Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-21
cHRIST's GOSPEL
S ONE OF DOING.
-, MITE 10 Sermon Delivered in
W. The Tabernacle by Prof.
J. H. Paul.
s srERNALLy PROGRESSIVE.
,hc savior Declared 1T Is Fin
shed lie Referred to His
Earthly Life Only.

large congregation was present at
robernacle services Yesterday
,roon. President John II. Winder
,dsd The opening hymn by the
r,.l, vas "Hark. Listen to the Trum-
.,.,sc Elder Hugh Watson offered
Invocation. after which From
y, Gracious Lord Thou Hast Gath
"a VA Tby Flock was rendered by the
choir
rider Joshua II. Paul was called
ooon 10 ADDRESS the congregation. lie
~ mat strangers are ofttimes sur
~ 49, 10 learn that the Lalter"day
sa,nts believe In the Old and In the
ysw Testament. On sunday morning
gentleman visiting at the sabbath
',bool attended By the speaker was
ssreeably disappointed to find that
~ Bhe was being taught there. The
sIsitor highly commended those VINO
nrsslded Tor teaching from the same
rnoS book that he himself used In the
ssss with which he was connected,
gssre is a Misunderstanding In the
I,G,ds Of majority of the people of
,to world concerning the belief and
s,sc,ces Of the Mormon" people, said
tlder paul. The name of Jesus Christ
(, he beginning and the end of Nor
..onism" The Saints believe that
hvs died for the sins Of the world
sst they do not believe that a mere ex-
nresson OF faith is sufficient 20 atone
a. wrongs committed. nor that II will
constute person true follower Of
fsrst. There can be no saving faith
without works. Peter admonished the
s,Ints Of his day, who had already ex-
srlsed faith and had obcyed other first
principles Of the Gospel to add to
heir faith virtue. and to virtue
knowledge: and to knowledge tenn
psranee. and to temperance patience;
and 10 patience goodness; and TO god
llness brothrely kindness; and to
brotherly kindness charity" These
were principles In direct opposition to
seven evils that the wise one of old
urged should be driven from the soul
OF man
The Gospel as believed In by the
Iatter-day Saints is a Gospel OF doing,
declared Elder Paul They lay not so
much stress upon the death of Christ
as DO their brethren of the Christian
world but attach more importance TO
His lie and resurrection. The speaker
enumerated the seven utterances Of
the Savior as He hung dying upon
the cross. explaining the circumstances
that called each one forth. Concern
Ing the Lords statement to the thief
This day thou shalt be with me in
Paradise Elder Paul showed conclu.
tiyeley that the saying could not DOS
sibh have meant that the malefactor.
who, so far as known, had only a nom
inal faith In the divinity OF the man
who hung BY his side. and who had not
obeyed the commands OF God, was I'M
mediately ushered into the presence Of
his Maker
Elder Paul explained what Christ
meant In MS words TO His fellow suf-
terer, as believed IN by the Latter-day
Saints, namely, that he who suffered
justly for his earthly wrongdoings met
that day IN Paradise Him who had
done no evil, and was there shown the
way whereby he might atone for the
doinss OF mortality.
Coming 10 the dying words of the
Savior OF mankind. 1T is finished"
Elder Pau said that the expression
could have meant nothing but that
The end Of His earthly life had come.
Soon thereafter He went TO preach to
the spirits IN prison, as testified TO by
Peter thus showing that His work
was by no means finished And will
me work Of redemption ever be An
lshed' asked the speaker. VIII there
ever come q time when there shall re-
main nothing to be done In all the
plans Of the Almighty? Not II the
revelations received by Joseph Smith
are true, answered Elder Paul. and not
y the words Of Christ are to be cred
'ied. The speaker said that he had
noticed with pleasure that no less a
distinguished scholar than Thomas
Green had promulgated the eternal pro-
erosion doctrines of "Mormonism."
Every one Of Gods creatures will be
saved who is capable of being saved.
Sild The speaker and this cannot be