Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-29
Theme Of Discourse Delivered
sunday Afternoon by Elder
Mathenihah Thomas.
FULFILMENT or PROPHECY.
p,,alellons Brought TO Pass In the
Inspired Founding Of the AmerI
eau Nation,

N
st,ho Mormon" people, discoursed up-
an NV Elder Mathonlhah Thomas, Tho
w,etlrg was we'll attended and was pre-
slacd over by President John H. VIM
dth
Tho choir sang the hymns
softly beams the sacred dnwning,
6f the great mllcnlal morn,
Prayer was offered by Elder philip y,
MaycCck
Tho choir sang
c,p,o dearest Lord, descend and C'@oll
By ,ath ana love IN every breast
rlAer AIathonlhah Thomas was the
,roakor, lie began Wy reading irom
H. aecond book OF Nophi IN the Book
~ Mormon, which book, he explained,
,yoe a sacred record entrusted 10 tho
saint, IN the latter days The passage
,Sod referred 90 the restoration Of lss
,osl la the lands OF their inheritance,
,ven the land OF America Whirh was
IN be land Of lbcrlH over which mo-
Nina lhould ever rule Elder Thomas
@slrl attention 90 this prophecy nud
n, remarkable fullllmouL showing
Mainly that this was indeed a lana OF
PROMISE, htauoaihod 10y Goa To llN
chosen people, ana that the book IRON
which no had read was nm Inspired Nol'
umc held IN reserve TO come iorlh ~
latter times
hook of Nophi nn account Of a vision
sIyon unto Ncphi 900 years before
Christ, An which ho was permitted 90
hohoh the land Of promise inhabited nv
Cha entities, because Of the poed 81
israel haying dleOhoyed the word NJ
0od This hc explained, hnd literally
came % pass The NophitoS thcmsolNos
vtro forcly Bmltltn for their mlsoon'
dutt and nnally the Hcntiles came here
and Wero pfoapcrod exceedingly ns an
object lesson unto those who had re-
hsted the law Of God,
In this connection Elder Thomas
called attention 20 the birth of tho
American nation ana the noble tpNb
which took part I'm IT, lie spoke Of mo
beliefs of the lnttor.day Snlnie on thla
point, expressing the conviction mat
Inc snthofR of our country were IA
spirod OF God 10 do the Ihngs which
la to tho formation OF this republic,
one significant feature Of the WORK
performed was the rght granted unto
men TO worship God according TO th1
dictates OF their own conscience Many
OF the carly settlers " this country
were mon who came here to escape OPP
progsion, htnpcd upon them 10y those
who dd not believe az they ala, They
were men who desired freedom OF roe
llclous worship, ana their influence WUa
folt m framing the Fundamental laws OF
Tina country This gave IN the nation
freedom Of thought speech and &C.,
ZION nnd the prediction was fullllcd
that this land Of promise should also be
land OF liberty,
Eldor Thomas alluded 20 the rostorl'
ton ~ me Gospel and the organization
NJ the church OF Christ THIS, be sal y
WAS part OF the plan OF dol
n was all on the program, one cyonl
paving the way for the other IN order
10 advance the Interests of 0od'H KING
dom upon the earth, There was noth.
INK accidental IN II at all The Lord
hld predicted II through Ills servants
ana those predictions had boon fhllllod
to Tho very letter
Tho La,lcr.day saints, said tho
speaker were foremost In believing IN
the inspired founding Of the American
nation Their religion was a religion
of liberty. They believed the ConslItu'
tlon OF the country was nm inspired M
Nrumoni framed by men moved upon
Ny tho Spirit Of God. Prophecy, said
the speaker, was history roVoraod, ana
an that was spoken by Inspired acrs
wants W God, would come 10 pass ana
hc fulfilled IN the end
Tho "Morm0ns sald Nldor Thomas,
were a loyal, patriotic, llberly.loving
people They were not M represented
by their onomloR-aa prostitution com.
munlly rendered subscrVlcnt 20 he VIII
NJ mon, but were governed by the law
NJ dol, ana u voluntary desire TO do
rehL
Tho speaker alluded to the poraocu'
ton hoppod upon the savior IN Ills
day, 10 the disbelief which has always
existed concerning the dlylnc calling. OF
prophets OF God, ana To the incrodll'
Ivy OF men with reference TO the d.
vine mission OF the Prophet Joseph
Smith This condition. No said, mad
always obtained ana was hn obslN'
Gle 10 Ne overcome Tho "MormonN
vera liberal In their religious views
They loved their country ana NE lnetl'
iutlona ana on moro than ont occasion
had shown their loyalty by oheyinf
their country'a call a notable m
fllnco ot thla was the response ~ th'
Mormon Battalion IN times of hard
shlp ana prlyntlon, on when occasion
they acquitted Themselves with honoi
ana credit,
Tho choir sang the anthem, "uloMoui
l8 Thy Name" ana the bonedlctlon wal
pronounced by President william
Mclaohl0n ~ Pioneer stake