Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-28

is tendency among men everywhere
In the world to seek after gold, silver
ana the precious things of the earth. 1t
borders closely upon the worship OF
thesc things. upon ldolatry You win
remember that the Lord himself at one
time told the children of Israel. Thou
shelt have no other gods before me. -"
no craven Image. etc. The words of
| the Lord on that occasion were direct
and full of meaning and interest to the
! Lattcrday Saints.
"..s speaker then read the twelfth
chapter of st. Luke in which the Mas
Ter was requested that certain in
heritancc be divided, And the reply
was to take heed and beware OF covet-
BUSINESS. Those words, continued tho
speaker, teach an important lesson, the
uncertainty of life, and In solemn words
we are warned against the evil or
coVetouSness We are told to seek
first the kingdom of God and his right
eousncss and all other things will be
added TO us. These other things are
necessary 10 our welfare but they must
not come first; We must not set our
hearts upon them for where our treas
ure Is. there will our hearts be also.
take IT. VIC came into this world
primarily To obtain our mortal bodies.
Having obtained these bodies. We are
10 secure their salvation, How can we
secure salvation except we shall con-
form to the Will of God, serving him
and keeping his commandments? Jesus
told his disciples to go into all the
world and preach the gospel: he that
believes and Is baptized shall be saved
and those that believe not shall be
damned This Is the language of the
Lord-an injunction put upon US as
servants, and when performed the re
sponsibillty rests upon the world, This
is the great consideration or life, that
we give heed to this message from the
Master.
We learn from the revelations of God
that the spirit and the body constitute
the soul OF man. that the resurrection
is the redemption of the soul Tho
spirit alone Is Incomplete, the body
alone Is incomplete, 1t takes the two to
make and constitute the soul of man,
and the great desideratum and purpose
OF life is to work out the redemption
OF the soul Both the spirit and the
body are necessary to our welfare and
happiness.
In the revelations to Joseph Smith.
the prophet. the Lord revealed a great
truth: that man is spirit and the ele-
ments are eternal, the spirit Is an ele-
meat and when separated cannot re-
ceive the fullness of joy. The elements
form the tabernacle, and man is tho
tabernacle, even the temple, and Il
this temple be dcfiled, God shall destroy
that temple. This revelation empha-
sizes the importance of the body If
wo protect and shield these bodies from
evil and pollution. the time will come
when they Will be raised from the dead
and the body and the spirit will be in
scparable and receive the fullness of
joy.
In view OF these truths, then how
very unimportant are the worldly
things of this life, such as gold and sill
YER. or investments In securities, and
deposits In banks which must be left
when we go hencel All that is left of
US when VIC appear in the spirit world
Is the record OF our lives. That we take
with US; all else is left behind. What
belongs to this world. remains In this
world. When we lay these bodies down
in death they go into the earth, mother
earth claims them and Will hold them
until the morning of the resurrection.
Wc are told that the earth will be given
to the righteous for an inheritance.
1 testify to you in all sclemnity that
we have received the gospel of Jesus.
that Jesus was the Christ; that he was
crucified for the sins of the world; that
Joseph Smith was a prophet, and
through him the gospel has been re-
stored In its beauty and greatness In |
this latter day. and this Is the message
that we bring to the world and Is being
delivered to all nations by our elders '
going forth in humility, bringing peace 4
10y and salvation to the children of /
men.
The choir sang the anthem: Let the |
Shout for JOY" Benedic- |
Ion was offered by Elder Charles H.
Hyde.