Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-02
AFTERNOON SESSION,

The afternoon session opened by the
choir singing the hymn, Great Goa,
indulge my humble claim" Prayer
was offered by Elder Sylvester q. Can
non. Continued by the choir singing,
Captain Of Israel's host
Elder Joseph T.. Taylor was called
upon and said IN substance: After "
years of procaiming the Gospel of Je-
sus Christ Of Latter-day Saints. when
they attempts to make plain that Cos
pei to the stranger, they find II neces-
sary, even at this late day, to remove
some of the errors and debris that sur
round It IN order that the Gospel In
its simplicity may be made known.
The speaker had recently heard In the
Bureau of Information on the Temple
block, the question propounded by
visitor who evidently belonged to the
Catholic church, How long has your
Church eXistedY The reply was per
haps startling to the questioner, bat
nevertheless absolutely true-"From
eternity" Not always in Its present
form, but before Adam was placed In
the Garden of Eden. the plan OF saliva
ton was outlined by the Father When
ever IL has in any age been made
known to the children of men, 1T has
carried with ii laws which require acts
of obedience. 1t can never be said OF
the Father I'm the final Judgment that
He lacked I'm warning His children OF
the coming Of calamlties. John, the
beloved disciple of Christ. was permit
ted to see IN panorama what shouid
occur in the future one scene that ne
saw and wrote of was an angel lying
through the midst of heaven bearing
the everlasting Gospel to all natione
of the earth This message was one of
warning. The opportunity would at
This time be given the inhabitants oil
the earth TO subscribe to the Gospel
and escape, or else I'm all justice suffer
punishment at the hands Of God.
Elder Taylor related an incident In
his early boyhood, and referred TO the
belief of the Latter-day SAINTS IN VI
carlous work for the dead as being one
thing that led his mother TO embrace
the Gospel. The speaker said that
faith I'm God In the Savior and In HIS
atonernent were basic principles, which
all must have faith I'm. Not a iaNh
without works, but faith exhibiting
obedience 20 the commandments OF
God.
In referring TO the beliefs OF the
world regarding the Latter-day Saints
and their teachings on virtue, he eN-
nlained the high regard which the Lat
ter-day Saints have for virtue. lie said
thev believed that those who do not
live mn 10 the teachings Of the Gospel
ON this principle will forfeit their rights
10 the highest degree of glory IN the
hereafter. TIE speaker congratulated
the Saints OF the Pioneer stake upon
the completeness of their organlSatloIl'
and invoked the blessings of the LORD
upon them.
President Francis NJ. Lyman OF the
Council Of the Twelve Apostles was me
last speaker. He said Paul had SAID:
'The Gospel Is the power OF God unto
salvation for the living as well as Tor
the dead. II was more valuable TO men
than the wealth OF this world, bringing
salvation for us now as well aS IN me
future. 1t brings a certain KNOWLEDGE
of God the Father. Jesus Christ whom
Ho GENT. and the Holy Ghost, which
leads the way TO eternal lie. ~ lhe
present time the world Is In confusion,
even as I'm the days when CHRIST was
born I'm Judea, and sent forth HIS DIS
ciples nroclaiping that He that De-
lieyeth and is baptized shall be saved,
ana ne that belleveth not shall be
damned" Now. az then, the vital point
of the Gosue is obedience. Man may
reject falsehood and not be condemned,
receive II, and not be saved; but ne
cannot reject the truth and be saved.
Therefore Il behooves all to know OF
surety tbst they are embracing the
truth. Those who listen to the Gospel
and reject IL win be condemned, as
Announced by the Savior. This does
not apply 20 the forms OF worship in
stltuted by man. Nor will II apply, TO
the Gospel taught by the Prophe T
Joseph Smith, If il can be shown that
it is a man-made system ard not au-
| thorlzed OF the Lord. But 1t Is the
truth. IL the Father introduced the
Son TO joseph. az he introduced Him to
John on the banks Of the Jordan then