The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-16
ROBERTS TALKS
At TABERNACLE

Brigham n. Roberts was the prin-
cipal speaker at the services In the
Ogden tabernacle yesterday afternoon
The services were conducted BY
President c. F Middleton and Elder
Heber Scowcroft gave the opening
r~n-er. Miss Lille Thatcher. on the
violin, an. Axcl Nylander. With the
nuts. accompanied by the organ. which
was played BY OTganist Samuel Whit
aker, rendered two fine duets
President Middleton introduced FL
der Roberts. who took as his subject
The Vision He elaborated upon
the progress of man throughout his
existence upon the earth and com.
pared that progress with the progress
of the spiritual world
Judge BY Deeds.
He said, in part;
God will Judge men by their deeds,
their own worthIness. and Gods tudg-
ment Is of great variety. No two con-
ditions are alike, hence Gods judg.
ment must be of great variety.
Gods wisdom Is best. and as va.
rIed as are the lives of the human
race. While there is a great same
ness in our lives. there is a great di,
versity existing In the universe
NO two grasses or reeds arc alike
In the city no two persons are alike.
and the same diversity Is seen in the
state. in the nation and In the races
of men for generations and genera
tlons passed
Physical and Mental.
This infinite variety not only ap-
plies to physical things but extends
to mental being. No one reaches con
clusicns by the same means, no one
acts In the same manner. and the in
finite variety as well as the infinite
sameness, the differences in body eX-
tend TO lives and Gods judgments
and IS meted to every man according
to his deeds, mentnllties and diyersl,
ties.
why is It not possible for us to
grasp just what each infinite judg
mcnt Will be?
God has given US to understand
that judgment VIII be given In a sort
OF q classified way. such as celestial
and terrestrial and celestial, celestial
having the most glory. and so on down
the list
Standards Were Fixed
The eighteenth century Christian
believed that You had TO be just so
good to attain the celestial kingdom
and il by the smallest margin a poor
sinner fell below the requirements he
was lost, but taking it from the Apostle
Paul 1t would seem that n man. even
after falling to acquire the highest
order would be given a chance to
make other attempts By this mode
of reasoning the poor sinner who just
barely reached the celestial Kingdom
was rewarded the same as the sturdy
Christian. and the sturdy Christian
had nothing TO gain
Receiving the Vision.
Mr.. Roberts spoke OF the vision
given to the Prophet Joseph Smith
and elaborated on the beauty OF the
incident The ones who reach the
celestial and terrestrial glories viii be
given the blessings OF God, the Father
and the Son, but those of the terrestrial
glory are they who have rebelled and
rejected Gods gospel and they Will
be left until the last he said.
IL there were no hope of climbing
from one glory to higher one there
would be no use of the angels, giving
'bltooIuSof painting Nllt 6lOllNo VI
higher kingdoms and admonishing the
people to climb and attain higher
things.
Varieties Of Aims.
Tho life to the merchant Is gain
and growth. TO the student Is ad.
vancement In science. and TO the
father the increase OF family and to
gather about him growing kingdom
showing that everything can be ad-
yanced.
Eternity, as It Is commonly spoken
of, is merely a figure OF speech and
no one knows OF can conceive the
yastness of it.
I'VE are all In the universe We can
lose all or gain ELL the question rests
with us Shall we succeed or fail?"