Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-19


| lasting Gospel. and II came In the way
| spoken OF In the book OF Revelation.
In the 9th and 18th verses OF the l4th
chapter of that book you win read
this,
And ] saw another angel fly In the
midst Of heaven. having the everlasting
gospel to preach unto them that dwell
on the earth and To every nation, and
Kindred. and tongue ana people,
Saying with loud voice, Fear God
and give glory to Him; for the hour of
His judgment is come and worship
Him that made heaven, and earth. and
the sea, and the fountains OF waters
John saw that In the vision which
was to come To pass hereafter" We
bear testimony to the whole world that
that angel came TO the Prophet Joseph
Smith and revealed TO him the cverlast-
ing Gospel That Gospel is contained
In the Book OF Mormon, the plates Of
which were engraved by prophets
among the ancient inhabitants Of this
continent, to whom Jesus Christ min
istered after His resurrection In Pales-
tine They received the Gospel then,
and what they had has been handed
down To us. The plates were hidden
In the ground, and were revealed TO Jo-
seph Smith. who had the power of God
ElNtH " nllIl 10 iluHSldlt tIlflD lllNo lnt
English language. The Book Of Nor
mon corresponds In It's doctrines and
principles with what | have been tell
ing you this afternoon from the New
Testament. Ii oorroborates what Is In
the Bible IL bears witness that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of the Eternal
God, ana that lie is the Savior OF the
world, by comparing the two books,
we find that they came from the same
Spirit and are one In principle. Now.
by the power OF God and the authority
given TO the Prophet Joseph Smith this
Church was established. People call
II the Mormon" Church, because we
believe I'm the Book Of Mormon They
| might Just as well call II Smiths or
| Peters, or James. or Johns. Mormon
| Is the name Of the man who compiled
| the Book of Mormon and was prophet
| of God on this continent. But II
| does not matter What's In q name2
! This Church Is the Church Jesus
Christ and It is the church of Latter
| day Saints because we live In the lat
ter days, and the saints of old lived IN
the former days The right name for
members of Christ's Church, as you may
read In the New Testament, is Saints.
Beloved OF God called to be saints. -
Romans t. z. ITO them that are sane
! tilted in Christ Jesus, called to be
! saints ~ Corinthians l. 2, Not all are
saints that are called saints; but they
| ought to be- That, however, II the
| proper name for members of the
| Church.
| The Gospel has been revealed from
| heaven, and with II also the authority
| of the Apostleship that ] have been
| talking about this afternoon We have
sustained certain men as Apostles. How
| did they come TO be Apostles? viii
| tell you i'm n few words. You may not
believe IL; but a good many OF us know
| It, and It Is a great satisfaction. Moth
| ing can give a person more satisfaction
| than TO know that God lives, that He
| is approachable that He reveals Him
self for their benefit, that they can
draw near to Him, that they can ask
| and receive, that they can seek and
find that they can knock and have the
door opened unto them, and receive His
word and the testimony and power or
His Spirit We testify that John the
Baptist, who baptized our Lord and
Savior jesus Christ, and who was be-
headed by the power of wlckedness In
King Herod. has In these last days
come and ordained the Prophet Joseph
Smith to the authority that he held on
the earth in the flesh. Many people
think that when they die that Is the end
of them; but most people believe diff
ferently am glad TO say. They be-
| lleve that when their bodies go into
the ground the real being, which was
| In the body and IL separated from II
at death. goes somewhere where the
Lord shall appoint until the future shall
develop. | have not time to enter into
this today, though II IL very interest
ing subject about which we know
some things. But John the Baptist,
when his head was presented on q
charger was not there himself That
was part of his dead body, John lived
and always will live. And
here In these last days as a minstering
spirlt. and ordained Joseph Smith and
his fellow servant oliver Cowdery TO
the authority which he held, and wnlch
belongs to the Priesthood OF Aaron
That gave power and authority TO pap
the for the remission of sins, but not to
Law on hands for the gift Of the Holy
Ghost. lust as l quoted TO you from the
Acts OF the Apostles In the case OF Phll-
In and the Apostles. Afterwards, re-
ter, and James, and John-the three
Apostles who held the presidency ana
the keys OF the Priesthood in their time
came and ordained Joseph smith ana
oliver Cowdery TO the authority OF me
Apostleship, Thus they We're hlauv
Anostles Of Jesus Christ, and given fun
authority to go forward and build up
The Church and Kingdom of God in the
last DAYS and prepare the way for inc
second coming of the Son OF Man.
How else could the authority be re.
stored2 Not q Vestlge OF II femalneu
on the earth. No Apostle, no Prophel
no communication with the heavens all
the Christians repudiating the ldea Oh
new revelation; what chance was there
for any ordination, except IN the way l
A..I
and brought their authority and they |
ordained the Prophet Joseph Smith and |
oliver Cowdery TO IT, who then went
forward and built up the Church OF
Christ as they were commandments |
teaching their own notions and Ideas, |
but preaching the Gospel OF Jesus |
Christ and organizing the church AFTER
the ancient pattern, with Apostles and |
Prophets, Evangelsts, Pastors and !
Teachers Bishops and Deacons. ana
all the rest Of the authorities that were |
in the old Church.
Some of you may say, that is al |
very well 1t sounds pretty plausiblei |
but how do you know this has been |
done? what evidence have you that |
there Is truth In it~ This congrega- |
ton is part OF the evidence. And peo-
rle dwelling throughout these noun
tain valleys, from north to south, ana |
east to west. are some other witnesses |
of It's truth They heard this Gospel
In the lands that gave them birth. They |
believed Il, because il was scrlpturaL |
and they had been taught To believe |
I'm the Bible. They Went forward and |
were baptized by men protesting to
hold this authority. who baptized them
for the remission of sins, and laid their
hands upon them. and the Holy Ghost
came upon them and bore witness of the
truth. The signs followed the believers.
the sick were healed, the lame made
to walk, the tongue OF the dumb to
speak, the ears Of the deaf were un-
stopped and the power OF God was
made manifest through and with the
administration of these men I'm every