Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-18
SERVICES At
The TABERNACLE.
,,., Goddard Explains the Work
'''' Irss Of the Bureau OF
Information.
,,vOpABLE IMPRESSION MADE.
,,.,,,,, Enlightened on the Beliefs
''', AID Practices of the Latter
Day Saints.

-. workings Of the Church bureau
'ns and the success attend
o. ". o,ganlzatlon, we're fully explain
ny ..,,srday afternoon by Elder Ben
% Go5sard, the only speaker at the
ll .....cls services. The meeting was
~ ,,,.nded and was presided over by
o,,Ident John r. Winder'
n. choir sang the hymn
4 ,God indulge my humble claim,
' Tsou art my hope, my JOY my rest
n,r.r was offered by Patriarch An
niN Cannon
n, choir sang the anthem'
.Llsht and Truth
$40, BENJAMIN Goddard was the
..,sr He began by referring TO the
.,. n weakness he felt in standing up
..s,ass the people But as was eX-
s. In the opening hymn, the Lat
i rss,r Saints placed tneir trust IN the
~ snd by and through Him hoped
IVY, ,siye Me- blessings which they de-
I'D 49,. ,,.,od hts attain
"a, IA the work OF the bureau OF IN
t.-,Gon, He said the labors OF those
.,sssd IN the bureau had been crown
g-F,b great success. az many visitors
-hs city mad been enlightened on the
sl W. ana practisps OF the Mormon
s.,.is and had seen for themselves
rss, aNorm0nism' had done Tor the
rA15snts Of these valleys.
I'M sneaker said the impressions
-,,Ss mon visitors 10 the Temple block
we've often expressed In Their WIlVlhgs
m me bureau register Two such sem
,n4pts ne referred to, one stranger
having written after his name, the
woris "A marvellous work, and an
o,S,r the word. wonderful In this
connection Elder Goddard quoted from
M 2sth chapter Of Isaiah and the book
N Doctrine and Covenants, showing
ibai me work 10 be established in the
latter DAYS was 10 be a marvellous work
and wonder. and was 10 result In the
fpal accomplishment Of the Fathers
purposes.
Elder Goddard told the story Of the
heavenly vision 10 the Prophet Joseph.
and stated that this story, simple
though Il was, made a favorable i'm
preston upon visitors 10 the Temple
block. It gave them a new conception
Of "Normonism' and cause many to
confess that the Latter day Saints had
been grossly mallgned and misrepre-
ssned The speaker read the
Prophets testimony Of this heavenly
vision. and continued his interesting
narrative by referring to subsequent
Visions 10 the boy Prophet which final
D. I'D to the restoration Of the PRIEST
hoi and the Introduction OF the Cos
pln the latter days
Elder Goddard said that the Gospel
hd been restored BY direct revelation
nom the Father Through this channel
he authority Of God had been received,
vi, personality had been made known
INTO men, and the truths of the Bible
hi become plain 10 all honest seekers
fT truth i pointed out the way OF
setal lie. and gave men something 70
.Ge for, showing them the vast differ
NAf NNNN'Nil llhNA anu NlOlNs III luHse
hpects the restoration OF the Gospel
M benefited mankind, and opened up
y way whereby men could be saved
ny exalted In the Fathers kingdom.
he speaker pointed 10 the gathering
she Latter-day Saints from many ma
eis as an evidence Of the divinity OF
Us work They came in fulnlment of
lnphecy and for the purpose Of serving
ny IN the appointed way. The Church
eCnTlst felt after the dead as well as
" living. It's people built temples
Hlo God for the performance Of this
lok There they were baptized for the
aaa as referred to by Paul IN HIS epis-
No The Corinthians. This principle
demonstrated the breadth and liberalitv
" lne GOSPEL OF Jesus Christ, and while
y vas unorthodoX az the present time.
vas part Of the Fathers plan aud
s1 llst as effective today as It had
me speaker paid tribute To the faith
o. lne young people Of Zion and felt TO
w W. the Lord for their integrity 10
ne choir sang the anthem. Song
VI Ine Redeemed" and the benediction
u@ pronounced by President Richard