Show STRANGERS ARE TOLD DOCTRINE Orson F. F Whitney hitney Gives an Int resting Talk at Tabernacle MORMONISM IS EXPLAINED Says Joseph Smith Brought Gospel of Christ to 1 Earth I I Orson Onion F. F Whitney tn e apostle or of the Mormon form on church addressed a n r I largo large e congregation con con- gr yesterday at the Tabernacle upon the Mormon doctrine of ot r pal sal salvation The Tho address was 17 to enlighten tourists and those Mr Ir I unfamiliar with 1 Whitney explained tho the scriptural that tho those o who do not behove bo- bo I hove will bo be damned 1 b by the compall son on of or a 1 man mall In tho the darkness of ot a well weB with no means of oC getting out whets when a friend comes with n a ladder anti invites him hint to ascend IC H ho refu refuses ct ho he re remains re- re mains In the tho well damned by ly own wish but If tr ho he heeds the advice of his friend he can bo ho saved Mr WhitneY In part as ns follows Ho IIo who believes will l he c saved cd and believe C will bo be he lie 0 who does not damned but It can easily ho proved that th the gospel ospel of ot Christ IH is one ono of sal sal- When Peter declared to tho the multitude that tho they thoy had crucified the d savior lor of ot mankind the they asked what shall shaH wo o do to be saved aved Tho The mo most t important man In any generation Io Is the man who can cnn answer the question of or that age ase This was an age of ot philosophy phi phi- h but this untutored man waRthe was waR the one to answer the tho question And ho 10 answered an It In a n ner er very simple man man- ner ier Some scorn such euch simplicity Simplicity t When hen St. St Augustine Aug came camo upon Christianity when ho he found tho the Epistles Epistles Epis Epis- ties of ot Paul ho he despised them for their simplicity And nd It was necessary that he be reminded of ot his dut duty by n a simple Hebrew girl siri Sho ho told him that because It was plain and simple ho despised It It Ho lIe too tooK toon tho the advice ot of this simple girl and was baptised but only when ho had put aside philosophy and poetry was h ho he convinced and became boCHine be- be CHine came a n. strong strong- defender of ot tho the faith This plainness is a n sign of divinity It could not bo be the gospel of ot salvation If It It could not nol be understood b by all tho the world When Peter was asked on the day n of Pentecost t. t what shall we do do- do doht 11 ht hb I told them to repent and be bo baptised I Ifor for br remission of ot sin Some Somo will sa say sa Why Vh 1 to all those these things and perhaps we ive cannot explain them nil all In full Cull but hut I I there are ure reasons underlying which explain ex ox- I plain them and make them acceptable 10 1 our reason reMon We re must have o faith in God because faith Is tho tim mainspring of or action Wo We must have o faith because because be be- cause faith Is the tho nr t step stop in turning awn away from sin Mr Ir Whitney hitney then likened the King King- dom dora of God to the Republic of ot the United Unite States St. Inasmuch as n n. ma man cannot can can- not hot become a citizen of ot the United 11 States through his virtues alone an any moro noro than he can become a a. citizen ot or Heaven through his virtues alone The Tho ho formality of tho the law must bo be gone one through said he Talks Talk of Mormonism said Bald he claims that the tho gospel sospel of ot Christ has hns been brou brought ht hack back to the earth b by Joseph Smith We Yo Jalm this man to be more consequential than other men because he an nn the great reat question which philosophy phi phi- poetry yo 10 you 4 even doctors of ot divinity could not answer Ho brought r hack the the knowledge of ot God to tho the 1 earth h. h J In n conclusion lon the tho apostle e of ot t the tho c two conceptions 0 or of the God Goll tho conception that God was an nn es- es pance enco present everywhere In all things I and th the other Mormon conception At T sei h Smith had seen God a mItt n like lIo other men He Ho spoke of the the pre Jre of oC tho the before tho the flo h and said sailI that the tho spirit had hod to togo togo togo go through an experience to exalt It- It t- t The Tabernacle choir rendered tho usual good music and the meeting was WaB presided cl over ocr by John R. R Winder WInde |