Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-19
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tiful than tho human form which Goa
had irninod2 Tho Lord dellRhts IN
oNorything that contributes 10 the bone'
IN ~ man, who had been placed upon
the earth for n DEFINITE purpose,
Ito had thoroughly enjoyed the morn.
Ing meeting at which the children hnh
gathered ana taken part IN the eNer-
clscs, This conference represented only
about ono.fourih Of the Sunday school
children Of tho Latter'day saints M thla
city No building would be- adequate
TO hold the members ~ the sunday
schools of this stake and those " the
other three stakes embraced within the
city limits, The children assembled
presented beautiful picture, They
were dressed IN becoming attire ana
many OF the girls wore wroaths ~
flowers upon their heads Among the
exercises given WAS the concert recith'
ton Of various texts of scripture, ana
80 well did the little ones acquit thon,'
selves that many IN the congregation
were moved to toOrs ms they listened,
lie rejolccd 20 know that the great ma
iorI,y Of the children Of the L0ttcr'day
saints are following IN the footsteps ~
their parents and are preparing mem.
selves 10 assume the responsibilities ot
fathers have passed away, Anu
with the advantages OF education
witch the younger generation enjoy,
thoy viii be lifted 10 10 greater work
than their parents have been able 10
accomplish Elder pcnIoso thanked
God that he had been permitted TO
gaze upon such u sight nv the Tabor'
npcle had this day presented, ana he
lcioicod IN the great work being per-
formed by the children ~ the Latter
day Saints, IN preparing themselves
Tor the coming Of our Lord and Master
Jesus Christ
The children had rocllcd IN concert
the Articles u Faith Of tho Church OF
Jesus christ of Latter'dAy SAINTS,
Those are AN opitomo Of the principles
Of tho church as prepared by tho
Prophet Joyonh Smith, IN compliance
with the request ~ man named Jn'
Wentworth, who desired TO know what
the saints believed IN, The speaker
desired 60 consider for u short time two
of these articles, namely, the ninth and
the eleventh. The AMt Of these reads
ns follows
I'VE believe an that God has revealed
on that lie does now reveal and We
,llcvo Ne VIII yet reveal many great
and important things pertaining to the
kingdom of God"
The other In,
"Wo claim tho privilege OF Worship
ms Amlghty God according 10 the die
tntes Of our own conscience, and allow
all men the same privilege let them
worship how, whore or what they
may"
The ilrst article here quoted shows
that tho belief OF Lattor.day saints
differs from that ~ our Christian
friends, The latter believe IN the Bible
as tho only revealed word Of God, We
also believe IN the Bible 70 far az II
~ translated correctly Tho Bible does
not contain all that God has revealed,
loth IN tho Old and In the New Tosta.
mcnts we read OF sacred books that
are not contained within the lids Of the
90 tho Bible, the Latter.day Saints be.
llove IN tho Book Of Mormon, Tho first
" u partial record Of Gods dealings
with tho people who Inhabited the cast
orn continent while the letter is u
history OF peoples and events on the
western hemisphere, many years ago,
II was revealed 10 the Prophet Josoph
Smith, and we believe IN It's divinity
~ well ns IN that OF the Bible, Tho
article of faith quoted SAYS also that
we believe IN all that God does now
reveal, In this we dlfor materially
from our Christian friends, But we
conoodo their rights 10 worship God
according 20 tho dictates Of their cons
sciences, how whore or what they
may We also ooncodo the
right Of men not TO worship
God az all, II they 40 choose, Each I'm.
dlvdual Is responsible to the Almighty
for himself or herself llcathens may
bow down before idols II they plongo
and people may worship a being With
out body, parts or passions, II thoy 80
desire Be their belief or lack OF belief
what II may, we win not deny them
liberty of conscience lhor0in,
iint the Lotlor'dny Saints have not
always been accorded the right TO wor.
SHIP God AZ their conscience dictated,
Thcy have been driven from state to
state, and finally were forced 10 Jour-
ney 10 this land, that they might be
free 90 exercise their religious Views
ana even here they are not always let
alone In tho exercise " principles that
appeal 10 them rs being true. Tho Int.
ter'day saints claim the right and priv.
lloge Of serving tho Lord In the way ap.
pointed unto thom, ana they allow 9th.
ers the same right Each individual
VIII have 10 render an account 10 God
tho Father Of all Tor his acts while in
mortality
We use what IN known ~ King
James translation Of the Bible, n con-
tnlna the word OF the Lord, But II also
elves the words Of men, " women ana
Of tho doyll, Speaking Of tho belief
Of tho "Mormons' M TO tho Bible, Hen.
ny Ward Boocher said, They believe il
Ike thunder" We believe that in for.
mcr times mon spoke and wrote as they
were moved upon by the Holy 0host
and their words were the word Of the
Lord, When they spoke of things To
come, they meant Just what they said,
and their predictions came 10 pass or
viii yet be ful1lled literally,
The Book OF Mormon contains tho
revelations given to prophets upon this
continent This land was pooplod long
ago by race superior 20 ana different
from tho Indians now inhhbllIng H.
They were hghly civilized, ~ Ia evil.
donced by tho monuments ana ruins
found IN various parts OF the country,
The Book Of Mormon gives the history
Of those ancient people, the sayIngs OF
their prophots ana tho visit
them Of Jesus Christ, after