The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-14
KINGDOM Of GOD
IS ALL UNIVERSE
Brigham H. Roberts Tells of
Revelation Received by
Prophet Joseph Smith.
ENSIGN STAKE OFFICERS
SUSTAINED AT MEETING
Reports Show That Affairs of
Ecclesiastical Division Are
i'm Good Condition.

Brigham IL Roberts, who was the
speaker at the services in the Taber-
! nacio sunday. defended the Mormon
faith Mr. Roberts spoke for more than
an hour. in beginning he said that,
about year ago. Il man had declared
that the body of the doctrines of the
Mormon church was not entitled to the
cold respect of "a passing glance, Mr.;
Roberts said that while the remark had
half amused HIM he had become pos
s"Sscd OF desire. upon hearing OF 1t.
10 mako further research i'm review OF
declared it TO be a good thing occasion
ally TO refer to FIRST principles
Mr.. Roberts said that, in 1892, rcrcl-
alton had come To the Prophet Joseph
Smith from God. the burden of which
was that there Is no space without n
Kingdom and also there Is no kingdom in
which there is not also cNtcnsion-spsce
he speaker read over the list OF the
eight major planets which comprise the
solar system. giving the dimensions OF
each. and declaring that II all were melt
cd into one the whole mass would bc
only opc-ucn'h as great as the sun.
There were millions. hundreds oil millions
OF iiNcd stars. he said. all OF them prob
ably ccnters az a system such as the
one OF which the earth is a part. 1t is
reasonable 10 suppose, he said. that there
are other plancts-many other planets
more magnificent than the earth. inhab-
tied by people whose intelligence is
greater and whose civilization is further
advanced than those which obtain OIL
the earth.
In Other Worlds.
''NYhile scientists are specializing ON
whether or not Mars is inhabited" said
Mr.. Roberts. God through His prophet.
proclaimed that the worlds are inhabited
by the sons and daughters of Cod
Mr.. Roberts dwelt upon space, declar-
ing that it is inconceivabe, for TO make
II conceivable. one must fix q limit, and
when a limit is fixed there is extension
still and another limit must be fixed
The same is true oil duration,
Taking another thought, MIR Roberts
said that law itself is restricted. con-
that the transgression of the law is
called sin. and II has been veNing to
theolosians TO explain how evil can cX-
ist when all things are created by
good pure and holy God. Mormonism.
he said teaches that God does not create
moral evil. but that moral evil is Great
ed through the agency OF the intelli-
sence.
Innocent May Suffer for Guilty.
Applying his idea, Mr.. Roberts said
times suffer with the guilty, but IL is
also true that the innocent can suffer
for the guilty. as In the case of the
father suffering Tor his children and the
children for the father So Jesus Christ
suffered for the sins of man and. through
His voluntary act. He rendered IL posi-
bic that man might not suller Repent
auce and atonement were demanded by
the Lord only in return for the agony
through which He passed that mankind
might be redeemed,
The services IN the afternoon were in
effect a continuation of a morning meet
Ing of the conference of Ensign stake.
The morning session was addressed by
Richard w Young. Apostle Ilyrum Smith
and Bishop Romney Reports of officers
showed the stakes affairs TO be in excel
lent condition. The stake authorities
were presented and sustained without
change
At the afternoon services Richard w
Young presided and Joseph l.. Taylor
offered the invocation. The choir sang
Praise We the Lord" Sweet Is the