Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-13


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The doctrine set forth In the quota
tons from the Book Of Mormon (Alma,
40 and 40 that have been made to US
by Brother Clawson Is very interesting
and important. We know that We are
now living in the flesh, and we know
also, from our observation and the ex-
perience OF others, that We have to
die and lay our bodies down. The
scriptures-both those contained in the
Bible and In the Book OF Mormon, as
well as those contained in the reyela-
tons which have come to us through
the Prophet Of the nineteenth century
set forth the doctrine that we shall
not only live for time upon earth and
then depart, but that the intelligent
part OF our being. the responsible be-
Ing which dwells in the body, VIII not
be laid in the tomb but will go to some
place which Il has fitted itself for by
the acts performed In the body, to
dwell there for q time; the good, the
upright the just, the righteous, 10 dwell
In happiness: the unjust, the impure
and the unrighteous TO be In misery.
Then, that the time Is TO come when
all shall come forth from the grave;
that the spirit, which has been separ-
ated from the body and dwelt in the
spirit world, shall be reunited to the
body; that nothing which pertains to
this mortal frame shall be lost but
that all shall be restored, every part 10
It's part; every limb and muscle and
joint, even the hairs OF the head, re-
stored, the body brought up In Its per.
feet frame, and the spirit united with
~ and that then, the being In that con-
dition shall stand TO be judged for the
deeds done In mortality.
RESURRECTION A BIBLE DOC
TRINE.
say that this is not only the doc
trine Of the Book Of Mormon and Of
the Book Of Doctrine and Covenants,
but 1t Is the doctrine taught in the
New Testament; yes, and also In the
Old Testament. 1t is the doctrine of
Christ II Is part OF the Gospel OF
Jesus Christ, and was made very plain
In former times by Him, and by His
Apostles. We can read some OF their
writings In the New Testament, but
not all Of them by any means. The
New Testament contains some things
which were written by the ancient
Apostles, and the Old Testament con-
tains some things which were written
by some OF the Prophets who lived be-
fore Jesus Christ The Bible is not a
perfect record, In the sense that some
people imagine. II does not contain
all the word OF God delivered to the
people, even to the people on the east
ern continent: for the book itself
speaks OF great number of books that
are not contained now within the lids
Of the Bible. will not take up time
to enumerate them, but this can be very
easily established, Allusions are made
In the New Testament TO epistles of
the Apostles that are not contained In
the New Testament. But such az we
have In the Old Testament and in the
New Testament teach this doctrine
the doctrine OF life and death, OF an
intermediate space between death and
the resurrection, and of the coming
forth OF all the sons and daughters OF
men TO stand before God and 10 b.
judged for the deeds performed while
they were In mortality.
III this Is true, Il Is important for us
10 understand II, and also to so shane
our lives that we shall not fear to meet
the Great Judge; that we shall not fear
TO meet what is called the ordeal OF
death; that we shall not be afraid 10
stand before the judgment seat and give
an account Of our acts and the manner
In which we have spent our time
while We have dwelt on earth. When
we come TO reflect upon our own he
ing, II seems 10 me that every lntelli.
gent person will come 10 the conclu-
sion that there Ia something about him
or her more than the body. We know
that our bodies are framed out OF the
elements that compose this earth and
the air and the water The bodies can
be dissolved back into the elements
out OF which they came. They have
been organized according 10 laws SET
by our Eternal Father, which are nat
ural. All His laws are natural. Bv the
laws OF generation we have been
drought into the world, and the bodies
that we have are framed out OF the
elements mat pertain TO this lower
world we know that they are or
ganized after what might be called
temporal law: that Is, they do not
continue. They last for time, and
then they go back apparently into dust.
The scriptures say that dust We are
and unto dust We shall return.
THE SPIRIT is THE LIFE.
Now, we can see a good deal about
this; but there are number OF things
that we do not see. We do not COM
prehend that which gives this body life.
We cannot see II. We cannot detect
II by any chemical process. We can
not and II out through the instruments
that are used by surgeons. They can
take the human body and dlssect IN
they can tell how part is related 10
part, and the uses and functions Of all
the different portions OF the human sys.
tenn; but they cannot find out the vital
force. They have no means OF deter
mining what II Is, where II comes from.
and where II goes TO when what is
called death comes on the body They
cannot explain how Il is that one day a
human being may stand full OF vitality,
every part clinging TO every other part
with 4 wonderful tenacty, and the
next day there is manifest tendency
TO dissolution. and every part Is trying
TO get away from every other part, and
we have 10 put the body down in the
ground, because Of the corruption that
ensues.
l;ut there Is something from God.
which, perhaps We may say
Is OF more value than the
particles eto which Il gives life
"a vital spirit. and where II comes
from, what II Is, and where IT goes 10.
you cannot find out by philosophy. nor
by science. so-called. Not only Is there
a force that gives vitality to the body.
and that is with US today and tomorrow
Is rome. but In our investigations OF
ourselves. apart from revelation. we
can discover that there Is In this body
an intelligent. responsible being, which
Is superior to the body. that Wills. that
thinks that receives information. that
imparts Information and that retains
!ts Identity all the time while the body
is changing While the infant grows up
to manhood. and the man goes down to
dccrepitude and decay, that living be-
Ing remains the same. IL may not re-
tain In memory all things that have
happened during lifetime, because OF
;he weakness ofthe body and the decay
that comes p9on Il: but the old man
.ust Going down to the grave knows