Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-16

right, have known what was wrong.
have been thoroughly taught by my
parents and by my brethren; have been
taught by the conscience that the Lord
has placed within me, and when that
conscience has been lighted by the spirit
and power OF God, have been able TO
comprehend very easily what was wrong
and what was right. do declare In all
,oberness before this vast congregation
this morning, that every man has been
graciously endowed by our Heavenly
Father with the power to do His mind
and will. Every man In a normal con-
dition has the power to do right. When
the Gospel has been taught us, we have
exercised our reason and Judgment.
When the scriptures have been expound
ed to us we have believed them. Men
sent OF the Lord aud commissioned to
teach and expound the scripture have
taught US that 1t was necessary that we
should believe In God our Father, who
dwells In the heavens; and we have been
willing to listen and to treasure up the
truth that they taught US. and to believe
IL. The Lauef-day Saints today believe
in God our Heavenly Father, and that
we are In reality His children; that lie is
our head, and that we are indebted to
Him ioT LIE and being upon this earth.
lie has laid down the plan Of life by
which we may be saved and brought
back into His presence. by which we
may become as lie Is, and inherit His
power, His greatness, His authority, and
the riches OF eternity. lie has made all
these things plain to us, and He has
sent into the world His Son. our elder
brother, to be our Savior. We had come
IN fallen condition. Adam came and
fell that we might be. by that fall came
death, and by death our tabernaeles are
placed IN the grave, returned TO mother
earth. there to remain until the resurrec-
ton, and the resurrection was brought
10 pass by the death and suffering OF the
Son OF God. Our Elder Brother, Jesus
Christ, shed His blood for our sins-not
Tor His own, for lie was immaculate
and without blemish-and He laid down
His life that you and should be re-
deemed from that death which had come
upon us because Of the fall Of Adam
by His death are we redeemed BY
His blood are We cleansed from the
conditions OF the fall, For Jesus broke
the bonds Of death. and as all men are
consigned to the grave because oi the
fall OF Adam, In like manner are all men
Ialhtu rom tnt grave NniJubh ihe nuheI-
ing and death of our Lord and Master.
Jesus Christ. Every human being that
has been given a tabernacle upon this
earth will have that tabernacle feSurrect.
ed, and will enter into II again and
appear before God to be Judged Tor the
deeds done in the body. In likeness OF
the death and burial aud resurrection Of
the Son OF God, the Lord has arranged
in the plan OF lie that We should lay our
bodies In the watery grave, and tina, as
lie came forth out OF the grave to new
ness OF life, so should we come from
the watery grave into newness OF life,
and TO walk no more after the ways OF
men. Ills required that we should not
be Of the world. We should not be like
the world. As In times past We were
sinners aud tfansgressors, and were
thoughtless and indifferent In regard to
the principles OF life and salvation, now
these principles should be our theme,