Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-22
roroetul Sermon on Truths OF
The Gospel as Taught
BY the Prophet.
INTELLIGENCE is ETERNAL.
smith Announced Truths Pro-
muIgatcd by scientists seventy
Five Years Aftorward.

. threatening weather was par
r.snonsible for the rather small
'@ @snsonce at the tabernacle sunday
sorroon The services were In charge
., PRESIDENT John r. Winder. who an
.,o.d as the opening hymn LORD
.,o, viii hear me when 1 pray
,,..,sr was offered by Elder VIM. Nc
,acnlan president Of Pioneer stake.
~. choir then sang the anthem Rouse
o ye Mortals
ELDER b. II. ROBERTS.
rider p. II. Roberts, Of the first coun-
n If seventy, was the speaker, ana
-, address was largely a vindication OF
-, ,rophetic mission Of Joseph Smith,
I. which the writings Of prominent
,asntlsts were brought forward in tes-
tmony -. .-.f,... g.,
.roceed I'm his talk as with piece OF un-
hngsbod business. In August last he
lli,1 rrono the tabernacle stand ana
tis remarks when published were head
- .,rbe Message OF Mormonism." Ref
r.yre was made then to the article
tt.h annenred In the Cosmopolitan
,,,srazine in which certain professors
.---ssrts on the shortcomings OF mod
80 religions were quoted lie en-
Sesrorsd 20 show, as Joseph Smith as
sertod that the churches had erred.
that assertion receiving confirmation
sroni the remarks of scientific men.
~ proposed TO continue those re-
,,,rks and said IL was useless TO de-
crv the utterances OF Joseph Smith
on the ground that he was unlearned.
as confirmation Of their truth has come
T-,n, high places in the scientific world.
Elder Roberts then read from an arti-
cls IN the Cosmopolitan regarding the
desire OF learned men to Investigate
religious creeds In a cold dispassionate
manner. The words Of certain writers
mat spiritual progress is eternal were
also read, which coincided with Joseph
Smiths teachings.
The teaching Of the sects that man
was creature conceived in sin and
shaped in iniquity was compared with
Tho truth proclaimed by Joseph Smith,
mat man was a son OF God, and an
eternal being with respect TO his spirit,
capable Of amazing possibilities and
ininite progress.
IN 1914 while discourslng on man,
Joseph Smith propounded the question,
THE mind OF man, the eternal spirit,
where did Il come frOm?" 1t Is taught,
said he. that God created IL, but Il is
not true that God created the intelli-
geaoe Of man. which is co-eternal with
God Further extracts from Joseph
Smiths sermon at King Follett's flu
neral were made in this connection.
As proof Of the correctness OF the
above statements II was stated that
iia Christian world believe in the CO.
eternity Of the savior. who I'm the be-
ginning, John says, was God. and was
with God
Passages from the revelations in the
Doctrine a Covenants were read in
which the Savior said he was In the
begin d with God and that all men
were there also. It was also revealed
that Intelligence, or the light of truth.
was not created or made, and that the
elements are eternal.
When Joseph Smith FIRST made these
utterances he was met with the cry
81 blaspheiny. / want to show you
how learned men consider these prin-
elples today. One writer saws that
me professors see IN man alone the
powers necessary to sway the world
and the most Insignificant man has
noie dignity than the God popularity
aepcted by Christianity, which Is said
10 be pessimistic. Its teachings make
man forever an underling Opposed
10 this is the new psychology which
teaches that the spirit OF man Is the
highest expression OF the infinite, and
me attacks made by professors on re-
lglon were due 20 desire to rid the
human mind OF superstition.
me writings OF other scientific men
we're read announcing their belief In
spiritual phenomena, but when Jo-
teph smith announced the necessity OF
spiritual gifts he was decrled The
statement had been made that man