Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-05
srNnAY SERYlCEs.
The Gospel Principles tho same In All
Ages.

AkNNs
Religious exercises were held In the
Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, sunday
June 9Th, 1898, Elder Joseph T.. Tay.
lor presiding.
The choir sang the hymn oommenc-
ing;
rraiso We The Lord, my heart shall Join
In work 90 pleasant 20 divine.
Prayer was offered by Elder A. NJ.
Musser.
The choir and congregation sang
How firm foundation. yc saints of The Lord
l. laid for your faith In Ills excellent word
The PfleathoOd of the Eighteenth
ward OBLIGATED la the administration
Of the sacrament.
BreIIop oRsoN b. WHITNEY
was the speaker. Toe Latter-day
Saints, he said, are spoken Of as n
REGULAR people. one OF their pecu-
Iiafities H. that Their speakers are
expected TO rise when called upon ana
speak without reconciliation tuch
things ns the Lord may dos r.
to have placed before this people,
This does not mean without
preparation, for we believe ~
filling our minds with knowledge OF
useful things and then rely en- thc
Holy Spirit h bring 10 our minds that
which He chooses. We are also con
sldefcd an original people. Some @.
our doctrines are even held 20 De
blasphemous by other men. But W.
claim 10 pat forth no now teachings.
The truths We advocate have been
taught again anu again by the LORI
aud His Inspired men. The Gospel
was formulated from eternity anu ny
II We believe worlds have already been
redeemed anu glofifrd till they shine
Ia the due time % the LORD,
when ~ shall have fulnllod NJ
destiny. The Gospel j. therefor
Rn old thing indeed aud will be In
operation throughout the endless d. O.
OF the future. Cod, In the beginning,
saw NJ 10 institute laws whereby ,he
spirits surrounding Him might nj.
vance towards perfection. He af-
ranged and formulated certain prinoi.
piles whereby the Lesser iutelligoncus
might progress and become like him
seli. For this reason the earth wis
formed, habitAtiOn for such intelli.
Rencea. Then the question arose
who should bo sent 10 bo Savior
for the planet about 10 be- formed. Ouu
rose aud said, send me, ami another
said, send me. The Lord then select
oil one and the other became angry
ana febelled against the Almighty;
which In the origin " tho devil and
his angels.
Everything arranged, Adam was
sent 10 thia world. There was to be a
great difference between the privileges
OF The spirits who were deemed worthy
ofOb,niniD K bodies through his lineage
aud those who were unworthy OF this
privilege. Luuiior belongs TO this latter
class. He was donloi II because OF his
rebellion, when his plan Of salvation
through coercion was not accepted.
The plan chosen YVES One which len all
men aud women their Tree agency.
Hence Luciior and hia angels were
doomed 10 remain spirits, aud are now
walking up and doAn the earth,
temptiug people aud seeking 10 break
down the Kingdom Of Col.
We hold thai the iall OF Adam and
Eve was necessary preliminary "a
the plan OF redemption. We DO not
hnAthematize Father Adam for falling
for we believe that he fell that mAn
might be, and man Is that he might
have 10y. Adam had to believe In
God, repent, DO baptized And receive
the Holy Ghost, aud haYlng done no,
could rejoice Ia the redemption accom-
pli-hed. There have been many dis.
pensations, but whether II be called
Mormonism today, Christianity yester'
day and something elss at another
time, II is the same plan Of salvation.
Enoch had II revealed 10 him aud
was Rlofifled thereby. IL sound,
like fairy tale today Tor some moI
10 read Of his city belng taken up -
heaven, anu they reject the Scriptures
In which II IL told. but II w0ull seen
that our age IL W full Of discovered
that 1t should not be difficult 10 beliey,
Ia the possibility OF moving part u .
world or whole world by mean
known to the Almighty.
The speaker referred 10 the history
Of Abraham, who was chosen 10 lray,
lis own country aud come 10 foreign
land, az a preparation iOr the coming
Of tue Sou OF Man, The LORD CAV,
him remarkable promises, which wore
oil ANAAlNAtA NlNfA AN AANA hNNAN NNNNH
the tests TO which he was submitted
Jesus Christ, whose gtOnement wipe,
away the consequences OF Adam
transgression, was the Seed through
whom ali the nations Of the worlI
should be blessed. But the glad tiding
II this work had 10 be- proclaimed II
the world, aud hence the nations hayl
been sprinkled with the blood OF Abra
ham for wise purpose, making wha
seemed to be "A curse won
detful blessing; a seeming defeat
n signal victory. Even Christ
when put TO death, was by mau,
thought 10 have Jailed, although hi
had tcli them that He had 10 die an,
rise again. IL was fiTst after He hHl
shown Himself after His death an,
demonstrated that He had all pOwt
in heaven and or earth that His PEG
pie understood that by seeming
calamity great victory was achieved
500 ye," He said, GntO all the WOTl,
anu preach the Gospel TO every nation
hs that bell0vcth ana IL baptized Hhal