Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-03
HARMONY OF ANCIENT
and MODERN REVELATION.
"A Sermon by PRESIDENT JOSEPH +. SMITH, IN the
Salt Lake Tabernacle Sunday, Sept Is. 1908
Ilcnorlcd By Z. W. Otlerslrono.

/ His face. In saying this, | speak but
IN your stead--for every man and Woin-
an, possessing ordinary intelligence ana
a knowledge of tie principles of the
gospel III .;a:iIs Christ as they have
been restored to tho earth in the lat
ter day, cun say the very same thing
for themselves, and op"ht to be able to
say the same for themselves. Their
! object in life should be the same, their
effort and desire to accomplish Gods
will and their own salvation and prep
aration to Behold the face OF the Lord
and to know that He is--that they can
say in their hearts: I know that my
Rcdeemer lives and that in latter
day He shall stand upon the curtin;
and although worms may destroy this
body. yet in my flesh shall ! see Cod,
ii IS our privilege to know this and to-
have tle witness Of the Spirit bearing
record Of it i1oal hearts.
sINcoNs ~ OF scoFFERs
u nave felt Tor some time impressed
witil4a desire TO bear testimony to4thes
divinity Of the mission not only OF the
Lord Jesus Christ but also the divinity
Of the mission of the Prophet Joseph
Smith. We are not unfamiliar With
the character that has Eeen falsely
given him BY those that We're opposed
to hibi. We ere not unaware of the
fact that the world has ridlculed liis
mission and have rejected his claim TO
inspiration and revelation from God.
desire to say that norman in all God
earth, possessing. intelligence, can con-
aistently accept of the divinity oil
Christ's mission, in the world and re-,
ject the mission Of Joseph Smith llss
can t. do it. Amy man that VIII claim
10 be Il Christian Il believer in Christ
any man who viii claim that he has as
copied Christ as his Redeemer and
Savior. FROM sin. who VIII turn about
ll. K. u -. a. 4 1l,..f
JosGpt, Smith. gives the lie to his first
statement, Why? Because the mission
of Joseph Slaith is founded upon the
doctrine of Jesus Christ. It was Jesus
who revealed to him the doctrine that
lie taught; 1t was Christ who gave him
the commandments which he obeyad
and which he followed in establishing
this great latter-day wcrk in the carth3.
The principles that were taught by the
Son of God We're taught by the Prophet
& Joseph Smith. The same authority ex-
ercised by the apostles Of Christ an-T
4ciently was exercised by the Prophet
Joseph Smith and those who received
their commission under his authority
from God. Therefore, it is absurd and
ridiculous for a man to say:I believe
in Christ. and reject Joseph Smith
desire to read the testimony Of
Joseph Smith and Sidney Risdon on
this matter
Hear O We heavens. and give ear Q
earth, and rejoice We inhabitants there
of, for the Lord is Cod and beside Him
there Is no Savior:
Great is His wisdom. marvellous are
His ways, and the extent of Els doings
none can find out;
Fills purposes fail not. neither are
there any who can stay His hand;
From eternity to eternity He Is thF
same, and his years never fail.
"IFor thus saith the Lord. T. the Lord n
am mcrcifut and gracious unto those
who fear me. ana delight to honor those
who serve me in righteousness in
sin. not in iniduity. but who serve me
in righteousness and in truth unto the
end:
Great shall be their reward and eter-
nal shall be their glory:
And to them will reveal all mys-
tories. yea. all the hidden mysteries of
my Kingdom from days of old, aud
for ages to come viii I make known
unto them the good pleasure3pf my will
concerning all things pertaining to my
kingdem;
Yea, even the wonders or eternity
shall they know, and things to come
will ! SOW them, even the things of
many generations.
There is not a promise here uttered
that was not also uttered by the Son
of God. There is not a principle here
invoked that was not taught and given
to tho world by the Redeemer, ii
And their wisdom shall be great,
and theil understanding reach to heav
en-; and before them the wisdom of the
wise shall perish, and the understand I
ing Of the prudent shall come to
nought.i'
most verbatim with the sentiments ut-g
tered by the Son of God Himself "a