Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-18
Elders Heber ]. Grant and 3. H.
Roberts Heard at the Tab
ernaCIe Sunday.
PIONEER STAKE CONFERENCE
g.., Moral Law a. Revealed for the
Guidance Of the Lattcr-day saints
The Theme OF Discourses.

q
,.bo had exerted the greatest influence
,pop the destinies OF this country,
"a. stated in the remarks made by
i.i5e. Heber j. Grant, while Elder 3.
~ Roberts took for his subject tho
,,.rsl law that governs the Church,
.ai.ng of blood atoncment re-
rrire 100 the law which doubtless
sss the saints their fame for in
sg.trv and declaring that the great
III calamity tho world ever saw was
,+s union of the black and the white
zoos The foregoing subjects were
listened 10 by a large congregation at
~ quarterly conference OF the
T.opeer stake at the tabernacle sun
stake Counselor Charles Hyde was
49, charge OF the services The choir
sspc Inc hymn. Earth with her ten
bnisand flowers Prayer was Of
ferod bv stake Counselor sylvester
cannon. The choir sang zion pros
pers. am IS well.'
ELDER HEBER J. GRANT
elder Heber J. Grant read from one
Of Margaret h. Sangster's books In
which she quoted remarks made by
Henry ward Beecher on the eve of
fbo great Civil war i'm which he said
tberr was no cause for alarm; that
tAere would be no war This all shows
the lack OF inspiration possessed even
a. the most prominent Christian
d.gnes of that day, And yet years be-
fore the war the Prophet Joseph
smith received "a revelation from the
lord iu which II was declared that
Mar would come between the northern
and the southern states, announcing
fbe exact state In which the war would
break out Forty days before the
martyrdom OF the prophet, he was
Interviewed by Josiah quincy. who
afterwards published his opinion,
saving. 1T is by no means impOs-
s.llc that In some future attempts
fir us 10 solve the question OF what
American OF the nineteenth century
had exerted the greatest influence
upon the destinies Of this country u
win be written, Joseph Smith. the
Mormon prophet" / believe the day
not far distant when men and women
without prejudice will give full credit
90 this man raised mp Of God and
placed at the head OF a dispensation
Of people called Mormons.
rejoice in the knowledge that God
lives. that Jesus Is the Christ; that
Joseph smith was a prophet Of the
true and living God. and that this
gospel called Mormonism Is endowed
with permanent life and salvation
ELDER B. II. ROBERTS.
Elder Brigham II. Roberts said we
can only preach the gospel in frag
ment / believe If il were possible to
preserit the whole scheme OF life and
salvation as revealed In the new dis
pensation Of the gospel in these lat
Ter days there would be none who
could withhold his assent or belief in
IT'S truth and divinity. But because we
can only teach it In fragments We
Feem 10 make slow progress in bring
ing people TO an acceptance of the
message
Again / am reminded Of the remark
Of an uufriendly man who said the
system for which the Mormon PRIEST
hood stands when viewed as a body OF
doctrine would not challenge the cold
respect Of a passing glance by any
well informed person. In my recent
remarks on the strength, the beauty,
The reasonableness OF this gospel. there
ore some things | should like to add.
Some after the saints gathered at
Kirkland the Lord fulfilled his
promise by giving the revela-
Ton recorded in the Doctrine and
Covenants, Section AZ. called the
moral law. The moral law Of the
gospel is the same in all ages. We have
70 hold TO those principles: they are
ihe principles Of that body Of doctrine
Cor which the Mormon priesthood. So
called stands.
The speaker read from this moral
aW starting with chou shalt not
iil' for he that kills shall die. That
is the law of the Church i'm reference
W murder 70 ls I'm harmony with the
hR given from the beginning. that
When mans blood Is shed by man, his
blood shall be shed also III You want
H6 doctrine OF blood atouement there /
IS given early in the history OF the I
Pace Toe the image of God created he !
hn human life IL sacred; 70 is pro /
i0g'ed bv the highest OF penalties I
h'l eternal life abiding iu I
m Because OF this belief /
ours Ina the matter of she'd /
1ne az blood Of those who take human /
We it has been supposed that the |
'9urch held the right TO execute the |
PENALTY Of this law. This Is not true. /
Ihe law is that such person be de- /
iNffed up 10 the law Of land. and shall /
pc punished according to the law Of /
lhe land Matters of life and death /
nave not been entrusted 10 the hands 1
OF ne church, nor 90 any as officers /
oI the Church. II any have been /
teaching or proclaiming other law
IMAM that it is In error Unto civil |
government only is entrusted this
power No hand is armed by the
doctrines OF the Church TO take hui
man life whatever the sins OF man
may be-
lhe speaker read on. Thou shalt not
steal Tor he that stealeth and Will not
ltlett shah be east out Thou shalt
p De, or do other iniquity. nor SIAN
~ Your ucighbor, Sometimes ] think
p, 'Vfe i~ care,essness among the Latter
usy saints IN these matters. and that
pr place too much importance upon
lHor things and miss these things OF
!. o'e Importance. Then again there IS
'L' IaW Of chastity Thou shalt love
Wy wife, and ne who looketh upon a
Y oman 20 lust after her hath com
''lra adultery in his heart and IL he
pent not ne win De cast out Not
'N' Jol Of this law of chastity has been
' aside and Is today binding upon
Members OF this Church.
Elder Roberts then referred 10 the
~" of brother or sister offending. also
y lhe conservation or property and the
il'l pie OF stewardship. 1t was or
lneo That man must acknowledge
KY lle earth is the Lords and the
NihDss thereof 70 referred TO this
'ns "a day Of milhcnaires In which all
.'lln is drifting into heaps That
,,'lh reurcecuts the surplus Of the
+. 'H OF the community and the people.
, ,.h PEOPLE had sufficient confidence
t.'lf leaders, were not SO selfish or
t''eus there would be different
luef of things Thou shalt not be
.'oud in thy heart And the people
I, hot be IDLE. The idlcr shall have