Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-14
ELDER c. W. pENRosE SPEAKS.

Elder Penrose was then REQUESTED IN
address the congregation on the Gospel
lie said II was not customary with the
Latter-day Saints to prepare sermons TO
preach TO the public. Rather was II ex-
pected mat those constituting the minis
Try or the Church-and these comnre-
hehded an faithful male members there
u.-WouIu so i've that whenever called
upon they would be prepared to oficiate
them. ''fN'eu Vi
Elder Penrose then took ND tho bellaf
or the Lntter-day Saints stating maj
the Mormons.' as they are commonly
Salled simply proclaimed to their fell
lows the Gospel Of Jesus Christ as
preached by the Savior and His amos
Ties and revealed anew I'm the nineteenth
century. The Latter-day Saints were
not narrow or contracted In their rellp-
ious opinions. On the contrary their
views were as broad as the universe IT,
self and they We're ever ready to recop-
nize and accept truth wherever found
IL was the truth they had to offer to
the world and in It's dissemination the
Lord had blessed them.
me speaker took up the subject of
uiVIne authority and referred to the or
gani2ation of the Church, an idea of
which had been given to those Assem-.
bled this afternoon IN presenting the
church authorities. He showed from
scripture that Christ selected and or
dained twelveApostles on whom He con-
TERED authority similar to that which
lie had received from the Father, After
HIS resurrection and prior to His ascen-
sion into, heaven He charged His Apos-
ties to go into all the world and preach
the Gospel, telling them that certain
signs would follow them that believed
while those who believed not would be
condemned He also told His disciples
to tarry In Jerusalem until they were
endowed with power from on high,
which power came to them on the day
OF Pentecost. when the Spirit OF God was
poured out upon them In rich album
dance. Immediately following this Pc
ter and his fellow apostles preached
unto the assembled multitude
Christ and Him crucifed, So con-
vincing was the portrayal OF the words
by them. that the people were proked
in their hearts and they cried out Men
and brethren what shall we do?" In re-
ply Peter commanded them to repent
and be baptized In the name OF Jesus
Christ for the remission Of sins, prom
Using them the gift OF the Holy Ghost.
Three thousand souls were that day
made members of the Church by bap-
tism.
Elder Penrose spoke at some length
on this feature OF the Gospel OF Jesus
Christ, expatiatng on the mode OF bap-
tism followed by the Apostles and its
necessity to all who would enter into the
Kingdom of God. The speaker quoted
copiously from the New Testament In
substantiation OF the statements made
and pointed out very clearly that the
ordinance of baptism by immersion was
the means employed whereby those
converted could obtain remission of sins
and become members Of the Church
Elder Penrose cited the teachings of
the Apostle Paul as to the organization
OF the Church, showing that II was
made up OF Apostles, Prophets, Pastors,
Teachers, Evangellsts, etc, which were
placed In the Church "for the work OF
the ministry for the perfeoting of the
Saints, and for the edlfying Of the body
of Christ" until all should come to the
unity of the faith and the knowledge
of the son of God and to the measure
OF the stature OF the fulness of Christ,
The speaker contended that this con-
dltion was not TO be found In modern
Christendom hence the need of res
toration which had come by divine rev.
elation in the nineteenth century. He
contrasted the condition of the Chris
tian world with the unity, knowledge,
spirit and power of the Church depicted
In the New Testament from which
he quoted literally, and referred TO the
predictions Of the Apostles that there
would be q great falling away from
the truth and that II would become uni
versal. Notwithstanding the with
drawal OF the apostleship and the dark
ness that had como uDon thp world
numberless good men and women had