Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-09

spoke of the soul. which never dies
| The body dies and returns to the dus,
from which it came, but the real man
does not die. When Jesus approached
! Lazarus to raise him from the dead
ne said Lazarus sleeps, / shall wake
| MIN. He spoke not of the natural
sleep, but of that sleep which we
know as death. t was only the death
OF tho body; not Of the soul.
| PHILOSOPHERS EXPERIMENT.
Sir William Hamilton, one of the
greatest of modern English thinkers,
experimented with having himself sud
denly awakened every hour in the
night, to ascertain if his brain. or soul
power, was working while his body
slept. and found that when so awaken
ed his mind was active in dreams, or
at least those parts which We're not ac-
tive during the day were active by
| night. This proved to him that the
soul never tires, and does not need
rest, like the body, and that 1t Is made
OF different material Jesus said
whatsoever beieveth IN me, he shall
never die. Lazarus was not dead-he
was not far away, he was there, and
Jesus called him back and ne lived
again, according to the flesh.
The best and wisest of men do not
come to Il full understanding Of the
truth at once. There Is much skep-
uclsm as to the resurrection of Jesus
himself from the dead. But had there
been any doubt of the fact that Jesus.
was resurrected and was seen of 500
end talked to His disciples there would
have been flood Of literature handed
down attestins the fact, But there
was no doubt of it in those days; 1t was
well known among the people. That
He did rise from the dead is the tes-
tlmony of the holy scriptures, and we
today know that His resurrection is
sure, and that His victory over death
and the grave was complete,
HOPE IN FUTURE LIFE.
III in this life only we have hope in
Christ, we are of all men the most
miserable" Thus spoke Paul, the great
apostle to the gentiles, and he spoke
the truth. In this life, we toll away
for few years and when we arc about
for our fellow men, what happens?
The fate of genius is that after a few
years the hand, the tongue, tho body
by which the physical works have been
made possible for the enlightenment
and progress of his fellow man have
been accomplished. begin to grow
weak and decrepit. and the powers of
the soul portrayed through the body,
are doomed to carly uselessness
through the failing powers of the body.
IF in this life only we have hope in
Christ, we are of all men the most
miserable I have come to the conclu-
sion that the real man never dies. The
spirit is eternal and imnlutable. The
body is weakened by use. and Is con-
sumed by what it feeds upon; but the
souls of good men are always young,
for their element is that OF eternity.
Often have we heard that the
workers in tha temples have been Inn
pressed with the proximity of persons
from the other world. Paul fought with
the wild beasts at Ephesus, but not for
the things of this world, for he said,
What advantageth It me to fight for
the things OF this life? He knew that
his spirit was eternal and that he
should live his real life. his eternal life.
after the passing away of that which
was Of the earth.
The resurrection of the body shall not
be as the sprouting OF grain, for the
birth Of the new seed in the grain
means the death of the old one. The
body shall be raised incorruptihle. a
spiritual body. There is a natural and
q spiritual body The natural is fash
ioned after the spiritual body, as things
of the earth are fashioned after the
things of heaven. The things of earth
pass away. but new things come in
their stead The body is laid down cor
but is taken up incorruptible.
FAMILY TIE IS ETERNAL.
The speaker referred to the instance
Of the seven brothers who died and
left no children. all having in turn
married the widow of his deceased
brother. The doubters of old confront
ed the Savior with this question, which
shall possess the woman In the next
ali hoy i,,y bar
band in this world The Savior said
they- erred In their hearts for in heaven
there was no marrying or giving in
marriage. The belief OF the Latter-day
Saints Is that this did not mean there
were no family ties in heaven, as is be-
lieved by some, and that death con-
rludes all relations between man and
wife. They believe. on the contrary, |
that marriage Is eternal, and that what |
IS bound on earth by the servants of |
God is eternal and will be bound in
heaven. |
One of the greatest of English think
ars has said that whatever virtue has |
come to mankind has come through the |
Family tie; and this is an aspect of
that the marriage tie was
instituted by God. and that 1t shall not
be dissolved by death. but shall endure
all eternity.
WHAT MoRMoNIsAI IS.
Mormonisnl. as + have learned it.
means whatever is good. beautiful and
rue in life; it has taught me what of
good l know, and has held ME back
rom such evil as | have Stunned, and
las taught me to live for the hope of
he resurrection and eternal existence
is doctrines so surely teach.
The choir sang the anthem. Lift Up
Four Heads O Ye Gates and the ben
,diction was pronounced by Presiding
Bishop Charles W Nibey.