Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-27
PRIMITIVE GOSPEL
AGAIN RESTORED
Elder George F. Richards and
Prest. Francis N. Lyman Speak
At Tabernacle Service.
ONLY ONE PLAN OF SALVATION


The speakers at the tabernacle yes
terday afternoon were Elder George p,
richards aud President Francis M.
Lyman, Of The quorum Of tho apostles.
Tho former dwelt upon tho apusthsy
from the primitive Christian church
and the restoration OF the gospel Ia
latter times. quoting extensively from
tho Scriptures and from cmincnt &C.
clesiastical writer's In support Of his
argument President Lyman read the
thirty-frst chapter Of Second Nephi
Rs showing the harmony that exists
between the Book OF Mormon aud the
Bible.
The services we're presided over b.
President John X. Windcr. Author
OF Faith Eternal Word GLORY TO
God on High" with sheathed
Sword. ana LET The Mountains
Shout For JOY were the selections
rendered by the choir, the DoNolpgy
being sung by the entire congregation
after tho last named anthem Elder
Joseph s. Wells offered the invocation
and President Anthem II. Lund pro-
nounced the benediction.
ELDER RICHARDS.
Upon mere handful Of people rests
the responsibility of carrying the mes
sage of redemption To the ends OF the
earth, said Elder Richards, The gos-
pei is Z; free gift TO the entire human
race. all men having their agency to
accept the boon of eternal life or to
reject the same to their condemnation
The glad tidings mus, be preached TO
all, for each soul must he judged by
he Ia would b.a 111i1lSt call
men to account for something they
knew not of. The Gospel is divine, not
man made. one mortal can not re-
deem another. nor can he do more thRn
to add Ia his own salvation by render
ing obedience ~ the commandments OF
God
Through the Indifference and lack OF
appreciation OF mankind the gospel
has sometimes been taken from the
earth. said the speaker, and during
such periods millions have lived and
died without hearing It. In the eternal
justice Of God provisions have been
made for such, AS well as for those who
have had the privilege Of hearing the
glad word. The Latter-dhy Saints
claim that there was a departure from
the gospel of the son of God soon after
his crucifiXion and the martyrdom OF
His Immediate successors at the mead
OF the Church established by Him.
upon tine thtblS llidi NhNll an Ap'oANHN
did take place, the restoration OF the
gospel Is predicted, ana II there was
no such departure from the teachings
OF the Master, all claims To restora-
lion are spurious.
Elder Richards quoted extensively
from the sayings OF Christ and of MS
disciples az we'll as from the predlc-
tions OF prophets who lived before the
coming OF the Son of Man to prove
that the Faith once delivered 70 the
Saints should for a season be lost TO
the world after the apostles fell asleep.
Paganism was substituted for Christl-
anity in great measure retaining the
name of the latter but having little OF
Its doctrines and orgs nization. r"e
laws were transgressed. the ordinances
changed and the everlasting covenant
broken. BY and by the Reformers
came and did much TO correct evils
that they found existing They made
no claim to having been diviuely called,
but set about to better the condition OF
the world as best they could.
Such was the situation when Joseph
Smith came upon the scene. He was
sailed and ordained OF God to usher
N the last dispensaton. Through the
revelations impaired to him from ON
Ugh the Gospel was restored In all it's
primitive purity and perfection, and
The Church of Christ was organized
as in former times. with all the keys,
powers and authorities thereof
PRESIDENT +. NJ. LYMAN
This Church is remarkable, said Ell
ler Lyman, from the fact that II has
three volumes of Scripture-the Jewish
Scriptures, the Nephite Scriptures aud
the American Scriptures, and the three
are In harmony one with the other
However much truth men may WRITE
whether religious, philosophical or sci.
al