Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-08

/ 4 AN 'bNEINl VI JESUS NNNNHA AIIONEN-
out IS a system OF promises, and for.
tunltely for US it Is not necessary IN
order to realize part of them
| that we Jay aside this mortal
| tenement Of clay and pass into the be
! yOnd. for there are many of them that
/ we can possess and enjoy now. One Of
| these wa, defined by ibr Savior. when
| lie said. MY doctrine is not mine. but
! us that scn' me. II any man will do
/ His will he shall know uf the doctrine,
/ whether It be Of God. or whether
/ speak Of myself" This s the position
assumed by tic Lattcf-lay Saints. be.
| cause that witness is stamped upon the
/ soul by the Holy Ghost Hence. when
| The individual receives the promise OF
the Holy Ghost that b. offered ON the
| condition OF obedience, hu knows that
the doctrine Is not of man, but Is of
| God, and that the church with which he
/ has become identified b. OF divine
I origin Here is most prgihC and
clearly dcnucd test, and who need to bee
/ deceived in relation 10 ~ None what.
/ ever Lattcr.day Saints, what a g.ur-
/ lou, blessing you enjoy boo this regard.
| You have accepted aud acted upon this
principle, and when occasion requires
/
/ BAY that you know that the doctrine
| YOU have received Is not human, but
| divine.
There are many conditions connected
| with the true church that arc equally
| plain. For instance, as has been init.
/ mated, the true Church OF Christ Is an
| organized body constituted oi officers
aud members. There are, as Paul de-
D. HH d
! apostles, prophets. cyduguliss, pastors
aud teachers. Now it is fashionable
| throughout the world to say that apps.
Ties aad prophets are no longer needed.
| They were necessary to establish the
Church ~ us infancy, bl there Is no
need o' them now. II Is all very well
perhaps to state that things are not
necessary because people do not have
Them, but the tact that these divinely
| inspired officers have no existence in
| the various churches abroad is no cvt.
| dCuCC of their not being needed. Why
Because the Apostle says that they were
given "iuT thC pgfiyCtUug OF the SAINTS,
Tor the work Of the ministry. ior the
| ediiyiug Of the body OF Christ, tll We
| all come In the unity OF the faith" Is
/ It not necessary To have the work Of the
ministry pttlOmud' is &c not necessary
| for the body Of Christ to be cdihedP
Have the people all come to the unity
| OF the blih' Certainly these diyinrly
authorized and inspired officers are
necessary. This condition OF unity
never was more conspicuous by it,
absence than at the present time IA the
world.
have now given some idea Of what
are termed the first principles Of the
! Gospel OF Christ. There arc other
| conditions that are clearly stated In the
| revelation. a portion Of which ! have
read IN your hearing, rs being cO-eNis-
tent with the bringing forth Of the
| light Or the iulncss Of the everlasting
Gospel IN the latter days, which We
declare has appeared. There were to
be great disturbances among the hosts
OF men. Without going into details in
regard 10 the war vi elements that was
to be conspicuous IN these times, ! will
| direct your attention to one bret state.
ment m this cOnnectiOn-that "the
whole earth shall be ~ Commotion."
Are there connexions among men now
The answer comes without any partiCu
lar reasoning being required. Let an
intelligent thinking person look abroad
IN thi, aud other nations and he will
see that this CummOliOn has already
begun. anu that there are conditions
existing IN this age In that regard that
have never been heretofore pdrilleled.
We do not require to 20 outside Of
our own nation Tor a reply to this ques-
ton, There Is a condition OF dlssaus-
faction and unrest among the populace
that IS most remarkable. There is
and there Is no use OF people shutting
their eyes TO thepact-in this nation today
a revolution ~ is inCipien, stages, and
II Il continues to grow in intensity and
Ia extent, It follows that rs maturity
shall come, as sure as the sun rises In
the east aud sets In the west; for all
conditions In the affairs OF human
beings bring forth Of their kind, ami all
things that are human, whether they be
societies or organized nations, are
mortal and have an end Nations and
communities, like individuals, have
their birth, their infancy, their manhood
and the elimination Of their perfection,
and after the eliminating point Is
reached there Is a descent the other
way. But there IS a promise for our
nation, that It shall be perpetuaIed-a
promise that IS very gratifying; but OF
course, all nations without exception
shall eventually be succeeded by the
rule and the supervision Of the king
dom Of our Father and our God.
There Is an ordeal, however, that con.
fronts the nation IN which we live
The Prophet Joseph Smith predicted Il,
and pointed 10 the outcome OF IT, That
there Is a time Of gloom, difficulty and
perpleSily becomes apparent to all peo'
pie OF this nation that take the trouble
to examine this important topic, and the
Prophet IN his day spoke ol IL as de-
hnilely as he pointed to the civil war
tweniy-nlne yeats before the conflict
burst upon the country lie said that
beginning at the rebellion OF South
Carolina, the Southern States would be
divided against the Northern States,
and that war should break out between
them. So has he predicted a time when
this nation shall be confronted by an.
other difficult problem that will require
greater power and wisdom to solve than
| the other.
The Prophet said that this would be
the result ol trampling under foot the
palladium Of the liberties OF the people
OF this Countrywide Constitution OF the
United States-which, according to the
faith Of the saints, was an inspired in.
slrument. Is It not patent that there is
growing In this country a spirit To
/ ignore the Constitution and the laws
that are made conlormable therefor 1
say that It u.s. and you know that II Is,
| and that this national tendency is ex-
/ hlblted among large masses OF the peo-