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


viii be glad OF the associations OF the
"Mormons" He urged the Saints to
pay no attention TO the weaknesses for
the Lord changes not, and they can
therefore put their trust IN HIN. He
prayed that god would bless all Israel.
The choir then sang. "Who Are These
Arrayed in White" the duet part being
rendered by William Browning and
Bessie Phillips.
ELDER b. II. ROBERTS.
OF the First Council Of Seventies, was
the next speaker. lie felt that no one
can stand before a congregation Ike
that he was called upon TO address,
without feeling his own inadequscy 10
the task. He therefore besought The
Lord for His Spirit. Like his brethren
who had already spoken, he glorlted the
Lord In the marvellous things that had
been done for the Saints.
He referred 70 the remarks made our
Ing the morning session concerning the
Lord Jesus christ and his personal MIN
istratons on the earth. In this connec-
ton he read passages from the JEWISH
Scriptures bearing on the resurrection
OF Christ. In this chapter, he SAID, eV-
cry attempt al fine writing, effect, ana
artiilce Is totally lacking. and II stands
out IN all It's beautiful simplicity. and
modesty. lie referred to the passage
read from the Book OF Mormon by
President Lyman. city audiences have
been listening lately 10 discussions OF
the questions whether III Neph should
not le called fifth Gospel, The OBJ
lection to this has been made that thls
"hftn Gospel" adds nothing new con-
corning Christ, That this Is a mistake
is evident from the passage read by
Elder Lyman for that passage would
set to silence several important ques-
tons Of doctrine in the world.
The speaker said he rejoiced that so
many millions of the human race cele-
brated this day commemorative of the
day on which Christ was raised from
the dead He took pleasure in the
thought that the apostasy had left SO
much as this from the ancient faith.
Jesus stood forth as God manifest In
the flesh, All the mists Of heather
philosophy have been removed from be-
fore the eyes OF men, and we know
something OF the personality OF God.
This serves as "A kind OF standard by
which we may Judge the fundamental
idea Of any mans teaci ings. This is
the great thought revealed by the dis
pensatIon Of the meridian OF times. that
men viii live eternally. This, at least,
Is common ground for us and the world.
But what do the Latter day Saints
have 20 add to the ideas OF the world?
He added here that some Of these
truths have been so narrowed down by
the christian sects as 20 construct
barrier between us and them, so that
they are often unable to understand us.
Here he quoted from Johns Gospel--the
preface of which sets forth so splen-
dldly the fulness Of the idea Of ,mmor-
tally We have In this passage Christ
and God identified. and here we have
not only the personal ministry OF Jesus
but also his pre-eXlstence. This pre-
existence OF Christ IL pretty generally
accepted by the Christian world. But
"Mormonism' goes even farther than
this. il declares that men were In t.
beginning with God Man Is a spirit
and lived with God before coming here.
Between created thing and a begotten
thing there II this difference: The
created thing Il not like the creator
but the begotten IT, The ship that the
sailor makes and launches Is unlike
hlm-has nothing In common with him
but the son that he begets parTakes
OF his nature and being. The doctrine
with which "Mormonism" supplements
that OF the world In respect 10 this of
immortality is, that man had no be-
glnnln2 The world tells us that the
spirit OF man has no end, and this II Il
truth; but "Mormonism' adds that the
Spirit Of man had no beginning, and
this also IL truth And this latter
truth will Vet heget an uplifment of
the world as great az the former truth.
Already there may be seen evidences
OF the leavenlng influence Of Mormon
ISM
The speaker said that he loved
'Mormonism" for It's very bigness, for
the depths and heights and breadths to
which II reaches, IT has a word of
hope for the vagabond American In
dian, We arrest the sneer OF the
white man against tine redman by
quoting the word OF God. IL q
word Of hope for Judah the hiss and
bye-word OF the Gentiles. We tell
them that God has not forsaken them
and cast them aside. II has also
word Of hope and warning for the
Gentiles We declare to them that they
must worship the God of this land
who Is Jesus Christ, and that II they
do not they shall not be prospered In
Iile land. Elder Roberts ended by in
-vSS1nS es-assisss.ugs Of the Lord on the
conference.
Singing by the choir
''rhe Lord God Omnipotent reigneth"
Benedcton by Elder Charles w,