The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06

ents man went to the bottom of the pit.
The gospel provided the means OF escape
Jesus came down from the court OF glory
and let down the ladder. In this ladder
there are four rungs-faith In God. re-
pentance OF sin. baptism by immersion
and the laying on of hands.
Receiving the Revelations.
The speaker read copious extracts from
the Doctrine and Covenants and the Book
of Mormon in the substantiation OF his as
sertion that Joseph Smith and Oliver
COwdery had received revelations from an
angel in the woods where they went 70
pray for guidance in the translation or
Of Mormon This angel was st John
the Baptist St John conferred upon
them the priesthood. Other revelations
completed the priesthood of Aaron. which
is the lesser. and that of Melchisedee.
which is the higher. Moses. Elias and
Elijah appeared unto the two young men.
at Kirkland. o.. and committed TO them
the sacred keys. Apostle Whitney said
ii would have made no difference wheth-
er or not Joseph Smith had encountered
any other religion prior to his selection 3y
the Lord as His prophet. He did not re-
volt against the straight-laced Methodism
of his time, nor the gloomy doctrines of
Presbyterianism.
Redemption of the Dead.
Apostle Whitney dwelt at length upoT,
the redemption OF the Gedd. me past
belongs to Mormonsm." he said, land
the future belongs to II also. IT is the
religion of eternity and has come from
Jehovah as the salvation of the children
of men,
The speaker denied that the Mormons
were enemies of the Gentiles He gave
| the definition of the word Gentle. saying
| that i'm the ancient times ii meant one who
was not a Jew. and in the present usage
of the word it means ono who is not a
Mormon. No opprObrium attaches to the
designation. he said. The mission of
Mormonism is peace. II aims to bind
together all the people of every nation
/ of the earth"
Serving the Lord.
/ Apostle David o. Mckay was the last
] speaker of the day in the tabernacle. He
spoke on the subject of choice of service
/ whether one shall serve the Lord or the
world Apostle Mckay said that it was
/ the hour for the 1000 people on the sa-
cred temple grounds which they woulo
| choose. He believed in the gospel of do
/ ing. and If the Iatter-day Saints at once
| would resolve to serve the Lord, much
/ of happiness would result. for In nothing
is there a source of SO much happiness
| as in right living, which means serving
| God. The hour has arrived. he said. &c
| choose between truth and error. One
| cannot go on always serving part of the
! time the enemy and part of the time the
| church. The Lord said that no man car
serve two masters. and that he cannot
serve God and Mammon.
/ In the performance of duty. the apostle
said. each might have only a little tC
perform, but in the performance of thai
| little were the possibilities of the grand
| est results. and in the failure Of its per
/ Torrance the wreck of the hopes and vast
| achievement.
Music and Prayer.
At the forenoon meeting in the taber.
nacle Andrew Kimball, president of st
{ oIya In, krfz,
ma, delivered the invocation. and Presiden
Shurtliff Of Weber stake pronounced the
| benediction.
AT the afternoon session the invoca
| ton was delivered by Thomas E Bias
sett of the Fremont. Idaho. stake. an6
! the benediction was pronounced by w. II
| Siegmiller of Salt Lake.
At the morning session the choir sans
! ''Hark, Listen 10 the Trumpeter' Pro
I fessor Charles Kents male quartette sans
| Nearer to Thee and the meeting CLOSED
with the anthem In Our Redeemer'
| Name"
| Preceding the afternoon session there
was rendition of the march from Tam
| hauser" on the great organ. The chOil
sang oh Beauty of Holiness" God Ii
! Our Refuge" True to the Faith" and
the closing hymn was "HoSanna." Their,
was no congregational singing In the tab
/ ernacle yesterday, although many of tn
J thousands present repeated with batef
breath the words OF the songs they kneu
and loved so well. and in whose singing
| they longed so to take part.
! President Smith yesterday again cIlle(
| attention to the concert which VII be
given tonight i'm the tabernacle. and a
which the chief numbers rendered at tn,
recent music festival will be repeated.
I The Hawaiian. Samoan, New Zealand
and other South Pacific missionary socie
! ties will hold their reunion tonight IL
/ Odeon hall. The TrOubadours will be ii
| attendance The southern states mission
reunion will be held at o'clock in tbs
| Fourteenth ward meeting house. Othel
reunions will be held as previously an
! nounced.