Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-23
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY.

truth, The savior said, Ell We win do
the win of the Father, ye shall know of
the doctrine and this had been the
message Of the Mormon Elders for %
years.
The speaker said &c was sometimes
quite difficult to prove the truth TO UNI
believers. The Savior experienced this
difficulty tOr despite His declarations
there were many who would not be con-
WINGED of the divinity Of His mission.
The Scriptures declare, by their
fruits Sc shall know them" and boy It's
fruits was "MormOnIsm" willing 10 be
judged The Latter-day Saints aid not
claim TO be perfect They were willing
to be compared with other people, but
regarded ID as manifes.ly unfair to
Doe Judged alone by the standard OF
perfection. Latter-day Saints I'M COOL
standing were among the best people
ON Garth, The Gospel taught them TO
be moral high-minded law-abiding citi-
zens II lifted them above the groyel-
ling things OF the earth and place
them on the pinnacle of truth honesty
and strict morality.
Concluding President Cannon said he
was not afraid the Saints would suffer
anything by comparison. Generally
speaking they We're good neighbors and
good citizens. for the Gospel taught
them to be self-sacrifcing and placed
restraint upon them which kept them
In the path Of righteousness and made
them better men and better women.
Blind obedience was not required Of the
people, nor was a characteristic Of
Mormon" fealty.
ELDER CHARLES w. PENROSE.
The choir rendered the selection.
True to the Faith" after which Elder
Charles w. PenrOse addressed the
meeting lie said I'm part:
Il take great pleasure IN bearing
testimony To the truth OK the remarks
made by Elder Cannon, and ] wish
more had been present az the morning
meeting to have heard the enco lraging
reports made concerning the condition
OF the work OF the Lord I'm the Liberty
stake of Zion, These reports showed
that the work there is certainly abreast
of that in some other localities.
Brother Cannon IN his remarks
made reference to tNo important pass
sages of Scripture. one was uttered
by the savior VINO declared, My doc
trine Is not mine but His that sent me,
II any man Will do the viii Of the
Father, he shall know OF the doctrine
whether it Us of God or whether 1
speak OF myself" The other was the
statement Of Peter in answer to tho
Saviors remark Whom sayest thou
that | ann said he, Thou art the
Christ the Son of the Living Cod Said
the Savior. Blessed art thou Simon
Barjona, for flesh and blood hath not
revealed this unto thee, but my Father
who is I'm heaven
Nearly all this congregation" said
Elder Penrose believe IN Jesus as the
Redeemer OF the world But many
people do not Theu look upon Him
as great teacher but not I'm the light
Of His being the Savior OF the world
Jesus Christ was the veritable Son OF
the Eternal Father He declared
Himself such, as did also His Apostles
who ministered with Him. The Gospel
they preached was the Gospel of Jesus
Christ The Savior declared that the
doctsne was not His but His that sent
Him, and that 80 r'en would do the will
of the Father they should be given a
KNOWLEDGE of It's divinity. How were
'hev 20 receive this KNOWLEDGE? By
revelation, a principle lost sight Of by
the children OF men for centuries.
Draw near unto me and / will draw
near unto YOU saith the Lord of
Hosts. one Of the Apostles writing 10
the Corinthians speaks OF the g,orles Of
Gods kingdom ana says: Eye hath
not seen nor ear heard, neither hath II
entered into the heart OF man the things
which God hath prepared Tor them that
love Him But God hnth revealed
them unto us 10y His Spirit
Speaking Of His departuro
Jesus said; when I go away I shall
send unto you the Comforter and lie
shall show YOU things To- come and re-
veal unto you the things OF the Father
and the Son, No man knoweth the
son but the Father, nor the Father but
the Son, and he TO whom the Son will
reveal Him" Through the Holy Ghost
men may know OF Jesus Christ and the
divinity Of His mission. They may
know this by revelation. Christ came
70 manifest this unto the world. Men
had rejected tho Lord from the begin
ming, and In the days of Noah they
were scourged with a nood FOR their
unbelief The people OF the world put
out the lights that God had placed for
their benefit and the people had been
taught that the voice Of the Lord Is
silent, and that the Bible contains the
full word Of the Lord being complete
and perfect. This Idea permeated all
religious systems IN Christendom.
81 done wish TO find fault" said the
speaker, "but simply 20 draw your at
tention to q few facts. when the Apos-
Ties declared their message TO the
world, they were scoffed at, rldiculed
and put 10 death, because Of the seem
ing absurdity OF revelation. What do
We mean by revelation That
al men may have - revelation