Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-09

there must be but one Church " Christ
and that must he Chrisps Church. lie
acknowledged hut one, and that was
the 'ons which was according TO ioc.
uine He hal given. The speaker
dwelt particularly on the Iec, Of re-
pentnurc and tile ordinance OF baptism
for the remission Of sins, and showed
how the Church OF Jesus Christ VI Lat
ter.day Saints was patterned after the
Church Of former days, having Apps
Ties aud Prophets, High Priests, Seven
ties, Elder, etc. He quoted the Apostle
Paul, who empbatically stated, lac
said, that the organization OF the
Church, should be preserved In all It's
completeness. The Church was called
the body oiChtis,;but church without
Apostles did not typlfy tho human
body, because il was hoa1le.s; II could
not speak in the way required by our
Heavenly Father; II could not speak
authotitatively with power and ell.
cacy. Not only was the organization
Of this Church complete In all It's parts
and MI la officers similar TO those that
were planted In II originally, but all
the functions pertaining to each
Office were infinitely understood, de-
tailed and defined, and both the or.
HauiEation AMI It's operations were the
mOst beautiful and orderly ofanything
lac knew on the face Of the earth.
This had been exempllhed times out
Of number, and how deeply this
thought must have been impressed
upon those who were present In that
Tabernacle Immediately rreviOustO the
impressive aud beautiful services held
there on the 9Th OF April last, connect.
cd with the laying OF the cnpstone of
the Temple, when each quorum Of the
Priesthood occupied its own position
and moved tremendously according to
It's order, evidenolng that the organizi.
ton was the most complete In It's char
acter and efficacy for every religious
purpose.
Speaking OF tho laying Of the
Temple capstone, this gave them
an additional idea M 10 why
they were Lstter-day Saints
because Ia consequence Of the operb.
ton Of this principle Of revelation
which had been communicated to the
Church, the provisions which God
haS made for the salvation Of His
children were shown 10 be Wide as
eternity, aud all In due time received
benefits OF what Christ had done for
tha race. They held that through tho
wiCkednoss Of men, thelr pefverslon
and their opposition TO the lntrOduc.
iion by our Heavenly Father, OF that
which was for their own good, there
had been long lRpscs OF time between
the disrensatipn. that lie had given for
the benefit OF His children, when He
gave them opportunities for embrace
ing the fulness OF the Cos
pei Ia this life. II had
been communicated to the Church
that the Gospel was not only preached
In this life, TO those who were In
mortality, but also TO departed spirits
who had passed tehiud the veil. There
was no royal road 10 the Celestial
Klngdom. II required compliance
with all that God had revealed, both In
relation TO ordinances aud spiritual
obedience. Hence the erection VI
temples by tho Latter-day Saints, In
order that these ordinances which per.
tained To tho dead might be
performed for them vicariously by
the living. This principle was un-
derstood by the ancicn,s and appeared
to have been acted upon by them
IA well Us by Us, when the
oracles Of God were amongst
them. The Apostle Paul introduced
this subject a. n sustaining proposition
In support Of the doctrine OF the resur.
rection. lie said: "Else what shall
they do that are baptized for the dead.
II the dead rise not at all, why then
are they baptized for the dead?"
In the Temple erected by the Latter
day Saints Mt Kirtlauj, Ohio, II was
there anunciated that Elijah the Pro.
pilot appeared to tho Prophet Joseph
Smith aud Oliver COwdeFy, aud be-
slowed upon them the keys for turning
"the hearts Of the children to the faith
era aud the hearts Of the fathers 10 the
children" This was In fulilllment OF
the last words OF tho Old Testament,
wherein Malachi the Prophet said that
In the last days God should seud Elijah
the Prophet 10 turn the hearts OF the
children 10 the fathers and the hearts Of
fathers To the children, lest He smite
the earth with curse. There
were many evidences proving
that those keys were bestowed upon
Joseph Smith ana Oliver COwdery, as
they claimed. The best aud most
powerful evidence that no knew OF
was that the hearts OF the l.atter.day
Saints were turned towards the fathers.
That showed that there had been an
Influence and a power at work among
them that had brOadened their
thoughts, widsrei their sympsthies,
and caused them 10 make sacrifices In
10 great purpose as the application OF
the principles OF salvation 10 the
human race, not only to those living
but to those who had gone TO the
great beyond without a knowledge OF
The fulness Of the Gospel.
This was demonstrated no longer
than a week ago, when, according
to a call OF those who pre-.
sided over this Church, the Latter
day Saints In nearly every part OF the
world where the Gospel had n foothold,
and where there was hu organized
branch, 30 far IA we knew, tasted, met
together, anu contributed their offer.
iDgs with view to complete the Tenn.
pie In this city. NObly did they come
forward; and ho now testified In re.
gard to that gathering In which ho him.
self participated that the peace, the
power and the Spirit Of our Heavenly
Father were present, and reports fro II
all parts, No far as received, were to the
same effect.
One Of the chief purposes OF
this movement was that the way
might be opened up more fully TO
spread the principles OF the Gospel and
make them applicable 10 the dead as
well rs the living. In order TO obtain
information TO enable them 10 comply
with this God-given mission OF The
Saints, many Of their number made
sacrifices, LEFT their business and