The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-05
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Divine Worship on Sunday
Afternoon Last.
BISHOP IF. WHITNEYiSPEAKs.
Plan of Lucifer and that Of Jesus
christ for the Redemption Of
NFansiHd'
Services were held in the Taoerhacie'
as usual, on Sunday afternoon com-
mencing with the choir singing the
hymn:
BISHOP wHITNEYlSPEAKs.

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IA Guide Is. o thou great Jenovan'
II H. saints unto the promised lana
The priesthood of the Fourth War
A attended 10 the administration 99fT,T II
Sacrament.
Bishop OgF.g Whitney addressed5h
congregation, saying: take the OK
portunity to wish you all Happ
New Year. Indeed, hope the'curren
year viii be happy one, not only t
ourselves, but 10 all the world, and tina
at the end OF this year we may hay
advanced nearer 10 the consummaTiol
OF what God has deSigned-the redemp
ton OF the world The ia eiler OF til
human race, the creator of all that i
in this world, has purposed what shall
come 10 pass. A few days ago al
Christian people celebrated what might
be called the day Of days, the anniver
sary of Him who brought on
earth peace and good viii toward man.
He IS the only begotteH Son Of God.
but we are all the children of God.
MOrmoniSm- teaches Us the universal
Fatherhood OF God and consequently
the universal brotherhood of MAN,
hence We have great interest in the ri
fare OF everyone. Bishop WL&ns =
then read a portion Of the Book of
Abram, asvvE5Fealed unto the Prophet
Joseph Smith, theIinterpregatioh OF a
manuscript found on the bodyJ Of a
mummy brought from Egypt by a
learned professor. who sold it TO Joseph
Smi.h.) The passages ! have read are
not the only records on the subject of
the choosing OF Jesus Christ, who was
appointed to come 10 earth and become
the Savior 0s men; &pdf rebelIion
and downfall Of Lucifer, who was then
an honored Son of God. The mission
Of the Savior and Redeemer was to
atone for the original sin; and tosdrav
all men unto Him By the power of His |,
grave. Lucifer then stood so high in
the presence of God that he had the
opportunity to offer himself as a candi-
-..ale to becomeE theER edeemen of mans
kind. But In his am Gtiont to become
HAT did not belong toAhinlf and fell
from grace. He did not keep his first
estate and such cannot enjoy the sahae
glory as those who do keep their first
estate. The plan ef-eur heavenly
Father is to save men according to
that which they merit, giving to
them the glory, which they have -tSiled
and la0oTed for The Apostle Paul
describes the various glories to which
man may attain. An exaltation in any
degree implies capacity to understand
and enjoy K. God viii deal with
Justice and equity to all. SelhshHess5
and favoritism viii find no place with
Him. The plan designed By Ldcifer'
would have saved RaaH6iRd, in their
sins. q condition iheOmpatible kiththe
3 = IL
he went up onto the high mountain to
converse with God, was previously
prepared to witness q portionGofX the
glory OF God, or he would have been
consumed b1E His presencef The platiiI
proposed by Lucifer to save the world
was one of compulsion and destructive
of the free agency OF man. The plan
Lucifer proposed has been)foil0Wed b.
those who have at various times, emf
deavored 10 compel mankind to believe
as they directed. This isya day of,
religious freedom, when men are bre4
sumed to have the right to worship
God according to the dictates of their
own conscience. The design of Lueifer
LED away with him a third of the,
hosts OF heaven-those who could NOT
foresee the incensisteneyyo fshisp plan TO
save all men. God, the Father, chose
and suffer, offering himseEEaSs a. sahfi-
fice for all the world that man might be
saved according to merit. Milton the
poet, said, q" whoever heard of truth
being worsted in conflict with err ?''
Truth cannot be conquered; it NAV bel
crushed. but it will rise ashixl "a This
world was called out ofimatters iudesA,
tructible matter-and not out of moth
ing as some religious beliefs assert
Iucifer and his followers ,wereleast -oill
OF heaven, permitted to come to earth,
and influence MEN, but deprived,of The
power TO assume bodies-or- mortal
Cabernacles. One Of the first acts of
Lucifer OH this earth was to tempt Eva.
the vile of Adam. The SHINING of Eve
and afterwards Of Adam, was foreseen
by Almighty God, in providing a Re
deemer who should come To earth and
e1piate for this . .iginal sin. Adam and
Eve became mortals, and were required
70 obey the first great commandment of
God-to multiply and repienisll
earth. The ,LatteSdayS Saints elory
in the events OF Adam and Eveis life
for they fell that man might be. We
have good and evil placed before us, and
can use our own free agency to choose
which we will. God says unless We
90 my will and keep my command
ments, ye cannot enter into my pre-
selce. Satan says, will save YOU. no
matter what you do, if YOU only,
follow me. If we walk in the path
the Savior has tIod. we will meet
with the Esame experience, for the
servant is no greater than his
master. The gospel gives to men their
Tree agency, to choose what glory they
viii elect TO live Tor. If we walk IN the
thorny path that He trod, we will gain
The exaltation that He enieys. we
combat the plan of Lucifer. We combat
principles that would enslave all men
and destroy them of their liberty, We
bid defiance TO the powers of the evil
one. May God bless you and all the
world who seek to do right, is my prayer
in the name OF Jesus Christ, the Savior
of the world Amen.
The choir sang the hymn s.Come LET
Is anew our journey pursue" 81
Benediction pronounced by Patriarch
John Smith.
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