The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-20

IN THE TABERNACLE.
Rev. j. N. Browns Excellent
Discourse.

According to announcement, the
Reverend ]. n. Brown, brother of Mr..
F. A Brown. of this city. delivered a
discourse in the Tabernacle OF this CITY
on Sunday last
Since it had become known that the
gentleman, who is Methodist minister.
would preach. considerable interest had
been manifested among all classes, and
at clock on Sunday the capacious
building Was filed with people OF all
classes and beliefs.
Elder Francis A. Brown presided
over the meeting, and gave out the
opening hymn from page I32 of the
Latter-day Saints hymn book. Rev.
Geo. E. Jayne delivered the opening
prayer, which was followed by the
hymn, "How Sweet COMMUNION. is on
earth" While the choir was singing
Mr.. Brown stepped into the pulpit and
after opening the Bible, laid the other
books which lay on the pulpit off onto
the rail. Mr.. Brown very much resembles
his brother, +. A. Brown. He is slightly
shorter: his hair is almost snow white;
hi, face is cleanly snayen, and shows
his character to be that of an advanced
thinker. His chest is very full. and his
profile, looking at him from a distance
reminds one quite forcibly of President
John Taylor, the shape of his head and
the snow white hair probably causing
the resemblance.
After the conclusion of the sacra-
mental exercises, The speaker read the
seventh chapter of Revelations. Then
after making a few appropriate open
ing remarks, selected as his text the
18Th, IA b and a part of the 18th verses,
of the chapter which was read. His
subject was divided into three parts
under the heads: Whence came
method or mode of salvation. Third
THE character of the multitude spoken
of by st. John"
The reverend gentleman assumed the
sight which John saw and recorded, to
be in the psst tense, and took the posi-
ton that the giorified beings all cams
from this earth. He believed, he said,
that there was nothing Trustworthy in
faith in this earth, but the Thus
saith the Lord" Revelation is patent
in the whole world. The white robes
and palms spoken of by. John are but
the symbols of moral purity, holiness
and victory. The heaven that he be-
lieved in is q realistic. sense seeing
heaven; not the sensual heaven of the
Mahomedans. nor the idealistic intan-
gible heaven that some p. ofess 20 be
lieve in. He did not believe that being
in heaven consisted in "sitting on a
crimson cloud of glory floating round
the throne of God forever" but heaven
will be place that, having eyes We can
see. having ears we can hear, and there
will be something tangible we can
stand on. The resurrection will not be
"a resurrection OF ghosts" Do you
believe we will be bigger fools in hea-
ven than We are here7 he asked and
answered by saying that friends would
know each other theTe as they do here,
the same relations will exist there that
do here, no new relationships will be
formed, but the old ones will be con-
tinued. We have listened to more
finished orators than Nj. Brown,
many speakers can carry the
listener up TO greater heights
and picture the grandeur of their
thoughts in more sublime language
than he: but he Is far above the aver
age. He has the happy faculty of
erecting pc estal, as it seems, for the
listeners imagination TO rest upon,
while his M dts eye scars out and up
into The realms of thought which the
speaker has reached, but which he has
not described IN words. The sermon,
which was listened 70 with Erapt atten-
ton throughout. occupied an hour and
five minutes and after the beautiful
rendition of an anthem by the choir,
the speaker pronounced simple bene-
diction and the large audience dispersed.