Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-28

another general Conference. My spirit
4. ,,ireghed. cheered, strengthened and
encouraged in the way Of life. ] am
Glad that our ncishbors from the states
and territories round al u have taken
(, into their hearts to come and enjoy
pleasant time with songs and music ana
of hearing the performances incident to
our first great Eisteddiod' ! would be
pIessed, and know my coadjuiors, my
brctbren and sisters, would be pleased.
II our visitors, in coming TO entertain US
with their musical festival, might be
entertained by US in turn, and we be able
10 do them some good by impariing 20
,bsm knowledge Of the principles IN
which we believe, and in the practice oil
which we have been led to gather to-
gs,her here to make this place so &C
ceptable as a point Of attraction IN the
midst Of this, that was fifty years ago
the great American desert
The principles OF our faith which lie
at the foundation OF our existence as
people. have been presented this morn
ing very plainly, iorcibly and ,ardenlly-
principles that have taken hold OF us
in our various nativiucs. When ihey
were expoundcd to we had no way OF
dIspu,ing them, as honest men aud wo-
men. but TO embrace them aud make
them, through lie the code OF our saliva
ton. think We have one among Us to-
day who has laborcd, and Travelled so
many years to preach the Gospel, that u
nll those who had heard him testify ara
preach the truth to them had received
il with the same honest, earnestpurpose
MS he received Il, the knowledge OF this
Gospel would now have spread to all
,b. enlightened nations OF the earth,and
all men would have had an opportunity
by this time 10 believe the same glorious
principles tina, we believe In. That man
Is President Wiliord Woodruff, who has
spent his life IN preaching this Gospel.
once heard President Young say that
he believed that II all who had heard
him preach the Gospel had received It
AS he received Il when he heard II, aud
had taken hold with the same interest
and energy to keep the commandments
of God themselves and teach others 10
do so. the Gospel might then have
reached to all the nations OF the earn,
aud they have been made pariaEefs oil
lis blessings and It's privileges. But the
fact is, the people OF the earth are so
bound no In the traditions OF the fathers
that they do not appreciate this matter.
They have been taught by their religious
tcachefs-i0r whom they entertained
the highest rcgard-that the heavens
we're So ellectually sealed up, that we
were to have no more revelation II has
been awiuly true that the heavens have
been closed as concerning the revela'
tons OF Gods will, for some fourteen
hundred years past, while the famine for
the word OF the Lord has prevailed, and
woe il has been to all the inhabitants
OF the earth to he thus shut out from the
revelations Of God and the power OF His
muistcring Priesthood, and made only
10 depend upon written book, called
Bible ior salvation. The Church OF
the Living God has never been conduct
ed on the earth by writings alone, or by
books, parchments, or records OF any
kind. Take the Bible and all the holy
hNhkA ANItAA lANNN fNNA hH'h NAAhA'AAf 'AN
they baplize YOU Tor the remission o!
sn2 Have they got the power 10 adj
minister the Holy Ghost to us1 Can
they institute single ordinance They
can tell Us what Others have done; but
they cannot confer the authority, nor
administer the ordinances OF the Gospel
TO vs.. IL has taken no less than the real.
living authority, direct from heaven, to
confer this power by which we have
carried the Gospel to the nations, and
gathered the people so that Il present
we have people Of about twenty-five
different languages located here In Utah,
from as many, or more different nations.
lnasmuch as this is the case, II may be
interesting TO know how we have come by
further Revelalioes aud this Priesthood
Right at the door OF this dispensatiOn
and the principle OF revelation, lies a
stumbling block TO the people, because
OF the Book OF Mormon. q. A blblel
bblel golden biblep they cry.
want TO tell you in regard TO the
popular story that has gone abroad in
the world viz, thatthis Book OF Mormon
was made up by one Solomon Spaudling,
who wrote novel, that our leaders have
preserved and discovered the novel Mr..
Spaulding wrote, and which they claim
olANtl NikAuu koA uOll OF duu PUBLISH
ed as the Book OF Mormon. That TO.
nance OF Mr. Spauldiug's we have oh.
talled and had published in full and II
any Of you want TO examine il, you can
have II and read 1t for yourself. You
can also read the Book Of Mormon, and
see whether the one resembles The
other. And II you want TO see the
original manuscript OF Mr.. Spaulding's,
apply TO the president Of the Oberln
Institute IN Ohio, and you can get as
close an examination OF II as anybody
likes to make. say this to clear away
the underDrush from the investigations
OF the Book OF Mormon.
The Lord hath made Of one blood ali nation,
Of men Tor 20 dwell on all The face Of the earth
and hath determined the times before appointed
and The bounds Of the hlhltaton Of the child.
zen Of men, that they should seek the Lord. Il
happy they might ieel after him, and find him
though be BE- not Ear from every one Of us.
Acts y; 90 AZ.
What shall we think OF the inhabitants
OF this half oil the world2 The Bible
gives account Of people that lived ON
the other hall OF the globe. II gives an
account Of the creation OF the world.
and then very short account OF the
existence OF the people who lived before
The hood IL also gives vs. some aecoun,