Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-13

may hear his voice. A young man may
| be In danger and you may cry out to
| him but IL he were out OF harmony
| with the means you were using TO
warn him. he could not hear you and
be warned of danger. May not we be
in that condition today2 That which
appeals TO the appetites and passions
or men seems SO real that men be-
como dead to spiritual forces.
Thomas Edison says all knowledge
obtained by man comes to him through
the five senses, but there are other
means OF obtaining knowledge. In or
der to obtain knowledge from the Holy
Ghost a man must be in harmony with
that spirit In musical instruments
strings. The instruments used In
fected by the vibrations of any of the
strings. The instruments used in
wireless telegraphy receive messages
from others I'm which they are in har-
mony. 1t Is said these wave mes
sages are sent round the world in
simultaneously. The telegraph and tcle-
phone may be unconscious of this form
OF Intelligence but wireless lnstru-
ments In harmony receive and record
such vibrations
Elder Mckay then referred to Sir
Oliver Lodges statement that mind
influences mind and distance seems
no barrier. 1t Is called thought
transterence or telepathy for
want OF a better name. IL II is true
that man can thus influence man, what
is there TO prevent God from imparting
knowledge to man? The sine qua non
is TO be in harmony.
That brings into notice the duty OF
the Christian. Everyone should put
himself IN harmony with those around
him. Elder Mckay narrated his ex-
perience in riding to his home in Ogden
recently on the train In company with
some tourists who were looking out
upon the city. "Onc man who was pres
cnt and affected to know everything,
pointed out to the tourists the o. s.
l.. depot as the temple. and some were
much surprised at its plainness. Later
when the spires OF the temple came into
view they saw their mistake.
This same man characterized the
Mormon Church as a money-making
scheme. IIe also told of the treatment
OF the Mormon women by the men.
when I objected and made myself
known. / then explained the benefit
and blessing of tithlng but as did so
felt that we were not in harmony, and
he looked upon me with suspicion and
unbelief
1T Is the same with worldly men in
judging the things of God. They view
things from their standpoint and not
and are out of harmony with God and
therefore they do not see things in their
true light
'One of the best things to do to get
IN harmony with God is TO be true
ones self and always do what appears
TO be the right thing to do. Sincerity
is what is wanted and not hypocrisy.
To thine own self be true, and it must
follow as the night the day. thou canst
not then be false to any man.
This Is the quarterly conference of
the Ensign stake and tho admonition I
am about to read. comes from one who
claims absolutely to have received rove
lation and knowledge from God Joseph
Smith did not receive any revelation
either, until he asked for It. He had
to put himself in harmony"
Elder Mckay read two or three pas
sages from the thirty eighth section OF
the Doctrine and Covenants, containing
the following: Verify, say unto you,