Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-07

mountain OF the Lord, and to the
house OF the God Of Jacob; and he VIII
teach W. OF his ways and we Will walk
In his paths; for the law shall 80 forth
Of Zion, and the word Of the Lord from
jerusalem"
Here are the people that have gath.
cred I'm the top OF the mountains
and there ls the house (pOlntlng TO the
Temple on the block that has been
built unto the name OF the God Of Ja-
cob, into which we may 20 and learn
the ways Of God that we
may walk IN His path. There IL
house built after the pattern He has
revealed, where ordinances may be adj
ministered for the living and the dead,
where the power ana Spirit Of God are
made manifest. And we do not have
to depend upon what ~ written In
book, ancient or modern for the living
oroces are here. Tho spirit OF prophecy
Is here. The same Holy Spirit that IN.
spred the anclents 10 give the word
OF the Lord Is here today. God has not
changed, and His Spirit has not
changed, lie Is "ihe same yesterday,
today and forever"
DESTINY OF THE SAINTS,
This is the kind Of religion the Lat.
ter-day Saints have, Now, we do not
profess to be q very superior people,
we ought TO be great deal better than
we are, considering our experience aud
what the Lord has done for US, But
can say this for the people that / rep-
resent here In the main they are a
good people an honest people q people
that strive to serve God and keep His
commandments. They have not got
ria Of their humanity by being baptized
into the Church They are subject TO
temptation Ike other people, and solne'
times thoy faltcr and foil But the
grpat mngs Of the Lptter-day Saints
have come here from various nations to
serve the Lord, 10 learn His ways ana
to walk I'm His path, and He eXpec,3
they WiIl be imperfect while they dwell
In the flesh, but they look for the time
TO como when they win shuttle of this
mortal coil" when they Will go back
into the presence Of their Father When
they viii give an account Of how they
have spont their time here, and eyery-
one viii De rewarded according to his
works THROUGH the atonement wrought
out by our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ IN the shedding OF His blood on
tie mount OF Calvary, they expect TO
receive the resurrection from the dead,
as He promised. "Marvel not at this
said lie, "fOr the hour Is coming, In the
which all that are In the graves shall
hear His voice, and shall come forth,
they that have done good unto the res
direction Of llfe and they that have
done evil. unto the resurrection OF
damnaUon" Through that ntonement
we expect to have access 70 God, and II
we continue faithful and true to the
end, that God Will give MS power over
our infrmltles and weaknesses and We
shall come OF more than conquerors'
we shall stand I'm His presence and be
crowned in the glory of His might,
and reign with Him and the just,
the pure the true Of all nations ana
ages forever and ever II we fall and
turn away from the truth wilfully, and
reject the Hight and knowledge we may
expect great condemnation. Further
than this, my friends I may say to you
this afternoon that we expect In the
due time OF tho Lord, when we pass
away from this body and go into the
other world, we shall not either go up
10 heaven or down TO hell, as our sec
tartan friends preach. but we shall go
10 the place that the Lord has pre-
pared for departed splrlts. The Apostle
Paul. after he had done his work and
was expecting 10 be sacrificed at Rome,
said, 81 have fought q good fight, !
have finished my course, I have kept
the faith, henceforth there Is laid up
for me n crown OF righteousness which
the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give
me at that day" At what day Paul?
"When lie shall come TO Judge the
quick and the dead, at His appearlnr
and His kingdom That Is the time
when the Son OF man shall come In His
glory Then shall He sit upon the
throne OF His glory, and before Him
shall be gathered oil nations, the sheep
on the right hsnd and the goats on the
left. and the Kingdoms OF this world
shall become the kingdom OF our God
and His Christ"
THE WORLD OF SPIRITS,
But how about II meanwhile9 why,
when Jesus died He aid not go direct
TO His Father in heaven, When He
was crucifed on the cross, they took
Ills body down and laid II In the tomb,
Where was He? The body was not
Him. The immortal spirit had gone
out Of the body; He had bowed His
head and said, Father. into thy hands
commend my spirit" The body did
not return to the earth, like ours do;
II laid there awaiting the resurrection
from the dead; but the spirit did not 40
into the tomb. Did He go Immediately
into the presence OF the Father oh,
no. because on the third day after this
He appeared to Mary In the garden,
she evidently snrang 10 embrace Him,
and He said Touch me not; for am
not yet assembled TO my Father: but 60
to my brethren, and say unto them.
! ascend unto my Father, and your
Father; and to my God and your God,
Where had lie heen7 This was the
third day from His cruclaxion, The
spirit had gone out OF the body, the
body was embalmed and laid In the
tomb, and on the third day He rose
from the dead and appeared TO Mary,