Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-05
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Kingdom, This has been the in
junction Of the leaders OF the Church
to the Elders who are sent forth 10
preach the Gospel of the kingdom as
a witness to all nations. The desire
for something new, which has be-
come a yeritable craze in the world,
need not be pandered to by the
servants Of God called to be minis
tiers of righteousness. Attempts to
crafty this demand for novelty
have often led good men into doubt
ful paths and sometimes into grew
Ous errors.
Elders who are very frequently
hcf.rc the public arc in danger Of
going astray from orthodox lines,
through efforts to interest thei. hear
e-S 10y the utterance Of something
cut Of the common way, and a
repetition Of the caution at the be-
ginning Of this article becomes
necessary for their benefit and the
good Of their hearers.
Every man is entitled to his own
opinion. And he is free TO convince
other people that nc is right If they
are willing to hear his arguments
and explanations. But when min
listers OF the Gospel in the Church OF
Christ oiliciate in their calling, they
are required 20 teach only that
which has been established by rev.
elaJion or the recognition Of the
Church. And they should be care
ful not 10 promulge Is doctrine that
which is only their personal opin-
ion.
We have been requested to pub
lish in brief the findings Of the
High Council OF the salt Lake
Stake OF Zion in regard to some
lectures delivered 10y Elder VIM.
VI. Palmer, containing views in
conflict with generally accepted
Church principles. This is not for
the purpose Of injuring Elder Pal
mer, but TO protect the public, ami
particularly young people not thor
ougSly indOctrinatei, from heiDg led
in the least degree from the strict
line Of d0ctrinaI accuracy.
Ia a lecture on the resurrection
delivered in the Seventeenth Ward
Assembly Hall, and in substance in
other places, Elder Palmer taught
that:
what the germ in seeds is to the
the termination Of the seed, so is the
Holy Gaost the germ that will germi-
nate or bring forth the body from the
resurrection"
He showed that as a germ in
grain can be destroyed by roasting,
50 by sin can we destroy "that germ
the Holy Ghost-in our hearts;''
and he likened the resurrection to
three pans Of fisur into which yeast
is pat in different quantities. ami
argued thus:
"On the same principle, with the
Holy spirit representing to the body
what the yeast does 10 the flour,
As the pint OF yeast Will cause the
bread to rise first, 50 the abundance Of
the Holy Spirit in that person who has
abided the laws OF his creation and
kept the commandments q God will
cause him 10 rise before the other per-
son who has not lived such a perfect
life. Like the yeast in the bread.
the Holy Spirit germinaies and causes
life to spring up, and the more a per-
son has Of that Spirit the sooner will
h. be resurrected."
Speaking Of the first resurrection
aud ofthOse who would be worthy to
come up in the morning thereof, he
said:
While they who are less faithful
viii remain in thetomb until the sixth,
The seventh. the eighth, the ninth and
tenth hour OF the day, yea some even
until the eleventh hour Of the day. or
II you please, these are they who will
not rise until after the five hundred,
six hundred, nine hundred and nine
hundred and fifty years have passed
away after Christ's coming before they
will he resuTrected.
Concerning the sons Of Perdition,
he formerly hell the opinion that
they would not he raised from the
dead, but had changed his views
and believed they would be resur-
rected but would have their spirits
separated again from their bodies
which would 20 back to mother
earth ''to commence over again il
hey DO not lose identity alto
gether."
he also taught that 3 man could
be born Of God one moment, and
the next moment be not born Of
Him. in another lecture he main
tanned that the Kingdom which
Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel saw
that was to be set up in the latter
days, is the Government Of the
United States, ami that it would he
given to- the people Of the Saints.
In another lecture he taught that
God had never Instituted any other
order Of marriage than the celestial
or eternal order. Other and less
important ideas were taught by him
which need not now be specifically
mentioned.
These teachings the High Coun-
ell decided were erroneous. The
holy Ghost IS rot n germ in the
same material sense As the germ in
a kernel Of wheat or the yeast in a
ran Of dough. Il Is the spirit Of life
and viii be the quio5ening |
power in the resurrection, and |
its influence is enjoyed by the dill |
gent and faithful Saints in a
larger degree than by those who |
are less faithful. The resurrection |
of the Saints is 10 take place in the
beginning Of the Millennium when
the angel sounds his trump and the
dead in Christ come forth to join
those who were alive and were /
changed and caught up to meet the
Lord in the air. But 80 revelation
recognized in the Church declares
that any ofthe Saints worthy of the
first resurrection viii remain 500 or
500 or $50 years in their graves after
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