The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-27
SERVICES AT THE TABERNACLE.
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS WAS BY
APOSTLE CoWLEY.
The Spirit Animating the Church
Other Sermons By Harvey c. Car
Isle and Uriah Miller.

Following Elders Harvey C. Carlisle
and Uriah Miller. returned mission
aries, Apostle Matthias f. Cowley de-
livered forcible discourse at the tab
ernacle Sunday afternoon.
The apostle, in declaring the SINGER
ity of the Latter-day Saints, also ac-
corded like sincerity to all other re-
ligious people, and stated that he did
not come to assault the religious insti-
tutions of the world, or deprecate the
honesty of the votaries of any sects or
parties. They should sustain the ut
most freedom so long as the rights of
other people are not infringed upon.
The Church of Latter-day Saints, he
said, was organized in its forms and
ordinances as under Christ in Palestine,
and that the revelations and gifts We're
the results of being born of God and
the spirit. The spirit of charity is not
to depreciate the principles people al
ready have. but to extend to them
greater light. There are fragments of
truths in other sects, but to the Latter
day Saints the truth has been restored
in its entirety. 1t is essential that we
enjoy the truth. as in primitive times.
Learned men of preceding generations
have never been able to bring people
to unity of faith, as instituted in the
gospel by the son of God himself. The
differences of reformers on points of
doctrine and the lack of unity have
led to revelations of the truth. Diff
ferences have gone on and perilous
times have come, as predicted in the
Scriptures. They have the forms of
godliness while denying the power
thereof. The Latter-day Saints have
the same forms as the Savior and have
the faith, proof of which is shown by
the elders leaving home and laboring
in the mission fields without being suS-
tanned by salaries. They are not upheld
by popular clamor, but by truth and
love for mankind. Charity is the pure
love of God. Men have taken a stand
against the Latter-day Saints and
given them a bad name, but the Saints
have awaited for standardization,
bearing persecution patiently. This is
charity. When, asked the speaker, has
the church, in the siXty-nine years of
its history, shown a disposition to
wrong other people or be unjust or de-
prive them of their rights? When did
their obedience TO this system bring
anything bad? When has it taught
men to be idle, unchaSte or unvirtuOuS?
The apostle invited the closest scrutiny
of the church records, the book of COW
enants and the Bible, upon which the
church was founded, and determine If
there are any evils in the revelations
of Joseph Smith. An investigation will
prove the integrity of the Latter-day
Saints and their loyalty to the govern
ment. They do not deny the power of
God in healing the sick, foretelling fu-
ture events, or in revelations. Every
man should have the moral courage to
stand for principles which he has es-
poused, although he may be maligned-
The Saints can afford to stand perse
cution and Misrepresentation, for the
church is not the work of Joseph Smith
and the presidents, but of God.
The apostle declared that it was not
inconsistent to go to God for truths of
science, and that revelation is neces-
sary or the people would perish. The
lack of unity OF faith has caused them
to stray from the truth. There MUS be
revelation and it was necessary that a
forerunner should come, as John the
Baptist came before Jesus. So also
came John the Baptist on May Is, 1929,
and laid his hands on Joseph Smith
and conferred upon him the keys of the
the restored holy apostle
ship and the power to build a temple.
By a suggestion from President Can
non. Apostle Cowley explained in de-
tail the organization of the church, so
that it should continue perpetual. He
the principles of the church had not
been obtained by reading, but by reve- |
lations from God, whereby the ancient |
powers and blessings have been re- !
stored
Harvey c. Carlisle. who has lately !
from a southern mission, was (
the first speaker. He declared that he |
had studied every plan of salvation that |
had come under his notice but he had J
in
with the theory OF the Latter-day |
Saints. He believed in investigation |
and research. The doctrine of the |
church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day |
Saints can stand all the investigation /
possible. because it is founded on the |
truth. He said he could perceive a diff |
ference between speaking to an audi
ence of Saints and those not of the
latin. There was a different spirit. |
Somehow there was an attraction. he |
said, about the missionaries which |
made the people linger around to catch
every word said. AT least, such had
been the speakers experience while in
The south.
Finally, the speaker announced that
he Latter-day Saints were better stu
lted than any other people on earth
More of them own their own homes:
hey are less in debt: dress better on
ouHudSs DIS d tuQ are con-
ented than other people He showed
he sacrifices many of them made in
eaving wives and children and go out
n the world to preach the truth. These
men are intelligent men, whose hearts
ire on fire and whose only desire is to
1uild up the condition of other men.
No other creed worked such wonders.
Uriah Miller made an apology for not
having been present before. He had
from a mission in the northern
Ttates some weeks ago, but had neg
ected to attend services before
In launching into his discourse, tha
speaker said the Saints taught not but
What was substantiated by the Bible.
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