The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-02-02

Right here we strike the theme al
'eady presented.
What is it that God requires at our
hands. Obedience to what He tells
US to do. Not what He said yesterday
wen to the Later-day Saints. God does
not tie his hands when He gives one
commandment or makes one require
ment He does revoke, as has been
shown. He revoked commandment
given to Abraham, when He told him
to 90 and slap his son Isaac. Abraham
manifested his willingness to carry
out the command of God, and II seems
thnt was all that the Lord required.
He was testing the faith Of. this man,
upon whom He desired to bestow
p,eqt blessing. He would make him
the father of many nations, and In his
seed all the nations of the earth were
to be blessed; but the man must de
monstrate his faith, his integrity, his
Willingness to do anything that the
Lord his God required at his hands;
for this was the purpose for which this
earth was made. I'VE will do down,
said the Creator, sin the beginning,
and we will take of this material and
we will make an earth, wherein these
may dwell, and we will plant them
herewith and see whether they viii
do all things that the Lord their God
shall require at their hands" Abra'
ham was required to do anything that
the Lord required Of him. He was will
| ing to do 1t, and after manifesting his
willingness the Lord said-the same
God, mind you, that gave the former
commandment, "go and offer thy son
as burn offering unto Me-" He sent
His angel to say to Abraham, ''lay not
thy hand upon the lad" Abraham waa
under solemn obligation to obey the
later commandment. He revoked or
cancelled the other. God can cancel
his cwn words. He can confound and
revoke He who has this authority.
And Abraham would have been a
transgressor had he refused to carry
out either Of these commandments 50
far as he vas permitted to do so
Had he said, 81 will not Stay my son
| will not offer him as an offering.
he We ID have been a transgressor,
but after Icing commanded not tC
Stay his son to lay not his hands up
on the lad, had he persisted he would
also have been a transgressor, in thai
case. And that is the great lesson fol
you and for me to remember, If We
wish to sit down with Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob in the Kingdom of God
We can only do this by obeying the
same law that they obeyed. And wha
is it? To live by every word that pro
ceeds from the mouth of God, whethe
it contravenes and contradicts wha
; he said to some other people, or not
whether it agrees with what He sal,
yesterday to us, or not we must keel
our ear close to the ground, so t.
speak, to catch the latest word iron
God-to do what He says to day. d.
not point me to what He said fit
years ago, If He has said something
since whereby it is cancelled,
| revere all that is written in tn
+ books; | believe the Bible to be tn
word of God; | believe, likewise, tn
Book of Mormon to be the word @
a God; | believe the Doctrine of Cove
l nants to be the word of God, as wei
i rs the Pearl of Great Price These ar
4 the four doctrinal standards of tn
n church; but | also believe in Twin
S priesthood, and the word and will c
d the Lord that comes through the hea
n today to this church is more to m
$ than all these books combined. Yo
3 could not pile up enough books COZ
n tanning the printed word of God t
0 cause me to turn my allegiance ava
n from the living priesthood so long a
= | have the right spirit. And when 20
want me to do anything, tell me wha
u the Lord says today, and not what II
, said to the Jews or the Nephites @
i to the Latter.day Saints fifty year
2 ago. Tell me what the Lord require
Il of me now and here, and | will ell
e deavor to do it, and If it takes m
II down or takes me up, my proper plac
II is where my Father wants me; wher
1t He needs my services; where can d
g the most good to my people and m
u cause, and | endeavor to make TIL
+ the goal of my life. This is the secrt
+" of all the success that have ever a
'e tanned to, or ever expect to attain.
q have been willing, at least, to accel
every call that came and never r