Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-09

binary course of business. This revi-
| val found its way to the western part;
\ the state of New York. where the
! family Of Joseph Smith lived, power
fully affecting them. He also re-
] ferred to the after results of strife and
which We're noted by the boy Joseph
Smith, who In his extremity was inn
| pressed by reading James / = s. s:sIf any
one lack wisdom let him ask Of Cod,
etc. He went into grove near by
and knelt in prayer, when after being
almost overcome by a spirit Of dark
ness, he afterwards saw the Father
the churches was right and which he
should Join The answer he received.
that they We're all wrong and were
teaching for dictrine the command
mentss OF men. might seem harsh, hut
If it We're not true there could be no
excuse Al 4, for the PRODUCTION Of Nor
1nonisn,S Or the promu lgations of Its
mesa ge. The people living today are
not wholly responsible for this con-
ditton, Z" said the speaker. Many of the
errors taught today have been handed
down from other ages. We are willing
to concede that many people in the
world are doing the best they can, and
\ fled and not all professors of religion
are corrupted. That some of the
teachers have gone astray there can be-
mo doubt. If one only considers the !,
teaching of the awful doctrine Of eter-
nal punishment. BY the statement
of God as to the screeds Of the day
the rubbish of ages had been cleared
away, God has done SO in no unmis-
4takab BILE terms.
GROWTH OF. MODERNISM.
The speaker referred to the growth
of modernism in the Roman Catholic
church, which demands that the church
come away from the symbols and
creeds of the middle ages. The church |
is sendeavoring to watch for and silence
the assertions of those who say that it |
needs rejuVenating. After reading ex-
'cerpts regarding the condition of the |
Catholic church. the speaker asked
why the rejuvenation of the Catholic
church was demanded If 1T were not |
wrong. iS5S Sd 3Si 81 lily r d |
n. lie then adverted to the articles APP
pearing in the Cosmopolitan magazine |
from the pen of Mr.. Balsey, on the |
trend of University Education. 1t was /
asserted in them that the churches
have set up a czar as Gcd which has
MADE man afraid and done uncalcul-
able damage. It was stated also that
the church was the last to come into
the line of truth in m directions,
and also that new rGsslation was
needed and should come from the free
and unfettered minds in the UNIVERSE
ties. me church was said to have
many victims not for
crimes but for reading the Scriptures;
ana to have iinpeded the growth of the
world, SO that a new revelation is
now being formed and is needed.
THE MESSAGE OF MoRMoNIsM.
Elder Roberts the,, proceeded to
q 11ptt ft,1
With its message of truth direct from
God God has again spoken ano re-
newed official relationship with the
world AT the time when men had con- 4
Guided that revelation had ceased and
the canon of Scripture was full, God
designed to speak again and reveal
I he record of American Scriptures, the I
Book Of Mormon, God renewed rev
elation and gave a new dispensaton I
Of the Gospel and gave the Church au-
thority to warn the world that the
hour of Gods judgment Is come And
Mornonism Is this reestablished
church or it is nothing
God through his spirit permeates
all elements. He is In the sun and
moon and Is the power by which thew L
were created. He is also in man. The
elements are eternal, The material un-
verse is but the garment of God. With Z
he l4atter-day Saints God is not an
~ - ~ person Detf e re-
vealed in Jesus Christ who was in the
image of God. He said when He was
on earth ''All power is given me In
heaven and on earth. AS He stood
before men in the flesh He was God. i
The message of Mormonism proclaims
nan divine and God human, one and
The same race, The relationship Is
that Of father to child.''
MANS IMMORTALITY.
I'D Il
Z The Immortality Of man was then