The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-20

ELDER JOSHUA TAYLOR ad-
dressed the congregation. He had
recently returned from a mission to
the southern states, and he gave
brief account of bis labOrS, which
were confined chiefly to Tennessee.
He had been fairly successful in
preaching the gospel of Christ. The
saints in that section were poor, but
good, honest and kind. God had
stood by him in his labors, although
they were not kindly received Oy
the sectarians among whom they
travelled. On one occasion the
Campbellites collected a congrega-
ton around the door of house
where he proposed to hold
a meeting, and the leader of
the crowd said if the elder
preached there it would be over his
dead body. After some difficulty
the elder and his companion entered
the bu l1ing,san two hymns, offered
prayer, and dismissed the cOngrega-
ton, which asked them to return
and hold services at some future
time, Were it not for the Sectarians
the elders would find little difficulty
in meeting the people and preaching
to them, but the religious element
was the bitterest enemy to the
saints and the Gospel. The elder
believed there would be large emf
grafton of saints from Tennessee
next fall. Elder Taylor bore his tes-
timony to his knowledge of the
truth of the gospel.
ELDER RODNEY LILLIAN next
addressed the congregation. He had
just re5urned from mission to
England, where for more than a
year, he had been preaching the
gospel of Christ. His experiences,
which he related, were similar to
those of the young missionaries gen.
orally. He had been beset by temp
tat ons, been spurned and perse
cuted, but his faith in the gospel
was not shaken. Like others, he
found that the chief opposition came
from the ministry. The most lib
eral people he had met were those
who believed in no religion. The
elder had seen and learned much
during his absence, but was glad to
get back home among his friends and
| the saints.
| PRESIDENT JOSEPH f. SMITH was
the next speaker. He said we are
called mortal because in Us are the
seeds of death; in reality we are i'm
mortal, because in us are the germs
of eternal life. We are dual, the
spirit, which giveth light, and the
body. 1t is the body that possesses
the seeds of death. The spirit is
also possessed Of certain degree Of
death, termed in the scriptures,
| spiritual death-the death that be
fel our first parents, which is the
Same death that shall fall upon the
wicked. From the temporal death
there is redemption, and also re-
demption from the first spiritual
death, but none from the second
death, either in this life or in the
world to come. The sin which
causes the second death is the sin
against the Holy Ghost, the sin of
the shedding Of innocent blood,
or the cOnsenting there 0, having
the knowledge of Christ and
the truth, and thereaf, or turning
therefrom, which is the sin
against the Holy Ghost. All man
ner of sin shall be forgiven except
the sin against the Holy Ghost. An
immortal being possesses life that
is eternal, for though he may suffer
the spiritual death, he will live to
endure that death as Adam did.
rke tNaf hn 70 hIc
earth, and will exist after he passes
away from this stage Of action; he
will live throughout the countless
ages of eternity, and be held respon-
sible Tor actions in the flesh. In
heaven there are three classes Of
beings-the spirit of man before
he comes to the earth, the
spirit of the righteous man who
has lived and died in the flesh, and
awaits the resurrection of his
earthly tabernacle, and those who
had been permitted to obtain their
bodies from the grave in the rosur-
rection of Jesus. After Christ'S res
direction he appeared to his dis
ciples, who were afraid but he told
them to fear him not, as he was not
! a spirit, which had not flesh and
bone as he had. He had risen from
the dead, his body being raised, and
he partook of earthly food. He was
the same as before the resurrection.
At his resurrection many of the
saints who slept il the tombssawoke
with him, and came forth with their
earthly tabernacles. They dwell
now in heaven with Christ, possess
ing the gifts, powers and blessings
of the kingdom of God. The spirits
that have not been in the world
will yet come here, that they may
pass Though the same ordeal and
obtain the same blessings that he
has reached, only in lesser degrees,
as he is the head. Man is like
Jesus in person, attribute and quail
ity, but not in perfection, in knowl-
edge and power, but is destined to
become soto become like him IN
intelligence, glory and power. 1t is
not clear to mankind as to the object
of our being. If the spirit is I'M
mortal, why should it be necessary
to take upon itself mortality? If 1T
is pure, why should it be necessary
0 come to the earth to take upon
itself impurity? It was because 1t
l might become like Jesus, who came