The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-19
AT THE TABERNACLE.
THE LIFE OF CHRIST AND THE
RESURRECTION.
Discourses Yesterday Afternoon by
Elder Charles W. Penrose and
Elder Benjamin Goddard.

Elders c. w Penrose and Benjamin
Goddard were the preachers who spoke
at the tabernacle yesterday. The SER
mons were chiefly upon the life of
Christ and the significance and portent
of the resurrection.
Elder Goddard said. in the beginning,
that this was an especial day when
the minds of all Christians should
dwell upon the risen redeemer. The
Latter-day Saints have no flowers here
to typify that greatest event in the
worlds history. Yet the people give
him the Offering of a pure faith and
a testimony of mis- divinity and his
truth
He performed wondrous miracles to
demonstrate that he was one having
authority. He endeared himself to all
/ the world, and we love him because he
| first loved us.
Latter-day Saints recall upon this
day the marvel of his work in Geth-
semane and upon Calvary. We recall
! how he left them when they were as
Sembled on GethSemane and passed
through the intense agony which
caused him to sweat blood. Going still
further there was the picture of Christ
finally sealing his testimony upon the
tree.
His resurrection showed that his
work had only begun. A great work
also depended upon the apostles. and
he sent them as messengers to all the
world, TO preach the gospel in all ma
tons and TO all creatures. Then all
the people rejoiced and reverence for
his name prevailed in all nations.
The knowledge of this people is not
confined to the days when he walked
among men at Lebanon The people
know that Christ has again come to
the world in the last days to delegate
his authority again to men. before the
ending of the last great disDensation-
The Latter-day Saints. by reason Of
this personal visitation. are blessed
above all other people and have most
cause to rejoice. The messengers of
this people are carrying to the world
what the early apostles of Christ pro-
claimed and are publishing the gospel
among all nations. The Saints are pre-
pairing for his second coming, when he
shall suddenly appear in his temple
Elder C. W. PenrOSe, who followed.
referred to the habit which prevailed
of leaving the tabernacle before the
services were over as disreSpectful and
annoying. People apparently. he said.
looked upon the tabernacle as play
house instead of a place of worship.
He felt that everyone was proud of the
choir but Latter-day Saints were also
proud of their religion
Referring to the remarks of Elder
Goddard. Elder Penrose said it was
true that no people had more love or
reverence for the Savior than the Lat
ter-day Saints Many of the Christian
sects do not realize this, and are in
clined to believe that the Mormon
church is without the pale of Chris
tianity. This is the impression the
Saints are trying to dispel. We have
hundreds of missionaries in the world
proclaiming the true position of this
people.
Latter-day Saints believe that Christ
was the son of Mary. but not of JO-
seph. The Saints believe that he was
fashioned physically like other men,
and that he was the firstborn. All
revelations come through Christ He
was with the Father in the beginning,
and consequently he is the elder broth
pr of man. while God is the father of
Ill the race. All men were with God
n the beginning when Christ was
here. Christ was the frstborn accord
ng TO the spirit and the only begotten
according to the flesh. This is the tes-
imony of the prophets Christ was
he only guiltless and perfect one who
>ver lived on the earth. No one had
power to take his life, but he yielded
lp MS HE OF MS own NOLllO0- he SUI
erred more than any other man, that
lie might have knowledge of all things.
md by these sufferings he has been
EXALTED.
This great fact of the resurrection
must be proclaimed by the Latter-day
saints to ChristendOm- Many Chris
ian teachers are now inclined to look
lpon the resurrection as a myth. The
saints believe in the literal reunion at
he day of resurrection of the spirit
md the clay. When Christ appeared
,efore Mary it was in the same body
which had been laid in the tomb. This
act which Christ tried to demon
trate. must be preached by those who
'rofess to be ministers of his word. He
bowed his disciples the marks Of the
simply that they might know
-ositively that it was the same body
The tendency of modern teaching is
o remove faith. This is deplorable. 1t
5 better to have too much faith, if
hat be possible. than to be too
ceptical.
Prophecy is made by Paul and others
f the seers that the graves shall give
. their dead. This is a literal truth
nd one of the most glorious facts IN