Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

be baptized in water. the earthly me-
dunn of publication.
REDEMPTION OF THE DEAD.
The living may be baptlsed Tor the
dead. one who has received the
ordinances of the Gospel can stand
proxy for departed ancestors who VIII
receive the benefit of the earthly or
dinances on obedience to The Gospel in
the spirit. As the Spirit OF Christ
preached to the spirits IN prison while
His body was In the sepulchre so His
servants, bearing His authority preach
ITO the dead" after finishing their work
on earth. Ordinances for and In be-
half Of the dead are administered In
temples built after a pattern revealed
from heaven Thus the living become
sayiOrs TO the dead under Jesus Christ
the Captain Of their salvation.
The resurrection of Jesus Of Nazar-
eth was the first-fruit Of them that
slept" All persons who have breathed
the breath OF life will also be raised
from the dead. receiving their bodies
again as He did But everyone In his
own order. Those who have put on
Christ by obeying His Gospel viii be
Christs at His coming, and Will be
qulckened by His glory, the celestial
typihed by the sun. After the lapse
of a day OF the Lord--a thousand OF
our years, the rest OF the dead will
come forth, some in the terrestrial
glory, typiHed by the moon, and others
In the celestial glory, typlfied by the
stars IN their different magnltudes, the
rest in kingdom not of any degree
of glory. All Will be judged according
TO their works.
Progress is the eternal order of crea-
ton, The condemned will be punished
for sin, asDlyine justice shall determine
both as to the severity and to the dura-
ton. The purpose Of punishment Is
the vindication of the law and the re-
clamatlon of the transgressor, Even
tually all who can be redemmed will
be placed In some degree Of glory and
Advancement Only the sons Of perdl-
ton who deny the Holy Ghost after
having received It, who wllfully peryert
the power given to them to attain the
highest exaltation and who shed inno-
cent blood will be utterly lost
The glory Of those who are In Christ
aud become Joint heirs with him Is to
'inherlt all things and follow and
participate with the Son and the Etcr-
nal Father forever in their glorious
works They win inherit the earth
when Il Is purified and crowned with
the glory and presence OF God. They
will reign as kings and priests and be
ministers unto those Of lesser degree
of glory in the eternal mansions.
THE LAST DIsPENsATlON.
This Is the last dispensation, In 1t
Israel viii be gathered, jerusalem be
rebuilt, and Palestine be the abode of
the sons Of Judah. The elect of God
viii gather from all nations 10 Zion on
the American continent. The Saints
will be restored 90 their former pos
sessions Wars and tumults, famines
and earthquakes, tempests and whirl-
winds, fire and desolation, disease and
death with all the woes foreshadowed
Of old, viii cause time Of trouble
greater than ever known before, and
Christ viii be revealed from heaven, He
viii destroy the wicked and reign In
Zion and Jerusalem.
The earth win be cleansed from cor
ruption. Paradise viii bloom again.
war will cease, peace Will prevail, the
enmity viii depart from man and brute,
the curse will be removed and this
globe will be glorifled, shining In its
own light developed to perfection.
q THE BOOK OF MORMON.
The Prophet Of the nineteenth CEN
fury was directed by the angel of God
TO the spot, where the records OF the
history of the former inhabitants Of
this continent were deposited. He OBJ
tanned and translated portion OF them
into the English Language, II is call
ed the Book OF Mormon because the
Prophet Mormon made an abridgement
Of more ancient writings than his own,
and inscribed them upon metallic plates
In hieroglyphics reformed from the
Egyptian.
That book has since been translated
into other languages. II gives the his
tory OF two races. The first springing
from a colony brought upon this land
at the time Of the dispersion from the
Tower Of Babel The second descend
ing from the families directed TO this
continent from Jerusalem six hundred
years before the Christian era, at the
time when Zedeklah was king OF Jul
dab II relates to the wars, travels
religion. progress and decadence OF
those races-the progenitors OF the
American Indians, describes their cit
les. temples. forts. etc. and contains an
account Of the visit TO this land Of Je-
sus Christ, after His resurrection and