The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-05
Services There on Sunday At
ternO0n Last.
TWO ADDRESS ON THE GOSPEL
Elder ID f. Davis and Apostle Heber
j. Grant Occupy the
stand.

ELDER ID. r. DAVIS IN Using 10 dOuIeSS
the congregation acknowledged his
weakness and reliance upon the assis-
lance, by the faith and prayers, of his
auditors. He remarked that this was
the experience of all the elders of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. He the read from tweifth chap
ter OF First Corinthians, and proceeded
to explain how the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints was organ
lied. Why was it necessary to restore
the gospel? Why reveal to Joseph
Smith the commission he received, If
the gospel were on the earth7 The Lat
ter-day Saints did not believe 1t hid
continuously existed since the days OF
Jesus Christ; they believed il had been
taken from the earth. One char
acteristic of the church, as he
had read, was that the head was
10 be composed of apostles and proph
cts, and miracles were worked, etc.
Were these known OF in the Catholic
church? No. In the period between the
death of Jesus and the coming fourth OF
Mormonism the church was divided and
the ProtestalIts were the result. The
apostacy, the falling off of the affected
portion, who thought there was no true
authority, had been predicted-was fore
seen by John the Revelation. The beast
indicated in the dream OF Nebuchad-
nezzar was given power TO make war
with the Saints and to overcome them.
The kingdom spoken of by Daniel was
not that which Christ brought to the
earth. The Interpretation OF the dream
of NebuchadnezZar was referred to by
Elder Davis, and dates and statistics
compared TO show that the different
parts composing the image did not ex-
ist at that period of the worlds history.
And, furthermore, the stone cut out OF
the mountain without hauds was not
cut out until after the demolition OF the
image. 1t was asked by many, wherefore
the necessity of revelation? This was
answered by the necessity for direct au-
thority from God. The speaker then
to the rotation in office-the
in civil offices-and COM
pared the usage to the authority of the |
officials in the church; they must all be |
duly appointed and ordained by those |
holding proper authority. 1t required /
revelation in order that the authority /
should exist. II the Catholic church /
had lost this, il evidenced the necessity /
OF a restoration and a new state of /
things He referred to the revelation |
the angel which should fly /
the midst of heaven, having the /
everlasting gospel in the last days. !
Would it be necessary to reveal that 1
event if the gospel were already on the 4
earth? The testimony of Joseph Smith ]
and the Latter-day Saints was that that !
angel had come; that Peter, James and /
John had appeared to him and con- |
ferred upon him the priesthood: that 4
he received authority to appoint and /
ordain apostles, teachers, etc. Here /
Elder Davis reviewed the process of !
in the days of the Savior. the |
mission of John the Baptist. the differ /
ent degrees of priesthood and the modes /
Of comforting them. The Church OF 1
Jesus Christ to-day was so organized, /
had the signs which followed them that /
believed, as was said should be enjoyed /
by Paul. The elders were ssent forth /
as were the apostles, without purse or /
scrip; they received no reward. The /
gospel was free to all, the poor as well |
as the rich. There are thousands who I
can testify TO these things; OF seeing I
angels, OF being commanded to bear /
this testimony to the world. The ties
timony of two or three only was suffi- /.
cient to be given that the command be I
carried out and the prophecies fulfilled; |
if that was given, then there could be no /
excuse. The testimony of Oliver Cow !
derry, David Whitmer and Martin Har- /
ris, in reference to seeing the plates and /
the truth of the work they were engaged i
in was read by Elder Davis. There was /
no occasion to doubt that testimony. /
The speaker had personally heard Mar |
tin Harris and David Whitmer bear I
their oral testimony to the truth of the /
gospel as revealed through Joseph /
smith, and thai they said if it was not 4
true then there is nothing true. In 4
Elder Davis added his testi !
moDy.
APOSTLE H. j. GRANT was pleased to 1
have the opportunity of meeting with 4
the Saints again, and trusted he would /
have their faith and prayers, that he !
might say something OF mutual benefit.
There was no labor in which the Saints
could engage better than doing those
things which were pleasing and accept
able TO God. There is a satisfaction \
realized from q conscientious perform
lnce Of duty Which renders individuals
happy and which cannot be taken from
them. The Saints were accused of be
ing evil, law-breakers. traitors. ETC., and
that caused the world to look on them
with distrust III the Saints were living
as they should. they never need to fear.
They had received a testimony for which
they would willingly suffer even death
rather than reinquish. All Latter-dav
Saints who were living their religion
were doing this; there were some. he
was sorry to say, who did not, and il
was due to their own neglect and mis-
that they were being harrassed,
and punished. Wicked
men rule over them in consequence of
their shortcomings. If they lived their
they would be happy. Where
ever one went, the speaker remarked.
be heard the same cry: you are
wrong, and muss give up. How can
l00. 900 possibly be right wnen there are
= 900. 900 opposed to your He gener-
ally replied that il would make no diff
erence to him-if the handful lived
iright and believed Alright. il would
n axe no difference if the whole word
When he reflected he saw
hat the marks of advancement in ali
lgeS were opposed by the great majority.