Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-17
Delivers Address on Subject at
|. Regular Meeting in Big
Tabernacle.
TAKES OLD HYMN FOR "A TEXT
Five States of Existence of the Soul
4 And Three Classes OF Intclli-
gence He Maintains.

Services at the tabernacle Sund,,
Afternoon We're presided over by Pres.
idcnt Antbon II. Lund. The choir
rendered The opening hymn, softly
beams the Sabbath dawnins," and
Elder John N. knight offered the inyo.
cation. Onward Christian Soldier.
was sung blythe choir and Elder
George II. Brimhall was announced no
tho speaker.
After Il few introductory remarks In
regard to truth he said that 1t was n
command of God as well as an optor-
tunlty to be allowed to go to house
of worship on the Sabbath day and
partake of the sacrament.
Some men and women would ra,h
Ser remain at home" Elder Brimb,,,
sud, and take things easy on the Sab.
bati, day But the Lord has said 20
to the Lords house and exercise thu.
privileges that we have. -
Il have thought that it would no,
be out Of place this afternoon 10
speak of the five states of existence
of the soul. Tho first of these Is tho
pre-mortal. 1t is called by some tho
unembodied state. but as the spirit IL
the body itself. I prefer to call ii tho
pre-mortal.
THE second is the mortal state
when the spirit is tenant of the earth
ly body.
1.-THE dc-mortal state IS the third
state of existence when the spirit has
taken its flight from the body.
The fourth, the immortal state and
the fifth. the translated state or the
state when death has been suspended
and dissolution held back.
TAKES HYMN AS TEXT.
In developing his theme and the pe-
lief OF the doctrines of tho Church OF
Jesus Christ of Latter-duy Saints,
Elder Brimhall read the hymn 20 My
Father" and explained it line by limb
which Is thu personitication of the
doctrine of pre-eXistence.
There are four sources of thcolog-
first of these is tradition, the second
history; the third. revelation, and tho
last necessary to them ALL reason
IN the history of the Almighty One
we find that the Lord speaks to the
prophet In such a way OF the pre-
mortal existence as to satisfy the most
scientific and most skeptical. These
are his words: I knew thee hetors
thou vast born and ordained thee q
prophet unto the nation If
when the Prophet Joseph Smith de-
clared all men equal With God In intel
lect, he removed all responsibility from
God of making him as he Is and blam-
ing him for all his weaknesses and
wickedncsses.
THE cry of the people today Is:
cannot DO otherwise than bad II man
were created without power by his
fashioner that might have been true.
But finally l am what am because
of my choice. l am glad that an
what am. l am glad that l am what
my ancestors We're. I am glad that my
environments are what they are, spirit
ually. morally and Intellectually. When
i have chosen what Will be then
have decided what my desires are. ~
man Will choose from his points of IN.
terest and lay the foundation of his
determinations. His choice Is his FREQ
agency but no has no choice over thu
result of the causes. He may choose
for himself debasemcnt but the results
of his debasement are not of his choos.
ing.
5"As an illustration a man may choose
to live in the mountain tops where tho
air is pure and wholesome or he may
live in the mire but he cannot choose
as to the results that these two posi-
tons will bring upon him.
FUNDAMENTAL. PRINCIPLE :,
"The Prophet Joseph Smith said that
we were in tho heavens in tho pre-!
mortal state when the plan of saliva:
ton was arranged, and we consented
to the plan. ID
For wise and glorious purpose,
Thou hast placed me here on earth. F."
Elder Brmhall read from the hymn.
The fundamental principle of our com
Ing here was to get bodies where mat
ter and spirit are connected III the high
est form of creation. =
There are three classes OF intelli'
gences, the unmeuning, which is cons
fined to little children; the good -mean4
Ing and the ill-meaning. / believe all
humanity can be placed In these three
classes OF intelligences. In the begin
ming, wo hold 1t Is self-evldent that tho
Lord started us all OFF together, created
us all equal and with no remembrance
of our Inequalities to hang upon us as
encouragement"
In conclusion Elder Brimhall said
that he tried to repent of his sins and
that he believed that when he had
done all he could to repent that God
would forgive him. He said that thu
mind Of God was beautiful. and that no
did not believe that wo ought to feel
that "life was ono d. thing after an
other 'as one writer had said but
that it was one blessing after another.
Tho choir sang ''Let the Mountains
Shout" and Elder Joseph e. Taylor
offered benedictIon. III
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