Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-11
F[D[R WHITNEY
At TABERNACLE.
addresses a Large Congregation
''' comprised Of Latter-day
Saints and Tourists.
RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL.
.,orism. He Declares, Stands Tor
''' The principle of Direct and Con-
tinuous Revelation.

...,,d,v,s services at the Iaper-
~ rere attended by a larger con-
i''s ,,Ion man has attended the resu-
- sunday meeting for long time
IA ,,her was IDEAL and among the
ins Of church goers VINO are
NV ~ assemble in the great audi
'O -, ware many tourists, VINO Were
.,.rssted listeners to the remarks ,S OF
i IlIsar 0rson +. whitney, VINO "us ~, nv
L'r, of the OCCASION ana ~
sp,snSid ,nusic rendered by tne cilVi a.,
Tns onening number was our ~ ~
t r,lse to Thee by the cnol. an III
,~orgreration, and selectlons ~ NC
eg Snsr Ssre, what was witnessed W M M.
t i'or and the anthem, AWahe .ns
seri" Mrs Lizzie Thomas buWaIu az ~
Wv ~ + Phillips singing the duet III III n,n'
N,tsr The invocation ana pe Insa,,,
,ion we're pronounced by hlaers 1ose ,.a
wv y rsvlor and Angus NJ. cannon, ~
snnsctiyely, while President John ~
,,,nSar presided over the services.
Elder whitney spoke IN substance az
io a,vs have been singing Of the restora-
a,n Of the everlasting gospel. MOI
' nan so called, stands Tor the sus,
nsgs restoration in this the dlspeIlshtIu,i u
~ ne fullness of times, ana Tor lne
rr,ncinle Of direct and continuous reVs-
teaNon between the heavens anu ule
oarth 1t stands for the reopenlls
~ communication between Goa su1
man II asserts the reasonapleness VI
this proposltion. II sees no goou reasol !
nv ,II an impartial. Interchangeable Con
N1'rs not communicate with His chill
sgu," n, these days just the same as He
o,,t with them In the ages
, ,,os, rrovided the channel of commun-
ic lIi, has been regularly opened and
,ba conditions obeyed upon which an
sgch blessings are promised ana preui-
Gated"
THE LAST DIsPENsATIoN,
The sneaker then explained that the
1atter-day Saints believe that the dis-
ppnsation in which we live is the uls,
pensation Of the tulness of times anu
mat II is so called because II ~ tne
last and greatest dispensatlon' ana IL If
Inc one 10 which the Apostle Paul re-
ferred when he spoke of the restltu-
ton Of all things, which haa peeh
spoken of by the prophets since the
world began.
MIGHTY AWAKENING.
Elder Whitney then read the preface
10 Farley P. Pratts book, Key to
Theology" written 80 years ago, re-
ferrins to his day as a day Of progress
and rapid advances and of wonderful
revolutions. 1.-The very foundations OF
society, social, political, commercial.
moral and religious, seem to be shaken
as with a mighty earthquake then re-
ferring 10 the great Inventions OF steam
electricity etc, the speaker said that
while all this progress was apparent
In the lines stated vet religion seemed
10 be at standstill, and the creeds of
the day were adapted to narrow
sphere OF intellectual Development. They
could not grow In keeping with the
progressive principles Of the age. AS,
a result. the greatest minds of the
Christian world were breaking loose
from the old moorings and Withdrawing
from established and venerated sys-
tens, and society was divided and
broken up in state OF confusion,
without standard or rallying point.
Elder Whitney showed the effect of
MOrmonism upon those conditions.
and spoke at length Of the mission of
the Prophet Joseph Smith and the
organization Of the Church. Refer
ence was made to some particulars In
which progress has been made In the
world since the establishment of this
work In regard TO the personality
OF God. the old idea that He is an in
comprehensive being without body.
parts or passions, universal spirit.
az essence. this idea is disappearing,
and Christendom today is beginning
70 accept the doctrine as taught by
ule latter-day Saints, and as taught