Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-03

made to the disciples and followers. and
| He further promised them the Holy
| Ghost. the Comforter, the Spirit of God
| that should come from the Father and
| the Son--that Spirit which should take
4 of the things of God and show them to
| the disciples. reveal unto them things
| that were to come, bring to their mem
| cries things that had passed and en-
! tighten their minds on things that We're
! present All these things Christ did
| and promised to the faithful follow
| crs in HIS day, and for these good
! works, for these glorious promises that
He made to them on condition of ac-
ceptanca. they cried out: r. elease
| Barabbas"-a wicked man. a convict
sentenced to death, a murderer" Re-
lease him. but cruelty Jesus!. Put Him
to death. Let His blood be upon us
| and our Children
That was the cry of the people in that
day; it is the cry of some of the peo-
| pie today; it is the cry of the ignorant
| or of those who are possessed of the
| same wicked Spirit that the people in
| the day of Christ and His disciples
! We're possessed of-the spirit Of anti
Christ of hypocrisy, of unbelief, of re-
bellion against God and His laws. They
cry out forever. Cruelty those who be-
lieve in Christ and who follow Him and
do the works that He did, They have
so cried out against Joseph Smith; they
have SO cried out against this people.
They have, from time TO time, driven
them from their homes; burned their
houses from over their heads; turned
them out homeless and robbed them of
all they posseSsed--land, houses. cattle
and other things-because, forsooth,
they believed in new revelation. The
cry then was: Become Ike us, reject
your prophet, give up the idea of hav
ing new revelation in this day. These
are things of the past; give them up:
turn out your apostles, and be like the
rest Of us, and we Will receive you
gladly, and you can dwelllin peace in
our midst: but you must not believe
in prophets; you must not believe in
new revelation; you must not have
apostles; you must not claim that you
have authority from God, as the an
cient disciples had; you must not as
sert to the world the folly that God
is able to speak now as He spoke to
ancient Israel, that is all done away
with" These We're the arguments that
we met in the incipiency of this Church.
and these are the arguments Wo still
meet in the world, but they are still as
fallacious and as wicked as they ever
We're. In this dispcnsation, as in the
dispensation of Christ. error may be-
come venerable With age, and 1t
may become popular lE the number
OF its volartes; but neither age nor
numbers will ever make error the
truth, nor will they ever make wrong
right. God has revealed the gospel in
the latter day, and if you have re-
ceived it as you ought to have re-
ceived tin faith, believing having q
knowledge through obedience to the
commandments of God-no power on
earth can turn you from that truth,
because you know that it is the truth:
and who is so coWardly, who is 50
base, that he will desert truth to have
error crammed down his throat? Who
will do It? Who dares to do it? T.
dare not; you dare not. You can't af-
ford it; no man can afford to yield
truth for error, nor that which is right
for that which is wrong. Your allie
glance has been given to the work in
which you are engaged; and you must
be true TO it always and eternally. or
else, If you turn away from it. the
penalties of disobedience, of unbclief,
and OF rebellion against the truth will
follow into the vast eternities that lie
before. L testify or this to you, in
the name of the Lord, and I know
whereof i speak, for I speak by the
same spirit, the same words that are
recorded in the revelations of God to
the world through the Prophet Joseph
Smith.
LOOK AFTER THE CHILDREN.
.
My brethren and sisters, look after
your children. We have had soma
talk. this afternoon, about our chill
dren. Let me read to you a few
words that the Lord has revealed 10
us about our duties toward our chill
drcn:
= And again. inasmuch us parents
have children in Zion. or in any OF hcl.
stakes which are organized. that teach
them not to understand the doctrine of
repentance, faith in Christ the Son of
the living God, and of baptism and the
gift of the Holy Ghost by the LAYING
on of the hands when eight years old
the sin be upon the heads of the ma.
rents.
For this shall be d law unto the in
5habitants of Zion. or in any of her
stakes which arc organized
And their children shall be baptized
for the remission of their sins when
eight years old, and receive the law
ing on of the hands
And they shall also teach their chill.
dren TO pray and 10 walk upripbfIv
before the Lord
And the inhabitants of Zion shall
also, observe the sabbath day 10 keen
it holy
There is more of the same cl1ara ctn,-
III We don't do these things. the s,,,
VIII be upon us as parents. liz we do