Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-05

sufficiently 20 TO satisfy cur inquiries
aud TO remove from our minds doubt
and uncertainty concerning this i'm.
oftant matter. | say that our re.
ligion IL philosophical, and that II will
satisfy intelligent men. They may
not believe that which we tell
them; but II IL tho only religion that |
know Of that attempts to meet these
questions aud 10 answer them, and 1t
does 50 til,clually.
have read In your hearing some
words OF the Apostle Paul,in which ho
describes the resurrection. Who eau
explain this? Wac there q minister
upon the face OF the earth that could
give tn explanation 10 these teachings
u the Apostle Paul until the Lord
revenledtbe everlasting Gospel through
His servant Joseph Smith ? No
for the belief has been gener.
al that there 10 only one
place OF happiness; that there is
only ono glory; that there IN no Diff
ference in heaven; that every human
bcing who IL saved goes TO one plnce
and is gathered into one gathering, and
that those who go TO the other plnce
are also consigned there indiecrimin.
ately. IL not this n belief that has ex-
istcd for generations? or course, the
Catholic church believes In purgatory
an Intermediate state; but after the
soul emurgcs from purgatory It IL, they
say, ushered Into heaven, and there IL
no distinction. Tho murderer who
dies ON tho scallold, who says he TO.
lieves In Jesus and reponts Of his sins,
Ia supposed TO be ushercd Into the
presence d God and the Lamb and to
have oil the blessings OF salvation and
exaltation which the most faithful men
aud women have reccived-to DO the
companion OF tho prophets, apostles
and martyrs who have laid down their
lives for the truth This has been tho
general belief; but here Paul dis
tinctly states that there II n
difference In the resurrection;
that some receive the celestial
glory, which Is likennd TO that Of the
sun; that some receive the terrestrial
glory, which Is likened TO that Of the
moon; that some receive the celestial
glory, which Is likened 90 that Of the
stnrs; and as one star diiiereth from
another In glory, 70 also IL the resur.
rtction OF the dead. This IN In per-
feet harmony with all the scriptures.
Inc whole burden OF the prophets who
have spoken upon this subject Is to the
effect that men will DO rewarded ac-
cording 10 their works, and that thoy
will receive a glory In proportion TO
their fnithfulness. Until Joseph Smith
received the revelation from God which
is embodied In the 10Th section OF our
Book OF Doctrine and Covenants, this
was n profound mystery to the religi.
GUS world. But through that revela.
ton II was made plain TO us.
Joseph Smith was the means
OF revealing through the knowledge
which God gave TO him, that according
TO mans obedience no would be his
reward; that the man who obeyed
certain law would receive the reward
that was affixed TO that law; that the
higher the law the greater would be
the glory. And this was the incentive
that the Saints had In ancient days TO
b. faithful. IL man could lead an
immoral life and crafty all his pms.
sions and appetitee, ana then In the
lats days OF his life, when his passions
and appetites were oil dead within
him, he could profess repentance and
obtain forgiveness aud receive the as.