Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21
SPIRITUAL AND
TEMPORAL LIFE
Elder David Mckenzie Treats on
Gospel Principles at
Sunday Services.
iPREsT. A. H. LUND PRESlDES.
Elder A. ii. Schulthcss Delivers Ad-
dress on Message of Salvation
Prayers for Prcst Windcr.

Sunday services at the Tabernacle
| were presided over by President An
thon H. Lund. The choir sang Great
God indulge my humble claim" Eld-
er Joseph S Wells offered prayer
During the Invocation and the bene-
dictlon suppllcations were made In
behalf of President John r. Winder.
who lies very Ill with pneumonia.
The choir sang, Prayer is the souls
sincere desire"
Elder David Mckenzie was the first
speaker. He said in part; In So
years experience In the Church OF
Jesus Christ of Lntter-day Saints.
have found 1t no sacrifice to respond
to the call of the authorities; but
rather a blessing usually followed
such obedience. My strength is not
the best, but had / the strength OF
Sampson. I should not desire to weary
| you with speaking.
The speaker told of the visit of the
Jewish leader. Nicodemus, to Jesu.
| by night. He told the Savior that he
knew he was from God, or he could
| not do the miracles and wonders
| which he did The Savior told him that
unless he were born again he could
not sec the kingdom OF God, Nico-
demus marveled and asked for an
explanation The Savior said he
| must be born of the water and the
| spirit or he could not enter the king
| dom of God
| That proves that there are two
birthstone of the flesh and ono of
the spirit. to be undergone before one
i g,.I. -tt n. L 81 Tn,n fYfl,
| and one just as real ms the other.
| God placed Adam and Eve In the Gar
den Of Eden but commanded that they
| should not eat OF the fruit of tho
| tree of the knowledge OF good and
| evil. But Adam ate. MS 1t was in
| tended he should cat, and thereby
| brought death into the world. He
knew good and evil however, and had
| this not been 80, he would have re-
mained forever in the same state.
| knowing not good and evil, and there
would have been no life, because
| there was no death; so Adam sinned
that he might have exaltatlon and
| glory And if he lost the spiritual life
\ by the fall, there was wise provis-
| ion made by which he. and all the
| children OF men could regain tho
| spiritual life and glory So In the
| plan of the Father. the Lamb came
forth and opened the door of eternal
life to Adam and all his posterity
WHAT is LIFE?
Scientific men seek TO describe what
| life is. One says life Is the sum total
| of the functions which resist death,
| but do We gain any real Idea from
| this statement what life ISL There arc
two births described in the faith OF
the Saints and as a processing Chris
tian I cannot go back of the words
of the Savior on this point. There Is
q temporal birth and spiritual birth;
temporal life and spiritual life
No man or woman can enjoy eternal
| life without first obcying the princi-
pies upon which that gift Is pred,-
Gated. We should not suffer our
selves to believe that eternal life can
| be obtained In any other way, Fifty
| eight years ago ] prayed earnestly to
| God-for then l believed in God but
| not in Christianity-to put light into
my heart. l had heard OF Joseph
Smith and the Mormons. but had paid
| no attention to them. God answered
| my prayer, and before 1 had met any
| of the elders of this Church had al
ready believed, for miraculously had
| come into possession of some of their
| literature. When I was baptized I
| wRs told that / should know OF the
Holy Ghost whether Joseph Smith
was a prophet or not ! had never
talked in public and when I attend
ed a testimony meeting my great pray
| er was that / might know and tes-
| tify, IL such wns the case. that the
work was true and that Joseph was
| prophet The meeting was a glor-
ious one: the spirit of tongues and
prophecy was there. 1 hoped for
testimony, but could not speak
arose to my feet, thinking / would
try and say something. 1 did say
something. but not what / thought I
should; my tongue was loosed, a feel
Ing of rapturous joy took possession
of me. my mind was illuminated and
| l testified to the things | had longed
| 10 know. the power of God was up
on me. and l knew that the Gospel
was true and that Joseph Smith was
a prophet.
DR.. Campbell says that a man NAV
be mistaken In his opinion, and so led
to die for it rather than retract: but in
matters OF fact, as for instance the
assassination OF Julius Caesar the
death of Napoleon, or the battle OF
| Bunker Hill, these are not matters OF
opinion, but of fact, and one cannot be
| mistaken I'm these. There may be
martyrs to opinion, and these say,
| sincerely think. but the martyrs To
fact say. ] know The instance OF
Christ appearing to the apostles after
| his resurrection was the demonstration
OF a fact. not an opinion; the conyer-
sion of Saul. who had religlously per-
secuted Gods servants. was another
demonstration of fact. and not opinion
These were evidences to the senses of
men that they could not reject. and II
was the same with Joseph Smith
When but IA years OF age he received
testimony he could not reject, and
although he WAS scoffcd at by the
learned. and told he was dreaming he
maintained the fact and one day he was
filled With unbounded JOY when the
three witnesses were shown the plates
OF the Book of Mormon by nm angel, for
he said God had lightened his burden
by showing others that what he said
was true. Not only the three witnesses
were shown. but eight more, who saw
and handled the plates and knew they
were according TO what had been said.
The promise made by Joseph Smith Is
the promise mnde by Jesus Christ, that
those who do the viii OF God shall
know whether II be OF God or not, and
the promise Is just as forceful now as
IL ever was.
The gift of the Holy Ghost Will die
unless II is fed. the same as the phys
ical body viii Gle without sustenence.
and for that reason the saints should
met togther often in testimony meet
ings, and partalle of the bread and the
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