Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-04

C.ura1 scattered throughout Monthua.
o the moeilngs h,li by the mission.
cries referred 10, the Standard says
here wc,o In tho audiences ga few pof.
uns oi Mormon faith and larger
number who had been drawn hy
curiosity and desire to hear and see a
Mormon survicf On the stage, besides
..U misiiouhtlot, were Boo T.. Rich VI
Fremont county, Idaho, editor OF the
silver Hammer, AMI one Of the bolleu
% tho 81. Louis Republican osnven.
ION, and quartet Of singers from the
trmc pI.cc, Mcssrs. Aiams. Ffonoh,
Dumas sud Elliott" The standstI
alys % the musical part Of tn exercises
that "lHo quartet was the finest ever
heard iu Butte, aud Joseph Adams 10
possessed OF a voice ~ sweet that II iu.
Voluntarily brought tears TO the eyes OF
most Of those IN the audience" 1.
may be- added here that the piece sung
BY T. Ter Ad'ms was 80, my Father,"
whicn the STANDARD Gays was "an ex.
qui,ite solo,"
Ia the synopsis given Of ElIor
s.nvUns0u's romatks nj one meeting.
our co'emroraIy uo'os this ionturu
Tho Elder said he had len his family
and bis secular affair, old ne be- was,
without hi-e, 10 preach tho Gospel
through Montana, because hn loved his
follow U0lugs and wanted them to know
mo truth. He was II years old and had
boon ll yCars o. iattor.day Saint Toltor-
ing, DO said, nt the very oigo OF the
grave, BIO declared bis unhiling belief
That God llyts aud that Jesus Christ. tho
Mediator liyu', aud ho know this through
Tho Inipiration OF God.
Notwi hslanliug the fact that what
Eidor Stevenson stated concerning HE
going Without hire ami through love
i9r bio fellow beings, to preach the
Gospel, Ia type Of what tho Nor.
mon missionaries have been doing
Tor more than thfooscore Yeas,
the understanding thereof id not
deem to DO In possession Of tho
people there; but through this state
mcnt and its publication there cannot
iail 10 DO a much better comprehension
than formerly among the people OIL
that Vicinity concerning tho truly di.
vine love which inspires the Latter.
isy Saint missionaries aud IL chArac.
iorlsiic of the testimony they bear.
Elder Cowley's discourse on the fret
principles Of tho Gospel, a, the same
meeting, II presented In synopblzud
iOtm, with the remark that "iho
speaker showed by several pa'sages OF
scripture that tho Bible toschus clearly
baptism BY immersioni" and II isstAtedi
Tho speaker told tho audience 10 reject
him II hO could not show tlas his
authority comes from tho Inspiration OF
tho Holy spirit. 10 makes no difference
what theological seminary a preacher
may como out ", Gnd must appoint him,
or his mission is invalid.
THIS was another point that dld not
seem 10 have been understood by the
people previously, but upon which
they have received information. The
Elders not only 10 out Ia the spirit oil
divine love, Of which the manner Of
| H"NaA kNAhk htNAN AhNNAANNNNAkAhlN
proof but clothed with divine gu.
thoriiy, the tost OF which leaves
40 possibility Of doubt. They prove
tho source Of their authority
by tho inialllblo rule that th5ss who DO
the will u the Father, ss tho Elder,
proclaim It In relation to tho flrsl prln.
ciples Of tho Gospel, shall receive
knowledge OF the doctrine from tho |
divine Head, and have no need to rely |
on the words of men; and the Elders
have no fears Of the result Of the test.
The conditions attending missionary |
labor In Montana, as elsewhere In the
United States, proseAi tho greatest
opportunity yet silorded 10 disseminate
accurate information concerning the
true aimo anu Efforts Of the LNlter.dny
Saiuts; and although the harvest Is
ripe" Tor the teoeip, OF such knowl.
clge, and the laborers to bear tho good
new are comparatively few, the medl.
um Of n inirmindod pTou is valuable
agent 10 carrying on the great wors