Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-19

His ornclnAIon ana ascension, lie
established Ills Church among them,
the same ~ lie had done ON that
saotorn continent, We read In the 10th
chapter Of John verso ~, whore jesus
snid, land other sheep have ! which
are not Of this fold them also must /
bring and they fhall hear my voice,
ana there SHAH bu one iold and one
Shepherd
when Jesus mlnlstorcd In the land
~ Palestine, he established lils
church uud sent the Apostles out iu
preach the Gospel ana TO hdpllgo IN
The n6mo Of The Father ana OF the SON
aud Of the Holy Ghost The Apostles
could not como upon this land, be-.
cause II was not discovered But they
prcnchod The Gospel In all parts " tho
world known to them
The nrst people settled upun the
western continent Just after the scat,
tcrlnR of the builders of the Tower uf
babel aud the confusion Of luguNRDH
About 600 years w. g., another colony,
n branch Of the house " Israel mnded
upon the shores OF the western world,
The Book of Mormon gives the history
Of these people, ana tolls Of the coming
among them Of Jesus Christ, who
preached the Gospel 10 them IN great
plnlnncss. The Bible ubounds I'm fix.
urntlyc language that N not always
easily understood, hut IN the Book OF
Mormon the word of the Lord H. re-
NeOlod IN great plNnnosA Tho Lar
tcr-dnv Saints believe that by the pow,
er II God Joseph smith translated mo
hiorogyrhlcs IN which this book was
engraved, Many hnvc tried 10 lmpoich
II nnd have failed, II IN unimpoachs
al. A.. H. 10 a.
Lord, II docs away with tho notion
often indulRcd IN that the Savior was
only master mind among men, lt
establishes the fnct that 1esus ~ the
Christ, the Son of the llvug God. llo
was IN The beginning with god ~
John the Apostle says Jesus, the Chrst,
born an the humble NNgurcnc, was
erucilled ana WAS raised nom tho dead,
and NJ I'm very deed the San Of the
Eternal God. These things are taught
to our little children,
We believe all that God does now re-.
veal II may be asked, H. II possible
that God reveals thlnga now why
not7 Why should He not reveal his
mind and viii now ms Ilo dld IN former
tlmes2 our Christian friends believe
there was 10 be no revelation after
christ, But aid lie not say "Bchold
] send unto YOU wise men an ! proph.
cts and some Of them We sh IN Mi I"
otc,2 Did llo not place IN hlt Church
Apostles and Prophets endowed with
the spirit ~ revelation The spirit of
revelation was with the members also
Of the early Church. When people
came 90 believe IN the Christian faith
ana were baptized, hands were laid
upon them for the Wit Of the Holy
Ghost They had one Lord, one Aith
and ono baptism, ana members Nv well
M leaders spoke by the Spirit Of the
Lord, II God gave those blessings to
the church after the departure OF
christ, why can we not have them
now The Apostle Peter said that
God was no respoctor of persons All
people are the children of God, Then
why should we not have the word of
the Lord, M they did IN times Of old
Some say I'VE have the Bible and
10 not need anything moro, "But pco.
pie rond the Bible IN a hundred dIflor-
cnt ways, and sectH continue TO multi.
ply, Men have slain their follow men
because they differed In belief con.
corning what the Bible teaches, The
natural man understands not the
things % God, II " only by the Holy
Spirit that spiritual things can be dis
ccrnod Tho Lord hears ana answers
prayer We teach this principle TO
our children, Jesus said, ASK ana
yo shall receive, seek and We shall tnd,
knock and II shall be opened unto you
Joseph Smith read the words Of
| James, ~ any Of you lack wisdom
| let him ask Of God, who giVcth Co al,
men literally and uphrnidelh not and
| II shah bo given him Joseph had
| gone 10 hear the various sec,t,. ana
| had found confusion and contradiction
| Following the words Of scripture, he
went into II grove aud prayed for
knowledge, Tho Father and the Son
appeared to him They were real
tangible beings, not something unlan'
the word Of the Lord should
be given TO him lie was visited by
angels, and the Gospel was again rec
stored to earth We believe IN thes,
things, ana that God continues 10 rps
veal Himself In this day I'm the booN
Of Doctrine ana Covenants are found
q number Of revelations given 60 lo'
soph smith, for our guidance and Tor
the discipline of the church, rhriet
was the organiser Of this Church, ana
lie IL with II and viii remain with ~
The speaker testified that he Knew
lndl to1 nN'N, llC VoVN NV wv" llbV'
lie does not fail We teach our chl,-
dron that God win lead and guide
them. IN the fourteenth chapter of tn
Book OF Revelation It says and ! saw
another angel dying through the midst
of heaven, having the everlasting Cos.
pol 20 Irench 60 them that dwell upon
the earth and unto every nation, KIM
drod, tongue and people" People who
believe In the l3ihlo say that was some'
thing that had already happened, This
idea " not true II was something yea
IN the future M announced IN Row W.
verse I, Where arc the Christian people
who believe IN this prophecy They
believe that angels were not to conh
any more,
Elder perrose testified that the angel
had come 20 the earth, and that the
Prophet Joseph smith had Obtained
from him the plates containing the fuls
ness of the everlasting Gospel and Goa
has called men nv Of old, The restored
Gospel IN being carried 10 all nations
aud the message 90 all men IN % repent
and obey the Gospel II they win turn
unto Him Ito viii draw near unto
them II they VIII be baptized In the
name Of the Father aud Of the son and
~ the Holy Ghost, by men authorized
~ uod, the Comforter VIII rest upon
thon, and " win bear witness TO them
that God has fulnllod His word ana
has gathered hero people from All M.
lions, The man who stands ~ the
head Of tho Church today receives tho
word Of the Lord for the people,
The children Of tho Lolt>r.day Saints
are taught 10 serve God and TO walk
uprghlly before HIM They are taught
that christ win come 10 earth Ia reign
glorouRly, the earth wll be cloansod Of
sIn ana lIghl and truth win prevail uni
ycrnally
After solo by Bertha RnylIss Dcnr.
oRouec. o We Mortols,o and the bonc-
dIcllon was pronounced by Patriarch
John Smith