Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-19
CONFERENCE OF
LIBERTY STAKE
Three Largely Attended Sessions
We're Held and All We're
Intensely Interesting.
AFTERNOON At TABERNACLE.
-..,.s Rulon s. Wells and anthony
N. Wins Discourse on Timely
Topics.

g,.. Liberty stake met i'm quarterly
.s.,,,.e April Il and rs. the FIRST
80, being held Saturday evening in
y. <inth ward meetinghouse. the Sec
IA Ina the Assembly hall commencing
"a o'clock yesterday. and the third In
~. Tabernacle. at 9 O'Clock. An the
..tres v-cro largely attended and
~. ,rercises were interesting through
out
A., the Tabernacle the choir rendered.
49,. following selections. Prayer Is the
80 sincere desire" and He WIN
t.hsth over Israel slumbereth not
= s.fepeth' The choir and COngre-
--,tt,n sang as a closing number, How
-, foundation" Elder Robert sid
80, sang 20 Love Divine Bishop
Merrill. OF the Thirty ward,
ogered the opening prayer and Patti
- Angus M. Cannon pronounCei the
peucdiction- ,,,
,,lsgrs Rllou s. Wells OF the first
io,,rrl OF seventy and Anthony w.
1sns of the cOuncil of apostles. A
synopsis OF the remarks Of each fol-
0Ns:
ELDER RULON s. WELLS.
The presence Of tho Lords Spirit has
i nan manifest i'm these meetings The
r.,rle Of the Liberty stake are. a good
roauls and this statement IS true of
ibs Latter-day Saints generally The
1ord has promised % bless those who
gather in His name. and IL is necessary
that those who meet have the spirit of
worship that their prayers may be am
sVered.
The greatest OF an commandments is
his. thou shalt love the Lord with all
t6y heart. and the second is like unto
a. namely. To- love thy neighhor as thy
self Upon these two hang an the law
and the gospel Men should strive with
al their hearts TO adhere unto these
doctrines I'm what way can we best
serve The Lord? The Savior said: III
40 love me We Will keep my command
ments I'VE should make oursel yes
familiar with the commandments Of
God. and then strive TO keep them The
holy Scr utures SAY that baptism is es-
santIal % salvation 1t Is sometimes
said that this is merely a command
meut. not an essential The doctrine is
an important. and without il no man
tan obtain inward grace. III men keep
the Commandments they can live the
law Of God. and In no other way The
Lstter-day Saints believe the Book ~
Mormon TO be the word OF God. and
/ therefore the people should familiarize
/ themselves with g. TIE question would
/ arise al once Do you believe tho King
/ James Revised or Douay bibles or the
me translated by Martin Luther
Though they AN largely agree. i'm SOME
. HHI.
! Iatter-day Saints believe that under
i DE Inspiration OF the Holy Ghost holy
. men wrote the word of God. The Book
f Mormon was Written by Just such
4 men. For that reason. beo3use 40 comes
/ fresh from the pen Of holy men, as e.
were the Book OF Mormon Is accepted
i 5y the Latter-day Saints without any
. llalihcation. He was taught eacly
o. revere the word OF God as
obtained I'm the Bible. and the
9To Of men tor God can be
shown by accepting Sc and by wor-
Shipping Him. His name should never
be- taken i'm vain. He should he thought
4 or Do His grandeur as the Creator Of
/ heaven and earth. and the Father Of an
/ human beings. A mans love for God
! may also be shown by loving his neigh
/ Dor as himself. BY some this Is re-
4 glrdet as being impossible, but God
/ does not give commandments 10 men
/ that are impossible 10 may be asked.
Does the Lord expect me To love my
/ naighbor who IS a sinner In this re-
spect men should refrain from judging
4 those around them The command
4 mont does not say, You are TO love your
good neighbors. The illustration I'm the
parable Of the good Samaritan shows
4 Nd1 ie ones neighbour Those around
us are the people whom we should
hte as ourselves Whom people are
suffering from loathsome diseases peo-
| pie try 20 help them, IN spite OF their
bathing the disease. so OF sin The
ne.ghbors sins may not be loved but
'he man can be loved in spite Of his
weaknesses, when one has desire 90
Aeip him 10 become a better man.
SELF LOVE A BAR.
70 mon would not love themselves
quite 30 much lt would be easier Tor
mam 20 love their neiRhbor and On thia
way they would manifest their love 10
goo. God only expects His people 10
Do those things which are within their
reach ana He IL not unreasonable iu
Ills demands.
ELDER A. W. WINS.
tn Christ had come az an ordinary
io.aTmeri had He been learned in the
learning Of the jews. TO doubtless
would not have been So unpopular
mat Hia teachings were pure and in-
eHl'd nor mans welfare cannot he
disputed. But when He came IN the
IAIl0 or God and taught as one having
authority, Tie was rejected as an im-
poster They did not believe in Ha
.'iNllyH lu His Immaculate conception
l' lle pppulacc lie was only Jesus of
nazareth, the son OF a carpenter When
He declared the doctrines Of thu
soap", tho great truths of tho gospel
He was rejected. pun 90 open shame
"lo finally sent b. His death
A'' same circumstances and Coudi.
u'.a Nud comparison iu thls dispense
.'h Tho Lattcr-day saints testify "a
lh' world that the gospel has been
restored. This declaration comes iu
,'NI.0t with the world and the mes.
f,sr H rejected. Believers oyeryWhcrl
'hH I1 many OF the principles taught
I" latier-day saints. and Therefore
.''n things cannot be- the reason of
.. .HiaRunism exhibited against thli
''' The articles of faith OF th'
pm. ..I-o1y Saints are the saving prin
I' uf the gospel These principle
round ln the Bible, and had Jo
smith declared thom only as
Iner rather than as IAN inspire,
Dbl. would not have been rejected
doctrines taught by This thurg.
5000 aud uplifting They harmo"
"Ih tno word of God and of go1t
Ihu objection tu o. am "a thp.
h smith came not as an ordinar'
nrr not "a philosopher but as ou'
e''IH'IF called. Hc bore witness of On.
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