |
rsn,,. cold lifeless lump of CLAW. How |
''''a'ent' how reasonablel az"
MAN 4.,..
It VII, pe, as that the spirit can die and
eIplss we upon the same natural min
bv ~ lhe body would die namsIv |
susteras denied Us proper food ana |
II ess.s.ce IN due season This maLos
as rsr.t s'al tor us to perform our dutv |
TIA, n,',ls OF the Church and soc 10 q
,trsn..Vs spirit Is fed, lest our snIrjtnai
It apsn,. ulinlnlsh and dwindle until
chrls, ules and the Lord Icsns
ordIn Nl'Wlng this, Instituted n sacrsj
whIch n.y. NE established nurnoss ~
q mo "Ss me renewal of the streng,h
lety n ,plrlt' and lie showed his "nv-
asked pesard to this matter. when IL
mee@ az, e,Ir The apostle, DO von Iove
Lord IT, IT, When Peter answered .yaa
the IorS Mnowest I love Thee, said
mean, Then feed nv shaen ' AZ
ilal h,ip"ltual food. This IL esssn.
ihousbt Important. Take NJ
Fear not N mar me ,e things Of the body.
both ma. rather fear Him wh1 co. one
Will ny ahd soul into he'll unu, I Ln
lsssons Se m learning these s,,n v1s
for onr Sods commands nrs oi, s,p,e
&c al the In ios our good, and vet we
NE belief thar thai oueeelving ourselves into
nents." Wy Keeping His command
,lSle It 'ii + 81, then showed how lmpos-
sllh the work % person TO keep pace
lnss his spIrinsl Sod, u he is neglect
ysSeisga ,5rrosressIve Work ip Sl,v work o.
% stage ebarssis Sep TO step, from stsgc
lever is es ssnaIs its appeara nee. bst
ne II. only way T 10 %. or its character and
Elder ' w WRIT q I X o up s Mlss = Is to
u men whitney referred 10