Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-03

be there were great many good pc
e. pie; and when the Mohanmedan n
y ligion was taken into consideration
IL was not such a bad religion aitt
all. He distinctly remembers
10 the remark OF President Georg
/, @. Cannon many years ago, u
referring 10 the different demon
Z inatiors and religions. Speaking
&c Of the good that might be foun'
d among them, he then said we shoul'
d not suppose for a moment that tn
= Mohammedan religion was alto
< gether false. What little he Eide
Hintze1 had observed OF the Maiiom
medans led him to say that although
Mshomet might not have been ont
OF the great i-rOphets, yet it was Ger
tain that God raised him up 10 be s
, great reformer, just as much as Lu
Their or any other reformer III Eu.
rope. The doctrines which he
left among his people were
such as they could easily com.
prehend, and had brought millions
out Of idolatry TO the truth Of the
living God. No people on earth
could reverence God higher than
the Mohammedans. Whenever the
missionaries had had tine privilege
Of explaining some parts OF the
gospel to the Turks they invariably
made a very good impression u pom
them The Mohammedans were
not, at the present time, permitted
to accept Christianity in any form.
Although there was law permit
ting various denominations 10
preach in Turkey, and giving per-
iect religious freedom 50 far as re-
CARDS the changing of faith, yet
the law was a dead letter, and was
not accepted by the Mohammedans,
and there were very few cases ia
which they had turned over 10
Christianity. Those who had, had
done 50 at the peril of thei- lives.
The book OF Mormon had been Of
great service to the missionaries in
preaching the Gospel to the people,
and he knew. that the time wculd
come when it would do yet greater
seryiceamong the heather nations,
when 1t had been translated into
their native tongue and scattered
among them. Thereby they woula
obtain new testimony in regard TO
the Lord Jesus Christ and a
thorough understanding as to His
great mission. The Mohammedans
lid not believe that Christ was a
Redeemer; they did not understand
him as a Son Of God; but argued
If Jesus Christ wasthe Son Of God,
that would lie just as much rs to say
God Himself would be the Son OF
somebody else" Therefore the
Prophet Mahomet said in the
horan, Good is not begot-
zen, neither does he beyet:
but He is eternal" Having briefly
aouched upon several of the prin-
;iples OF the Mohammedan religion.
ne speaker turned his attention 10
Palestine, q land with which, he
reuiarAeu, the Latter-uay Saints han
great deal OF sympathy. They /
we're looking for tine time when the |
Lord would bring back its fruitful |
ness, restore the Jews, and also the |
lost tribes Of Israel to their inherit |
Inee. Any move in that direction
vas received with much satisfaction
not only by the Latter-day Saints, |
out by a great many others in the
world looking forward to the restora-
ton OF the house Of Israel.
He himself was not so enthusias-
lie as many persons as to the class of
Jews now located in Palestine. He
i1oked upon the great majority of
Them as the most incident people he
mad ever seen. They say It was
once good land, a land Of prophets
and OF learning, and think that it
!ught to be so today; but they are
lolng nothing in particular towards
building it up. Those who DO the
most in that way are the rich Jews.
SIch as the Rothschilds and Baron
1t had Appeared to him
mat The time would come wien the
Latter-day Saints would be called
upon to do something by way of
showing what could be done in that
and. They, as people, possessed
Ill the qualities necessary for the re-
building of the Kingdom of God ;
n any part OF the earth. They were
an experience in tins land
which would assist them greatly in
reforming any work that God ,
night require of them hereafter for
he salvation Of the human race. :
In conclusion, Elder Hintze earn ;
silly exhorted the Saints TO remain
and true 10 their covenants,
md TO keep strictly the command :
neuts Of God. Let them not take |
art in anything which they knew {
u be wrong. One OF the greatest
Irivileges they could possess WAS TO {
'e numbered with the Latter-day I
'ainus. He knew that this was the {
iospel Of the Lord Jesus Christ: I
hat they had received command /
nerts from the Heavenly Father q
Trough Joseph Smith and all the !
'rophets and Apostles whom God
Iad called in these latter days. He o
ad known this to be the work of v
iOd from his earliest childhood.
hat testimony was with him to- h
ay, and he hoped it would always q
emain. :
ELDER SEYMOUR Z. yoUSo h
$50 addressed the congregation and n
nd the day would come when all .
lie nations of the earth would ac- ~
that Jesus is the Christ. v
lie Savior of the world. He bore W
Is testimony that Joseph Smith. Sc
Ie Prophet of the last days, was n rC
rophct Of the living God. The p
Saints were the most des- bi
sed of all people on the face OF the +
nth; but they possessed the one &c
ne Gospel which was saving in its vi
lture. and II they would bat keen G.
9 commandments Of God they II
ould he hereafter saved in His N
ernal Kingdom. CT
The choir sang the hymn com m
encing: y
Lord, dismiss rs with Thy blessing; =.
Fiil our hearts with 10Y and peace. q.
was pronounced bv fe
der Joseph Horne. SO
fee
~, Ppm m
Inc enoirsang; an
reat God. attend while Zion sing. OF
he Joy that from Thy presence ,prinx. Oh
Prayer by Elder Milo Andrus. y"
The choir and congregation sang: hi.
, SPIRIT Of God like Gre. is burning vi,
he lstter-dsy glory begins to come forth. fol
The Priesthood Of the Tenth Ward no
Ieiated Mountaineering the Sacra- pr
mt. an
BISHOP o. p. WHITNEY ~,
dressed the congregation. Hesaid: to
have but one feeling in respond en-
to the call made upon me to az any,
ak this afternoon, and that feel NO
is best expressed in the lsncuace fat
Luther at the Diet of Worms. hot
ere | stand. / cannot do other tau
K. God, help me-" Though net wit
1ding In his position nor asked to eve
what was required Of him, l feel retl
q | needed the help Of the AL our
,hty. wit
Ias interested in the remarks made us,
Inc brethren this morning. and the
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