Show EVIDENCE Of THE MILLENNIUM I j Marvelous Progress in Arts and Sciences Since Advent of I Mormonism TALK AT THE TABERNACLE BRIGHAM H ROBERTS SPEAKS FROM NO GIVEN TEXT The Tb millennium is already ady on its way waya a as evidenced by the Ute marvelous pro progress In the arts arta and aDd sciences since sines the advent of m according to the views expressed by Brigham H Roberts at the tabernacle taberna lo services yesterday esterday afternoon Mr Roberts Roberta took no special text say saying sa ing he had been unable to fix his mind mindon on any aD special text or passage but that he be would speak on a general theme which might be illustrated by b many scriptural passages and by the historical experiences ex of the children of God m JD many ages This Thill theme was ws s blat no matter how great the conception of ot man might be as to the plans of God these plans were al always alway always ways way greater creater than anticipated or ex expected expected He lie said It was this fact that led the prophet to say y The things of God are of deep Import and he quoted several pas pes passages sages from the eary early revelations of the church In which statements on that sub subject subject subJect appear M Misapprehension He said there was great danger that man might misapprehend the things of God giving as an illustration the mis misapprehension apprehension of oC the Jews concerning the coming of the Mea Messiah lah as foretold by b their prophets and patriarchs in the early days The Jews he said had been the shut abut shuttlecock between the battledores of op opposing opposing posing nations for many years and fin finally finally finally ally at the coming af of r Christ they the were a Roman province Then they were look lookIng lookIng Ing lug for a King JUn and there came a peasant and when they looked for fOl a conqueror there came a teacher Mr Roberts noberta said I that the Jews never attributed to the Messiah the attributes and powers of Christ and the strength and Influence of Christ and lid he be who rules in the hearts of probably of the inhabitants of the earth was wall never expected by the men of his h day daylIe lIe Ife said the people of today ate are in danger of misapprehension and aDd failure to understand the will of oC God in this dis die dispensation dispensation Inasmuch as the people of to tor day are also human and the things of oC God great as is their conception are really greater eater than the mind of man comprehends In this line he ti told tOM of the organization organisation of the Mormon church when the early members had bad no Idea of the future importance of the movement and the establishment of ot the church in the world on its resent present basis The Tha r at that time told of the building of ZIon In this continent and when their city at nt Independence Mo Io was denied them the people le regarded themselves as is exiles from Zion Later he said the tha meaning was explained by bythe by b the statement of the prophet that Zion was the whole western hemisphere Magnitude of Gods Godts Plans The early members of the church Mr Roberts Roberta said had no adequate concep conception conception conception tion of the magnitude or ot Gods plans in that he would raise up apostles and bishoprics and tens of ot thousands of as assistants assistants assistants to the apostles in spreading the gospel to all an the world They did not know that this movement would continue until alt all the sons eons of Adam would be bound together with the mighty chain of love at the feet of the master he lib said The speaker said It was a prominent belief of the church that tIm the promise that t t every kindred would finally be bound together to together gether gather would be fulfilled in this dispensation dispensation dispensation He said that If It those of the church who receive communications from God were likely to have misconceptions of the messages it was much more likely that those who were not In accord with that principal should misconstrue these mes messages messages sages Much allowance should be made for prophetic language he said inas inasmuch inasmuch much as the prophets of these days who soar for an instant and touch their spirits with the infinite speak with words more ague vague than the terms of science when they relate their revelations Speaking of newspaper new paper comment on the belief held beld by some Mormons that the theten theten theten ten lost tribes t bes of Israel were wore Inhabiting the region ol or the north pole or that they lived on a detached portion of the tho earth Mr Roberts said saia there was revelation that distinctly said that to be so eo He said he believed it possible for the lost tribes to be produced from the unknown portions of the world and in fact they were gathering here from every portion of the earth so 0 that more Germans Brit and Scandinavians could coula be reached In the United States than In lit their native countries I At the time the heavens were opened for the message me sage given to the world by Joseph J ph Smith in this dispensation he said there was not a mile of railroad in the world and aud the great network Is now spread over all aU civilized Christendom The marvelous Improvement In navigation was also commented upon and the mas tery ten of the air also went toward the an annihilation annihilation annihilation of oC distance while the telephone telegraph and wireless telegraph had also become established All this he said bad been accomplished since the gospel had been restored through Joseph Smith and it might Indeed be considered as alii the advance towards the thu millennium |