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I I P RT2l DESERET EVENING NEVSo 1 012 J
TRUTH AND LIBERTY
SAlUUDAY ECJ lImn us isni hAir LAKI crrYTuTAir
THE VERY ETERNAL FATHER
Dllaaur Dillvorod at tho Genornl Contarenco or the Church In tho
Tabornaclo Salt Lake city Sunday October
7th 1004 by
ELDER FRANKLIN D RICHARDS
RirORTBD UY ARTHUR INTER
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lleloved hearers having been absent
during the early part of this Conference
attending to the funeral of n near rela
tive I realize lint I am Uttering under
a double bereavement by the lots of the
precious Instruction that has been eh en
during the sessions of this conference
I Was much cheerctl to hear 1resldcnt
WOO < Irul this morning say that It was
one of the best that lie hail ever At
tended I realize by personAl acquain
tance whit my brethren of the 1resldency
and Twelve Apostles that In their In
tractions to you they would be earned
fervent lull of Intelligence nnil that pail
would be fed with the lucid of life
I wish to say In attestation ol the
discourse listened to this morning by
1rrsldent George Q Cannon that I foci a
most heart concurrence In and mpathy
with the serious hnportanco ul tile In
itructlons that were gives to the people
I he principles and doctrines of the
everlasting Ooipcl uliich have betn
clicu luus In the years that ore past I
have brought many of the Saints toil
period approaching manhood In the
Gospel by which we have reason to I
look lor and expect more go
ing and more illhful I attention to and
consideration ol the doctrinis of the
Gospel and PrlcilhooJ than we could
I expect years ago It Irnl true that by
bringing new members Into our gather
lag they partake ton greater or less de
I gree r the Increased I inlethlgencewimict
time older members possess and this act
rcndirs It all the mure Important that
the older members should be living up
to the full standard and pitlirn of their
riolyfaithsu that they who come later I
shall I find themselves associating with I
those who are ol greater laitli more
extended knowledge and who are able
to assist them forward In the way of tile
and godliness
It Important lor us that we do not
permit any of the pernicious Inlluences
that are working among us whether
from the prclcniloni of lalio prophets
or false chrlits or whatever may be Im
posed upon the people publicly or pri
vately to diminish ouratrcngthund I faith
In the least degree All these tendencies
should serve to arouse Inns an Increas
ing energy and fidelity leading us to
seek Cod more and more that we
may contend Individually I collective
IrltCnaill lr tlhi
ly l against all these evil Influences that
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are brought In among us Vc cannot
cease our walchlulnets we must not lay
down our armor wo are under the
necessity of watching unto prayer con
stantly Ve cannot sit down and take
II easy In these matters lest the adver
sary In a moment wv think not get
advantage of us for although I present
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necessities may not seem to bringing
us to a test there is coming a time when
we shall all be brought to the standard
of measurement soul weight to know
whether wa ml bear al the seal ol 1 the ever
lasting Gospel requirement and are
accounted orthy fur such adv ancement
lor such gifts and blessings for such
trust of power and Influence as shall
enable us to give prouf of our faithful
ness There > t no time for ui to waste
In these things and while we arc thus
delving In the way ol life and are made
subleci to booms to oppressions and
hard limes as they are called and to
divisions of party leclmgs because of
politics 1 we hive great need In order to
stand successfully and squarely In all
these millers of tint measure of the
Spirit Hut shall enable us under every
circumstance to act the part of a Latter
day balm and not as Is sometimes
said of us to Act mora lenlllll1 than the
Gentiles themselves
It Is eipected ol men who have at
tained I to maturity in lube that they will
accomplish cirelul ilHIicult I and Intricate
labors which younger ones cannot be
expected laths We supposed to be
so far advanced In the knowledge of
Gut rlnn ran ra power ol etI Priesthood II
and In the understanding ol the truth
that none of these things shall move us
Uheihcr a man Is of one party or
another parly he should understand
that what he I Is doing oughtlo be for
od It
the Interval ol the whole here I I should
be no sectional narrow minded contri
vances for the benefit ol time few to Die
Injury ol the whole These ate some
01 the finer works that the IMcrs used l
anciently to tell us of Wo have heard
the Ircsldency In former times tell us
how that we had to be made very fine
and put through the finest of screens to
I become fit for the Masters use Now Is
the time for us to be looking toll to
cease all strife and contention and put
down cver > thinK ol the kind There
should be nothing aliened in the politi
cal arena that can hurt the lalth of any
brother or sister or prevent them from
silling down together at the table of the
Lords supper and partaking of that
J nIlnchell fdt
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ordinance in the most worthy and ac
ceptable manner Is this the case with
us If It Is nothow acute we oft Irom It
knd how much work have we to do with
ourselves to obtain that status and re
main there Ior be It known that un
less 1 we maintain thin unity ot the faith
and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost
we are not the Lords neither shall we
be able to find Him when we shall most
need Him We have to maintain our
fellowship witli the heavmt complete
Ir hh II
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or In a trying hour we may find our
selves without God In the world We
have then to be on the alert continually
that no spirit no machination of man or
Satan can have power to turn us front the
right way of the Lord
The Lord Ins very great designs con
cernlng this people just so fast as He
CII bring us up to realize hem Now
my brctnrcn when ever > thing Is quiet
and still and there Is l no particular de
mand made of us we lf seem afod be
very much united Hut how olten Is It
the case that something conies up and
we find that we are a revelation to our
selves directly We find within us a
spirit or frame of mind different from
what we previously entertained brought
out by something Hut wo had not before
tt eIb t
fore experienced r Wo are being made
subject to changes and vicissitudes In all
the trills ol lIe as much as mortal men
and women can be made sublect to and I
will I venture to quote the ilng of the
Savior in a revelation to us In these last
days that all things that can be shaken
shall be shaken Then who Is he that I
has got his lamp trimmed and burning
Who Is I ha that Ins gut lint measure of
filth for hlmsell tint under everything
1 i II rttW
circumstance 1 ha can go to the Lord and
find grace and hell In every time of
need lo enable him to conform his feel
ings bilk and fellowship to the conditions
f dSIII i scl cl
ditions that surround him This Is a
period of revelation It Is n battle that
Is being carried on not with steel nor
with any carnal weapons but It Is the I
silent peaceful and powerful work of
the Holy Spirit in our hearts and In blur
hearts of those whom we can prevail
upon to become subject j lo time same to
change us from our naturally I selfish In I
clinations desires and designs Into the
ways and purposes of the true and living
Got and the way lo do Hut Is that we
dally keep Ills commandments hearken
to the words of wisdom and continually
live by every precept tint procecdelh
from the niouili of Uod Wo are yet a
great way from the perfection ol the
Lord
I wish tin brethren and sisters the
Ilders particularly could be stirred up
to search the scriptures and to find out
something more of tIme character of the
Lord for If we cannot find Him out
pcrsonall we can learn very much ol
Vrlso t 1
His clnracler by nadlng the sacred
word ot God that Is led for us As we
say of one another We do not know
ion personally but we have come to
know you by reputation so wo can
learn In time word of God II t we will
study It much of the t character of the
Lord Jesus J Christ I w i la w e had mure
desire lo study these things I nm thank
tr II IIlc
fill that this disposition Fslj Increasing In
the Sundiy schools the theological
classes and among the Iders and Hut
they ea also studying II the principles
our church history Great is the mys
tery of godliness said one anclcnllyand
Ilerr Just as rntcrlous now Some
men are going neirly craiy over trying
r o reconcile some r of the scriptures I The
Apostle Ietcr did Paul had written
epistles in which are somo things lord
to be understood There are scriptures
that are difficult to bo understood I un
fees we ec oblxln the light I of the Holy
Spirit 10 shine upon our understandings
We are apt to read over a great many
scriptures just t as we walk over portions I
ol these valleys and mountains fnu which
are lying pcrhips I within n few inches of
our feet treasures of gold 1 diver and
other precious metals and It only needs
a little stirring of the soil to find where
the great deposits I ol this wealth II are
where ef ed rich pockets of gold are
treasured up tout the veins of mlver are
waiting I to be gathered out It Is 10 with
the scriptures There are many pass
ages Hut we read over hastily and do
not comprehend which If we would atop
and search other scriptures relating to
them we would often find wonderful
developments of truth In their explana
tions opj In the early da > s of the Church
the Lord Instructed the Elders to meet
together and expound Ills scriptures to
one another that they might compre
hend them and be built up In their holy
faith which they did
Whcn tIme SatIns was upon the earth
and had His I apostles with Him I there
were soma that adhered very closely to
Him They learned things ol Him
which others did not get or If I they did
they have not left them on record fur
us ueJ John the beloved I disciple cam j
turned much with time Savior I l aC amos
very land of being in Ills companv At
the lat supper be sat next to Him I amid
laid his head upon III t breast The
Lord was fond 1 of him Insomuch that he
was called hue i btlovul disciple and he
being familiar with the Savior obtained
many precious items of rivelulon
choice saihigs and pirables tint the
others did not get The evangelists
Matthew and MarK wrote many things
that tIme Savior and other brethren did
but there were some things omitted
by them which are contained Lukes
and more particularly I I 1 Johns writings
r t J 1IJ r Irr
Indeed so strong and mutual were their
attachments that when tho Savior was
about to leave the earth He gave John
the Insuperable blessing thai he should
not die but that he should tarry till lie I
Christ should come History tills us
that John was placed In a caldron of
boiling oil and came out unhurt We
have no authentic account ol his death
or buriAl The Savior > ild If I will I
that ho tarry 11111 I come what Is It to
thcef When hew as ti prisoner on the I
Isle of Iatmos working In the mines
he received the wonderful revrlatlon
contained In the lllble In uhlch he laWn
a character riding upon n while horse
and his monte was The Word of Cod1 l 1
Kev xix ij In writing his Gospel
and giving some account of this being
John says
In the beginning was the Word
I and the Word anf I ilt Gad and
the Word was God The same was In tho
beginning with God All things were
made by Him I and without Him was not
anything made that was made And
the Word was made flesh and dwelt
among us
This Is the description of the com
ing of the Savior In the flesh This
character In the beginning was the
Ono by vvlxmi the world 1 was created
Without I Him was not am thing I made
that was made llefore He was taker
nacled In the flesh lie ltd His mighty
works In creating the earth with all Its
Inhibltants fish fowls beast and man
teaching Inoch to build a city then
translating I It lor him and his piople I
lie destro > ed the wicked with a tool
established Noah and his race then
educated a righteous people delivered
them from oppression J I by inlriculous
Id g i
providences through the Red Sea and
made them a powerful I nation Moses
whom Jehovalt had employed to do so
many of wondrous works asked the
Lord to show him conccrnin this
1 oan III II
Heaven and this I earth
The Lord has not thought proper to
reveal I unto us much ol the vastness of
His heavenly works but He once re
Ctlved Moses Into Ills presence on the
mountain and showed him concerning
this heaven and this earth and there
gave him the revelation concerning Iho
creation ol the earth and the seven
days work and commanded him to
write It In this Interview hv was a per
sonageof spirit I tie alto I shmousemh 1 1 Him I
self unto the brother ol Jared Mahonn
Morancumrand Iota rnnmcm I him that Ills
bodyol 01111 was just tho figure that
Ills body of llesh should be whin burn
ol u Gin in
He not only had this name The Word
of God but He h id other lilies lie
searching the Scriptures we find some
twenty or thirty of them Hut speak
ing 01 Ihis Hu said to Moses lEodus I
vl 3 Tour ithers Abralnm Isaac and
Jicou to whom I revealed inself
Knew Mo by the name of Almighty
God but by my name Jehovah they ill
It
nut know me Atdnierent times He I
told Israel that lie was Jehovah until
He I came and dwelt In the llesh Then
110 I was the Son of Cod the Christ It
Is said concerning Him I by one of the
ancient prophets Isaiah Ix6 I that Ills I
namo shall be called Wonderful Coun
selor the Mighty God the I vuxLAir
rail IATIILK the Irlncc of Ieace
these were a few of the names that
went glean 10 Him besides some thai
John sawsuch as the Word of GoJ
King of kings and Ionl of lords
Now this name of lather Is a wonder
ful name It is over this that some of
the brethrenstumbk and they get very
erroneous Ideal concerning lIme S mor
On man has worried at It until he has
nearly worried himself out of the
Church and It was thought he would
have gone In the nsvlum because of his
Incongruous Ideas over it What Is it
to be n itliei We understand gener
ally the term lather to mean one who
becomes the xrent of children TIme
ttct thaI he ls endowed with power I to
procreate his species by the blessing of
Gad in ibles him to become n fuller
I here Is a beginning to his fatherhood
As John said In tIme beginning was time
Word There was a beginning to the
creation of the earth There ls n begin
nlng to the creation of a mans family
I Hut that Is not the only sense of a
father A fuller when taken In a more
general sense signifies something more
according to mo Scriptures Joseph
said to Ins brethren Genesis fits ID
He God hath made me u father tu
1turaoli Why llecause he had
given him the power tIme wisdom aud
the understanding to hy up food I during
the seven years ol plenty so that he
saved not only I gypt but enabled
Pharaoh and HO pi to save the nations
around by letting them have food to eat
In their terrible necessities In the
ScrlpluiH Satan Is called tho lather ol
lies the lather ol deceit of misrepre
sentation contention and strife George
Washington Is called l the lather ol this
nation by his kill his warlike I prowess
and I the readiness to slam at time head
of his people first In war lint In peace
and first In the hearts ol his country
men nnj he so became the father of
our country Just so we may say con
cerning others As lor InsUnce the man
who discovered tIme control of lightning
Although FranklIn brought It down
from heave In safety yet It was left for
Professor Morse to be the father of
telegraphy and otherwise communicate
intelligence by lltO around the world Mr
Watt was the father of steam power
by discovering its elasticity and apply
Ing it to mechanics ns motive pouer
So with the Prophet Urlgham loung
He was the lather of Utah because
under God he led the woplo antI es
tablished them here to become terri
tory or state and made it possible fur
many others to conn and live here We
ie by time foregoing the meaning of
a Illher In Ihis genestI and rOAd seine
Is a creator a controller a minaiter
Hence it was Hut time Prophit Isaiah
said concerning tIme lord Jesus Ho
shill bo callid the LvrUiilns < father
The Irophct Mosuh lljik ol Mormon
lilleenlh chapter verns 33 and jl 1 > ius
told us that because of the Spirit He I
was the Father and because 01 His I
having been born in fie Hash He was
the Sun and therefore He Is called the
very Lternal lather of Heaven anil
earth which really means that He I was
r the very etcrnil Creator of Htivtn and
earth In tha beginning He Created tIme
heavens and the eailli Inus when we
get on undemanding ol lIme things of
God and compnhend 1 them some of
the illlhiu sayings of the Scripture be
come plain and easy to be understood
II we turn to the first chapter of Johns
rivclilloiif and sixth verse we find Hut
great glory and ilommUl will be given
unto 11111I I U ho lulu nude us kmg and
priests unto Gaul and His lather Sj
w o see thai He I duel not assume to be the
lather of all but He I WS the Ialher of
hiavcll and earth and was to nuke
fieri kings and priisls unto Hlmsell I and
His rather knunniK Hut Ho l and His
IJ hl f II I
lather 1 were two persons I as is distinctly
iinint lined in all the Scriptures lIp
this wo can sea that as we read the
Scriptures we read over great and
woudcrlul descriptions of knowledge
just as when we uncover the mines
we find troat treasures ol wealth Iho
mines when they arc lound are not
pure gold I or silver but other materials
have I to be brought together t to put with
them w hat they call tubing materials
to separate the pure metal Irom the
dross and to bring out the genuine
article lit for riurkit 1 So If we search
the Scriptures we hind LImo principles
describe l and the Instructions given by
which we are enabled to understam
these truths In a stmillar way and to
comprehend the dilfereuca between the
I trutli and the error
I wIsh time brethren would study the
Scriptures more soil encourage those
that do II Study them as you would
study the nnal sis ot any material thin
31t t 1
and you would find treasures t of knowl
edge and understanding and that they
ore simple and plain comforting the
heart satisfying to lImo mind and food
for lIme soul 1 It is given unto us In the
llook of Doctrine I and Covenants sec
tion cool 233 what we may find if we
ha ioa I V
can only I 0 lain the Holy Spirit We
shall Imd that we mare great latitude for
study and for research and hoc blessing
knowledge In tIme word of asdf
The revelllon says that
Cud shall give unto you knowl
edge by Ills Holy Spirit you
by tIme unspeakable gilt of tIme
truly Ghost Hut has not been re
vealed since the world was until now
which our forefathers wailed with
anxious expectation to be revealed In
the last times and which their mhuls
were pointed I to by the angel as held In
reserve lor the fulness ot that glory
a lime to come In which nothing I I dull
be withheld I whether there hill I be one
God or many Gods they shall be mani
fest all thrones and dominions pan
cipjtilies and powers lull be revealul
and set lorth upon all who hive endured
valiantly for the Gospel ol Jesus Christ
fm f IJ
and also II there be Winds set lo Hm
heavens or to the seas or to time dry
land or to fotl sun moon or stars all
the time ol their revo utlons all tIme
appointed days months and years and
all lIme divs ol their daysmonth mid
I years and all their glory I laws and I sot
times shall be revealed m the days of
the dispensation of the fulness 01 linns
according to that which was ordained In
d
the midst ol the councils of the eternal
God ol all other Gods before tills world
was that shall be reserved until tIme
mulling and the end thereof whui
every man shall enter Into His eternal
presence and Into his Immortal rest
Is there not a field of exploration that J
Is worth the lilent ol anybody who has
disposition and purpose lo keep lime
com mmnlam mdmtmemtma t God and so iJt Hut
they can receive of Ills Spirit I know
there are many In these dajs Hut ore
very technical very ticklish asking
questions requiring a good deal ol hair
plittlng argument and I want to say to
too that I It is not best to dally upon
those I tImings I that are unprofitable but
search the rlnclplOl l ol the Gospel and
study them by the light ol the Holy I
Spirit When yon cannot see and
understand what you want try by thor
Hut mtusure ol
I grace of God to get
Spirit which will throw the light the
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more than calcium light upon the sub
ject and so get to comprehend It But
remember brethren and sisters these
things have lo ba held I lr In righteousness
We nive to 1 hold lIme truth in rignteous
or else wo cannot grow In Christ
ness
or hi the know Icdgu ol the truth ns it Is
in Christ our living head
May the Lord bless us wIth Ills Sinrit
enrich us with time knowledge of time
11lot
truth but above I all to establish In ui n
anil
determined purposa lint as lor us
ours wo will serve Inn Inl i wo will
treasura UI line upun line precept UIOIl
prcepl olltll II 0 Iel tu ea AS we Ilro
een allll know a we oro kllown May
Gosh fuel n as to ds 50 In tIe mania 01
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