Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-09
REMARKS
Conference In the Tabernaoe Salt Lake
M''' civ sunday Afternoon March 18th 1898 by
ELDER c. w. PENRoSE.

sD ano we have been listening 10 '"e
WINE Llder Grant. We are all
Ha'N ., see him and to hear his voice
pleas l., rublIc. and l hope he Will be
ago'" AMY years yet to preach the
easnel Of the Kingdom ana 10 ",ai
,,s,ony to the truths that ne mas
,.aov touched upon this afternoon
pi,'" listening to testimonies like thn'
-. have heard. persons who are
N''N" ,,t,,ar with what God has done
NV earth in the last days, ana the
Is fo, IL are likely to ask the
..,,,,s. what need was there Tor
Ia,n the Baptist to come ana res'oie
.so authority which he hadY Wh! u'a
- Jnmes and John come 10 ear,h
re-, LII men to the authority which
ha,da And what necessity was
a., the Book of Mormon 10 DC
'.,.odpced to the people OF TINS gem
uon seeing that they have the 81
80 There are a great many CHRIST
,., ministers, churches almost withou'
a,r,her and hosts Of good people WHO
N,,.,,o I'm God the Father and In Jesus
christ and who are trying to lead deVot-
- hoIv lives. Then what need Is there
,or all this? Why should there De
-, revelation? Have we not suihcieht
f. en-. scriptures-the Old and the New
n,.,,or,antsq And have we not plenty
~ preachers, and plenty OF rehgioh
rinse are questions that arise In peo-
,t,,s minds when they hear Latter-uay
saints speak of the restoration Oh tne
cnsnel and of the authority OF the foiy
Priesthood For n few moments le' Us
consider these questions ~ - wiz
Iy true that we have the Biple. ma.
% ~ II is q collection of books, shiu
90 have been written by men inspired OF
cod The original manuscripts, now
over. are not to be found ana the
hooks that we have in the collection
called the Bible refer to a great many
otber things that were given of God TO
urnnbats Of old which we do not find
irci,ded in that book. There are also
nortlons of 1t that are simply histofl-
al Vet IL is generally held by people
I'm what is called the Christian world
10 be inspired OF God from Genesis TO
Revelation; that every word OF II is the
word OF God. and that people are bound
to be guided by II. Now when we look
around us in the Christian world, we
find the people who profess to believe
This divided among themselves in re-
gard to the meaning of the book. They
have not come to the unity OF the
faith. The book docs not bring people
to a unity Of understs nding. Therefore
we have all these different religious
sects. each one claiming to be right;
perhaps not all OF them declaring that
the others are wrong, but they are not
logical unless they do,for truth Is never
divided against itself. and one truth
never contradicts another. But we have
III, nRnOrnl =
tons, and we have men In them who
: are preachers. When we ask then
where they obtained the authority u
preach and to administer Cor they al
minister ordinances) In the name OF the
Father and of the Son and OF the Holy
Ghost most of them Will point to the
last chapter of Mark or the last chap.
ter of Matthew, where we read
that Jesus gave instructions to clever
men-His Apostles There were twelve
but one of them fell by the wayside
Judas betrayed his Master, and was MOI
afterwards numbered among the Apos'
ties Jesus said to these eleven men
whom He had called. whom He had or
dalned, upon whom he had bestowed
the same authority as the Father hat
given to Him;
Go We therefore. and teach all ma
tions, baptizlng them in the name OF
the Father. and OF the Son, and of tbs
Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all thing'
whatsoever have commanded you
and. 10. ] am with you Away, ever
unto the end of the world"
This commission, this power and thi'
authority were bestowed solely upof
these eleven men: and yet ministers
Of modern times will point to TIM
scripture as the source of their author
ity to administer in the name of thu
Father and of the Son, and of thu
Holy Ghost Suppose a man minister
ing now as an ambassador from n for
elgn nation, when asked for his author
ity, should point to an old commits
stoned possessed by some man VIII,
lived two thousand years ago, wha
would you think of him? Why. yo,
would think him fit subject for
commission on insanity. Or II q ma,
were to attempt to administer as justc
Of the peace, or Judge, upon any sucl
commission as that, he would yer.
lkely find his way into prison. II no
into lunatic asylum. But in rhes
times when you ask preachers wher
they obtain their authority to admin
lster In sacred things, they point 4
the scriptures. Some, however, vii
say ! am chilled of Cod How? Why
feel called in my soul. IL that tn
way God called men I'm former times
N1t according to the Bible. which the
point TO as the word of God, whel
- ' 'lu were c'iileu TO ADMINISTER u
tne name of the Lord, they were cale
~ revelation from God. either direc
w 'he individual or through some per
ao. VI persons who were authorized t
~, ~ Tor Deity. And the men who he'll
, hat authority could not call men In
NIX NIX lihlnhtely; they had TO be led an
Sulucu by the Holy Ghost or by tn
nrit Iii ot God, Take. for instance tn
,,o,,n on Saul of Tarsus, after
~ ,,i,, railed Paul the APOSTLE. Thos
,n,i ~ VINO are familiar with his his
hn W the New Testament know tha
so,n "as very active In prosecuting tn
D ,,Ss VI tnnae times on his way
co,,iJ Jus "a obtain letters whereby
nn.a ue Instrumental In persecutin
snt., severely the people of God, Gale
tbon ,tHey We're not called Christian
,lauaus AT Antioch by way of
nckname), Jesus appenred 10 hin
ne was an honest man. What he al
ne dld sincerely. He Thought he Nh
uolng God service when he went 1
hefsecute the Saints. But Christ ms
nun on the way. His LIGHT shone fortl
aud tho glory was SO brIlliont that Ga,
WIS stricken blind. Jesus asked hi,
Why ne Prosecuted Him. saul wa
earried blind into Damascus. In rlyin
an account of this. Saul SAYS:
ma one Ananlas. n dovout NM, n,
vorulhg TO the law. having n good ~
w OF an the Jews when dwelt ther
"''le unto me. and stood and sal
un,o me- Brother Saul, receive In
up on him. same hour l locke
And he said. Tho Goa -, 49,, .u.