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ly considered him as Gods first great

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teacher OF the last dspensation?
About one year before his death. the
Prophet Joseph, continued Elder Rob-
erts, gave expression to the sublime
thought, "The glory Of God is intell-
gence." 1t was a fallacy to say that
the Prophet depended upon ignorance
for a following and support for he 1t
was who said that no man can b.
saved in ignorance. However much
the great educators of the world valued
knowledge. which one of them had ever
declared that 1t was essential to saliva
ton in the eternal world? II had re-
manned for the Prophet Joseph Smith
to proclaim that the intelligence gained
in mortality by an individual would be
the portion of that individual after thu
resurrection and be his Joy and bless
ing throughout eternity. Where, asked
the speaker. could there be found
deeper incentive TO seek for wisdom
and knowledge, than IN the words Of
the modern Prophet?
Another gem of thought expressed by
Joseph Smith was that men are saved
no faster and no farther than they
learn obedience 10 law, for salvation is
predicated upon adherence to the laws
that govern and control everything in
the universe.
Not one OF the greatest philosophers
of earth has given an ineligible DELI
milton OF the term truth" or has corr
rectly answered the query what il
truth2" When that great question was
put by PLATE to the Master, the divine
lips remained sealed, doubtless for
good and sufficient reason.
Joseph Smith answered the question
in this way said Elder Roberts:
Truth is a knowledge of things that
are, that have been. and that will be-
In word truth IL the sum Of exist
ence The fact that OH the earth or on
other planets of the universe. there is
more or less ignorance as to certain
truths and the principles underlying
them, II Ia evident that somewhere
there are intelligences that do compre
bend and cognize them, The definition
OF truth as given by Joseph Smith. said
the speaker is not a dead sea with
painted ships, but is as wide and deep
as boundless ocean.
Another statement OF the Prophet
namely, that Every man whose spirit
receiveth not the light is under con-
demnation,' may be considered narrow
and bigoted, said Elder Roberts, but
he did not so deem It, The same voice
that gave utterance to those words,
has also said that man is spirit. and II
not constrained and held back by his
own stubbornnoss and unwllipgnesS,
II is as natural that a mans spirit will
move forward and upward and become
united with the spirit OF intelligence
aud truth as 1t is for Il fame to be
drawn to fame
Joseph Smith taught, too. that the
spirit Of man was uncreated and eter-
nal, continued the speaker, The Chris
tlan world believes that I'm the begin
ming Jesus who was the Word, was
with the Father That being true. why
is il unreasonable to believe that other
spirits than that of the Son of God
were there also? Indeed. II had been
revealed 10 the Latter day Saints,
through the Prophet Joseph that the
spirits OF all men were with the Father,
and that there is something in man
that never was and never could be cree
ated Thus Joseph Smith taught the
reality of the Fatherhood OF Goa and
the brotherhood OF man. The same iu-
spired man also proclaimed the goat
truth that the elements are eternal,
and that the elements. including man,
are the tabernacles Of God. Sixty-one
years after these truths were taught
by the earthly head Of "Mormonism,"
noted writer In the person Of Henry
Drummond had given expression to
similar views as though they were
something new under the sun II II
gratifying, said the speaker, to know
that the leaven OF "Mormonism' is
working and that the great cause OF
truth has ADLER tongues and pens out
side the Church than inside. proclaim
ing principles that were revealed to
the Prophet Joseph Smith and he will
yet be appreciated as a servant Of the
Most HIGH