Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-18

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wait tu We "1ummeJ upn by tlr
Bishops a. their respective wards In
this muttur. There uai boom q .lca.
many pUmlsgs made by God o. this
people WliulsHure 90 tu fulfilled wuu
their husus. but these had been made
upon certain conditions. / NU GOD.
filled the law ulOn which The blessing
was prcdlctteu we would obtain tbs.
blessing; bot n We expected 10 receive
the hlcs-.ugs promised In these Ten.
pies We must perform our par, In help
Ing g. build them, ny paying ouF titles
aud Ulleriuls. One N tuH conditions
upon which uilu var permitted 20
ontcr Into Temple w0s that he should
he faithful a. the payment Of his tia.
ing, which would enable him % obtain
q recommend tUDutgf Into THESE Houses
OF the Lord.
Ifamgu had no. been tithcglyer
lac wps not entitled to this privilege.
n, then, we wished for the blessings Ut
the Temple we must fulNl the law Of
tithlng. He nad heard some people
complain against this Requirement,
saying that the Gospel should be irCr
10 all. ii himself was Of practlCl
turn ~ mind, aud hls own view wa
this--thAt those individuals who de-
sifei 10 have the blessings Of the Ten.
Pile without paying their share toward.
IT, erection were dIa honest, because
they wished 20 appropriate the lauor
NJ oihyrs. They might take the forty
thousand or more persons who were
present ut the recent laying Of the cap.
stone, and with all their combined
hrlp, without little faith attached, that
pOint would never have been reached.
LIST those, hc urged. who had been
careless or Indifferent hitherto In re.
gard 10 this matter at once seek to rc.
form, keep the commandments Of
God, perform the labor uUvOlviug
upon thom faithfully, AMI they would
bee forgiven for past neglect. Let all
such turn over a new Leaf" and On.
deavOr 10 fully qualify and prepare
themselves 10 receive the blessings VI
Sod In this His molly Temple when II
was completed.
The LAtter.day Saints believed IN
baptism Tor the dead, In salvation Tor
those who had died without n knowi-
edge Of the Gospel-that all human
beiug- should have the privilege Of
receiving or rejecting the Gospel. The
speaker more read from the 7bll section
VI the Doctrine and Covenants and said
he had heard 70 advanced 10y s0uiu
person, Ia opposition 10 the ordinance
Of baptlsm fot the dead, that this was
an absurd doctrine. Why, the very
fnuudation.stune upon which the
Christian religion Iealcu was tie
vlcariOus work which Jesus Chri4t
Himself performed for "a. He came
on earth ana was crusiligi for our SIM;
lie laid down His very lie Ia our Ice.
half. the whole fundamental system
OF Christianity ftated upon the VI.
carious work OF Christ. Apostle Grant
referred 10 the vast amount Of time
and labor that had been expended by
the Laiter.uay Sairts IN the compiia.
ton OF genealogical rcCoris
and remarked lnnt the fact
of their having spent millions
" dollars In erecting Temples
showed their faith anu Integrity. II
God had gwen us talent, strength Of
mind and body 20 accomplish the labor
before vs., let us go forward resolved 10
do It, and II We laborci IN proportion
70 the ability and strength NepOssessed
Hu wuulu.ask no moro OF W.
COUNaELUR JOSEPH u. IAY-OR
Said the subject OF Temple building
lad been happily chosen by Brother
Grant that afternoon, his remarks be-
ing truly appropriate to the occasion
--aisier, which was generally observed
throughout Christeudnm In com.
memOatiOn Of Christ's resurrection
from tho tomb.
Tho Laltcr.day Saints were essen.
tally Temple Building people.
This was Unc at the laburB
which rested with full force
aud power upon their shUu!-
ders, aud IL was one which
they hal assumed to carry out to tho
extent OF their ability. Ihe preaching
OF the gospel u the living, the sd.
mins'eriug OF ordinances ~ a sacred
character TO those IN the flesh, was
really a small work In comparison with
the great labor which must be perform.
ed FOR thIso who hal passed away ami
were now Ia tue spirit world, out who
uid not enjoy the privileges Of the
Gospel while here below. Upon ",
then, rested the responsibility Of
Baptism for the dead, aud In order that
this holy ordinance might be success.
fully Accomplished there devOlved upon
Us the work NJ building temples--plaues
designated by God the architectural
designs OF which had been revealed
from heaven. Indeed scientific men
aud the world generally had ncknowl.
edged ~ to tao design Of
those Temp les--espeCiul the one here
that there was nothing like II upon
tho earth. II we were poor aud pennl.
less God would accept the ordinances
for outelves and our dead Outside "
buildings erected for this purpose; but
when His people had tho means, and
II was within their power, He expected
them 10 build those houses IN order
that the sacred ordinances might be
carried out. The speaker said he was
present whom the ground on which our
Temple now stood was dedicated, Feb.
ruHry lIth, 1863. lie commenced to
labor with u pick anu shower there,and
continued tn the COrner-ttOnes were
laid, .on April 9th, working upon
the excavations. Forthirty.ninn years
lie had watched with interest tho slow
progress OF the building. While
some had asked the question "Why has
II not been completed before this timer"
he himeoli had ever felt satisfied that
In this regard all was going ON right.
They had Ia the meantime built three
other Temples-Oue IN the extreme
south, another In tue extreme north,
ana another was perhaps about
centrally located In the Territory.
Those Of them who had had the
pleasure and privilege VI passing the
thfe-hhold OF either Of these sacred
editiccs AMI received the ordinances
for the living as well well ~ for their
dead, and who hal partaken Of the
spirit OF these holy plaCes, could readily