Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-01
SUNDAY SERVICES.


: ZION. city Of our God
: Prayer was offered by Ed
l. J. NJ Sjodshl.
10 The choir sang:
a. Twas on that dark. that solemn night.
When powers Of earth And hell arose
N The Priesthood Of the Fifteent
a Ward OBLIGATED in the adminis,ratiC
|. Of the Sacrament.
4 ELDER CHARLES W. PESRosE
e addressed the congregation. II
n was thankful TO meet with the Sain
to unite with them in worship an
i to partake Of the Sacrament 1t
n a great privilege to be permitted
{ DO so in peace and to receive tn
( teachings that God will impart to u
{ through His servants.
: We must remember that only b.
the Spirit Of Truth are we able {
comprehend the truth. This SpiTi
is the Holy GhOst, which enlIghten
the mind Of man on heavenly
things. Every person receives 4
birth a portion Of the Spirit Of light
and by that men understand natura
things When q man IL born again
he receives a higher degree Of tina
Spirit, by which he can cOmpre
bend spiritual things, wherefore
desire this Spirit may brood ovei
this congregation, while We are list
ening 10 things pertaining 10 life and
salvation.
The speaker read Eph. !, 8, 10:
sHavlng made known unto US the mys
| terry OF his will. according 70 his good
pleasure which he hath purposed IN him
| self That IN the dispensatiOn OF the full
mes. OF times he might gather together IN
one al things IN Christ, both which are IN
heaven, and which are on earth, sr.H IN
him.
The Apostle announces that God
had made known 10 him and his
brethren a mystery before not
known: that God would gather to-
gether, in the fulness Of times, all
things which are in him, both in
heaven and upon earth. This makes
il clear that there was \ new dis
pensatiOn to come after the apostolic
sge. The dispensatiOn Of Christ
was not 10 be the last, for God had
made known that there would be
another, in which all things should
he gathered together In one, even in
Him.
There have been several dispen-
sations. That Of Adam. or ofthe ere
atil n, was the first. NOah's dispen-
satiOn was another. Ate: that
there was one in the days Of Abra-
ham. who was called out from his
kinsmen and received a dispeEsa-
ton Of the Gospel. The disIensa-
ton Of Moses was another, in which
the children Of Israel were deliv-
cred from the slavery o. Egypt
They had ''the law" given 20 them
because they were not able TO re-
ceive the fulness ofthe gospel, being |
n degraded race, brought up in /
bondage. They could not, or they /
would not, receive the Gospel, which |
was first revealed TO them. There |
fore the law Of carnal command |
ments was added, rs a schOOlmasier /
TO bring them 10 Christ. This dis
pensaiiOn continued until the days Of /
Jesus the Savior.
When he ushered in n new dis
pensatiOn the principles which he
were not actually new.
They had been preachei !, TO some eX-
tent at least, in former dispeusations,
md some Of them, as infidels urge by
way Of objection, were known to the
lsathen sages and philosophers
( antiquity. But this j. no
Irgument against their divinity
" Of the divine authority
Z those who brought them
Orth TO the world, because
ruth il eternal. IL has no begin
ling and no end. II is not invented
r originated, although il may be
iscoyered. Solomon says:
SIS there anything whereof II mas be said.
&c, this u new II hath been already Of
ID time which Was before - The thinE
lat hath been u i that which shall be, and {
TAT which .. cone u thst Which shall be I {
one. and there is no new thins under the !
Before the sun, the moon or the ,
tars were swung into their /
rbits, truth, wisdom, knowledge /
xisted, for they are beginningiess /
nd endless God has told Us in 1
lis revelations 20 this Church that .
all truth is independent in the !
phere in which He has placed il. A. I
ii Intelligence also" And that q
or the light of truth 1
Fas not created or made. neither 4
an be-" Because the truth abiies. /
Is sure 70 prevail over error, which I
transit0ry, although il may tax. !
ONE time 20 gain the victory. Its a
he truth that sanctifies and saves. \
earning truth aud living by II i 3
be process Of natural exaltatiuu. 1
III the prophets OF God Of all the v
ges came TO present the truth that 1
zen might hive by il and be slvei. !
When Christ came 10 Introduce the
Gospel, which had already before 20 a
Dme extent been preached. He n
INT out apostles to proclaim the q
uth. they were most Of them put O
death. The Church which Christ .
Established with Its authorities. or 1.
Inances and gifts Of various kinds. n
ally remained in its purity for a brief r,
-riOd. The lights which Christ r,
sced IN II were put out by the OF
inds Of wickeiness, and soon DARK
- came again and prevailed uuon n
e face Of the earth. This wa. but n
repetition Of history, for thrnuyb n
'parture from the truth darkness 10
me IN again like n flood after each g
ccessive dispensatiOn. Since the "a
Us Of the Apostles many churches er
We been established by men. M
itll, ia this age, We find the world :.
vlded and subdiviied, without III
NY OF faith or unity Of wor-hip. or m
Iity OF practice. When We ex. n
line the claims Of the churches m
hna among them scarcely any Ia
iual knowledge Of spiritual things or
e people believe or pretend to BE- 10
We but there is no positive IL
oWledge, though they may be- "a
We much and hope much. The m
! that there Il 50 much diyision Su
strife proves that there must be r.,
ast amount Of error in so-call.,I ca
-
Vow Paul speaks OF a dis o.
lsation in which all things str
the Lord, on the eartb va
| IN the heavens shall be gather.
into one. Union is 10 he the great i'm
racteristic. This is a marvellous I'M
pensation and a mighty one. an,
Is must he the dispensation h
Ken OF by the ancient Prophets liz,
which all shall know the I,ori All;
n the least HntO the greatest. ;, VII
en- there shall be nothing 10 hurt ba,
destroy" and His name will Ie tba
iored in all the earth. These aneto ear
ONE ofthe effects Of the dispensa- futr
OF the fulness Of times. m.
MS dispensstiOn cannot vet he r
J established upon the earth. for a.,
Of God are not yet made ~ -
Nor has God as yet gathered ~ ~ |,
hings on earth aud in heaven ~.
iher. The dispensation Of NJ, ~
lists personal ministry couIJ "a va
have been the dispensation OF -
Idlness Of times, for it has moi ~, uon