Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-30
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Speakers Bear Record Of the Mis-.
sion Of Jesus Christ

Inc AFTERNOON session was held I'm the
! Tabernacle the lower potion of the
building being weI filled. The speak .
! ers were Elders David AIcKen2i,,
! George Albert Smith and Charles W.
PenTose, who directed their attention
to the divine mission of Jesus Christ
and the similarity OF the work ancient.
~ and That established IN the latter
days
The choir sang the hymn.
Harlt listen TO the trumpeters
They sound for volunteers.
Prayer was offered by Elder Chas. II.
Hyde,
The choir further sang,
Prayer is the souls sincere desire,
Uttered or uneXpressed
Elder David Mckenzie was the first
speaker. lie said he esteemed #
very great privilege to be permitted to
stand before the congregation and bear
testimony Of the truth. Fifty-two
years had passed since he embraced
the Gospel Of Jesus Christ and during
that time he had had many testimonies
concerning the divinity OF the latter
day work. The Scriptures declared
that the natural man perceived not the
things Of God for they were foolishness
unto him. but the man OF God was
moved upon by the Spirit Of God This
accounted for the seeming Indifference
Of many TO take advantage Of the Cos
pei as It had been revealed, Men
sought TO solve the things of the king
dom through their own agency little
realizing that the things of God were
understood only by the Spirit Of God,
and that through this agency, and this
% "a q, M
stand things divine.
Prophecy said the speaker, was not
the mere fOretellng OF events. IL WIS
more than this. II learned men 20 dis
eliminate between right and wrong
and 70 discern the hand OF God In His
dealings with the children of men. in
II there was an element Of faith, for
a belief In Deity and that lie would
assist men IN dealing with the vital
problems OF life, manifested a degree
of faith which stamped the so-called
agnostc as one who had more conn-
dencc IN the promises OF God than he
pTotessed,
Elder Mc[tn2ie reviewed some OF
the prophcsies of old and affirmed that
Il was impossible for men, OF their
own foresight, to so clearly portray the
happenings Of years 10 come. Divinity
was stamped upon It's face showing be-
yond tho peradventure OF a doubt that
these men had been divinely called and
had been specially blessed TO discharge
the duties Of their prophetic calling
so II was with the urOphgsies Of Jo-
seph Smith. lie foretOld many events,
same Of which had already come to pass.
lie declared unto men that God had
spoken from the heavens and strength
oned this announcement with works
which have since proved him to be the
Prophet that he claimed TO be, This
boy was scorncd and rdiculed, lie was
porsecuted on every hand, and after ey-
erythng possible had been done 10
crush the work he had introduced. he
was cruelty put TO death but met it
nnnfully. declaring 20 the last that
his testimony was verify true, There
was no better evidence OF the divinity
of this work than the success IL had
met with since that time, Rather than
dia out. ms many supposed would be
the case IT continued 10 grow and
flourish, until today 1t was power IN
the land, and commanded the admira-
ton OF men.
ELDER GEORGE ALBERT SMITH
Elder George Albert smith addressed
the meeting He began by referring TO
phites 10 this country, and spoke %
their records, which gave an account
Of the appearance Ot Jesus Christ 10
the people of the new world, This cx-
planned the remark attributed TO Him IN
the New Testament when He said.
"Other sheep ] have that are not Of THIS
fold: them also must | visit and there
shall be one fold and one shepherd"
The speaker read from the Book OF
Mormon the account Of tho Savior's
appearance among the Nephites, and
pointed TO the fact that He had made
such Visit as fuhllment Of the |
promises OF God to His children, The !
Lord was no respector OF persons. He |
had designed that His children should |
be protected; that they should be given |
every opportunity TO embrace the Cos |
pei and live according 10 rs teachings, |
The visit Of the Savior 70 the Nephltes |
was ample evidence OF this, lie taught |
them as He taught the people OF the |
eastern continent, that IN the last day |
M might be judged by the same stand
ard, having received the same teach
lngs
This testimony bore evidence OF the
divinity Of the Book Of Mormon, Tor