Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-15

May IAN, 1893, Elder Angus NJ.
Cannon, President Of the Stake, pro.
siding.
The choir and congregation sang tie
hymn:
our God. we raise TO Thee
Thanks for Thy blessings free.
Prayer by Elder IL. Z. Richards.
Singing by thc choir;
Jesus, once OF humble birth,
Now In glory comes to earth.
The Priesthood of the Fifteenth
Ward oiiicla,od In administering tho
Sacrament.
Elder Charles w. Penroso addressed
the meeting and prayed that the Spirit
OF the Lord might rest upon him and
enable him to present such things as
should be best adapted to the SAINTS,
for their edificAtion and instruc.
ton, that thereby the people might
he comfOrted Ia the things OF God.
He desired also that his hearers be
under the influence Of the Holy Spirit
nnd thus be abba TO fully comprehend
what was said. All should be anxious
TO receive tho light that cometh from
heaven. They should learn what IL
night, what 10 true, aud having learned
these things should live up to the
light This IL the stepping stone to
salvation-the doorway to the full and
complete cxaltatioD In tho presence OF
God 10 those who remain true TO the
end. Without complying with the
requirements Of the Gospel as taught
by Jesus Chriet aud His disciples In
the meridian Of time NJ one can nt-
tain fullness OF glory. II Is true that
our Savior died that all mankind
might be saved and brought into the
| presence OF God 10 lie judged
Ct Him for the deeds done In
the body. But unless man
kind receive and keep all the COM
msndmonts Of Jesus Christ and walk
In the path which He has marked out
they cannot receive the full benefit OF
His ntonement. He Is the Lamb OF
God that taketh away the Sins OF the
world, but this ID conditional ON man
kind repenting OF their sins and doing
the works that He commands to be
| done. He verified the saying "As in
Adam all die even 80 In Christ shall
all be made alive.v As death came
sion OF onr, 30 through the righteous.
nees OF one, N far M what Is called the
original sin Ia concerned, salvation will
be universal. All must give an account
to Him that 10 10 Judge the quick AMI
the dead, and all are to be judged nc.
cording TO their works. Those who
receive Jesu, Christ ss their Savior
and Rcieemer, aud manifest their &C.
ceptauce by yielding obedience to His
commandments, will enter Into
eternal lilo aud he crowned at
the right hand OF God, while
those who receive not Jesua Christ, and
will not hearken TO His precepls or
walk la His ways, will not inherit the
glory Of the celestial kingdom where
the Father and the Son dwell.
While tho atonement OF the Lord
Is universal as regards the conse-
quences OF the orig mai sin, that atone.
nent has boon wrought out conditional
ly for the human family, rs to their
ind vidual transgtcssions. Those who
are Obedient TO Jesus Christ will ac-
cept the conditions He Has given to
them. Tho plan OF salvation and
exaltatlon In tho presence Of COD Ia
predicted ON the strict obedience OF
His laws and commandments. The
Gospel as preached by the Latter.day
Saint Elders ~ the same as taught
In the beginning OF the Christian era.
IL Is the Gospel that was proclaimed
by the Apostles Peter, James, John
aud Paul, by Philip, bartholomew,
Thomas and other Apostles and Elders
OF the Church nj that time. The Cos.
pei believed In by the La,ter-day Saints
contains the same ordinances, gifts,
privileges and blessings that prevailed
Ia anu characterized the primitive
Church, when the Son Of Man was
upon the earth. This old gospel has
been again revealed to men through
tho fundamentally Of the Prophet
Joseph Smith. This IL In fulfllment of
prophecy recorded In the Old and New
TesIaments. The Gospel. Us formerly,
IL TO be preached TO every nation, kin.
drod, tongue and people, with this
differences. that tho Church ms now
existing has come to remain forever.
Whenever the Gospel has been upon
the earth, the inhabitnais thereof, With
rare exceptions, have rejected
IT,, as our Redeemer said, be-
cause their deeds were evil; hence
condemnation came upon them. Ina
revelation given by the Lord through
the Prophet Joseph Smith, to the poo
pie OF this Church, we read these
words: "Behod here Is the agency OF
man, and here ia the condemnation OF
man, because that which was from the
beginning 10 plainly manifest unto
them, anu they receive not the light.
And every man whose spirit receiveth
not the light is under condemnation
For man is spirit. The elements are
eternal, ana spirit and element, insep-
arabiy connected, receiveth fullness
| OF joy" Men arc condemned because
they receive not the light.
Holy men Of old wrote and spake as
they were moved upon by the Spirit
| OF God. Paul did not preach by Gu
| ticing words, but by the git Of the
Holy Ghost. The Disciples did not 10
forth proclaiming the message given
to them until they were endowed with
power from on nigh. The Elders In
latter days have delivered the glad
luessage OF lie and n salvation to the
people VI the world, but many have
rejected / 10 their own condemnation.
The heather viii not be condemned
for not receiving tue truth, for the rea.
son that they have not tho privilege OF
hearing II.
Jesus commanded His disciples to
10 and teach all nations, baptlzing
them In the lame OF tho Father, md
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