Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-14
DISCOURSE
,,. Weber stake Conference, Ogden Sunday Afternoon.
HVe''' october str 1890. by
PRESIDENT JOSEPH F. SMITH.
tRnroRrrp ny ARTHUR wrSrERl

mission OF lcsus Christ, this alone |
would convince me that Jesus wa, the |
Redeemcf Of the world. lie taught |
and cxemplifed In Ills life the vefy
principles that will redeem the world, |
and the only principles that can he |
found writicnin anv book that viii re-
deem the world. There Is no other |
doctrine taught beneath the sun To my |
knowledge that is capable OF redeem
ing men than that which lie taught. |
Tie taught that we should commit no |
sin; and get He taught that we should
forgive tie yilest sinner, that we should |
not let thf sun 70 doWn ON our wrath.
II We would but carry out one OF these |
principles, how much better we
would be ior Il. II we would but
heafEcn TO that one doctrine OF Christ
"lgfce with thine adversary quickly
whilst thou art IN the way with him.
aud o. expressed by Paul IN The words,
'let not tuc sun 80 down uptn your
wrath" how much better W. would
be than VIC are, how much noh.er, aud
how much greater In the eyes OF honor.
able men aud Ia the sight OF the hea.
ycns. When We allow anger TO rdnklc
Ia our hearts one towards another, and
carry animosiy In our souls against our
brother from day To day, how necessary
this principle Is. II We would but carry
, Il out, u would fevolutionize the world
and make u thousand told better III 10
II Is today. There would be no strife,
no anger continued in the hearts Of the
children ol men, but instead there
would abide In the heart the principles OF
forgiveness, charity aud mefceY. Muir
ders would cease, hatred would cease.
aud everything that leads to the multi
tudc OF evils that prevail among men
today, u We would only heaiken to that
one thing, which Jesus so wonderfully
eXemplincd In HIS life. hut We fall FAR
| snort Of this, Jesus. as ! have said,
/ was cfucihed. His body was taken
from the cross by His iusnds, washed
and wrapped In clean linen, and laid
away In new scpulchrc, where never
the body OF man lald. Previous TO this,
however, Jesus had taught HIS disciples
that the BON VI Man should be put 10
death. lie siid IN plain words,
Therefore doth my Falnef love me,
because | lay down my lite, that |
might take II up again. No man taketh
II from me. but lay IL down OF myself
| have power to lay II down. and have
power TO take l, again" lie came to
iulhll the predictions OF the prophets,
That as IN Adam all died, so 10 Cnrist
should all be made alive; that rs by one
man SIN came into the world 80 by the
atonement OF one man righteousness
( should be restored aud mankind re.
deemed from sin All the doctrines OF
Christ were good DEFY the world to
point oul single flaw in any one oi
these doctrines. II sin had come into
the world by the trangression OF one
man. and the consequences OF this
lransgression had iallen upon all men
without any act OF theirs, Is Il not lust,
IL It not consistent that mankind should
be relieved from these consequences by
the act OF one mani This was the plan
that was Instituted in the beginning, and
there Is uaugnt but righteousness m IL.
4 Jesus offered HIS life as sacrifice to
accomplish this. lie was put TO death
by wicked men, who accused Him wrong.
fully, and Nho shut their eyes and closed
their hearts agains, the true principles
lie taught, An ia He had been buried
We read In the Scriptures that on the
first day oi the week Mary Mlgdalene
came to the sepulehre; but behold, the
stone was rolled away and He vas gone.
She looked into the sepulchefe and saw
two angels In white, "the one at the
head. and the other at the ieei," and
they said unto her;
Woman, why w-epeu thoul She saith unto
them, because they have taken away my Lord,
and kaown not where they have laid him.
AMI when she had thus said she turned her
self back, and saw Jesus standing. and knew
net that Il wa Jesus.
Jesus saith unto her. Woman, why weepest
ihouf whom feskest thou She. supposing him
10 be the gardener. aiu unto him, SIR. II thou
have borne hun hence, tell me where thou hast
laid him, and Will take him away.
Jesus saith unto her, Mary, Sac turned her
sell. and saith unto him, Rabbonli which Is TO
say, Master.
J,aus saith unto her. Touch me not ior am
not yet assembled 10 my Father but 70 to my
brethren, and aaY unto them. aiornd unto
my Father. and your Father 10 my God, and
your God.
Mary then went way and tol d the
disciples that she had seen the Lord,
and lie also appeared unto them.
Now, let us think OF this a moment.
Here IS a historical tact related that
Mary went 10 the tomb, and saw two
angels there, and afterwards saw the
risen Redeemer Himself. She had tue
testimony OF heavenly messengers, con
iirmed by the SOU OF God Himself, that
the Redeemer had risen Her words
are handed down TO Us In testimony.
Win you dispute themp Will you doubt
her testimony What right have you
what revelation have you received that
her testimony IS not irueP Afterwards
lie overlook two disciples who were
ioIneying To Emmaus, and went with
then, but Their eyes were holden that
they should not know Him." Jesus
asked tnem what mads them SO 81 !.
ami they replied: AT thou only q
stranger IN Jerusalem, and hast not
known the Things which are come "a
pass there In these days" by and lay
their eyes were opened, aud they knew
Him. Ailer this lie appeared unto HIS
disciples Oao Of the disciples heard
that lesus wag risen, but sald he would
not believe Il except he saw Him and
could thrust his hand into His side and
his finger INTO the prlnis OF the nails IN
His hands. How very much Ike man
kind today was Thomas. lie again APP
peaIed unto he disciples, aud TEomas
was with them.
Then saith lie TO Thomas, Reach hilher Thy
finger, and behold my hands. and reach hitler
Thy hand, and thrust u into my side. and ID
not iailhlrss, but believing.
I And Thomas answered. and said unto Him
Ny Lord and my God.
Icsui saith unto him, Thomas, because ihoy
hast seen me, thou hast believed blessed az,
they that have not seen, and ye, have be
lieved.
lesus administered unto His disciples