The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-28
CHILDREN should
RECEIVE TEACHING
Parents Urged to Impress Upon
Them Principles of
the Gospel.
INFLUENCES NECESSARY
TABERNACLE SPEAKERS APPEAL
TO FATHERS AND MOTHERS.

Appeals to the fathers and mothers
of the Mormon church to teach their
children at home the principles of the
gospel, and to devote their time to lay
ing up stores in heaven rather than ac-
curing the things of this earth, were
made in sermons delivered by Elder
Thomas Hull and Apostle Rudger Claw
son, at the regular afternoon service
at the Tabernacle yesterday. The serV-
ice was presided over by Apostle An
thon H. Lund, of the first presidency
of the church.
Elder Thomas Hull, the first speaker,
consumed the greater part Of the time
allotted to the service. He said in part:
The Mormons believe that little by
little the faith that Jesus taug Il. ana
the doctrines that his disciples promul-
gated, were departed from, ana "Sie
lost in the early days OF Jile chuICiI
they NAV have had form OF SouIl-
ness, but they denied the power theIe-
of. The M0rmOns teach to the world
that in the latter days the pfopnesy
of John the Baptist, where ne saw
an angel flying in the midst OF IAS
heavens with the everlasting gospel
has been fulfilled.
They believe that this message came
TO the Prophet Joseph Smith, a BOY
who lived on this continent, and tnaI
cod revealed Himself and His son, Je-
sus Christ, to that prophet and taught
him the principles OF the ever ever tiiiS
gospel This is the same gospel Whlch
was taught in the beginning or the hu-
man race, TO Adam, and to those VINO
succeeded him.
Jesus Brought Message.
..Vhen Jesus came to the earth he
brought the same message, the sdlle
everlasting gospel, and taught men lust
what the Mormms are teaching lheII
today The MOrmOns believe ana tedcu
that faith in God, and in Jesus CHRIST
His son. is necessary for their SdlNa-
tion We teach and believe Ihat the
children of men are the cLllluICh VI
cod. that God is our father; Jnan We
dwelt with Him before " came 10 JIIs
earth: that He has placed us mere ma
we might gain those experiences WhlCH
only can be gained by mortal ne, W
may prove to Him our loyalty dud put
integrity. We may prove 10 Inn nm I'M
we will choose good and discard eNL,
We believe that when God sent US mere
He gave us our agency. rr.- -
"fesus came-some accepted Him ana
believed His teachings, others denied.
So il is in the latter dayS-some dCCep'
Joseph Smith and others deny MIN;
I'm brief these are the first prlh-
ciples of the gospel ralth, IgpeAlaiiiIo'
haptism bv immersion and the laying
on of hands for the gift OF the Holy
sabbath after Sabbath We meet in
rrIr assemblies and partake OF the sac
rament-emblems of the BODY anI me
blood of the Lord Jesus Christ Nheh
we partake of this sacrament We wiz
ness unto God that we are Wiling 70
take upon us the name OF ms son. anu
always remember HIM rms ea fn.S
that everything we do should be TOT
the glory of the Lord, and that at all
times we are His witness.
Teaching of Mormonism.
..Tbis is the teaching of MOrmonism;
This is the mission of MOTmonism
among men. Misreprss ented through we
are, misunderstood though the peopIe
of Cod are Vet their mission among
men is to uplitt and 70 teach righteous
ness to all the world.
I believe there is everything to en-
courage us. God has made known to
us that we are His people, ana that
it is our destiny to return TO him ana
dwell in His presence forever, provided
we keen His commandments. we are
taught that we will share with him
glory and power-that we Will be gods,
even the sons of GOD.
TT is the duty Of every father and
mother in Israel to surround the chill
dren in their homes with the spirit OF
the gospel and the influence or the
Lord. These parents should set beIore
their children an example OF righteous
ness and humility. clean ndnuS anu
hearts should be in every home IN MOT
monism. If these conditions do not ex-
list the heads Of those tamllles are tall-
ing in their duties.
This is a fast age, when things move
with great rapidity. Men are absorbed
in business enterprises and III the
launching of great projects. TOO busy
do some of them become that they
fail IN teach their children the way
of life and salvation. These children,
too often, are left to the care OF those
outside of the family. They forget TO
take their children and gather them
around and teach them the principles
of the gospel
I sometimes think lmat our modern
system of education is responsible for
our girls and boys departing from the
teachings of the parents. The tendency
of the child, following modern teach
ings, is 10 look up to the teacher rs
the embodiment of all wisdom, and
quite often the influence of the par
ents is lost. ! would not disparage the
work OF the teacher, but 1 would have
both parent and teacher work more
in conjunction in the education of the
child"
Apostle CIawson Speaks.
AROUSE, o We Mortals." an anthem,
was rendered in the chOirs usual pleas
ing manner, following which Apostle
Rudger ClawsOn was called to the
stand. He said in part:
lone of the great sins of this age,
and of all other ages, is the sin Of
cOvetousness. There is tendency
among men everywhere in the world
TO seek after gold and silver and the
precious things of the earth. This COW
etousness borders very closely on idol
airy. We are warned in solemn words
against the evil of cOvetouSness. We
are told that if we viii seek first the
kingdom of God and His righteousness,
all other things will be added unto US.
Other things are necessary to our well
fare, but they must not come first,
and we must not set our hearts on
them, for where our faith is there will
our heart be also.
I'VE learn from the revelations Of
God that the spirit and the body con-
stitute the soul of man and the resur-
rection is the redemption of the soul.
The spirit alone is incomplete; the body
alone is incomplete; it takes both to
constitute the soul of man. The great
purpose and object of life is to work
out the redemption Of the soul"
UnimpeachabIe-It you were to see
the uneQualled volume OF unimpeach-
able testimony in favor of Hoods Sar-
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for so long delaying TO take this eff
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