Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-25


Goda Spirit to circulate In all parts Of
the organlsm Of man the body would
die ami perish. But today men were
seeking 10 make the world believe that
revelation was unnecessary, that The
canon of scripture was null, anu that
God had revealed In ayes that were
past and gone all that was essential tot
the exsltation Of the human family.
The Latter.day Saints were standing
forth today the exroneuts Of the old
faith-thst faith which Vas given unto
the anclcnts, the faith which Jesus
Christ established IN the meridian Of
time, tire DAY la which God hat again.
In His infinite mercy, revealed HIM
self 10 the human family. This Latter.
day Saints were the ambassadors u
the truth, 0f now dOctrinrs-uuw ~ the
sense that they had been rejected and
discarded for Thousands Of year.; be-
cause they were known before the
foundations OF this earth were laid.
He believed that truth was never
new. Truth had nlwaya existed and
always would exist. Circumstance
might arise which for tho
time would cloud the truth; is eSpon-
cuts, the true friends Of the Gospel,
might be prosecuted and driven, but
the DAY must come In the very nature
Of things when truth would be SUI
preme and enforce recognition at the
hands'of the most reluctant. Col to-
day had given unto certain u His
children tho important labor Of
disseminating IN the world those
divine teachings which were given ia
past ages, and which brought such
brnefcent result. unto ~ dcvOiUcs.
We could not believe that God had
placed us upon the earth aud then
withdrawal Himself and left W. to
guide our own bark, giving ~ no COM
pass, no polar star, nothing 20 Indicate
tho haven 10 which We must direct
our gaze, nothing 10 preserve us from
the pillows aud breakers by which we
were surrounded. Was u not the
better doctrine that lie had placed us
here according u q well ordained
plan, that lie had given Va "A
star to guide W., taught Va
how to build our bark, shown
us the haven toward which we shall
direct our gaze, aud planted with US
reason that We might utilize our sur.
roundingB aud the light which lie
klNtH hN ipt hhN NNlhAh'Ns ~ ANl
placed within the hands Of all His
children those opportunities which
would enable them TO overcome evil
amt gain the prize Of eternal life. tic
cared not how thick the clouds might
gather nor howthe storm might rage, the
light which God gave us through re-
violation, II we were humble nuG de-
voted ~ Him, would guide us safely
on our way. God hal 40 provided for
every human contingency that no
human bark need be wrecked becnuse
Of the storm aud the temptations which
besvt us through life. The star that
should guide " was the star OF revuia-
tion--the belief In the doctrine that
revelation must exist NJ the corner
slone Of the work Of Christ. He heard
divine say nuly that Jay that tho
world had become inslncere and akcp-
teal - that We were not actors
Of the Word though professors Of Il.
He believed the same sentiment was
echoed by many In tho wofli today,
and what was the reasOnp To him IL
seemed patent--heCause the world had
departed from the fOundatiOn-stOne.
They had attempted TO build "a super
structure different from that Of which
Jesus Christ gave them the plans. In
face Of those plans which lie furnished
mankind had discarded them, and
sought to build for themselves, instead
OF the true, living temple Of Christ,
houses In which they could worhip
and form faith which suited theii
| own tnstes. God had sent His servant,
today to protest against that sacri'
legi0us treatment Of His Word and
the principles which He had commit.
ted TO the world. We must expect
that the world would become material
istlc when It forgot God and the prin.
ciples which lie had laid down. The
Latter-day Saints, without desiring
to DO arrogAnt-fOr they were
world through His grace Tint man
kind had departed from tho ways OF
truth, forgotten the plans OF Christ,and
were trying to establish "lsms" con-
trary TO the divine mandates Of the
Savior. Desiring TO he governed by
| tho material philosophy Of the age,
/ men had said, Given II there bn God,
/ lie is infinite aud mRu Unite, and II Il
I impossible IN our iuito condition 10
| fluid out God or His pleasure cou-
corning us" They said we were Ike
birds confined aud tiitllng about In a
cage: 30 far they could go and no
farther. lie believed that that doc.
trlne was unsound. God had not
placed Us here that We might be hid.
den from Him and His purposes; but
we were part Of Him, we partook Of
His attributes; IA other words, We were
| His children, A portion OF His Cod
like power had been breathod into us,
and We could grow near unto God and
become like unto Him. Paul taught
| this doctrine 10 the Corinthians;
yet how could we be- like
God or know His ways unless Hespokt
| 10 US md taught us all those great
| principles which were essential for our
| guidance and direction. But the phi
| lOsophies OF men had been taught for
| the doctrines Of jesus Christ.
The keystone OF all truth was the
acknowledgment that God governed vs.
and spoke for the direction OF men.
He had again spoken 10 the earth out
| OF tho darkness, and the star was viaihlc
TO those who would look. lie had
again revealed unto the earth those
same principles which were given by
Jesus Christ unto the human pmily.
] The mission OF the Lstier-day Saints
was TO teach those same prime iplrsj
and they had no other mission. The
world had misunderstood them; II had
iglt that their mission was not such as
they had stated; Mt least, II thew0rld had
not felt that, II had declared II. An the
Latter.day Saints sought was 10 teach
the principles which Jesus Christ re-
vealed in His day and, which God had
! restored TO the earth through the