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The PURE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

Wy .n stake Of Zion in the Tabernacle
= sunday, september 49,
ELDER C. W. PENRosE,
u.ooted the General Authorities of
fl1,S,rch and those OF the Salt Lake
nv e ~ Zion for the votes or the
sur assembled, They were all unan-
s ansJl sustained. lie was then asked
invneak TO the conference ana SAID
10 49, yeouested to address the congre-
a, mia afternoon, and having been
s"lo,iod mon | trust | shall have your
,antlon. as / have had II during the
a.osentaton OF these names, ana TINT
shau be aided and assisted by the
cnI"It of the Lord In saying those
s sp which will be appropriate and
" henedt TO this great congregation.
viii say for the Information OF our
Glands who may be Wishing with us.
,ss, Il Is not customary with us TO pre-
are sermons to preach TO the punbo'
The Elders are supposed 10 be always
ready. when called upon, to give
rssson for the faith that IL IN them,
and II IL our belief that when a servant
N God Is called to perform any DUTY
" Nv, No. church. for which he Is author
n.S he viii be aided and assisted by
nv snIrlt Of the Lord to perform that
Ante If he Is In right condition of
.nind and liz endeavoring to fulfill the
duties Of his Office
trnst that this afternoon l may be
,,io 10 preach to you the Gospel as
"as,ored TO the earth from heaven In
,hase last days and which has been
'raached To- the people In the world MS
pnnortunlty has offered. for the last so
yssrs We have no new thing under
,he si,n TO present to the people, II IL
ne old Gospel, preached by Jesus Christ
and His Apostles when they We're upon
,he Garth In the flesh The question
,nsy be asked, Is there anything differ
enl IN Il to that which has been
nreached ever since their day? In some
resnects. yes. There are very great
dlferences between the Church I'm It's
organlzation today and the churches
ofthe world, although this Church (the
authorities OF which have been pre-
sented this afternoon claims TO be the
old Church restored. We have In this
church the same order Of authority, the
same power I'm the Priesthood, the
same doctrines, the same ordinances,
the same gifts and blessings and the
same spirit and power that character
lied the Church which our Savior
Iesas Christ established in person, and
which was carried on by His Apostles
after His death and resurrection. We
And by reading the scriptures, which
contain an account OF the Church es-
tabllshed by them In olden times. that
there are many very great differences
between the churches of modern Chris
tendon and that Church which the
Lord established
Now, In saying that, | wish II to be
distinctly understood that the Latter
day Saints do not wish TO hinder any
man or any organization on the earth,
whether II be civil or ecclesiastical,
from doing good among the inhabitants
Of the earth We recognize the 10th
wherever II Is found "whether in
Christian or on heather ground"
among religious people or among people
who do not profess religion. Wherever
the truth is, that we receive, and that
We admire; and whenever men or wo-
men endeavor to incucate the truth,
we say God speed" to them I'm their
labors. And even If they are In error,
we do not despise their efforts, when
they are sincere and are endeavorlng
TO promulgate that which they verify |
believe to be true. At the same time W
recognize the great distinction be- |
tween truth and error Truth and err
rof Will not hamonize. They will not |
unite You cannot make them one.
truth Is one, indivisible, eternal, Inn |
mWable' Interchangeable; and when peo- |
pie are IN error they must be in op- |
postlon TO the truth. That Is very |
pam simple proposition which every |
| poW cum understand and, | believe,
Nll ADMIT SO, when a person who |
processes TO be a servant OF the Lord |
Jesus christ to be appointed to be a
preacher, promulgates that which Is
hVt true, the fact that he claims to be
preacher will not sanctify any error
tht he presents, That which Is untrue
IL bound TO be overcome some time or |
other. '''''' VI
That there are great many errors
~ the Christian world as well as In |
Whai We call the heather world must
F apparent to every person who re- |
meets because these different organiza- |
IONS mat exist in Christendom clash |
Sx win the other, and they preach |
s,HeIehl doctrines. Yet they all claim |
~ take their doctrines and principles |
uWll lne one book-the Bible. IL IL |
eNleht mat they misunderstood the old |
snpures' ana therefore they do not |
ssee m regard to them, and the peo- |
is " the world are principally being |
nusht ny the precepts of men. Men |
nVHauays do not occupy the position |
shlcn was taken by the servants of cod |
" olden times, whose words we.haye I'm |
Me DOCK called the Bible. Whether we |
,saa The Old Testament or the New |
res..aWehl' we ind that the men who |
m.We and spoke as they were moved |
utVn ny the Holy Ghost gave the word |
we LORD; not their own notions. |
o ana ideas In regard to religion |
NV NV ,he anty OF man to his Maker, but |
s sSa' wnl,h God Almighty had revealed, |
o "uu Mnleh they had been appointed and |
~usined TO deliver 10 the Inhabitants |
y, W. eailh' There Ia a great dlstinc- |
w., ym De.Ween the preaching and admin
, ~ S.S ana writings OF the servants
in,s Vn VI oiden times, and the teach |
va,do ~ modern Christendom among the |
'grtious Hects and denominations.
Inls afternoon we have been present.
tns 70 ms congregation the authorities
vi me church of Jesus Christ OF Lat
raiy saints, and everybody who has |
."u any attention TO this must have |
a nVu we difference between this or
SS" a and that OF other Christian |
denominations existing in this cen,
NY, FOR instance, we have al the
h peau Oh this organization men who
ave oeen called and ordained to be |
iIS, lu OF the Lord Jesus Christ--a |
r r,I rtesldency OF three and a Coun.
49,. vi we've Those OF YOU who are
% ,,,,is with the New Testament
@bus. nave noted that when Jesus
10 "'is' mad anything very important
,'io. 19 or TO proclaim, apart from the
LI%I1' he selected Peter, James and
,oi. and went with them In private.
,InSe 10 them and gave them instruc-
LUIS o ana bestowed upon them the
I Igyys OF the Apostleship and of the
a a,,dds S' II was Peter, and James.
s NV John who went up with Christ Into
r,G mountain when Moses and Elias
ona unto them. 1t was Peter
nv, James and John whom Jesus
orinastt favored on many occasions with
rs,e teachings and Instructions con-
, rrnlhg the Church. They were SO
IISb"''i nfent that Paul, after he came into
bad nurch, in writing to the. saints,
Inv 70 acknowledge that they seemed
M pe pillars In the Church put