Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-15

YOU all Ia the name Of Jesus Christ
Amen.
Sister Mary Farley sang THE Plains
Of Peace
PRESIDENT MIDDLETON,
President c. r. Middleton addressed
the congregation. He said; MY heart
Is full Of Joy and gratitude for the
privilege Of participating In another
reunion My mind goes back to the
time when we were gathered together
In the spirit world in a reunion before
coming TO this earth, and President
Shows words have but confirmed my
thoughts. He also referred 70 The pos
sibility Of our meeting again IN this
life In reunion In Jackson county
where we will have gone 10 build up
the kingdom and there Is still another
reunion in store for us, that on the
other side. | came here In 1850 and have
been associated with those Latter-day
Saints | met here then, and have ever
since been associated with the Saints
When / zee how many Of them have
gone beyond, how pleasant TO think
that there Will be a reunOn ! am
glad to meet with the Presidency Of the
Church; | feel highly honored 20 listen
to the Prophet of God, who has been
associated with this work almost from
the beginning But one Of the bless
ings / most appreciate Is that Of being
able to testify that / know that he Is
a Prophet Of the living God. We are
wonderfully blessed In this Church by
having men at its head who have been
with this work almost since It's lncep-
ton This win not always be the case.
I feel that have been highly honorod
far above my merits. / pray for the
blessings OF God upon Us all and the
power 20 fully appreciate that which
we enjoy at his hands,
Sister L2zle Culey and the choir
sang; 80 My Father Thou That
Dwellest'
PRESIDENT JOSEPH r, SMITH,
President Joseph F. Smith addressed
the Saints In effect as follows; Beloved
brethren and sisters, II Is with feelings
Of humility that ] arise before you. /
have listened 10 many interesting
things this morning, among them the
early experiences Of President Lorenzo
Snow and the moving inllu-
ence Of his life, the Holy Ghost,
which has directed his efforts In as
slsting to establish Zion II has been
a great privilege to listen to him and
TO have him condescend on this occa-
sion TO give so much time to us as he
did Ii IL impossible at this moment
10 speak upon any particular subject,
but / call your attention to the man
who took down his patrigrchal bless
ing and TO the remark Of the Patriarch
when the blessing was read over that
he. this brother, had been so long
stepped In the traditions and prejudlces
Of the sectaFian world that It was diff
cut for him TO comprehend what was
said. I'm sorry 60 say that ] have wit
messed the same thing in many men
connected with the Church, but who
have been born, reared and educated in
the sectarian world, to such an extent
that Notwithstanding they have become
Latter-day Saints, have been born
again under the new covenant, they
were yet 80 imbued with the traditions
OF the fathers that II was difficult to
get the truth fully into their minds ]
had an old friend for many years a
bishop. We buried him a few days ago
There was no better man according to
his understanding and according to the
desires OF his heart but when he
preached and when he prayed whether
at home or I'm public, you could see the
horns OF sectarlanism sticking out all
over him and bristlng in him There
Is too much Of this among us. We have
heard the remarks Of President Snow,
Of the revelation that came to him In
respect 10 our relationship 10 God and
His to us, as expressed by President
Snow in the wards, "As man now Is.
God once was. and as God now Is man
may be- 1t is hard to get this idea into
the heads Of many of the Latter-day
Saints, and IL Is almost an impossible
ity TO get II into the minds of the peo-
Pile OF the so-called Christian world
President Smith then talked on the
God head and showed plainly that as
Christ, the Son OF God came to earth.
born Of His mother, perhaps the least
OF all men. descended below all things,
and rose to become the Redeemer Of
the world. the Son. the very Eternal
Father Of this heaven and this earth so
we could rise; Notwithstanding the God
in Him, having power Of life within
Himself and power to defy death, He
stll died for US. This was the Son Of
the Eternal God and who sits en-
throned on His right hand possessed OF
everlasting power and dominion. What
is more natural than that as Gid is
man may become II we take
Jesus Christ as an example We
are like Him now, but in embryo,
while He has developed and advanced
and sits upon His throne and relgns.
This truth has been revealed to Presi-
dent Snow and II ought 20 appeal to
every human being on earth, and par
ticularly should Il appeal to US because
Of the greater light that has been re-
ceived by revelation through the |
Prophet Joseph, Here President Smith |
read verse IN Eliza r. Shows poem: |
had learned TO call Thee Father
Through Thy Spirit from on High;
But until the Key OF knowledge
Was restored ! knew not why.
In the heavens, are parents single?
Mo- The thought makes reason stare. |
Truth is reason; truth eternal
Tells me I've a mother there,
When Jesus was on earth He had a
mother there as we have We are built |
on the same plan as God our Father |
our destiny is the same as His for we 1
are formed I'm His likeness, and nothing /
" more NATURAL lNhU tlat az ne ~ We /
may become. For this the world calls |
us blasphemous. because they worship |
a nonentity. nondescrlpt, without |
body. parts and passions, whose cir |
Is everywhere and whose |
center Is nowhere. YETI there Is no |
truth that has been revealed to US that |
rs more simple and plain than this. |
God grant that we may all understand |
this principle and cling TO It and never |
yield II while life shall last God bless
you. Amen.
sister Sadie Fowler sang Il know |
that my Redeemer lives" supported by |
the choir.
THE BANQUET
After the close OF this hymn, all the |
workers who had come In prior 20 |
President Smith arising TO talk, filed |
up the aisles and shook hands with |
President Snow and the visiting breth-
rem and sisters. after which every |
a. Al. a 10