Show SUNDAY SERVICES elder henry P richards of the high council presided over the services or held at the tabernacle sunday afternoon nov NOT let the choir sang eang the hymn come dearest lord descend and dwell by faith and love in every breast prayer was offered by elder 0 0 bywater the choir further bang elvag all hall hah the glorious day by prophets long foretold elder orson F whitney was the speaker he began his remarks by rt fading from the first chapter of genesis relating to the organization of the earth and the abe creation of man the pait passages sages last just read said the speaker we wa e s supposed to have been written by moses some 1600 years before christ the doctrine wat that man was created in the he image of god and that that thai being consequently was wag in the image of man was one which today held good among the religious world only 0 so o the latter day saints the saints gave a literal interpretation to the abe scriptures so BO far as ai they were translated correctly ano in translating trana lating this portion literally they took it that the creation of man mac was twofold two fold beinie in the image of god both spiritually aud and physically the outside eudeide christian denominations claued buob a doctrine as aa blasphemy claiming that a description of the deity brought about his hia dethrone ment mem the prophet joseph smith classed god as an aa exalted man who once occupied the position which we now occupy but through hie good deeds bad been enthroned as an the majesty on high the of asia had bad numerous gods in the suu moon stars stare and planetary systems of the earth the early egyptians looked upon the serpents and the creeping things of the earth as gods and the killing of one of these was met by the severe punishment ol of those who committed the deed in the midst of this conflict however moses told the people to cease worshipping wor shipping the things of nature that those things thing the suu sun moon MOOD stars stare and reptiles were but the creations of god who had bad created man in his own image all reasonable argument sustained the doctrine laid down by moses to in the book of geneser Gen esir the personage appearing unto the brother of jared was a being in the form of man as were also the heavenly mess messengers engere goa the father and his hie son jesus jean christ who appeared to the prophet joseph smith the revelations ol of god in these latter days had given the smote saints sufficient light on this matter as to set at rest real all doubt as to the meaning of the words ot of moses this light and understanding however was looked upon by the world at large as a being unscientific s ae a well as while one party living in our own state bad gove gone so eo far as to say that mormonism niem broke down entirely under the test teat of science as applied by scientific men maim of 01 the present day the gospel of jesus chrict said bald the speaker was not the creation of one manta mans mind but the me word of god gad replanted in these last lasi days daya for the benefit of humankind and those who attempted to break li it down would not only fail in their attempts but would some day see the folly of their way the word woid of lion god was replete with philosophy and would flourish in the earth and finally overthrow all opposing powers set bel theory was nothing for mankind to take as an their infallible guide neither was philosophy or the deau letters of the scriptures the only sure and aad sate safe thing for arr an infallible guide guid a was the word of god as spoken through revelation the latter day saints differed from the be christian world in various layf bayr the latter asked the former to believe that the earth was created out ot of nothing ft a doctrine which was wholly and purely false unscientific and un philosophical nothing amounted to nothing and even aveo with god it re bained BO the creator made the world from things that exi existed and such was the claim of the latter day saints it was a claim which appealed to true philosophy and true science men or of true scientific learning would hooft and ridicule at the idea that god led the multitudes with nothing or that hat he produced wine from nothing his operations were those of gathering the me pre existent elements to pro duce and make that which he desired ralph waldo emerson the most noted philosopher of this dispensation uttered sayings saying that tallied almost exactly with doctrines enunciated by the prophet joseph tau latter day saints did not pin their faith to any one book or set met of books they took irom each that hat which was good but believed that as time advanced and knowledge increased in the earth god would ratie rati e up men who would promulgate his duct doctrines rines of a more advanced nature after the time of plato the greek Pailo philosopher sopher whose utter lugs were regarded as above those of all philosophers who lived jived previously ly jesus christ came upon the earth and taught mank mankind luil principles tending to their exaltation redemption and intellectual ad advancement lo in ct inclusion the speaker bora bom wit nesb does to the divinity ol of ad all who were not converted COD averted to its principles to seek with all sincerity in ID prayer and supplication before god for a knowledge as aa to te lt its truthful new ness the choir sang bang the blymn 0 my father thou that dwell eat est in that dign and glorious place benediction was waa pronounced by elder james jamea P freeze |