The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-21
N THE TABERNACLE.
-, Afternoon Occupied by
INs p;obop 0. F. Whitney.
INTERESTING ADDRESS.
uent Discourse Upon the
~ biO4 1os Relieved and Taught by
Prih' tbe Latter-day Saints.

,,vices at the Tabernacle on
inc ofternoon last were begun by
suDa .ioging by the choir of the hymn
s.ommepcing;
cO-DD ,.orest Lord. descend and dwell,
Cone, and love, in every breast;
By falltn Iii gi'I We know and taste and feel
Then snu that cannot be expressed.
ror by Elder Joseph Woodmansee.
ray :hoir then sang the hymn begin
ping:
q God. tn eternal Father,
Who TT dWells amid the skyl
:, Iesus' name we ask thee
10 bless and sanctlty,
10 are pure before thee,
T M bread and cup of wine,
rbat we may all remember
T THAT offring so divine.
n.,op ORsoN F. WHITNEY, being
5unon had no desire but to be led
''- ssy those things which would be
,...inp and beneficial. He had been
Il ~abt to regard God as the source of
ial! ;nnteIIigence, that wherever intelli-
al WAS was found, and in whatever form,
se IoJ its origin IN Him. The Latter-day
nau took the view that God was not
oai iu The Creator OF a portion of the
9n! 1on family, but was the Creator of
l ~ iSings the Maker IF the heavens
al ' oartb and all that in them IS. The
1ord made no movement IN connection
L rGi the children of men except for
. sas;, salvation. The Latter-day Saints
-Ir,s called exclusive, because they
g I';mpd that they had the everlasting
u mol and received revelations from
even SOoF the motives of the Saints were
I Isn continually misunderstood. and
tSay we're regarded as a community of
rTs arts. A wrong view of their posi-
tpn Was held BY the world, and, in con-
, .yr they were derided, oppressed
and scoffed at. This was natural fol-
oTing of belief in the principles of the
cosDeI. Their mission was considered
sSsnarate and apart from the
mission given to others. God
Was person of many plans
brf thew ali merged into one object, and
tb0ngb men deemed themselves indie
nendent, and did not take God into ac-
eonnt in their actions, the result of their
actions God will override according to
oisWiU. Man proposes. but God dis
noses" While man is left free to eX-
ercise his agency, yet God will everrule
the acts OF men to suit and accomplish
His own purposes. Mankind were upon
the earth, measurably in the dark, shut
out from the presence of God, vail be-
ing dropped between them and their
Father in heaven. and we did not COM
prehend things in their fullness. Yet.
iithey lived according to every word
tina proceeded from the mouth of God,
their visions would be cleared, and the
future to them would be one eternal
Jay. God'scourse was one eternalround.
The earth upon which we dwell is
only one of the myriad creations of
God The work of God was perpetual,
even as the creating and the popping
dnew worlds was perpetual with the
Almighty. The saving and exalting of
The human family is the great object of
The Lord. The Saints were being. op
posed by the world who could give no
NaSOn for stheir antagonism. God ex-
acted from all who embraced the truth
fitting proof of their integrity and
AlthfulneSS. When man fails to ac-
knowledge God in life. he knocks the
adder from under himself whereby he
could secure salvation and glory in the
T0Ild to come, in the presence of his
Maker. There is but one plan of saliva
llo1I-Only one true way of eternal life;
Iaere were two. they must necessarily
!1eF; what God ordains for the saliva
ION OF mankind, is the only way for
man to be saved. The Latter-day
snts preached the everlasting gospel
2e only way, They realized the situa-
Y Isle of Patmos, "saw the angel
E9g in the midst of heaven
IIInng the everlasting gospel, etc."
%5loLOwS that if there is but one plan,
IOIher plans are wrong; and if the
,I1Nsf-day Saints have that plan, then
m a.yG preach differently must neces-
IVY be wrong; and if the Latter-day
s4S preached any other Gospel than
Z. Shlch was preached by Jesus and
r. apostles they would be wrong, also.
i .s e1clusivenesS exhibited by the
FRIDAY Saints is similar to that ex-
sIiaea by figure Of lost traveller
auls LOT the way to a certain city, and
~ ,,as [1o!d, ubpraided his informer for
S,aIs nm the correct information. The
Ss sS psG Of the Christian world believed
n, P 3um was the canon of scripture and
nse5 ,lii' mat no more revelation was
e1aS and they were the ones who
Snou me Saints exclusive. The tes-
Ssn uIs OF the Latter-day Saints was
msS s gwen to the world, and the conse-
ltb ''' u receiving or rejecting it was
Feat.!h nose who heard it. The
leonle respected the opinions of all
N g IL. and hoped that if any one had
ACHIEVEMENT on what was called
l Il not o1IiSn, he would not be so bigoted
verp nh NJ investigate it. The Saints
ptoyem "nllng to receive truths and i'm
oineS "T Ia upon their present doc
mi che Inc worlds course in ieering
dap ftGbinoatlng the Saints was convin-
ON p tea5 they did not believe in their
bpl99le, as the Latter Dav Saints
sss COMIC COM no other doctrine except what
'elief wss M IN that holy book. Their
D The fS mat those who were believers
aght nail u Jesus Christ were on the
dhs!p ~d, but that belief was not
las imn Vas necessary to salvation. 1t
spes. dotatiVe to observe the prin-
epeatan"Sa. and ordinances of faith,
I'D ali NJ. oapusm, laying on of hands
.aeoSefyancs le ~ requisite for a complete
! Y God VI u, the laws and commands
gesane y The penalties of trans
gents Of 'ie laws and command
Every aoa inc me Lord were recorded
sparstfi %s =. Of the world. AS with the
y sitI tb VI the body and soul of man,
OOdy die church of Christ. When
SGod; 50 W. the spirit assembled again
net the Io wen the Church became de-
cd 10 heading sniritr -. - ) -.