| Show I latter and Spirit Quoolkms Rotating to Life Death nnd Etornul I Exlstanao The creation perfected by tire U istence ol Adam and Eve U I supposed I o have occurred 4001 years luloie Ihe I liirtli ol Jew The earth was then In I III pristine beauty The teal of Immortality Im-mortality WM placed upon every animate ani-mate being tiro charming flower expanding ex-panding drew from earth nlr water and sunlight the elements of a blessed immortality No blast of evening air blighted the growth or marred tIm Hf ol a mule tree shrub or lower in all that tail paradise of Unlmile life and beauty 1 lire tnvlronmentl were perfeeladril cJ to Ihe luslenancc of eternal orjanlsni animate vendible and human No ugh no mourning no tear no romp lion Ien I breeie veal freighted with Ilk1 every sunbeam walA meiaenger of I lailnis < I lie pltndor ol diamond I truth Nileitid l from celestial teylms galany of sinless iiitt ihioiiKh a All lolalr I slaving orbs Inspired the Hie quickened thy thought and Mailed I rilhleoiu am n ed 1f rU blltoii iisie was no death Man c ivr ol with hit Maker with no dim rune Sill I hitween From Him he I jrnnl llho li < tona of heavenly light rind I t Ihel It ion ol Iris pr nbteiue o suht i he 010 was taught somtnhat n 110 vvumlerlul art of creative power ul ill 1 vn likcw e understood hy 1 I r 11 Iii iWy tlcmontlralel In hit c imiit niton with Mow 1 In the presence of tho > I IJIIMIIS lliIU il man was with e ui alien Ih moraine slam sang tuelher and all hc Mns of Cod aliouied roj joy j the tune whun the nucleus wai formed from vi unit 10 con lruct Hie earth He I like Ii IIor shunt says tire IJouay DIMex In turn humiliation hia miscopy wan Hiktii away llrtt memory ol lilt I spiritual ex r TIII r oi IMenn with Ihe lather which In al mouablllt embraced a very eatendeii 1 period 1 but uai complelly liMtonllli raking an Infant body of Halt and bone nal lo In I which act there was an I drum aunpcn Ion not merely of thin memory but of t llrg the Intellectual lower That the period was great In which we held ealilence In the uplrltual world maybe very just Inferrm from n ppr lion ol the word of that mcinorab lrayurulrrreinJmas aald Fatherclorlly J me with I the glory I had with thee before tIre vorhd 1 wa The word glory Im pile Intelligence The Loril sass Tire dory IIr Rod H Intelligent l Jesus Old not ask for an addition to Ihe light and Intelligence He had prior IJ I fit entrance Into limit but for rcstor allan In that know ledge which In Him I at In I all inlame dA been wltlilitld upon Mi entrance Into a mortal body tho tell between lire tWble and tire In I visible I Ily the exercise ol 111 our bodily eves we dilctrn only I lire Ihlngi which are lempoial Iaul understood Hill perfectly when lie Mid Ihe invisible things ol God from the creation ol tho world urn clearly seen belne I understood by thin thing that tutu made Aualnhc says Par the things lliat are teen are temporal but tine things that are not teen aro eternal riioynjilcaUrtiild In tire outside or Iit W tfe IrbC representative ot I tire invisible or rplntual a model of II Imply Mailer In l lays Iho Unseen Universe lire lens I important lull ol tine material of the physical universe On that principle prin-ciple the body of man Is l the less Important Im-portant half of the loul lor In modern rctelallon lakes both spirit nnd body to constitute the soul the body being tire lilble and the spirit which Is Identical Iden-tical m form with tlio body being the 1110 Iri 11 tlg eternal or unseen I am picatcil that tlie conclusion recently reached by our dreamt philosophers Is that mailer Is I mil the visible Incarnation In other words lbs vehicle lhroucil which tIre lOietmCinOf 1 unseen energy are man ItaleU Wo seo not tIns energy lIne I spiritual pawer I hlh Is beliliul am above through and around all I time alll II plivslcal manilutations I of nature 1 van merely see Its representative know by the name of matter liut to return our reference to Iho creation ended with Iho sentenc There was no death Hut how sud dcnly was this paradise of happlne changed Irom immortal perfection Adam tell line earth doubtless fell alto an Imiueasurabla distance from time presence 01 Its Maker iron the mat ilou or abode of Kololi lire lines ci < < 1 law reaching dowtt Irom the abodes ti bliss lo the paradisical nbode Eden were changed and substituting thci ore the natural lawsuhlch carry don ward 110 dissolution all the varied or canlsius of nature whcllicr oflreo or shrub reptile or fish bird or man The natural Uvvs carry organisms tire iltwlh penally Thou halt die IS I equally Hue of the gigantic forest Irco and the fragrant ruse Ihe environment ol tho entire creation Is changed wli iloath In the language 01 Iaul lIme whole creation groincth and Iravallcil In pain wailing to be delivered 1 lie removal of any one ol the elements ul environment u death J ° or innunce remove re-move the atmosphere and we die 10 away the sunlight wo the Not only Is thetlfe 1 l dependent ironment bates our load and drink Water Ithhtld a lea dau only Is I attended with ileiili a trait takw from IK watery environment dies I Indtwd III ia I a question whether imnior tallly itself Is I 1101 lnrgilv depemlei upon environment God I mmstll does not dwell iou vacuum leaven I Is 1101 a realm of ahadons or ivtnescences but a tangibility One ol lire euvlrui menu ol the Lord Is that of eternal Hie Says lire II Propim Joseph God duel In mental burnings kflil the anue i Moruul visited Joseph Smith lie brougl with mini his envlrunaieiit and look II away again and so tisibio was It to tIne eyes olJoiipli that hu tontlnueil gaze upon It until he av It rtruchnij up mite n conduit touarils heaven ljrtlil tilings typify he I heavenly Hut linms aubjoci would rtqiilrc an article lixlft piojwly llliuttuto it I must leave it III Ie reader1 Intthcr thought II I tins always been a mystery torn why spiritual truths are Ignored by aO many Life and liiiinoitahiy aro brought to light in Iho Gospel Anus lug thought yet rican to the splritiu Miisel lan line body be resuicltatei and brought back Irom the grave III I oilier words can 1 have a tanxilile cxisl cnce In immonal Uesh and bones line 1 spliitully minded nun ansucrs mos suredly I was astonished years ago at the l ticui of u limhiy intelllgen I modern afnostic vvho I lived In I the lurorl ul Leeds England whose uciiuamtance formed His I great argument as II I was then called and one which he ski lully used against Clirittlan ministers uamly the phvsical Impossibility of a literal redirection of lire body hai rained him vtty highly In tine tccula body to vvhiil h lie belonged Hi tentlennn held to tho doctrine that us = = = all organic life Is destroyed by death whether vegetable animal or human it follow naIl deductive II l w lint therein j an Indiicrtmlnate blendIng of tire par tides which once htld Ihdr places inorganic in-organic I forms In other words that tore table animal and man become by the I death process 1 n common mass As Shakespeare has it Itt risen Coup dad end turned In lsr MIhtop a lnre 10 k be eled su ny etteaage that tins mon elm kept nhs aartd In Should Mop a licit lo sipel thy cloture flsw To Ibis IPM dixli for argument It wa not replied 1 by Hiking this que tlon Whence rams all the organisms of this globe II I le answered from chaos I Then I replied some Isiv In the btvlnnliif brought lo order and organi nation Inc great glob Itself to gsllxr wIlt in countless life formi Will you therefore please I how why the law which produced all these or Sinlsm at Hie tint cannot reproduce uheos from the self urn elements alter death He itood t limited and confounded and confessed lie had never been asked 1 such a question before lie reminded me of a certain modern pliilotophcr who wrote that IKath isnntaerss I elI condition Who know that The writings nl modern agnostics demonstrate demon-strate very clearly their Incapacity lo deal wllh Ihe absolute aunt the Infinite and alter exliauttmg al their language In this effort they all back upon tone rite old 1 sa > lni mi 1 modern 1 materialists Trust jour rcaton a saying that has generated into monotony and become thIn Mrent ol ahelsta and agnostic eason unrnlUhtened liy tint torch of fusion revelation has been tIme source ol I eternal conflict For centuries eel I eraltleshave I been dlicuwing limo grcut I uutlon of life causes with no moro tfinile rrsulu than did Ihe old schools 01 Grecian philosophy Says 1 I lulclilnun Sterling I tIlVe urn lf In lIme iresence of the gulf o f all gulfs I Ihe mighty gulf between death ann life i luxley say Ihe preasnt state ol mow ledge furnishes no link between lIme living and not living I ask where hen ii the standard of appeal Woo Wo-o one only Jesus the resurrection and the life tPte Iii hath the Son halh life The Ullof man which Included universal univer-sal death is covered by universal resur ccllon In Christ Jesus If so whit need of obedience to Divine law Tho nswer la I because there are different rzrees ol resurrection the highest eing predicted on the conditions of ledience to the Gospel Christ our life is the old doctrine of the Christian lurches m mudin truth now as ever incapt a man be horn again he cannot enter Mark I the word CJimcl I no may not Water and spirit are Indlspcn solnhes Jesus never taught noneaten ham Tire near birth Is I a reality not a lanlom We become new creatures r n Christ Jesus Mormonlsm IC Is n vital ystcm It embraces a perfect code ol lamos It teaches the I restraint of appe tile I the dominion over passion I Step I by step wa advance though the heights cmatn In the distance In the line of eternal nrogreu no side of I all nature I In neglected rs All I true science Is embraced within It Is Ihe urriculum 01 knowledge II tenches the fAIl and unerringly nniolds future Would tou ponder the stsrry heavens a ml Include Ifnn your scrutiny those vast distances which lie between lire orbs of space and gauge the orbits ol vastly dll ant revolving worlds and systems and enow their set tiniec Iowa anil occupants The Infalhblo guide to this treasure boom of truth Is I tIme Gospel I know It is I slated by many scientists hat Gospel Influence hampers the miiul In Its researches alter truth but this Is I a I mistake the omioaite of this 1 Is true Abraham reO litlier of lie faithful l was limner mlvnnciil in tins sublime science than the entire gyptlan nslion He taught I astronomy In IIII the Kings Court at Kgypt lie had a telescope which far exceeded those of lire floss and lIck I observatories an Infallible In stiument known as tno Urlm and Thummlm by it he read the round 01 Ihe starry stolId through distances far licyond the Hope of the telescope upward I up-ward to Dial Imponderable orb known as Kolob In the Ikiok of Abraham In Ihe vicinity of Ilia resilience of the eternal Cod No media Intercepted hU view of those mighty orln or producei by tho laws ol refraction the Hllghies exception I ol the visual organs DIe r lPi lance was pracmally annihilated t so far as this tense of seeing was concerned Iho minutest speck was as visible nt vast distances though h were near The Lord 1 Papa All things are presen before mlno eyes Moses saw the particles composing the earth there was not a panicle that he couU not uIM descry by the Spirit uf God Win urn the microscopic Inveiligatloiis or nineteenth century univetMlle coin pared r to IUIceltrr tln the attainment of our age with Its Improvements m IIrr astronomical 1 1 Instrument no telescope his been adequala to showing us whether there Ii a man on any of our nearest planets to my nothing of the mom distant outs It Is our pnvelege l as a 1 Church to anticipate lie I fulfilmen nl those wonderful promises set fortl by lire Irophet Joseph In these words God shall give unto you the Saints knowledge by his Holy 1 Spirit jn by IhGI uns I hlllllloIO the roy Ghost that I los not been revealed since the world was unti 1I0W hich our forefathers have walled with aiuious expectation lobe revealed In the last times which Ihlr minds were pointed by the nngeU a 1 held in reserve for tho fulness of their glory n time to come in which nothing shall Ixt I ffrIIIhW 3 Cov bee tar Tie forefathers were J I2hl deprived of this great knoiv ledge as well as we It has for wise reasons liren reserved to crown the apex of tire dlspiiuullon of tine fulness ot lime ClIAKUUU II 1 hAN |
