Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-11

tains his identity and that he ever re-
mains "A parsonage.
II Jesus Christ lives. as the world de
ciares, and II we are the children of
God, divinely created for a purpose. the
Latter-day Saints hold e to be a logical
conclusion. that man IL closely related
to his God, That ne can ask in the full
ness OF his heart for light. and that he
can know for himself the absolute
truths Of Gods holy law.
SALVATION FOR ALL
Mormonism holds that tn race is to
be saved No one Is to be damned.
Light Is coming into the world In many
ways and through many channels, for
light and knowledge Is denied to no
one All the avenues of science, that
science which is for the betterment OF
man. Is divine. Philosophy VIII train
man 20 reason and rel gton viii give
man power to save
II we are to have absolute truth In
religion. how Is that absolute truth TO
be obtained? I take II that Christian
ity, II Il teaches anything, teaches ABB
solutely that God is the creator of the
heavens and the earth and of our very
beings, and we know full we'll that the
testimony of Jesus Christ must say
that IL was only through the revelation
of God to man that man may know
you II God Is, IL Jesus Christ is the Re-
deemer of the world. If the Christian
religion is the religion OF salvation for
the human race, how can the pure re-
Hgion of Jesus Christ he understood in
this day and age of intellectual refine
ment without the revelations OF God
10 his children? ] well know that |
am speaking to people who do not be-
lieve In such a thing AZ revelation, as
communng with God; but never
theless I wish 60 point out that the
Mormon conception Of truth IS broad,
glorious and true because u rests upon
the principle that God speaks to his
children.
IN NO SENSE NARROW.
II any religion IL true it II true re-
ligiously. ethicaliy, scientifically. and
philosophically. So Joseph Smith was
not only Law giver IN religion. but he
understood the laws of nature and the
principles Of the advanced science OF
the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,
The writings and sayings OF Joseph
Smith were In no sense narrow, In
fact they were distinct contributions
to civilization. The Mormon people
hold that there are natural laws In the
physical world and that those laws are
inevitable; that the earth and the uni
verse are governed by them and that
man is destined TO learn these laws,
and as they are learned man becomes
better, he becomes wiser. his body be-
comes more pure and his soul more re-
fined. These are some OF the sayings
Of Joseph smith:
and again. verify | say unto you,
that which is governed by law Is also
preserved by law. and perfected ana
sanctified by the same.
That which breaketh a law, an1
abideth not by law. but seeketh to be-
come a law unto itself, and willeth TO
abide In sin. and altogc Their abideth In
sin, cannot be sanctihed b. law, neither
by mercy, justice, nor judgment. There
fore they must remain filthy still
IAN kingdoms have A law given.
And there are many Kingdoms; Tor
there IL no space In which there Is no
Kingdom; and there is no kingdom IN
which there is no space, either great
err or lesser kingdom
And unto every kingdom Is law
given: and unto every law there are
| certain bounds also and conditions.
IAN beings who abide not in those
conditions are not JUSTIFIED.
For Intelligence cleaveth unto IN
telliRence: wisdom receiveth wisdom;
truth embreceth truth; virtue loNeth
virtue light cleaVeth unto light; mercy
hath compassion on mercy, ana claim
eth her own; justice continueth us
course. and clalmeth It's own Judgement
gocth before the face OF him who ST.
teth upon the throne, and goVerneth
and executeth all things;
"He con,prehendeth all things. and
all things are before him, and all things
are round about him; and he Is above
all things, and In all things, and 81
through all things. and Is around all
things and all things are by him, even
God. for ever and ever
And again. verify I say unto YOU,
he hath given n law unto all things
by which they move In their times and
their seasons;
And their courses are fixed; even
the course 81 the heavens and the eartA.
which comprehend the earth and the
planets;
And they give llght 10 each other
I'm their times and I'm their seasons In
their minutes I'm their hours, in m ~
days. In their weeks. In their months. ~
their wears; all these are one year with
God, but not with man"
INTELLIGENCE
Mormonism teaches that "The glory
OF God Is Intelligence" and that mo
man can be saved In ignorance" and
that all tho Intelligence we gain Ia
this life viii rise with us In the here.
after. In other words, the power and
light OF our immortality Will depend
upon our knowledge Of life and all
those things which pertain 10 life. Tho
Mormon people believe that the body
and soul are both divine and In time
will BE- purified by intelligence. The
Mormon church for this reason has
always fostered education and favored
the very best school systems that can
be found In the world. And ! micht
add here that the Mormons established
the FIRST high school west OF the Missis-
sippi. and with the exception perhaps
OF Texas. Utah had the first university
west OF the Mississippi. ] quote from
tho circular Issued IN 1850 BY President
- kfa 10. u
Patrons 81 iearning-The citizens Of |
the state Of Deseret, having established |
a university 81 Great salt Lake City. /
the chancellor and board OF regents an /
l.as. a