Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-24

as 80 see me have" This thought the
speaker, was a most important declara-
ton, as Il demonstrated TO the discl-
pies that indeed, Jesus, the Christ had
come forth out Of the tomb. That they
might know that His body was tangi.
BILE lie ate some broiled fish and
honcycomb. Later, lie presented Him
self to Thomas, who doubted, and cN-
hlbted TO him the prints Of the mans
I'm His feet and hands, OF
the spear wound In his side.
or him the Savior remarked,
BLESSED art thou Thomas, for having
seen and believed, but more blessed
are they, who have not seen, but yet
have believed
Elder pnrose said the Latter-day
Saints were not wholly dependent upon
that which Is written In the ancient
Scriptures. They priced them as high
~ as any people upon earth, but I'm the
Nineteenth century the Lord had re-
yealed TO them His mind and viii and
had made plain many things not wholly
explained In the Bible.
Elder Penrose took up the ministry Of
Jesus Christ and referred to His bap-
tsm by John In the river Jordan, He
told If His betrayal by Judas for 30
pieces OF silver, and referred TO other
incidents leading up to His crlcuiiNion.
His statement to one Of the indicators
crucihed beside Him, To-day shalt thou
be with me I'm Paradise" was cited to
show that greater signihcaace at
tached TO It than the world generally
understood. Peter answered this ques-
ton clearly as to where Christ was
while His body was In the tomb, for
he explained that while His body lay In
the tomb, Jesus Christ who had been
crucined, went and preached to the
spirits in prison which sometime were
disobedient when once the long suiter-
ing OF God waited In the days OF
Noah" lie preached TO them the same
Gospel He had preached TO the living,
that they might be Judged according
to men I'm the flesh, but live according
Ii God in the spirit lie went there on
fulfllment Of Isaiahs prophecies con-
corning Him to "open the prison to
them that were bound TO lead cap
tivity captive and grasp the keys Of
hell and Of death This showed the
mercy Of God over all His works
and dissipated the idea prevalent in
the world, that there was no nope tor
sinners beyond the grave.
Elder Penrose referred TO the glories
Of eternity and In connection herewith
read from the 10Th section Of the book
of Doctrine and Covenants, concerning
"a vision given 10 Joseph smith, the
Prophet. ana Sidney Rgdon, Feb. l6,
1892. These men testified that the heav-
ems were opened to them and that they
saw Jesus the Christ sitting ON the
right hand Of God, exercising power and
great glory Jesus was "tho first fruits
of them that slept" and His sufferings
upon the cross atOned for the original
sin ana brought about the resurrection
of am the race Of Adam II had been
decreed that an mankind should suffer
death. and should be Judged according
10 the deeds done in the body. John,
the Revelator, was permitted to see
this. for he said he Saw the dead,
small and great, stand before God, ana
the books We're opened and they were
Judged ont Of the things written IN the
books, according 20 their works, And
the sea gave up the dead which
We're In It; death and he'll delivered up
the dead which We're In them and they
We're all Judged, every man according
10 his works
The speaker dwelt upon the person
atty Of the risen Jesus Christ and
contrasted the mortal with the immor-
tai, showing the change brought by the
resurrection Of the body He testified
to the reality Of the resurrection, and
the glories that awaited those who ac-
cepted the Savior and kept His COM
mandments. The result rested with