Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-02
CONDITIONAL POSSIBILITIES cf
THE GOSPEL


THE GOSPEL
The aionoment wrought out by
J,sus Christ applies universally to the
human race. CAS- In Adam all die 10
in Christ shall all be made alive"
The fall brought death into tho world
but, through the atonomenl Of tho Re-
dusmer, every intelligence who comes
into this earthly or probationary state
will again receive his body, through
tho power Of the resurrection.
The htonement being the basic re-
deemlng principle Of tho Gospel, the
application OF the entire plan
must DO Of tho same character
therefore the possibilities Of the
whole syslem must be placed within
reach Of the race as IN entirety. In
other words "the Gospel must be
preached 10 every creature" The
resurtection-the universal effect Of
tho Accommodation from the pos.
abilities Of tho Gospel In THU; The
former IL an unconditional effect, while
the latter are conditional, their attain
ment being tho result Of obedience to
the laws and commandments OF God.
VIVA. IL hero meant by the
possibilities Accruing from the
Gospel Ia tho degree Of txalihtion
that can he attained by the iudi'
ViduAi through Obedience 10 It's laws.
The Prophet Joseph Ununoiated u phil
o,ophical principle when hu stated that
blessings could only besrcured through
conforming to the laws upon which
they are predlcalod.
The Justice Of God demands that
the Gospel should DO "preaohed
10 every creature" as It's prin-
ciplts constitute the means Of
attaining to the various degrees Of
happiness and glory which resuueotod
man Is destined to enjoy. No man can
be consistently accused Of negleollng
opportunities that we're never placed
within his reach, Hence the thoologi.
cal and philosophical consistency Of
thinking religonists who claim that
man will have opportunities for saliva
ton beyond the graye-esproially those
people who have not possessed them
IN the mortal state. These advanced
thinkers are In this regard over half q
century behind Joseph Smith aud
the Church he was instrumental
Ia founding. They are immeAsurably
further In the rear In tue matter Of
practice. Il il held by the Church
that the Gospel IL being rs diligently
preached In the spirl. world as It Is
here, to prepare the departed for the
resurrection. Perhaps the diligence In
this regard In the spirit life il I'm.
mensely greater, because Of the more
expanded character OF the field oil
operations fof tho faithful Elders.
This labor Is necessarily oo.operB.
tive, as there arc outward ordinance,
which the dead cannot perform Ia
their own proper persons, they being
out Ofthe body. But this is done ylcafi.
oualy by the living. Christ said, f5i
instance, "except n man be bora oil
water and Of the spirit he cannot
enter into the kingdom Of God" Tn,
same vlcNrlous principle through
which Christ died in our stead uupr.
Gtea Ia tho yicarious ordinance
work done Ia the Temples erected by
the LAltoT.Iay Saints Tor anu IN be.
half Of the dead.
This glorious labor grove opaue.
The spirit Of II rests upon the Church,
as the hearts OF the children are turned
to the fathers, while tho latter art
turned lougIngly toward their poslcrlty
IN delightful reciprocity OF sentiment
The Salt Lake Temple completed Ia
fret working year on May 24ud. tn,
companies OF saints who have lhb1rt1
there have been uniformly large
Occasionally they have been 20 numer
Gus Ar 20 almost run beyuul
the capacity u, that sacred build
Ing. The uaptisms Tor the dead
to which one DAY IN each week is uo
voted aggregate Az, 400. Endowment.
(liviug) lGl7, Tor tho dpall, .a.gU5
Ordinations 10 tho Priesthood, 8.Uly-
all for the load exeop. no. dvalin.
(marriage) Of wives 10 husbands
lllviug), OyO, dead, 6,g03, Sohings d
children to parents tAvinpl, 1861
dead, 1885. Numerous other ord
nsuees have been performed, ia
ltHlIs o.