Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-13
,-oe Attendance at the Service
IN the Tabernacle Yes
terdav Afternoon.
4. ROBERTS THE SPEAKER
.r. purposes shown to he Much
Greater Than Mans Con-
ccption of Them

.. che dnerierly conference
ssit Lake stake was held IA
q ". INV ball In the morning aud
NJ tabernacle in the afternoon. Inc
In thc afternoon was marked
,srrc attendance which nearly
ho bodv OF the auditorium. Prcsi-
v.phi l.. Morris Of salt Lake
'',' presided at the services and there
,rcsent on the stand large
vi. .sntstion Of the high council In
saI,ion to counsclcrs G. II. Emery ana
Ashton Of the stake presidency
,...,dept John r. winder and Presi-
,,tbon II. Lund were also pres
w. y, SIN Patriarch John smith.
81 r,e choir sang as the opening hymn
,@ar,,in of lsrael's hosts following
,l tbo anthem ''liOsanna, me clos
h,mn Let the Mountains snous
is vas sung by the choir, follow
nv the d0xology IN which the con-
...ssiion Joined Prayer was offered
srider Rodney G. Badger and the
t.,edirtlon was pronounced by Elder
! NJ Christensen - 49,.
NJ sneaker was Elder b. II ltoberts,
- Al the outset expressed himseu
a. ssllne a certain degree 90 tlmidity
4 ,erapyng the position ne was called
an 10 ali lie had thought of no toNt
.k. bad contemplated theme whith
4. would ike 10 present FOR inc com
..-,iation of the audience AZ was
NJ. No matter how the things of
Va ,nnoar 10 mon to be they are in
lin much greater than they APP
pear ,,,. ,,ii.,ro h.,
,,mnrshond the things OF God theie
/. great danger that ne may lail- u
l,mnrehend Gods messagcs Think,
u8 he. OF the misapprehcnsion the
lows had concerning the Messiah. The
rsidarchs and prophets had fore
ssadoved hts coming. but when he did
came they so far misunderstood him
,bat they rejected him. Israels posi-
A., for centuries had been trying
ore and at the time OF the Messiah's
advent they had been reduced 10 That
ia mere Roman province They look
n back 20 the glory Of bygOne days and
rsfurallv they expected a King who
would restore tho splondor of those
hys Instead of a king they found "a
peasant: and they could not understand
Ia fsr-reaching effects Of Christ's mis-
SION Although the glory Of Christs
kingdom has been somewhat arrested
through the failure OF mon to live up TO
bis teachings yet 10 what heights has
II lifted the Messiah OF the Jewsl In
this d Illustrated the principle that the
things % God far outrun mems concep-
uaa OF them. The Jews never antici-
wioi the glo~y which has already come
20 the Messiah lie reigns In the hearts
of oue-thlrd of the people Of the world
O. greater or less extent
Take another Illustration. The early
Christians. as well as the Jews. failed
{ understand the mission Of the Christ.
They believed salvation 90 be OF Israel.
and IN many cases. for Israel. They did
not know that the Messiah was 20 b.
The Savior ~ AN men. and it required
special revelation To show Peter that
salvation was for the Gentiles. which
vas accomplished hy vision when the
messengers appeared from Cornelius
Although God thus led Peter 20 have
a broader view II was difficult to get
others 90 see the same In the davs Of
Paul. be was opposed in carrying tho
message 90 the Gentiles. Many of tho
hd Christians failed 90 rightly com
rehend the mission Of Messiah which
swept by them, led by some Of tho
aders who carried thc standard into
many places In the Roman empire AMI
made The world ring with the truths
Of Christianity
Elder Roberts then applied the same
ruins 90 believers In these days Take
l'f Instance said ne, "the announce
Ment ~ tho Doctrine and Covenants
tlai marvellous work was 10 come
Oh. The believers in those DAYS saw
rplie of the statements OF men
uel me canon Of scripture was fun. a
Volume Of Scripture brought forth.
elAg Of Gods dealings with the an
Fi inhabitants Of America They
-aQ seen the Church organized aud a
Aendl of The spiritual powers enjoyed
FORMER Christians but how far
,lou Of The real glory Of the latter
~. WORK were their views. They ala
hhow mat there would be apostles
l assistant apostles chosen to carry
he.sdge into the world: that hun
1N .i hShoprics would he organized.
ue ordinances for the salvation
'ne uead were to be- revealed. and
temples were Co bc built i'm which
~ rsiln'n these ordinances II was
iauIt that they did not know
F lhinss Tho divine things were