Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-23
ca Declared Elder Joseph W. Nc
Murrin at the Tabernacle
Yesterday Afternoon.
MERE BELIEF NOT ENOUGH.
christ Is the Author of Salvation
And tho Way of
Life.

yesterday afternoon, there was a large
congregation in attendance at the tab
ernacle services. The speaker of the
occasion was Elder Joseph w. McMur-
rim Of the First Council of seventy, who
preached doctrinal discourse.
The services were in charge of Prcsi-
dent John r.. Winter Elders John NJ.
Knight and Heber j. Grant offered the
opening and closing prayers, respect
iyely. The selections rendered by the
choir were High on the Mountain
Tops" author Of Faith, Eternal
Word' and From Affair, Gracious
Lord.
ELDER JOSEPH w. ArcNIURRIN.
Following is a brief synopsis of Ell
der McMurrin's remarks: There are
many beautiful discourses in the hymns
of the Latter-day Saints. In one just
rendered by the choir,
High on the mountain top,
A banner is unfurled,"
the spirit of inspiration is plainly
manifest. The present age is a mo-
nentuous one. and in it it has pleased
the Lord to flood the world with more
light and knowledge than in any pre-
vious era. This statement is true, es
pccially of matters material. Men have
achieved much along the lines of scien-
ttc research and invention. The pos
sbilities Of steam, electricity and kim
bred forces are truly marvellous, and
verge on the miraculous. What the
future may develop none can tell and
even the most incredulous are slow to
predict failure along lines of study and
research.
One of old predicted that the day
would come when the mighty wonders
wrought in the delivcrance of ancient
Israel would be forgotten in the great
accomplishment of the delirerance and
gathering of latter-day Israel.
HUNTERS OF MEN.
Preparatory to the contamination Of
the work of the last dispensation, hunt
crs and fishers have been sent out and
are yet going forth to seek the people
iii whose veins flows Israelitish blood.
Preceding the dawn of the great
progress OF the world during the last
three quarters Of the Nineteenth ccn-
fury the Gospel of Jesus Christ was
restored, flooding the earth with spirit
lial light as it was intended to be del
uged with the light of scientific
knowledge and inventive genius.
III BE lIAhCES II.
No pnrtion of the holy scripture is
OF private interpretation. The word
of the Lord Is intended to be plain to
the understanding of the common fpeo-
pie, and was intended also to mean
just what it says.
GOSPEL OF DOING.
Mormonism stands for the gospel OF
doing and not merely a tacit helief
that certain things should be done.
The Latter-day Saints are not lacking
In reverance in taking this stand.
There Is no name under heaven where
Jesus Christ. His redeeming blood
reaches to the worst sinner, providing
the wrong docr will accept of the sal
walton made possible by the life and |
death OF the Son of God. Mormonisn
IS this, and nothing more. The hopes !
Of salvation of this people arc ccntered
IL Jesus Christ, and nowhere else. They !
say With all reverence that mere
profession OF faith cannot bring sal
walton. independent of doing the will
of God Only by obedience can any |
one enter into the kingdom of God, |
Just as men must be subject to tic |
laws and regulations Of earthly gov
crnments and kingdoms in order that |
they may become partakers Of all the |
Jesus pointed out the way of salvation
and made it possible for mortals to
walk therein, but the requirement is |
that they shall actually follow his pre-
cepts and examples, not contenting
themselves with expressing belief In |
and an admiration for the plan of sal
walton.
cHRIsTs THE ONLY. NAME.
RI is often declared that tho latter
place Of Jesus Christ, ignoring the
siah This statement is made
in the face Of the fact that this Church
Is the only one to be distinctively
known as the Church OF Jesus Christ.
THE BOOK OF MORMON.
A belief in the Book of Moromon is
not inconsistent with belief in the
Bible The Savior himself declared
that He had other sheep not of the fold
to which belonged the disciples of the
Holy Land, and that all should be
brought to one fold. The Latter-day |
Saints believe that the people indi- |
Gated by the Son of God lived upon
this. the American continent, and that |
to them the same gospel was preached
as was taught upon the eastern con-
tinent
Mormonism's message to the world Is
that the primitive Christian religion
las been restored to earth and the
Church of Christ re-establjshed, with |
tho same organization, the same doc
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