| Show TELLS OF BIRTH OF THE CHRIST CHRISTof of Madame Lydia Mountford I Gives ives I Interesting Review of I Saviors Savior's Nativity L NOT BORN IN POVERTY t 1 wt Tabernacle bernacle Scene of Lecture re on Palestine and the theL L Holy Land The Nativity lh of Christ was as tho the of or the address delivered at the barnaclo ado yeste yesterday a afternoon I te moon by dame adame Lydia Mountford the noted oh l Land lecturer She discussed the thc Abject with a force Corce clearness anti and den dc- dc n 1 that gave s the audience a vivid Im- Im of tho the birthplace of or Christ and lie m 10 circumstances lead leading InS InS' up to tho eat nt Plu Iu In beginning her lecture Madame Ia fount ford said in makes maltes no difference you ou cro era born or of oC whatever Ocr creed or bet be- be t f you vou ma may mav be one namo binds us Uti al all l Sether and amI that Is tho time name of Jesus I bring t you OU a message of or peace om em Palestine and may the blessing God be bo yours ours When I 1 was here last on th the o occasion catlon ot of the birthday President Woodruff and he occupied be stand e stand at the time So I have e alS al'S altys al- al ays tys S 'S had tho the most pleasant ins with Ibis ls Tabernacle You You arc all nIl familiar with the Christ ot the Bible with Christ of oC pice plc- plc res e serm sermons and stories but you yeu are arc ram with the Christ of oC I hf n mf Palestine Is b tho tie land of oC I p n and many ninny Interesting things timings o or f life lire have havo been handed down forI forent for I ent centuries from father to sonI son I Ins ings that were not written In books I nd id d which if It they were the time world worl uld not contain the writings thereof t 1 fc Gl GIves JI ca interesting unto Sho She then traced In a graphic s manner lineage through tho the royal oaths of ot Israel and of or Persia Madame told of ot the people looking the tho coming id md d awaiting a expectantly star of oC Jacob which would pro- pro film aIm the birth of or the tho Savior Sa er very ery luch uch as IoS the tho people of or the tIme United d States cero ero on the lookout last y r ar for 01 r the millS millS' of at Halloy's Halley's comet The Tho he event had been proclaimed inI In I which were handed down rough rou h the medium of tradition anti and antiC ande e C time for Its Us fulfillment seemed Deemed close rI hand She Sho followed the biblical ac- ac punt of oC the tho visitation of or the shepherds l-J l J the angels anels and nd their Journey to l to see and pa pay homage toj to j born babe our the season Is the most beautiful of oC oCeal year eal she said There Is no snoW 9 the ground but all the hillsides and ll ll's s 's are aloe with fresh greenI green I dure 1 re and the scene or of the shepherds fl their g grazing flocks Is a er very one Mars marriage to Joseph was as not 1 of the flesh as you OU understand H it 1 j said for tor Mary had been ass I 1 pd d to the temple It was a custom lse he to provide for the tho gene gene- lInen lineage o ot of those thOle that were set Blit rt In the service ot or the Lord and ands ands' i u s' s observed with the i nearest t ol or k kin In Josephs Joseph's marriage to her placed hint him hinti i irely rely In the or of an older brother mI guard fg and protect her Nothing has hasl r l' been said In the Hol 1101 Writ or 4 tided down by tradition that Christ S B the he SOn of oC Joseph but that ho he was b by the Holy Ghost It If lie He 1 i fc a 8 the son of or Joseph then Christ Is b greatest s Impostor that ever lived have nO gospel ospel S' S L hen the scene at Bethlehem at that son I Is described when th thousands had t I at the little place and all inns were filled j J 1 In ii an Old t t waS no sign or of poverty that Mary t were compelled to take up l' l In tIme tho stable All other labIa places were taken It merely merel that the were late The Inn i bunt built b bY their ancestors and was ot of their old homestead ContrarY Contra I born babe wasi was an anY beliefs the neW new born 3 i lal laid naked on tho the straw of oC the siger Ho lie was wrapped rapped in swaddling thes thes and ind Mary had plenty of or them then's IT j Ii these clothing bore the tho signs of r Oal lineage and his noble mis- mis Cs v Penrose was sas In charge charse 01 or tho ino rr rIces s. s II lie Hc announced the tho opening o oh the choir Zion Stands With jc s 's after which prayer by Anthony thony W W. Ivins 1 Then p Sin the Wondrous ondrous owed Sing Sing I by the choir t AV W V Young Young- president of or EnC Ent En- En t C 1 first to speak 1 was the t day Ia Said said lie he stands between at and peculiar anniversaries of oC interest Interest to the time followers ChurCh of Jesus Christ of Latter Latter- YesterdaY was the ono one Saints pee paY the tho red ired and sixths sixth anniversary r ot of I or of Joseph Smith the instrument the ri restoration of or the power and andt Sr of or the church h of oC the B hiving n srI t earth w will be the thero a is upon or of it usually celebrated as Savior Sa ro Lord and births birth of our ti has h been en ur urged ed that time tho church 11 ChrisI Chris Chrls- Is not R. R I ma 10 I. I tt r Saints If It Itt I church but as a matter or of fact t m u under up Ullon th time life and teachings Christ 0 believe that only tho the sufferings and sacrifice ot of ugh t t. t Savior that sa salvation can or will t a. a VC e yield to toh no Tie church In the Hand admiration of the diameter or of Christ t and his divine mission 5 on earth Gul flut We believe e that the tho J h lie he fo o or ceas ceased d to tot exist S after the cruel crud r a tew few centuries centuri n. n J fIe Ve that this Is the thc dl dispensa- dispensa pensa- pensa l the fullneSS 5 or of time time the la last t or of the tho earth In time tho history a the saw fit to restore In all ull lit its authority and gospel o I di r r. r arid In t this 18 church rounded founded time the I red gospel S I of Iu J unit Minn I compared and noted the similarity e 1 e coming forth of or tho gospel at imo or of Christ and nd now no A A. parallel aid exists between timo tho birth ofee of oC t and Joseph Smith In their hum hum- ee oth had harl er very little but bul both tIme tho teach tench- of mankind hy by the tho sanction of oC the theO theO r Both were equally unpopular O isn they declared the church as It ted d In their time to bo be without au- au aUy and were opposed by the tho rich Their mission the tho Int intellectual was sas 1 1 Tar ar They labored among the tho poor I. humble Both were rejected 1 hero o 1 Is also a similarity In iii their 1 3 d t Christ was crucified anti and M ph Smith was practically cruel crucified f Cled cd lie narrowness of mind and antI tilt tho Inv In- In v of oC his time Each Kach foresaw 1 eath and yielded n t willing martyr g lY l al all the time apostles of or Christ fell reB u as 1 tyr Tho The church chUlch of If the Latter day its has not been without Its Hel martyrs g Jt was charged against the tIme carl early f at Rome that they were and unpatriotic Time Tim same name c e was mado made a against the Latter day S. S but both hoth were equally false c e plan of or salvation us given II by qI h Joseph comprehends I F of oC time It Its opportunities ti for tor accepting the truth J ot It confined to our existences here hero linro will como come a t time beyond the c when wo We may hr hear Iwar ar tho time gospel ospel ell ed e l and when we wo may work york our ourI I 1 |
