Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

must practise virtue and holiness con-
tinually"
1t is sometimes said our ministers
are not paid. That is true In n way
in monetary sense But l want to
say that we are the best paid ministers
in the world IL everyone performs mis-
duties we'll and To the best of his
abilities
Tho choir sang the anthem. Let us
sing unto the Lord. and praise his holy
name"
ELDER J. NJ. SJODAHL.
Elder J. NJ. Sjodahl was the next
speaker. He said in part:
Human nature Is so constituted that
when the human mind Is brought face
to face with truth. II feels that 1t is the
truth. and II IS generally our own fault
If we go against 1t,
The speaker read from section oS,
Doctrine and Covenants. wherein the
Lord spoke to the saints through the
Prophet Joseph Smith, commanding
them 10 go into the uttermost parts OF
the earth and preach the gospel to
every creature, and signs would follow
those that believe, and then behold the
Son of Man Will come. In the earliest
history of the Latter-day Saints 1t is
announced that there should be gath
ering place, to be called the New Je-
rusalem In section IS, the Lord COM
mnnded the saints to go preach the gos-
pei to the Lamanites. and inasmuch as
they receive II, the Church will be es-
taolished among them. In section AZ the
Lord speaks of when IT shall be re-
vealed from on high where the site of
the New Jerusalem shall be, the gath
ering place in these latter-days
1: has been said by enemies of tho
Church that this IL a huge financial
scheme. 1t Is not true. One OF the OBJ
Jects of the gathering, of the establish
ment of printing offices, schools and
other things mentioned in the revcla-
tlon, was for the benefit of the people,
and to inspire them to preach the gos-
pei of Jesus Christ throughout the
world
What is this gospel of Jesus Christ
which we preach. and for which We sac
rifce? II called upon to state in one
brief sentence what it Is would prob
ably say lit IS a message to all tho
children of men concerning the Father
hood of God and the brotherhood
Of man" From our condition we need
ed q Savior, and our Father in heaven
gave us his only Son, We enter Into
the right relations with God through
repentance, which means change OF
mind, IL brings forth new lie, oll-
ferent life; through faith, by which we
are justified. as it is written OF Abra-
ham, that he believed God and that
was counted him to righteousness.
BY baptism. through which we ac-
cept Jesus. and confess before God that
we accept him, through the laying on of
hands for the reception OF the Holy
Ghost, and it will give new power for
life, for enlightenment. for righteous"
ness. The gospel Is a message to the
world how to be saved from sin and be
blessed and placed in a position where
we may obtain eternal eXaltation.
1 think il will be admitted generally
that the pagan religions of the world
have no salvation In them for the hu-
man family Look at the phil
osophies of India-what have they
done for the human family ?
Has II been a power for saliva
ton to lift the people from poverty and
slavery and for the suppression of ig-
norance? Any nation that is divided by
classes, one grovelllng In the dust to
a higher, has not been saved. If we
turn to China we see poverty famine,
pestilence. ignorance and superstition,
millions of human beings neglected.