Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-10

commandments OF men, to tickle their
ears, and when their hearts would be
removed 'ar from the tiings Of God
John saw these things. and also when
death and he'll should deliver ul toe
dead th.i wee in them, and the sea
give forth tha dead that were In 10. and
the books should be opened. and an.
other book sa1dld be opened. called the
book OF lUc. lad out OF tnc things that
were written all the dead should be
Judged. We believe th.s. The pfoies.
aI1u' iiut al mIsg with our mouths
are nothing; % is the acts that Ne per.
tom in our live. that will count 10 the
s5ett dlv of Judgment. " uIr lives
have b.Cu righteous. if We have kept
our feet in tIc right path, u $50 haze
been valiant inr the testimony Of Jesus.
% We have been willing 10 be used ss
God directs boo the building MP Of il3
kingdom, aud worn out our lives 300 His
service, VIC believe that these THINGS boz
The great day Of judgment Will bring
eternal lie But IL We have been neg.
lectill and careless, aud would not
listen TO the counsel OF God. but pro.
icssed great things with our mouths and
did very little this profession will not
those who are spoken Of as goats whom
Matthew says were upon the Sayiors
left hand, when lie pr0icssCd unto them
that Tie never knew them, notwithstlrd-
Ing their professions that they had done
many wonderful things IN His name,
and lie commanded them to depart
from Him. In this We are peculiar my
brethren aud sisters. We believe that
every man, great or small, must observe
and do the thing, that God has com.
mandcd, that lie IS willing 10 give sal
walton, oscillation and glory TO every
son and daughter that lie has created,
but lie will give IL Ia the way that lie
has declared - through obedience to
Him, aud not through marking out our
own path Ia lie.
People ask what necessity should
there be Tot revelation IN these days.
Why should God speak from heaven
In these latter iimcs' We have Jesus
and the Apostles; we have many of the
words that they uttered we have the
principles that they advocaled;we under.
stand the things that they did aud how
they expected 20 obtain eternal life; aud
what necessity Is there for more rcvela-
tionf' Every missionary, | suppose
has had asked him. "Whit necessity Is
there ior Joseph SMITH What need lot
any communication from heaven. w,
have the scriptures that testify they 40,
able to make ms wise unto salvation
and there Is no need for any further rev
clation." We believe, as have already
inlimaled, that through the apustasl
that was spoken Of by the Apostles IN,
authority Of the Holy Priesthood wa
! lost from among men. and we have ven
/ good evidence that this IS true. Writer
In ages past have borne evidence to this
4 From tic days Of our Savior down, /
/ may be said TO our own time. evidcnc,
/ has accumulated mountain high 10 III,
fact that men departed from the sim
/ plicity OF the Gospel as taught by the
/ SAVIOR that they no longer adhered 1,
the principles advocated by the Apost
les; but that they organized societies I,
suit their own minds. II this Is not III,
case, my brethren aud sisters. how Is /
! that religious communities have multi