Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20
Il KNOW THAT MY RESDEESnER LIES


"And that wicked one cometh and
taketh away Hight and truth, through
dlsobedienoe from the children OF men,
and because Of the traditions OF their
fathers"
The word OF the Lord Is truth. You
ask. What IL truth? II is the truth
that God lives. What more is truth?
A is the truth that Jesus Christ Is the
Son CT God the Redeemer OF the world
that He atoned for the sins OF Adam,
and that through our repentance and
obedience to Him we shall re-
ceivo forgiveness Of our own
sins. and shall be cleansed there
..d IAailed again Ia the pres
ence CT God, from whence we came. IL
Is truth that God has revealed to the
wrold. that except man be born again
he cannot see the kingdom OF heaven.
II Is eternal truth that excep a man
be born of the water and OF the spirit
ne cannot enter into the kingdom OF
heaven. These are the Almighty's
truths that He has revealed 10 the chill
dren Of men, and upon these we WIN
stand. We propose to bear our testl-
money TO these truths and TO declare
these principles to the children OF men,
as long as God will give us HIS spirit,
and we are entrusted with this mission
to declare Jesus Christ and Him cruz
Gifted and risen from the dead, and
Joseph Smith raised up by the power
of God to restore the funess OF the ev-
erlasting Gospel, and the authority OF
the Holy Priesthood to the earth In the
dispensatlon OF the fulness OF times. We
bear this testimony to the world, and
we know that our testimony is true;
for we have received Of that spirit OF
truth which Is of God, and OF which
Jesus speaks here TO the prophet 10
seph Smith. Therefore, our testimony
Is In force upon the world. especially Is
II In force upon those who have Yield
ed obedience to the message OF saliva
ton as II has been restored to the
earth and declared unto you.
PERSONAL TESTIMONY.
Now my brethren and sisters, know
that my Redeemer lives, ] feel 1t IN
every fiber of my being. / am just as
satisfied of 1t as | am of my own ex-
istence. | cannot feel more sure OF my
own being than do that my Redeemer
lives, and that my God lives, tn, Father
of my Savior | feel II In my soul;
am converted TO 1t In my whole being.
bear testimony to you that this is the
doctrine OF Christ. the Gospel OF Jesus.
which is the powre Of God unto saliva
ton. II is "Mormonlsm," but there Is
much more that could be said In rela-
ton TO these matters. "Mormonism"
has been interpreted by one who was
inspired to mean more good" We
have accepted the term Mormon II
having been applied to us by our enc
mics simply because we believe in the
Book OF Mormon, and we are not
ashamed OF more good" We believe
In every principle and precept Of the
Gospel and In all the laws Of God. We
believe that every principle Is essential.
We believe that we should do our duty
to God, and our fellow men. We should
do unto others as We would have them
do to us. We should observe the laws
of chastity honesty and uprightness,
deal justly with our neighbors, and
kindly and mercifully with the erripg.
We should seek TO do good at all times
and under all circumstances. The feel
ings should predominant in our hearts
that. we are here, not TO do evil but TO
do good not 70 increase error, but TO
diminish II and to increase the knowl-
edge of the truth; to make men happy