Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-29

am the Lord thy God. and I give an
you this commandment, that no ms
shall come unto the Father hut bv me ,
Lord: '''"' ''''''' -
And everything tina, IL In the worl
whether be ordained of men. by throne
VI pilhcipalities, or powers. or things
nn., whatsoever thay may be. that III
not py me, or by my word. saith n
iotu, shan b. thrown down, and sha
hot remain after men aro dead, uelthor
nor after tho resurrection, saith The Iof
your God; ''''
For whatsoever things ROMAN arc b
me- anu whatsoever things are not b
mo snail be- shaken and destroyed.
The Lord proclaimed here that nj
mouse was a house Of order; therefor,
Nhon we saw anything that tended 4
Standardization we saw confusion II
sen In The world, In any department a
socl,ty, In religion, Ia public worshiI
IN Tue forms aud ceremonies Of men
among the sect- and parties that mel
had Invented, God was not there. Hi
haid was not 10 bs seen there. n,
was not the Author Of that confusion
iof all that He did was In order. Not
Wlthstanding the immense number o
starry worlds that moved in the firm
elneht on high, there was mo- con
fusion among them. Each one move,
IN its own order aud occupied H. owl
sphere, and helped 10 preserve tn,
equilibrium Ofthn others. This was
because they were controlled hy Ia,
rover u God. Again, the laws ofClol
which governed thing on earth, when
not inteffcfed with by men, were Der.
iect' Everything moved Ia complcts
9tIer Tho seasons came and wont,
lhe seeds was planted aud the harvest
,eaptu. There was no discori; all was
harmony aud beauty. II was when
man stepped In aud intoff,fcd with
we things which God had established
that confusion ensued.
20 Ia the religious world. when
Jesus Christ came on earth aud cst,b.
lished His Church lie established pct.
icct order. That Church was organ.
ifcl AFTER the pattern u tho human
bouyi each member had H. own place
anu all were essential ~ the good olthc
whole. Hut after n while dissenslons
entered u through the folly aud wicked.
mes Of men. IL wa. when men brgan
70 divcfgc from tho Path which the
l'od had marked out that trouble
came. Different scots had been insll.
lnted, different ecclesiastical orgnnlxa.
lions built up,tincc the tlmr when Jesus
1hilst aud Ills Apostles foun led tho
church. All these inventions of men
hal tended 10 bring about confusion,
20 that In the nineteenth century, IN
what was tcfmUI the age Of gospel
blaze, confusion worse c1nfiundetu
neignod. This was because God was
not In these works Of men.
Among all these different aucts there
were, no doubt, some principle. which
uud had revealed; thrtr were some
vrsugc- of the Church which Jesus
Ihtist set mp when ON the earth. Men
hAl Patterned after them 10 some cN.
tent but they had introduced Ideas
anu notions u their own, nni cOnhi.
sion was the result. The Idea seemed
To prevail IN the Christian world zen.
cmlly that men had tho right ~ meet
together aud organize n religious 70.
clrty, establish religious form. aud Gus.
toms, Just NJ they chose, according
10 v hat suited them, without taking
the Loni Into consideration al all, ani |
that lie wa. Hound % ACCEPT all their |
olrfinst, In fact, some seemed 10 think /
that lie ought 10 bo very much Obliged |
10 thum for mectlng together on the |
Lofl's day AMI wouhipplng Him In |
Their own way. Hut according 10 |
what he THE speaker had lust read,
the Lord would not accept an Offering |
unltss u was made In Ills name aud |
according u His own appointment.
After q reference 10 the history u
Cain and Ahcl a. bearing directly upon
this portion II his subject, Ab.l'r sacfl.
floe being that which God had AZ.
pointed, Caln's that which lio chose 10
liief, Elder ponfUac said that ia
Inclng the history Of the world
from TINT day down 10 the
present. We found u similar spirit "a.
sting 10 that which characterized the
actions u Cain. The Lattef.day saints
hal experienced manifestation Of that
anne tpltit Of bitterness aud anlmnsity |
Ahile seeking 10 serve the Loti In llis
appointed way. Persons belonging %
iarious institutions which men had
1T up had viewed this Church with n
pifit OF hatred, aud had prosecuted
hnse who carried out tho command.
nents which God hal revealed. The
plfit which had driven the Saints
rom city 10 city and from place 10
lace, which had spilled the blood OF
useph AMI Hymn Smith aud caused
he mhfiytium u other good men was
hs tamo spirit that burned In the
osom Of tain. Hut the tlmr would
ono when everything which God
ad not established would perish aud
,de away, when all tho works Of men
nd all their institutions would be-
foken up aud destroyed; then lie
'ould 'subdue NIL things unto him.
slL" /
The great aud chief difference DO i
seen tho Church " Jesus Christ o
.aitcf-day Saints aud the various de. !
0mlnAtiOns In chflstendOm 49, aud
cathcndom was that the former had
zen appointed of the Lord. Joseph
NTH did not build II az, the servant.
I God who had followed him ia the
.ader.hip Of the Church did not u
rganizs Il; but II was organized 10y the
M, power aud commandment OF God.
M Its Institutions were diyinely
,iAbllshed, aud therein lay the
lo aid nothing against the members v
other churches, or such correct u
flnclplus ~ they profcssed-ior all !,
nth originally came from GOd; hut y
ie systemz and establishments which u
en had set up were not Of God, and 3
Il would not accept them nor their nj
Manifestations Jesus had declared =
Every lreo that My Father hath not
antrd shall 10 rooted up" There "
light DO ponons present watching for n
mo expression that they might mis-. O.
,nslue a. being reasonable 10 tho =,
under which We lived.