Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-25

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would go back to the Father and that
He came with Hts brethren, The
body OF man Is made cat OF the
earthly elements. II is to the
spirit OF man that the truth appeals.
The Spirit OF the Lord has worked
from the beginning upon the minds OF
those who were susceptible to His inllu-
enoe and God has called, them to deliver
His word 10 mankind. The cry is, Turn
away from darkness and come to the
light. Draw near unto me and | VIII
draw near unto you, saith the Lordl'
II people viii draw nigh unto Him lie
Will hear their prayers and will mani
fest Himself TO them for He Is the
same God that existed In days OF old,
But the condemnation OF men is, that
they DO not receive that light and
hearken TO that cry. Do any OF the
Christian denominations live according
to the light they have received though
the Bible? "Thou shalt love the Lord
they God with all they heart and love
thy neighbor as myself" DO they obey
these commandments? There are but
few people who love God better than
themselves. DO we love our neighbor as
ourselves? We Latter-day Saints are
trying to do this, but have not yet
reached the standard. Now when peo-
pie do wrong and repent Of their sins
God viii forgive them. We heard this
morning that when sins are RENTED
they are blotted out II man repents OF
his sins, God will forgive him. God
has provided a means by which people
can be forgiven Of their sins. He has
revealed II in these last days II Is
through the ordinances OF the Gospel
administered by divine authority
christian" ministers take their auth
GRITTY from the Bible. But that was CIV
en- to chosen men many centuries ago.
We have the authority direct from the
Lord. The servants OF God In this
Church have been commanded direct TO
90 into the world and preach repentance
TO every creature. That means to
turn from their evil ways and practise
that which they know to be right They
must be born anew. Except a man
be born OF the water and Of the spirit
he cannot enter into the kingdom OF
Cod Is what Christ taught. He went
to the river Jordan and was baptized
by John, and when He came up out Of
the water the Spirit Of God came upon
Him in the form of q dove, and n
voice out Of heaven said This Is my
beloved son IN whom ! am well
pleased" He was born of the water
and Of the spirit and left us an example
that we should follow IN His steps 1t
is by baptism, repentance and faith
that remission Of sins II obtained. When
a sin is thus blotted out II Is blotted
out forever. The Gospel OF Christ In
these days Is the same as III the days Of
the Savior and men must be diyinely
called and ordained before they attempt
to administer In the name Of Deity.
God acknowledges no mans ministry
except as appointed by Him Paul said,
mo man taketh this honor unto him
self but he that Is called Of God as was
Aaron My friends God has restored
this authority from Heaven. We
might as we'll say that Judge gets his
authority from the law books as to say
that a minister can get his authority
from the Bible.
We have testimony to bear to the
people of this age simply because God
has revealed It to us. We do not preach
for hire We preach the Gospel freely
as We have received It. and labor for
the salvation Of the sons and daughters
Of God, who can receive the truth or
reject 1t, aud act according to It's light
or follow the ways Of evil,
The speaker touched on the subject OF
the eternal nature Of the elements out
OF which all material things are or
ganlzed in this and other worlds. Re-
ferred to the work Of Christ while His
body was In the tomb and His Spirit
was preaching to the spirits In prison;
also to His literal resurrection and that
OF all who died in Adam, the elements
OF their bodies being indestructible, they
can be reunited and resurrected Those
persons who receive the light and walk
In II and put on Christ by obedi-
ence to His commandments, viii be
His at His coming and ALL will be
Judged according to their works. Ell
der Penrose testified to the truth OF the
things revealed Of God through the
Prophet Joseph Smith. which he said
were but shower Of light before the
deluge that is TO come, and closed with
an exhortation to all to come to the
light that they might not be found un'
der condemnation.
The congregation was then favored
with n solo by Bro. John Robinson.
Elder Joseph w. McMurrin was the
last speaker and said he desired TO
bear his testimony to the. wonderful
things that have been spoken In our
hearing today He endorsed the re,
Of Elder Penrose and then read
from Doctrine and Covenants In re-
gard to the calling OF the Prophet
Joseph Smith. Our Father In heaven
gave az his reason for calling this pro-
phet that lie wished TO warn the m
habitants OF the earth OF the calami-
ties that would befall the wicked IN
the last days. God Is a being Of love
and understands the end from the be-
ginning The Prophet Joseph was sent
among the children OF men to pro-
claim the Gospel that the people OF the
world might stand In holy places and
escape the calamites to come upon the
earth. lie testified that God had re-
stored the authority TO speak In HIS
name. The Lord has made a promise
unto all men to make known the truth
when sincerely sought after, Jesus
when He taught the Gospel to the peo-
pie said. This doctrine Is not mine but
Ills that sent me and II any man VIII
do the will Of the Father he shall know
whether these things are Of God or
whether speak Of Myself. Joseph
Smith was commanded by the Father
TO make the same announcement, FL
der McMurrln spoke Of the manner IN
which the people Of the world had al'
ways looked upon the work OF God. AS
they opposed Jesus and his Apostles
so have they rejected our message IN
this day. In conclusion he testified
that what Joseph Smith had revealed
was true and those who earnestly de.
sired testimony should be blessed
to that end
The choir sang the anthem with
sheathed swords,
BenedlCtion was pronounced by J0hn
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